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I Sport miii niiifc Bas AlAW i I Lady G< to forfei By Mich ?5n USC was informed Frida; I 1 il ??y_ ' Iuasneioau games r rani wi sidered forfeit losses for the Ginny Hunt, head of th< Athletics for Women Ethics Washington had not ma< I progress" at her former therefore ineligible to play I at USC this season. "According to one of oui athletes must make norm; competition," Hunt said. "N each institution.'* I HUNT EXPLAINED I requirement set up by eacti establish the number of cre< by a student athlete to cons degree. The AIAW Reffion II Rt notified USC that Washing! USC in January 1961, accorc Services. ; Hensel said the decision AIAW Ethics and Eligibility committee. - On March 6, the univers from the national commitU regional committee. HENSEL, however, said s official until the university terhead. "We have received a tel received a formal letter," H J t oe unoiticiai until we recetv and E committee." Hensel added that furthei by the university. The decision does not i program in any way other totaled vhile Washington wa | Gamec I rnnfini JLLJ.1 Al By Bertram M. Rantin Stiff Writer The USC men's tennis team continued their early dominance of opponents as they defeated the Monarch* of Old Dominion 8-1 at home Monday, giving the 16th in i Tiinr WHMMWI dMHSBH i | ^^HBrSBHH 1 il .Xv;*v- '>:-;lft-gfej Mm ^ : ;^f-{,y^ '-t 9 Chuck Hodgin react, | ' wtwii mt&w?mitun 'a t 4?~;--- L*W*ty -> I A ' ' ' ' ? ketbc H?fc t ~ Vsnay force 1 imecocKS it games etto Burch?tte Editor / March 6 that all intercollegiate ashington played in will be conLady Gamecocks. e Association of Intercollegiate i and Eligibility Committee, said le "season to season normal school, Ohio State, and was for the women's basketball team r eligibility regulations, student al progress between seasons of Formal progress is determined by that normal progress is a s member school of the AIAW to lit hours which must be acheived titute normal progress toward a hies and Eligibility Committee on was ineligible to compete at ling to Lynn Hensel of USC Legal was appealed in January to the Standing Committee - a national ity received a telecopied letter je sustaining the decision of the he does not consider the decision receives a copy on official letecopy of a letter but have not ensel said. "I would consider it to e the letterhead copy from the G * legal action is being organized ' affect the women's basketball ' than to revoke eight wins USC I s on the squad, Hensel said. j see IWomen, page 18 * ocks do\ le undef < ranked Gamecocks their 12th win in as many outings. Seven of the eight USC A wins came in straight sets ii while Chuck Hodgin won a 3- t 6, 7-5, 7-5 decision over S Robert Hale at the number ? " one singles position. .' L |^BDHnHHft? ws for a backhand return in his \uim\nmmvwm. )wigm " 11 " ill tea gg|||fp ^wBff ^ ^ USC Head Basketball Coach , ? timeout in an early season ? was disappointed the Gamecoc MIT bid. Under the direction o1 he *Year, Carolina's fresh mi egistered a 17-10 record, inclu ?trer the Marquette Warriors in / vn Mona Hale recently defeated to p lorth Carolina State's Andy coul ndrews, a quarter finalist of h 1 the 1980 NCAA national num mrnament. USC Coach Ron seas marr cited the match as a play very good win" for Hodgin. have "He came out there readv m 4/ V J M who s this H tersj Sma ; ] top well Hod} If unde B whil< 1 onJy I said I have I onep In If Mon II defei 1 64 I Petk p Harr swee ^"8 bothf ... . todaj in th< 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory said. ww. wwwripTBiy w ms f c PI sick feel A w?re noi he's not i ^ IIH "I'm ( end of 11 3T?M| season c M ^M?Pi chances uespu M vited to and the fl for bott jjf wouldn'l |gj selectioi m FOST] I chance SJ scorer ir Ip'j their fin; Si When j? selected ^ Peter Ci "The .J process, team's P opponer Carl? luiumuci K perforir L, ,m 1,,'flp selectin bec/ take the nit wa cording teams a wKBw JKKm Sever Bill Foster signals for toumar fame. Foster said he Basket* ks did not receive an "* r the 1978 Coach of tn-dominated squad "it's'; ding an upset victory the bid, Milwaukee. (Atlanti rchs, gj lay and gave me all I Hfl^H d handle," Hodgin said B iiSl k?0 ?V% rt f/*U v3 no imi v> uicKiv;ii ai iuc , ;~ . ber one position this t on. *'I think when you , number one, you just ; to be a tiger out there PHEH TEAM members have played number one season are Ulf Pet- Jj ?on and Zoran Petkovic. Jg" rr said all three of the w-If players were playing pointing out that gin and Petkovic are v ifeated in match play e Pettersson has lost once. However, Smarr at this point "we just , / , ti l got a real number- SBflPl the match-up with the I archs, Pettersson pH ited Todd Furniss 6-3, 1 at number two, and ;ovic stopped John ison 7-5, 6-3 at number i> Chuck t othersinRlesmatch.es msfc/l. >n Roberts defeated d Ryan 7-6, 6-0 at Donald ber four and Trevor pumiss won the number five one amj es 7-5, 6-3 over Al How. wo? ^ pleting USC's singles How at n p was Bill Heiser with a rpbe < 6-0 win over Dennis defeat a e- ? ? three d< think we were a little chip Con red in some first sets r, but we played better J , ? e second ones," Smarr ' ' noym^S matches faceVei >uled' >ster unha NIT toun erlooks U By Richard Meyers Sports Editor na Head Basketball Coach Bill Fost ling in his stomach after learning t invited to the National Invitation 1 embittered by the decision, iisappointed that we weren't picked tie world," Foster said. He added tl onference tournaments upsets could for an NIT bid. e a total of only five independent s the National Collegiate Athletic Ass NIT, Foster refused to criticize the s 1 tournaments. However, he did t be surprised if the tournament* l process. ER SAID he felt that the Gamecc for a bid, since the team boasted < 7om on imnrntrintf ronnr i umin k a vui Mta v m vvvi al 22 games) and a surge in home gai reached for comment on why C for the NIT, the tournament's ex jrlesimo defended the selection com selection process is a totally obje " said Carlesimo. "We look at won record at home, major wins and its and the strength of teams played, simo added that the four man voting rs the second half of the season, inju lers, national ranking and their ] g who will participate. USE THE NCAA, by their own ad i top 48 teams available due to confe; s left to select "the best field we'v to an NIT spokesman in New York, ler spokesman said the NIT proba s Duke (15-12) over the Gamecocks ! team faced a much tougher schedul al coaches have expressed disple cents' selection processes, mcludin >all Coach Bill Foster. nk there are some leagues that got a \A playoffs) this year that no way laid. a farce. They can get six or so teams and none of those teams could bea ic Coast Conference) league," he sai< WA 8|^ay i ^L\ JIB? nL ^ yHB ^ -r/[- r- ?| - ;i"J"vr ?"'|Kff jflw "... 3pg^25H vi-aSss-,' >--.Hodgin takes aim in Monday The Gamecocks won 8-1. defeated Hale and Tennis Cen ? * - * b-3, 7-5 at number ?i?icnes ai Roberts and Heiser tomorrow an 6-4 over Ryan and against How umber two. on Friday, I Gamecocks' only . will have se ame at the number from competi rubles position as ik and Dru Kefalos Smarr said irrison and Lange 7- would giv< v members a b upcoming roi ii.ffimrcrelss wiU jriten, the ,ft in Slate at T p.m. face four of tl ? the Sam-Djmiete -tfffflcmitftry r~ ij * 1 ppy ;j ley 1 a ? 1 er said he had a .1 the Gamecocks rournament, but if but it's not the ) \at several post- } i have hurt USC's j schools being in- ? ociation playoffs Section process 4 admit that he > changed their 1 in cks had a good } | the nation's top d (USC won 16 of me attendance. arolina was not ;ecutive director mittee's process. J ctive, analytical IJacc fVirt I IVOO I t\-VI U, Ulv * losses, common M ; committee also J ries, outstanding NIT tradition in [mission, did not rence upsets, the e ever had," acibly picked such because they felt ethan USC. asure with both ) g Clemson Head utomatic bids (to deserved them ' together and get t anybody in our .j I 's USC-ODU j ter. Following Georgia Tech d back at home < ard University d the USC squad ven days away i i itinn ....... ? J f the rest period f i s his toftff) reak before the ljjf ?d trip to Texas , imflrnrfrgidMll m J\ ie top-20 teams ' 1/ \ i i