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STEWART
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Sportswriter
D id you ever hear the one
about the Aggies that filled
G. Rollie White to support
their volleyball team playing in
their second straight NCAA tour
nament?
Sadly enough, that was a joke
and nobody is laughing.
The reality is that Aggies
aren’t filling the bleachers to
watch the Aggies.
I’ve already done a column say
ing A&M school spirit isn’t all it is
cracked up to be. However, after
the disappointing attendance at
Wednesday’s NCAA volleyball
tournament match, I can only say
that the A&M school spirit truly is
pathetic and that was giving the
students at Texas A&M too much
credit. An attendence of 773 (that
is just under two percent of the
campus), proved to be a new low.
Are Aggie students really that
high on themselves that they
can’t go out and support all their
teams. What’s the deal? Texas
A&M is the third largest universi
ty in the nation with around
43,000 students, and volleyball
coach Laurie Corbelli hasn’t seen
42,000 of them.
I figured instead of ridiculing
you any further, I would maybe
come up with some ideas that the
A&M athletic department can use
to bring those more-tradional
A&M fans to those smaller athlet
ic events (meaning non-football
sports).
1.Offer all you can “whoop”
night at the softball field.
2.Start up a bonfire-like at-
moshphere at G. Rollie White Col
iseum by pairing up students as
“Barone Buddies.” Instead of can
dy, take each other out for a big
bowl of pasta.
3.Serve beer at A&M athletic
events, so seniors can dunk their
rings in a 16 ouncer.
4.Get the band to make special
appearances at the tennis com
plex.
5.Throw the yell leaders off the
10-meter platform after an Aggie
win in swimming and diving.
6.Aggies get to kiss their date
when an Aggie golfer makes a
birdie.
7.The 10,000-meter elephant
walk.
8.Tell Aggies it’s football, just
in a different location.
Seriously, the Aggies are try
ing to build one of the strongest
athletic programs in the nation,
but when you can’t fill the stands
the process gets slowed up. A big
crowd can inspire our players to
play better and bring better ones
to A&M.
The low turnout also makes the
school look bad. Imagine watch
ing a football game and seeing a
stadium half empty. That crime
is something that many Aggies
are used to seeing at many SWC
stadiums around the state. The
opposite is what the other A&M
sports are seeing. The thought
gets worse when you think that
the basketball team will move to
the special events center in a few
years. A crowd of 1,000-2,000 will
look that much worse.
(Random thought:Somebody
needs to call D.P. up and ask him
why he didn’t put volleyball in his
litttle cartoon.)
Whatever the case, it is time
for Aggies to start making an ef
fort to improve the spirit at A&M.
Hey, if all else fails, pretend
you’re stacking wood. That’s
something Aggies seem to put an
effort into. That is not a joke.
Stew Milne/THE Battalion
Senior forward Joe Wilbert goes for a layup during a presea
son game against Fort Hood.
Aggies search for victory
A&M basketball team focuses on Bank IV Classic
By Drew Diener
The Battalion
Chemistry.
At 1-3, Texas A&M’s mens’ basketball team is
still searching for some. The Aggies’ quest con
tinues this weekend with a trip to Tulsa, Okla
homa, where they will compete in the four-team
Bank IV Classic.
“We’re still trying to make value judgements,”
A&M head coach Tony Barone said. “We haven’t
found a team chemistry or a team identity.”
Of the 17 players on the Aggies’ roster, only
three have been with the team for more than one
year. Seven true freshmen and three sophomores
make up a majority of the A&M squad.
“Our execution hasn’t been good,” Barone said.
“Execution is based on anticipation, and our guys
haven’t been anticipating one another’s moves.”
In the first round of the tournament Friday
night, A&M is scheduled to do battle with winless
Oral Roberts. Last season, the Aggies beat ORU
handily 79-66 in College Station.
Future Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State will
play the Aggies in the second round. Barone said
he wants his team to get a sneak preview of the
competition they will be facing in two years.
“We know they have Bryant Reeves (a senior
All-American center) and all that jazz,” Barone
said. “I want our guys to see what other good
programs are like. At this point, I’d rather play
OSU than some team you know you can beat.”
Aside from a lack of chemistry, the Aggies’
rough start also results from a tough schedule,
Barone said.
A&M tipped off the season with a 103-73 loss
to Arizona State in the first round of the Maui
Invitational. In the second round, A&M fought
hard against an upstart Tulane team, losing 76-
74 before defeating host Chaminade 73-52 to
close out the tournament.
Senior forward Damon Johnson said the tour
nament was very helpful for the team.
“Just look at the caliber of teams we played
against,” Johnson said. “They were good teams,
and that helps prepare us for conference.”
Barone said scheduling such a tournament for
"Execution is based on anticipa
tion, and our guys haven't been
anticipating one another's moves."
AdrM head coach
Tony Barone,
a young, growing team may not have been so
wise, however, he does not regret it.
“It doesn’t hurt them (the team) at all,” Barone
said. “We don’t like being 1-3 but at least we
learned. A season can be a success when you
learn from your mistakes.”
The Aggies suffered loss number three at the
hands of St. Mary’s, 80-68, on their return home
from College Station.
Of their three losses this season, Barone said he
was most disappointed with the St. Mary’s game.
“We went into the game thinking we were go
ing to go out and win easily,” Barone said. “We
base our program on pride and effort, and we did
n’t have that attitude in that game.”
After this weekend’s tournament, the Aggies
will return to College Station to face Southwest
ern Louisiana Monday in their home opener at
G. Rollie White.
“With three games in four days, we should come
out with a much better attitude,” Barone said.
“This is a long season, and the race is a marathon.
“We absolutely have to come to play with
tremendous enthusiasm at each game.”
Lady Aggies host invitational
A&M's depth presents problems to opponents' defense
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
The 22nd-ranked Texas A&M women’s bas
ketball team will be looking to continue their
undefeated streak Saturday when they host
the Lady Aggie Holiday Inn/Domino’s Pizza In
vitational at G. Rollie White Colisieum.
Along with A&M (2-0), Central Michigan
University (0-1), New Mexico State Universi
ty (1-0) and Alcorn State (1-0) wilT compete
for the tournament trophy. The Lady Aggies
will play the Central Michigan Chippewas
Saturday at 8 p.m.
CMU lost their season opener 80-45 to
Xavier University, but the Lady Aggies are not
taking the Chippewas lightly.
“They don’t have any one star, they’re just
a decent overall team,” head coach Candi
Harvey said. “So we’re going to have to come
out ready to play. We can’t look past Central
Michigan worrying about New Mexico State
or Alcorn State or we’ll never get to that
championship game.”
Harvey said the Lady Aggies will have to
play a good defensive game to defeat the
Chippewas.
“We want to play hard nose man to man
defense,” Harvey said. “We felt like we got
much better in the Arizona State game and
we think we have some defense intensity and
hopefully we can carry that over into the
Michigan game.”
A&M is led by junior guard Lisa Branch
who is averaging 17.5 points per game and
junior center Martha McClelland who is aver
aging 13 points per game. McClelland leads
the team with nine rebounds per game.
Coach Harvey believes that to stop the
Lady Aggies, their opponents must attack
their very versatile offensive game.
"We have great depth. Our perimeter kids
are effective scorers and so are our post play
ers,” Harvey said. “We present them prob
lems matching up-wise. If you’ve got size,
well bury the outside shot and if you crowd
us we’re going to get the ball to the paint and
we’re going to hurt you there.”
If the Lady Aggies stick to their defensive
plan, they believe their offensive game will
come naturally.
“The most important thing is defense,” ju
nior guard Lisa Branch said. “Once we get
our defense going, we can get it going on our
offense. Because if you play good enough de
fense, you don’t have to set up an offense, you
can just go down get a steal and score.”
Harvey said the tournament competition will
be the best the Lady Aggies have faced all year.
“New Mexico State and Alcorn State are
probably very similar,” Harvey said. “Both
teams have a lot of returning players and
that game should be a dogfight. It should be
very exciting, real fast pace, a lot of scoring
and if we can get past Michigan, well have
our hands full. It’ll be the best test that
we’ve had this season.”
Photo courtesy of Sports Information Office
Sophomore guard Lana Tucker dribbles down the court in the
Arizona State game. A&M hosts an invitational this weekend.
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Moon eclipses Bears in overtime win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —Cris Carter turned
Warren Moon’s short pass into a 65-yard
touchdown in overtime Thursday night, giv
ing the Minnesota Vikings a 33-27 victory
over the Chicago Bears and a tie for the lead
in the NFC Central.
Moon’s second scoring pass to Carter, at
9:14 of the extra period, came two plays after
Kevin Butler missed a 40-yard field goal that
would have given the Bears (8-5) their second
overtime win in two weeks and a two-game
lead in the division.
Instead, the Vikings (8-5) took control of the di
vision, thanks to their season sweep of the Bears.
After the Bears drove to the Minnesota 23,
Butler was wide left on his kick.
Moon, throwing on second down, threw into
the flat to Carter. He spun away from line
backer Joe Cain, straddled the sideline for a
few steps and avoided a desperation tackle at
tempt by Shaun Gayle at the 10. He went into
the end zone standing.
“It was curl pattern trying to set up a field
goal,” Carter said. “Warren made a good throw.”
Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak,
handing Chicago its first loss in five games and its
first defeat in eight games this season with Steve
Walsh as the starting quarterback.
Walsh, returning home on his 28th birthday,
threw two touchdowns, but his first quarter in
terception was returned 54 yards by rookie De-
wayne Washington to give the Vikings a score.
The Bears led 24-16 on Walsh’s second TD
pass, a 15-yarder to Greg McMurtry with 1:30
left in the third quarter. But the Vikings ral
lied with Fuad Reveiz’s fourth field goal and
Moon’s 1-yard fourth-down TD pass to Carter,
the NFL’s leading receiver, and a 2-point con
version pass to Andrew Jordan for a 27-24 lead
with 4:12 left in regulation.
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