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K&nsss bwketbaJl coach Larry
Brown and Ncbrslca coach Moe
Iba cennct eree on whether Jay
hawk freshnsn D.inny Manning
plays more 1. 2 ho a G-l or 0-3.
School in Lawrence. Ho averted Manning will have the oppor-
22 points, 10 rebounds, five tunity to display hia newly at-
blocked shots, and five cssbts per tained wisdom when he plays
game while lending to the Oklahoma All-American Waymon
state finals his senior year. Tisdale and Nebraska All-Big
Manning said he hopes to main- Eight center Dave Hoppen.
tain these statistics m a Jayhawk. The thought of facing the two
"Right now. I see mvself as a evcitp Manning
When you wstcn Danny phy role otever. Ill do anvthins coach "Flavins rnct th i? t
from up in the cox, you would Br own wants me to do, whether going to make me that much bet
swear he is 6-1, Brown said. it's blocking shots, rebounding, or ter," Manning said.
ile'3 an exceptional ballhand- scoring." Manning said. "If you Brown said Manning's initial
lcr for a player his size. He plays want to be a good college player, season at the college level will be
like he's 6-3." Iba said. you have to have a solid all- more difficult than Tisdale's or
Brown and Iba do agree on one around game." Hoppen's
thing the 6-11 center possesses Greensboro, North Carolina "When Tisdale and Hoppen
superior ballhandling skills. wa3 Manning's home until two came into the league, they had a
Street and Smith marine lists years ago, when his father, Ed, lot of experienced people playing
Manning as one of their "15 accepted, an assistant coaching around them. We have quite a
Freshmen of Influence" and said post at KU. few new people (nine freshmen)
his ballhandling "will capture the The 6-11 blue-chipper became and that will make it tough for
attention of the fans throughout one cf the most highly sought him at first," Brown said,
the country." . after recruits in jhe country last Kansas opens its 1984-85 sea
"No one his she, with the possi- year. " on m Anchorage Alaska at the
ble exception of Magic Johnson Five schools had the inside Ge.t XTn ShooSut fron
of the Lakers, hra such sIoIj. the track on Manning: North Carol- cauy the Jayhawks face Mary
magazine said, ina, South Car olina, Maryland, land, one of the five schools Man
Brown felt the comparison be- Louisviie, and Kansas He even- nijlg considered attending, in the
tween Manning sua Johnson was tually choose Kansas because of first round,
unjust. - hi3 mother, not the fact that his ... . , . .
-It's unfair to compare Danny father was a coach there. Lr ' knaw wat t0
and Magic. They're both great "Whoever my mother was, that JJ! ?.SZ!S
baUhandiers, but Magic is such a is where I wanted to go to school, nl S' n X" :
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Danny needs to mature phusi- The KU campus was another r5TrZ r p !
caJJy," Brown said factor fa. Uunfafc decision. 'hJLL
Brown, who has coached sev- "I like Kansas a lot It's a nice kC- vCilcaLUVYt-lu
eral talented big men in his 12- college and the people come out
year career 3 an NBA and col- "and support their basketball Brown said Manning is a prob-
lege skipper, said Manning has team." Manning said. able starter for the Maryland
the tools to become a dominant Manning and Indiana's Delray S2 Dut "even if he doesn't start,
center. Brooks were the only high school well still be a good team," he said.
"Danny's a special kid. He is players invited to the Olympic Before leaving Kansas, Manning
special in the sense that he ha3 Trials by US. Coach Bobby Knight, said he wants to win an NCAA
several unique talents," Brown Although he did not make the title. But, basketball is not the
said. "He handles the ball and team Manning said the experience only part of is life where he has
passes better than anyone IVe was priceless. set goals,
ever seen his size." "I learned a lot at the Olympic "My main goal is to graduate
Manning displayed his all- trials," Manning said. "It showed from college and be successful,"
around talents at Page High me the physical side of basketball" he said.
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