Dominicans in the NCAA

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As the NCAA College Basketball season begins today Dominicans can look at the collegiate league with pride. Fifteen Dominicans will play important roles in Division I teams throughout the US. Four are freshman standouts expected to help their teams significantly. Among them is a pair of 6'10 power forwards Eloy Vargas (Florida) and Alex Rivas Sanchez (South Florida). Also, there is Dagoberto Pena (Marshall) and Steve Mejia (Rhode Island). This core will be joining Edgar Sosa (Louisville) who has already become one of the best young guards in the nation, Manny Quezada (San Francisco), John Garcia (Seton Hall), Alejo Rodriguez (Iona) and Antonio Pena (Villanova). Also, there is Luis Guzman, Dalky Melendez (Louisiana Monroe), Adris de Leon and Andy Genao (Eastern Washington), James Feldeine and Jonathan Cruz (Quinnipiac). Gerardo Suero will play for Wabash College (D. II) this year and David Manaya and Leo Liriano could be midseason additions to Texas Tech. Chris de la Rosa and Danny Taveras are in the same position at Siena and San Diego State, where both talented players are currently not on the pre-season rosters. While baseball has long been held up as the DR's national sport, basketball has squeezed its way into prominence over the last 15 years. This has been made possible by members of the Dominican community in the US, who are more likely to play basketball in the urban areas where they live.

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