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\ Texas A&M The Battalion Sports es (traf ion) ail non-r'l e Corpv id some : from be son I thin 'getheriij em all 5rps." Thursday, March 10, 1983/The Battalion/Page 13 JWC tourney Cougars seem unstoppable At! by John Wagner # I I Sports Editor DALLAS — Say what you will ■t the 1983 Southwest Con- rence basketball tournament, »raddiaBhiake sure you say it with a social ii Slama Jama accent, ed in Repeat after me: Clyde the >r atiynidt, Akeem the Dream, Mr. a diieaii and Phi Slama Jama. by»i Phi Slama Jama? VV'iiat is it, an polioifric an fraternity? A punk rock KetheLfoup? A roller derby team ,, • om Philadelphia? nisnir-. . . i DftitxJSr 1 ^■ an,a Jatnia is vicious ne. the big Swahili and drop- in’ i dime. We’re talking the said bcf ou.ston Cougars, ico acrSBtn’t kid yourself, because atallifi nobody else stands a chance. » Talk about pressure, but re member the Coogs beat Arkan sas in Barnhill Arena — never an easy place to win. Talk about looseness. OK, the Texas Aggies have more to gain and less to lose than UH, but then remember that the Coogs beat Texas A&M twice, and Arkansas twice, and TCU twice and so on. Falk about upsets, but the Cougars have fought their way past several upset tries this sea son, including an 86-(5t) blowout of the Aggies in CL Rollie White Coliseum at a time that UH was supposed to be vulnerable. The Cougars rolled to an im pressive 16-0 SWC record, a No. 1 national ranking and the top seeding in the post-season tour- Analysis nament. They have no inten tions of letting anyone stop them. UH coach Guy V. Lewis may sound worried, but if the truth were known, he probably has never been more confident. The Cougars are that awe some. “We don’t have a shoo-in to the finals,” Lewis told the crowd of sportswriters gathered Wednesday at Reunion Arena for the pre-tournament press conference. The writers just snickered. UH’s lineup of Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Larry Mi- cheaux, Akeem Abdul Olaju- won and Alvin Franklin is perhaps the most dominating group of basketball players the conference has ever known. No matter who struggles through the first two rounds of the tour ney and lines up to play in the final game, they will have been beaten by the Cougars — twice. And the memory of those beat- See COOGS page 15 while Aggies relaxed, confident n( taski iggies’ Tyren Naulls says Mexi uards playing well bo s[ jgether n CM th o« frieni'1$ by John P. Lopez Battalion Staff DALLAS — It just didn’t seem right. Eddie Sutton wasn’t yelling and raving, Guy Lewis didn’t have a bright red-checkered towel, Jim “Killer” Killingsworth kept his coat on throughout the event and Gerald Myers and Dave Bliss seemed completely out of place. It wasn’t the sidelines of Bar nhill, Hofheinz or any other Southwest Conference arena. It was the official media lunch and press conference held Wednes day at Reunion Arena in Dallas. The only person comfortable with the situation was Texas A&M's Shelby Metcalf. But then again, Metcalf and the Aggie basketball team have reason to feel good about them selves,- “How do you feel about not having a 45-second (shot) clock in the tournament?” one mem ber of the throng of sportswri ters attending the conference asked Metcalf. “You mean we’re not going to have the (45- Analysis clock? Metcalf second) answered. Naturally, Metcalf and the Aggies are well aware that the 45-second clock will not be plug ged in during the SWC tourney. Metcalf just wanted to the break the tension. In short, Metcalf typifies his team’s attitude going into the eighth annual tournament. The rest of the coaches wished they could say the same. . Metcalf is loose, confident and has everything to gain from the goings on at Reunion. Lewis is confident, but is under the tremendous pressure that goes along with being the coach of the No. 1 team in the land. Sutton and his Razorbacks have just one thing on their minds — BEAT HOUSTON. And trying to beat Houston can give gray hair to the stoutest of heart. The same is the case with the Horned Frogs. “Killer” was sup posed to lead his team to at least a third-place finish in the con ference, and maybe even into a position to challenge for the top spot. But the Frogs ended up tied for fourth place. To top it off, TCU finished the season on a downswing, losing several See AGGIES page 15 Forward Claude Riley, Texas A&M’s leading scorer, goes under the back- board for a shot this season. Riley and staff photo by David Fisher the Aggies will play TCU tonight at 7 in a Southwest Conference tournament quarterfinal game at Reunion Arena. •I duriifl 4 Thwsday TOiYHiIlT \ . m-™*™ SPRUNG BREAK EVE) CEEEBRATION . ★ Totiiiiht and every Thursday night is College Night I Free admission and 2 Free bar drinks with College LD. 50g Draft Beer 75^ Bar drinks * 7:00-10:00 Free champagne and party favors V 1600 S. College Ave. / 779-6529