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A schedule including Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, and Auburn is a lot more inviting to Arkansas than dates with Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU and TCU, annual stomping grounds for the SWC elite. The biggest advantage to leaving for the Razorbacks will be for basket ball. Arkansas has been, for a long time, a dominant basketball force in the SWC. Ever since Sidney Moncrief and Alvin Robertson suited up for for mer coach Eddie Sutton years ago, the program has been solid. The key to a consistently solid bas ketball program is to have a revolv ing door of athletes ready and able to compete with anybody in the country year-in and year-out. That way, the loss of a Chris Jack- son (LSU) or a Dennis Scott (Georgia Tech) hurts only minimally. The 20-win seasons pile up and the recruits come in without any arm twisting. Arkansas coach Nolan Richard son, thus, should get a recruiting medal-of-honor alongside Arizona State’s Bill Frieder, for having an uncanny knack of landing great tal ent and having a team that’s 12-men deep. He recruits not only good players, but excellent athletes, those that can run with anybody in the country year-in and year-out. Okay, let’s not mention UNLV, a team that not only beat Arkansas this year, but also plays so well together that CBS’ Lesley Visser was prompted to say the Rebels could compete with an NBA team. Un, I don’t think so, Lesley. But anyway, after this season, UNLV will be on probation, and los ing key players as well. The Hogs, however, will have tal ent returning once again. And that talent will be tested quickly against the likes of LSU, Ala bama, Auburn and resurgent Ken tucky, a much better option than what the SWC offers. Coach Richardson’s comments af ter the Hogs 111-72 destruction of last-place Texas A&M on Saturday showed the distance (physically and mentally) between Arkansas and the rest of the field. “We knew Texas A&M does not have the type of team that should be able to stay on the floor with us if we’re playing good,” he said. “It was just a question of how many points we were going to score.” That comment might as well go for any team in the SWC. When the Hogs are hot they can blow anybody away in the confer ence. And by staying in the league, that fact would not change anytime soon. Tom Penders and the Texas Longhorns are trying, but they’re not there yet by any means. And so the Razorbacks are leaving the conference, paying no attention to those that say they are traitors or bad guys as a result. College sports are businesses. And the Hogs have not only im proved their schedule competitively in both football and basketball, but they have improved their position tenfold monetarily. But in our capitalist society, who can blame ’em? r THG.”Ft?LlTiCAlLY CORRECT" ^ iMaiE-S- fUAT PEOPLE SAY rr'5 fSACiST ATPlOTiC 5^10,5? to HAVE Pivfe BLACK ) APE t^E OWUY ON) toe COOPT AT TWO y TO I MO BACKS’ AAVE t/Me ^ to oppef? roe UfMvePS’iTY coMKrtutorry." Tar Heels positioned for top seed By The Associated Press The Tar Heels might already “ - Y, be aiming at No. 2,000, but they have to settle for No. 4 for now. North Carolina (21-4) became the first team to reach 1,500 bas ketball victories last week with wins over The Citadel and Gem- son and, at the same time, moved from No. 6 to No. 4 in The Asso ciated Press poll. The jump also makes the Tar Heels a top candidate to be a top seed in one of the four regions in the NCAA tournament. “The way it keeps going on and on even amazes the players,” red- shirt senior Pete Chilcutt said. UNLV remained the unani mous No. 1, with Ohio State and Arkansas continuing to hold down Nos. 2-3. UNLV breezed to three victo ries last week, extending its win ning streak to 36 games, includ ing 25 this season. The Rebels got all 63 first-place votes. Ohio State (24-1) had 1,503 points to 1,455 for Arkansas (27- 2). Carolina’s 1,500 victories and 21st consecutive 20-win season both are NCAA records. The Tar Heels got to 1,500 one game ahead of Kentucky. The Wildcats (20-6) stumbled at Vanderbilt last Wednesday, then beat Florida on Saturday for victory No. 1,499 and 20-win season No. 36, one more than North Carolina. The Wildcats dropped a spot to 13th this week. p Twenty Five teams In Th»Ai» elated Press 1990-9 91 college bastati poll. First-place votes are In parenthMM last week’s position and recordsthrougt a list ' Feb. 17 are listed: Indiana (23-4), which closed its week with a 112-79 romp over Michigan, dropped one notch to fifth after an 80-79 overtime loss to Iowa earlier. The defeat all but ended Indiana’s chances of catch ing Ohio State in the Big Ten. Syracuse (24-4), beaten at Mad ison Square Garden by St.John’s, maintained its lead in the Big East standings while falling one spot in the rankings, to ‘ixth. The Orangemen were followed by Arizona, Duke, Utah and Kansas. The only addition to the top 25 this week was Alabama (17-8), in at No. 24 in place of Georgetown, a perennial power which lost its ninth game of the season, a 78-65 decision to No. 22 Pittsburgh. 1. UNLV (63) 1 2. Ohio State 2 3. Arkansas 3 4 North Carolina 6 5. Indiana 4 6. Syracuse 5 7. Arizona 9 8. Duke 7 9. Utah 10 10. Kansas 8 11. New Mexico State 15 12. Oklahoma State 16 13. Kentucky 12 2M 14. Southern Mississippi 11 2(M 15. Nebraska 14 23-5 20-7 16. UCLA 17 17. St. Johns 18 18. LSU 19 W 19. East Tennessee State 13 24-4 20. Seton Hall 24 W 21 Princeton 23 20-! 22. Pittsburgh 22 19S 23. Mississippi State 21 W 24. Alabama— 25. Virginia 20 19.5 Rangers, Astros open spring training PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — The Texas Rang ers and the Houston Astros opened spring training camp on Monday. In Port Charlotte, 24 Ranger pitchers reported to manager Bobby Valentine but one of them was absent — ace Nolan Ryan. In keeping with his strict workouts regimen, Ryan, 44, who led the American League in strikeouts, won his 300th game and pitched his sixth no-hitter last year, won’t arrive from Alvin, Texas, until March 1. In Kissimmee, the Astros will start spring training seeking a closer to replace departed Dave Smith, but there’s no clear-cut favorite for the role. Valentine has eight catchers on hand to tune the pitching staff. “We’ve got a strong competitive situation with our pitching staff,” Valentine said. “We need to improve our middle relief.” Jose Guzman, who has labored under a two-year re covery from rotator cuff surgery, will especially be un der Valentine’s eye. Also, Kevin Brown and Scott Chiamparino, who ex perienced elbow problems last year, will be watched clo sely. Rich “Goose” Gossage and Charley Kerfield, two for mer major leaguers who fell on hard times, will be at tempting comebacks. Brian Bohanon, who hurt his arm last year, won’t throw for at least the first three weeks of spring train ing. Texas finished 83-79 for the second consecutivesei son and in third place behind the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers, who have never won a pennant, pla their first spring game on March 8 when the Baltimort Orioles come calling at Port Charlotte. The Rangers open the regular season on April! against Milwaukee. “We’re optimistic we can turn things around tl Valentine said. “We would have been there las year, year except for one bad month. You can’t afford aoo£ month in our division.” The Rangers made no major trades in the off-seasor They obtained catcher Mark Parent from San Diegofoi infielder Scott Coolbaugh. Parent hit .222 last year hi had a .992 field average, third-best among Nationi League catchers. 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