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Texas A&M Thursday, March 31,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 ^ick at one P a t the sh, md using Si ld before hen| wou ldconfu stlB -*i by wearing!, I ld gasses the” ' oduce hi lasses so upp | d not recoi " eni ' When,,, doesn’t recoj be should i •duce himself, k said now tk e be is treatei The Battalion Sports >or shooting dooms DePaul Fresno wins NIT final treated me a en you’re a e said. “You 1 , re a freshm rivileges com phomore, bun •more is more of a freshmai who make ii United Press International EW YORK — First, there was the Na- ^1 Invitation Tournament bid. Then the to New York. Finally, Fresno Slate won NIT championship in its f irst-ever arance in the tournament. 'he Bulldogs copped the NIT crown nesday night with a 69-60 victory over 'aul at Madison Square Garden. -DePaul, under 69-year-old coach Ray tr are reward# , • • • , • j xt.-t- ■ , dleees ' er ’ was P la y in g 111 lts third NI1 ,ltle I on the wood ieanc ^ ^ ie ^ irSt s ' nce wbnting the oldest hlearh ^ ;ge tournament back in 1945. allowed 6 ^ > St ‘V he N F heIpS 1 US tt a,K ! „ r . nngtripled it, Fresno State coach Boytl e of certain . a ,,-r » nt \/ i i ()n r ntsaid. To comp to New York and win Cl iss of 'H'iC ^> w bichhasalways meant a lot to me, ^ ™ ike I’m in a dream.” row: Corps oi| Bernard Thompson led the Bulldogs, 25- 10, with 22 points, including a crucial 3- point play with less than two minutes re maining. The Blue Demons were thwarted by their own poor shooting, hitting just 25 of 74 attempts from the floor for 34 percent. Led by Thompson’s 7 of 10 effort, Fresno State hit 25 of 46 for 54 percent. “I don’t know what happened. I wish somebody would take the lid off the basket,” Meyer said. “We took 28 more shots than them, had 20 offensive rebounds to their six and one less turnover. But when you shoot like we did tonight, there’s no possible way you can win.” Thompson scored a layup off a fast break and was fouled by DePaul’s Marty Embry with 1:57 remaining and hit the subsequent foul shot for a 59-55 lead. It was the Bull dogs’ biggest lead of the game until that point. After DePaul’s Tony Jackson hit a free throw to make it 59-56 with 1:40 remaining, Fresno State scored 8 straight points from the foul line for a 67-56 lead with 28 seconds remaining. Fresno State’s Ron Anderson finished with 14 points and 8 rebounds and was named the NIT’s Most Valuable Player. Desi Barmore added 12 and Mitch Arnold had 11 for the Bulldogs. DePaul, which finished 21-12, was led by Bernard Ran dolph with 13 points, Tyrone Corbin and Kenny Patterson scored 12 each and Walter Downing added 11. PLITT THEM uaemuisc. 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So I look at it as something that they’ve earned and deserved.” Durham and the other coaches — Houston’s Guy Lewis, Denny Crum of Louisvil le and Jim Valvano of North Carolina State — were linked by long distance telephone Wednesday for a joint news con ference. However, Valvano was effec tively left out of the session be cause of communications prob lems. He made several attempts to join the conversation, but he said he couldn’t understand what he was being asked and his responses were not clear. The clearest comments from North Carolina came from a telephone operator trying to set up the connection and from ; t \ man who said near the end of the news conference that Valva no had left two minutes ago be cause of the communications troubles. Asked if they feared the win ner of their semifinal matchup would suffer a letdown in Mon day night’s title game, Lewis and Crum said they were focusing only on Saturday’s game. “All I’m thinking about is Louisville,” Lewis said. “I think if we were trying to think about North Carolina State and Geor gia, we’d be back here in Hous ton Saturday night.” Crum said: “The teams don’t have the luxury of looking ahead to anyone else. You have to play one game at a time.” The coaches were asked if they feared the city’s mile-high altitude would affect their players. “We’ve been practicing for the last couple of days at a pretty high altitude anyway,” said Durham, whose Bulldogs are the biggest surprise in the tour nament. “Our guys are excited about being there. Our job is to try to get them back down to Earth and get ready to play. “Once we go to Albuquerque, it won’t make any difference whether the air is thick or thin. You just line up and play.” staff photo by Frank L. Christlieb Getting down to business Aggie football coach Jackie Sherrill looks on during Tuesday’s workout in Kyle Field. After practice Wed nesday, Sherrill said his team looked “much better inside than at this time last year.” Texas A&M’s practices, being held Monday through Friday, are open to the general public. \ Tonight! Party with the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band! College Night! Free admission and 2 Free bar drinks with College LD. 7:00-10:00 500 Draft Beer 750 Bar Drinks 7:00-10:00 1600 S. College 779-0529 MONROE Shiny black patent, open toe with front perforation detail. Topped with a perky bow. Thg Shoc Storg College Station’s Finest Shoe Store Parkway Square Texas Ave. So. at Southwest Parkway American Express. Master Charge Visa. Gift Certificates and Layawav 696-6976