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Wednesday, March 7,1990 The Battalion Page 9 [Walvano: ‘I love coaching basketball’ iC State coach preparing for ACC tourney as officials look for way out tALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While call. were under way. dence to warrant criminal charges ii Valvano prepared his team for “There were some matters that “I think that, basically, everything that state on point-shaving allega JRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While bi Valvano prepared his team for Atlantic Coast Conference tour- linent, North Carolina State ofli- lls were on the phone Tuesday try- K to figure out what to do with V * 1 ' J“As of right now I’m the basket- Iball coach at N.C. State and I look pnvanl to the ACC tournament,” Valvano said. “I love coaching col lege basketball and my commitment ■o fulfill that obligation.” nThe tournament begins Friday in [Charlotte, and that’s where the sea- |son will end for the Wolfpack. JN.C. State is ineligible for the |NCAA tournament, which it won in HSHll, because of sanctions imposed (last year by the NCAA for violations [involving the sale of complimentary |tickets and sneakers. □ While Valvano was going about [his coaching duties, the executive iconinmu'f ol the VC. State board of Hustees met privately via conference “There were some matters that they asked me to pay attention to,” said acting chancellor Larry Mont- eith, who confirmed the meeting was about Valvano. Monteith partici pated in the meeting from the Cha pel Hill office of C.D. Spangler Jr., president of the University of North Carolina System. “The executive committee of the board of trustees expressed confi dence as to how the administration has handled the matter to date, and gave the administration clear in structions to continue negotiations util a satisfactory resolution has been achieved that is in the best interest of the university,” school counsel Becky French said. French would not comment on when, or if, negotiations with Val vano and his lawyer, Art Kaminsky, would resume. Pat Gibbons, a spokesman for Kaminsky in his New York office, said no negotiations were under way. “I think that, basically, everything at this point is up to the university,” Gibbons said. The university can terminate Val- vano’s contract without financial penalty if the coach is found guilty of a major NCAA violation or a fel ony. But if N.C. State terminates Valvano’s contract without cause, he would receive $500,000. He is paid $106,000 a year and the contract au tomatically renews itself for five years every August. Calls for Valvano’s resignation came last week after ABC News re ported that four Wolfpack players nad conspired to shave points in as many as four games during the 1987-88 season, or purposely lost a game in return for money. ABC said one of the players is former Wolf pack star Charles Shackleford, now of the New Jersey Nets. A New Jersey prosecutor said Monday there wasn’t enough evi- ady Ags open SWC Tourney s By Vince Snyder i Of The Battalion Staff avjanw askeibi 1 not seconi n S\V( Vlonda ice Rkf The Texas A&M women’s basketball team will face the Lady Cougars in the first round of the Southwest Conference Women’s Basketball Tourna ment Wednesday night at Moody Coliseum in Dal las. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. A&M finished the season on a down note, losing its last two games to Houston, 94-76, and Texas Tech, 85-76, at G. Rollie White Coliseum. With the back-to-back loses, the Lady Aggies fell to 16-11 overall and 8-8 in SWC play. The Lady Aggies finished tied with Texas Chris tian for fifth in the league standings. According to SWC rules, officials had to flip a coin to see who would gain the fifth place seed in the tournament. A&M won the flip and has to play the No. 4 seed, Houston. The Lady Cougars took a commanding lead over A&M in the last meeting between the two teams, posting a 15-7 lead with 12:53 left in the first half. “We didn’t act like we were ready to play at the be ginning of the game,” A&M coach Lynn Hickey said. “Houston just pulled ahead and made us play catch up.” A&M fell into foul trouble as the game progressed trying to claw its way back into the game. Sophomore gaum LaTanya Irving and junior forward Diane DeCree each had four fouls with half of the second period remaining. Houston was able to capitalize on A&M’s woes as they went on to win the game by 18 points. In their first meeting at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, senior guard Lisa Herner scored a career- high 28 points, as the Aggies trounced Houston, #8- 67. Herner, who had been averaging 5.6 points a game, said A&M entered the game with a fierce tie- sire to beat the Lady Cougars. “Before the game, you could just see the intensity on everybody’s face,” Herner said. “I think that game gave me an edge.” T he Aggies were able to hold onto a narrow 36-34 halftime lead largely in part to their free-throw shooting. Herner was eight-of-eight in free-throws and senior forward Lori Dillard was six-of-six. A&M scored 11 of its final 15 points from the line. Even the Lady Aggieswere surprised at how well they shot. “Usually we can say we lost the game because of free throws,” Dillard said. “I think we won that game because of them.” Baseball negotiations start up again; opening day of season now in jeopardy shot i Arkan-I ; againsiBNEW YORK (AP) — Baseball ne- ulay an gotiations resumed Tuesday night n Hou aftera nine-day layoff and took on a ■nse of added urgency when man- reement’s Player Relations Commit- irsttim ter canceled an owners meeting : befatscheduled later in the week, h a wit i Milwaukee owners Bud Selig, the d, I ju‘PRC chairman, made the announce- I wouloBjent just before negotiations re- Rmed in Commissioner Fay Vin- ■nt’s office at 6 p.m. EST. The PRC Bet for about three hours Tuesday e Bternoon before the negotiating Session and Selig said it will meet pain Wednesday morning. B“We have been in close contact ry with other 20 clubs,” Selig said. 3 BThey have been not only cooper- mive but totally supportive.” 1 Management’s lockout hit its 20th want Mday on Tuesday and both sides say pat if camps don’t open by Monday, ocedurtithere’s little chance opening day act thtlpuld remain on April 2 as sched- view. uled. atisticj A quarterly meeting of owners ter thcH^ * 3een scheduled for Thursday lea^fBoming in Irving, Texas, but the • [|JPRC thought it was better to nego- □ r tiate than to spend a day traveling and briefing owners. tie the “To come to Dallas just merely to be given an update which they can be given by telephone ... would be a waste of time,” Selig said. “What could have more top priority than negotiations with the association. So to take another day or two off to go “I It was a very productive meeting. The hawks and doves were very pleasant today. You’d never know there were such creatures if you had attended the meeting.” — Bud Selig, PRC chairman to Dallas seems to be unproductive and unreasonable on our part.” The PRC meeting on Tuesday started late because a morning snow caused some delays at New York’s airport. The sides remain apart on salary arbitration, the benefit plan, roster size, minimum salary and collusion protection language. The biggest obstacle is the union’s demand to roll back arbitration eligibility from three years to two years, the way it was before the 1985 agreement. The six-man PRC — comprised of Selig, Fred Wilpon of the New York Mets, Carl Pohlad of Minnesota, Re- insdorf of the Chicago White Sox, John McMullen of Houston and Fred Kuhlmann of St. Louis — has been described as divided between hardliners and more concilliatory owners, the so-called hawks and doves. Selig was in a playful mood Tues day and used those terms jokingly at a short briefing. “It was a very productive meet ing,” he said. “The hawks and doves were very pleasant today. You’d never know there were such crea tures if you had attended the meet ing-” Selig and Wilpon attended the ne gotiating session along with Vincent, Deputy Commissioner Stephen Greenberg and Chuck O’Connor, the PRC’s general counsel. eagues at the' think is ffereiii ■F SKI ER‘ FIS. Lady Ags golf team ends in sixth place By VINCE SNYDER Of The Battalion Staff The Lady Aggies’ golf team shot a 965 total for three rounds to finish sixth at the Utah-Dixie Classic in St. George, Utah. The three-day tournament started on Sunday and finished Tuesday. A&M was led by junior Re becca Sims who shot 79, 78, and 80 for a total of 237 and a tie for eighth. Sims was only five strokes off the lead heading into the final round. The 18-team tournament was won by host school Brigham young who posted a 936 total. Iowa at 941 took second place, while Lamar shot a 942 to round out the top three spots. The next action for the Lady Aggies will be the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classicin Austin on March 16-18. Ags "jSnyder (Continued from page 7) fould the Cougars do without me? that’s hard to say. David Klingler, JH’s backup quarterback, would irobably take my place, and my lecision to go might let the team lown, but they’re tough. After all, xiach Pardee went to the NFL to oach for the Oilers and the guys got Over it. ; • How would mom feel about my lecision? Well, she’s a great woman nd I love her, but she doesn’t want ne rushing into anything. She said ’sup to me to decide what’s best. Now that the key factors are taken care of, what’s left? “What’s the 6-2 senior up to right now?” you ask. I’m glad you asked that question, because he’s in Houston working out in spring football drills with the Cougars. I wonder if that’s a hint or a trick? No matter what it is, Ware has to have some sort of idea of where he’s going. A lot of people say he should take the money and run. But it would be a shame not to see if the “one-armed bandit” could pull another rabbit, or Heisman in this case, out of his helmet. I don’t envy the guy for the choice he has facing him. But please Andre, pick a tune that you’ll be happy with. And please hurry. (Continued from page 7) first five innings, striking out nine batters, and allowing only two hits. “I felt good,” Bullard said. “I needed to get some innings in, be cause I wasn’t throwing strikes in my last outing. I was getting ahead with the fastball, and getting the strike outs with the slider.” But in the sixth Bullard walked five hitters, and blew a pickoff throw. “The leadoff walk really hurt me. After that, I was trying to guide the ball in,” Bullard said. “I couldn’t throw a strike then.” The Aggies capped the scoring with four runs in the sixth inning. They used four hits and a walk to put the game out of reach. A&M’s bats continued ringing in the second game, and the Aggies jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning. Tim Holt led off with a walk, and advanced to third on Witte’s double. They both scored on Travis Wil liams’ home run. The homer, Williams’ third of the season, was his first at Olsen Field this year. “It’s nice to finally hit one out for the home crowd,” Williams said. “It was a 3-2 fastball. I stayed back on it, and got lucky.” One out later, Rollen continued the hitting spree with a triple, deep down right field line. He scored the fourth run of the inning on Brous sard’s double. Broussard advanced to third on catcher Blake Pyle’s single and scored on and error. Pyle scored when rightfielder Yates dropped a! fly ball. A&M scored a single run in the second inning when Robinson reached on a fielder’s choice and stole home. With Broussard on first and Rob inson on third, Broussard took a step toward second, and fell down. When the pitcher turned to pick him off, Robinson broke for the plate. The pitcher threw home, but it was too late, and Robinson slid in safely. The Bobcats didn’t score until the eighth inning. Aggie starter Sean Lawrence lasted five innings and allowed only one hit, before he had contol prob lems. Although he struck out seven hitters and didn’t give up any runs, Lawrence walked seven batters. Bo Siberz pitched two innings of one-hit relief, and struck out four batters. Pat Sweet came on in the eighth inning, and had problems immedi ately. He walked the leadoff hitter, and one out later, gave up four hits sandwiched around aYiother walk. Sweet got out of the jam with a grounder and a smash liner that Jeff Bernet speared. He stayed in to pitch the ninth inning, and had to face the tying run twice before re tiring the side. Johnson said he expected the Bobcats to play better. “I never anticipate anything to be easy,” Johnson said. “I was sure glad we broke it open, and the guys were swinging well. “We didn’t take a lot of pitches, w hich was good. We stayed ahead in the count.” With seven doubles, a triple and three homers, the Aggies were defi nitely ahead in the power depart ment, too. : ,o- .= to .?= £**55*° ?BXSEBALL CARDS?®' 0 NOW AT % I 8; dence to warrant criminal charges in that state on point-shaving allega tions involving Shackleford and businessman Robert Kramer of Den- ville, N.J. But North Carolina authorities said they will press ahead with their investigation. “I don’t think it has an impact on our investigation,” Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said. “I don’t really know a lot about what the Denville police were doing because we were not informed about that. I have reason to believe that the investigation may have different fo cuses. I don’t think I can elaborate on that much more.” Willoughby said a preliminary in quiry shows “there is a reason why this matter should be investigated.” Shackleford has acknowledged ac cepting nearly $65,000 in loans while a student, an NCAA violation, but has denied any role in point shaving. Cowboys pick up two more Plan B agents IRVING (AP) — Tight end Jay Novacek of the Phoenix Cardinals and linebacker Lybrant Robinson of the Washington Redskins signed contracts with the Dallas Cowboys, bringing to 14 the total of Plan B players to join coach Jimmy John son, the club announced Tuesday. The Cowboys also signed four more free agents, bringing the total of non-Plan B free agents signed to 13. They are defensive end Lester Brinkley of Mississippi, tight end Charles Henry of Miami, Fla., de fensive back Tim Sims of Miami, Fla., and defensive lineman Mitch Willis of Southern Methodist. Navaceck is a five-year veteran who was a sixth-round draft choice in 1985. Robinson was a 1989 fifth- round pick out of Deleware State. Brinkley was signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh last spring but was released before the season started. Henry spent most of the sea son on the Cowboys developmental roster. Sims was a reserve in the sec ondary two years for the Hurricanes and Willis played in 47 NFL games in four seasons. He was drafted in the seventh round by the Los An geles Raiders in 1984. Green Bay signed 20 Plan B play ers last year and the Cowboys are fast approaching that total. The New York Jets have the next highest total of Plan B signings with four, the NFL office said. The Cowboys began their 1990 return from a 1-15 season on Tues day with a series of meetings. They will undergo strength eval uation and conditioning checks un der Mike Woicik on Wednesday. Woicik replaced the dismissed Bob Ward. The mini-camp ends on Thurs day. Johnson said he expects several of the 14 Plan B signees to win starting jobs next season. “I think we’ve really elevated the talent level in some critical areas,” Johnson said. “We’ve been able to bring in some talented young play ers and some veterans who are going to provide leadership.” Johnson said Novacek is an espe cially welcome addition. 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