High School All-America Bill Curley, a 6'9",215-lb. forward, leads the youth movement. Despitemissing much of his senior season at Duxbury Highbecause of a foot injury, Curley's numbers as ajunior--27.2 points, 15.9 rebounds, 6.8 blocks and4.8 assists per game--helped make him one of themost sought-after recruits in the country.

In six games this season, Curley is averaging12 points and 8 rebounds per game.

Junior Corey Jackson (8 p.p.g., 4 r.p.g.) atforward and senior Corey Beasley (7 p.p.g., 12r.p.g.) at center join Curely in the startingfrontcourt. Jackson has the distinction ofconnecting on 11 of 28 foul shots.

Huckaby Baby

Freshmen guards Howard Eisley and MalcolmHuckaby should establish themselves as thebackcourt of the future in the Big East duringthis second year of the post-Dana Barros era(which followed the post-John Bagley era).

Eisley is leading the team in scoring from hispoint guard position, averaging 13.7 points pointsper game. Shooting guard Huckaby has struggledfrom the field, hitting only 21 percent of hisshots on 8-for-38 shooting.

B.C. has considerable depth this year, withsenior forward Doug Able coming off the bench toaverage 12 points per game and freshman GerrodAbram adding nine points per game. Senior guardBobby Moran, who is noted for his defensivetenacity, and twenty-two year-old sophomore guardLior Arditi, a former captain of the IsraeliNational Team, round out Coach Jim O'Brien'sbench