Post by krazykev on Nov 10, 2009 7:22:38 GMT -5
GREENSBORO -- Once upon a time, when the two kids from Greensboro were looking for a place to play college basketball, they chose N.C. A&T on faith.
They believed in coach Jerry Eaves, then coming off his third season. They believed they could help him bring a beleaguered program back to prominence. They believed things would get better. After seasons of 1-26, 3-25, 6-24 and 6-23 they couldn't get much worse.
So Tavarus Alston, a point guard from Smith, and Robert Johnson, a power forward from Dudley, became teammates at A&T.
Now they're seniors, and in their three seasons the Aggies have won 15 games twice and finished 16-16 last season -- A&T's first .500 record in 14 years and the most victories in 15 years.
"This program is much different. We're just better," said Johnson, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward who averaged 9.8 points per game last season. "We play harder as a team and we know what it takes now to win a little bit. We've matured.
www.news-record.com/content/2009/11/10/article/aggies_have_grown_up_with_class
They believed in coach Jerry Eaves, then coming off his third season. They believed they could help him bring a beleaguered program back to prominence. They believed things would get better. After seasons of 1-26, 3-25, 6-24 and 6-23 they couldn't get much worse.
So Tavarus Alston, a point guard from Smith, and Robert Johnson, a power forward from Dudley, became teammates at A&T.
Now they're seniors, and in their three seasons the Aggies have won 15 games twice and finished 16-16 last season -- A&T's first .500 record in 14 years and the most victories in 15 years.
"This program is much different. We're just better," said Johnson, a 6-foot-6, 200-pound forward who averaged 9.8 points per game last season. "We play harder as a team and we know what it takes now to win a little bit. We've matured.
www.news-record.com/content/2009/11/10/article/aggies_have_grown_up_with_class
