Show Bruin Fever has Great by Dee Herfel Contributing Writer t This years year's basketball team should be better than last years year's i according to coach Dave Osborn The Bruins have five returning returning returning return- return ing players and are a lot deeper We have a deeper bench Last year we were only about seven deep this year we should be ten tenor tenor tenor or eleven deep This will be a run and gun slam dunk team I will be surprised if we are not as exciting as last year he said t The Bruins also have three Americans All-Americans Tank Collins Ant Antoine Antoine An- An toine Davison and John Staggers We have four or five players that can really break open a game for us they're really exciting f to watch We will get five or six dunks a game Those guys just throw it in said the three year coach I 1 Even with such a powerful lineup the Bruins have their work i i cut out for them Their major competition will be Dixie i 4 and j i Osborn and his assistants anticipate that the first of January I 1 will be the seasons season's hard spot I I It is critical for us to get s some me wins during January to carry t r I us into the home stretch The team is expected to be a twenty game plus winner this year The season starts Nov 9 at Hill Air Force Base The first home game will be beNov Nov 12 Osborn feels student support is crucial to the teams team's success The Bruins have eleven home games out of thirty is the only public school in the state that does not receive state funds The team is funded by student fees and private donations donations donations dona dona- only More home games will be aV available when more ore r funds are received There are high expectations this year for the Bruins ly after last years year's ranking of 12 in the nation and being the nations nation's scoring champs with an average of points per game Osborn stated We will be one of the most exciting teams in Salt Lake City this year The will really love us Come watch us t |