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February 15,1983
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Indiana soars to top spot
Coogs move up to fourth
United Press International
NEW YORK — Nevada-Las
Vegas is the only remaining ma
jor undefeated team, yet four
coaches left Jerry Tarkanian’s
Runnin’ Rebels off their ballots
entirely as Indiana edged Neva
da-Las Vegas for the top spot
Tuesday in the Top 20 college
basketball ratings by UPI’s
Board of Coaches.
Indiana, 19-2, picked up just
three first-place votes from the
42-member Board, but the
Hoosiers’ total of 557 points was
enough to edge Nevada-Las
Vegas by five points — although
the Runnin’ Rebels were named
No. 1 on 28 ballots. The
Hoosiers zoomed from fourth to
No. 1 with a pair of Big Ten
victories after room at the top
was created by North Carolina’s
loss to Villanova Sunday.
Nevada-Las Vegas, 22-0,
moved up a notch to second and
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Tarkanian was puzzled by the
lack of respect given to his team
on the four critical ballots. Each
member of UPI’s Board of
Coaches selects a Top 15 weekly
in confidential voting, with a
first-place ballot worth 15
points, a No. 2 vote worth 14
points . down to a 15th-place
vote worth one point.
“I can’t even offer an opinion
on why we were left off the ballot
unless I know who the coaches
were that did it,” Tarkanian
said. "I’m not necessarily sur
prised by not being named No.
I, but I am surprised about the
way it happened.”
The Tar Heels, 21-4, drop
ped a 56-53 decision to the Wild
cats and dropped two spots to
third with five first-place votes
and 502 points while Houston,
20-2, posted a pair of Southwest
Conference victories to move up
two notches to No. 4 with four
first-place ballots and 495
points.
Virginia plunged four places
to fifth with 444 points following
a 64-63 loss to North Carolina
and St. John’s moved up a spot
to No. 6 with 417 points and the
remaining first-place vote.
Arkansas jumped two places to
seventh with 360 points and
Louisville won three times to
vault three notches to No. 8 with
308 points.
Villanova picked up 305
points to move from 14th to No.
9 after three victories and Mis
souri completed the Top 10 with
295 points.
UCLA plunged six spots to
11th following a 69-65 loss to
Oregon State while Kentucky
remained No. 12 with a pair of
victories. Memphis State fell
three spots to 13th, Georgetown
fell a spot to No. 14 and Iowa
rejoined the ratings at No. 15.
Tennessee is ranked 16th and
Syracuse is No. 17, followed by
three newcomers to the ratings.
Boston College is No. 18, Ten-
nessee-Chattanooga is 19th and
Oklahoma State is rated No. 20.
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United Press International
LOS ANGELES —John Robinson gave up
coaching football after Southern Cal’s final
g ame of 1982 to turn his life in a new direction,
ut after just 2'/2 months away from the game
he says is in his blood, he’s back.
Robinson, 47, became the new coach of the
Los Angeles Rams Monday, resigning his
senior vice presidency at USC to take over a
team that finished last in the National Confer
ence last season with a 2-7 record.
“Football is in my blood,” Robinson said.
“It’s nice being back, it’s great being able to stay
in Los Angeles.”
Robinson was the third most successful ac
tive coach in the NCAA when he left USC’s
football program last November, saying it was
time "to look ahead to something else.”
He succeeds Ray Malavasi, who led the
Rams to the Super Bowl in 1979, then coached
two straight losing seasons and was fired in
January.
“I had a certain longing that began to grow
in the last few months, a longing that I wanted
to be back in football,” Robinson said when
asked why he quit as a university vice president
after only a few weeks in the job.
“I was out of football much too long and I
decided to come back. When I left USC (foot
ball) I made what I thought was the best deci
sion at the time, but I missed it.”
Robinson said he first talked with Rams’
owner Georgia Frontiere last week. He said he
“felt very comfortable about the organization
and the people in it” and decided the job she
offered him was “too good to pass up."
Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Robinson turned down a reported $2.5 mil
lion, 5-year deal to coach the New England
Patriots a year ago.
Asked why the Rams job apparently bad
more appeal than the Patriots, he said: “Ithinl;
maybe several inches of snow had somethingto
do with it.”
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During seven seasons as USC’s head coach,
Robinson compiled a 67-14-2 record, indud
ing a 12-1 mark and a national championship
in 1978 and an 11-0-1 mark in 1979.
He also won three Pacific-10 titles and
coached two Heisman Trophy winners, tal-
backs Charles White and Marcus Allen. Onlv
Barry Switzer of Oklahoma and Joe Paternoot
Penn State had better winning percentage
among active coaches.
Robinson’s selection was a surprise. It had
been widely reported that Darryl Rogers of
Arizona State was the leading candidate.
USC President John Zunibergesaidhehad
no advance notice of Robinson’s decision to
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The Texas A&M archery
team compiled 9,733 points to
win the South Central Indoor
Regional championships, held
Saturday and Sunday in Austin.
The Aggie women’s team,
paced by Vanessa Marek, Becky
Adair and Lela West, placed
first in the competition, which
featured Texas A&M and the
University of Texas. The Texas
A&M co-ed team, which in
cludes Elaine Christensen,
Heather Dunnam, Mark French
and Paul Chan, won the tourna
ment as well.
Christensen finished first in
the overall women’s competition
with 1,062 points and Dunnam
was third at 988. In the men’s
competition, the Aggies’ French
was second with 1,055 points
and Chan wound up third with a
total of 1,054.
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The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team, 6-0 on the season and
coming off a 6-3 victory over
Top 20 team Southwest
Louisiana this weekend, plays
No. 5-ranked Trinity University
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The Tigers, 2-1 this season,
will open home play with today’s
match against the Aggies. Trin
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Tigers realize how tough the
Aggies will be and that his play
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Texas A&M coach David
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Aggies.
“Trinity always has a good
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are playing,” he said. “We have
been playing well our last few
matches, but I don’t know if
we’re playing well enough to
beat Trinity.”
Playing in the top three sing
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