Show Badgers Open Hoop Season Against Phoenix College Snow Colleges College's basketball team will spend the Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving vacation on an Arizona tour that opens the 73 1972 cage season The Badgers will p play I a y Phoenix College Thursday night at Mesa Community College College College Col Col- lege Friday night and Glendale Junior College Saturday night The three games will be played on the home floors of the Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona schools They're expected to give Coach Gary Bliss a lineup on l his s mainly new material and provide the Badgers with some needed much-needed experience Last year the Snow on the same trip lost to Phoenix and won from Mesa and Glen- Glen dale Tl This s year Coach Bliss thinks the outcome could be different That's because the Badgers are inexperienced this year with only three lettermen back and the Arizona teams particularly Mesa stronger than ever The lettermen back from the team that last year won the co- co championship of the Intermountain tain Collegiate Athletic Conference Conference Conference Confer Confer- ence and then went to the Region I playoff for the third time Ume In Ina a row are John Bale captain elect Provo and Joe Man Manning East High who were the starting starting starting start start- ing guards in most of the games last year and Bernie Granger who saw some action at forward Two transfers who played freshman ball at Utah State will add some experience Mark Peterson a forward and Scott Parrish a center The new recruits include three guards Trevor Matthew Tasmania Mel McLaurin Compton Calif and Dave Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son Blanding |