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end up having a very good
program.
“The bottom line is that you
want to be successful in every
adventure, and you also want to
do it in the right way.
“You try to collect a lot of in
formation, sort it out and go
from there,” he said. “There are
a lot of things I’d like to do. Cer
tainly we need to help our bas
ketball by having an all-purpose
student center... and to help our
swimming by having an indoor
swimming facility.
“We’d like to put all our
Athletic Department personnel
in one building. If you do those
three things, then you’ll have as
fine a facility as anyone in the
country.”
Sherrill described a sports
arena as being near the top of his
list of priorities.
“(Students) get tired of stand
ing in line to try to get into the
basketball games,” he said. “If
they knew that they could go
and there’s availability, then
they’re going to go. If it’s a new
place, the analogy of it is that if
you (have) a 1928 beat-up sta
tion wagon and a Cadillac ... you
can find people to get out and
drive that Cadillac.
“It wouldn’t be a problem (to
get people to attend events) if
you did build something. You
need an all-purpose building on
campus for the students so you
can bring in more entertainers.”
Sherrill said that the academic
standards for his athletes will be
high, and that motivation will be
a key factor in his proposed
program stressing academics.
“It’s important,” he said. “I
met with the deans today (Fri
day) to tell them what I’m trying
to get done, and hopefully what
we'll get done. It’s important,
because the athletes are here to
be students.
“I’m not a physics teacher, I’m
not a chemistry teacher or an
engineering teacher. For them
to say that it’s the football coach’s
responsibility to get the kids to
go to class ... it’s the wrong atti
tude to take. It’s kind of like tell
ing a physics student to get out
of his lab and go someplace else.
He may not want to go some
place else.
“The way we want to set it up
is that we want the academic
people handling our students,
which means that they will moti
vate them in that way,” Sherrill
said. “They know how to moti
vate them academically. I know
how to motivate them athletical
ly. I’ve got to have it. If they
don’t go to class, they don’t plav
— it’s very simple.
“I can’t tutor a kid in English,
but I can hire somebody who
can.”
In fact, Sherrill has hired a
faculty member at the Universi
ty of Tennessee who has mas
ter’s degrees in English and so
cial studies to be academic advi
sor to Texas A&M athletes. Alan
Beals, who also served on the
teaching faculties at Iowa State
and Pittsburgh, has “a reputa
tion as being the best in the
country,” Sherrill said.
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — For the
fourth time the dapper and dis
tinguished Dean Smith stands
on the threshold of college bas
ketball’s greatest prize.
And, in one of those curve
balls that life w ill throw now and
then, the man blocking the door
— all 6-foot-10, 300 pounds of
him — is one of Smith’s best
friends.
“I have a lot of good f riends
in the (coaching) business,” said
Smith. “But I don’t know if you
would say that I have a lot of
close, personal friends. When
you know their family and go on
vacations with them — that is a
close, personal friend.”
Such a man is John Thomp
son, the towering coach of the
Georgetown Hoyas.
Smith, naturally, would pre
fer not to consider any meeting
between his team and Thomp
son’s as a matchup of men.
“This is not a coaches’ game,”
lectures the man who has guided
the University of North Caroli
na basketball team for 21 years.
“A lot of coaches say, ‘I won
something.’ That’s ridiculous.
They shouldn’t even say, ‘we.’ It
should be., ‘they.’ It’s the players,
not the coaches, who play the
game.”
In this instance, the players
from North Carolina and
Georgetown will decide the
championship of the NCAA —
facing each other on the floor of
the Louisiana Superdome
tonight before another crowd in
excess of 61,000 and millions
more tuned in on prime-time
television, starting at 7 CST.
On that court, which appears
to be no bigger than a handker
chief to those sitting in the up
per reaches of the enormous
building, seven-foot George
town freshman Pat Ewing will
match muscle inside with the
standout North Carolina two
some of Sam Perkins and James
Worthy. And the Hoyas’ Eric
“Sleepy” Floyd will duel on the
outside with the Tar Heels’Jim
my Black.
But despite the fact that
Smith will remain on the side
lines making suggestions to the
officials and lecturing his play
ers, he will be the focus of the
game.
“We always read all these stor
ies about how coach Smith gets
all this great talent and is such a
great coach,” Black said. “And
then somewhere in there you
read about how he always
chokes when he gets to the Final
Four.
“I know he won’t say it. But I
know he is tired of reading ab
out that.”
“We have gotten to the Final
Four before when we probably
didn’t deserve it,” Smith said on beaten in the first round i
the eve of the championship tournament when we had i
game. “And we have been good teams.
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IM Game Plan
ARCHERY ENTRIES OPEN: Archers may sign up in the
IM office by Tuesday, April 6, for the tournament to be held
Wednesday, April 14. Mens and womens divisions will be
offered in singles; and mens, womens, and corec divisions will
be offered in doubles. Individuals mav enter as many as three
divi sions, but will shoot only once for a score. Each participant
must provide his/her own equipment and will shoot one round
at 13 yards.
ENTRIES CLOSE: Registration for Track and Field, Hand
ball Doubles, and Golf Doubles closes tomorrow’, March 30.
The entry fee is $1 per person. Schedules will be ready in the
IM office on Thursday.
SUPERSTARS ENTRIES OPEN: Today is the first day
TAMU students, faculty, staff and spouses can enter the annual
superstars competition. Each entrant may participate in seven
of the nine following events: 100 meter swim. 100 meter dash,
weightlifting, racquetball, bowiing, mile run. golf, free throw,
and obstacle course. The top mole and female winners will
receive Intramural T-shirts and awards.
GOLF MEET: The 1982 Doubles tournament for mens,
w’omens, and corec teams will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 4.
TRACK MEET: All field events for this vear’s Track and
Field M eet will be held Sunday, April 4. Men’s Independent
and Dorm events begin at 1 p.m.. Women's Independent and
Dorm events begin at 2:30 p.m., and Corps and Fish events
will lx? held at 3:30 p.m. at Kyle Field.
Innertube Water Polo
began last week.
Here Suzy Smith
moves to block Steve
McNair’s shot. Suzy
and Steve are out
McDonald’s® “Be
Our Guest” winners
this week. They can
stop by the Intramu
ral Office to pick up
their free meal
coupons.
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Defending Champ Wins Slam Dunk
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Last year’s slam dunk cham
pion returned to G. Rollie White
Coliseum Wednesday night to
defend his title. Jim Vorlop
scored 133 points for style in the
preliminaries and 94 more in the
finals for a winning total score of
227.
Second place finisher. Dan
Nottebart. led after the pre
liminaries with 142 points, but
fell behind in the finals scoring
216 points overall. Mike Rains
finished third with 203 points.
The other two finalists, Karl
Jones and Scott Wilson, finished
fourth and fifth, respectively.
Each contestant was allowetl
five dunk attempts using any
number of steps. Dribbling was
not required. Two points were
received for each successful bas
ket and up to ten points were
given for style. Three Aggie bas
ketball players, Roy Jones, Kent
Tillman, and Bryan Marshall,
judged the contest, which was
sponsored by the Intramural -
The 1982 Intra
mural Golf Dou
bles Tourna
ment will be
held Sunday,
April 4. Sign up
in the Intramu
ral Office by
Tuesday.
Spring Recreation Hours
Starting March 22, the ou tdoo
Mondav - Fridav
irs wi 11 he as follows:
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
3:30 • 6:00 p.m.
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
jpen:
Saturday A Sunday
The Tennis Courts are
Monday - Friday 5 p.m. - midnight
Saturday Ac Sunday Ml Day
Courts may be reserv ed for an hour and a half during the
week from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sunday’s
from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Call the IM-REC Sports Check-Out
(845-2624' one dav in advance to reserve a court.
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a 1 1 J a. Highlights is
Acknowledgements Monday in the
local Me Dona
Intramural
sponsored each
Battalion by your
Recreational Sports Depart
ment.
Sports Club
Action
CYCLING: Travels to Houston
this weekend for the April Fools
Stage Race*.
HANDBALL: Texas A&M
hosts the 5th Annual Spring Ag-
gieland Classic this weekend in
East Kvle.
MEN'S LACROSSE: Will
play the University of Houston
and Rice this weekend in
Houston.
ROADRUNNERS: Meet
Saturday at 9 am. by Mount Ag
gie. This month's discussion top
ic will be ‘Training in the Heat".
RUGBY: Will he in Dallas this
weekend for the Texas Rugby
Union Club Championships.
Good Luck Ags!
VOLLEYBALL: The Men’s
and W omens A R egionals are
being held in Houston Saturday.
Good Luck to both TAMU clubs!
at University Drive. Manor East
Mall and Texas Avenue. Pictures
by Tom Davies and Stephen
Wrestling Results
The 1981-82 Intramural Wrestling Tournament was held just
before Spring Break. After a multitude of exciting bouts in tlu
preliminary rounds of the single elimination tournament, the
following were finalists in their respective weight classes:
CLASS A
Winner
Chuck Rollins
Greg Payne
Paul Anglin
Fred Baida
Eric Armstrong
Tom Lednieky
Bart Brorsen
Keith Dunn
Scott Patterson
Matt McCrav
CLASSB
Joe Schmidt
John Kemp
Dan Ogden
Although Matt McCray won his heavyweight semifinal in >
seconds and his final match in 47 seconds, the most excitinc
match was in the 191 pound class. Defending champion, Sc'!:
Patterson, was trailing 8-7 after two periods and then rallied hi
a 12 - 8 victory. Congratulations, Scott, and to all the other
winners!
Weight Class
118
126
1.34
142
150
158
167
177
191
Unlimited
158
167
177