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Gamecocl tomorrow By Andrew Miller Although assistant basketball coach Dave Blank is not a native South Carolinian, he said it doesn't take long to get caught up in the USC-Clemson rivalry. "It didn't take long for me to understand why the rivalry between the two teams is so intense," he said. "You can put away the statistics in this game. Almost anything can happen when we get together." The 8 p.m. game Saturday between the 11-9 Tigers and the 10-9 Gamecocks in Carolina Coliseum will be a rematch. The two teams met earlier this season, with Clemcnn tol/inn a 77.7 1 \/tVtr\r\/ at I if JVll LUIMI15 U t 4* / 1 TIVIVI ; u? JL_, V tlejohn Coliseum. "IT'S A big game because we're playing Clemson," he said. "And because this counts as a Metro conference (Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference) game, we need a win to stay close going into the tournament. This is a two-fold situation." Swim team By Barbara Klemt USC's women's swim team lost i regular season meet Wednesday, anc ed with a 4-4-1 mark. But the Lady Gamecocks did beti their record shows. "Our national shows what kind of team we have, record," coach Steve Collins said. Going into its finale against fiftl Tar Heels of North Carolina, USC u in the National Collegiate Athletic . tion's Top 20. Despite trailing through 14 eve Lady Gamecocks took a 67-66 lea sopnomore busan Hagoerg wt 200-meter individual medley and sop Kristin Nelson placed third. Olympic co By Jeff Rogers By playing what she calls the toui tion, University of Tennessee wome Summitt said she sees many great pi pic team. But despite the chance to see ma Summitt says the real selection proce Olympic Trials. Summitt's and her seventh-rankec the Lady Gamecocks Wednesday ni, Last-minute instructions Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt dis ks fin fnr '? CJ" ? f against ! The Tigers' lead scorer is 6-6 . 1 senior center Murray Jarman, i who averages 15.2 points and 6 re- i bounds a game. t "He's a self-made ball player," Blank said. "He's a walk on, and 1 it says a lot for him to come into l an ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) school and start at center. "He's a very capable player, and has turned his jumping ability into an effective weapon. He's got ! a nice jump hook that he uses more than a jump shot." BLANK SAID he is concerned s about the return of Clemson's se- \ cond guard Vince Hamilton. Hamilton, who missed the last ( three games with a stress fracture c in his foot, made his first appearance in Wednesday night's s 69-59 loss to North Carolina State i University. Hamilton was seven of 17 shooting from the floor and t ended the night with 15 points in 1 39 minutes of action. g "He's their floor leader," ? i:* J i is spill uudi However, UNC then wo its final freestyle relay to secure the 1 finish- "It was a great meet for u pleased. We swam very, ve ter than said. ranking USC's divers did well, t< not our one-meter and three-meter e the top three places in each i-ranked 'as ninth Freshman Tami Merrill v\ Associa- dive, setting a new school i pool mark. Merrill broke tl nts, the sophomore Becky Benson id when three-meter event. n the "Diving was the key for i homore "The first and second in bo way we were able to stay i lach not see "I'VE SI ;>hest schedule in the na- "There are n's basketball coach Pat one vote. I' ayers for her 1984 Olym- not going tc Summitt my puicmuii wiynipiuiih, wno iea 001 ss will be during the U.S. "She doe 1 Lady Volunteers played of basketba ght, winning 71-66. and if I we: ^BgjjHgdift nr..* ' ^Bfey cusses strategy with her team during a final SportS revenge HE Clemson H Blank said. "He has the tools and jses them very well. He's a good Sliiiig^jll^ ebounder and a good overall :eam player." Blank said the win over Notre Dame will help the team going into the Clemson game. 3~_ "Even though we didn't shoot well, we still did some good Hnflv, things," he said. "I thought we \4 Jid a great job on not letting them i>et the second shot. We've been HHBBr Jg working on that all season, and it finally paid off for US. ^^r '' "WE'RE GETTING the open ;hot, and against Notre Dame we vere hitting them a little better." ^ Blank said he believes Marc IgaaN _r^5_ Campbell will be a threat Satur- P3P "Campbell is a fine outside H^flRftfj|| hooter,"_h_e said. "If he gets go- no. hp can snark the team." r "They play an inside-outside ype of offense," he said. "They ike to throw it into their big men, Arm of the T ind then kick it back out to get a Clemson's Mui ;ood shot." in a game earlie meet against I m the 400-meter divers did a much better jo victory, 73-67. did." s and we're really Before the women's mee ry well," Collins USC's men's team improved with a 59-54 win over the 1 3o, sweeping the Heels. vents, and taking i. Collins said Sunday's w ranked Clemson and the 1 'on the one-meter UNC should move USC hig ecord and a new tion's ranking. le pool record of "The men may be a Top-15 , who won the next poll comes out," Collin: Junior Rob Gentry and s< js," Collins said. Vaught placed first and seconi th events was the events. n the meet. Our After 10 events, USC was )uting players EEN a lot of people try out," Summitt said. 16 people on the selection committee and I have m not going to overlook the players I see, but it's ) be a large factor." held praise for USC forward Brantley Southcrs, h teams with 24 points and nine rebounds. :s a lot on instinct," Summitt said. "She has a lot 11 sense. They (USC) put the ball in her hands a lot re her coach I'd do the same thing." ' v^Sr *W ^ ^PH * * .. 81 Photo by Joseph Gamer timeout in the Lady Vols' 71 66 win over USC. Photo bv Joseph Garnet! iger rray Jarman attempts to block USC forward Brad Jergensen's shot ir this season. Clemson won the game 72-71. ivui ill udi uiuid ib than UNC's However, three top finishes in the threemeter dive gave the Gamecocks a five point :t, 20th-ranked lead. its mark to 6-4 USC won the meet when freshman Mark 5th-ranked Tar Rutledge placed first in the 200-meter breaststroke and junior Dukes Murray took second. in over 14th- Sophomore Buster Bellwood led the victory against Gamecock swimmers with two first places. ;her in the na- Bellwood set career records in the 1,000- and 500-meter freestyle events. ! team when the s said. The men's team completes its regular aphomore Rob season Feb. 18 against East Carolina, and d in both diving participates in the Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Feb. behind 45-43. 22-25. during season Summitt also said competition for the forward positions will be the toughest. "WE HAVE the most talented forwards in the world," she said. "It will be one of the toughest positions to win." Summitt said the committee will invite 27 players for the rials, which will take place April 20-27 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Players who competed in the oast vear's Nnrimml Snnrn. Festival will also receive invitations, bringing the total number of players invited to around 160. "The team may not consist of the 12 best players in the country," she said. "1 want the players to fit in a system, to fill a role." SUMMITT ALSO said she doesn't think her players at Tennessee have any advantage over other players because they're going through her system. "Fortunately, I've been at Tennessee since 1977, and a lot of players around the country know my style," she said. "We'll have to have good team defense and offense," Summitt said. "Any player who can't play defense will simply not play." Summitt was named Olympic head coach July 31, 1982, at i the National Sports Festival. She was co-captain of the 1976 ' Olympic team that won a silver medal. SUMMITT SA1I) the most difficult aspect of coaching an international team is taking a group of starters and molding j them into a team. ! "I told the 1? nlnvprc ;it th#? h*?oinr?i?n /r~ ...v uvgllllllllg l/l Win )/l <111 1H~> the World University Games) that seven of them would not start, but five would," Summitt said. "I think all of them were a little shocked when they realized it because all of them had been starting." The team went on to win the gold medal at the World University Games. Since being named Olympic coach, Summitt's teams have also taken a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a silver at last year's world championship. "I'M OPTIMISTIC as far as what we can do," Summitt said. "The Russians have a 7-2 center. They're systematized and very structured, and it will be hard to take them away from that in a game." Summitt said the U.S. team would be rated just behind the Soviets, with China, Hungary and Cuba also in contention for the gold.