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UH to begin play in new conference Golf team shoots for SWC title
O X ^ | ■ Pr^rlrioai^or ic frar team effort.
□ The Cougars will
compete in 12-school
Conference USA.
CHICAGO (AP) — Confer
ence USA, a new 12-school
league made up mostly of teams
from the Great Midwest and
Metro conferences, will begin
basketball competition this sea
son, its organizers said Monday.
Alabama-Birmingham,
Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette,
Memphis and St. Louis from the
Great Midwest will join
Louisville, North Carolina-Char
lotte, Southern Mississippi,
South Florida and Tulane of the
Metro in a league that will have
championships in 18 sports.
Houston of the Southwest
Conference will begin partic
ipation in 1996, the first year
Wilkens to
coach Dream
Team in ‘96
ATLANTA (AP) — Lenny
Wilkens wasn’t invited to try
out for the Olympics in 1960.
On Monday, he was invited to
coach the team at the 1996 At
lanta Games.
The announcement, ru
mored for months, came at the
end of an NBA regular-
season in which Wilkens
moved ahead of Red Auerbach
to the top of the NBA list for
coaching victories.
“I do look forward to partic
ipating in this huge event,” the
Atlanta Hawks coach said.
“Certainly, being an assistant
coach on the 1992 team whet
ted my appetite to do it. It’s just
a tremendous honor.”
USA Basketball president
C.M. Newton said three assis
tant coaches will be chosen
in June — one from the
NBA and two from college —
and the first group of players
will be picked in late July or
early August.
The 57-year-old Wilkens re
called the end of his college ca
reer with the Friars when he
was the MVP in the NIT, but
wasn’t invited to try out for the
Olympic team.
“It was a big disappointment
at the time,” he said. “Every
youngster in college would have
loved to be on the Olympic
team. I never thought much
about it later.”
six football playing members
(Houston, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Memphis, Southern
Mississippi and Tulane) will
compete for a championship.
Men’s basketball will be di
vided into three divisions —
Red, White and Blue. The first
conference tournament will be
held at the end of next season in
Memphis, followed in 1997 by
Louisville. The new league will
not receive an automatic NCAA
tournament bid until 1997.
Monday’s announcement at a
downtown Chicago restaurant
— the league’s headquarters will
be in Chicago for the first year
— culminated nine months of
planning, officials said. The
league will officially begin opera
tions July 1, the day after the
Great Midwest and Metro are of
ficially dissolved.
• “Some schools are public.
Awards
Continued from Page 7
guished Letterman’s Award.
Dillinger, a psychology ma
jor and member of the A&M
soccer team was recognized for
maintaining a perfect GPR.
Johnson, active in Aggies for
Education, Operation Others
and Aggie Athletes Involved, is
a three-time GTE scholar and
graduating member of the Ag
gie basketball team.
Randall, an aerospace engi
neering major and a member of
the A&M swimming and diving
team, maintains a 3.88 GPR.
Dr. Karl P. Mooney, associ
ate Athletic Director for Acade
mic Affairs, said that A&M has
a graduation rate of 68% and
that 72% of the athletes that
finish their eligibility graduate.
Mooney explained that A&M
degree programs have stricter
curriculum guidelines than oth
er schools, requiring an average
of 135 hours and usually re
quire at least six years for an
athlete to complete.
He stated that institutions
allow students to repeat cours
es without penalty. This sys
tem allows students to earn
higher grade point ratios.
Waguespack, who earned foot
ball academic award honors
last week said success in acade
mics will prepare athletes for
what lies ahead.
“As student athletes, we are
preparing ourselves for the fu
ture,” Waguespack said. “Soon,
we will have to hang up our
uniforms and put on suits for
nine-to-five jobs.”
some are private, there are dif
ferent sizes,” said Dr. V. Lane
Rawlins, president of the Uni
versity of Memphis and the
conference chairman of the
board. “There are different
processes and some of the diffi
culties were how we would fi
nance it. Strangely enough we
didn’t have much conflict on
the name. We looked at several
thousand names and finally
picked one.”
The league presidents also
picked a new commissioner —
Michael Slive, who held the
same post with the Great Mid
west the last four years.
One of first major business
considerations was to secure
television contracts for basket
ball and football. Conference
USA has a six-year agreement
with ESPN to do basketball, in
cluding a game of the week.
□ Rodriguez is tied for
the lead in individual
competition.
Staff and Wire Reports
The Texas A&M men’s golf
team will go into today’s final
round of the Southwest Confer
ence Golf Championships in
Richmond in second place, just
four strokes behind the front
running University of Texas.
Senior Anthony Rodriguez is
currently in a five-way tie for
the lead with a one-under par
score of 143. As a team, the Ag
gies shot 587, with a 292 in the
first round and a 295 in the sec
ond round.
“We are really going to be
grinding out there, “ Rodriguez
said. “We have a good chance
to win, but we have to give a
team effort.”
The championships are hard
ly a two-team affair however, as
both the University of Houston
and Texas Christian University
are both only one stroke behind
the Aggies at 588.
A&M’s Ryan Dreyer shot a
145 over the first two rounds
to place eighth and Dru
Fenimore shot a 146 to take
ninth place.
A&M coach Bob Ellis said the
Aggies will have to keep their
eyes on their own games to win
the tournament.
“We need to keep our minds
on our business, “ Ellis said.
“We can’t watch the other
teams. Anthony and Ryan are
in their last SWC tournament
and they’re really pumped
up. They all realize we can win
this thing.”
The Aggies last took the title
in 1987.
Rodriguez: National Champs?
Continued from Page 7
A&M Aggies football team will
be the national champions!
I think 56 years is long
enough in between national
championships for the football
team. With all the returning
starters and the bright prospects
coming in, this is going to be the
year for the 12th Man.
Several keys will be in
volved in order for things to go
as planned, but none of them
are out of the ordinary. Not
only will A&M need to control
their own destiny, but also
they may need some help form
other strong football programs
in the country.
First, A&M is going to need
a wonderful senior season out
of Corey Pullig. He is going to
have to show his experience of
finding the open receiver and
getting him the ball on a
frozen rope. A&M now has the
explosive receivers for Pullig
and it will be up to him to get
the ball to them.
Also, the young linebackers
must be ready to step in for
the departed Armstrong and
Reggie Graham and keep
up the Wrecking Crew de
fense. This defense could be
come one of the stingiest in
the nation in total yards and
scoring defense.
Some college preseason
polls have A&M ranked as
high as No. 4 in the nation
and “long time A&M fan,”
ESPN commentator Lee Corso
has even picked the Aggies as
the national champs. This
could be a blessing in disguise
for A&M or a booby trap.
A&M will need for the teams
ahead of them to lose because
of several factors.
There is the schedule fac
tor. Now let me make sure
I got this right. A&M plays
Tulsa, Middle Tennessee
State, Louisiana State, Col
orado, and the usual SWC foes
this year. Even though
the Colorado game looks ap
pealing, no other teams look
like they will help A&M im
press the national writers who
make up the Associated Press.
Besides Colorado might not
even be a strong team because
their star players have left for
the pros.
Also, the Aggies may get
caught up on all the national
championship hype that sur
rounds them. By being ranked
so high, many teams will
be playing their hardest in
hopes of being the team to
ruin the A&M dream of a na
tional championship. The
toughest opponent for the Ag
gies will be themselves and
how they will be able to stay
focused on the game, rather
than the hype.
When A&M wins the na
tional championship on Janu
ary 2, 1996, it will be a cele
bration like no other for the
Aggies. However, the celebra
tion could quickly turn sour
if both McElroy and Mitchell
decide to forego their senior
year at A&M and enter the
NFL draft.
Unless both are serious
enough to pursue their degree
or if they want to finish their
Aggie tenure and hope for bet
ter draft position, I see both of
them leaving after next year.
Not only will they have to look
forward to having millions of
dollars in the NFL, but they
will also have a national
championship ring on their
finger and no other strong in
tentions to play their senior
season in college.
Hey, I don’t know about you,
but I am not planning to go to
Dallas for New Year’s and
watch the Aggies play in the
Cotton Bowl. I’d rather spend
my New Year’s in Tempe and
watch the Aggies battle some
poor school for the national
crown in the Fiesta Bowl.
For the football players, I
think they should get ready to
receive a fat national champi
onship ring to go along with
their undefeated season rings
and 1993 SWC Champions
ring. Oh yeah, and also have
someone order a big 1995 so
that we can place it next to
the 1939 on the national
champions area on the Kyle
Field stands.
Good things come to those
who wait. For the Aggies, 56
years is a long enough.
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