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Page 8 The Battalion Friday, April 2,199; Plumer Continued from Page 5 "The last game of the season we had got beat by Pittsburgh by 25 points," Buonaguro said. "Nobody expected us to get as far as we did, so we kind of snuck up on people. "Every game we played was close, but I think we arrived when we beat North Carolina to go to the Final Four. Any time when you can beat Caroli na is a tremendous feeling. "That had been a goal of the team to get that far, which we did. But there was another goal that we wanted to accomplish." And that point was driven home by Massimino. "Rollie kept saying how great it was get there, but we wanted to win it all," Buon aguro said. "All the other stuff like us making it that far was good, but it would have been disappointing if we had not won it all." Villanova was led by three seniors - center Ed Pinckney and the McClain brothers, guard Gary and forward Dwayne McClain. Buonaguro said those three made the difference. "Those guys had a shot at making history," he said. "They had been together for a long time, and they had been talking about winning a nation al title since their freshman year." The Wildcats won their title in Lexington, Ky. So who does Buonaguro think will join Vil lanova in the record books? "Kentucky, most definitely," he predicts. "I think the Michi- gan-Kentucky game on Satur day could be one of the all-time great games." Aggies Continued from Page 5 two earned runs. His 1.25 earned run average leads the Southwest Conference. Brian Thomas continues to lead the team in several offensive categories. The Smith Award nominee leads in average (.398), runs scored, doubles, triples, home runs and walks. The senior co-captain is now in second place behind Chuck Knoublauch in all- time steals at A&M. The Aggies are currently tied with Texas Tech for first place in the SWC with a 5-1 conference record. Lee Fedora is tied with Mark Martin of Baylor for the best batting average in conference play, hitting at a .500 clip. Campus Sports Briefs Softball The 13th-ranked Texas A&M softball team had little trouble in their doubleheader against Southwest Texas Thursday night, shutting out the Lady Bobcats 3-0 and 8-0. Kim Gonzalez picked up im pressive victories in both games, one-hitting SWT in the first and allowing four hits in the second while raising her record to 17-9. The Lady Aggies, who im prove their record to 22-12, face Sam Houston State in a 5 p.m. doubleheader April 7 at Bee Creek Park. Golf The 14th-ranked Texas A&M men's golf team ends a three- week layoff this weekend at the home of the Masters as it takes part in the Augusta College Cleveland Classics at Augusta, Ga. Other ranked schools in the 18-team tournament are eighth- ranked New Mexico, 17th- ranked Texas Christian and 27th- ranked Oklahoma. "This is a really good field played on a nice golf course de signed by Donald Ross," A&M coach Bob Ellis said. "New Mex ico beat us in Hawaii, we saw Oklahoma at the Louisiana Clas sics and we know that TCU is good, so we are looking forward to facing those teams." Tennis Both of Texas A&M's tennis teams face ranked opponents this weekend, as the women travel to Indiana to face 23rd- ranked Notre Dame today and llth-ranked University of Indi ana Sunday, and the men take on 15th-ranked Texas Christian today. The Lady Aggies return home April 8 against Utah, with the men returning to the Omar Smith Tennis Center April 6 against Southern Methodist. Track and Field Kalleen Madden kicked off the Texas A&M track teams' ap pearances in style at the annual Texas Relays in Austin Thurs day, finishing second in the hep- tathlon to Brigham Young's Anu Kaljurand. The remainder of the running and field events will take place today and Saturday. From Staff anil Wire Reports Secondary Continued from Page 5 "A&M has talent backed-up." Mickens added his views on who he thought has performed well and the reason for the high-octane showing. "(Red shirt freshmen) Ty- pail McMullen and Andre Williams are doing a good job," Mickens said. "One thing we have been trying to do is visualize what is going on in practice and then see what we can do to get better. "We have versatile athletes who are able to adapt." Walters said he thinks A&M will be able to go two-deep at all four positions in the secondary, with the second team being just a notch below the first team. "I think the second groupwi eventually be just as goodasou first-team guys," Walters said "That would be perfect." With the season opener agains Louisiana State at Kyle Field ovet six months away, A&M's set' ondary has time to mature and improve. But Mickens said that in his preparation for the upcom ing season, he has relied on souk advice from a "Super" player. "Ever since I have been hen Derrick Frazier and (currentDai las Cowboy) Kevin Smith hart taught me the little things," Wid ens said. "1 want to taketheii teachings to the field andputitla good use. 1 Mickens said he and a few team mates have a goal to capitalize® his tutoring sessions. "Michael (Hendricks), junioi (White) and myself want to beth best in the Southwest Conferenct and one of the elite (secondaries in the nation," Mickens said. 1 we follow the lead of someofth guys who pMayed here in the past I don't see why we can't." White Rangers make roster moves THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New shortstop Manuel Lee was among eight players placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27 by the Texas Rangers Thursday. Joining Lee on the disabledlii are backup catcher Geno Petra! utility infielders Jeff Husonam Jeff Frve; phtellers Hector Fajardc Barry Manuel and Dan Smith and first baseman Rob Maurer. 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