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Page 16/The Battalion/Wednesday, January 18, 1984 Rice basketball team mm Women lookim ready for ‘big game’ United Press International It has been rare over the past 10 to 12 years that the Rice Owls have been involved in a “big game.” But they will be involved in one Wednesday night, at least a relatively big one. And the out come will help determine if the Owls are ready to move out of one Southwest Conference neighborhood into another. “We’ve worked hard and fin ally gotten in a position to have a crucial game,” said Rice coach Tommy Suitts. “Now, if we can win this one, we will be OK.” The Owls, having split their first two league contests, will host the Texas Tech Wednesday night in one of three league games on the agenda. A Rice win would firmly im plant the Owls in the middle portion of the SWC pack, which would not be all that spectacular but which would be a sharp im provement from the spot in which they usually find them selves. The Owls won the SWC in 1970 and since then have not finished any better than fifth. They are the only team never to have won a game in the league’s post-season tournament. Their opponent Wednesday night is a sharply improved club that will bring a 2-1 league re cord into the contest and which has had a week to stew over a 20-point, loss at home to Houston. “There are probably not many people outside our prog ram who think we can win it,” said Suitts, whose team played decently in a losing effort against Texas A&M, played well in a loss to SMU and then beat both TCU and Texas. for win against Mustangs todaj By DONN FRIEDMAN Sports editor ■COUPON* NISSAN CAR CARE PRODUCTS! v* V WITH MUCH MORE SERVICE FOR DATSUN CARS ONLY E Photo by Donn Friedman We Will Be Open Thursday Nights Till 8 PM ipei Sti farting Jan. 5th. S BRAKE JOB $4433 Forward Janet Duckham, No. 33, muscles her way into the lane in a game earlier this season. Duckham had 8 points and 7 rebounds against Wayland Baptist. FRONT DISC BRAKES REPLACE DISC PADS WITH OUR BEST PADS. INSPECT ROTORS, CALIPERS AND LUBRICATE HARDWARE ROAD TEST. PARTS, LABOR & TAX MUCH MORE PRICE OLD PRICE WAS $60.08 EXPIRES JAN. 20,1984 The Texas A&M women’s basketball team travels to Dallas today to try and improve their 0-2 SWC record against SMU. The game is scheduled as the first half of a double-header starting at 5 p.m. The men’s teams play after the women’s match-up. Head women’s basketball Coach Cherri Rapp said the team was ready to put a notch in the conference win column. “Our Christmas break took a toll on us,” she said. The team was rusty against Rice but the victory against Wayland Baptist last week showed the Aggies were getting back in tune, Rapp said. The Aggies defeated Way- land Baptist 82-65. The women, who have 7-5 record overall, started confer ence play losing 72-69 to Rice. Post Michell Tatum and for ward Lisa Langston each scored 14 points against the Houston. Tatum also pulj downed 14 rebounds. The Aggies then travelldl San Antonio, where behind:]! ward Jenni Edgar’s 19 ra they defeated the UniversitiJ Texas at San Antonio 70^!| non-conference game. Returning to G. Rollick for another SWC game, Its A&M fell to Baylor 77-641 spite Tatum’s 20 points a«!j rebounds. Coming off the loss the. 1 faced Wayland Baptist in an conference matcn-up. Edji] popped in 24 points, and] Ags won handily 82-65. Edgar’s stats show there of an early season shoot] slump as the Ags long-ral bomber has only made67oflf field goal attempts, 39.6 pel cent. But she seems to haver vered from that early seat shooting slump, Rapp sul Against Wayland Baptist Eda hit 10 of 17 from the field Vol 7 8 to 5 Mon-Fri. Thurs Till 8PM GALLERY DATSUN 1214 Texas 775-1500 ■————COUPON————* 8 to 5 Mon-Fri. Thurs Till 8PM NCAA broadcasting rights dispute awaiting action by Supreme Court ST< I ary of Foreig [met 1 Wedm £pr//ir/iv. £PAt Trrff riffu C $cu/ia//tf Arviviteb S/o ffff/ ^U'nua/iu J9,4984, Slormty (0 fi.m. {Web lAtoke 3+i/b i malwn SPYea&e fyifcwte ft/ 26C=60J0 ] cwe af 260 =2282 United Press International WASHINGTON — The fed eral government Tuesday opposed the NCAA in a dispute pending at the Supreme Court over the group’s multi-million- dollar arrangement with televi sion networks to broadcast col lege football. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has asked the high court to rule that it can continue its broadcasting deal, which involved $74.3 million in payments in 1983, and audi ences of up to 22.5 million for each game broadcast. A federal appeals court had ruled the package is anti competitive because it reduces the number of games available to TV viewers nationwide. Last July, Justice Byron White, one-time All-America halfback, issued an order allow ing the NCAA to continue its normal broadcasting schedule until the high court settles the case. The court’s decision is like ly by July. In legal papers submitted to the court Tuesday, the federal government urged the nine jus tices to uphold the lower court’s ruling against the NCAA. “It is clear, and both courts below found, that absent these controls the amount of such broadcasting would be much greater, the televised games would better coincide with con sumer preferences, and pay ments received would vary con siderably to reflect anticipated viewer interest in each particu lar football match-up,” govern ment lawyers argued. Also, Solicitor General Rex Lee argued, NCAA’s joint oper ating venture restricts the opportunities for smaller schools to appear on television, and reduces the chances for ma jor football schools to appear “as frequently as consumer demand would dictate.” arranged by those schools i would sell their television nji to broadcasters but fori N C A A restraints,” Lee aij The television contracts challenged by the University! Oklahoma and University! Georgia, big football'dm! which want to make their deals. NCAA rules restrict then!; The exclusive NCAA con tracts result in advertisers paying “more than they would pay if schools could sell rights appearances every two yet ch ore six; Each broadcast can net as up to $600,000, plus natio; publicity. outside the package as well. It also allows “the chosen few networks to deliver larger audi ences to advertisers than would be the case if there were complet ing local or regional telecasts Ken’s Automotive 421 S. 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A separate at ment with Turner Broadc System allows the evening games. perpe j on twe No | first fa | last ye; i Korea | availal Shi I embas j urbs ai land 1’ Rep ithe er i officia which ing La I changi Des I to the in whii 1 iear w States Oklahoma and Georgia, other major football pown argued the plan’s equa/ ments for every game televs nationally and re^ amounts to illegal price fu Also, the NCAA’s threat toe) members that violate therutei an illegal boycott, theyargutl seeme wood- Shu j past a l recept photoi , Andre Mir cigarc brown A federal district courj agreed, holding the payments games was unlawfully fixed,! the association placed unrea able controls on the schools, sugar For a 1 Shu lU.S.a Harm retary lock, a Securi liam 1 The 10th U.S. Circuit! of Appeals in Denver upheld!) ruling on grounds NCAA’sIt on the TV schedule violatesaoi trust law by reducing the i her of games that may beshoni But the NCAA said planstd similar features have been} effect since 1951 and havet been challenged. 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