Page 12/The BattaikxvTuesday, April 2. 1983
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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.
I he \ illanova c o.tc h leu 25 vears Se-
verencecfied Mcmdav in his lexing-
ton hotel room, and the placets deci
le ated the game to him twmg. the
\P Pl.tver c>| the Year, hit seven of
I ( shots from the held hut gr a hived
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