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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.
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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.
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