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^ Larry Williams' weekly column.
Wednesday, February 25,19
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Junior Recus Nix finished the gar
crucial shot early in the first hal
throttled the Gamecocks back into
asst. sports aft/or NATHAN BROWN
The defending SEC-Champions did
^ something that they couldn't do last
year- beat Georgia two-times in the regular
season. And in typical Gamecock
basketball fashion, the game was a
thriller down to the wire and was decided
on the last shot, just as the Cincinnati
and Florida games were.
But in order to get the 78-76 win,
the No. 14 Gamecocks (21-5,11-4 SEC)
had to overcome the first half suspen
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hot-handed Bulldogs.
^ "[It] was an exciting win for our
team, obviously under interesting circumstances,"
USC coach Eddie Fogler
said. The second half we played really
well offensively.. .Certainly I was
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12 Western Mich.
4 Princeton
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3 Arkansas
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7 Wake Forest _ .
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2 Kentucky
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1 Arizona
16 Lafayette |1 Arizona
8 Indiana
9 Illinois-Chicago
5 Temple , _
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3 Texas Christian
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ne with eight points including this *unei
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able to play under control as well as he p
did considering he didn't play in the cjiar,
first half." conc|
Even though Mckie saw no playing
time in the first half, he made up for u.
lost time in the second, scoring 15 points J
and the game winning bucket. Mckie S10I\(
hit a 2-point bucket with 1:20 to go in P^d
the game to tie the score at 76-76. Then a
Georgia took its time in bringing the keen
ball down the court and missed its shot. s&id
After C arolina pulled down the rebound, thro\
USC called time-out to get the ball at I agr
half-court and to devise the strategy for foul]
the last shot. out. 1
"If they were going man-to-man, we Can;
were going to run the high ball screen since
for Mckie," Fogler said. there
After the inbounds pass, Mckie took doth
control. With more spins than your par- preC(
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4 Princeton
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3 Arkansas
2 Kentucky
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wash home for the weekend, he
i to the hoop to sink the winning
;t with only 1.2 seconds remain- B | ByJ
went in and saw an opening,"
3 said. "I guess you could say that
ny patented spin move in the lane.
;he ball fell in."
tie Gamecocks weren't the only
whose balls were falling in, though.
jia kept the game close by going * 4
r-28 from behind the 3-point arc. J"
id Georgia's 3-pointers and Cars
propensity to come back, the last
inutes proved to be a nerve-rackail-biting
experience as the teams
d the lead seven times and were ^|gsi
locked with the same score seven
at the first half of play proved to
3t as interesting.
he Dogs hit one of seven first
1-pointers to jump out to a quick
;ad. But the Gamecocks battled
and took the lead at the 16:46 mark k
1 William Gallman drained two
;hrows. Carolina built up its adage
to eight points on a 13-6 run,
reorgia slowly chipped away at its
t. And at the 3:02 mark, Georgia
med its lead on nothing other than |F Jr
ointer. In fact, starting with 5:32 ? Jgjllii
, the Dogs hit four consecutive 3;ers
to spark a 14-1 run. UGA's V
est lead was seven points in the - J
half.
s the Dogs took a five point ad
age into the locker room, USC's WL*
W-SEC guards were scoreless. On \ty II1
i shooting, Melvin Watson played
inutes of the first half and could ;er
only four assists. But Watson
unded in the second to finish
eleven points.
s mentioned before, Mckie was
ended for the first half because of
ciplinaiy action taken by the SEC
aissioner regarding Mckie's elbow
Florida player in Saturday's con- ' igainst
the Gators.
''m sorry what took place," Mckie shawn SI
"I'm sorry that I put my team- Singleton j
ss in that type of situation. Some
3 emotions run high in those types
mes. It was a very intense has- wins W
all game. I lost my composure, sheets with 1
:h is uncharacteristic on my otuaent Lroi
? store has bei
'ogler also recognized Mckie's un- to i'^1683 *?
acteristic move but seemed more JNowtna
arned by the SEC's uncharacter- ,uam cyrren
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move.
n tj- rxv. onn ?ne cares.
Roy Kramer [the SEC commis- gon,
ir who made the decision to sus- Winter Olvn
Mckie] explained to me that it was Japan freei
jrant foul and that Bj should have ter a C(
thrown out of the game," Fogler expect?
. "I agree. Bj should have been pecially our
vn out.. .1 said [to Kramer], Well, ey teams. Th
ee with your assessment [of the tacular, if yo
that flagrants should be thrown won't see an
But I disagree with your judgment. ticipating in
you tell me one other flagrant foul In reali
s you've been commissioner, where watches thi
;'s been a suspension?" He couldn't a luge? And
tat. To the best of my knowledge a except some
;dent has been set." hair?
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the mood sexual technique, even though
for this proclaimed Chapstick girl won
week's lat- medal in this event. And wha
est dia- name is Picabo (pronounced
tribe, let boo)? Why did her parents pui
if - me de- like that? I haven't heard a m
ft scribe, in that since I heard the names
.. short de- my high school class gave to
' ' tail, how legitimate bastards.
NGLETON things have Why is snowboarding an (
116 g?ne since sport? Shouldn't it be somet
the last col- served for the X-Games? Wha
umn. Sting mountain bike racing in Syd
CW World Title, white course, leave it to a Canadiai
burning crosses take over a gold medal, then have a di
/ernment, and the liquor troversy afterward, but thei
en temporarily closed due leave it to the Japanese to
the owner. flnrmpk kper> bis mpdal
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5 Cincinnati
Kansas MIDWEST St. Louis, Mo.
3 Stanford
3 Stanford
2 Purdue
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1 North Carolina
1 North Carolina
5 Michigan
I North Carolina SOUTH St. Petersburg, Ha.
3 South Carolina
3 South Carolina
2 UConn
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Nate says with the one half suspension
of Bj Mckie, that snaps a streak
of 49-consecutive games the junior
has started. Even though he did not
start, Mckie has played in every game
of his career.
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SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock
a waste of time
otesque Dave Thomas as a center. Our men
t you all know what mood The only sports I cared alx
tly in, let me get to what hockey and figure skating, ]
is really about, as if any- larly women's. There is sou
about sexy you-know-whats
y spectacle known as the dresses shaking their you-kno
ipics was held in Nagano, across the ice. It gives me a gre
from nuclear radiation af- 0f pride in what this country 1
intury. Our country had fer, except for Tara Lipinski, v
itions for our athletes, es- ]y and jailbait, but thanks for
figure skating and hock- medal anyway,
lis is the one sporting spec- I am very disappointed in o
u can call it that, that you hockey team. If s pretty bad wl
y African Americans par- again the women have to clean
because it's too damn cold. Olympic messes (remember'
ty, who the hell really ban team in Atlanta?). By t
s stuff, anyway? What is congratulations to our womei
1 what exactly is curling, ey team for beating those evil <
sthing women do to their twice to do what the men c
Maybe they really should h?
iwniiiinfinn
. 1 Kansas
6 West Virainia
1 6 West Virgin,a [-?
7 St. John's
10 Nebraska j iQ Nebraska
- .... 2 UConn
2 UConn 1 15 UNC-Asheville
I <
our self- get all the hype but our women actuthe
gold ally bring home the gold,
t kind of It is now time for the return of what
peek-a- used to be a weekly ritual for me at
nish her the liquor store, other than drinking,
une like If s time to take another soul down the
girls in lost highway called Interstate 316.
their il- Next exit, the Singletonian Hall of
Shame.
Dlympic This week's winner is a man who
hing re- is a candidate for the All-time Idiot
it's next, List. Whether he's throwing someone
iney? Of through a plate-glass window or openn
to win ing his big mouth, Charles Barkley
rug con- will always be an overpaid jerk in my
i again, mind.
1 et th e When asked aftSunday's thrashing
of his Rockets by my beloved Knicks
jut were how he felt being the only player left
particu- of all the active sports legends not to
nething have won a ring, he referred to John
in short Elway and Dale Earnhart as "angiy
w-whats white males." This is ironic coming
sat sense from his mouth, because after he relas
to of- tires, he wants to run for governor of
irho's ug- his home state as a Republican and
the gold isn't that the party of the "angry white
male?"
ur men's His favorite talk show host is the
hen once - now passe Rush Limbaugh, and was
i up your he not at one time the voice of the "anthe
soft- gry white male?" And if he hates the
he way, "angry white male" so much, then why
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l a nuLisr is lie mai i icu iu a uiuuuc-iiaii cu, uiuc
Canucks eyed white female? The hypocrite
ouldn't. should be happy; he stole one of their
tve used women.
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1 Kansas 1 16 Texas Southern"
....... 8 Illinois St.
9 Detr0lt 1 9 Detroit
5 Cincinnati
5 Cincinnati 1 12 Ball St.
4 Michigan St.
1 4Micl..janSt. fnSaan,
3 Stanford
3Stal"l,fd 114 lona
6 Illinois
6l"'nois 111 Arizona St.
j 7 Maryland
7Maryland 1 10 Miami, Fla.
. 2 Purdue
2 Purdue 1 15 Appalachian's^"
1 North Carolina
1 North Carolina ["is Northern Arizona
8 Tennessee
8Tennessee 1 9 St. Louis
CUi u. 5 Michigan
5Mlch'flan 1 12 Crelghton
4 Ole Miss
40leMlss 1 13 Murray St.
3 South Carolina
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