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Wednesday, January 24, 2001
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BERNARDO GARZA/The Battalion
loss to the Longhorns last Wednesday at Reed Arena. The
Aggies travel to face Oklahoma State today at 7 p.m.
By Doug Puentes
The Battalion
After losing five of his top six
scorers from last season, Okla
homa State men’s basketball coach
Eddie Sutton came into the season
with guarded optimism about his
team’s chances.
However, Sutton has his team
peaking at the right time as it goes
for its fifth-straight victory against
the Texas A&M Aggies on Wednes
day in Stillwater, Okla., at 7 p.m.
“We knew during the presea
son that Eddie [Sutton] would
have his program up and going,”
said A&M men’s basketball coach
Melvin Watkins. “He didn’t have
much drop-off in talent. He may
have had doubt because he has
some transfers. Sometimes it takes
those kids a little while to gel.”
The gel that has bonded the
Cowboys (12-3, 3-1 in Big 12) up
to this point in the season is junior
guard Maurice Baker.
In his first year out of junior col
lege, Baker is leading the Cowboys
in points per game, averaging 19.5,
and rebounding, averaging 7.1.
He has stepped it up in confer
ence play, averaging 22.8 points
and 8.5 rebounds.
Baker is garnering accolades for
his performance, as he won the Big
12 Rookie of the Week award for
the second-straight week and the
third time this season.
He scored a career-high 29
points in a 76-65 defeat of Baylor
last Wednesday and followed that
up with 26 points in a 74-58 victo
ry over St. Gregory’s on Saturday.
“He’s an excellent basketball
player with a lot of quickness,”
Watkins said. “He has the ability to
score. I think he does for them what
Clifton Cook did for us. And that’s
a mouthful.”
If the Cowboys are peaking, the
Aggies (6-11, 0-5 in Big 12) are
Muck in the valley, mired in a five-
game slump.
After losing to Kansas by 3p
points on Saturday, A&M received
more bad news on Monday when,
senior forward Aaron Jack ary
nounced he was leaving the tear$
due to health problems.
Jack suffered the fifth concu<v
sion of his career on Jan. 13 against
Colorado.
Despite the Aggies’ recerir
woes, Sutton and the Cowboys ar£
not taking the Aggies lightly. f
Oklahoma State saw firsthand
how A&M can perform if every]*
thing is clicking as the Aggies up2
set the then-12th-ranked Cowboys*
64-59, last year in Reed Arena. ]*
“I think they’re dangerous, 1 !!
Sutton said. “They’ve been hurt
by injuries, but they have tw£>
players [Bernard King and Carl<
ton Brown] that can hit you for
30. A team like that, they’re
going to beat a lot of people, buf
they’re certainly good enough Ur
where, on a given night, they c^n
beat you.” *
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) —
There was a measure of cu-
ly compd riosity surrounding the words
)f adopts of Jim Fassel and Brian Bil-
lick at media day for the Su-
icy amonij per Bowl. After,all, these are
izlett sai.Bcoaches who actually say
things worth hearing.
Things like guarantees
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What would they come up
with Tuesday in front of the
aiggest media horde they're
ver going to see? Fassel pret-
y much said it all in Novem
ber and didn't have, much to
add. Billick, who took center
stage Monday by telling re-
jorters to lay off Ray Lewis,
iefended his strong words
vith, well, more strong words.
"I think it was very clear
|ut what we were trying to
do,” Billick said. “There was
no angle on my part. I very
rarely rant and rave.
“It would have been
naive on our part to come in
and act like this was not go
ing to come up. I wanted to
make sure that everyone un
derstood what our perspec
tive was going to be, which
was simply: We’ve been
through this before, we are
making our statement very,
very clear, and I wanted to
give the players an avenue to
simply say, ‘Our perspective
has been stated pretty clearly
by coach Billick.’ ”
That’s exactly the tack
taken by Lewis, who was
surrounded by at least 200
reporters in front of his podi
um at Raymond James Sta-
dium when the Ravens’ ses
sion opened. Three sets of
bleachers were filled with
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When all is
said and done,
all that matters
is what's good
for the New
York Giants.”
— |im Fassel
New York Giants
people toting cameras, mi
crophones and notepads.
What they got wasn’t
nearly as juicy as Billick’s
caveat the previous day.
“I think he said what
was in his heart,” Lewis
said, referring to his coach.
“My focus is on why I came
here, to try to win a Super
Bowl. I'm not here to justi
fy anything that has gone
on, because that is a story in
my book that is closed, re
gardless of whatever ques
tions come up.”
Many questions came up,
most about football. Only oc
casionally did Lewis talk
about the murder case in
which he was absolved of
charges, pleading guilty to
obstruction of justice in ex
change for testimony against
his co-defendants.
“The media’s been fo
cused on me all year,” he
said. “It hasn’t distracted me
yet, so it won’t right now.”
Fassel wasn’t nearly as
popular at the Giants’ session
as Lewis and Billick were
later in the day.
Of course, Fassel spoke
his piece more than two
months ago.
“When all is said and
done, all that matters is
what’s good for the New
York Giants,” Fassel said
when he was not staring
into television cameras and
answering questions about
music, food and vacation
destinations. “No matter
how it’s done, that’s all that
matters.”
Fassel’s guarantee —
“This team is going to the
playoffs” — came after two
home losses dropped the Gi
ants to 7-4.
Mens tennis hosts
‘Meet the Aggies’
The Texas A&M men’s and
women’s tennis teams will be
hosting “Meet the Aggies’’ night
tonight at 6 p.m. at the Varsity
Tennis Center.
Members of both teams will
be introduced and a preview of
the new Phil and Dee Springer
Stadium Club will be given There
will also be an adult tennis clin
ic that will feature coaches and
players of both teams. Admis
sion to the event is free.
Wood-Volpe joins
volleyball staff
\
Genny Wood-Volpe, a former
Texas A&M volleyball standout,
Sports in Brief
will be joining the team again, "
this time as an assistant coach.
Wood-Volpe will replace former ]
assistant coach Nicole Lan- u
tagne, who left last August.
Wood-Volpe played for the Ag
gies from 1990-93, leading the (
team in digs for three consecu- v
tive seasons.
She is also the A&M career
record holder for most matches
played (140) and most games
played (488).
Prior to signing on at A&M
Wood-Volpe served terms as
assistant coach at Rice Univer
sity and Southern Methodist
University.
“She is very sharp, dedicated;
and team-oriented. I know she iS
the perfect person for our pro
gram,” said A&M coach Laurie
Corbelli.
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