
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 18, 1990                   TAG: 9006180008
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

ANDERSON, HURLEY, STITH MAKE THE CUT

Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech and Bobby Hurley of Duke, who led their teams to the Final Four as freshmen, joined Virginia's Bryant Stith among the 16 finalists announced Sunday for the U.S. national basketball team.

Other notable players who survived the cut from 20 during a two-day minicamp at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium were Chris Gatling of Old Dominion, Christian Laettner of Duke, Alonzo Mourning of Georgetown, Doug Smith of Missouri and Billy Owens of Syracuse.

Todd Day and Lee Mayberry, who helped Arkansas reach the Final Four for the first time since 1978, also were among the final 16.

"I think we'll have a very quick team," said Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, who will coach the U.S. squad at the Goodwill Games and World Championships. "We're not super big. We have good height.

"But compared to Yugoslavia or the Russian team, we will be smaller. We will have to use style to take advantage of their size."

Krzyzewski, who has guided Duke to the Final Four in four of the last five years, does have some size on his squad. Laettner is 6-foot-11, Smith is 6-10, and five others - Mark Randall of Kansas, Gatling, Mourning, Owens and Day are 6-8 or taller.

"I think with Christian, Alonzo and Doug Smith you have three really top-quality big men and they are really great workers," Krzyzewski said. "It's amazing sometimes how your best players are your best workers."

Cut were Randy Brown of New Mexico State, Robert Horry of Alabama, Jimmy Jackson of Ohio State and Sean Rooks of Arizona.

The 16 remaining players will return to Duke on July 10 for training camp. The team goes to Portland, Ore., to train July 18-22 before the Goodwill Games in Seattle starting July 23.

No more than 15 can compete in the Goodwill Games, but Krzyzewski may not keep that many players.

"It's not going to be on my mind that we have to get to any specific number," he said. "Eventually we have to get down to 12 for the World Championships. That's the magic number."

After the Goodwill Games, the team will play the Soviet Union in Atlanta on Aug. 4 in preparation for the World Championships Aug. 8-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Americans are the defending world champions.

At the end of the tryouts, Krzyzewski told the finalists to work on game-type shots and free throws and to avoid injuries.

by CNB