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_18 Fool predii to win NQ Tim Thorsen cdootim' urvni V/l\ A Al 1 A V/VIJ Let's start off today's March Ma ness column with a geography less< provided by your friends at the NCA For the tournament, the country is < vided into four regions (for those you who have been unconscious tl past week). These regions are Mi west, West, East and Southeast. The West regional final is beii ; played in Los Angeles, and the Sout east is in Knoxville, Tenn. Goc choices, gentlemen. However, the 1 cations get interesting after that. The Southeast regional final is Miami. Hello, boneheads; you car get much more Southeast than Mi mi. Hell, if you were to take a wroi turn going to the arena, you cou end up in a boat with a bunch of ill gal aliens smoking fat juicy cigars, addition, you might want to pa< your English/Spanish dictionary ar your bullet-proof vest. The Miami Arena announcer ju finished his English as a Second La guage course from Correspondem Schools International. He's even g the diploma from Sally Struthers prove it. And it you re wondenr about the security of the neighbc hood the Arena is in, just ask the NI how All-Star Weekend went. May! David Stern will show you his colle tion of rocks that bounced off h limo on the way to the game. Now when you think Midwes ' what comes to mind? Well, suffice say, Dallas probably isn't first ar foremost. And now to the picks, of whict promise Vanderbilt won't be one . them. First of all, could the East 1 ; any weaker? Maybe we should just j ahead and print UNC's tickets for tl Final Four. It's not like there is ai competition in the regional. UCon Gimme a break. There's no w; Donyell Marshall and his four dogs mean Huskies, can make it to Chj lotte. BV? raaf! OPEN NI< TILL 1C SUNDAYS 1 4 cts Kentucky 1 \A tourney 1 And what about Florida? Please! ^ Florida doesn't deserve to be a five ^ seed, much less a three. ^ And next is the Southeast region. Purdue is ranked first here, and while S the Big Dog is the best player in col- tl lege, the problem with Puidue is the ti ?t/" > TUv 9A111C ita UV>dlI I. 1 ilv IC91 UI Ult lt41U v is little dogs. The big game here will be the Duke/Kentucky rematch. Too b bad for Duke Christina Laettner won't A be there to save the blue butts this 5 time. Look for the Wildcats to claw , their way to Charlotte and a showdown with UNC. And now to the West, the only region weaker than the East. Three of 'f the top four seeds have a tradition of 0 choking in the tourney. Missouri, Ari"\e zona and Syracuse will all choke as ei usual and leave the field open for a d pair of darkhorse picks. Look for d Louisville to edge the California Kid- w ' ds for the trip to the Final Four. sj ' The best region, beyond a shadow ?" of a doubt, is the Midwest. Arkansas, w UMass and Michigan are the top three d seeds. The best game of the tourna1 ment may be the UMass/Michigan a' game to decide who gets to lose to Arkansas. 1 That leaves UNC against Kentucky a f' and Arkansas against Louisville in ^ Charlotte. " And now for some random g 1 thoughts about the tournament. First, " it's too bad that UNC is too good for k 1S Dean Smith to keep out of the Final n Four. The only man ever to hold g ce Michael Jordan under 20 points a g ot game won't be able to keep the Cro- ? Magnon pair of Montross and Wallace from losing. He's not the coach who n [r'A has done less with more for no rea- A JA son. ai 5C Speaking of Rasheed Wallace, he's tl c" the recipient of two coveted basket- A 1S ball awards. First is the Bill Laimbeer 11 Award for whining proficiency. Poor ' ' Rasheed has never committed a foul ? as far as he's concerned, and he takes 1 every opportunity to moan and com. plain to the refs about it. In addition, 1 f Wallace also gets the Patrick Ewing 0 "My Lips Are Bigger Than My Head" 36 award. How did the Big Least get six teams e into the tournament. The fact that ^ Georgetown is in the tournament and n' Mississippi State isn't is an injustice. ^ The only Big Least team that will get out of the second round is UCan't. ir~ And the National Champion....Kentucky. _ _L j 1 KEKlS^B I GJHT 3j| roo! j J (5$|)- i TO DeBoer, A torn staff reports The National Collegiate Baseball tion has released its list of nomin mith Award, which is the colleg 'ear," and the Smith Super Team, ional Collegiate Baseball All-Star' Nominees for the Smith Award in tate second baseman Todd Walk tie 1993 award, when he led the' ional championship and was nar Porld Series Most Valuable Playe Walker joins returning Smith Su >ers Jason Varitek of Georgia Tec! intone Williamson of Arizona Stai loore of Texas A&M and Brett Las [JSC to sta: rom staff reports In a move aimed towards streng ning gender equity and providing: itional opportunities for female s ent-athletes, USC has announced ill add women's soccer as a vars sort in 1995. The announcement is a step I rards reaching the principles of g( er equity set forward by the SEC le conference's annual league me lgs last spring. The SEC policy states that by Augi , 1995, the 12 member institutio re to sponsor at least two mo romen's intercollegiate prograi 5PTA to h ,y TONY SANTORI ports Editor The sports administration depa lent in conjunction with the Soo dministration Production of Rec tional Tournaments will sponso iree-on-three basketball tournamc pril 23-24 at the Sol Blatt P.E. C( :r. According to USC student Ma B> ?^8 w/m Ad w/m 0e\V??u5' w Ad ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 4 I Low ?te?ut fev t (gamecock Xylite nomii fielders Dante Powell of1 I Writer's Associ- p*t Clougherty of North ees for the 1994 fielders Nomar Garciapa ;e "Player of the Mark Merila of Minnesoi which is the Na- 1993 squad, ream. The polling of more th; dudes Louisiana and 273 Division I baseb; :er, a finalist for ficers was completed Fel Hgers to the na- months, the NCBWA will ned the College to three finalists for the J r." 30 collegians for the Smil iper Team Mem- College baseball fens ah i, third baseman es by calling 1-900-976-V te, pitchers Trey candidates and cast their cton of LSU, out- Two members of this; rt women's sc than the number of men's programs, th- With the addition of women's soccer, id- USC will have 10 men's and 10 tu. women's sports programs. | it Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and ity Auburn currently sponsor women's soccer. Vanderbilt won the league's to- first women's soccer championship ;n- last fall. The SEC has indicated that at four other member institutions, in adet dition to USC, are planning to start women's soccer programs in 1995. jst The USC men's soccer program has ns been in existence for 16 years and has re developed into one of the nation's ns elite programs under coach Mark old 3-on-3 hi Campbell, who is in charge of the event, the tournament's purpose is to Lrt. raise money for the sports adminisrts tration department. re. "The money could be used to enr a hance the program, to bring in more :nt guest speakers, stuff like that," he ;n- said. "Hoopalooza '94" will consist of 64 irk teams competing in 16 divisions, with N#l I UUI ?34fh Regular Size "All Beef" Chili Dog ustard, chili and onions | 990 | Limit 2 d slaw or kraut for 100 njyuyuI introductory Special . 1/4 lb. Chili Burger ustard, chili and onions I 990 i Limit 2 | d slaw or kraut for 100 I Delicious! I Zhili & Beans i ? Made Daily ? 99(2 i Bowl Limit 2 J I So Rich, So Good I 'Kiddie Dip" fat Ice Cream or Yogurt 99(2 i Cone or Cup Limit 2 J Wedr Lees for Smith Cal State?Fullerton and Mac White and Rob DeBo* i Carolina State, and in- The Smith Award and rra of Georgia Tech and nounced June 23 before a ta as holdovers from the audience on Prime Netwc Past winners of the Sir an 300 NCBWA membeis Benes of Evansvuie (19 all spore information of- Louisilna State (1989) M ) 10. Over the next four /innn. .. r. narrow the list of players Smith Award and the top 1T"~- v' th Super Team. Darren Droifort of Witc <o can provide their choic- Dodgers), as well as final OTE to review the list of Texas (Chicago Cubs) ar ballot. A&M (Kansas City Royals] pear's USC team, seniors al draft choices. >ccer program in Berson. The Gamecocks advanced to ministratot the NCAA Championship game this women's soc past season before falling to three- "We will b time champ Virginia. a head coacl "We look forward to the addition of saicj ?|deaih women's soccer to Carolina's sports a coach ^ Dj program," said USC athletics director int_nt p Mike McGee. "Over the years, we have tean[\n ? established a winning soccer tradition at USC, and we look forward to the assa says opportunity to develop a successful and a Practl women's program. This is an impor- program are tant step in providing additional op- developed portunities for women student-ath- women's tea letes." es at "The Gi Laurie Massa, senior women's ad- Heyward Str isketball tourns the teams playing a round-robin for- "Events Man mat within the division. The tourna- Campbell is ment is open only to USC students. , The cost to enter a team is 120 and e re ,u can be paid by cash only at the sports partment," ( administration offices in the Colise- come a reall The planning and direction of the camPustournament is being handled by stu- Sign-ups fc dents in Professor Tom Regan's a first-come, y&M Otitic lr-C(A4/ Apply Today 3 Students,Ml FacultyM,l Alu VOLW@EE%. STl'SJE WWWRp Presented by i=5L!I(JJK. The New Symbol For Quality In America. In Association with: University of South Carolina Office of Community Service Pr< Since 1987, over 500 spirited volunteers aa America have been honored for their comm campus service. Tell us about Volunteerism own or that of another. Winners Receive Awards Ceremony 5 Shares of General Motor Corporation Common Sto Recognition Plaque Deadline for applications i Thurs., March 31,19 Applications available at: Office of Community Service Pr Campus Activities Centei; Russel (803) 777-5780 lesday, March 16, 1994 Award sr, have been nominated. Super Team will be an. national cable television >rk. lith Award include Andy >88), Ben McDonald of ike Kelly of Arizona State Fresno State (1991) and 992). Last year's winner, hita State (Los Angeles ist Brooks Kieschnick of id Jeff Granger of Texas I, were No. 1 profession1995 said the search for a cer coach is forthcoming, egin a national search for i in the near future," she f, we would like to have ace this summer. It is ouo Id a highly competitive that budgeting, funding ce site for the women's in the process of being . Both the men's and ms will play their match aveyard" field located on eet. iment agement" class, of which a member. st trying to help the de>ampbell said. "It has bcy important one on this )r the tournament are on first-serve basis. n m . mnus r* )grams oss unity 6c -your S ck s: 94 ograms II House