One of the four returning starters, senior forward Scott Burzynski, is hoping the young Saluki basketball team will gel quickly so the team does not lose the fan support it has relished in the past.

By losing Carr, Timmons, and Lusk, we’re going to need people to step up and I hopefully will be one of them, Burzynski said. We’ll be missing people we turned to in the clutch.

The three year Saluki basketball player said this years’ wins are going to be a team effort.

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It’s going to be a collection this year, he said. One night it’ll be one guy and the next night another guy is going to have to step up.

Not being able to rely on veterans will require the young team to find a niche quickly, Burzynski said.

Hopefully through the preseason practices we should come together, he said. We’ve got people with experience who should take the younger players under their wing and help them develop.

Burzynski hopes the fan support of days past will see the young team through a maturation period he expects early in the season.

Hopefully people won’t jump on us early, the fans will be a big factor in supporting this team, he said.

The Salukis will be facing tough opponents in their non conference schedule during the 1995 campaign, Burzynski said.

Old Dominion is going to be real good next year, Burzynski said. They’ll be tough especially early in the season with our lack of experience.

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Men’s sports information director, Fred Huff said Old Dominion has a slew of returning players.

They’re going to have everybody back and also have had an excellent recruiting season – they’ll be a classy team, Huff said

The interstate rivalry with St. Louis will still be heated despite the departure of some key players, he said.

They’ve lost people but [coach] Spoonhour has got good players coming in, he said. It’ll be a war up there.

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