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Since I became the head basketball coach at Texas A&M, my most taxing endeavor has been to narrow the gap between the public's perception of what kind of basketball program we have and the reality of our situation. We have faced two major examples of this appar ent contradiction with the negative stories re garding the Special Events Center and the NCAA placing our program on probation. I believe strongly in the concepts of com munication. My perspective is based on what is in the best interest of the young people in our basketball program. A major concern is that the interests of the University must always be placed in a priority mode. In fact, if a choice must be made be tween the team and the University, we must prioritize the big picture as it applies to the University. At Texas A&M, I have found the administration to be completely sensitive to the needs of the student-athletes. However, conflicts arise when influences outside the University have a direct effect upon how a program is run. Tony Barone Texas A&M men's head basketball coach construction plans, but it should bestress&i that Texas A&M had no control over the board's decision. Si H i Outside influences on our program! / The NCAA -- A questionableca[ - The University needs and wants a building in idu Benefits of a Special Events Center Texas A&M University needs a Special Events Center. Please note that the term "Spe cial Events Center" is entirely appropriate. which to conduct its various "special events.' The basketball program undoubtedly would benefit from the construction of a "Special Events Center." Recruiting quality student- athletes for our basketball program is a major part of my job. We are missing a piece of the puzzle when we cannot show a prospect an arena comparable to that fo our competitors. A prime example of the difference between perception and reality is apparent in this state ment: "Texas A&M must not be committed to its baskeball program because they won't build and arena." Nothing could be further from the truth. The administration clearly wants an events center and has made that point abundantly clear. I do not want to get into the politics in volved in the decision by the Texas Higher Ed ucation Coordinating Board not to approve Our probation situation has been wideli discussed and further discussion only woti lead to beating a dead horse. Again, we fat- the problem of perception and reality. Tex; A&M dealt with the problems within thek; ketball program quickly and efficiently. In fact, the NCAA complimented the Universi: on its handling of the situation. But the penalties and the timing of the penalties seemed to affect the wrong peopl; This is entirely my opinion, but the NCAA needs to address its approach in termsofw: a penalty is handed out and who it actually impacts. A recruit said to me after theproh ad tion had been announced, "Wow, you guys- to ally did get the death penalty." de Perception versus reality! 1 have always believed that if you canno: ||vi< control something, do not waste timeworn ba about it. W'e have a great University andon’ t S : basketball program must now putbehindic co our problems. Nothing great was everaccc; he he young pe; 'r^GQful anrk. plished without enthusiasm, pie on this team want to be successful amh are working together to reach our full pota tial. That is the reality of the situation. Lady Aggies lose exhibition Continued from Page 5 Medlock said the team played bet- ?d. ter than the score indicatec "I don't think we played bad," Medlock said. "This is a better team (than Ft. Hood). "They got up and down the court pretty good. We didn't get back in time, and they were get ting easy.baskets and layups." Hickey agreed that the team played well through most of the game. "I thought we started off the game well," Hickey said. "We played the first half real hard, but the five or six minutes of the game we lost the edge." Turnovers and an ineffective transition defense kept the Aggies from staying in the game, Hickey said. Russo said it was disappoint ing to lose the game. "We just kind of lost it at the end," Russo said. "We weren't running our offense and making good passes, just little things like blocking out, and we weren't tak ing good shots. "It's very disappointing to lose. You've got 27, 28-year-old women beating 17, 18-year-old girls up and down the court. "It's kind of embarrassing, but I think we did okay overall. It's just that at the very end we lost it." Hickey said the mistakes the her team made can be corrected very easily. "The biggest problem I saw was turnovers and then defensive transition," Hickey said. "Those are very correctable things. "Those are things we can work on and this was a very good expe rience for us." iL Bergeron Continued from Page 5 ampingoutlf its in backs were one of the first real teams we've played. The Aggies are over the hump now. The SMU game this weekend will suffer by comparison to oth er games this season. What's worse, the Mustangs have lost two starting quarter backs this season due to injury. They are 1-8 this season and one has to wonder when they ever win again? Morale has got to be low on this squad. Sadly enough, my old high school team could take them on and have a reasonable chance at winning. What's most upsetting about is that A&M isn't ranked higher on the AP poll. The Aggies should be in the top ten by now. Don't expect A&M to make any big leapt* after defeating SMU. Tti£ real 0 highlight of this weekend will be Texas tickets. This is always the game! look forward to, because bi teams will give it their all, matter what. It's the Aggies turn forte venge, and the only thing bete than rubbing a win in t: Longhorns' faces is rubbinglh Cotton Bowl trophy. And for the Aggies... that: sure thing. Soon it will be time tobii tickets and reserve hotel rooir for the New Year's Day holiday A&M has waited four yearsfn this, and it keeps getting bette: Florida State -- How sweet ills 1 know a lot of people areaf- prehensive about playing tb team, but the Aggies havesu; prised fans more than onceb fore. It should be a time tor member. The best part is at least Aeeies will have a white Chri: ar w in of jal: jtic he lac C« Cc ev A o o -A c ° "I gotta get out of here!" "That's easy. Study at Monterrey, Mexico for your Junior year. You'll even get TAMG credit!" You need: * G.S. citizenship * Minimum 3.0 GPR * Language proficiency (4 college sem.) 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