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Friday, Novembers, 1990
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takes care of business. When I got
the job, Lynn was really struggling
academically. He has just made a
complete turnaround. Now he’s on
track to graduate. He’s done well off
the floor.”
Thompson, who played shooting
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point guard position left by the va
cancy of Tony Milton, an All-SWC
selection last year.
But things have changed for the
Aggies in one year. Gone are last
season’s turbulence and problems.
Shelby Metcalf, who had coached
the Aggies for 27 years, was fired
midway through the season and re
placed by John Thornton, who fin
ished the year on an interim basis.
Thornton, who played for Metcalf
in the 1970s at A&M, was considered
for the full-time position after the
season. But Davis, who had led
Idaho to a 50-12 record and back-to-
back NCAA Tournament appear
ances, got the job.
“I think last year’s turbulence is
out of their systems,” Davis said. “I
don’t think they think about it any
more. They will be looking forward
to this year. Our success or no suc
cess will not have anything to do with
what they went through last spring.”
Suber said the team’s biggest men
tal problem may not be what hap
pened last year (only six players are
back from that team), but what’s
happened this year before the sea
son has even started.
“With all the things that have hap
pened this year, this will be a strug
gling season,” Suber said. “This is
Coach Davis’ first year, and he’s try
ing to put the program together. It’s
going to be a little struggle, but we’re
willing to work with him, and hope-
Credit’s center position.
“I think they are the best SWC team I’ve ever
seen,” Baylor coach Gene Iba said. “I’m not say
ing they’re better than Akeem Olajuwon, but
they’re 12 deep, and that’s the best ever. They
don’t have an individual better than Akeem, but
their team is as capable of doing as much or mo
re.”
Do the Razorbacks have any question marks?
Hardly. Richardson is in the enviable position of
having the freedom of not worrying too much
about who to redshirt and who not to redshirt.
Aside from its SWC schedule, Arkansas must
play Kansas State, Missouri, Alabama-Birming-
ham and UNLV — another team that should
challenge the Hogs for the No. 1 spot in the
country.
Baylor (16-14, 7-9 in the SWC). Coach Gene
Iba was SWC Coach of the Year last year, but
may have to pull some more rabbits out of his hat
to produce an inside game. Without one, the
Bears are put in a precarious position.
Guard David Wesley and center Alex Hol
combe return from last year’s team that tied for
fifth in the SWC. However, Wesley missed 12
games last season with a stress fracture in his leg.
Iba must hope young forwards Willie Sublett and
Herb Baker, who have been showing signs of
promise in preseason drills, come through. Let’s
not forget that the Bears were one of only two
conference teams that beat the Razorbacks last
year...
Houston (25-8, 13-3 in the SWC). The Cou
gars were expected to be right in the thick of the
conferenc race. But forward Carl Herrera left
two years early. Thep Craig Upchurch ruptured
a disc in his back, andwill be out for the season.
Still, the Cougars have enough talent to chal
lenge the Razorbacks and Longhorns, who they
beat three times last year. Senior Darrell Mickens
and sophomore Derrick Smith should step in
well, and the Cougars could become a major
SWC threat if they find a chemistry.
“1 think we’ll be as good as last year, with a
solid chance to be better if some things happen
for us,” Coach Pat Foster said.
Good things will have to come Foster’s way if
the Cougars are to place higher than third in the
SWC. .
Rice (11-17, 5-11 in the SWC). With sopho
more center Brent Scott (1989 SWC Freshman of
the Year) in the middle, Coach Scott Thompson
may be tempted to let the 6-9 center touch the
ball every time. But that’s where the Owls got
grounded last season, and Thompson will have
to find an outside game if Rice is to improve on
its seventh-place finish last year.
The Owls averaged 42.3 percent from the
field last year.
“We’ve got a lot of guys that can shoot,”
Thompson said. “We need some guys who can
put it in the basket. We played some great games
last year, but we just couldn’t make the plays
down the stretch of the close games. This year,
we need players to mature and make those big
plays.”
Southern Methodist (10-18, 5-11 in the SWC).
College woes will continue in Dallas. SMU’s foot
ball team was reborn from the death penalty last
year, and its basketball team looked dead most of
the time as well.
Things won’t get much better in 1990. Coach
John Shumate must overcome the Mustangs’ lack
of experience to provide any SWC surprises.
Guard Roderick Hampton is the team’s only ex
perienced senior, and he’ll miss the season
opener because he participated in an unsanc
tioned off-season tournament.
Texas (24-9, 12-4 in the SWC). Coach Tom
Penders took his running game all the way to the
NCAA Final Eight in an improbable Tourna
ment run last year. However, he lost Travis Mays
and Lance Blanks to the NBA first-round draft.
That leaves the vaunted “BMW” backcourt of
1989 on its last wheel in 1990. Senior Joey
Wright returns to lead the Longhorns, and last
year’s spot players Locksley Collie and Guillermo
Myers might become this year’s stars.
The Longhorns have the talent to beat the Ra
zorbacks, but their best shot would be to play
them in March. Penders has made a name for
himself for guiding underdog teams far into the
NCAA Tournament, first with Rhode Island and
now with Texas.
Put them in second place for the SWC. But
don’t count them out when March Madness rolls
around.
Texas A&M (14-17, 7-9 in the SWC). First-
year coach Kermit Davis Jr. was 50-12 in his two
seasons at Idaho, and has a reputation of turning
a struggling program around quickly. Still, this
could be a long season for Davis in College Sta
tion.
Point guard Tony Milton is gone, and sopho
more Brooks Thompson (a guard last year) will
take over directing the Aggie attack. Guard Lynn
Suber is the lone senior on the team.
“Sometimes when you’ve got the best players,
you might not be ready to play a game but overall
athletic ability just gets you through the game,”
Davis said. “Here, it’s a fine line. We’ve got to be
able to go and execute the details everyday, be
cause if not we have a chance to get beat badly.”
Texas Christian (16-13, 9-7 in the SWC). For
ward Craig Sibley is gone, and with him went the
Horned Frogs’ inside game. Center Reggie Smith
must pick up the slack, or it will be a rough sea
son for Coach Moe Iba.
Their 16-13 record last season is a bit deceiv
ing, even though they did beat the Razorbacks at
home. TCU’s non-conference schedule is loaded
with patsies.
Texas Tech (5-22, 0-16 in the SWC). The Red
Raiders have two big question marks. One, will
Coach Gerald Myers make it to see his 21st sea
son next year? The answer is probably. Myers re
ceived a four-year extention last year.
That leaves the second question. When will the
Red Raiders win a conference game again? That
might not be for a long time, which could influ
ence Red Raider higher-ups to make a change,
contract extension or no contract extension.
Texas Tech has plenty of holes —both inside
and out. Forward Will Flemons was the SWC’s
top rebounder last year, but the Red Raiders
have no center. They also have no point guard.
And unless Myers comes up with some an
swers soon, they also have no chance.
This story was compiled from staff and
wire reports.
fully we can make this year come out
pretty good.”
That will be a tall order. The Ag
gies lost 75-80 percent of their scor
ing and 90 percent of their rebound
ing from 1989, Davis said. The
biggest loss may be Harris. Davis
now must look to transfers and little-
used Chris Finley to shore up the
middle.
Junior forward transfer Shedrick
Anderson may end up seeing most
of the action at center. His 6-8
height is small for the position, but
his 265-pound frame should be
enough to move people around in
the pivot.
“Shedrick has been a real big sur
prise for us,” Davis said. “He came in
at 280 pounds, but he’s lost the
weight. He just comes to play every
day. That’s what we need — an in
side guy to do that. He’s got to play a
lot of minutes for us, but he’s got to
get himself in better condition. He’s
lost the weight but his stamina is still
not what is supposed to be.”
Being in good condition is a must
to play in Davis’ system. He favored
uptempo running style at Idaho,
it for Davis, everything starts with
an
But
defense.
“I lean more toward defense,” he
said. “At Idaho, we led the league in
scoring the last two years, but did a
lot of that through defense —
pressing, creating turnovers and get
ting fast break situations through
the defense. Our defense will bal
ance our offensive attack.”
That offensive attack will be con
centrated at the guard position,
where Suber and Thompson will be
the main weapons of Davis’ attack.
Thompson and junior transfer Isaac
Brown will share the point position.
Junior transfers Rashone Lewis and
Anderson will share the post posi
tions. Junior transfer Darrin Terry
is listed as a guard, but has the size
(6-6, 210) to switch to power forward
when needed.
“The thing we’re worried about
right now is developing a toughness
and a hardness about our team,” Da
vis said. “That’s the way I’ve gone in
every year as a head coach — putting
those demands on guys.”
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ponent.
“Where I was at, everyday, day in
and day out, we faced teams like
Connecticut and Syracuse,” Edwards
said. “It was just constant pressure.”
While a freshman at Georgetown,
the point guard averaged 5.4 points
and 4.8 assists, while making appear
ances in all 31 of the Hoyas’ games.
Edwards was a prolific scorer at his
high school in New York City, where
he averaged 41 points a contest.
Edwards has been regarded by
some as the Aggies point guard of
the future. The 5-11 guard says he
could take or leave the honor.
“It’s a lot of pressure,” he said
with concern. “I want people to look
up at me as the point guard of the
future, so I can get the respect, and
when I come in next year 1 can just
take over the job.
“People are going to expect a lot
of things from me, and I hope I can
fulfill the job.”
Edwards won’t have any trouble
being motivated. After playing for
John Thompson, he hasn’t found
much of a change in what Davis will
ask of him. He says both coaches de
mand a lot of their players and push
them to become better.
“I’m not mad at someone pushing
me, because I know it will be better
for me in the long run,” he testifies.
Both players are adjusting to life
at A&M. Aside from the change of
climate that both are adapting to,
they also must improve themselves
off the court.
“Sometimes it’s a tough transition
year having to sit out a year without
playing,” Davis said.
“But I think they’ve done a good
job and the main thing for those
guys is to concentrate academically.
They need to spend a lot of time and
concentrate in those areas.”
The coach says it will be a good
year for the two talented players to
get their feet on the ground.
Both Scott and Edwards are ex
cited about the future of the team
and the Southwest Conference.
Scott says he came to A&M after
visiting Texas and Arkansas, two
teams that almost played their way to
an NCAA championship last year.
But new coach Davis and a new
arena swayed him to Aggieland.
Edwards is enthusiastic about the
future of Aggie basketball. He says
many teams are scared to schedule
themselves to play A&M because
they see the program is rebuilding
with the recruitment of high-caliber
players.
The future point guard says it
won’t take long for the Aggies to be
come a top 20 team.
“We’ve got one of the best coaches
and young staffs in the country,” Ed
wards explained. “All we need is a
couple of players to fill in with me,
Tony, and Artie (Griffin, a fresh
man from San Antonio, ineligible
this year) sitting out. And with some
good recruits, there’s no telling what
could happen.”
Whether A&M takes off this year
or waits until next season, David Ed
wards and Tony Scott will patiently
be waiting in the wings.
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