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Monday, March 1, 1993 Okay, we There comes a time I"?? life when it HgKVIQjQF necessary to "eat a has come for us. For weeks, we have been NANCY telling you how over- SALOMONSK raced UNO has teen TONY SANTC Well, the new No. 1 team in the nation is none other than Dean Smith's Kei ? Tifhpp I C frnm MnrtK P n r/\ lir? a I)r\| a i aiuvvio iiv/ii 1 iiui in v aiuniia, l?ui ^ based on their wins over Virginia and and Florida State. These wins com- helj bined with losses by Kentucky (to dov Tennessee) and Indiana (to Ohio can State) have vaulted UNC to the ulti premier spot in college hoops. With Api games against Wake Forest and \ Duke this coming week, it will be tea difficult for the Heels to remain on Tea top ? especially if point guard len Derrick Phelps' injury (against NC FSU) turns out to be serious. on OK, so everyone is allowed to be the) wrong once. 1 Q) It should be our last. But at least wot we are man ? and woman ? ly < enough to admit it. thin Amazingly (who woulda thunk but it?), these changes at the top of the for polls have put the Arizona Wildcats L (we can't believe it either!) in nosi- dov lion to move up to No. 2. What? hav Yes, it is true that the one-man gan gang of Chris Mills has achieved and this lofty status all by his lone- the Second hal By CHARLIE TISDALE tear Staff Writer hall For the second straight game, the dm< USC men's basketball team was T defeated after their opponent went die on a second half scoring spree. trac Alabama used a 19-2 run with 13:10 left in the second half to put ^iar the Gamecocks away. The stretch % gave the Crimson Tide a 68-46 run lead, and they never looked back. This run brought back bad S311 memories for Steve Newton and ^ company. Last Wednesday, don Florida had a 17-2 run at the start die of the second half that brought Ala Carolina's 22-point lead to a nar- mir rower margin. P011 For most of the first half, USC to?* stayed even with Alabama. The ^ fy W k \ Bsmm Wt \ SfflHB J ^ ThenewApp LaserWriter Selec * Invest ii % Now there's a f; price students can affi delivers laser-quality a r\ATTT T ?i uic new LaserWriter; % I admit it... UP* some. Those real tough ply been awful at times H games against Oregon The talent is there, but t and Washington (We istry has been the problei ARE kidding!) surely Minus Seton Hall, the have prepared Arizona is extremely young, wi for the NCAA tourney, the teams' "stars" being Y & Look for them to exit men; however, with si -jpi early and quietly. players as Georgetown Don't let the fluke Harrington, Miami's C losses by Indiana and Popa and Syracuse's ttucky fool you for a moment. Moten, in a couple of ) h teams were due for a loss, the road, the Big East sh these "reality checks" will only to its previous status as t take some of the pressure off country's best conference vn the stretch. Now both teams The Northwestern relax and concentrate on their "Crash and Burn" aw matP HAll (Qoo* Mou; h a n d p drviun t r\ '"??V ^.v/cii 1^** vyiivcuia, lidiiUd uv/wil, IV/ 1.11 "il 3-5). Cavaliers. This team ? Vhat a disappointment some schedule going 12-0 anc ms have been this season! ceeded to win only foi ims that were expected to chal- next 12 games. The ge for conference titles and everyone in Charlottesx AA bids could be staying home cartwheels and backl "Spring Break." Apparently, Thomas Jefferson's grav / were all talk and no play. promptly went out and Tie most obvious place to start khaki Duckheads and b jld be in the Big East. We real- handed to them by th don't have a vendetta or any- UNC, Florida State, ig against the whole conference, Virginia Tedh! How it has simply been a down year remains anywhere near t most of the teams. is beyond our compreher .et's start with recent Big East Our trivia contest for yer UConn. The Huskies, who is to name more than 11 re consistently won 20-plus who currently compe les over the past few seasons Southworst . . . oops, who were picked to finish in Southwest Conferen Top 20 in pre-season, have sim- tiebreaker for the contes f cripples Gam< ns traded leads for most of the witli the Tide leading at half2 by only five points, 49-44. he second half began the way ^Urilt?C>QwKa first ended, with the two teams ^ ^ ling baskets. Then, suddenly, qM (9-15) wheels came off for the necocks as Alabama went on 19-2 run. The core of the Tide TheJIde 1S, was senior guard James >inson, who had 28 points in the 97 (14-10) he GameCOCkS, as they have Chris Muldrow/The Gamecock e all year, did not roll over and . They capitalized on six missed the tront end ot bama turnovers in less than two one w^t'1 on lutes to cut the lead to nine Robinson went on a roll, its, but Robinson once again eight ot his 28 points ii c over. 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The . 1U^ *v underclass- only catch is that if you do win, ueS,. eam 111 beatin^ 1 he jch young and you do go, that the two men in 1 ., c i's Othella white coats we send along as your v "This w s onstantine "escorts" are allowed to use the , L .uas/ i ? . -.1.1 i . because it is tc Lawrence straitiacket whenever they see lit to , . J onship, and 1 /(x'ii c 11 cm/n Llr\ crv w bi?"est rival ki ouId return The BIGGEST letdown in C,0ncr ' .. a a i , . and US( in tc one of the NCAA hoops this year, however, , . '. ,J. . ond row Jan Mi ?s. has been (whoa, bis surprise, a ^ a . r. * ^ , n . x . . ?/^i a r. I he Gamecc Airlines PAC-10 team) the UCLA Bruins. . t . , . . . points on the I ard noes, This team was picked by the so- . , \t . . a. ? ,i ? a- u ,u . more outside Virginia called experts to finish in the top . . . , 5 . . _ . . 1 . - , 1 scored in the 1 itarted the 15 in the country before the season n, ... . . I, . n . ii n . s first turn 1 then pro- started. The Bruins have fallen flat c. , ~ /> t r- ii i ^ 1 ClC- IL dl il i 1L) L jr of their on their face in what has been a , . A... ? . . , , m.. , . lent. After stroi Cavs had weak, weak (Did we say how weak ^ - ... u .. ... . . .u !>*/- m o\ r tu ontl half, Hall \ ,'ille doing the PAC-10 is?) conference. They leave the Tips over won't be around when the weather ' , , McGougan con1 e and Uien turns warm. "We were < I got their Before we sign off, we'd like to , Whi?p v lue blazers start a weekly plea to a Mr. Bobby wol,|(1 h.'.,\ _ e likes of Cremins at Georgia Tech. Please, - ,j ^Lf and ... Mr Cremins, come home .0 USC. ov?r ^'.numr this team and coach our team. Anyone out A u -r ic u u . u 11 . mind on n he Top 25 there who also would like to see . , w,,?? c. _ . ? , back Wyatt ohe ision. Bobby coaching the Gamecocks ]unior fly f this week next season, please write to Tech p ' , . , . ive players and tell him how you feel. We are Gamecock M( te in the serious! - 1 Tu . ? . . ... , conversion but we mean That s the way it is this week. rp, ~ , , . ,. v three points on ice. The Feel free to disagree. \ou 11 see us end vv .1 is 10 cell when you see usl |eadin? , 5., 0 icocks in 97-80 loi again plagued as Points junior forward J SIS" ??? aboul his lack Kffia C. Leso 14 ripped oil his j< [ 14- C?WaIson did the third tim Points games. He only m J. Teobinson 28 Sacurday nighu KI A. Brown ...22.... game when th J- Coffey 13v;: the lead to nin( ^ ond half. After the gt a one-and- last seven games, and their record ?]?m reaiiy nol le clock, dropped to 9-15 on the year and 5- nn ihp hcnch He scored 9 in the SEC. bench does n the final Alabama's squad was not the \yas I the onlv 0 victory. only problem USC faced Saturday familiar with die ixth in the night. Internal problems have once Defending I 1 5 I m your Apple Campus Reseller: ible laser-quality printers Jfl SSL W : f m e. 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South Carolina came out in the i hie game for us second half and added to their lead >r the state champi- whe? senior second row John he Citadel is our Blume scored and McGougan conind of like Clemson verted. >otball," senior sec- "John put the game out of reach chaei Monrad said. witl1 his try in the second half," ,?i. _ .i . ci . innir\r unno fr\r\?/arr1 Inch tLN^ |)Ul IHC1I 111M J ",,,C jv/o?. juwv/I/O board when sopho- said. He put the nail in the cofcenter Chris Hall *in irst half. This was Another player who added to the > playing on the A- Gamecock victory was inside cenhy's varsity ecjuiva- ter Have Spencer. Spencer is a ne play in the sec- transfer student from Appalachian vas injured and had State. line. Kicker Angus "He (Spencer) really looked like /erted on Hall's try. he was taking a beating in the first surprised with his half, but he turned it up and started ve thought that he smacking people around, n intimidated (play- Shepherd said. "He helped to keep came), but he got the hall in our possession." dation and kept his "Whenever we beat The Citadel, latch," senior full- tt sets the standard for the rest of pherd said. the season that we won't lose or lalf Brad "Dinky" come close to losing another te second try for the Shepherd said. :Gougan missed the The South Carolina rugby team Pomo Ko/-?lr tn c PAfP nlavs asain March 20 on P F Field VOillV l/ClVs IV IU OWIV * ' V3 i a penalty kick to B at 1 p.m. against the Charleston ith South Carolina Men s Club. ss to Alabama the Carolina hoop- Coach Steve Newton said, the game ended, "Playing time is to be respected, amie Watson, upset not expected. Nobody is etched in of playing time, stone. We're a team, not an indiersey as he left the vidual." USC point guard Carey Rich not start for only agreed with Watson, saying, "If I e in the last 51 tell you Jamie's not an integral part played 20 minutes of our team and the success we've and was not in the had, I'd be lying. 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