Saturday, January 12, 2002
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Player of the Week: Melvin Ely
Enquirer staff and news services
Player of the Week: Melvin Ely. Fresno State's senior center has bettered his career high in scoring the past three games with 29, 31 and 35 points. He totaled 31 points, four blocks and three steals against Rice, then had 35 points, 16 rebounds and nine blocks against Tulsa. Averaging 23.4 points and 9.9 rebounds on the season.
WHO'S HOT
Skip Prosser
Wake Forest has won seven of its last eight and handed North Carolina its worst loss ever in the Dean Dome. Prosser's team is sixth in the RPI. He gets his first shot at his former boss, Pete Gillen, when Wake meets Virginia on Tuesday.
Drew Gooden
Kansas' junior forward has had seven consecutive double-doubles and helped the Jayhawks reach No. 1 for the first time in nearly four years. He leads the nation in rebounding (12.4 avg.) and averages 20.6 points; Kansas has won 13 straight games.
Georgia
The Bulldogs broke a 16-game losing streak to Kentucky, winning in Lexington, where they had previously gone 2-50. Georgia is now ranked 13-2 and stands fifth in the RPI. Anybody miss Tubby Smith now?
WHO'S NOT
Pete Gillen
After a 9-0 start, Virginia has lost back-to-back games to North Carolina State and Clemson. Now it must win today at North Carolina (noon, ESPN) to break a free fall before Gillen gets the no-win situation Tuesday facing his former pupil, Skip Prosser.
Kentucky
Four losses, two at home. An 0-2 start in the SEC for the first time since 1979, when none of the current Wildcats were born. The questionable ethics of refusing to grant Marvin Stone his release. A (si) Sports Illustrated (ei) story ripping the fans. Ugggggggggly.
Missouri
This team was No. 2 and unbeaten on Dec. 15. Now it has lost four of its last six — including a defeat at 8-7 Iowa State — and stands 61st in the RPI. Welcome to Saint Joseph's-type bust territory.
MUST-SEE TV
Keep an eye on these games in the upcoming week:
• Kentucky at South Carolina, 1 p.m. today (Ch. 64): Does the sky keep falling for UK? The Gamecocks (10-4) are tough at home.
• Indiana at Iowa, 1 p.m. Sunday (Ch. 12): You see, Steve Alford used to play at Indiana, and now he's coaching Iowa, and ... you get the point.
• Texas at Texas Tech, 9 p.m. Monday (ESPN): If Bob Knight's Red Raiders (13-1) win today at Oklahoma, they'll likely be ranked entering this bragging-rights battle.
• Iowa at Illinois, 9 p.m. Tuesday (ESPN): Yeah, more Alford. But hey, it's a matchup of two Top 15 teams.
• Xavier at George Washington, 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Fox Sports Net): A chance for XU to seize early control of the A-10 West.
• Maryland at Duke, 9 p.m. Thursday (ESPN): Maybe the best game of the season thus far. Wanna bet Dickie V. is courtside?
Sports Stories
Today's games look like... last week's
Wild-card weekend kicks off in Philly
O'Leary, banished by Irish, lands with Vikings
SULLIVAN: Selig's loan
Baseball notebook
UC foe aims for patience
UC's Williams revels in homecoming
Women: UC 77, ECU 52
Spiders want to take step up from Cinderella status
Women: Xavier 68, Fordham 63
Moeller problem 'not new'
CovCath rolls behind Bain
La Salle survives Moeller
Reading plays as a team when it counts
Sycamore nips Lakota West
Kentucky boys roundup
Ohio boys roundup
How Enquirer poll teams fared
Tristate area scores
Indiana boys basketball scores
Indiana girls basketball scores
Kentucky boys basketball scores
Kentucky girls basketball scores
Ohio boys basketball scores
Ohio girls basketball scores
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