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MIAMI (AP) — Fifth-ranked Miami
ill play the Southwest conference
hampion in the Cotton Bowl if invited,
'urncane officials
Sunday.
Miami athletic di-
ector Sam Janko-
ich announced his
tention to accept a
lotton Bowl bid af-
r Orange Bowl of-
kials decided to go
ith top-ranked
otre Dame against
lolorado.
“We expect to receive a bid from the
iotton Bowl, and if we do we will accept
. It should be a great matchup with an
tstanding Texas team,” Jankovich
;aid.
Cotton Bowl spokesman Jim Brock
onfirmed Sunday night that an invita-
ion will be extended to Miami.
“We have talked to the University of
iami, and it would be safe to say that
November 24th, which is the official
election date, we will invite the Univer
ity of Miami. We expect them to accept,
t’s going to be a great game,” Brock said
Texas Stadium, where he was attend
ing the NFL game between San Fran-
isco and Dallas.
“There’s been a grin on my face since
('esterday. We’re happy to get Miami.”
The Cotton Bowl’s first priority was
vio. 1-ranked Notre Dame, but the
Fighting Irish are headed for an Orange
Bowl duel with Big Eight champ Colo-
ado.
No. 14 Texas is the frontrunner for
he Southwest conference title, but Bay-
or and Texas A&M remain in the Tun
ing for the league championship,
exas beat Houston on Saturday and
an clinch the host spot in the Cotton
owl by winning two of its last three
ames against Texas Christian, Baylor
,nd Texas A&M.
Jankovich said all parties involved in
he bowl decisions were missing out on a
reat opportunity to determine which
earn best deserves the national title.
“This would have been a perfect year
for the Cotton Bowl, (Grange Bowl, CBS,
’ BC, Notre Dame and Miami to get to
other and wait for the end of the sea-
on, so the highest-ranked team could
eet Colorado for the natioanl
hampionship,” he said.
However, Miami still has a chance to
make history this bowl season, Jankovich
said.
“We have a chance to do something
no other team in history has done, and
that is to finish first or second for five
straight years,” he said. Notre Dame fin
ished first in 1946 and 1947, second in
1948 and first in 1949.
“A lot of strange things have hap
pened in the past two weeks, and there’s
still a lot of football left,” Jankovich said.
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By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M watched Aggie history
unfold Saturday night as fans got their
first look at the new Kermit Davis Jr.-era
basketball team in an exhibition match.
A crowd of 1,462 watched signs of a
pulse erupt from an almost lifeless Aggie
program as the Sixth Man and Davis’ in
fant team took control of the St. Peters
burg AAU Green W'ave, 104-67, in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Sophomore guard David Martin guar
anteed himself a pot in A&M history
books as the first Sixth Man — a plan de
veloped by Davis to enable walk-on play
ers to compete on the court with the
scholarship team. Martin chalked up two
points, one rebound and three assists in
10 minutes of play.
The Green Wave hit the first shot and
continued to jockey for the lead with the
Aggies. A&M, led by powerful play from
sophomore forward Brooks Thompson
and junior forward Rashone Lewis,
pulled ahead with eight minutes elapsed
in the first half and led throughout the
remainder of the game.
Coach Davis said he was pleased with
the team’s play, but there are areas in
need of improvement.
“Defensively, we’re a little bit better,”
Davis said of the team that has been to
gether just four weeks. “And offensively
we haven’t spent a lot of time working
against the zone. They played zone a
majority of the time and we struggled
against it a little bit.
“But exhibition games are to try and
get the nervousness out some guys and
just for our staff to get a feel for how the
individuals play.”
Thompson lead all scoring with 29
points, including three shots from three-
point range. He added seven rebounds,
six assists and four steals and hit 80 per
cent from the line.
Lewis, a transfer from Fullerton Ju
nior College, pulled down a game-high
17 rebounds and was second in Aggie
scoring with 15 points.
Guard Lynn Suber, the lone senior on
the A&M squad, posted 13 points, five
assists and four steals in 21 minutes.
Junior forward Shedrick Anderson
got into foul trouble early, catching his
third call with 11:10 remaining in the
first half. Davis said the fouls kept An
derson from playing his best.
“He never really got into the flow of
Martin makes
debut as first
Sixth Man
By SCOTT WUDEL
Of The Battalion Staff
Martin
PHELAN M. EBENHACK/The Battalion
Texas A&M’s Rashone Lewis (4) battles with St. Petersburg AAU’s Ed Gibbons
in the second half of the Aggies’ 104-67 victory Saturday night.
the game because of foul trouble,” Davis
said. “But he’s probably been our biggest
surprise since Oct. 15 of guys that pro
gressed better than we thought they
would.”
Davis said he, the other coaches and
the team are glad the season is finally be
ginning because they now have game
films to look back on for instruction.
“Our whole staff always prepares to
win games,” Davis said. “We’re really
going to.use (exhibition games) to try to
get different lineups in and see different
people. We tried to have a timetable as to
how many minutes we’d play some peo
ple, but that didn’t work out because we
had some guys in early foul trouble.’
Davis said he was pleased with the
guards’ play. Thompson, junior Isaac
Brown and junior Darrin Terry were the
starting guards for the Aggies.
“The first half we only had seven
turnovers and we took care of the ball,”
Davis said. “We’ve got to be a team that
can’t turn the ball over. We’ve got to take
care of it and we’ve got to be able to re
bound it ... those are the three things
that we’ve got to do.”
The game has given the coaches a
chance to evaluate their team and make
rotation decisions. Davis said A&M will
use either a seven or eight-man rotation.
The Aggies’ next exhibition game is
Nov. 16 against the New Zealand Na
tional Team. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
David Martin has something to tell his
grandchildren.
The walk-on from Tyler inaugurated
the new Sixth Man tradition Saturday in
Texas A&M’s exhi
bition game against
St. Petersburg AAU.
Though Martin’s
debut lasted only 37
seconds, it began a
tradition that head
coach Kermit Davis
Jr. hopes will last for
decades.
“It’s something
that in 50 or 60 years
people will look back
and David Martin will the first guy,” Da
vis said. “Who knows, we might have a
statue out there.”
Martin said he was proud to be the
first Sixth Man.
“I think it’s an honor to start the new
tradition here at A&M,” Martin said.
“There’s a lot of great traditions here —
and to be the starter of a new one.
“My name will always be there as the
first Sixth Man. I’ll look back and I’ll al
ways remember that.”
Martin, who was a walk-on last season,
is now part of a group of six non-schol
arship athletes who make up this year’s
Sixth Man. He said he didn’t find out he
would be the player to inititate the tradi
tion until 20 minutes before the game.
The 5-11 guard ended up playing 10
minutes for the Aggies and recorded
two points and three assists.
Davis came up with the idea of a Sixth
Man last May in an effort to increase
support for the basketball program.
“I really did it on behalf of the student
body,” Davis explained. “When they an
nounced (Martin) as a guy who comes
from one of the finest student bodies in
the country, we really meant that.”
The Sixth Man player stays in the
game until the opposing team scores.
However, in Saturday’s game, St. Peters
burg scored on its first possession, and
Martin was taken out on the next posses
sion.
Davis said will continue the tradition
at all home games, rotating each Sixth
Man in each game. Other Sixth Man
players are Steve Bartholomew, Mac
Brink, Greg Cook, Chuck Henderson
and Brian Linder.
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