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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1981
Basketball season full of surprises
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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hindi
By RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
All the basketball division tour
naments are concluded and the
winners will now disperse around
the country to pursue that elusive
national crown.
But, surprisingly, Texas A&M
will be watching the final chase
scene on television — a non
participant.
The 1980-81 season was a long
one for the Aggies. From the
opening tipoff when the Ags
looked unbeatable to the final
jump shot that ended it all a week
and a half ago, the year brought
many ups and downs.
The entire Southwest Confer
ence race was turned upside down
by such teams as TCU, Rice and
Baylor, who knocked off confer
ence powers and put in surprising
ly good performances throughout
the season.
Here is a review of the 1980-81
Texas A&M season:
Nov. 22 — Senior co-captains
Rynn Wright and Vernon Smith
pour in 35 points between them as
the Aggies defeat Windsor Basket
ball Club of Canada, 84-51, in
front of 5,646 at G. Rollie White.
Nov. 28 — The Ags traveled to
the cold North to beat Maine, 66-
57 in front of 4,500.
Dec. 2 — The Aggies opened
their regular season with a 61-50
win over scrappy Texas Southern.
Sophomore Claude Riley hits 14
and Smith added 13.
Dec. 8 — Texas A&M raised its
record to 3-0 with a 75-68 thriller
over Sam Houston State in G. Rol
lie White. Wright hits 20 points.
Dec. 12 — In the first game of
the First Union Classic in Charlot
te, N.C., Texas A&M knocked off
host North Carolina-Charlotte,
75-64 behind Smith’s 30 points
and 13 rebounds. 4,619 looked on.
Dec. 13—The Aggies trounced
Davidson, 76-62, to win the title as
Wright and junior Rudy Woods
score 24 each. Smith is awarded
tournament MVP award.
Dec. 19 — The Ags win their
first tough test of the year, 51-47,
over James Madison in front of
5,200 at the Virginia Tech Invita
tional at Blacksburg, Va.
Dec. 20 — Texas A&M defeats
host Virginia Tech 55-52 to win the
championship in front of 5,000
people.
Dec. 29 — The bottom starts
falling out as the Aggies are
smashed by Califomia-Irvine 91-
74 in the first game of the KOA
Classic in Billings, Mont. The loss
drops the Ags to 7-1.
Dec. 30 — Eastern Montana
nips the Aggies in overtime, 39-
38, to take the consolation trophy.
The Ags shoot only 35 percent
from the floor.
Jan. 3 — The woes continue as
Texas A&M loses to tough TCU,
56-51 in Dallas’ Reunion Arena.
The largest crowd of the season,
12,231, looks on at the Ag loss.
Jan. 6 — The surprising Baylor
Bears drop the Aggies, 53-44 in
Waco. Texas A&M now is 7-4 and
0-2 in league play.
Jan. 10 — Texas Tech barely
slips past the Ags, 72-70 in front of
8,300 in Lubbock.
Jan. 17 — Smith scores 17 and
Wright 12 as the Aggies crush
SMU, 71-51 in front of 7,009 G.
Rollie White fans. It is the first
home game in nine contests for
Texas A&M. Woods is declared
scholastically ineligible.
Jan. 20 — 7,049 turn out to
watch the Rice Owls push past the
Aggies, 54-50 at G. Rollie White.
The Ags drop to 1-4 in league play.
Reggie Roberts scores 14.
Jan. 24 — More than 9,200
rabid fans turn out to see the
Arkansas Razorbacks down the
Aggies, 52-47 at Barnhill Arena in
Fayetteville. Roberts again leads
the Aggies with 14.
Jan. 26—The Texas Longhorns
capitalize on some crucial passing
mistakes by the Aggies in over
time to defeat Texas A&M, 67-63.
6,032 show up to watch the tele
vised game at G. Rollie White.
Roberts scores a career-high 18 to
lead the Ag effort.
Jan. 28 — Red-hot Houston
knocks off the slumping Aggies,
76-71 at Hofheinz Pavillion in
Houston. Wright scores 18, and
Roberts and Roy Jones add 15
each. More than 8,500 look on.
The first half of the SWC schedule
finds defending champion Texas
A&M at 1-7.
Jan. 31 — The Aggies finally
come around long enough to crush
Baylor, 84-59 at home in front of
6,955. Second guard Milton
Woodley enters in the second half
and ends up with six steals. Riley
sccores 15 for Texas A&M.
Feb. 7 — The Ags avenge the
earlier Red Raiders loss by knock
ing off Texas Tech on a Saturday
afternoon, 65-52 in front of 6,231
fans at G. Rollie White. Roberts
scores 18 including two dunks af
ter steals and Smith adds 17.
Feb. 10 — The Mustangs fall
prey to the surging Aggies, 61-56,
in Dallas. Smith scores 21, and
Riley and Roberts add 13. The
Aggies move to a 4-7 record.
Feb. 14—Only 4,300 look on as
Rice falls prey to Texas A&M, 71-
56, at Autry Court in Houston.
The fourth win in a row is led by
Smith with 24 and Roberts with
18. The night before. Smith
smashes an Autry Court back-
board while warming up.
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La. fans in a televised game. Smith
manages 25 points and Wright 18.
Feb. 24 — A TCU last-second
shot falls just short as Texas A&M
hangs on to beat the Horned
Frogs, 59-57, in Fort Worth.
Feb. 28 — The Aggies once
again let a lead slip away, but bare
ly hang on to win as the Cougars
are beaten in G. Rollie White, 78-
77. The win finishes a turnaround
for Texas A&M, which completes
a 7-1 SWC second half. 6,819
watch the game. The Aggies finish
tied with Texas Tech for fourth in
the conference and get a home
court berth in the post-season
classic.
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Ag swimmers 4th in SWC meet
Feb. 17—In a game marred by
fights and bad officiating against
both teams, the Aggies fall once
again to the Arkansas Razorbacks,
65-61, to break a four-game win
' streak in front of a disappointing
crowd of6,200 at G. Rollie White.
Wright scores 17 and Smith 16 to
pace a fine Ag effort.
March 2 — Darrell Browder’s
incredible 38-foot jumper with
time running out beats the Aggies
and ends the 1981 season, 62-60.
Incredibly, only 4,321 show up to
watch the Aggies post-season
effort at G. Rollie White. Smith
scores 19 and Wright adds 13 in
their last home game at Texas
A&M.
From staff and wire reports
After falling behind arch-rival SMU following the
first day of competition, the Texas Longhorns finally
got their act together and drowned the Mustangs this
past weekend in the SWC Swimming Champion
ships.
The Longhorns garnered 596 points, followed by
the Mustangs’ 504.5, Houston’s 268.5, Arkansas’
264, Texas A&M’s andTCU’s 84, Texas Tech’s 62 and
Rice’s 30.
Kris Kirchner won the 100-yard freestyle and
anchored the winning 400-yard freestyle relay Satur
day night in Austin to lead Texas, but the record-
breaker was from Southern Methodist.
SMU’s Steve Lundquist broke the U.S,
American and collegiate record for the 200-\i
breaststroke with a 1:58.18 finish. The previous]
cord was 1:58.43 set by Bill Barrett in the
NCAA Championships.
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finished in 2:55.32.
The Aggies could do no better than place
the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Feb. 21 — The Aggies hit the
century mark by plastering Texas
108-79 in front of 9,501 at the
Drum in Austin.
Feb. 22 — Nationally ranked
Louisiana State beats the Ags, 67-
57, in front of 11,750 Baton Rouge,
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