THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1977
Page 7
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utton receives recognition
By WAYNE NELSON
iaturday night, Houston basket-
ifans saw something unusual,
wo teams, Arkansas and Hous-
, met for the championship game
he Southwest Conference (SWC)
mament. The unusual part was
[ the matchup paired two teams
[were nationally ranked.
)ne of the teams featured an
America while the other held
United States Basketball
iters Association (U SBWA) coach
he year.
he All-America was the much
ilicized Otis Birdsong.
'he coach, however, is not so
known.
le is Eddie Sutton, the head
ketball coach at the University of
;ansas.
Sutton, who is in his second year
at Arkansas, has turned the program
around there, as well as SWC bas
ketball a more respectable name.
Last Saturday night, before a
sellout crowd at the Summit, Sut
ton’s Razorbacks proved for the 17th
time this season why they were No.
1.
The Hogs handed the Houston
Cougars an 80-74 loss to assure an
outright SWC championship.
After the game. Coach Sutton
looked back on the game and some
immediate plans for the Razorbacks.
“It was a great honor to even be a
part of this game,” said a modest
Sutton. “It was really great to see a
full house and on top of that to see
two of the finest basketball teams
play that the SWC has seen in many
years.”
Coach Sutton was also com
plimentary of the Houston team and
their performance.
“Coach (Guy) Lewis has a lot to
be proud of,” Sutton said.
“I hope that they will also get the
chance to represent our conference
in the NCAA (National Collegiate
Athletic Association) playoffs be
cause I know that of the 32 teams that
are picked for the tournament
around the country, Houston has to
be in there.”
But when the invitations went
out, Houston was left off the pres
tigious list. They were, however,
invited to play in the National In
vitational Tournament (NIT) to be
held in New York City later this
month.
Speaking of the NCAA tourna
ment, Coach Sutton said that for the
first time in many years there is no
unanimous choice for the tourna-
^ment winner.
“We can safely say that we have a
good chance to go all the way to the
finals if we get a break here and
there,” he said.
If the Razorbacks do reach the fi
nals, the credit will probably go to
the three All-SWC players from Ar
kansas, Ron Brewer, Sidney
Moncrief and Marvin Delph.
“Of the three, Ron Brewer is
probably the best all-around player,
Sutton said. “All three are very
gifted athletes and it is a rare plea
sure to have them on one team.
Saturday afternoon the Razor-
backs will step into the first round of
the tournament when they tip it off
with Wake Forest University in
Norman, Okla.
No matter what the outcome of
the tournament. Coach Sutton is
obviously very proud of his team.
“People bad-mouth SWC basket
ball, but those two teams that
played tonight could go anywhere
and not be embarrassed.
Intramurals
INTRAMURAL HASKETBALL . . .
PLAYOFFS
MEN-A DIVISION
Puryear I vs. Fat City, 59-51; Aston vs.
Raoches, 34-33.
MEN-B DIVISION
Mitchell’s Barcelona vs. Wildbunch, 46-42.
(B DIVISION-CHAMPS)
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL . . . ALL
UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS
Puryear I vs. Aston I, 42-51. (Puryear
I-AU-University Champs)
INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL
MEN DORM
A Division: Aston vs. Law, 4-9; Walton vs.
Davis Gary, 1-22.
MEN INDEPENDENT
A Division: Sigma Chi vs. Hot Dogs, 10-11;
Sausalito vs. Nailers, 0-10.
B Division: Raiders vs. WADS, 20-18; Stall
ions vs. ABA, 8-5; Czech’s vs. P.E. Batters,
17-1; Batters II vs. Beaver, 1-26; Beefeaters
vs. Southlanders, 8-19.
C Division: Animal Science vs. Martinez
Bro., 7-10; Mexico vs. Fish Gen., 0-10.
WOMEN INDEPENDENT
B Division: Seagulls vs. DZ, 10-0; Caslicks
vs. Do-ly’s, 0-10; OPA vs. Monaco, 10-0.
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Southwest Conference Championship swim meet in
oogs stop Sycamores 83-82
Battalion photo by Gayna Lea Whitlow
Austin Saturday. The relay went on to place fourth in
the finals, and the swimmers took six place overall.
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OOkef OUSTON — Larry Bird’s short
around jumpshot with two sec-
> remaining failed to fall and the
iston Cougars survived a furious
ana State rally yesterday to win
ITS nse 83-82 victory in the first
id of the National Invitational
nament.
ouston, 27-6, advanced to the
quarterfinals in New York City
against Illinois State, 22-6. Houston
appeared to be coasting to a first
round victory with five minutes re
maining, but the Cougars slowdown
tactic backfired as Bird poured in
eight of his 44 points in the final
minute to pull the Sycamores into
an 82-82 tie with 58 seconds left.
The Cougars’ Mike Schultz was
fouled 21 seconds later, but he con
verted the first of his one-in-one
free throw.
Indiana State called time out and
decided on one final shot. Bird,
being guarded by Houston All-
American Otis Birdsong, shook free
of the tight defense, took a pass four
feet to the right of the basket, and
fired a shot which was just a little
long and bounced off the rim.
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