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Tuesday, November 18, 1986/The Battalion/Page 9 iiaiir lal Sports A&M should be ‘Bowling’ somewhere on New Year’s >d By Homer Jacobs Assistant Sports Editor last Thanksgiving, Aggie fans re- oifijfed in Kyle Field in a shower of bolls after Texas A&M’s 42- »0 victory over the Texas Longhorns hat sent the ^Kes to the Analysis ^OttOIl B O W 1 or the first time since 1968. Hhis Thanksgiving, Aggie fans go prepared to Austin with an Hrtment of little celebratory good- f Bbesides the customary cotton lessens — like oranges, piriatas and ven hula skirts. Hhe Aggies most likely will play Hull on New Year’s Day in either le Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl or iest i Bowl. ^^■ere’s how the rather muddled owl picture shapes up for A&M at l-OPfltiefiioment: KoTTON BOWL — The Ag- £ Hu ill earn a second consecutive ip 10 Dallas if they can beat Texas 66 ihristian Saturday at Kyle Field and ^’ektison Thanksgiving night at Me- Haatorial Stadium. 1 his combination oul ! give the Aggies an outright o u t h w e s t Conference H Hipionship and a date with the f AP Top 20 'Stop Twenty teams in the Associated Press ^Bge football poll with first-place votes in ^Bntheses, 1986 record, total points based 4-3-I 1 and ranking in last week's poll: Hy^Hanni, Fla. (56) Record PtS Pvs 10-0-0 1,196 1 ll (I) 2, Penn State (3) 10-0-0 1,119 3 Sipklahoma 3l\t 4B-j 2 ona St. (11 9-1-01.083 9-0-11,025 4 5 Sflebraska 9-1-0 964 6 Michigan 9-1-0 856 2 I.Bhio St. 9-2-0 842 9 'k^Habama 7-2-0 9-2-0 730 707 12 11 Six Southern Cal 7-2-0 641 13 . | ^Arkansas 8-2-0 546 17 lioll jj|Washington 7-2-1 472 10 H 13,Texas A&M 7-2-0 455 7 0 WRrizona 7-2-0 432 14 Bjkuburn 8-2-0 405 8 !6|Stanford 7-2-0 321 16 lljlaylor 7-3-0 232 18 8&JCLA 6-3-1 160 19 9mlemson 7-2-1 156 15 iOKeorgia 7-3-0 78 \ * runner-up of the Big Ten Confer ence, which would be the loser of the Michigan-Ohio State game. •ORANGE BOWL — Should the Aggies lose to either TCU or Texas then A&M would head to the Orange Bowl in Miami for the first time ever to take on No. 3 Okla homa, assuming the Sooners can de feat Nebraska this Saturday. If this scenario happens, Arkansas can lock up the the SWC title and a trip to Dallas with a victory over Southern Methodist this weekend. •FIESTA BOWL — A&M will travel to Tempe, Ariz., if Nebraska beats Oklahoma, thus pitting the Cornhuskers against No. 1-ranked Miami in the Orange Bowl. The Ag gies then would face No. 2 Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl. •ALOHA BOWL — The Aggies would bask in the sunshine in Hono lulu Dec. 27 if they lose to both TCU and Texas and the Longhorns de feat Baylor this Saturday. Barring a total collapse, A&M should be in a New Year’s Day bowl game, but don’t make any specific hotel reservations quite yet. The Aggies are simply in a no-lose situation. If they don’t win the SWC, then A&M probably will have to set tle for the sand and surf in Miami. For what it’s worth, here’s my bowl matchup preferences: 1. A&M versus Michigan in the Cotton Bowl: Two 9-2 teams that have great fan support and the two best Fight songs in the land. A coach ing matchup between Jackie Sherrill and Bo Schembechler wouldn’t be bad either. 2. A&M versus Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl: Great road trip for the fans and prime-time coverage for the Aggies. Imagine the always spectacular halftime show with the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band along. Good quotes from OU’s Brian Bos- worth for The Battalion sports page. 3. A&M versus Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl: Good quotes from Coach Joe Paterno on Jackie Sher rill. A chance for the Aggies to play the highest-ranked team possible with the No. 2 ranked Nittany Lions. 4. A&M versus Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl: An 8-3 Buckeye team just doesn’t tickle my fancy. But it is the Cotton Bowl after all. 5. A&M versus whoever in the Aloha Bowl: sand, surf, sun . . . and more sand, surf and sun. Ags open basketball season tonight By Ken Sury Sports Editor It’s much too early for the Texas A&M men’s basketball team to be looking at repeating as Southwest Conference cham pions, but Coach Shelby Metcalf likes what he sees so far. And A&M fans will get their first chance to see the 1986-87 squad tonight when the Aggies host the Continental Coors Flyers tonight in an exhibition game at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Col iseum. “This could be the best team since 1980,” Metcalf said. The 1980 group posted a 26-8 record and won the SWC championship before losing to Louisville 66-55 in overtime in the Midwest Re gion semifinal. Even so, the team that walks on the floor tonight probably won’t be the same group throughout the year because injuries are keeping out two possible starters. Senior forward Winston Crite had the cast on his broken left hand taken off just last Thursday. Metcalf said Crite hasn’t been able to practice with the team yet, so he might not play tonight. Crite, a three-year letterman, was the team’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer last season. Junior college transfer Darryl McDonald, who Metcalf called the best passer he’s seen in 28 years of coaching (24 as head coach) at A&M, will be on the sidelines with an ankle injury. McDonald is one of a group of several junior college transfer players this year who have im pressed Metcalf. Two of the transfers, 6-7 forward John Trez- vant and 6-10 center Jessie Spin ner, will start tonight alongside point guard Todd Holloway, guard Paul Crawford and for ward Mike Clifford. “John Trezvant is a good all- around basketball player,” Met calf said. “He’s extremely quick and has good ball sense.” Trez vant averaged 20 points and eight rebounds last year for San Fran cisco City College. “Jessie Spinner has good hands,” he said. “When he gets the ball he knows where the bucket is.” Spinner averaged 20 points and 11.5 rebounds at Los Junior college transfers Eric Bethea (left) and Jessie Spinner work out during basket- Photo by John Makely ball practice Monday. A&M plays its first game tonight at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Angeles Trade Technical Col lege. Unlike last year’s team, which was basically a one-dimensional offense behind SWC scoring leader Don Marbury, Metcalf said this squad will be more balanced. “We’ve got good speed and quickness,” Metcalf said. “And we’ll have much better ball movement. You’d like to play with these guys. If you get open, they’ll get the ball to you. They’re very unselfish.” Although the three-point shot is now used for NCAA basketball games, Metcalf said the Aggies aren’t changing their offense to accommodate the three-point shot. “I like the physical-type game,” he said. “Our league is so physi cal, it’s not going to affect our league as much as some others. Now if I had TCU’s team, then we might benefit from it.” Holloway, a three-year letter- man, set a school record with 161 assists last season and will run the A&M offense. Crawford walked on the team two years ago and earned a scholarship last year. Crawford, an A&M Consolidated graduate, is the Kip Corrington of the basketball team with a 3.83 grade-point average in mechani cal engineering. Clifford, the third three-year letterman on the team, can play all five positions. Aggie fans are always on the lookout when Clif ford approaches the free-throw line, because he’s gained a noto rious reputation for missing. Clif ford hit only five of 22 free-throw attempts last season. “I really like Mike Clifford,” Metcalf said. “Aggies probably don’t appreciate him, but I do. He can play any position for us. “I personally feel that Mike will hit his free throws. Now I also be lieve in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. . . . “But he’s a defensive genius. He can make just some great de fensive plays.” Metcalf said he expects to night’s game to be a good test for his team and a chance to see what the new players can do in a game situation. The Continental Coors Flyers won the Amateur Athletic Union national title last year. 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