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Texas A&M coach Tony Barone says the Aggies have had chances to win games but haver
taken the opportunity to do so. Tonight, A&M tries to end a 12-game losing streak against TSU.
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Barone: Aggies need to take advantage of every opportunity!
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Texas A&M men's basketball
coach Tony Barone said his team
has been given plenty of oppor
tunities to win some of their re
cent games. Now it's time for the
Aggies to start taking some of
the opportunities.
Tonight the Aggies will have
a chance to break a 12-game los
ing streak when Texas Southern
University travels to College Sta
tion. The game starts at 7:30 p.m.
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The Aggies have had seven
legitimate chances to break the
losing streak but have come up
short each time.
"I think as I look at our bas
ketball team, those kids have
given themselves a chance to
win some ballgames and we
didn't do it," Barone said. "I
think if we keep putting our
selves in that position, we re go
ing to do it."
Barone does not see the
Tigers as the'definitive answer to
the problem.
"I don't think the players are
looking at Texas Southern as the
way to end a losing streak be-
- cause Texas Southern isn't as
good as everybody else," he
said. "If we are, we are going to
■ get beat. That's very simple."
Frustration would seem like
an easy excuse for the A&M
team as the losses continue to
mount. But Barone doesn't find
much consolation in excuses.
"I don't think there's really
any room for frustration," he
said. "I think frustration is a
way to rationalize the fact that
you're not winning. That's bull
shit."
A&M enters the contest with
a 3-16 record, while the Tigers
have an 11-12 record. Texas
Southern is a quality opponent,
Barone said, and the Aggies
must execute to be successful.
"Texas Southern is an excel
lent ballclub," he said. "They're
very athletic and they are a
strong rebounding team.
"We're just trying to find a
way to win a game. If it's Texas
Southern and it gives us a boost,
then we're excited about that."
Point guard David Edwards
and forward Shedrick Anderson
are the only healthy Aggies scor
ing in double figures. Edwards
is averaging 15.2 points a game
while Anderson is averaging 11
points.
The Aggies miss freshmai
forward Damon Johnson. Job
son was averaging almost!/
points a game before he brold
bone in his foot. The Aggies hait|
yet to win a game in tnesevei
games he has missed,
said this season could have bed
dramatically different ifjohnso.[
had been healthy.
"One of the issues I dob
think we we're really cognizaa! 1
of was Damon Johnson," he said
"He was far more than a bigma:
for us.
"Damon Johnson was the de
ference between us beating
Texas Christian and SMU. We'd
have beaten those teams witli
him."
The Aggies gameplan for
tonight's game will be based on
Texas Southern's strategy.
"A lot of times the other
teams dictate to you whatyou're
capable of doing," he said.
"Sometimips fj y|ey'll al|Qv^^u,to
do some things!
"SMU alleged u^ to runte
shot clock down and that's whit
we were able to do. We would
hope that if somebody pressured
us a lot we would be ready to
take the ball right at them."
Syracuse admits NCAA violations
Former A&M player Tony Scott named in internal investigation
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -
Boosters gave Syracuse basketball
players cash, free meals, free legal
advice and other benefits in viola
tion of NCAA rules, university of
ficials admitted Wednesday as
they released the findings of an in
ternal investigation.
Syracuse Chancellor Kenneth
A. Shaw stressed that coach Jim
Boeheim and his assistants were
not responsible for the violations,
and that the university had not
lost control of its perennially-
ranked men's program.
"The violations we found were
unacceptable, but they were isolat
ed incidents," Shaw said.
The school admitted 13 appar
ent rules violations and probable
wrongdoing in two other in
stances. One of the violations,
which involved players receiving
free haircuts, occurred before 1985
and is not punishable under the
NCAA's general four-year statute
of limitations, Shaw said.
Shaw declined to speculate on
what penalties Syracuse might
face as a result of the 500-page re
port. He said "clearly there will be
sanctions" from the NCAA.
Syracuse's basketball team had
never been accused of violating
NCAA rules. No team in the pow
erhouse Big East Conference has
faced NCAA sanctions before.
"I'm pleased that they came to
the conclusion there's no system
atic intent to violate NCAA rules,"
said Boeheim, whose team is 16-4
this season and ranked 10th in the
nation. "That's something we've
maintained from the very begin
ning and I think that the violations
that were discovered were isolat
ed incidents."
Among the violations commit
ted by the men's basketball pro
gram, according to the universi
ty's investigation:
— Rochester lawyer Loren
Kroll gave free legal service to for
mer Orangeman Tony Scott.
Scott later transferred to Texas
A&M where he was in the center
of another NCAA investigation
that uncovered eight rules viola
tions under former coach Kermit
Davis, Jr.
The A&M basketball program
received two years probation and
is severely limited in the number
of scholarships it can give stu
dent athletes in the future.
— Bill Rapp Jr., a local car deal
er who once worked at the team's
scorekeeper at away games, sent
players $50 in cash inside Chrii
mas cards yearly between “
and 1990.
— Players received free or r(
duced-priced meals and drinks
Grimaldi's, a popular local restat
rant.
— Boosters provided p
with free board, meals, transport!
tion and other extra benefits.
Boeheim declined to discus
the possible penalties that
NCAA could impose, but he said
he believed his program had stood
up well after nearly 1 two years
scrutiny.
"There's no program that can
withstand 22 months of invest^
tion and not find a violation," said
Boeheim.
"You look at 15 years and tl*
small number of people involved
(in alleged wrongdoing) and
come to the conclusion that then
aren't a whole lot involved/'k!
said.
The NCAA had no commerl
on the specific findings ofSyra'
case's in-house probe or what pos
sible penalties it could receive,
said spokesman Jim Marchiony.
The report, which took 13
months to compile, was sent to the
NCAA Tuesday.
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February 24,1992
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Murray._ The home crowd sere
naded each of Calvin's practice
swings — "one, traitor...two,
traitor...three, traitor." Brooks Ki-
eschnick of the Longhorns wasn't
spared of the harassment, either.
His distinctive "fanny-shaking"
at the plate drew screams and
whistles from the crowd, all in
sarcastic fashion. Those were a
few of the mild ones.
And, of course, anyone — fan,
coach or umpire — who drops a
ball gets the "E" sign from the
crowd.
Not even our Diamond Dar
lings are safe from this group of
rowdies. Pity the member of that
group designated to retrieve a
foul ball in the student sections.
Here's one piece of advice to that
group of young ladies: Watch the
ball as it goes into the stands.
And never, ever look to the
crowd for directions.
Senior shortstop Jason Mar
shall said A&M fans are great to
play for, not just because they
pull for the Aggies, but because
they recognize great baseball
when they see it.
"It's great to play here be
cause the crowd is very compli
mentary, not just of our play but
of the other teams as well," he
said. "They stand up and cheer
when other teams make great de
fensive plays, too."
Maybe all of this madness is
just because baseball fans are
more gung-ho than fans of other
sports. Baseball, you might note,
has it's own song. Rumor is
there's a push to make "Take Me
Out to the Ballgame" our national
anthem.
Maybe it's not just baseball
fans, but Aggie baseball fans that
make Olsen Field so special.
Whatever it is, one thing is for
sure: Anyone who goes through
the rigors of completing an edu
cation at this University (and
those who don't complete theirs),
should attend at least one game
at Olsen. You can bet it will bean
experience you will never forget.
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