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ii \<r (inin Celebrate CONTINi / by nipping Bethune-Cookman 71-65 in J overtime. i The total attendance for the first two < nights of the event was less than 4,200 | and enough to make one wonder what I the gate might have been had the ] hometown Aggies stumbled against Delaware State. ' That prospect looked possible in the ? first half of that contest as A&T trailed the Hornets, under first-year Coach J Joe Dean Davidson, on two occasions 1 and never built more than a five-point i lead on its way to a 30-29 lead. 1 The Hornets tied the score for the 1 final time less than a minute into the second half on a three-point play by 1 Dominic Snowden but were never able 1 to catch the Aggies again after A&T | scored the game's next eight points. s However, the Delaware effort, led < by freshman all-MEAC pick Bernard 1 Campbell's 18 points, gave notice that l the Hornets will be a team to b< i i. i - . i - icLKuneu wnn in years to come. i But in this tourney, as had been the case in eight of the preceding 12 events, t the title belonged to the Aggies. For Corbett, it was a time to reflect i on a surprisingly, good season and I think about his fourth straight post- I season bid. < The Aggies fell to Duke in the first I round of the NIT in 1981, the last time they failed to win the MEAC tourna- 1 ment. And their loss to the Bison in the C finals that year was the only time they e made it to the title game and failed to % claim the crown. j \ "With this win, we have accomplish- g aA 1- " ^ I ourselves before the season began/' J Corbett said. "We have won 20 games t| A&Ts James Horace breaks up an all Kevin Scott (photo by Brian Branch-P Page 12-March. 1984 tSSSmSSSSSSSSSSSSSm E SMCTf nvi 'JED and both the regular season and tou nament titles. Now we can concentra Dh doing our best in the NCA playoffs to erase the stigma that is a tached to black schools in Division post-season competition. illA ' n is always said that we can't wi the big one. But this year we are moi determined than ever. 44We have played a tough roa schedule against top competition an we have that experience to draw c now," said Corbett, who had failed I win in NCAA tournament play in tw previous tries. Binion shared that feeling. 44Tonigl nroved that we are an experience learn," he said. 441 didn't have a goo ^ame but the other guys playe superbly and took up the slack. 1 don expect to have this type of game in tf NCAA tournament but it takes a lot c pressure off knowing that your tean nates can take charge whe lecessary." 44In the past we have not playe ogether when we got to the NCA/ And when our shots have not been fal ng, we haven't taken our time an kept our cool. But after playing tean like N.C. State, we feel we are more a< :ustomed to tackling those calib< :eams now." Jhe Aggies knew they would ent< :he playoffs as decided underdogs, bi "orbett and his players were determir d to make a better showing this tim iround. 441 can't guarantee that we wi vin, but I can guarantee that we wil ;ive it our best shot," Corbett said 4 Now, if Boyd could only hav mother birthday party on the night o he NCAA finals...." m. 1 i py-oop pass intended for Howard1 tice). te A ^HRH i ^^jy J e (f +wii2MMk. ? 'AX % AnnBBfti d Jj H) I fe*^ ^H* 2 bmm Mm if Hp^gB w? ?SB m LjiK 11 i. f0^m"MmM e titUm M 1 9 HI n Howard's Robert McVlwaine sees A AT* 1 may not realize, however. Is that the Ag too, from the left (photo by James Pari EsHb^I /\cpz| 9 MVP Boyd: To the birthday boy go the i Bh > jJlA k u ^i s^ns*ii H I I Daryl Battle to his right. What he jies' Jimmy Brown is closing in. er). (polls (photo by James Parker).
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