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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1978
By Mark Patterson
makings
One month into the conference
schedule I think it’s about time to
make my semi-annual SWC basket
ball predictions for this year.
After some unusual and interest
ing developments, the race for the
crown has become as tight as money
at the end of the month. And we all
know how that can be.
So let’s start at the top of the
standings and work our way down to
the pits.
With computer-like accuracy 1
have concluded that Texas will win
the conference title and draw a bye
into the final round of the post
season tournament. Though they
have four tough games ahead (two
away, two at home) I don’t see how
they’ll lose another game. They’ll
finish with a 15-1 conference mark
and await the tournament survivor.
But I didn’t forget Arkansas. The
number two team in the nation is
going to lose one more before the
final regular season whistle is blown.
Where? My guess is down in
Hofheinz Pavilion, on Feb. 18, to the
Houston Cougars. I just don’t be
lieve Arkansas can maintain their
present level of greatness with all the
traveling they’ve had to do this sea
son. They re tired, and looking
ahead they still have to go to SMU,
TCU, and Houston while entertain
ing Baylor and Tech at home.
And all the mileage will cost them
a conference championship.
Beyond the two frontrunners, the
race is reallv on in the conference.
With the championship virtually as
sured to Texas or Arkansas, the rest
of the conference is battling for home
court advantages in the opening
round of the post-season tourna
ment. And it’s getting bloody.
son with identical 10-6 conference
records. And a coin toss would de
termine who entertains the seventh
and eighth place finishers.
Tech has assured itself of finishing
in the top five with a 9-3 conference
record and four games left to play.
But where they’re going to finish in
the standings is still up for grabs. It’s
going to be a toss-up between Tech
and Houston for third place. And I
call it a tie.
Let’s skip down to the bottom two
teams, Rice and TCU. The two
teams should finish right where they
are; at the bottom. TCU should
finish with their lone win over A&M
and end up 1-15 on the year. Rice
will be a little better with a 3-13 final
record.
The key to this race will be the
head-to-head match-up between the
two Wednesday night in Lubbock. If
Tech can beat the Cougars, the two
teams should finish the regular sea-
The key to this slugfest will be the
exciting match-up between the two
in Fort Worth Monday. Tickets are
now on sale.
I purposely skipped the middle
three teams, SMU, Baylor and
A&M, because the race for the fifth
and final spot and the home court
advantage has turned out to be the
most exciting race to follow.
At the moment, Baylor is in the
driver’s seat for the coveted position.
With their win over Houston Wed
nesday night, the Bears stand one
game ahead of the Aggies and one
game behind SMU. The Bears
should finish the regular season with
a 7-9 record and lock-up fifth place in
the conference. Standing 4-7 in the
conference, the Bears still have to
face Arkansas, Texas SMU, TCU and
Rice. Baylor ought to win three out
of the five and hold the first round of
the tournament in their own col
iseum.
But SMU can control its own des
tiny as can Baylor. The key game for
Ladies lose to Red Raiders
By JANA THIEME
The Aggie Ladies were defeated
in a heartbreaker Thursday evening
by the Texas Tech Red Raiders
71-64. The Raiders are ranked
fourth in the state and displayed
their talent before a rapidly filling
coliseum of spectators.
Their main attraction came in the
form of a young woman, D Lynn
Brown, who scored 29 points and
grabbed 12 rebounds. The only
other Raider to score in double fig
ures was Marilyn Payton with 15.
The Aggies had three women who
finished the evening in double fig
ures. High-point scorer for the Ags
was Sheree Christian, a junior from
Houston, who wound up with 17.
Von “the gun ’ Bunn, a sophomore
from Victoria, connected with 16
and Julia Crawford, a freshman from
College Station had 12.
Christian also had the highest
number of rebounds with 12.
The Ladies and the Raiders bat
tled for the lead throughout the first
half.
In the Second half. Tech came out
of the locker room fired up, and
suddenly the Ladies found them
selves down by 11.
“For the time span where it
counted,” Christian said, “they
out-hustled us. It seemed like we
looked up at the clock and we were
four points behind and the next sec
ond we were down by 11.
With 12 minutes remaining in the
game, the Ags pulled to within
three. But the Red Raiders got hot,
scored seven unanswered points
and the game was over.
Foul trouble plagued the Aggies
early in the contest. Both Christian
and Crawford were in foul trouble
before the second half and could not
play the aggressive defense they are
accustomed to.
“Tech played excellent defense
against us, Bender said. “They put
pressure on the ball all the time.
Two and three girls would always be
on or near the ball wherever it hap
pened to be.
Bender also said that the Ags did
not run as smoothly as she would of
liked them to.
“They tried hard,” she said,
“maybe too hard.”
Christian said that the loss was
one of the toughest ones of the sea
son but added that the support of
the crowd and yell leaders helped
their play a lot.
the Mustangs will be the game down
at Baylor tomorrow. The Ponies al
most have to win, because ahead
they face Houston, Texas, Arkansas
and TCU. Standing 5-6 in confer
ence play, the Mustangs woidd have
to finish with a 7-9 record, or better,
to hope for entertaining the first
round of the tournament.
Last, but not least (remember
Rice and TCU), are Shelby Metcalfs
boys. From now on in, every game is
important for the Aggies if they hope
to have the first round of the tourna
ment here at G. Rollie White.
And the possibilities look bleak.
The Aggies could finish with a 6-10
conference mark and, by chance, tie
for the fifth place spot with Baylor
and SMU. But 7-9 looks like the rec
ord that will finish fifth.
But that isn’t unachievable, even
for the Aggies.
In order for A&M to end up 7-9
they have to beat Tech, TCU and
Rice.
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By RENNE PEVOTO
Wally Swanson, the 6-8 junior
from Wateska, Ill. says, “it’s not
much fun not to be a starter” for the
Aggie basketball team this year.
Number 54 started all 28 games
last year and 11 more when he
played on the Southwest Conference
Championship team his freshman
year.
“I got off' to a slow start this ytear
and that hurt me ,” Swanson said. He
added that he doesn’t play any worse
than last year, just not as much.
“It’s harder to prepare yourself for
the games when you don t know
when when you'll play,” Swanson
said. Instead of getting nervous,
Swanson likes to “relax before the
games.” He doesn’t get serious until
they leave the locker room for the
last time.
Swanson works on improving his
skills by shooting a lot before prac
tice, he said. He added that the post,
or inside men, work on a drill to im
prove their defense.
The Aggies had a lot of trouble
adjusting to each other’s different
styles.
“l think the team meeting after the
TCU game helped,” Swanson said.
“Everybody got stuff off their chest
that they had been wanting to for a
long time.’
Swanson is majoring in business
management and says he doesn t
have time to study much when they
have so many road games.
“Everybody wants to play pro ball,
it’s just a question of whether or not
you’re good enough to. It’s for a veiy
chosen few .”
Swanson has notoriety with other
teams on the road and at home. He
said perhaps this is “because I’m one
of the few players they remember
from the championship team. ” He,
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Brian Barrett are the only remaining
Aggies that played on the “75-‘76
winning team.
Being on that team was “ one of the
greatest thrills I’ve had in athletics.
It means more to me now that it did
then.
The fans are not as radical as they
are up north where Swanson is from,
he said.
“Here the fan support is better
than the year we won the cham
pionship. I hope to see the fans out
there for the rest of our home games,
I think they are going to see a better
brand of basketball. ”
Swanson added,’’most of the trou
ble we have is when we get running
too fast and take bad shots. We need
to take time amd pass the ball around
more to open up good shots.”
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