Georgia Tech's West gets tryout with Harlem Globetrotters

<p>The Harlem Globetrotters' adopted theme song "Sweet Georgia Brown" would be a nice fit if Georgia Tech's Mario West is successful in his tryout with the team.</p><p>West (6-5) was one of five players taken by the Globetrotters in their first player draft, the team announced on Monday. West will try out for the team in the fall.</p><p>The Harlem Globetrotters also drafted Anthony Atkinson of Barton College, 7-foot-9 Sun Ming Ming of China, Brent Petway of the University of Michigan, and Montevallo's Marcus Kennedy.</p><p>West, Tech's captain in the 2006-07 season, won the slam dunk competition at the Final Four, edging Petway in the final round.</p><p>West, from Douglasville, started only four games as a senior, averaging 4.7 points per game.</p><p>West will try to join the Globetrotters in their 82nd season. The team has traveled to 118 nations since 1926.</p><p>___</p><p>On the Net:</p><p>HASH(0x2de9f4c)</p>