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lost valuable players in forward
Keith Peterson and guard Tony
^Brown, said his team suffers
from a lack of experience, espe
cially at forward and center.
“I think the biggest question
about our team is ... (the) play we
get from our forwards,” he said.
“If we can find some kind of
combination that has some kind
of consistency, then we can have
a good basketball team this
year.”
TCU, Jim Killingsworth:
This year’s “Killer Frogs,” who
won 16 games in 1981-82, aren’t
looking to break even this time
around. With Doug Arnold,
who averaged 19.5 points a
game, and Darrell Browder,
who averaged 16.8, the Horned
Frogs are expecting to finish
among the top three teams in
the league.
“I can’t win the conference,”
Killingsworth said. “But my
players can. Actually there are a
lot of teams that can win this
conference. I don’t think it’sjust
a matter of one or two teams.”
In addition to Browder and
Arnold, TCU returns Brian
Christensen, Nick Cucinella and
Jeff Baker. Killingsworth’s
probable starters are Browder
and Baker at guard, Arnold and
Joe Stephen at forward and
Christensen or Cucinella in the
middle.
“I think Arkansas and Hous
ton are both going to put very
good basketball teams on the
floor, and so is Texas Tech,” Kil
lingsworth said. “I hope to have
us in a position to challenge
some of those people, but as
everyone saw last year, any team
is capable of beating somebody
on a given night.”
TEXAS A&M, Shelby Met
calf: Metcalf brings into the sea
son four starters in Claude
Riley, Tyren Naulls, Reggie
Roberts and Roy Jones, who’s
coming off a knee injury. Met
calf said Sunday that he expects
freshman guards Doug Lee and
Kenny Brown, two of the team’s
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best shooters, to get consider
able playing time.
But it’s Riley, who averaged
16.3 points and 10.2 rebounds a
game in 1981-82, who has Met
calf excited and other confer
ence coaches feeling miserable
about the prospect of playing
the Aggies.
“Claude has always been an
exceptional shooter for his si/e,”
Metcalf said. “He’s a superb
athlete ... he has great eye-hand
coordination and he’s very fluid.
He can run, jump and time him
self well.
“Last year, we probably let
Claude (shoot) outside too
much. We’ll probably try to keep
him within 15 feet of the basket
this year.
“We’re basically a senior-
freshman team. We’ll have three
seniors, four freshmen, two
juniors and a sophomore play
ing during the year. We don’t
have a backup for Claude, so
he’ll probably play 40 minutes a
game. The only thing that might
get Claude out of a game is in
jury or foul trouble.”
TEXAS TECH, Gerald
Myers: — The Red Raiders,
who were 17-11 overall and 8-8
in SWC play last season, will
bank much of their hope on
guard Bubba Jennings, who av
eraged 1 I points in only three
games last season. Described by
Myers as one of the best shooters
the Red Raiders have ever had,
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season.
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are Charles Johnson (9.7poi
a game) and Joe Washinj
(7.2 points a game). Mti
whose team must play nation
ranked teams Alabama
North Carolina during the
conference slate, saidtheteai
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Prior to Friday’s season-opening meet, the Texas A&MnW
swim team had all the ingredients of a winning club— extt
confidence.
After Friday’s Southwest Conference Relays in Fort Wortly
team has all the ingredients of a winning club.
The Aggies were impressive in swimming their way to a
place finish behind nationally ranked Texas and SMU
coach Mel Nash said the entire team should he commended for
impressive showing.
“I think we did an excellent job,” Nash said. “Out of the
swimmers we took to the meet, only one didn’t do as well as we hi
hoping. And he had mono, so I guess lie’s got a good excuse.It*
the shortest three-hour drive we’ve ever had coming backfi
Fort Worth.
“I was very pleased with our performance. I think we
as well as we could under the circumstances because Texas
SMU are about the two best teams in the country. I pick SMI
win the national championship. We’ve matured as a team wit
we’re not afraid of anybody.”
The Aggies’ confidence was evident in the 300-meterbuttetl
relay, where Texas was a heavy favorite to win and Texas A&M*
not expected to place in the event.
The Aggie, trio of John Heldenfels, Roberto Salas and Cl
O’Neil, all freshmen, finished 0.5 seconds behind Texas tocaptti
second place. Of the three Texas swimmers, one is the 100-nrf
butterfly world-record holder, another is the national high seta
record-holder and the third was an NCAA qualifier last year
100-meter butterfly.
Graduate assistant coach Tracy Johnston said: “It was id
great. We weren't supposed to do anything in that event and
nearly won it. No one expected us to do so well.”
Volleyball team
29-8 after trip
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
After losing only four matches in their first 31 outings, oil
would think the Aggie volleyball team might be in an outrageort
losing four matches last week during a six-match tour of (SI
fornia.
Biit Terry Condon, Texas A&M’s head coach, said thatet
though her team only won two matches against the California
she thought it fared well against some of the best volleyball talent
the country.
“I wish we could have done a little better, but overall 1 think* 1
did all right,” she said.
The Aggies lost to San Diego State 15-13, 3-15, 10-15 andF
on Wednesday in a warm-up match for the UCLA NationalInvit 1
tional Tournament, which started Friday.
In the tournament, the Aggie Ladies lost to SDSU again,0
Santa Barbara and Pacific. Texas A&M defeated Oregon 16-1'
15-13 and beat New Mexico 15-10, 15-6 to post its two victoria
the tournament, raising its season record to 29-8. PacificfinisW
first in the tourney and SDSLI finished second.
Texas A&M did not place in the tournament, since onlythei'l
two finishers in each of four brackets advanced to the finals.1*
Condon said the trip to California helped more than just the A$ f
Ladies’ suntans.
“We learned that we can play with any of them (Califori*
teams),” she said. “Going into the tournament we werealij
scared of them. They had a definite advantage (psychological^
Once we got settled, I thought we played well. We only losP
Pacific 12-15, 12-15 and we were beating them in both mat#
“In the NCAA tournament we’re probably going to have top
one of these teams again, but now we know that pysically wetlj
beat them. The trip helped us. 1 just wish we could play themlir
often.”
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