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play pretty well.”
T he Texas A&M Men’s Bas
ketball Team finally rid
ding itself of that goose
egg in the conference win col
umn; now there is no place to go
but up. Here are some assorted
ramblings to quell those post-
Super Bowl blues.
Where have you gone,
Joe Wilbert?
After playing against the likes of
Texas’ Reggie Freemen and
Kansas’ Jacque Vaughn this
month, some fans question why
the Aggies don’t have a “go-to guy,”
when they need a crucial basket or
crunch-time execution.
Aside from the obvious expla
nation — the Aggies are a young
team that does not yet have a
stand out, take-charge leader,
Head Coach Tony Barone said
he’s looking for the team to play
together as a unit and not rely on
one player.
“We’d like to have some con
sistency in the players that are
out there,” Barone said. “We’re
much better when we distribute
the ball, and if we can distribute
the ball well, then we usually
Stop and pop, it ain’t. . .
With his playing time increas
ing as the season progresses,
freshman guard Brian Barone has
found himself open more often
enabling him to make shots for
himself or take three-pointers.
This has prompted many to
wonder why he’s not shooting the
ball more. The main reason, the el
der Barone said, is that his son is
more concerned with getting his
teammates involved in the offense
than finding his own shot.
“Right now, that (shooting) is
not his mentality,” Barone said.
“His mentality is what can I do to
get Jerald a shot? What can I do to
get Calvin a shot?”
This is how it should be. The
plucky point guard is at his best
when he’s creating for other peo
ple, as his no-look, wrap-around
assists would suggest.
As evidenced in the Kansas
State game Saturday, Barone has
little arc on his shot, which lowers
his shooting percentage.
So many of the the dynamics of
shooting start with the legs and es
pecially the knees.
As Barone’s knee continues to
improve after off-season recon
structive surgery, so should his
shooting.
season because of academic ineli
gibility, the Aggie ranks have been
further depleted in the last two
weeks by injuries.
Sophomore forward Larry
Thompson suffered a broken nose
against Kansas and did not play
against K-State.
Senior guard Tracey Anderson
aggravated a strained groin and
bruised a shin against the Jay-
hawks, but that did not prevent
him from playing a terrific all-
around game against the Wildcats.
“I honestly cannot believe he
did that,” Barone said. “If you had
10 kids, nine of them couldn’t play
with the injury he had today. He
was absolutely incredible.”
When asked about his groin af
ter the game, Anderson cracked,
“The win helped a lot. It feels great
since we won, but if we’d lost it
would have felt awful.”
“The first thing I want to do is
win more and develop men who
will be successful in society.”
Dorr said his primary respon
sibility will be to bring stability to
the quarterback position, which
seemed to have its shaky mo
ments last season.
“I have a great deal of experience
at the college level,” Dorr said. “I
have been in big games where Rose
Bowls were on the line.”
Perhaps more important than
his experience, Dorr said he views
his role as a teacher on the team.
“I don’t think I can sprinkle some
magic dust,” he said. “My role on
this staff is to number one do the
best job I can and to get the quar
terbacks playing well.
“I want to be their friend, leader
and disciplinarian. I want to be
there to correct them and help them
find success.”
Aggie Brown narrj
Rookie of theWd
Injury Update
In addition to losing senior
Derrick Hart and freshman Steve
Houston for the remainder of the
Player of the Week
It’s a no-brainer this week.
Sophomore forward Calvin
Davis re-established his up and
coming status with 17 points
against Kansas and 21 points
and a career-high 15 boards
against K-State. After catching
an elbow that opened a two-inch
gash over his right eye, he need
ed stitches at half time. Davis re
turned to dominate the second
half against the Wildcats and
propelled the Aggies to their
most important victory of the
season. A great week from an
up-and-coming big man.
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Stew Milne, The Battalion
Aggies
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Anderson said regardless of
the match-up the Aggies are
ready to play.
“The biggest thing going for
us right now is that we want to
win this game desperately," he
said. “We want it bad enough to
do anything to get it and [Mis
souri] has to deal with that.”
Quesada said A&M also has
the Aggieland faithful pulling for
them tonight.
“We really want to win these
games at home,” he said. “Winning
here (Saturday) and playing here
again tonight gives us a little edge.”
The Aggies hope tonight will be
a curtain call for the monkey that
has been with them for the last
eight games.
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selection in the 1993 amateurc
was 8-7 with a 5.96 ERA lastseast ?
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