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Rothenberg CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 er over Rick Pitino’s Cardinal team, going to show that a hot hand and a little luck are all one needs to advance in the NCAA Tournament. Marquis Daniels leads Auburn into what should be an interesting Sweet Sixteen matchup with Syracuse. Going even further, you can note how Michigan State and Maryland showed how mortal Florida and Xavier were in each team’s respective second-round game. Michigan State probably isn’t as good as it has been in re cent years, but the team is get ting it done anyway. The Terrapins survived UNC Wilmington in the first round and let everyone know the de fending champs plan to hold their crown a lit tle longer. The major powers —includ ing all four No. 1 seeds and two No. 2 seeds — are still alive head ing into the re- Smjth gional rounds. Will Tubby Smith and the Kentucky Wildcats meet their fate against the Wisconsin Badgers? Can Oklahoma stop a surging Butler squad? Right now, it’s hard to say. Given what we’ve seen by now, it certainly is possible for a top seed to go down this week end. But while some people mourn the train wreck that is their NCAA bracket, it is enjoyable to finally have some early-round games worth watching, A lot of people enjoy cheering on the un derdog, so they are getting a great chance now. Choosing the pairings might have been just a case of dumb luck by the selection committee, though looking at it now, they might have done a pretty decent job overall. It could suggest a sense of increasing parity among tournament teams or just the right teams playing each other. In any event, it’ll be interesting to see who are the four left standing in New Orleans. Rothenberg is a fourth-year sports- and entertainment management student. The Gamecock’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Pool Here are the standings in The Gamecock’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament pool following the first two rounds. The top five readers will receive a prize from The Gamecock. Hie Gamecock Readers 1. Stephen Wayne - 59 points 1. Brad Senkiw-74 points 2. Peter Farr-53 points 2. Adam Beam - 58 points , 3. Paitra Pinkney-51 points 3. Katie Smith - 56 points 4. Josh Corbett - 48 points 4. Chris Foy - 47 points 5. Jake Corbett - 47 points T5. Matt Rothenberg - 46 pointy or Lees m / 6. Aisha Haynes - 46 points T5. Justin Bajan - 46 points 7. Larcey Simpson - 43 points 7. David Stagg - 42 points 8. Brandon Simmons - 41 points 9. Ernest Stroman - 39 points Brad Senkiw, the assistant sports editor, has the overall lead after two rounds, thanks to picking all three first-round upset specials - Butler, Tulsa and Central Michigan - which landed him 30 extra points. Reader Stephen Wayne is atop the leaderboard among those who sent their picks in. He managed to score two of the upsets, putting him at No. 1. 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USC junior Jennifer VanAssen placed 16th in the consolation round of the 100-me ter freestyle. Her teammate, Carolynn McHugh, also com peted in the 100 freestyle. Three USC athletes earned All-American honors during the championships. VanAssen fin ished seventh in the 200 freestyle to earn first team All American honors, while diver Lauren King placed seventh on the one-meter board to receive the same honor. Diver Tracey Richardson was named an hon orable mention All-American with a lOth-place finish on the three-meter board. Next week, the USC men’s swimming and diving team will compete at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas. Representing the Gamecocks will be swimmer Tamas Szucs and diver Andy Bradley. Women’s tennis 2-1 during Utah swing The 38th-ranked USC wom en’s tennis team defeated Utah 6-1 on Sunday to improve to 11 5 on the year. Carolina took all three double matches from the Utes and won five matches in singles. Kathy Boyanovich suf fered the only loss for the Gamecocks at the number one singles spot. The win marked a rebound for the Gamecocks, though; Carolina lost to BYU on Saturday in Provo, Utah. It was the Gamecocks’ third non-conference loss this sea son. The pair of Boyanovich and Magda Wojdylo won USC’s only doubles match, with an 8-4 win over the Cougars’ team of Klempner and Richards. Jodi Kenoyer and Danielle Wiggins lost their doubles match, only the second of the year for that team. Carolina scored its only points with singles wins by Wiggins and Kenoyer, both in straight sets. On Friday, USC beat Utah State 6-1 in Logan, Utah. Carolina swept the Aggies in doubles play, and won five sin gles matches. Winning in singles for USC were Boyanovich, Kenoyer, Justine Walsh, Wiggins and Catherine Brown. Head coach Arlo Elkins also announced the signings of Laura Ganzer, Christyn Lucas, Grace Blakely and Miranda Guittarez for the 2003-04 season. The Gamecocks play Auburn on Friday and will play host to Alabama on Sunday. The match against the Crimson Tide will be the Gamecocks’ last home regu lar-season match. Equestrian puts six into Zone 5 Finals USC’s equestrian team had six riders qualify for the Region . 2 Finals on Saturday at a meet * held at Auburn University. The top three finishers in each class at the regional competition will advance to Zones. Lindsey Wilson finished sec ond in novice fences and third in novice flat to qualify. Courtney Borton came out on top in open horsemanship, while Michelle Jenkins took the walk/trot competition. Molly Harrison and Lisa Boykin qualified for Zones with third-place finishes in inter mediate flat and novice fences, respectively. By coming in third in advanced horseman ship, Kerrie Reeves also quali fied. The equestrian team will f compete in the Zone 5 Finals on April 5 and 6 at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. ---- Graduation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 enough scandals happening, to try to mobilize college presidents to say this is an embarrassment to us as a group. We have this win dow here, let’s use it to do some thing real. “The challenge is that there are going to be a lot of powerful coach es who will argue that this would deny opportunities, particularly to African-American students who wouldn’t be able to come to their schools under a system like that.” Lapchick said that under I" Brand’s plan those players who did go to college would be more likely to graduate. Lapchick also favored making freshmen ineligible to play, say ing they often fall behind in the classroom and have trouble catch ing up. “If freshmen were ineligible you also wouldn’t have kids who are going there to play for a year or two and then turn pro because they wouldn’t waste a year sitting around until they became eligi ble,” he said. “You’d get people who are really committed to play ing in college.” Low graduation rates reflect poorly not only on the colleges and coaches, Lapchick said, but on the whole education system. Black students from urban schools, in general, are less pre pared for college level work, he said. “It’s a whole chain here,” he said. “There are a lot of people in our schools, too many, who think they’re doing young people a fa vor by promoting them from grade to grade, believing the dream that this kid is so talent ed that he’s going to make it into the pros. 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