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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1985)
Page 12/The BattaikxvTuesday, April 2. 1983 i Thompson's Hoyos like a 'Holiday Inn' I he CefirjyncMVfi H<»v^s were i<» the I9H4-M5 «(»llexe basket ball «ea- vhi what lnn% are to the motel business — no *urprt*e\ When pntum^tKat«»r» lo«*ke<l be fore the Mart of the leason at thr Ho\as ami their mvMerMHis otath |oftn Thompson. the\ saw long otlrh aml short eml* of the store for ans Hut nothing botheretf Patrick He »»f (•eorgetown s «»j>pi»oents sc-t a new C<eorgetowti rectird tor I hes saw a team with four starter' i^i percentage amf improsed atnl the enttrets of a rleep bemh re- esers itMiisiclual statistic from an al- lutning frtim a national reads successful H-4 seavrn. c luim^HCKiship team » homptng at the | lie Hosa team, as a whc4e set- Im to surpass the achievements of ik-tl down and stopped Irving to plas the M.1-M4 Hosas. like their predecesv»rs and started Ami thes saw Patrick kwing. the idas mg a more finesse-oriented 7-loot liehemcnh with a comoetitise (riaiid of basketball And thes bean as gold as the medal he won started to win—and wining leading the Ament an team in the’K-4 "ft was all kwmg thete^ lor far* Angeles 'Olsmpics. reads to .iwlnle.* Thompson said "Pairnk complete a four-vear t«4lege career f-ssing has to rank as one <»f the liest that alteads iminded a nalHmal of .ill time ircause he's led his team thaili|Mnnship and twc» trips to the m ilie c hamptonships so mans times NCAAtinah “Ami hes had some rmigh times In othei words, thes saw mis- m lollege, let me assure vou Hes male lies, the reasons lor the mis- had to put up with truells and prej- malc hes ami a rrasotfable matc h of iMlnr fen four sears. fhompson. Kwmg and the | he same c ould be said for the en- c hampMmship ttophv. be it in me (.eorgetown team, including ns Seattle. Wash or lexmgton. k* coach Well, the season is now his- W hen the Hosas arnsed in l>ex- tors. amlthe Hovas had a few things ingtrHi tor this sears Tmai F«*ur. a hapfien «»n the wav to Rupp Arena local columnist wrote a tongue-m- and their “OT KentKkf Home." «Ix-ek artH le claiming that a criminal even lielore thes got <Mnmnhed bs would Ire appointed to the Supreme Vilkmova. hb-M (aKirt before a black < Thompson) Kiist. Michael Ciraham. the would leplace retiring L niversits t*l shas ed-headed intimidator that Rent uc ks (axic h Joe B Hall c haiacten/ecl the Holv-teitor Her Thompson was not amused sas" o! last season, flunked out of "1 %re absolutels nothing tunns sc I tool He enrolled at the l niversits .iIuhiI racism." I hompson said. Its eg Washington. DC., across town | U m another example of what we and sal out this season base been working against all season I he Hovas missed him long It will certamls Ire nice when Without Ciraham's leboundmg, \»r can go out and lust plas Irasket defense and mtensits on the court. Uill and lease the othet things out of the earls - season Hovas were fre- the game " c|ocutls «»utsc rapired for loerse balls Bui the rest oi college basketlrall mi die glass and me hardwood cikiIcI sas the same thing alroiit a Secondlv. the Hovas didn't roll team. v» dominant, that it had to osei esers one thes f.w ed during the make up its own enemies regiilat season l^cst night agaln'st Villa nova in the Oh. sure, thes Ireat up on Provi- \CAA finals, the Hovas didn l gel cleme. Seton Hall and the L'niversits l*r. t t bs racism, bad c alls or C BS of Hawaii H ik’ (no kidding), but Bills Pac ker 's for ked-tounge dies fell a pant short of St. John's (.eorgetown got Ireat bs a pasta-lov- liO-bfr in Capital Centre and fol- mg coach named Rollie Massimino lowed that loss wither three-point and tm Villanova Wildcats. Iteartbreaker at the bands of Svra- t use It s hard to beliese Nosa wasn't “Hosa Paranoia” had become a esen ranked in the lop 2t> going self-mflKtise disease. into the Southeast Regmu of the I lie one constant was Kwmg Op- N( A A tournes — and thes defeated prsing teams sagged in on him and die seemingls undefeatable denied him the baM. Opposing Ians i mIh tiled his fac ial features and in- I guess, the'*Beasts from the East lelligence qucKient aie reallv "Hosa Humans alter all Hog In The Dirt Arkansas shortstop Derrick Richardson (26) reaches for the the ball. AUcM. who left with its head in the dirt Sundav. bag as Texas A&rM first baseman Fred (»egan (24) waits for hosts a double-header against North Texas State at 5:30 p.m. Hoya dynasty falls at Wildcats’ feet Associated Press tk*oigelown had w<»n 1 / sti.light g.lines and completed the- season with a 35-3 record and a 121 23 ie- »old during the lout-seat caieet til 7-loot Kw mg. a lout - t mie Ml \men can \ tllanosa. 25-H>. was lieaten twice bs the Hosas dining the legu- lai Big hast se.tson. >2- *<• in <>\ei tune and 57-50. and ( k*oi g«'t< >v\ n <-n tered the game a nine punt !a \ onie “No one thought v\e could do it but we did \ tllanosa ( .oac h Kolhe Massimino shouted altetssaid \nd the tot rind coach and his um.inked ciew 11om the Philadelphia suhuilis had plents ot herek*s to go at onnd Dwasne Me (lam hit two liec- throws and Harold Piessles one of two to pros ide t he- mai gin ot \ u tot \ w ith ( »eoi getown s Michael Jackson completing the scoring with a held gccal with tour seconds remaining Mc(3am piced Villanosa with 1/ punts and n-looi 0 Fd Pmc kites, who Ixiltled h wing m the pixol all night. sc ot ed 11> I he \N tide ats also hit 22 ol 27 11 ee thtows and matched the Hosas on the IxMids with 17 refrouiMls -\nd dies limited twmg. the Hosas VII- \met ic a c entei . to I 4 punts ( .e< »r getow it was living to I >ee otne onlv the seventh team and the (list smee l ( I \ m l**73 to ie|>eal as \( \ \ « (tampions I hev wete ’»eing i atec( among the gi ealest teams ot all time altei htee/mg tlitough t(ie last p.ut o( then schedule and lc»oking si i on get v\ it h c-ac (i game But \ ilianov a. v\ luc li I unshed in a ihnd place- lie m the Big t asi (.on- teience with Xvi.icnse (>egan a six game wmmng stteak in the tociina mem I lic-n upset v k toi v was akin to that o( \oith ( aiolma State which won th<- N( \ \ title two vears ago as an ovei w helming underdog But ih.it N ( State team tmished with one mote victorv against its It) losses and the* Kith i.inking in the ti ll.il pie tournament |*oll Ml \ illa- nov a had to show was ho^>e as thev enleted then sixth consecutive \( \ \ tournament, a eomjietitiun ihev nevet had won I he V\ tide ats pulled ahead 2K-2H at halltime and altei Twing hit an ojtemng |utnp*t in the second halt tliev went up3(»-3(lwith H.trold Jen sens hasket a thier-pMlil plas Its I'mc knev and a (umjtei Its (.aiv Me I ^im Mc( lams three ptmi plav kept them up 4 1 3t> hut (.eorgetown came hack and went ahead on Das id Wingates pimpei 42-4 1 with '.4 4*3 i einaimng l he lead c hanged hands live tunes, the last on a jumper Its Pine k nev w ho was named tiie tour nament Most Valuable IMavei Villanova hit six straight punts lot a 5M 5 4 advantage with 1 24 te nt.lining f-wing s jam brought (.eorgetown to within hi-58 with 4 1 seconds lelt but Me ( lam then c ante through w ith two more 11 ee throws (.eorgetown. the Big F-ast tourna ment winner and the No ! ranked team lot all but live weeks this sea- s< >n — lollc >w mg a jan 28 loss to Sv i • ac use h5-h.3 — was jn its thud < h.unpionship game <>t the tout veat twing tia.' having won last ve.u against Houston and losing hv a |*omt to North (.arolma three- ve.us ago \ illanova. on the* <>Uiei hand, had made it to the I mai otdv one e Ix-- hue. m I'(7 I when it lost to < I \ and latet had the runnel -np pisition siiij>j>ed when it was tound it siai placet .* Howard Poitet had signed a j >i o h.isket Ixill c ont I at t I he Wildcats onlv other trip to the national semifinals, was m Ih3‘l. ihe tournament s lust veat I hen thev were c oac hed hv \l Neveienee. 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