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A&M women start Big 12 tourney
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least
jneteam in the NFL doesn't think Dan
Vlarino is washed up.
Dennis Green is trying to lure the
league's career passing leader to Min
nesota, where he would become the
Vikings' eighth
starter in eight sea
sons.
Marino turns 39
his year and has
ipent his entire 17-
year career in Mia-
. He is consider
ing an oiler from
the Vikings but also
considering retirement.
The Vikings feature receivers Cris
Carter and Randy Moss, but they also
lost Pro Bowl offensive linemen Ran
dall McDaniel and JetTChristy to rival
Tampa Bay.
Marino was offered Minnesota's
starting quarterback job last week in
talks with Green, two sources close to
Marino and speaking on condition of
anonymity confirmed Monday.
MARINO
Marino, who has never won a
championship, most likely will decide
by the end of the week, one of the
sources said.
The offer was first reported Sunday
night by ESPN and Fox Sports Net, cit
ing unidentified sources.
“I’m just flabbergasted,” Dolphins
president Eddie Jones said. “1 have no
idea about Dan Marino and any report
about him going anyplace. I know
nothing about where Dan’s head is at or
what he plans to do.”
Green didn't return phone calls
from The Associated Press on Monday.
Last week, he told his stall’ not to dis
cuss the team’s quarterback situation in
light of heavy criticism of his declara
tion that Daunte Culpepper, his top
draft pick last year, would enter camp
as the projected starter.
The Vikings haven’t offered Jeff
George a contract even though he went
9-3 alter coming oil'the bench last sea
son to replace Randall Cunningham,
who was demoted 5 1/2 games into his
new S28 million contract.
Sports in Brief
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peri ence, Kel leher said. °
may be a total loss.K.i off of being swept by the
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operty. :oface the third-ranked Univer-
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light have been damad A&M (9-10, 3-3 Big 12) was
e went through the fern* > we Pt in a conference series for the
irst time since 1996 when Rice
Jniversity swept the Aggies. It was
he first sweep of A&M by Baylor
ince 1991.
The Cougars (12-6) lost two of
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three games against the University
of Illinois this past weekend.
Last season the Aggies and
Cougars split a
pair of games,
with A&M winning
8-7 in Houston,
while the Cougars
returned the favor
by beating the Ag
gies 15-5 in Col
lege Station.
On the mound
for the Aggies is
freshman pitcher Zach Dixon
who is 0-1 on the season with a
1.86 ERA.
Pitching for the Cougars will be
Robert Dieudonne who is 1-1 with
a 1.93 ERA this season.
DIXON
BY REECE FLOOD
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women’s basketball
team ended its regular season with a
record of 11 -15, 3-13 in Big 12. But the
Aggies are hoping this is just the begin
ning as they play in the first round of the
Big 12 Tournament Tuesday at 8:20 in
Kansas City, Mo.
The Aggies will face the University
of Texas Longhorns (18-11,9-7 Big 12)
in the first round of the tournament.
This will be the third meeting be
tween the two teams this season. The
Longhorns won the two earlier games by
scores of 82-54 and 76-67.
Having played the Longhorns twice
already, the Aggies have an idea of what
to expect.
In what has been the case, tonight’s
contest is sure to feature a great match up
between A&M’s junior forward Jaynet-
ta Saunders and Texas’ senior guard Ed-
wina Brown.
“It will be a great match up,” A&M
coach Peggie Gillom said. “I think they
thought they stopped Jaynetta (in the last
game) by putting Edwina on her. I don’t
think that was the case. 1 think the case
was, we didn’t give Jaynetta the ball.”
Saunders and Brown traded baskets
and blocked shots in the two previous
contests, and each player is a valuable
weapon for their respective team.
Saunders averaged a team high 15.7
points per game and earned 7 rebounds
a game this season, while Brown lead her
team with 21.4 points per game and 8.2
rebounds a game.
Saunders is looking forward to play
ing her Longhorn counterpart.
“She’s a great player and a good de
fender, and I’m just looking forward to
playing with one of the best players in
the Big 12,” Saunders said.
Brown may be thinking the same
thing about Saunders, who has quickly
made a name for herself in her first sea
son with the Aggies.
Saunders was named Big 12 Rookie
of the Week five times this season and
earned third-team All Big 12 honors.
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A&M freshman forward Meg Banahan looks to pass the ball against
Feb. 26 at Reed Arena in the Aggies’ 76-67 loss to the Longhorns,
also recognized by the conference, being
named to the honorable mention All-Big
12 list. Sharpe averaged 12.7 points and
8.6 rebounds this season, and needs just
three boards to break the all-time school
record of 911.
Sharpe feels confident in her team’s
chances in the tournament.
“We just have to be focused,” Sharpe
?. ai , ‘ An ybody can win the toumament
toumtmem v SeaS ° n - And ifyou win the
nament). ThaUs^he ^ NCAA ’ S (t0ur '
joy of having the
toumament. It gives you one last chance
to prove that you can beat them. Us not
having the season that we wanted, this
will be a great opportunity for us to go in
and win.”
Six other teams will play today as
well. Kansas State University will take
on Oklahoma State University at noon.
University of Nebraska will face Baylor
University at 2:20 p.m., and University
of Missouri will tip off against Universi
ty of Colorado at 6 p.m.
The four teams receiving byes in the
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the University of Texas Longhorns
first round are Iowa State University,
University of Texas Tech, Oklahoma
University and University of Kansas.
The winner of the A&M-Texas
game will face Oklahoma tomorrow at
8:20 p.m.
Gillom hopes her team will be able to
respond to the challenge of this first
8aI “This^is it,'^Gillom said. “Do you
want the season to be over? You have to
ask yourself that question, and 1 d
right now.’