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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
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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
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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
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/ 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
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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.
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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
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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
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lay and gave me all I Hfl^H
d handle," Hodgin said B iiSl
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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
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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
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NIT toun
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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
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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<
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takes aim in Monday
The Gamecocks won 8-1.
defeated Hale and Tennis Cen
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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
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in Slate at T p.m. face four of tl
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er said he had a .1
the Gamecocks
rournament, but
if but it's not the )
\at several post- } i
have hurt USC's
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schools being in- ?
ociation playoffs
Section process 4
admit that he
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cks had a good } |
the nation's top
d (USC won 16 of
me attendance.
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;ecutive director
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losses, common
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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 )
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utomatic bids (to
deserved them '
together and get
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Georgia Tech
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