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Sonics’ employees
stuffing ballot box
SEATTLE (AP) — Both the presi
dent and coach of the Seattle Super-
Sonics say the team did nothing un
ethical when it orchestrated stuffing
tens of thousands of NBA All-Star
ballots in support of Sonics guard
Dale Ellis.
“It is a procedure being done by
every team in the league,” President
Bob Whitsitt said of the Sonics’ prac
tice of having people associated with
the team submit multiple ballots.
“Why all the sudden is this some
thing unique?” coach Bernie Bick-
erstaff asked. “How do you think
some of these guys got to play (in
All-Star games) all these years?”
The extra ballots — as many as
50,000 to 60,000 — helped Ellis take
a 30,448-vote lead over Portland’s
Clyde Drexler for the No. 2 position
among Western Conference guards,
behind Magic Johnson.
“Last year, Denver did it to help
Fat Lever,” Drexler said. This year,
Seattle is helping Dale. But each
time. I’m the guy who gets kicked in
the rear.”
No NBA rule says teams cannot
use employees to vote. NBA spokes
man Brian McIntyre said Ellis was
unlikely to lose his starting position
for the game, and the Sonics proba
bly would not be penalized.
One contest among the team’s
“giveaway crew” awarded a basket
ball, gym bag and $50 to the first two
members of the crew who turned in
10,000 ballots, the Times said. Mo
nahan, 16, said he and at least three
or four others turned in 10,000 bal
lots, the newspaper said.
The “giveaway crew” is a group of
high-school-age boys who help the
promotions department at games
and with other functions.
Aggies
(Continued from page 9)
Metcalf said.
A&M was led by Thompson who
eventually turned around his shoot
ing to hit for 17 points. He also
pulled down 13 rebounds and
played every minute until he col
lected his fifth foul with one second
remaining.
Senior forward Doug Dennis also
turned a strong performance with
17 points of his own and seven re
bounds.
Dennis said the quality play for
the Aggies was bittersweet.
“It’s tough to go down to the end
and not have a chance to at least tie
and make a mistake.”
In addition to Upchurch’s career
outing the Cougars received a strong
performance from guard Richard
Hollis. The senior scored 13 points
and had 12 rebounds to lead the
Cougars.
The Aggies suffered from a lack
of free-throw attempts. A&M had
only 17 tries from the line to Hous
ton’s 27. The Cougars were able to
hit 22 while A&M hit 14.
Houston led at the half, 38-37,
when a point was taken off the board
for A&M when the officials changed
their ruling on three-point shot by
Thompson. They concluded that he
had his foot on the three-point line
when shooting.
Houston began the second half by
adding to their lead. The Cougars
eventually led by seven, 48-41, be
fore A&M responded with nine
straight points to lead 50-48 with
12:06 to go.
The run began with a fast-break
layup by Ricks and Dennis hit an
eight-foot baseline jumper. A free-
throw by Thompson was followed by
a tip-in by Dennis when Thompson
missed his second free-throw at
tempt to tie the game.
The teams traded scores until Up
church broke a 60-60 tie by scoring
on a layup and a free-throw with
4:28 remaining.
Metcalf
(Continued from page 9)
inside game,
Donald Thompson has assumed
that role in the past two seasons.
However, the Aggies have been hurt
by the changes because of a lack of
depth and a down cycle in recruit
ing.
The advent of the three-point
shot and the shot clock neutralized
any size advantage a team may have.
Metcalf stuck by his policy of moving
the offense inside.
He now says he was late in realiz
ing the impact of the changes.
“I grew up with the philosophy
that basketball is played in the
paint,” Metcalf said. “I did not real
ize the impact the three-point shot
was gonna have.
“Then, when we did, it was hard
to get (three-point shooters). It’s
kinda hard to leave somethin’ that’s
good to you.”
Metcalf had decided he would
change the A&M offense following
this season. He is redshirting three
players and planned on instituting
the new offense with the arrival of
those players.
Coming after shattering losses to
Nevada-Las Vegas and Oklahoma,
the TCU loss left A&M winless in
SWC play after two games. Metcalf
and his staff decided to go ahead
and change the offense right then.
“The main reason was to get our
selves in a position to play more up
tempo,” Metcalf said. “Nowadays
you need a great ball handler, a
three-point shooter at the second
guard and some 6-10 block players.
“We chagned our offense to one
very similar to what Vegas and O.U.
are runnin’.”
The objective of the new scheme
is to speed up the tempo of the game
while looking for a fast break or only
passing three to five times before
shooting on a set play.
The Aggies had success early in
the season in the transition game
and lately have been much more ag-
ressive -— occasionally scoring fast
break points after made free throws
by the opposition.
Metcalf bases much of his opti
mism for this year on the way his
players have picked up the offense
after only a few weeks.
“We’ve improved each game since
the TCU game,” he said. “We just
can’t get over the hump. The guys
have adapted to (the offense). If we
play hard, some good things will
happen to us.”
While he believes good things will
happen for his team this year, he’s
more positive about the next two
years. Metcalf expects his redshirts
to contribute immediately next year
and hopes to return to national
prominence within the next two sea
sons.
Metcalf has had an influx of ju
nior college recruits in recent years.
He believes the program has been
hurt by it because of a lack of conti
nuity.
“The thing that hurts with
bringin’ in JUCO players isjmu have
to wear out a pair of shoes around
here before you feel comfortable,”
Metcalf said. “Once you do, you get
a special feeling about a place.
“I think all athletes get a lot better
their second year here because they
start to develop that loyalty to the
university.”
With help from second-year re
cruiting coordinator Larry Cock-
rum, Metcalf has begun to concen
trate on high school signees to
regain stability in the program.
“Larry’s the best recruiting coor
dinator we’ve ever had,” he said.
Metcalf signed a pair of players
out of high school last year and is
redshirting both of them this year.
One was a 6’10” center — the other
was a 6’4” sharp-shooting guard.
Chris Finley, the 6’10” center, was
an All-State selection in Mississippi
as a junior on a state championship
team.
We’ve improved each
game since the TCU
game. We just can’t get
over the hump.”
— Shelby Metcalf,
A&M basketball coach
“(Finley) may play by next year,”
Metcalf said. “He’s a good shooter.”
Cody Blake, the 6’4” guard, aver
aged 17.7 points and 8.5 assists as a
senior at A&M Consolidated High
School. Metcalf thinks Blake is the
ideal size to run the offense recently
implemented.
Metcalfs concentration on high
school prospects doesn’t mean he’s
abandoning the JUCO talent.
“We’ve signed a 6-9 forward, Car
los Marrero from Puerto Rico, who
played at Alabama A&M,” he said.
“Another early signing is James Coo
per. He’s a 6-2 guard from Missis
sippi County Junior College in Ar
kansas.”
Cooper was the Arkansas Junior
College Player of the Year last year.
Another prospect is 6-10 center
James Harris of Memphis Junior
College. Harris weighs 235 pounds
and reminds Metcalf of Akeem Ola-
juwon.
“(Harris) and Olajuwon would
make bookends,” he said. “He’s big
and strong and has quick feet like
Olajuwon.”
Metcalf hopes to improve drasti
cally in the next two years mainly be
cause of these prospects. He thinks
the recruiting emphasis will begin to
take effect next season.
“I think next year it’ll really
show,” he said. “We only have two
seniors on this year’s squad. We have
three redshirts, two transfers and
another signed — that’s six quality
players.
“I think within the next two years
we can get back to where we were —
at the top of the league.”
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