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Tuesday, February 7, 1995
Manning out for the season
Ex-Kansas star tears knee in practice, adds to Suns' woes The Associated Press
PHOENIX — Danny Manning tore a knee ligament during practice yesterday and the Phoenix Suns star will miss the rest of the season.
Manning fell during the morning workout and had to be carried from the court. Team doctor Richard Emerson said the 6-foot-10 forward tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.
His surgery date hasn't been released. Such an injury can sideline a player for a year.
"It certainly gives us a big hole to fill," said coach Paul Westphal, whose team has been burdened by injuries. "You really can't replace a guy like that, but we'll do the best we can."
Manning's rookie season with the Los Angeles Clippers was cut to 26 games when he injured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee on Jan.4,1989.
Manning had played in all 46 games this season, his first with the Suns after leaving the Atlanta Hawks. The 1988 No. 1 draft pick and two-time All-Star, Manning passed up his chance at an estimated $5 million-per-year as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with the Suns for $1 million during the off-season.
He started 19 games this season, including two at center and the last four in a row, averaging 23 points and
8. 8 rebounds. Earlier, Westphali liked Manning come off the bench.
His shooting improved throughout the season, markedly in the last 16 games, when he hit 57 percent of his shots.
For the season, Manning ranked 10th in the NBA at 55 percent.
Westphal said he hadn't decided on an alternate lineup. Danny Schayes, Charles Barkley, Da Majerle and Elliot Perry started the last two games with Manning, but Wayman Tisdale was in the post the first two.
Tisdale separated rib cartilage Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers and has missed the last two games. To compound the Suns' problems, Tisdale aggravated the injury again when he sneezed while at his wife's bedside as she gave birth yesterday to their fourth child
"Joe Proski said that the worst thing you can do is sneeze," said Tisdale, who will be out at least through the All-Star break.
Proski is the team's trainer.
A. C. Green, one potential replacement for Manning, said he was ready if Westpal decides to increase his playing time.
"I condition my body to play 48 minutes every game, so condition is never a question or a problem with me," Green said.
Antonio Lang, a 6-8 rookie from Duke, has been on the injured list with lower-back muscle spasms since Nov. 15, and point guard Kevin Johnson has missed 28 games due to injury, including 15 of the last 18.
North Carolina regains No.1 ranking in AP poll
Kansas voted No.2 as Missouri rises to No.13
The Associated Press
For the second time this season, North Carolina has replaced Massachusetts as the No.1 team in The Associated Press college basketball poll.
The Tar Heels (18-1) moved into the top spot yesterday, two days after Massachusetts lost 78-75 to George Washington. In early December, North Carolina also moved up to replace the Minutemen (17-2), who lost at that time to Kansas in their first week ever as a No. 1.
The Tar Heels received 48 first-place votes and 1,629 points from the national media panel, while Kansas (17-2) moved up one place to second with 17 No. 1 votes and 1,598 points.
The No. 1 spot is far from foreign territory for North Carolina. This was the Tar Heels' 59th poll over the past 21 seasons as No. 1 — 13 weeks more than runner-up Duke.
Connecticut (17-1) climbed one place to third, and was followed by Massachusetts and No. 5 Kentucky (15-3), which received one first-place vote.
There were three new teams in the poll, two making their first appearance of the season.
UCLA was sixth, followed in the Top Ten by Michigan State, Maryland, Arizona and Syracuse.
Mississippi State and Purdue made their debuts at No. 21 and No. 25, respectively, while Oklahoma State was 24th the Cowboys' first ranking since the initial poll of the regular season, when they were 19th.
Wake Forest led the Second Ten, followed by Arkansas, Missouri, Arizona State, Stanford, Villanova, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Iowa State and Georgetown.
The final five teams were Mississippi State, Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma State and Purdue.
Arkansas (17-5), the defending national champion, is out of the Top Ten for the first time since the preseason poll of the 1993-94 season.
The biggest jump of the week was Missouri's from 18th to 13th after the Tigers (16-3) beat Iowa State and Kansas State.
The biggest drop was Iowa State's from 11th to 19th with Georgetown's drop from 13th to 20th just one off. Iowa State (17-5) lost three games last week, all to ranked teams — Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas — while the Hoyes (14-5) lost to Syracuse and Miami.
Mississippi State (14-4) came into the rankings after its second win this season over Arkansas and a 70-47 thrashing of Florida.
AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5.
rank team record pts. pr
1. UNC (48) 18-1 1,629 2
2. Kansas (17) 17-2 1,598 3
3. UConn 17-1 1,486 4
4. UMass 17-2 1,420 1
5. Kentucky(1) 15-3 1,396 7
6. UCLA 15-3 1,318 7
7. Michigan St. 16-2 1,251 9
8. Maryland 17-4 1,168 5
9. Arizona 17-4 1,112 12
10. Syracuse 16-3 1,093 10
11. Wake Forest 14-4 910 14
12. Arkansas 17-5 889 8
13. Miseourl 16-5 705 18
14. Arizona St. 16-5 693 16
15. Stanford 16-5 688 17
16. Villanova 15-5 601 19
17. Virginia 13-6 600 15
18. Georgia Tech 15-6 580 21
19. Iowa St. 17-5 425 11
20. Georgetown 14-5 401 13
21. Miss. St. 14-4 364 —
22. Oregon 13-5 211 —
23. Albama 15-5 146 20
24. Oka. St. 15-6 142 —
25. Purdue 15-4 114 —
Others receiving votes: Memphis 101, Minnesota 95, Okla. 91, Brigham Young 46, W. Kentucky 23, Tulane 21, Penn 17, Utah 17, Xavier, Ohio 16, St. Ust. 15, Nebraska 14, Florida 12, Georgia 12, California 11, Tulsa 11, Mississippi 10, Cincinnati 9, Texas 9, St.Louis 8, George Washington 7.
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Source: The Associated Press
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