Tuesday, February 11, 1986/The Battalion/Page 11
Photo by TOM OWNBEY
Scoop of the Day
A&M Lacrosse Club member Rick Burrell (5) crawls over the top of a A&M lost to San Antonio, 17-6, but hosts the Minutemaid Lacrosse
San Antonio Lacrosse Club player to get at the ball this past Saturday. Club Sunday at 1 p.m. on the Ormond R. Simpson Drill Field.
Lone Star State scores big with NBA a I I-stars
Associated Press
DALLAS — I he first National
Basketball Association All-Star
weekend to take place in Texas has
convinced NBA players and officials
that the state where football is king is
learning to appreciate their sport.
“The people in Dallas have be
come knowledgeable basketball
fans,” said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar af
ter the East’s 139-132 victory over
the West at Reunion Arena. “They
have come a long way in a few
years.”
The NBA awarded the game to
the expansion Dallas Mavericks in
only their sixth season in the league,
the first time the All-Stars had come
to Texas.
The older Houston Rockets and
San Antonio Spurs have yet to host
the game.
“This is a sophisticated city and
the fans this weekend got a chance to
see the sites,” Abdul-Jabbar said.
“This was a great opportunity. Bas
ketball is played more than any
other sport. It is the national sport.”
Reunion Arena had successive
sellouts of 16,573 fans on both days
of the All-Star extravaganza.
On Saturday, the Old-Timers
Game, the long distance three-point
shootout, and slam-dunk contests
drew ajammed house.,
The Slam-Dunk day tickets were
priced at $5 but scalpers were asking
as much as $20. One scalper even
tried to sell one to Commissioner
David Stern.
On Sunday, the All-Star game
tickets were $37.50 each. Scalpers
were selling some for $50 and up.
Mavericks officials made sure the
NBA visitors got a taste of Texas.
There were armadillo races and a
real live Brahman bull in the ball
room at a country and western party
Friday night.
On Saturday night, Texas legend
Willie Nelson sang some of his clas
sics, including “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in
the Rain” and “On the Road Again”
for a packed Convention Center
crowd.
“It was a great weekend,” said Los
Angeles Lakers Coach Pat Riley,
who coached the West All-Stars. “I
do not think anyone can say they did
not enjoy it.”
Ex-A&M coach
learns new job
from ground up
Associated Press
PALESTINE — Tom Wilson, a
former Texas A&M head coach, has
been so anxious to familiarize him
self with his new job as head football
coach at Palestine High School, it
wouldn’t be surprising if he started
calling the Wildcat Stadium press
box “home sweet home.”
He actually moved in the press
box — on a temporary basis — after
arriving here a few weeks ago from
Texas Tech in Lubbock, where he
was the Red Raiders’ offensive coor
dinator.
The makeshift quarters, although
a far cry from the comforts of a real
home, presented some advantages
also, Wilson said.
“I’m having a ball,” Wilson said
from his office-study in the large
press box area, which adjoins the
high school building. “And I can
watch films until I’m ready to go to
bed.”
He added, “Of course, this is only
temporary, but there’s plenty of
floor footage and everything you
need to be comfortable.”
Well, almost everything.
“I am getting a little tired of eat
ing out,” Wilson joked.
Wilson was offered the head
coaching job here after Texas Tech’s
head coach, Jerry Moore, was fired
in December and replaced by David
McWilliams, formerly the defensive
coordinator at the University of
Texas.
Wilson was head coach at A&M
from mid-1978 to 1981, preceding
current coach Jackie Sherrill.
Wilson’s wife will join him in Pal
estine later this year after his daugh
ter graduates from high school in
Lubbock. But until that time, Wilson
has other things on his mind besides
where he shaves every morning.
“The main priority right now is to
get our off-season program rolling
and establish a solid football pro
gram,” Wilson said.
Wilson didn’t officially take over
at Palestine until Jan. 21, but drove
into town the first week of January
and moved into the press box.
“I love the kids already,” he said.
“They’ve got a good attitude and
are hungry to win. I’ve been pouring
over films, and I think we’ve got a
Tom Wilson
talented group of youngsters who
can win. Of course, there is a lot of
work to do, but our goal is to work
hard and do as well as we are capable
of doing. How good that is, I don’t
know. But the right attitude is defi
nitely there.”
With basketball season in full
swing, Wilson has his off-season
football players lifting weights three
days a week and working on agility
drills the rest of the school week.
The rest of his hours are spent
getting familiar with his new sur
roundings.
Wilson currently is working on
ideas like converting a classroom in
the press box to a coaches’ meeting
room and adding equipment like
climbing rope to help with training.
“We’re doing a little organizing
right now,” Wilson said. “Getting
things ready for when football sea
son comes around.”
He’s even found a motto for the
team — “Total commitment to excel
lence” — which he feels is appropri
ate for his new team.
“It may take some time to have an
outstanding program,” he said. “But
if we commit ourselves to excellence,
we are going to come out ahead in
the long run.”
Wilson said at least four assistants
from last fall’s coaching staff have
been promised jobs on his staff.
“I don’t really want to comment
too much on that now, but there may
be one or two new coaches by next
season. I do think the four who will
be back are quality coaches and will
be a big asset to the program.”
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