UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 14, 1996
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Penn State player resurrects program
The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Matt Gaudio is the perfect player to symbolize Penn State's emergence from 30 years of basketball mediocrity to national prominence.
He's a hard-nosed player who doesn't have flashy skills, speed or great leaping ability. Despite winning high-school player-of-the-year honors in West Virginia, the Mountaineers did not recruit him heavily, and many schools ignored him.
For four years, Gaudio watched as football players were treated like superstars on Penn State's campus.
while hoopsters had trouble drawing fans to 7,000-seat Rec Hall. Gaudio even gave up basketball for a year after back surgery.
He came back for his final year of eligibility and now is playing as well as any power forward in the Big Ten. Last week, he led No. 9 Penn State (18-2, 9-2 Big Ten) in scoring in victories over Illinois and Michigan State and made crucial baskets late in both games.
Penn State, ranked for the first time in 30 years, is off to its best start ever and is tied with Purdue for first place in the Big Ten. All of a sudden Penn State basketball players are
"It's totally different now," said Gaudio, who was named Big Ten Player of the Week. "We're treated more like the football players. It's exciting for us to see that everyone is excited about us."
big men on campus, and fans are flocking to the new 15,000-seat Bryce Jordan Center.
After undergoing back surgery in May 1994, Gaudio decided his career was over. Basketball wasn't worth the constant pain and the risk of permanent injury.
He watched from the bench as a student assistant coach as the Nittany Lions went 21-11 and finished
third in the NIT. During the season, Gaudio began to think about returning to the team.
Gaudio is averaging 14 points and nearly 7 rebounds a game and is Penn State's best low-post scorer. "I never really analyzed the game before," Gaudio said. "I just went out and played."
Gaudio knows what he wants after his playing days are over, although Parkhill, his former coach, has tried to talk him out of it.
"My career is going to be in coaching," he said. "I just know it's what I want to do."
K-State player OK after tests
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — Medical tests on Kansas State point guard Elliot Hatcher showed nothing wrong with the senior, who was hospitalized briefly during the weekend.
University officials said the results of Monday's tests were normal, but doctors planned more tests yesterday.
Hatcher felt sick during Saturday's game at Oklahoma State. He was taken to a hospital in Stillwater, Okla., following the game.
He returned to Manhattan on Sat
urday evening.
"Elliot had some blood work done Monday by one of the team doctors, and all the results were fine," said basketball trainer Brant Berkstresser. "Right now, it's the same diagnosis — an inflammation of the chest wall, maybe associated with the flu."
Assistant coach Mark Fox said Hatcher could return to practice as early as tomorrow, depending on the results of Tuesday's tests.
The team is not scheduled to practice today.
Tigers defeat Cowboys, 63-59
The Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla. — Derek Grimm made four free throws in the final five seconds and Missouri took advantage of horrendous foul shooting by Oklahoma State to beat the Cowboys 63-59 last night.
Missouri (16-8, 6-4 Big Eight) won its third straight game and won a conference road game for the first time in five tries this season.
The Cowboys (12-9, 2-7) made just 12 of 34 free throws and missed 10 in a row during the second half before Marlon Dorsey finally made a meaningless free throw with 2.2 seconds
remaining.
Jason Skær had a chance to give the Cowboys the lead when he went to the line for two shots with 6.6 seconds left and Oklahoma State trailing 59-58.
But he missed both tries, then Grimm swished two at the other end for a 61-58 Missouri lead.
The Tigers then fouled Dorsely before he was able to reach half-court, and after missing the first try he sank the second. Missouri got the inbounds pass to Grimm and he made two more from the line to seal the victory.
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