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Joining A Conf<
Lately the question has risen about the possibility of reentering
a conference. Now that Jim Carlen is gone, this one
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You don't have to look far to see what conferences are
nearby and y.t competitive.These possibilities stand out in
my mind:
*The Southeastern Conference. USC probably wouldn't be
competitive in football with the likes of Georgia, Florida,
Lousiana State, or Alabama (at least not for now), however,
the Gamecock football team did play three other SEC teams
during tneir ltm campaign but losses to Mississippi and
Georgia overshadowed a win at Kentucky.
In basketball, the SEC doesn't seem much of a threat, yi
however Kentucky always seems to put out top quality ball j?
clubs. On the other hand Vanderbilt and Mississippi State c*
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accm nive ueccni competition ior uat. ?
Another choice which seems obvious is the Sun Belt Con- ^
ference. The only problem here would be football. Only noted e
gt for its basketball, no team in the conference has any type of
^ football program. But the likes of Alabama-Birmingham,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte and South Florida
(All of which have winning basketball programs thus far this c
year), make this conference an eye-appealing choice for the
basketball team.
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With no football, USC could keep its already existant c
program and continue with their schedules. 1
Another conference is the Atlantic Coast Conference, of t
which the Gamecocks were once members of before drop- t<
ping out in 1971. q
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No way would the basketball team be competitive until a
few years? not with the likes of North Carolina, Virginia, y
N.C. State and Wake Forest who always seem to come up a
with winner after winner year in and year out. But it wouldn't c
be long before Coach Foster's Gamecocks would be com- fi
petitive in a strong basketball conference. Remember the job fi
Foster did at Duke?
But football is another story. Last year USC played every
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every conference team quite handily (except for a loss to g
Clemson). In 1980 they played four ACC teams and won three c
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Outside the ACC this year the Gamecocks were 1-5. Last even cau i
ear they posted a 5-3 mark outside the conference. This was
irgely due to the help of Heisman winner George Rogers and gu^ j
:hduling such teams as Cincinnati, Witchita State and the jump ball
itadel. This shows that the ACC would pose no problems for
le Gamecocks to get adjusted. It makes me wonder why we
ver got out to begin with. 1
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Another choice is the Southern Conference. With decent ^i
nd basketball competition and teams closeby in North omore(J
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennesse, there really isn't ,
iuch reason to go any further. 1 s P.
With Reagonomics setting in and gas shortages already jm?868?1?^
resent, it would see practical to the Gamecocks to enter a
onference closeby and travel to Maryland, North Carolina,
'ennessee, Alabama oreven Appalachian State rather than
o Southern Cal, Notre Dame or Michigan. Sure its nice Luck co
d play top-notch quality teams like those listed, but there are had it lasl
luality teams in the south too. Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, game situ
nd Florida State to name a few. . Let's pi
citement
Besides,the football team lost to Pittsburgh, Ole Miss, and
[awaii and the haskethall tpams lost . nn th#? rnaH to FipPnnl
nd Temple this year. It seems logical to me to join a nearby Former
onference, save the expensive travel money and use the Betsy ~at
unds to build on an already solid athletic foundation for the poa^" ier
uture. head coac
Barger,
game and
Since basketball season is well underway, I think now is a
ood time to say how stupid and absurd the possesion rule in Barger
ollege basketball really is. HighSchc
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; noticed (and undoubtedly you have) there's no
jxcept at the beginning of the game. From then on,
ilternate possessions.
they got rid of it because of the unfairness of the
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"You didn't throw it up in the middle." But what
cpect from referees after running up ad down the
>top two or three times.
some don't throw them straight, but I think it's an
hment to see straight after a few baseline to
prints let alone throw a ball straight. They can't
ime outs!
11 don't see the reason for the elimination of the
That was one of the most exciting parts.
the jump ball out of basketball is like taking the
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t ui lwiuau, me iaceuii uui 01 nucKey. imagine no
ckoffs. The thrill of running a kickoff back is gone,
uick goals after a faceoff. I can't imagine it.
of the game. An exciting part. A fair part. The
i rule seems unfair. "You get the ball this time and
e ball next time is nice, but it's not very commes
into play. It could end up coming down to who
rather than who is the better athlete in a critical
ation.
it it back in? for the fairness and for the ex
USC basketball guard for the Lady Gamecocks,
gar, has joined the team as an assistant to head
ry Kelly. Barger was chosen by Kelly who became
h after Pam Parsons left.
a player from 1974-1978 averaged 8.9 points per
also collected 7.5 rebounds as a senior.
was an assistant coach in basketball at Lexington
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