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ACC BASKETBALL SEC With their 81-61 win at North The 1 Carolina, the Duke Blue Devils Baske became the first team in the begin: history of the Atlantic Coast Atlant Conference to go through the No. 1 season 16-0. The win also Aubui marked the worst defeat for the the W Tarheels at the Smith Center. ( oppor Page 8 NBA ^ deserves ?. Senio contempt j: shard Harris or that t_lirn peskyMen- ^ tos jingle Q you 'an ' abam William Folks seem to get A, Common Folklore out of your J=====L head, the NBA and its ?jTel] players are back. 0 ?0, And on the heels of what was ar- J guably the most tasteless, duplicitous out' 1 and disgusting labor dispute in the history of professional athletics, the world's we re most notorious collection of self-serv- cially ing millionaires is once again out to con- M vince you, the hard-working fan, that as sui you "still love this game." T1 This, despite the glaringly obvious chang fact that they have no such love to give energ in return. nesse With a barrage of free key chains, G< i ?a:?I , u?? ?J uuiiipei autivei &, ucvci age euuz.ieo <mu Up W? other assorted penny-ante merchan- forma dising efforts, NBA franchises around the q the league are trying desperately to sur- a g_p( vive their collective public relations de- Galln bade by using the most insulting and 0ther ingratiating of methodologies ? trad- ^ ing lousy trinkets for lost trust. f , My Kobe Bryant Beanie Baby is 0 , ' supposed to do that? C'mon. an . Afte observing the first two weeks of 1998-1999's lockout-shortened season, I've reached the conclusion that, Eayne though the NBA (much like Bill Cftn- time, ton) might survive such a callous display of pretentiousness and disrespect, has n it nonetheless deserves our scorn, our for tl apathy, and all the well-principled, team'i righteous contempt we true sports fans next f can muster. ers. Sure, the CNN-SI and "SportsCen- Jo ter"-led media will embrace the sport 10 poi like their prodigal son, bestowing elo- 19 an quent praise and preparing the fatted Hi calf of all highlight reels in a vain at- jn the tempt to persuade us that the game hasn't lost its authenticity. mary Don't be fooled. They're filling air time. he wa The Stuart Scotts, Rich Eisens, In- didn't ga Hammonds and Vince Cellinis of the ^ world only appear revitalized because ^h t they've got something to talk about other than the Winter X-Games, John Elwa/s retirement or Mike Tyson's television toss. Sn the next, time vou find vourself mesmerized by a two-second sound bite of Derrick Coleman dunking on some woefully out-of-position isolation de- rpr fense, and you hear Scott rhetorically inquire, "Booyah, where my dawgs at?," Ill tell you exactly where they are: back in the limelight, but missing the point entirely. Just ask Atlanta Hawks center Dikembe Mutombo, who used the occasion of Black History Month to encourage his comrades to at least attempt to rise above their historic insensitiviLast year, Mutombo staked $2 million of his own money to start construction of a hospital in his native ConMutombo had hoped his NBA compatriots would chip in to foot the bill ^ for the $44 million facility, but with the notable exceptions of Sonics' guard Gary msm Payton and fellow Georgetown centers jm! Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning, K response has been all but nonexistent. UHg cnr> oroforc urVinrn u\j\jy an, j.i xjt. i oupciq(>uio9 ttiivxv are your priorities at?" * When Mutombo organized a summer trip to Africa last year, only Ewing and Mourning agreed to go. But who did manage to make time in his schedule to go? Much-rebuked NBA commissioner, David Stern. "When I talk to people about it, they say they'll go, but when it comes time to leave, I can't find anybody," Mutombo said "The ones I can get are always worrying about where well stay or what we're going to eat." Typical. ? Kids are starving in Africa and lacking the basic medical care we take for " I granted. When Mutombo tried to do something about it, all his cohorts could do ~ ^ . vas worry about their own interests. I This is the very attitude the NBA doesn't need right now. : s " * Don't get me wrong. Not everybody in the NBA is a selfish, immature prima donna. Mutombo, Grant Hill and Gameci CONTEMPT page 9 Carolin; TOURNAMENT 999 SEC Men's tball Tournament i 5 play Thursday in ' a. Tennessee is the seed in the East, and a -n is the No. 1 seed in m <=>ct T TQP'c fircf r/~\iir<rl M V-Ul. *_> 111JI 1 VU11U lent is Ole Miss. ^ ISC sque; odd Money r Writer ir the Gamecock men's basketearn, all's well that... ends. SC, looking to snag some small 1 of momentum heading into this s SEC Tournament, out-hustled, lot and out-ran Georgia, but still id some clutch free throws down retch to top the Bulldogs in overtie Gamecocks (8-20, 3-13 SEC) Lmy nove on to face Ole Miss in the Qn ament's first round Thursday in eorgia (15-13,6-10) must play Ala the same day. Eter the game Saturday, howeve feeling for USC was .one more ief after a hard-earned win than f* ]| knew we were going to pull it Wffl| senior BJ McKie said. B3|| hings were going wrong ... but playing so well together, espe- bvj on both ends of the court." ost onlookers probably weren't NHLg [tJ. tie first half saw eight lead ;es and about as much spirit and BP? y Frank McGuire Arena had wit- % jm d since the circus came to town. jorgia guard D.A. Layne, picking rfj lere he left off in his 26-point perince three weeks earlier against if J amecocks, began the game with linter, and Carolina's William if lan followed with a dunk on the i? end. le tone was set for a back-and- Carolir hard-on-the-fingernails contest, Rouse, he sparse crowd in attendance r stthat. i ,. ir the Bulldogs, though, it wasn't ^ i doing most of the damage this up for jphomore Jumaine Jones, who pja icently declared himself eligible lightin he NBA Draft, became his team's s catalyst, scoring three of UGA's cludin: our baskets, two of them 3-point- US scorinj mes finished the first half with of its 1 ints and nine rebounds, and had early a d 16 for the game, respectively, cent fii 3 also hit a team-high five treys US i game. erroon /ow," said Gallman, Jones' pri- Thi defender. filled i [e [Jones] is a great player. I knew ted1 te is a good 3-point shooter, but I onknow he was that good ..." le long-range bombs were key to knock earns' successes in the half. aseball -p ? |i * i?r 1 ; . I M *" * *"" : f ? 0 ' f*-: ^ , , . ., j "* * "f <--v.- ^ . ? ....,.- s .: 'w? "' <* "; *"*" ^ ( />&%>,Y'Alff ''&* s&gAjy*#.-, ''/4&, , ,m/ ' ' " *, ' 4 ' * * .jck shortstop Brian Roberts makes a a's 15-10 win over George Washington. Sp TL _ in e la's BJ McKie drives to thi , the win against the 'Dawf argia went 6-of-18 on threes, I three in a row at one point, a ^as 4-of-7. ard Ray Harrison also stepp the Bulldogs. rrison founa me nole with ea g up the Gamecocks for 12 of] ; last 17 points in the half,: g two 3-pointers. P tY\nnr\tirV?iln An Knlon/ IV-/, lllCCUlWlJLilC, ICUCU Wll kJCLlCXXIV I and tight defense, getting )ench into the game relativ< nd holding the 'Dawgs to 34 p eld-goal shooting. C took a 32-30 lead into the la 1 at halftime. e second half was just as acti( as the first, with the stars 1 ams deciding much of what w( USC's case, McKie came air ing down shots on the insi wins: ?WW * * i ~s , .: m - H1ISH i 1IPPIP & si * * * * i v t , ?** Vf r? ' >,y . A' , *';; . Jr* - * .. ... - .... , -W :,,,-, . ' '' , llill life ?|||g? * #H * : ., . . : - ' ^ ' ' ' Sean Rayford I'hoto throw to first base Sund l >amecock A orts Gamecock r 'Dawes n o ~ wf ! *^*<' ^iss, * sfc- J*?* 5S^%1 ' :yi At iSm?$k ?Bpii WTSoBfct -v JrmKm I 9 basket in Saturday's 70-66 victory over G< is was bittersweet because the game marke in- while continually being a force on dend fense. 1 For Georgia, Jones continued his t ed hot hand from long range, even after verbal reprimands from the crowd for s se, an earlier airball. s hie TISn VipIH a slim lpaH thrniiphnnt f in- the period before finally stretching it to eight, at 55-47, with just more than ?d four minutes left. c all At that point, things got wild. i jly Georgia struck for eight straight 1 er- points, tying up the game on a Harri- j son 3-pointer. j ck- After successful trips to the foul line for both teams, the Carolina lead m- was 59-57. f for After Georgia center Jon Nordin t ait drove under the basket for a shot with i 10 seconds left, the game appeared to t ve, be USC's to win. e de In effect, it was. ] series ag; by Michael Strickland Senior Writer After losses to mid-major conference teams such as Charleston South/M 1 T~\ 1 T"?* 1 J Al_ _ ern, uia uominion ana mcnmona, ine USC baseball team took out its frusStrations on George Washington, getting back on track over the weekend with a three-game sweep of the visiting Colonials. Continued good pitching and the awakening of the Gamecock bats spelled doom for GW as USC (8-3) took the series by scores of 6-0,9-2 and 15In Friday's 6-0 win, All-SEC performer and staff ace Kip Bouknight |k threw a complete game three hitter. Bouknight (2-0) set a career high of 14 strikeouts [three shy of the school 1 single-game record] while walking on ly one batter. The Gaston native turned in his most dominant performance in his brief tenure with the Gamecocks. "I felt pretty good, and just want%'' ed to do what I could to help the team win," Bouknight said. They gave me the runs to work with and made all the plays in the field." As for going the distance, Bouknight said he wasn't too concerned. "I got a little tired, but that helped my slider by slowing it down," he said. Head Coach Ray Tanner was singing the praises of his sophomore ? l right-hander. ^ "Fourteen strikeouts, complete - ^ game, wow! That's a tremendous effort." While Bouknight completely shut down the GW offense, the USC bats <f* came alive with several timely hits. Tanner took tight control of the of fense, utilizing the sacrifice bunt many Editor times to advance runners, ay in "I don't like to bunt that much normally, but it put us in position to get SCHEDULE Baseball vs. Wofford, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Saige Frye Field. ?n seme I ? * Wm. <- :?**' j& ' * % jjj^ ^ ^ eorgia. For McKie, Bud Johnson, id the final time the five would pi McKie took the ball downcour ooked like he might shoot a three, ar hen drove inside. He was called for a charge on h ;hot attempt, though, and with tw leconds left, there wasn't enough tin or either team to go for a realistic she Overtime, then, was McKie tim Although it was Senior Day for foi ither seniors on the USC club, Mcl e, the school's new all-time scorir eader, got by far the most applause jregame ceremonies and seemed to 1 reaming for one more shining momer He would get it. With the Gamecocks' lead at 6 >6, and after already having been he foul line three times in the exti jeriod, McKie was sent there again z pr Georgia's Jones missed a 12-fon ;r with 10.1 seconds to go. Though McKie had gone only 7-c L4 from the line before then, he wa ainst C some runs," Tanner said. Tanner e coached third base, at the sug| tion of assistant Jim Toman. "Coach Toman said, 'Hey, w been struggling, so let's mix thi up.'" All of the plans worked. Junior an Roberts, who went 2-for-3 v three RBIs, opened the game wi home run to left field for the sec time this season. The Gamecocks resumed their 5 ing in the fifth as Marcus McE (2-for-3, two rims scored) opened inning with a walk. After advancing to second on a pitch by Colonial starter Adam licic (2-1), McBeth scored on a Is Janowicz single to right. USC tacked on three insura runs in the eigth on a homer by Angiolini and RBIs from Roberts Tripp Kelly. Saturday's 9-2 drubbing of GW much of the same for the Gamecc Starter Randy Hadden (2-0) woi seven solid innings to pick up the Hadden allowed two runs (one ear on eight hits, all while striking four. Strong relief appearances by Ja Poston, Matt Wilson and Brett F finished the final three innings or muuuu. At the plate, Roberts again si ed the show in the first inning. Rot walked and scored on a Janowicz ble. Roberts went 2-for-2 and sc< four times Saturday. Janowicz equally potent at the plate, goir for-2 with five RBIs, and scoring t times. "I'm iust trvine to see the ba] the way in and take it the other w said Janowicz, a junior from C fornia. Two runs in the sixth and a 1 spot in the seventh provided the \ ning margin for USC. ? NATE SAYS... Nate says the Pentagon, in Arlington, Va., has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities. Monday, March 1, 1999 >r day ^ Scan Rayford I'll->r> KJitor Recus Nix, William Gallman and Hagan ay at Frank McGuire Arena. t, in a word, confident. "I knew I was gold ing to make those two," he said. "I was hard on myself when I went is to the line." .'0 "I concentrated and blocked everyle body out." it. After sinking both shots, the lead e. was 70-66, and the outcome was hisir tory. i- It was a sweet ending to a highly lg disappointing year for Carolina, which in had lost seven straight games coming 3e in, including 18 of its last 21, falling it. short of NCAA Tournament consideration for the first time in four years. 8- "It feels real good," McKie said, to " With what all we've been through ra this year, and the fans have been supif portive" he said, it- "Everything really ended the regular season on a good note," Gallman >f- said. "You never know what will hapis, pen." olonials ;ven The Gamecocks closed the series ?es" with a 15-10 outlasting of GW. Despite a shakv outing bv win e ve [ngS ning starting pitcher Peter Bauer (31), who allowed five runs on seven hits Bri- in his five innings of work, the USC bats more than made up for the difth a c ond ference' The Gamecocks scored four runs scor- in the first inning, one in the second, ?eth two jn the third and four more in the sixth. ^d Leading the charge was catcher Bel- Marcos Rios, who went 5-for-5 with late six RBIs. Rios doubled twice and homered in his top performance of the mce Tim seasonand "I really saw the ball well today," the junior from California said. "I was got a couple pitches to hit, and I drove >cks. ,v ? , , them. ked . ^ Helping m the offensive outburst ned) again was Janowicz, who was 3-for-4 out with four runs scored. Both Janowicz and Angiohni extended their hitting nine , ,. >^ce streaks to 10 games. i the Roberts stole three bases, moving his total to 14 on the season.. ;art- Picking up the loss for GW was )PftS Thomas Baginski, who fell to 0-2. Tanner said he was pleased with ared his team's play in the series sweep, was "We're happy to win three over a ifree NCAA Tournament team like George Washington. We swung the bats betII all ter. I'm more encouraged, and we've ay," come together to get back on track." a^" Up next for the Gamecocks is a four Wednesday meeting with the Wofford Terriers, scheduled for 7 p.m. at Sarge Frye Field: