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8 THE GAMECOCK Wednesday, March 16, 1983
Wilson's surp
turn into real
Lady Gamccock head coach Nancy
Wilson said before this season started
that her squad would win at least 20
games this year.
Most coaches wouldn't dare to put
that much pressure on their team at
the beginning of a season. And many
ODservers inougni ner goal migni oe
out of reach.
But Wilson's prediction has turned
into a reality.
USC finished the season with nine
straight wins and heads into an opening
round game with Alabama
tonight at Frank McGuirc Arena.
Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.
Instead of trying to burden to her
team, Wilson's prediction may have
been a challenge. She must have
recognized their potential before
USC played their first game.
Her 20-win prediction gave her
rpam an easv wav fr? measure their
progress throughout the season.
Wilson is quickly making her mark
on USC womens basketball. Now in
her fourth season at USC, Wilson
has compiled a 77-43 record.
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In her first year at the helm,
Wilson was named Metro Conference
Women's Basketball Coach
of the Year. Two seasons ago, she led
the Lady Gamecocks to their first
NCAA appearance in four years.
This past year, USC fell three
points short or a Metro Conference
tournament championship. They lost
88-86 to Southern Mississippi in the
championship game.
But the Lady Gamecocks would
not be denied this time around. In the
first game, they got revenge against
Southern Miss with an 86-77 overtime
win. Then they disposed of
Memphis State 81-70 for the
championship.
Alabama head coach Lisa Myers
joked at a press conference Tuesday
that her team's strategy is simple.
Thev are aoina to trv to break USC
point guard Martha Parker's legs.
If Parker and her teammates play
up to their capabilities tonight, that
strategy may be the Crimson Tide's
best hope.
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By The Associated Press
USC savs 84 druc tests Derformed on athletes
have turned up positive since the drug-testing program
began in 198S, but school officials said they
were not sure how many athletes were involved or
what type of drugs were found.
The university released the figures Monday night
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South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
The three-page summary showed a total of 1,383
specimens had been analyzed during a span of five
semesters ? since the testing program began in fall
1985. The records also showed $51,125 was spent
on the tests.
The total number of drug tests conducted since
1985 is about a third of the total required under the
program's guidelines. The drug-testing program
calls for about 1,600 tests a semester.
Debra Allen, spokeswoman for USC, said she
did not know what drugs were involved or how
many athletes tested positive.
"I do not have information available at this time
about the type of drug and do not know if I will
have this information available in the future,"
Mrs. Allen said.
"I didn't compile it," she said. "All I know is
what's there."
The 84 positive tests could translate into as few
as 28 athletes or as many as 84 of the 350 athletes
enrolled at the school.
Under the drug-program's guidelines, an athlete
who tests positive three times is suspended from the
team A first-time nositive test does not restrict an
athlete from competing in his sport, but the athlete
would have to undergo counseling, officials said.
A second positive test results in further counseling
and notification of the athlete's parents, officials
said.
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matter where they came from."
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Marcum was fired by university President James
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the school had not conducted random drug tests of
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program, an athlete was not automatically
rcstested if the results were positive on the first test.
He also said the drug program used a "confirmatory
test" as its first test. Such tests are more
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for confirmation."
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first test, Marcum said, "which meant that we were
going all the way the first time."
Dr. Alexander Donald, head of the task force
and chairman of the school's neuropsychiatry and,
behavorial science at the School of Medicine, said
he couldn't comment without "going through the
data."
Don Shattuck, president of the American In
sititute for Drug Detection Center in Kosemont,
III., also said he could not comment. Until late
1987, the center screened the university's urine
specimens.
"I have instructions from the university to turn
all questions back to the acting athletic director or
the attorney for the university," Shattuck said.
The summary provided by the university showed
there were seven "positive lab analyses" in Uie fall
of 1985, 14 in the spring of 1986, 18 in the fall of i
1986, 25 in the spring of 1987 and 20 in the fall of ^ '
1987.
Under the program, about 800 tests were supposed
to be administered each semester. The summary
released by the university shows the requirements
were not met in any semester.
The summary also showed the following number
of specimens were analyzed:
138 in the fall of 1985
252 in the spring of 1986
359 in the fall of 1986
353 in the spring of 1987 and
581 in the- fall of 1987.
The school spent $7,141 on drug testing from
December 1985-June 30, 1986; $29,970 in fiscal
year 1986-87; and $14,014 from the beginning of
the 1987 fiscal year to December 1987.
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