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Hoyas remain No. 1
by passing first test
United Press International
NEW YORK — Georgetown,
speeding along in a style befitting an
NCAA champion, retained its No. 1
college basketball ranking Tuesday
with 35 first place votes from UPI’s
Board of Coaches.
The Hoyas propped for their first
major opponent with four tune-up
victories against non-division teams
2nd then blasted Nevada-Las Vegas
82-46 last Saturday in Georgetown’s
lirst serious test of the season. The
bss dropped UNLV out of the top
Georgetown collected 564 points
to keep ahead of No. 2 DePaul, also
5-0. The Blue Demons, without Ray
Meyer at the coaching helm for the
first time in 43 years, received 528
points from the Board. Meyer’s son,
Joey, is directing DePaul’s fortunes
this season and Ins ef forts were re
warded with two first place votes.
Duke and St. John’s swapped
pees in the ratings. The Blue Dev-
1,5 (5-0) vaulted to No. 3 on 432
points after beating Virginia in their
Atlantic Coast Conference opener.
The Redmen (4-0), having a tough
time with Fordhr.m before routing
Rutgers, slipped to fourth place with
points.
^ ine °f the top 10 teams in the
bn ratings remain unbeaten after
the third week of balloting. Mem
phis State won its fourth in a row
with a victory over UCLA and
jumped a notcn to fifth place. Sixth
place Illinois pumped up its record
to9-1 after winning the Illini Classic;
southern Methodist, with the only
other first place vote, holds the No. 7
slot; North Carolina State is rated
No. 8 after three easy victories,
Washington holds the No. 9 position
lollowing a double overtime win
gainst 1 exas Tech, and Syracuse
was No. 10 with victories in its Car-
tier Classic.
Virginia Tech soared eight places
to No. 11 as it led the second 10.
North Carolina and Oklahoma tied
tor 12th place, Georgia Tech was
fated No. 14, followed by Kansas,
Top 20
NEW YORK — The United
Press International Board of
Coaches Top 20 college basket
ball ratings. First-place votes and
records through games of Dec. 9
in parentheses. (Total points
based on 15 points for first
place, 14 for second, etc.):
1. Georgetown (35) (5-0) 564
2. DePaul (2) (5-0) 528
3. Duke (5-0)432
4. St.John’s (4-0) 392
5. Memphis State (4-0) 384
6. Illinois (9-1) 373
7. SMU (1) (4-0) 335
8. N. Carolina St. (5-0) 238
9. Washington (4-0) 210
10. Syracuse (4-0) 121
11. Virginia Tech (4-0) 117
12. (tie) N. Carolina (4-0) 101
12. (tie) Oklahoma (4-2) 101
14. Georgia Tech (3-0) 86
15. Kansas (5-1) 75
16. Indiana (2-2) 67
17. Louisville (3-1) 57
18. UA-Birmingham (5-1) 55
19. LSU (4-1) 30
20. (tie) Louisiana Tech (5-0) 28
20. (tie) Arkansas (3-1) 28
Indiana, Louisville, Alabama-Bir-
mingham and Louisiana State. Ar
kansas and Louisiana Tech, joining
the elite, were voted into a tie for
20th place. Louisville took the big
gest plunge, dropping 10 spots to its
No. 17 ranking.
Georgetown coach John Thomp
son refused to predict the possibility
of winning back-to-back NCAA ti
tles.
“I’m not going to let myself get
caught up in winning the national
championship in December,”
Thompson said. “You don’t win the
national championship in Decem
ber.”
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By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Pp Assistant Sports Editor
’Twas the night before finals
and all through G. Rollie,
not a creature was playing not
hm even our collie.
Tl All the sports games were over,
S3 though we wished some redone.
For Aggie fans, the wins had
tm been the most fun.
C The athletes were resting,
™ dreaming of the season that was,
the plays and the highlights were
tC remembered because.
One play stands out above all
the rest,
and proves once and for all that
Aggies are best.
Scott Polk lumbering for 76
yards,
after Domingo’s block of t.u.’s
Jeff Ward.
That assured us of a win over
’ol t.u.,
and sent us away not feeling so
blue.
Oh, but other great plays come
to mind just as fast,
remember how Murray wound
up in a cast?
How about Texas’ Predmore
serving an ace?
To help the Horns win the volley
ball race.
Home the spikers were sent by
the NCAA,
who said the Ags weren’t invited
to play-
So the season’s highlight be
came San Diego State,
a Top 20 upset made the year
just great.
Ag golfer Coghlan won the
Cameron Cup,
and led his team to fifth place in
the Commissioner’s Cup.
At the Cowgirl, Ag golfer Gon
zalez capturecf fifth place,
and in cross country, Barrios won
the A&M race.
In tennis, Gensler and Akagi
were awesome in doubles,
and opponents of Connell and
ey
In the pool, the Ags seemed to ftS
have fins, zt
as Nash’s folks recorded some
impressive wins. Jlj
It was a year of disappoint- ^
ment and of dispair, rS
yet, the hope and faith were al-
waysjjiere.
To: All the Texas A&M ath
letes and coaches.
Thanks for the early
Christmas gifts you provided to
all Aggie fans with your out
standing play during the 1984
season. Merry Christmas and best
of luck always!
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NFL’s Phoenix Eagles?
United Press International
PHILADELPHIA — The Phila
delphia Eagles confirmed Tuesday
they are considering a move of their
NFL franchise to Phoenix, an action
that team owner Leonard l ose had
said would be made “over my dead
body.”
Ed Wisneski, the Eagles’ director
of communications, issued a brief
statement saying: “Leonard Tose is
considering a move to Phoenix but
nothing has been signed and no final
decision has been made.”
At a news conference, Mayor Wil
son Goode said a group of city busi
ness people is prepared to match any
offer Tose received for the Eagles to
assure that the team stays in Phila
delphia.
Neither Tose nor team vice presi
dent Susan Fletcher, Tose’s daugh
ter, could be reached for comment.
The Arizona Republic reported
Tuesday the Eagles would move to
Phoenix in a matter of days follow
ing their final 1984 game Sunday
against Atlanta. The story said the
Arizona Board of Regents tenta
tively has approved use of Arizona
State’s Sun Devil Stadium as an in
terim home for the Eagles pending
construction of a domed stadium.
Tose and Fletcher were in Phoe
nix last month discussing a sale of a
minority share of the team to James
Monahan, an Edmonton, Alberta,
real estate developer who has busi
ness holdings in the Arizona city.
Fletcher confirmed the meeting but
said the share was “significantly less
than 40 percent.” The Republic re
ported the share to be 25 percent.
When asked about reports that
Monahan would move the club to
Phoenix, Tose, 69, steadfastly den
ied that any transfer would take
place.
“The Eagles aren’t going any
where,” Tose said on Nov. 7. “In the
first place, I’m not going to sell the
club. In the second place, even if I
ever did, the only way they’d get
them out of Philadelphia is over my
dead body.”
However, it is believed that Tose
wants to sell some share of the club
to relieve a debt reported to be $40
million. He is believed to be paying
more than $6 million in annual in
terest alone on a $30 million loan
with California’s Crocker National
Bank.
In addition, Tose’s player payroll
is in excess of $10 minion. The Ea
gles’ attendance has declined sharply
in recent years, from nearly 700,000
in the club’s Super Bowl season of
1980 to 445,000 last year and
459,000 this year.
The Republic said financial ar
rangements for the franchise shift
are being made through a local
bank. It also said lawyers have been
alerted to prepare for legal battles
with the city of Philadelphia and the
United States Football League.
The Eagles have a lease with the
city to use Veterans Stadium
through 1991. If they move to Phoe
nix, tney will be in direct competi
tion for the use of Sun Devil Sta
dium with the Arizona Wranglers
when the USFL moves to a fall
schedule in 1986.
Officials of Arizona State and its
Board of Regents have refused to
confirm or deny that the regents had
approved interim use of Sun Devil
Stadium.
Kings send
Knight to
SA Spurs
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — The San An
tonio Spurs Tuesday traded center
Sam McNamara to Kansas City in a
straight exchange for guard-for
ward Billy Knight, Spurs officials an
nounced.
The trade came hours before the
- two teams were scheduled meet in
Kansas City Tuesday night.
Knight, 6-foot-6, is an eight-year
veteran of the NBA and averaged
4.8 points in 16 games for Kansas
City this season.
McNamara, 6-11, is in his second
year and scored an average of 2.8
g oints in 12 games this fall for the
purs.
Witt said Knight probably would
see more action as a forward than as
a guard for the Spurs.
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