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Tuesday, January 17, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 Practice key to Kleine's success Sutton eyes stardom for center Arkansas center Joe Kleine tries to find an 'opening to unload the ball during a game Ij lagainsf TCU. The Hogs’ big 6’11, 250 lb. ^junior is averaging over 20 points a game. C cites best layers of week United Press International FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Akeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing may or may not return for their senior seasons of col lege basketball in 1985, but Arkansas coach Eddie Sutton said he thinks he knows who the best center in NCAA play will be anyway. Sutton said his own big man, 6-11 junior Joe Kleine, may be America’s best college center next season — even if Olajuwon returns to Houston and Ewing plays his Final year at GEORGE TOWN. “I think he’s a better offen sive center right now than Akeem or Pat Ewing,” Sutton said of the Slater, Mo., product. “He may not be as good an all- around player as those guys are because he can’t block shots like either one of them, but he can do everything they do offensively.” Sparked by consecutive 32- point outings against North Texas State and Alabama State in December, Kleine carries a 20.5 scoring average into Thurs day night’s Southwest Confer ence meeting with Texas. He has been in double figures in all 15 games, with a Field goal shoot ing mark of .623, and scored at least 18 points on 13 occasions. Rebounding has been another Kleine strong point. Hog star Joe Kleine 1 he transfer from Notre Dame ripped down 17 caroms in a game twice this year, including a matchup with 7-footer Jon Kon- cak of SMU, and has maintained a 10.6 rebound average. Kleine originally picked Dig ger Phelps’ program at Notre Dame after his last season at Sla ter, but transferred to Arkansas, his second choice, after one season. Playing time was not the prob- lem with the Irish. Kleine started 11 of 29 games while splitting time with Tim Andree as a freshman, but aeraged only 2.6 points and 2.4 rebounds in an offense designed around the talents of Kelly Tripucka and Orlando Woolridge, both NBA regula now. “I could have played up there,” Kl e * ne said his year at South B£ nd .> “but something wasn’t His (Phelps ) system an d waysjust weren t for me. I coi , * dn 1 see myself de veloping 3 s a player. I felt com fortable vvhh the school but not with the basketball. Kleine, ''’hose family is Catho lic, said th e factor of religion may have played a major role in his initial decision to enroll at Notre Da* 116- O nce he decided to leave 5 out h Bend, though, Arkansas '— his second choice originally '— was l he selection. The trahsfef forced Kleine to redshirt f<? r one y ear ar, d prac tice daily ag ain st Razorback reg ulars such as Tony Brown, Scott Hastings, Harrell Walker and Keith Peterson. Those four were all drafted by pro teams, and Hasti n g s and Walker re main in th£ NBA. “I thipk that year really helped m e develop,” Kleine said. “I got to practice every day against on e of l he best teams Arkansas e ver had. When I be came eligible last year, I had a year of Coach Sutton’s system and his methods. I may have been in my first game, but I felt like I had more experience.” Kleine’s First year as a Razor- back produced a 26-4 record for the team and personal averages of 13.3 points and 7.3 rebounds while battling the likes of Ola juwon, Koncak and Purdue’s Russell Cross. Sutton thinks the SWC, with three top centers now in resi dence, may have a large part of the nation’s best college pivotmen. “If he continues to develop at the rate he has been, a lot of people will think he’s the best center in the country next year,” Sutton said. \ FREE TRIP TO MAZATLAN, MEXICO DURING SPRING BREAK Last year we took over 5300 students in 8 weeks from 112 colleges and universities. We need reps from your campus that are willing to work during their spare time in return for a free trip. The trip for Texas A&M Universiry is Mar. 9 - Mar. 18. For more information call Marty of Lori on our toll free watts line at 1 -800-528-6025. 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