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VOL. VIII, MO. 3
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By ALLEN JOHNSON I
Review Editor
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prepares to play Georgetown in
basketball Dec. 28, jests one courtside
comedian, it ought to hold twoa-day
prayer sessions instead of
practices.
Hah hah.
While the defending MEAC
champion Aggies stand a snowball's
chance you know where when they
_tak?_on _the defending national
champion Hoyas, the folks who
make A&T's schedule are neither
mad nor masochistic.
Black Division I schools have to
play top-notch competition during
the regular season if they expect to
play well in the NCAA Tournament.
the Valhalla of college basket
ball where big money and big exposure
await.
Black schools rarely play before
the types of crowds involved in
NCAA cpmpetition; they do when
they schedule people like
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sem, victor in the Game of the Centu
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names, The
Georgetown.
Further, an hour and a half of Pat
Ewing may appear nightmarish on
the surface, but it may be to your
advantage to face him for the first
time in November, rather than in
March ? and it'll make your team
better in the long run. The stronger
your schedule, the stronger you're
likely to be, if you have any aspirations
at all.
Third, a schedule that includes
nivir.inn I heavyweight* can help a
team's chances of qualifying for
NCAA postseason play or the NIT.
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Glistening records mean noimng
these days if you haven't played
anyone.
Fourth, a glamorous name or two
on your schedule will impress
recruits. "You don't have to go to
Georgetown to play," a coach who
schedules wisely might say to a skinny,
long-legged intern of dunk.
"Come play for us and beat
Georgetown."
Finally, it's not inconceivable that
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ry against former assistant Archie
Game, etc.
a black college team ? most likely
Alcorn State this season ? will make
a breakthrough and beat a big-name
opponent. Remember how Division
IT ...kUk Ur
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games in a high school gym ? beat
Virginia in 1982 and Louisville last
year?
But you can't beat 'em if you
don't play 'em.
Other black college teams with
name opponents on their schedules
-.this season;
Dec. 3: Howard at North
Carolina.
Dec. 4: South Carolina State at
Virginia Tech.
' Dec. 6: North Carolina A&T at
N.C. State.
Dec. 10: South Carolina State at
Kansas.
Dec. 13: Maryland-Eastern Shore
at Maryland.
Dec. 15: South Carolina State at
Illinois.
Please See Page 21
November, 1984-Page 3