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THE BATTALION
a team.
"It’sgoing to be a great tournament,”
1A&M head coach Ted Nelson,
is a great opportunity for us. On
men’s side, the top contenders will
Nebraska, Texas, Kansas State and
With the women, we’ll be in the
hdle of the pack with a chance to
:k off some teams.”
Nebraska and Texas have clearly
inaled the competition since the
ig 12 was formed in 1996. The
taka men have won the indoor
iipionship six out of seven times,
ing the last three years. In the
»!year Nebraska failed to capture the
kjexas took home the trophy. The
dihoms have come in second to
taka the other six years.
It’s going to be a great champi-
liip.and I just hope we come out on top,” said
as men’s head coach Bubba Thornton. “This
1, the conference is loaded, and that’s what
tens stand out across the nation.”
Ihe Texas women have won the title four times
be shooting for their third straight title
isweekend. The Husker women won the cham-
iishipthe three years the Longhorns failed to.
The Texas women’s team easily won the touma-
talastyear and has an Olympic-caliber runner in
^more Sanya Richards. Richards won the 400-
tislast Friday at the Tyson Foods Invitational,
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A&M junior runner Brandon Caballero runs the 800-meter race at
the A&M All-Comers meet in May 2003.
Iwe'ta raking he: own junior world record with a time of
itz 97M§M5. Her time is currently best in the NCAA and
third-fastest in the world.
Nebraska is a Big 12 dynasty in progress,
tad coach Gary Pepin has collected 57
irconference titles and three nation-
a/flto/Mships in 22 seasons at the school,
“tiepin, though, said he insists on focusing on
_ merailstrengths of the conference.
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Pepin said. “There are a lot of outstanding track
and field programs in the conference. There is a
lot of really great, high-level performers, and they
are some of the best in the nation. It will be a ter
rific meet. This is a championship meet for us.”
The Aggies come into the meet looking to
improve on last years’ finishes in the champi
onships. The men came in fifth, and the women
finished 10th.
A&M picked up momentum last weekend with
some impressive performances. Senior Melissa
Gulli broke the school record for the 5,000-meter
run in 16.03 and qualified for the NCAA champi
onships in the process. Also, freshman Monique
Lee broke the school record for the 200 meters as
she finished third in the race with a time of 24.18.
On the men’s side. Nelson expects the Aggies
to compete for the championship. Yet, he said he
knows it will be tough battling the best in
Nebraska’s home facility, the Devaney Complex.
“Unfortunately, we don’t have an indoor facil
ity, so this will be a challenge for us ” Nelson said.
“We’re looking forward to it, though.”
sses kept coming, but the
ns vanished. In six seasons at
IM, Watkins is 60-108.
nst two seasons ago,
kins left coaches all across
country scratching their
^Jiids as he signed NBA
Bpectguard/forward Antoine
tight to a letter of intent.
After winning Big 12
eshman of the Year honors
omsmS Hie2002-03 season, Wright
up to the hype his
fhomore year.
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And then there is the matter
Texas talent.
A&M is the sleeping giant
college basketball. The cam-
is is located just north of
and a three-hour drive
of Dallas - the two
lest hotbeds for basketball
in the nation today - yet
r Texans dot the Aggie
■.One of those players is a
33|4-on, and the other is soph-
Marcus Watkins, coach
tins’ son.
The location factor and the
Jet that Byrne wants an elite
Ibali program might be
only two selling points for a
(coach to come to A&M.
According to sources in the
iletic Department, names
(already been echoing off
department’s walls, but who
Wly would want to come to
is anybody’s guess,
le bottom line, though, is
tins just hasn’t gotten the job
to proving the old adage that
*guysdo indeed finish last.
“(Watkins’ job status) is
Wring we talk about every-
} we walk in practice because
that’s a reality in
today when you’re los-
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seemed poised to break the
game open, Baylor would hit a
shot to keep the game close.
Down 49-43 with 8:29 left to
play, Baylor made its move.
You try trick
shots in practice
but nothing like
that"
— Terrance Thomas
Baylor senior forward
Bear junior forward Harvey
Thomas, who led Baylor with
17 points, hit a shot that sparked
a Baylor 7-0 run to give Baylor
a 50-49 lead.
Neither team could get a
lead of more than one until
A&M senior forward Jesse
King slammed home a pass
from Wright to put the Aggies
up 57-54 with 47 seconds left.
And then, just when it
seemed that the Aggies were
going to break through to the
win column, the roof caved in.
With 26.2 seconds left,
Thomas hit a free throw to bring
the Bears within two. Then,
after Wright missed a free throw
Baylor senior forward Terrance
Thomas drove the lane and
threw up a shot with his back
facing the basket.
It banked in to bring the
game to a 57-57 tie.
“You try trick shots in prac
tice but nothing like that,”
Thomas said.
While the Aggies left the
floor hanging their heads
again, the Bears went to the
locker room hollering as if they
had just won a championship.
At the end, it was hard to
believe that Baylor was supposed
to be the team without a win.
“We haven’t been in many
close games,” Drew said. “So
when we get in them we have
to make the most of it.”
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