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The Battalion
SPORTS
Thursday, April 27,1989
7
Hogs in driver’s seat to SWC title
Conference race could change drastically in next two weeks
Mackenzie, Lee named
all-conference golfers
By Doug Walker
SPORTS EDITOR
With two weekends of action re
maining, the Southwest Conference
baseball race appears to be a two-
team contest between Arkansas and
Texas A&M.
The SWC champion will probably
be decided May 4-5 when Arkansas
visits Olsen Field for a three-game
series with the Aggies.
The fifth-ranked Razorbacks (40-
6,14-1 in the SWC) are trying to be
come the first team other than Texas
or Texas A&M to win a Southwest
Conference regular season title since
Texas Christian did it in 1956. The
Horned Frogs tied for the title in
1966, '67 and ’72.
Arkansas also is hoping to become
the first SWC school to win outright
titles in the three big sports (football,
basketball and baseball) since Texas
did it in the 1973-74 school year.
A&M took titles in the three
sports in the 1985-86 school year but
snared the basketball and baseball
championships.
Arkansas, Texas and A&M have
six games remaining on their SWC
slates.
If the Razorbacks are to win their
first SWC baseball title, they will
have to earn it the hard way.
They host ninth-ranked Texas
(42-12, I 1-4) in Fayetteville this
weekend before making the trip to
College Station, where they swept
the Aggies two years ago.
Pitching has been a key factor in
the rise of the Razorbacks, who have
lowered their team earned-run aver
age from a whopping 5.43 in 1988 to
just 2.77 this year. Mike Oquist (8-2,
5-0 in the SWC) and Peter Praether
(3-0 in the SWC) have led the staff.
Offensively, Bubba Carpenter,
Scott Pose and Greg D’Alexander
have led the way.
Carpenter leads the team in bat
ting average with a .427 mark and is
hitting .513 in the conference. Pose
(.399) and D’Alexander (.381) follow
close behind for a team hitting at a
.327 pace in SWC action.
D’Alexander has been the star in
conference play. He’s hitting .455
(second in league play) while leading
the league in hits in SWC play with
25.
Texas has a shot at the title if it
can sweep the Razorbacks this week
end. A sweep would tie Texas with
Arkansas while A&M, even with a
sweep of Houston this weekend,
would have to produce against the
Razorbacks.
Slugging right fielder Scott Bry
ant has led the Longhorns at the
E late with a phenomenal 96 runs
atted in with 16 home runs and a
league-leading 23 doubles. In SWC
action, Bryant has eight doubles,
three home runs and 24 RBIs.
Texas doses the season with a
home series against TCU while Ar
kansas and the Aggies will be squar
ing off.
A&M (46-3, 13-2), which fell from
the top of the national rankings this
See SWC /Page 8
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Aggie senior Roy Mackenzie and
junior Randy Lee were selected to
the 1989 All-Southwest Conference
golf team by a vote of the conference
coaches, it was announced Wednes
day.
Mackenzie made the squad for the
third consecutive year.
Lee was one of seven unanimous
picks to the team and paired with
Makcenzie in a tie for fifth-place at
the SWC Championships last week
at Columbia Lakes. A&M finished
sixth as a team.
Mackenzie, an honorable mention
All-America in 1987, won the Wood
lands Invitational during the fall and
Lee took first individually at the
Border Olympics this spring.
A&M Head Coach Bob Ellis was
understandably proud of both Lee
and Mackenzie.
“I’m very proud of Randy and
Roy for making the all-conference
team,” Ellis said. “They have been
our leaders all season and were de
serving of the honor.
“This was the third consecutive
year that Roy’s been selected, which
is an indication of how much he’s
contributed to our program.”
Texas, the SWC champion, placed
four players on the All-SWC team.
Brian Nelson, Brad Agee, Kyle Je
rome and Omar Uresti represented
the Longhorns on the squad.
Houston, with Zoran Z'orkic and
Greg Cox making the squad, was the
only other SWC school to put more
than one player on the team. Rice’s
Mark Pfingston, the SWC individual
champion, also made the team.
Strong pairings may make overdone NBA playoffs enjoyable
If it’s late April, it must be time for the
NBA playoffs, that yearly ritual which
includes too many teams and is about eight
games too long.
This year’s playoff picture could shape
up to be one of the more enjoyable in
recent years, as the strength of teams like
Cleveland and New York in the East and
Phoenix and Golden State in the West have
improved to the point of actually making
the first-round pairings interesting.
The Eastern Conference
Detroit vs. Boston: I’m sure the Celtic
faithful will be quick to point out that
Dennis Johnson hasn’t played in two weeks
and Robert Parrish and Reggie Lewis are
also both ailing with various injuries. But
this year the entire Celtic team would have
to be healthy as well as receive help from a
28-year-old Bill Russell to have even a slim
chance against the Pistons.
Detroit has proven that last year’s run for
the championship wasn’t a fluke and they
are once again poised and ready to be there
again. Maybe Mark Aguirre will get a shot
at a championship series this year.
The Celtics proved this year that playing
in the “Gahden” wasn’t always an automatic
win as should be the case in the Detroit
series. The Pistons will sweep it.
New York vs. Philadelphia: This series
could be the case of the team that peaked
too early vs. the team that couldn’t take
advantage of it.
The Knicks have struggled toward the
end of the season, winning 10 of their final
21 games, a slide which could hurt New
York down the stretch in the playoffs.
Charles Barkley should have a big series for
the Sixers. He averaged 30 points per game
and 11 rebounds against the Knicks and
should have no trouble in containing
Charles Oakley.
Philadelphia won the season series, 4-2,
but two wins does not a playoff series
victory make. Even if the Knicks appear to
be running out of steam, they will outlast
Philadelphia 3-2.
Cleveland vs. Chicago: This series will
be fun to watch primarily because of the
play of Michael Jordan and Cleveland’s
Ron Harper.
Mark Price is listed as doubtful for
Friday’s game, but Larry Nance and Brad
Daugherty should be back to provide the
rebounding edge Cleveland has held over
the Bulls so far this season.
Chicago defeated the Cavaliers in five
games last year in the first round on
excellenfperformances by Jordan and
former Bull Charles Oakley. The Cavaliers
swept this season’s series 6-0, but they will
not do it in the opening round, as the Bulls
should win one at home to drop the series
3-1.
Atlanta vs. Milwaukee: The Hawks have
to be by far the hottest team in the NBA at
the close of the regular season, winning 12
of their last 14 and eight in a row at home.
Atlanta seems to have found a starting five
that is complimentary in many areas.
The addition of Moses Malone has
? ;reatly improved the offensive rebounding
or the Hawks, and his scoring contribution
hasn’t hurt either. Milwaukee center Jack
Sikma will have his hands full with Malone.
Atlanta isn’t lacking on the defensive end
either, as the insertion of former SMU
Mustang Jon Koncak in late March has
boosted team totals in blocked shots and
defensive rebounds. The play of
Dominique Wilkins speaks for itself. Hawks
sweep it, 3-0.
Western Conference
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland: The
Trail Blazers have no advantage. The
Lakers swept the season series 5-0. The
only perspiration the Lakers might
experience will be in the shoot-around
prior to each game. LA sweeps it, 3-0.
Utah vs. Golden State: Good matchup.
Utah allowed only 12 opponents to shoot 50
percent or more during the season and the
Warriors did it twice. Golden State also
scored the most points, 131, against the Jazz
during the season and the teams split the
season series 2-2.
A big concern for the Jazz will be
controlling the play of Chris Mullin and
Mitch Richmond, who averaged 26 and 22
points per game against Utah. Manute Boll,
who has finally realized that he will never
be an offensive threat in the NBA, has
instead responded well as a shot blocker,
and could be a rebounding problem for
Mark Eaton. Eaton is no offensive prize
either.
The Warriors will definitely have to
disrupt the John Stockton/Karl Malone
point-scoring tandem, which combined for
a 40 point per-game average against the
Warriors and is one of the best in the NBA.
It will be close, but the Jazz will win it 3-2.
Phoenix vs. Denver: Phoenix, a lottery
team just a year ago, is now the NBA’s No. 1
scoring team and completely dominated the
Nuggets in their season series, winning
three of four. The Suns averaged 127
points and, playing against the Nuggets,
outrebounded Denver by an average of 16
per game. Phoenix should take full
advantage of Denver’s poor 9-32 road
record.
Phoenix is led by guard Kevin Johnson,
who averaged 20 points per game against
the Nuggets and is more than Michael
Adams can handle. The Nuggets should
win one at McNichols Arena, but the Suns
will win the series 3-1 and have an excellent
chance to upset the balance of power in the
West.
Seattle vs. Houston: The Rockets have
been the picture of inconsistency thus far in
the 1988-89 season and predicting a sure
victory over the Sonics is a toss-up. I’m not
f oing to predict this one because who
nows which Rockets team will show up.
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