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Monday, November 25,1974DP Basketball-Hockey SupplementFROSH BA SKETBALL PREVIEWPage?FroshBy Jon StevensPoised like a witch over a boiling cauldron, a coach must carefully combine, in varying proportions, the correct ingredients to obtain a mixturecapable of perfection. He needs a generous supply of fundamentals and a bit of individualflamboyance. Throw in a strong team defense and add a dash of the all-important quality of unity and the resultant product is a ball-club of championship caliber.Frosh coach Bob Weinhauer’s cupboard is overflowing with quick, hot shooting guards and the talents of a superbly gifted forward named Kevin McDonald,Basketball: A Super FutureJay Jacklerkeven McDonaldMr. Everythingprerequisite of height is nowhere to be found.Says Weinhauer, momentarily looking glum over his only discernable weakness/'Height is a problem, there’s no doubt about that. We try to overcome that by being more fundamentally sound.” Unfortunately, the long night when the fundamentals will appear to have been left at home and the guards just can’t get out of first gear is inevitable.Weinhauer’s miracle cure will be McDonald. At 6-5, he is a unique synthesis of effortless grace and extraordinary power. His game underneath the hoop belies ability far beyond his years. “He’s so mature with his inside game,” says Weinhauer enthusiastically. “And he’s a baby’ John Shumate off the bo ards. ”1974-75 SCHEDULE7:06 Goldy Beacom Dec. 54:00 at Navy Dec. 74:00 Temple JV Dec. 10Delaware Claymont Jan. 10Lions Club Tourn.7:00 Delaware JV Jan. 147:00 LaSalle JV Jan. 177:00 St. Joseph's JV Jan. 207:00 Villanova JV Jan. 236:15 Princeton Jan. 284:00 at St. Joseph’s Feb. 54:00 Columbia Feb. 77:00 at Villanova JV Feb. 114:30 at Temple JV Feb. 134:00 Bloomsburg JV Feb. 15 8:00 at LaSalle JV Feb. 184:30 at Columbia Feb. 227:00 at Lafayette JV Feb. 256:00 at Princeton Feb. 28Aside from garnering all-everything honors at New Jersey’s Seton Hall Prep, averaging 29 points and 15 rebounds per game, McDonald distinguished himself admirably by scoring 30 points (outscoring Moses Malone by one) and gathering 12 rebounds in a game pitting the N.Y.-N.J. All-Stars against those of the rest of the country. Approximately 300 schools expressed interest, but despite the allurements of Southern California and the opportunity to wear the famed UCLA blue, McDonald chose Penn and the Ivy League instead.“I liked Penn’s reputation as an educational institution,” says McDonald, explaining his decision to stay close to home. “IJay JacklerSTANLEY GREENE Defensive Specialistwant to enter law and there’s a great law school here.”McDonald made his Quaker debut in last week's varsity scrimmage and exceeded all expectations. Playing against the likes of the perennial Ivy champs, he poured in 25 points on spectacular 11 for 13 shooting, with most of the buckets resulting from his soft jumper. And it was his equally stong passing and inside game that drew the raves in the following day’s scrimmage against the Brandywine College varsity. “There’s no doubt that he has the ability to play with the varsity,” says Weinhauer bluntly.Of course, one man does not a team make. Weinhauer intends to use a three guard offense and his unusual deployment is not without justification.“We have quickness and good outside shooting,” says 6-3 Stanley Greene, a product of Philadelphia’s Germantown High, who had 10 points in the varsity scrimmage. Adds Massachusetts native and Andover grad Ted O’Grady simply, “We can all hit the jumper.” He and third guard Tom Crowley (6-3) of New Jersey both upheld this assessment with their displays of marksmanship in the Brandywine game.Weinhauer is quick to laud his backcourt trio. “Crowley has the ability to go by people,” he says. “He has a good knack on the break and an excellent ball fake move to get off his jump-shot.” is praise of Greene is iust aeffusive. He is probably the best on the team defensively, at thi point. He has an excellent jump shot within his range 117 or 1 feet) and has great quickness going to the basket.“O’Grady has the mostphysical tools of any one of the guards overall. He is workin hard at bringirg his offensiv* talents under control. When h» masters that, he’s going to tx very difficult to defend against.’ concludes Weinhauer.At this point, the weak link ot the lineup is at the forward spo opposite McDonald. 6-4 (ire: Hurley was recruited for the job. but pre-season injuries havt hampered his development. “Hi is not physically ready to go up and down yet,” acknowledged Weinhauer. At 6-5,walk-on Mark Jablonski has been thrust into an important role and says the coach to Jablonski's credit, “He has a real good nose for the ball inside.” However, his play has been generally mediocre.Defense, of course, is the name of the game and based on the Brandywine scrimmage, it appears firm. Although the yearlings have the speed and stamina to play a zone. Weinhauer will rarely opt for it. “Basically we’ll be a man-to-man team,” he said. “We’ll play solid, physical, and agressive.”As Weinhauer says, “A coach is never satisfied,” but by all accounts, this year’s freshmen edition looks like one of the best.
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