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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1978
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I don’t think there’s a more excit-
gday in collegiate sports than the
of the semi-final games in the
^CAA basketball tournament.
I And I wasn’t let down this
Weekend when, in St. Louis, the
> said Ipuke Blue Devils ran away from the
mo Mt|irish of Notre Dame and the No. 1
( d'eape anked Kentucky Wildcats bounced
? I tend the Arkansas Razorbacks.
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n an i» pwn by 14 points with seven min-
indstni i es g arne anc ^ still have
ig,” j| |e outcome decided on the final
r , saic I, puke, a finesse team matched
Ikgainst a powerful Notre Dame
ran out to a 43-29 lead at
^ '^Mlftime and looked like they had
'* e '- the game well in hand.
• WCTeC I ® llt somebody forgot to tell coach
jfeggcr Phelps and his Notre Dame
11 ipiiad as the Fihting Irish lived up
iportarJto their name by clawing back to
g, WlejHthin tv'o points with 20 seconds
ke,tatf|feft in the contest.
:ar, riil hut the Irish blew their chance of
ssonJM vancin g into the finals tonight.
hastoS’k® turned the ball over to Notre
Ttame with 11 seconds left but hold-
,tor S ( | n g a 88-86 led. Notre Dame went to
its captain and the only senior on
the floor, Don “Duck” Williams, for
the final shot. It fell short and so did
the Irish’s bid for second national
championship to go along with their
football crown, a feat that has yet to
be accomplished in the same
year.
So the finesse team from Duke ad
vances into tonight’s final. The amaz
ing aspect of the Blue Devils playing
in the championship game is the
youth on the team.
Out of the starting five players
Duke puts on the floor, two are
freshmen, two are sophomores and
one is a junior. But the inexperience
of Duke wasn’t apparent in Satur
day’s game. On numerous occasions
the Blue Devils went to the free-
throw line under pressure situations
and hit their shots with amazing ac
curacy. Duke hit 32 of35 free-throws
and defeated the Irish to advance
into the championship game.
But in the second contest, power
came away with a victory over finesse
as the Kentucky Wildcats bounced
the Arkansas Razorbacks 64-59.
But it was a game that the South
west Conference, and more impor
tantly the Arkansas fans, can point to
without any feeling of shame or em
barrassment. The Hogs played as
well as they were expected to play.
But their effort fell five points short.
Coach Eddie Sutton can look back
at the game and point at a variety of
reasons why his team didn’t come
away with a victory. But the most
obvious reason was the play of the
officials.
The referees called an unusual
amount of fopls on both teams and
the Hogs appeared to suffer the
worst from the quick whistles. With
only seven minutes gone in the game
Arkansas’ starting forward Steve
Schall picked up his fourth foul of the
game. And nine minutes later Ar
kansas’ center Jim Counce was tag-
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first half.
Sutton was forced to go to his
smaller lineup. But the Hogs hung
with Kentucky and trailed 32-30 at
the half.
The powerful Wildcats began to
streach their lead in the second half
and with five minutes gone they held
a 49-40 lead.
But the “three basketeers from
Arkansas, Ron Brewer Marvin
Delph and Sidney Moncrief weren’t
through yet, as they started hitting
their bombs from the outside. They
whittled the Kentucky lead to two
points, 61-59, with 1:25 left in the
game.
But Kentucky was not to be de
nied as the Wildcats ran out the clock
and advanced into tonight’s cham
pionship against Duke.
So it will be another battle be
tween a finesse club in Duke and a
power club in Kentucky. And in that
kind of game anything can happen
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INTRAMURAL
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April is the month for stars —
uperstars that is. Entries for
uperstars open today, March 27,
ind close April 4. Competition will
;ake place between April 10 and
Ipril 24. There will be a men’s and
women’s division, and entries
nust be made on a special
uperstars entry form.
Schedules will be given out at a
mandatory meeting for all partici-
)ants on Thursday, April 6, at 5:00
m. in room 232, in G. Rollie
White Coliseum. All entrants
must be sponsored. A t-shirt must
e worn during all phases of the
mmpetition with the sponsor’s
ame on the front and the partici-
ant’s name on the back. Only one
entrant may be sponsored per
dorm, unit, or housing unit.
Each entrant may participate in
a maximum of seven out of eight
events. Events will include the
100 yard dash, the 100 yard swim,
weightlifting, tennis, bowling,
softball throw, free throw, and ob
stacle course. If more than 30 per
sons enter, prelims will be held
consisting of the 100 yard dash, 50
To all
tracksters
Track and Field event pre
liminaries will take place next
week on April 3 and April 4. Men’s
and women’s dorm and indepen
dent entries along with the co-rec
entries will do their thing(s) on
Monday, April 3. Corps and Fish
will compete on Tuesday, April 4.
Field events on both days will
begin at 5:00 p.m. and running
events at 7:00 p.m. All competi
tion will take place on Kyle Field.
If you want to enter any of the
co-rec relays, entries will remain
open until Friday, March 31. The
divisional meets will be April 6 at
6:00 p.m. and the All-University
meets will be on April 10 at 7:00
p.m.
yard swim, and a free throw con
test.
Points for the prelims will be
the time of the 100 yard dash times
six added to the time of the 50 yard
swim divided by two plus the
number of free throws made times
four.
For the regular competition,
two points will be awarded for
each event entered and places in
each event will be awarded points
— 10 points for first place, 7 for
second, 5 for third, 3 for fourth,
and 1 point for fifth place.
The tennis competition will be a
double elimination tournament.
USTA rules will apply. Matches
consist of two out of three sets.
Games will be to four points with
no deuce. Scores will be reported
to the supervisor and flight sheets
will be posted in the IM Office. If
you cannot play at the scheduled
time, play the match beforehand
and report the score before your
scheduled match time to the
supervisor.
In the bowling competition,
each participant will bowl a three
game series. Times will be posted
in the IM Office. Bowling will take
place in the MSC lanes.
For the free throw event, each
entrant will be allowed two
warm-up shots and 20 throws to
count. The contest will be held on
the main floor of G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Weightlifting will take place in
the weight room, second floor of
G. Rollie White. The weight rec
orded will be the last weight
cleanly lifted and once a weight
has been attempted, lesser
weights cannot be tried. Winners
will be determined by the per
centage of body weight lifted.
The 100 yard swim will be held
in Downs pool and will consist of
four lengths of the pool. The 100
yard dash and the softball throw
will be in Kyle Field. For the
softball throw, five attempts will
be allowed, with the longest one
counting for distance. Two at
tempts will also be allowed for the
obstacle course.
So, thank your lucky stars and
come be one. Who knows, you
might become one of those novas
— an Aggie Superstar.
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T Spy’s Participant Of The Week
Ditz Rabel from Dunn Hall and Richard Frey of Puryear
proceeded to tie each other in knots during a Class A wrestl
ing match last week. Whether the two were even unraveled
or not is unknown, but it is known that Ditz Rabel should
come by the Intramural Office and pick up his free “B.O.G.
card-redeemable for food at McDonalds.
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Acknowledgments
This ad is sponsored by
McDonald’s on University Drive
and Manor East Mall and under
the direction of the IM Office with
stories by Michelle Wolstein and
photos by Corey Gaskill.
The Willie
Foreman Specialty
Think you’re good with a bas
ketball? Come prove it. IM is
featuring a slam dunk contest. A
slam dunk is a stuff shot where the
player jumps up over the basket
and stuffs tbe ball into the rim.
Entries close March 29 and the
prelims will be held that same
Wednesday night (March 29) from
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in DeWare Field-
house.
Willie Foreman, Mr. Slam
Dunk of the Aggie Basketball
Team, will judge the finals compe
tition during half-time of the men’s
class A basketball championship
game on Thursday, March 30.
That game is scheduled for 8:00
p.m. on the main floor of G. Rollie
White.
The contestants will each have
five dunk attempts. Two points
will be scored for each dunk suc
cessfully made. Each dunk will
also be scored on a scale of 0 to 5
for originality and style. The
champ will be awarded an IM
t-shirt.
This contest is open to all A&M
student, faculty, and staff with the
exception of the TAMU varsity
basketball team. Junior varsity
players may enter.
Unique
and New
Do you like uniqueness? Look
ing for something new to do next
week? Try IM arm wrestling.
Entries open today and close April
4. Competition will be April 5
from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in men’s and
women’s divisions.
Women’s weight divisions will
be 124 pounds and under, 125 -
149 lbs., and 150 lbs. and up.
Men’s weight divisions are 150 lbs.
and under, 151 - 175 lbs., 176 -
200 lbs. and unlimited. Special
entry forms will be required,
which will include a place for your
weight. The night of competition
will include a weigh-in. You must
meet your designated weight or
forfeit. So, wear whatever you
wish to compete in for weighing.
(PLEASE NOTE THE CLOSING
DATE WAS PRINTED INCOR
RECTLY IN THE IMPACT
NEWSLETTER).
A really
big show
Water Polo got its start last week with the games being played
in the natatorium. Shown here is class A Co-Rec competition
between Nameless Team and Puss & Boots.
Entries Opening:
Superstars Mar. 27-Apr. 4
Arm Wrestling Mar. 27-Apr. 4
Entries Closing:
Golf Doubles Mar. 28
Three-Man Volleyball Mar. 28
Slam Dunk Contest Mar. 29
Co-Rec Track Relays Mar. 31
Master’s Mile Mar. 31
Special Events:
IM Combination Night (Wrestl
ing and Basketball All-
University Playoffs) Main Floor
of G. Rollie White, March 30.
Slam Dunk Contest Main Floor
of G. Rollie White, March 30.
Frisbee Tournament at Ski
Slope on April 1.
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SPORT
SHORTS
Sport
Shorts
FROM THE DIAMOND
Softball players, read this care
fully! Playoff schedules will be
posted at 4:00 p.m. on Monday,
April 3. Playoffs will begin Tues
day, April 4.
IFO’S (IDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS)
Guess what’s going on this
Saturday? Did you forget? It's the
IM frisbee tournament which will
feature a demonstration of a new
frisbee game — 3-man guts — by
the TAMU Disc Association. Bring
your lunch and frisbee to the ski
slope on April 1 and have an April
Fun s Day. Competition begins at
8:00 a m.
THE MASTER’S MILE
Entries for the Master’s Mile will be open until March 31. To
qualify, one must be 35 years old or older. Men and women are
encouraged to enter. The Master's Mile will be run during the
annual IM track events.
It’s the greatest, most fantastic,
most action-packed night of the
semester. It s IM combination
night, March 30, on the main floor
of G. Rollie White Coliseum. See
all-star wrestling, all-university
championship basketball, Willie
Foreman, and the finals of the
Slam Dunk Contest.
That’s right, Ags, March 30 is a
date to mark on your calendar. At
5:30 p.m. the big evening will start
off with the wrestling all
university playoff matches. By
8:00 the champ will have won his
title.
At 8:10, the men’s class A bas-
iketball playoffs for all-university
champs will begin. At half-time
Willie Foreman, of the TAMU
varsity basketball team, will give a
slam dunk demonstration. Willie
will also judge the slam dunk con
test finals during half-time.
At 9:10 the women’s teams will
play their all-university cham
pionship game and at 10:10 men's
class B will compete for their
champion ship title.