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World Cu
first class
By FRED GONZALEZ
Sports Editor
If anyone thinks soccer is boring,
do is watch the World Cup in Italy, i
t*he sport will be totally changed.
rT/;In the first four days of the world
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sporting event, tnere nave uceu
average of 2.7 goals a game. That is
according to local soccer fanatic and !
soccer guru Yasser Elguindi. He say
real offensive show with " wide open ft
defensive matches. He went on to say
most first round matches have been c
so far in Italia '90 there hasn't been o
This World Cup has been a fun one t<
lethal squads like Holland and Spai
played yet
Perhaps the tone for this World Cui
day in the opening match when little
Argerntina 1-0. Francois Omam-Biyik
iftis teams performance seemed to ins
underdogs in the first round. For ex;
day Romania shocked the USSR 2-0
als by Marius Lacatus. And on Moi
upset Scotland 1-0.
One team that hoped to be inspir
squad. But their dreams of the secon
have gone up in smoke with a 5-1 k
vakia. Elguindi feels the chances for l
but he said the U.S. is very young an
1994 when the U.S. host the Worl
leed is some experience.
The best match of the first four d
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houn learned Tuesday the ribbing he t
Big East coaches about playing Nc
Chapel Hill during the second ACC
Menge was no joke.
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conference call after the pairings were
It wasn't The preseason tournamen
attendance at some neutral sites and
tickets during its inaugural year, is c
campus ? or close by.
Not only do Coach Dean Smith an
get a home court advantage. Syracuse
Carrier Dome, Virginia will play al
Coliseum and Georgetown will have I
the Capital Centre in Landover, Md.
The meeting of the country's two
sketball conferences features four d
four days, beginning Dec. 3 at Richir
seeds Virginia and Pittsburgh and eadi
seeded North Carolina-Connecticut gai
Smith Center.
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Friday
other exciting match. Wednes- s^vakia,
ntina versus the USSR. This is ^ a p?a
1 teams. On Thursday, the sur- aNC. ^
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lace when Cameroon and Ro- doubleh<
)irth in the second round. TNT Cameroc
match on at 3 p.m. Group B
mounced, Tig
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I meeting two weeks ago about "Whei
he-Test to Duke in the NCAA said, 'H
il powerhouse North Carolina. campus
>ke, but apparently it's not a the dra\
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avitt promised to be "more sen- Scott's 1
this year "and whatever comes ^ '1C
think will probably make more J0*10 s
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's top match will be Austria against Czechowhile
Saturday pits England and Holland in
ild be the top match of the week. Sunday will
uindi's home land, Egypt, facing Ireland in a
atch-up, while Monday will provide the best
jader with Romania facing Argentina and
in facing the Soviets. After these two matches
will have concluded their play. On Tuesday,
;ers to tangle w
ithin a month.
n we started talking about it after last year we
ey, one of these years we ought to try the
sites.' So we decided that this year the way
vings came out, this would be probably as
year to try it as any," ACC Commissioner
jrrigan said.
igreement between the conferences and for
n rights with ESPN runs until 1992. Corrigan
expected the Dec. 3 game between eighth
aston College and Maryland, which is fighting
probation and a two-year live television ban,
e tape delayed.
pa Tech coach Bobby Cremins wanted to play
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io. 1 in the ACC "and not being number one
n the road."
gan said the Omni had been considered but
loss was a factor.
Yellow Jackets, seeded fifth, will face St.
Dec. 5 at the Capital Center, which also will
ond seeds Duke and Georgetown,
gia Tech got the short end of a three-way tie
i seed with North Carolina State, which ended
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TNT's weekend schedule
Rica, the two leaders of Grou
while Holland and England
Saturday. Sunday's schedule
Egypt at 11 a.m., and Spain
p.m.
ith Seton
up No. 3, and Virginia, No. <
burgh tied with Syracuse for
angemen got the nod.
Georgia Tech will face S
Capital Centre, as will se
Georgetown.
N.C. State and Syracuse
Dome Dec. 4, as will Clemso
sixth. Wake Forest and Vil
will play the final night in Ch
Providence, the ninth Big
year in favor of Boston Collej
year.
Clemson coach Cliff Ell
chance to play Seton Hall.
"It is ironic that we are pla
I recently spent a lot of time
Colorado when we were inv
the national team," Ellis said.
In looking ahead to the gar
a test for the Tigers, who w
Elden Campbell, who graduat
"We no longer have Eldei
our top four guards from a j
will be a challenge for us.
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lonors
ig week Williams was
r of the week,
six conference losses
to Florida State and
:h, and once to SouthI
Cincinnati.
the Gamecocks were
im batting with a .287
in homeruns with 42
i 58 games and fourth
mh a 4.31 ERA.
II y, Thomas led the
n batting with a .383
second in RBIs with a
j and 59 in 58 games,
se. Brian Beaston led
ice with a 2,23 ERA,
Baker and Williams
nd third, respectively,
'ence strike-out depart
had a 10.96 average
s had a 10.51 average,
mked second in total
ith 125, while Beaston
o in saves with 12.
Dntest could be for the
has Brazil and Costa
p C, meeting at 11 a.m.,
will battle at 3 p.m. on
will have Ireland facing
facing South Korea at 3
Hall
X. In the Big East, Pittsthird
seed, but the Ort.
John's Dec. 5 at the
icond seeds Duke and
will play at the Carrier
n and Seton Hall, seeded
lanova, seeded seventh,
apel Hill.
East team, sits out this
ge, which didn't play last
is said he welcomes a
ying Seton Hall, because
with Coach Carlesimo in
olved in the selection of
ne, Ellis knows it will be
ill be without star center
ed this past season,
i Campbell and three of
^ear ago," he said. "This
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