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8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, December 9. 1987 j p Basketball \ just as mucl With the Gamecock football season winding down, students will ha\e to look elsewhere foi spoils enjoyment. Why not take the lootball en thusiasm to the basketball con it'.' USC" men's and women's basket ball teams have gotten oi l to ;i good jump. Saturday in Miami the lootball team didn't bring back a win, but the men's basketball team made up !oi the disappointing loss to the I fun icanes. liSC" slammed Miami into t lie hoops. The Gamecocks ran the scon- up 76-63 before the final horn sounded. 1 ike football, basketball can ha\c thrilling play>?. I he unique aspect of basketball, though, is that you become invoked in the game. You I eel a surge ol ex citemcnt when a play is exeucuiec! perfectly. You are closer 10 the action in basketball. You become a pari of the team. You are able to heai wha' is being said on the comt. When's the last time you heaid 1 odd bills talk to Sterling Shaipe after a great catch? That's because alter a great catch the stands go wild. ana an sou see is a mgn live. I'he other a spiv I ol basketball iliai diIters from football is the coaching. liasketball coaches are a \er> exciting part ot the game. I he> are composed before the game. I he> ss a I k onto the couit lull of grace and are dressed to nnpicss. Somewhere between the first hall and the second half, the composure begins to dwindle, the tie is loosened up and the fingernails are inseited in to the mouth. Your pictures 11 AO/ u /o OUR REGULl COLOR PR1I\) IIM Quick 1417 Sumt( a>iOf'AA;' -1 1 - / \ IT'STI I I I I I I I I I CRUIS I I IV( I I IVt I Por I $41 | I'JOf I j NASS I So\ ! I <01 1 We ! $'1f I D?| I i I DAY! ! So* j Po< I Op I $1' I Do I I ' FOR MORE INFC | CONTACT THE ( I RHUU 209 777-' i [7;ot a & ep Talk Rue Leigh ^arnes offer * m mm h as football I ootball coaches arc co.nplctc op posites. Ihey dress like I hey want lo and don't present any stereotype. l oot ball eoaehes stand on the sideline with smug looks on their laces. I he\ look as il then team is winning all the time, even il thes are losing by seven touchdowns. I ootball coaches don't yell at their players; they pull them over to the side and whisper secrets. Maskethaii coaches have no sceiets. I lies (oil (he stands thai you have to stay low and put more pressure on the ball. Then the people in the stands relax the message across the coin t to the playei. I he interesting difference in toot ball players and basketball playeis is in their apperance on a game day. 1 oothall players walk on the field covered with pails. I hen laces are covered by the lace masks ol then helmets, how can anyone tell what tliey ate thinking il they can't see into then eyes? People assume, though, that football playeis are serious when they take the field. I hey should be; I hey onh play once a vveek. ()n the oilier hand, basketball players walk onto the coml with shorts and shirts with llie sleeves cut out It's causual. Ur.vL.'llvill nl\ v L n/?iv pla\er on lhen loam. I Ikii would he a hard lask loi a tooiball player ? imagine a loolball playei aiul all ol his teammates uoini: oui on ihe town touether. I \en though football aiul basket ball are totalis ditlereni the transition has 10 be made. LSC "s basketball teams need support. \\'h> not have tailgate parties at ( arolina < oliseum? lawar laniia aiiv rmht icyvu uui diyiii. OFF kR PRICE ON T OR (E-6) SLIDE JUST ONE Good ok> SJnc. 3r St. Across from Yl wmmmmmmmmmHmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmtmmam ME TO GET ; > I \ >' x / - / v; v L. ^? ,A'M r ..^ \ H >E TO MEXICO i Nights on " I tie Vera Cru/" > Moats Daily ts of Call Cozumel and Cancun 0 00 Cor Person josit Duo December 15. 1987 AU, BAHAMAS /on MmhtQ ;it Thn Nn<:?:nii I tnrhor CI jnd I rip Airfare From Atlanta k.ome Party )r> 00 Per Person posit Due1 f ebruary 1, 19B8 ONA BEACH, FLORIDA /en Nights at I he Whitehall Inn DlsicJe "Beach Party" tional Side I rips 1r; 00 Per Person posit Due February 1, 1988 )RM ATION Clip ;pu OFFICE i'-Mi Trip 7130 Chri NEWS TIP? CALL ' The Tide rolls in 4-0 Gamecocks lt> \\ \VM \\ASHINGTON Sports I'dilor Alabama. National television, loot ball? No, basketball. Gamecock basketball. l'N( \ (iameeocks will take on Alabama's basketball team tonight at 7:3X m I rank McGiiire Arena. I he iMine will be televised on ISPN and is expected to be a last paced, inn and shoot uamc in the basketball sense ot ilie wotd. I S( will eel a chance to show its fans it the 4-0 Gamecocks ,ik- toi ieat against a team that has been invited to post season plav seven consecutive years. I he Gamecocks have reeled off v ictories over Wofford. George Washington. Southern Illinois and Miami. I hose \ ici01 it's may nol sound like a big deal, but eyebrows might i ise with the realization that the Gamecocks beat a George Washington team that upset Michigan State this season. And Miami is led by 7-()centei I ito Hofford. "I'm very excited about what we've accomplished," I'SC head coach Geoige l elton said. "I can't ask lor any better siaii than 4-0." * I he < lamcvocks ha\c won those games with a balanced I ollense led again In Dauyl Martin and leiry Do/ier with I help lioin iiaiislei lohn Hudson, who was named as the I ( "it\ ol Miami basketball 1 ournainent \ Most Valuable IMayei this past weekend. Hudson, who joined the Gamecocks this season after leading San .laciuto lunior College of Iexas to a 73-1 recoid ami a junior college national championship, has piovided I SC. with some much needed help in rebounding. "lie's a rieat leaper," Martin, iwice the Metro Conleience's top lebounder, said. Hudson's strong play has cast i shadow on the play of freshmen guards Many Manning and Brent I'rice. I*i ice stole an inhounds pass and fed Martin for the winning basket ai'ainst Geoige Washington Nov. 30. He scoied 24 points against pie season victim Mai at lion < >i!. M I,, .,i i I ... /'I.,;.... II...I. School, has unpiessed his teammates aiul coach with his del CllsC. Still. I elton said individual supeilatives arc not what he's looking loi against Alabama and Iocs to come. "I'm not looking tot individual stais." he said. "Hasicallv. wc'ie iiist living to pi ogress defensively." 1'iogrcss would be evident with a victory over an Alabama team that 11aditionally sports a small, quick line-up. I he I ide lolls into Columbia v\uh .1 * d record. Alabama's Michael Anslev has led Ins team in scoring with a bhsientu! avetagc. I he 6 loot "7-inch junior has hauled down II rebounds pei jiame. Anslev is joined by innior Alvin I ee, who is averaging ll).~ points pel game. 1 ee and Anslev aie theonlv Alabama players averaging more than 10 points pet game. MoppiiiL' \iimc> ami i ee ;inci scoimg some poinis 01 their own are I S( \ kevs lo uoini? 5-0. PROCESSING I HOUR | Cor for one roll I VICA 254-9329 j|: Thi READY "I I 2C ! v inch j S: cxt( I J This AD, Pick Your | , and Drop It By Your j stmas Stocking! 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