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Separate bias and equalization switches for all the new tape formulas, including CrOa. Large lighted VU meters, auto-stop, mike and head phone jacks plus output level control! 14-602 Reg. 199.95 "Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 999 ••• SYSTEM PRICE ONLY $639 80 Reg. $779.80 ViSA Save $140.00 While Supplies Last 1125 VILLA MARIA 846-7384 Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat. Radio /hack Bt£ Paul Arnett It’ s no longer second rati Five years ago it ranked right up there with dorm hall hockey, water balloon fights and PE. But because of the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Houston Cougars and the Texas Longhorns, college basketball has found a home in the Southwest Con ference. ‘Tm really happy to see this come about,” coach Eddie Sutton said after his team’s victory over Fuller ton State. “It’s good to see the fans care about something other than football. “For a long time the conference has been considered to be some body’s weak sister when it came to basketball. But I think that day has come and gone.” The Razorbacks and the Long horns have the chance to prove that fact in the next seven days. Tonight Texas plays North Carolina State for the NIT championship. Saturday Arkansas plays Kentucky for the right to challenge the winner of the Duke-Notre Dame game for the NCAA championship next Monday night. Each team has an excellent chance to bring home the coveted crowns. “I think we have a good chance of winning the NCAA championship,” Sutton said. “The game this weekend against Kentucky will probably be the toughest one of our season. But we no longer represent just Arkansas; we represent the con ference as well. And for that reason, I think our guys will give Kentucky all they want.” Texas coach Abe Lemmons had similar sentiments. “When we stepped on that court at Madison Square Garden, the con ference’s reputation was on the line,” Lemmons said. “Our guys wanted to prove to all those New York writers that we can play some thing other than football in Texas.” And the ‘Horns did more than prove that fact. Before 18,000 parti san fans, Texas defeated Rutgers 96-76. But Lemmons thinks to- night’s finale will be a little tougher. “North Carolina State has a great basketball reputation,” Lemmons said. “Our guys will have to play the best game they can to defeat the Wolfpack. But if we do beat them, then all the critics will have to get off the Southwest Conference’s back.” Arkansas also faces a team with a great basketball tradition. The Ken tucky Wildcats are the No. 1 team in the nation and should have won the national championship last year. Coach Joe Hall’s group is not ope to finish second fiddle twice. “We know Kentucky wants the national championship very badly,” Sutton said. “But so do we. After losing to Wake Forest in the open ing round last year, our guys set a goal to prove that the Razorbacks can play with anybody in the nation. That will be on our minds this Saturday afternoon.” Looking at it realistically, it ap pears that Texas will win the NIT. But Arkansas winning the NCAA is another matter. Kentucky has more depthd stronger team inside. The Jj backs will have to counter|i :Vol. with their quickness and hoji ^ stay out of foul trouble. If the happen to defeat the Wildcats they’ll probably face Notre Dir The Irish are playin; ’ anyone else in the country i time. They are a physical hash team, capable of posting any fa ^Jl the nation clown underneath basket Notre Dame beat Houston,; opening round of the Midwest gionals like they were playing!; in the Cotton Bowl. And they® the same to the Razorbacks ft doesn’t stop the inside game. But all that is only academit Razorbacks, whether they lose this weekend, have alresil cused the nation’s spotlight Southwest Conference basket has taken many years for the invented in America to find feli 1 in the southwest. And for Sutton and Lem there’s no place like home. s 1 4u» |eli | Ipo l-fire .mm mm . Yk ■ hT Ags Hurdle ’Horns talion photo by Da; jd ’ ] Sophomore Mike Hurdle sends the ball bouncing over the rightfield fence at Disch-Falk Field in Austin Friday, aiding the Aggies in their 5-4 victory over the ’Horns. In Saturday’s double-header, A&M won the opener 1-0, and Texas toolj nightcap 5-2. The Aggies play USC today at 3 p.m. f dedication ceremonies at C.E. “Pat" Olsen Field. BREAKFAST with BRISCOE An opportunity for Brazos County citizens to meet with Governor Dolph Briscoe. w Ipie ^Wednesday / March 22 ★7:45-8:45 a.m, ★Aggieland Inn Ballroom 3; * v ‘ "^Coffee & Donuts Paid Political Advertisement by Brazos County Briscoe Committee, Charles McDaniel, Chairman, Box 4246, Bryan, Texas 77801