The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 05, 1998, Image 9

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rsday • March 5, 1998
|E^V'4The Battalion
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conference Tournament stacks
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bn can smell it in the air. It’s that time of year
again. March Madness. Unfortunately, the
closest the Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team
3me to March Madness is the Big 12 Conference
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Jeff
Schmidt
assistant
sports editor
lament, which is not exact-
[ u |s larquee basketball confer-
' u ' in! The Big 12 should put at
0,1 three teams, Kansas, Okla-
l n 8 s i State and Oklahoma, in the
10 Tournament. Nebraska
■ )e able to sneak in, but prob-
I s on lot anybody else. In order of
lament seed:
lest f i •
I 10 B insas (31-3,15-1)
ie No. 1 seed in the confer-
tournament and the third-
;d tieam in America. Not only
ie Jayhawks the deepest and
talented team in the conference, they do the lit
tle things to win.
“They play as hard as any
team in the conference,” A&M
Coach Porter Moser said. “You
don’t see them have any lapses.”
Kansas has two All-Ameri
cans, Paul Pierce and Raef
LaFrentz, and sharpshooting
guard Billy Thomas. Another ad-
agejfor the Jayhawks is that they will be playing
I in' -to home. They are the big favorites to win the con-
rem ice tournament. First-round bye.
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qui klahoma State (21-5,11-5)
|Gi; he second-most explosive offense in the confer-
brii • with three (Adrian Peterson, Brett Robisch and
nond Mason) of the top 13 scorers in the Big 12.
l-r espi te being the second seed, the Cowboys are
jably the sleeper team in the tournament.
,tr c-round bye.
>r$i 'klahoma (20-9,11-5)
his team struggled at the beginning of the sea-
but pulled it together down the stretch. The
ners are solid defensively and are led on offense
enior guard Corey Brewer, who is averaging 21.2
its per game. First-round bye.
Nebraska (19-10,10-6)
This team begins and ends with
one player — Tyronn Lue. As Lue
goes, so go the Cornhuskers. Lue
could be the best guard in the con
ference. He is second in the confer
ence in scoring, and, if he struggles
offensively, the Cornhuskers will be
hard pressed to find someone else
to score. First-round bye.
Lue
Baylor (13-13,8-8)
Thank God the Aggies get to play the Bears in the
first round. The lone conference win for the Aggies
came against the Bears. Baylor could go as deep as the
semifinal round if they can get by the Aggies. Believe it
or not, the Aggies could be tougher to beat than Ne
braska in the second round.
Missouri (16-13,8-8)
Being close to home, Missouri might be another
sleeper. However, they are not at home, and Mis
souri never seems to play well on the road. Still, nev
er underestimate a Norm-Stew-
art-coached team. Plays Iowa
State.
Texas Tech (13-13,7-9)
An outstanding backcourt may
lead the Red Raiders to a victory or
two. Cory Carr, Stanley Bonewitz
and Rayford Young can all stroke
the three. Their big guys give them
what they need. Plays Texas.
Carr
Kansas State (16-10,7-9)
KSU is pretty mediocre across the board, and they
bore me. Plays Colorado for the right to get spanked by
Kansas in second round.
Colorado (13-13,7-9)
See Kansas State. Plays Kansas State for the right to
get spanked by Kansas in the second round.
Texas (12-16,6-10)
Please see Big 12 on Page 10.
l&M recruits blue-chip athletes
p-25 team highlights future Women’s Tennis Team schedule
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Ihe Texas A&M Men’s Ten
nis Team is at home this
weekend for matches
inst Pepperdine and Miami. The
men’s Tennis Team will resume
12 play Friday at Oklahoma and
iday at Nebraska.
Back On The Recruiting Trail
After signing a recruiting class
last year called the nation’s best by
College Tennis Weekly, Cass is at it
again. Oklahoma’s top high-
school player, Jarin Skube, has al
ready signed with the Aggies. Kei
th From and Andrew Vu, from
Florida and Virginia, respectively,
have also signed with A&M. Both
hold high national rankings in
their age groups.
No Softies Here
Unlike other A&M teams, you
won’t hear the men’s and
women’s tennis teams being crit
icized for playing easy non-con
ference schedules. The men’s
team has already played LSU (No.
6), and will play Pepperdine (No.
12), Duke (No. 7) and Mississippi
State (No. 4). The women’s team
has played Houston (No. 31),
BYU (No. 14) and South Alabama
(No. 17) and will host Stanford
(No. 5) on March 26.
-Al Lazarus is a sophomore
journalism major.
Vew Rankings
[" The latest Rolex Collegiate Ten-
r Rankings for singles and dou-
' llll s have freshman Rafael de Mesa
Jo. 31 in singles and sophomore
hryn Scott and freshman Eva
sjrcial at No. 33 in doubles. The
r team rankings will be out next
sk; right now the men’s team is
33, and the women are No. 38.
Jo Moral Victories
The men’s team has traveled this
Ison to No. 6 LSU and No. 7 Uni-
dty of Texas and has lost both
latches by the score of 4-3. While
ny coaches might be satisfied with
Ipi dng a good showing against top-
ecs teams on the road, A&M Coach
Ln Cass said there are no moral vic-
oitiesI— the Aggies want to win.
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RYAN ROGERS/The Battalion
Senior Vanessa Rooks will lead the Aggies against No. 5 Stanford.
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