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Men’s basketball team suffering from ‘mass exodus’
Texas A&M basketball coach Shelby Metcalf
lost four starters off of last year’s 17-14
club. Only center Jimmie Gilbert returns,
leaving Metcalf with a major rebuilding job.
by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
Jimmie Gilbert has to be won
dering where everybody went
and why so soon.
Just two years ago, he was a
high school basketball star at
Huntsville, surrounded by
friends. Now he’s only a sopho
more — a talented 6-9 sopho
more — but still a sophomore.
And he’s all alone. He’s the
only returning starter on the
1983-1984 Texas A&M basket
ball team.
Gilbert and the Aggies re
bounded in the second half of
last season to finish third in the
Southwest Conference, and
posted a season record of 17-14.
But familiar faces like that of 6-
10 forward Claude Riley, a
third-round draft choice of the
NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers this
summer, are gone.
Also missing are talented
point-guard Tyren Naulls, who
also was drafted into the NBA,
forwards Roy Jones and Lowell
McHenry, and guard Reggie
Roberts.
Roberts and McHenry were
declared academically ineligible.
Thus the challenge. Head
coach Shelby Metcalf will begin
his 21st season with the Aggies
with the toughjob of finding two
forwards and two guards who
can step in quickly.
But some fine reserves re
turning from last season as well
as some quality freshmen re-
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“It won’t be easy this year,
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The job openings at guard
may fill up quickly, as two of the
finest shooters Metcalf has said
he’s ever coached will be back
with a year of experience behind
them.
Sophomores Kenny Brown
and Doug Lee, as a matter of
fact, are probably the leading
candidates to fill in the holes left
by Naulls and Roberts. Brown,
known for his pinpoint accuracy
with long-distance jumpers,
started in 10 games last season
and played in many more.
Brown averaged 9.6 points a
game and was the hero during
the Aggies’ appearance in the
Alaska Shootout tournament, in
which he was named to the all
tournament team.
A 24-year old sophomore,
Brown came to Texas A&M af
ter playing military basketball
while in the Army.
The other probable starter at
guard is 6-foot, 4-inch Lee, who
started in three games last sea
son and gained a reputation as
an outside shooting threat and a
tough rebounder.
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Another possibility at guard is
Gary Lewis, who left the squad
in December. Lewis turned in
good performances during the
1981-82 season, and has excel
lent point guard abilities
In addition to those back
from last year, Metcalf has a
handful of freshmen and a
transfer from which to pick.
The transfer is 6-2 point
guard Darnell Williams from
Garden City Community Col
lege in Kansas. Clint Thomas of
Snook and 6-foot, 5-inch Phil
James of Los Angeles, Calif, are
two freshmen who could break
into action.
While some top lettermen are
available to fill the guard spots,
both forward positions must be
filled by newcomers. One of the
top prospects is 6-6 Winston
Crite, of Bakersfield, Calif.
Another is 6-5, 210-pound A1
Pulliam, a 24-year-old who,
much like Brown, enters college
ball after playing military bas
ketball in the Air Force.
The Aggies’ schedule this
year may be more suited for
newcomers than those in the
past, since they will host the first
three games before taking on
tough LSU in Houston’s Sum
mit. The opener is Nov. 12 ^
against the Houston AAU
Flyers.
Texas A&M will travel to two
tournaments before conference :
play begins. The first is the In
diana Classic in Bloomington, '■
Ind., which begins Dec. 16. j
Teams in the tournament are
Ulinios State, Indiana and Utah
State.
The second is the Music City :
Invitational, in Nashville,^
Tenn., where the Aggies will en
ter with Air Force, Southern
Florida and Vanderbilt.
Conference play begins Jan. 4
at Rice.
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