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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, August 29, 1972
College Station, Texas
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3rd place finish last season
A&M basketball promises to provide excitement, competition
■ Excitement is the theme of
Aggie basketball, and indications
are that the coming year should
be even more interesting than
1971-72, which saw the cagers of
Shelby Metcalf finish third after
being picked to come in last in
the Southwest Conference.
■ Newcomers made the differ
ence, and this will be the case
can rebound. On a short team
last year, he was called upon to
play the post several times. This
year, he will be used primarily at
the wing.
One of the brightest additions
again, although only two players
graduated from last year’s squad.
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features a dual post offense with
one guard. Senior Mario Brown
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season, and his flashy style of
ball handling gave fans their fill
of excitement.
Two other starters return, sen
ior Jeff Overhouse and junior
Randy Knowles. Overhouse was
Sophomore of the Year in the
league two years ago. At 6-7, he
plays a very physical game from
his post position. Knowles, 6-6,
specializes in 30-foot jump shots,
but he handles the ball well and
to the team will be 6-8 sopho
more Cedric Joseph. As an Ag
gie Fish, he was named the Out
standing Player in the SWC
freshman loop. He is expected to
hold down the other post from
the beginning of the season.
This leaves quite a battle for
the wing position, the only start
ing spot to be determined. Soph
omore Mike Floyd, 6-11, could
play here, or start at the point,
moving Brown to the wing. Floyd
Junior college transfer Chuck
Tone will battle Floyd for the
fifth position. He is a 6-7 shoot
ing ace from Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
With Floyd’s shooting eye and
ball handling, defense could be
matched Joseph’s 20.9 per game
point output last season, but he
missed six contests with a broken
foot.
Size and quality will be the
trademarks of bench strength,
with 6-8 junior college transfer
C. W. Guthrie, from Great Bend,
Kansas, being the backup man at
the posts. Webb Williams, a 6-7
sophomore, will fill in at the
wings. Williams may be the fast
est man on the team and should
develop into a fine player. Other
top substitutes will be seniors
Bob Gobin and Wayne Howard.
Future talent will be developed
on the redshirt team, including
NAME
POS.
HT.
WT.
HOMETOWN (High School)
Dale Ammons
QB
6-2
190
Pampa
Jim Hartman
QB
5-10
185
Luling, La. (Hahnville)
Doug Wood
QB
6-1
180
Arlington
Bubba Bean
RB
6-0
190
Kirbyville
Tony Blankenship
RB
6-2
175
New Orleans (Jesuit)
Alvin Bowers
RB
5-11
205
Wharton
Ronny Hubby
RB
5-10
195
Clovis, N. M.
Mark Martin
RB
6-1
190
Celina
Carl Roaches
RB
5-9
180
Houston (Smiley)
Bucky Sams
RB
5-10
196
Amarillo (Tascosa)
Pat Thomas
RB
5-10
175
Plano
Skip Walker
RB
5-10
170
Del Valle
Melvin Howard
RB
5-9
170
Warner Robins, Ga.
David Greeno
RB
5-11
185
Albuquerque, N. M.
Bruce Welch
C
6-4
250
Houston (King)
Henry Tracy
G
6-2
215
Houston (Sam Houston)
Carl Warnke
G
6-0
200
Castroville (Medina Valley)
Ted Ginsberg
G
6-1
200
Tyler (Lee)
Terry Crownover
G
6-2
235
Lafayette, La.
Tyrone Wright
G
6-0
185
Del Valle
Kent Krueger
T
6-5
260
Belmont, Calif. (Calmont)
Glenn Bujnoch
T
6-5
225
Houston (Mt. Carmel)
Dennis Smelser
T
6-5
237
Odessa (Permian)
Bill Foster
T
6-6
225
Ennis
Wayne litis
T
6-2
215
Castroville (Medina Valley)
Charles Underwood T
6-6
280
San Antonio (TMI)
Blake Schwarz
TE
6-2
215
Houston (Memorial)
Dan Allen
TE
6-1
210
Arlington
Richard Osborne
SE
6-5
214
San Antonio (Lee)
Edgar Fields
DE
6-3
240
Austin (Johnston)
Ronnie Garrison
DE
6-1
208
Orange (Stark)
Scott Knippa
LB
6-1
218
Bishop
Jim Norman
LB
6-1
230
Ennis
Kim Scott
LB
6-0
200
Dallas (Bryan Adams)
Garth TenNapel
LB
6-2
195
Euliss (Liberty)
Gary Kern
LB
6-1
205
Columbus, Ga. (Baker)
Ed Simonini
LB
6-0
200
Las Vegas, Nev. (Valley High)
Charles Arndt
DB
5-10
175
Cuero
David Bialis
DB
6-0
185
Houston (Bellaire)
Jeff Hesla
DB
6-3
185
Dallas (Hillcrest)
Jackie Williams
DB
5-11
174
Plano
Tom O’Dwyer
DB
5-10
175
Dallas (Highland Park)
6-10 junior college transfer Bruce
Ott and 6-8 sophomore Jerry
Mercer.
This year’s schedule begins
Nov. 28 with Wayland Baptist
at home. Non-conference oppon
ents include Texas - Arlington,
Angelo State, Oklahoma State,
George Washington and East
Texas State. The Aggies play in
the All-College Tournament in
Oklahoma City and the Bluebon
net Classic in Houston.
Metcalf, who is assisted by Jim
Culpepper, has compiled a 124-
100 record in nine seasons at
A&M, best in the SWC. Aggie
teams have won titles in 1964
and 1969 since he got the head
job, and only twice have had los
ing seasons, one of the better
sports records here.
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