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Monday, Angus,; meros urns to i Antoni \NTONIO (AP)-Hd is returning to SanAc;. an absence of more Is irs. love, scheduled forSff > fueling speculationfe r San Antonio mayors abinet secretary is prep fexas gubernatorial run 10, no, no, no," Cisner d. vas a conscious selection ? Son Antonio Express-^ ight story for Sunday's* i looking for a place wk ke a public contributi e roller-coaster demand' ingand the political life os' firm, Americi will enter a growingmr irban reinvestment. Hi se some of the monevfr lile president of the Uni evision network to he! oint venture with Kan: Broad Home Corp. es in Southwesterndtie •an City Vista will foora insubsidized, affordahli •ns, Cisneros said, al did not rule out the useo nt programs asa financ nism. / there is a market for this : villages within rifa :aid, explaining that his ecu Id be the first bigplar- : serious capital in center- ig in the Southwest, rial announcement of his pected Monday. •s was housing secretary sident Clinton's first term led in 1996. He moved ington to LosAngeleso.) to run Univision Com- is Inc., the nation's nish-language telprapn Jnder his leadership as ind chief operating offi- mpany's stock price in- ire than fivefold, his protests, Cisneros is ae as the Democrats'best recapturing the gover- and revitalizing theDe- irty in Texas. Sports Page 3 THE BATTALION < KjnoL'taf3& Aggies take on Europe O Mtkf Moran get valuable game experience," Guerrieri Matthew L. Thigpen The Battalion On Saturday, 12 players and one head coach from across the Big 12 Conference came together to form the Big 12 men's basketball team. After practicing together five times, this group will travel to Vienna, Austria, to compete against Euro- ean teams in exhibition play. The old Southwest Conference /atched over such teams as Rice University, Texas Christian Univer sity, and Texas A&M. Then the con ference died and a phoenix rose out of its ashes: the Big 12 Conference. Now the Big 12 is taking on the World, as 12 players act as ambas sadors between the world and the conference. The leading scorer on the team is A&M's Bernard King, a 6-foot 3- inch, 178-pound sophomore from Gibsland, La. King finished the 1999-2000 season averaging 16.9 points per game, the highest for the Aggies. King is joined by a smor gasbord of players — with one player representing each school in the Big 12. The most interesting player might be D.J. Harrison of Col orado. After averaging 16.2 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game, Harrison transferred from junior college and was red-shirted his first year in Boulder. A&M sopfWwjjbji^uai'd Bernard King will travel overseas as a mem- Since the head coach of the all- ber of the BigHWfetar basketball team. The team will take part in star team is Ricardo Patton, also the exhibition games against several European basketball teams. head coach of Colorado, Harrison A&M basketball player Bernard King will travel overseas to play with Big 12 All-star team has an opportunity to shine for his coach. "This allows Harrison to get some games under his belt," said - Patton. When asked what he wants from the team, Pgtton said, "The most important thing is for us to be a unselfish team. We must gel to gether." Patton also complimented Bernard King. "He is a kid that knows how to score," Patton said. "He came in yesterday in pretty good shape, as did the entire team." The team will travel to Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday. In less than one weekfs time, the Big 12 men's basketball team will play six games against teams including UBC Stal- bau Gunners basketball club. This whirlwind schedule would terrorize most players, but King sees this schedule in a positive light. "That is part of why I came to play," he said. "It makes you get in shape." The talent level is high and ex pectations are even higher, but ,King stays humble. He describes himself as "a team player" and said, "Points don't matter to me, just that we win." King is also thankful for being on the team. He said he was "blessed to be selected as one of the best players in the conference." The team will return to Dallas on Aug. 18, after six games and with a lifetime of memories. Sports in Brief Drrection Aug. 3 article i Holt to sign kland A's," It's name was ed. Aggie netters find success at UTSA Championships Representatives of the Texas A&M men’s tennis team are com peting in the United States Tennis Association Boys’ 18 National Championships, which began Saturday and will continue through Aug. 13. Aggie freshman Ryan Newport and A&M signee Tres Davis both advanced in Saturday’s opening singles round. Newport defeated Chuck Perrin of Atlanta, 6-3, 6-1. He will face David Lynn of Clarkson, Minn., in Monday’s round of 64 players. Davis also beat Brian Wan of Woodbury, N.Y., on Saturday, 6-1, 6- 4. Davis will face Peter Shults of Little Rock, Ark., on Monday. Both Aggies also saw doubles action. Newport teamed up with Phillip King of Long Beach, Calif., to defeat Lewis Smith of Mem phis, Tenn., and Michael Sperry of Provo, Utah, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. They will play against Ryan Murphy of Houston and Avery Ticer of Stur gis, S.D. Meanwhile, Davis and Marietta, Ga., native Robby Ginepri beat the team of Mac Burke of St. Louis and Lance Yodicky of Florisant, Mo., 6-0, 6-0. The two will face Donald Miles of Jacksonville, Fla., and Dillon Wolker of Dallas. Mike Moran The Battalion While many students are returning to Texas A&M, one group of athletes is head ing overseas. On Thursday, the A&M soc- • cer team will begin a 10-day exhibition trip to Europe where they will compete against top semi-professional competition. The Aggies will play Croitan, part of the England's National Champion team; Arse nal, England's second-ranked team; and Millwall, currently fifth in England's rank ings. They will also compete against the Dutch and Belgium National Teams and the German National Champions. Coach G. Guerrieri said the NCAA al lows universities to take an international trip every four years, and the staff chose Europe because of connections he and as sistant coach Phil Stevenson have made in Europe while traveling with the United States Olympic program. The team went to Toronto in 1996. "We are fortunate to be a part of an ath letic program that really takes care of its student athletes," Guerrieri said. "At most programs in the country, kids are out sell ing candy bars or light bulbs to take these trips, but here at Texas A&M, it has been a part of Wally Groff and the Athletic De partment's commitment to the team. Be ing able to take these trips every four years is a great developmental tool for our players." Guerrieri said the trip may help the team gain an advantage over its Amer ican competition. "Everyone isn't able to do this," he said. "We will have seven games under our belt before our first game of the sea son, while our opponents will Only have a couple intrasquad scrimmages. The NCAA season is 20 games, so we are hoping that these seven overseas will put us in midseason form when we start our first weekend." With four of the Aggies' first six games against teams ranked in the top 10 of the national polls, Guerrieri said the team must return to the United States at its best. "We have probably the second toughest schedule in the nation," Guer rieri said. "It's the toughest schedule we have ever tried, and we are taking on this kind of competition at this time of year because we expect to gain a lot from the games overseas." He said the trip will be very benefi cial for the freshmen and transfer Juli Coin. "One of the best things about the trip is that it will allow the freshmen to get valuable game experience," Guerrieri said. "The team will have played seven games overseas and two in the season be fore their first day of class. It really happens very fast for them. It will give the freshmen and Coin a chance to acclimate themselves with our system, the players, how they play, and bring them into the team that much faster." ’Senior forward Nicky Thrasher said she has been looking forward to this trip since her freshman year. "The cool thing about this team is that we work hard," Thrasher said. "We've worked so hard the past three years that I think we deserve this trip and, with the mentality of this team, it's not going to fly by our heads to just go up there and have fun. It's going to prepare us to be the best." She said she is looking forward to watching a professional game alongside the European fans, who have a reputation for getting out of control. Guerrieri said that, besides watching a professional game, the team will take sev eral side trips to sightsee. He said the team will tour Windsor Castle and Central Lon don and take a Rhine River cruise to see many of the old German castles. "The trip should be a great soccer expe rience, but also be a great cultural experi ence for the players to see different parts of the world, something most people in col lege don't do," Guerrieri said. Senior forward Niky Thrasher will travel to Europe for 10 days with the A&M soccer team. Opinion Editor Dorts Editor Sci/Tech Editor a Editor Graphics Editor n, Web Master loioGY - Patrice Carr, Jessica Crutcher, Brieanne Porter, Sunnye ^asco, Mark Passwaters Colbert i/illanueva, Patric Scull, Susan Redding, idrew Hancock on Higgs, Libby rn Calcaneo, Matt Roy, don Henderson, Kelsey ) Cuellar e Division of Student Media, a i# 1 n phone: 845-3313; Fax: 845# ttalion. For campus, local, and iiatr fices are in 015 Reed McDonald,a:* pa single copy of The Battalion.!® •r spring semester and $17.50 foil* I and spring semesters and Monda at Texas A&M University. 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