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Kelli Anderson
February 03, 1997
The Cards Are Flying Again
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February 03, 1997

College Basketball

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Not only does this Michael Jordan share a name and number with the Bulls' star, but he also has an all-around game. He is second on the Quakers in scoring, assists and steals, and he was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times in January. "Michael has the whole package, and he's done a great job," says Penn coach Fran Dunphy. "But to us he's just another basketball player whose name happens to be Michael Jordan." Perhaps so. But Jordan's 10.5 average through Sunday was only three points below his namesake's average in his first year at North Carolina. And it wasn't immediately obvious how good the original Michael Jordan was going to get, either.

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