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Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Teams Full of New York Flavor

Princeton, NJ (November 5, 2003) - The New York Metropolitan area has always been known for producing some of the best basketball talent in the country. This year's Coaches vs. Cancer Classic will feature thirteen players from the New York area:

Sean Banks (Memphis) • Fr., Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic HS
John Buck (Wake Forest) • So., Westbury, N.Y., Long Island Lutheran HS
Darryll Hill (St. John's) • So., Queens, N.Y., Milford (Conn.) Academy
Elijah Ingram (St. John's) • So., East Orange, N.J., St. Anthony's HS
Andre Stanley (St. John's) • Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y., Global Institute
Willie Shaw (St. John's) • Sr., Bronx, N.Y., John F. Kennedy HS
Kyle Cuffe (St. John's) • Sr., Bronx, N.Y., Rice HS
Carl Krauser (Pittsburgh) • So., Bronx, N.Y., Notre Dame Academy (Mass.)
Mark McCarroll (Pittsburgh) • Jr., Queens, N.Y., Milford (Conn.) Academy
Dante Milligan (Pittsburgh) • Fr., New York, N.Y., Trinity-Pawling HS
Chris Taft (Pittsburgh) • Fr., Brooklyn, N.Y., Xaverian HS

Match-ups for the event are as follows:

All four games will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

Last year's Coaches vs. Cancer Classic field included three eventual Final Four teams from the 2003 NCAA tournament -- Marquette, Syracuse and Texas. In addition to featuring 14 preseason Top 20 teams over the past four years, the event has opened the season with the last two eventual national champions competing at the Garden (Maryland in 2001-02 and Syracuse in 2002-03).

The Coaches vs. Cancer ® program, created by the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches exists to leverage the strength, community leadership and celebrity of our country's basketball coaches to raise awareness and in turn, reduce cancer risk through education programs while raising funds for the American Cancer Society.

Since 1995, Gazelle, producer of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, has raised over $2 million for Coaches vs. Cancer ®. Tickets for the 2003 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic are on sale now through the Madison Square Garden Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at (212) 307-7171 or by logging on to the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic page of Ticketmaster.com.

For more information about the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, please contact Michael Matkowski at (609) 921-1300 or mmatkowski@gazellegroup.com. General information about the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic can be found by logging on to www.cvcclassic.com.

Members of the media can download a Credential Application and visit the Media Page for event history and records, logos, and photos. visit the Media Page for event history and records, logos and photos.