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Two tourneys, 13 home gai USC releases Carolina will play a 26 game 1972-73 basketball schedule, including 13 home games in Carolina Coliseum and ap pearances in two tournaments. USC, which traveled 22,170 miles in running up a 24-5 record and sixth ranking in both wire service national polls in 1971-72, won't be on the road as much in 1972-73, but will go to Salt Lake City, Utah to participate in the Utah Classic Dec. 15-16, and to New York City's Madison Square Garden for the Dec. 26-30 Holiday Festival. The Gamecocks will also return to the Chicago Stadium - - where they appeared twice during the past season -- to meet Illinois Jan. 27. Other teams in the Utah Classic in clude Utah, Providence and Santa Clara. The Holiday Festival field includes Michigan, Tennessee, Boston College, Manhattan, Niagara, St. John's and Villanova. Coach Frank McGuire's Gamecocks, going after their fifth straight season of roore than 20 victories, may meet eight teams -- depending on tournament pairings -- that appeared in post-season tournaments following the 1971-72 season. Marquette, Marshall and Villanova were in the NCAA playoffs, and Niagara, Providence, St. John's, Lafayette and Davidson appeared in the National In vitational Tournament with Niagara advancing to the finals. Broom places 5th in discus at Relays Forrest Broom, USC's talented weightman, had a busy week-end of track Friday and Saturday. On Friday the senior from Charleston was in Philadelphia representing Carolina in the Penn Relays' discus competition. The 6 5, 225 pounder finished fifth with a toss of 161 feet. Broom unleashed a toss of 185 that landed out-of-bounds. Had it landed inside the boundary, he would have had the best toss of the afternoon. W Saturday night Broom was back in Columbia to help USC smash Georgia to retain their dual meet winning streak. Broom won the discus and was second in the shot Gamecock Pete Carpeni put against the Bulldogs. third base before Georgia Golfers wir By GARY WESTovrpr7,floebyDi Sports WriterDur7,LrrMatx5 Wi The Carolina golf team won Rme-6adJmyHmlo three out of their last four matches 7.Bl rtetadLnLt e which were played over thelofoGeriwthsrsof7 weekend, thus ending the season Geri dfatd h with an 11-3 record. GmccsStra,3632 USC defeated Georgia, 376-377,[ttpcdheBlogtovtr in a match played at Spring Valley wt he ne a 9 a Country Club Sunday.walofoUSwihatoud Wade Mayo was medalist for the, pr7,floe yDpe7 Gamecocks Sunday with a one BdyBsin7,Rme-6a Gridders73 foloedbyDav H aw a i,re-7,baryattx-5,Wy to eetth Unvesit ofHaaiiGrdoe-7 nd iita y ollge ltorl islads ws anouncd byhea Bilo Kratet drpd n otbwe reaced greeenton dteswithgam forGeorgiashl with eofi74 hom-ad-om srie i 186an GTergia Techeae wilh '87. payedonk Saturday, 366-372 duin Virgia.weetha the Calna arsity May l)itze awoasi lthow foer date. hatw ud [nes '2-' 73 si Villanova, Niagara, Marquette, Marsha Davidson will be met in regular se Villanova, Providence and St. John's il naments. Carolina will be making its second ar Holiday Festival. The Gamecocks won i Madison Square Garden, defeating West the championship game. If USC plays Michigan in the Holidi Gamecocks will meet four members of i ference. Michigan State and Indiana wi Coliseum in addition to the meeting Chicago. The season opens Dec. 2 agaii Conference power Tennessee at Knoxvil The complete schedule: Dec. 2 at Tennessee; 4 Navada, Las-V( State; 11 Georgia Southern; 15-16 Utah Cli City; 22 Indiana;- 26-30 Holiday Festival in Garden, New York. Jan. 3 Lafayette, 6 Fairfield; 8 at V Davidson; 20 at Marquette; 22 DePau Chicago Stadium; 31 Marshall. Feb. 5 at Toledo; 10 at St. Bonaventur( 17 Villanova; 19 Stetson; 28 Fordham; March 3 at Notre Dame; 7 Duquesne. Speed demon er slides into Amman could apply the outhern's Roy the 4-3 uc victory on S Sthree of Mattox-78. bid to the e Carolina defeated Georgia Tech Ridge, Fla. p. 459-479 and Wofford 693-720 Friday good seast e in a match played at Red Fox ragged in tU iCountry Club in Tryon , North 11-31is prett e Carolina which is Wofford's home from the N( s course. Bostian and Hamilton lead good a chai y the Gamecocks with rounds of 75. our players o USC head mentor Dick Melton Bostian v~ r was pleased with his team's effort for USC on t, and especially their win over this season d Georgia. good shot al "I thought we played real good, especially Wade (Mayo). Spring Valley played extremely long.TT Wade (Mayo) played the best for u , us against Georgia. He's striking the hall real well and if he had been o sinking some putts he'd probably Ofl ehave been four or five under par. e David (D)upre) also played good The USI a. against Georgia." Tennessee, 11 "We played real well against Princeton, a G;eorgia Tech and Wofford at Red National I *n F"ox also. This course is also very pionship. e long and it's one of the toughest in Carolinai the Southeast. I rated par at about eventually Ic 74.5." of Idaho. a In recapping the season Melton is felt the teams performance was I)r- FrE probably gnnd enough to receive a ruggers w VI tre ll, Lafayette and ison play with ivolved in tour pearance in the he 1970 event in arn Kentucky in y Festival, the he Big Ten Con II visit Carolina with Illinois in ist Southeastern Frank McGuire le. gas; 9 Michigan ssic at Salt Lake S narr inks Madison Square irginia Tech; 13 two rep I; 27 Illinois at ;12 at Niagara; net stars (Continued from Page 10) Geller is the recently crowned Public School Singles Champion of New York City, and reached the fourth round of the prestigious Orange Bowl Tournament. In addition the Gamecocks will lose only one player, Art Kamm, via graduation. "Jeff has the potential to become a first class college player. He could develop into a real star here at Carolina. Right now he could probably play number four or five singles for us. He will definately help us next year," said Smarr. Smarr also stated that he is after one or two more players and is very close to signing one. While the Gamecocks should continue to improve in the up coming years, so will the op position. Already added for the next campaign are Wake Forest, Tennessee and North Carolina while the netters will continue to face Georgia and Florida State. "We're going to have as tough a ag, for a triple in schedule as any school in the iturday morning. Southeast next year," said Smarr. last our NCAA finals in Coral orwnoe eri uhoe "I feel that we've had orcacsa CAbd n. We were a little Gogai akdsvnhi h e fall, but our record of nto,adorwnoe hm ~good. We expect a bid aogwt u iihi h hi A A and feel we have asShekladorwniteSuh ice as anyone. 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