BY STEVEN MARCUS
There were some laughs when Stony Brook guard Mitchell Beauford said he wanted to be a doctor. That was his freshman season and his grades were suspect. He had a difficult adjustment to academic life at Stony Brook--some thought he was on the way out--but he stayed the course and the guy we've always called Doc will graduate next month and then go on to graduate school. A high school standout at basketball-rich Christ the King, Beauford never became the next Speedy Claxton on the court, but he will achieve the significant goal of a college degree.