News Scrapbook 1981-1982

an Diego, Friday, January 29, 1982 F-5 Dons' Dailey traveling down road that's all mapped out By J rry f<'rotde Tribu Sporuwr,t r At an age when most atblet have enough trouble land prep career-scoring record of 2,884 points. "I stayed there until I went to college. THE TRIBUNE

USO trailed Just 38-34 early in the second half, but fell victim to a rash of turnovers that made for the lopsided final result USO turned the ball over 18 times in all. including four successive times during one stretch of the game. ' Thmgs Just fell apart there in the second half," said USD Coach Jim Brovelli, whose club next takes on Santa 'Coach (Pete) Barry has told me there will be a job waiting for me (at USF) for the next 10 years' - Quintin Dailey Clara tomorrow night at 7:35 at USD. •·we seemed to lose our poise and started turning the ball over." The Dons upped their record to 4-1 in conference play and 18-2 overall, wh!le the Toreros who were led by Gerald Jones with 12 points and Rusty Whitmarsh and Jim Bateman with 10 apiece, slipped to 1-4 and 8-9. Although disappointed by his own team's effort Brovel- h wasn't surprised by the play of Dailey. He knows all about Dailey from previous conference games and of- fered these impres:;ions of the USF standout. "To me Quintin Dailey is a bona fide All-Amencan," aid Brovelh. The guy is quick. handles the ball well, is a great pa er and can get you the big basket when you need it. I think he is just a great player and will became a great guard in the NBA " Much of Dailey's success on the basketball court can be attnbutcd to hts maturity, which was speeded up by a per onal tragedy that saw both his parents die within a month when he was 15 year old and a sophomore at Cardinal Gibbons High m Baltimore, Md. 'I wa brought up by my aunt for one year and then. after we had some problems. I went to stay at my girl- fnend s mother's hou e," said Dailey who holds the Mary-

history. "I looked at my stats and looked at other people's stats and they weren't half as good as mine. But, as a player, you just accept it and go out play hard every game and hope you get the recognition." The recognition may be a little overdue, but it is com- ing fast now. Dailey is a cinch to become a unanimous All-America choice this season and says he has not ruled out the idea of leaving school early to turn pro. "We'd love to have Quintin play his senior year," Barry was recently quoted as saying, "but the money is in the NBA and it would be unrealistic to think he'd stay. What- ever happens, I know he'll do the right thing. Quintin knows how to handle all situations. He's a very mature young man."

"I learned a lot in a little bit of time during those years. I got wiser and learned there's more to life than meets the eye. I think I'm a step ahead of most players my age. If I make a turnover, that's a turnover. You got to handle it and go the next step instead of dwelling on it." It's this kind of attitude that enabled Dailey to quickly put aside his disappointment at being ignored by the All- America selectors last season after leading USF to a 24-7 record and being voted the most valuable player in the WCAC "It was disappointing not getting All-American,'' said Dailey, who fashioned a 22.4 average as a sophomore and scored 693, second only to Bill Cartwright's 710 in USF

worrying about what they ,ire gomg to do today I t alon tomorrow, Quintin D tlcy I already thinking about what he wan to do 10 or 15 yea from now. The 21-y ar-old University of San Francisco All-Ameri- ca candidate, who i regarded by many a~ the premier gu,trd m college basketball, ha the future neatly mapped out in hi. h ad. H can h m elf followmg the road that lead to a car er in the at1onal Ba ketball A. ociation But its l'lhat he beyond that, after h!S playing days are over that he v1 ualiz as hi ultimate goal in life. "I want to com back and coach ba ketball one day at USr'," aid Dailey la. t n ght after he and 7-foot center Wallace Bryant led the Don. to a 72-53 victory over the Univer ·1ty of San Diego m a We t Coast Athletic Confer ence encounter before an overlfow crowd of 2,650 at U 'D's ports Center. "That' my real dream Ba ketball Is something you play when you'r young. But when 1t 1s time to give it up, I'm gom to come back and coach. Coach (Pete) Barry ha told me there will be a job waiting for me (at USF for the next 10 year " Datl y i already a coach of sort The 6-3 junior, with th p1ctur p rf t Jumper and ability to play inside a well as outside, ts the leader on the court for the high powered Don , who are ranked mnth or 12th in the nation, dcpendmg on which poll you follow Hes or d 20 pomts ( ltghtly hclow h1 a onal averag" of 24 2), nnd Bryant led all corers with 23 as USF over- cam a r,1ppy, but outmanncd bunch of Toreros.

SAN DIEGO UNION JAN 2 :; 1982

San Francisco Riddles Toreros 72-53 By BILL CENTER Slaff Writer, The Son D,ego Union

Ninth-Ranked Dons Benefit From 18 Turnovers To Gain 18-2 Record That summed it up perfectly. Although 7-footer Wal- lace Bryant went 10-for-14 inside to score 23 points and Dailey hit for 20, it was more a case of USD's self-de- struction. If the Torei-os weren't killing themselves on turnovers, they were ommitting suicide on blown shots from inside of two fee, . Missing easy shots 1s nothing new to USO this 8-~. seai,,on. But the turnover problem comes and goes. ,,,..,.jl: e cannot make those mistakes,'' continued Brovelli. 1 here was a key stretch to this game and we lost our <:.omposure . .. totally." Gerald Jones had just hit a pair of free throws to bring USD to _within fo~r at ~8-34 with 14:54 to play. At the other end, Dalley had Jl!St missed a slam dunk with such feroci- ty th~t th~ ball nearly_ reached the low ceiling. The house was Jumpmg. Everythmg was going USD's way. .. "And we took ourselves right out of it,'' said Brovelli. The next time I looked up at the scoreboard it was 53. 36." Over the next eight minutes, USD scored one basket. The Toreros came down the floor four straight times without gettmg a shot off. Some of the turnovers were forced by the 18-2 Dons, who averaged out two inches (Continued on C-3, Col. 1)

Last. week, in a winning effort at Loyola-Marymount, the U~1vers1ty of San Diego turned the ball over but six

limes m the course of a game. Last night, against much Toreros turned the ball over 18 times - stretch of four straight times down floor. The result was inevitable.

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Nationally-ranked (9th) University of San Francisco routed USO 72-53 before a capacity turnout of 2,600 fans at the USO Sports Center. . "This was not as much them as us,'' said USO Coach Jim Brovelh, to which USF All-America guard Qumtin Dailey agreed "We made them turn the ball over in all the ke~ situations. We were worried, but they couldn't get on top.·

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D IN - Guard Quintin Dalley puts up a jump hot for two pomts in University of San Francisco's 72-53 wm here last night over U01ver- sity of San Diego. The Dons' All-America candi- date scored 20 pomts - Photo by John G1bbms

The San Diego Unio,vJohn Gibbins USF's Eric Slaymaker closely guards USD's John Prunty.

USD Loses Poise, 72-53 Decision To Dons (Continued from C-1)

could have won this game." USO proved that with a similar lapse m the first half. After Dave Heppell's second quick basket put USD up at 6-4, the Toreros scored no points but committed six fouls and three turnovers over the next five minutes. It was 15- 6 USF by the time Rusty Whitmarsh hit an 18-foot bomb. From that deficit, however, the Toreros rallied, closed to withm two just after the start of the second half and twice were playing for a he when they coughed the ball up. "I felt we were not playing well early, but we settled into our game, were doing well and then we lost it," said Brovelli. "Emotionally, we don't get up for every game and I thought we were lacking something tonight," said Dailey. "You should have heard coach (Peter Barry) at halftime. He wasn't very happy at all. "Yes, we were worried. USO did what they had to do. But we forced the turnovers." Jones led the losers with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Whitmarsh and Jim Bateman had 10 apiece.

taller than USO per position and attacked the ball much the same way USO does. Others were just passes that wound up in the stands. "We lost our poise," said Brovelli. "That's why we went into that drought period We were over-anxious. We tried to force thmgs that weren't there instead of waiting for them to open to us. "As long as we controlled the tempo, we were fine. We

SAN DIEGO UNION N :1 C 1982

USD Home To Santa Clara Five

after tonight's engagement wtth a club pre- dicted m the preseason to finish in the WCAC's first division.

With a tough threc-g.ime road tnp domi- nating the next two weekends he lmver 1ty of San Dwgo will be looking for its first home victory of the West Coa t Athletic Conference ea on tonight y. hen the

Santa Clara la ·t weekend lo·t two games 1'orero ho t Santa Clara at 7 35 m the USD wh:le playing without leading scorer Bill Dufh 17 5 pomt per game). The 6-foot-4 Sports C nter · bl d b · · d The 1--4 Torcro (8-9 overall) play consec guard has been trou e y an miure utive incs at St tary's, at Santa Clara thumb one of three Broncos to be side- and at the Un ver 1ty of San Franc1SC0 _::.'..'.:m:::.cd~th::1s::s..,..e-;:a:::o::n~w;;..;i~th::..::.: 10c,..: iu=-r~1es~··_____