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March 14,1985 page B1 SPORTSWEEK Scores, standings, columns and profiles. COLLEGE SCENE le’s proposing play orpayforcofleges (COOPER mlnmnist _ I,Nebraska, they either hate Ernest Chambers ( unst people hate him. «'’®' /state senator, and he is black. He is even brutal in his brash ap- brazen methods have aambersii ,.ery outspoken. to politics. His shaken Nebraska, which prides itself on of the country’s most conservative states. ioMliy, Chambers grabs national and he did it again recently. He has an Itliat has some merit, especially if you agree that (■lime college athletes are being used only for athletic talents. rtambers has introduced a bill in the Nebraska T^hat would make all University of Nebraska S\ players employees of the school. They ii be paid for their services, just as part-time eat workers in the library are paid and just as student workers in the cafeteria are com- Shether Chambers’ bill will become law is ibtful. However, he has again raised the con- Sousness of Nebraska citizens regarding the ex- hlaiion of college athletes. And if politicians id the country pick up on Chambers’ lead, we could have some very interesting discus- indeed. fo, now. Chambers has limited his attacks on j.|iiiie college sports to the University of ibraska. He says that football players at the lool are serving no more than “internships for ofessional football,” and calls football grants-in- “contracts of indenture.” his is not the first time that Chambers has sug- jed paying players. He remembers that, “when I stbroughtthe issue up, people laughed and jok- I have continued to push. Now, whenever is raised, they hook it to the name of some lilecoach or athletic director.” ambers saydt is time to make radical moves in i-niie college athletics because of what he calls cheating during the recruiting of the hj'tts, as well as a blatant disregard for their ntion. "1 have been talking about the cheating that goes years,” Chambers said from his office in iitoln, Neb. “1 was the one who said the Universi- ofllinois was going to go on probation. I was fonewho said Nebraska has assigned families to okout for players, and soon after I said that, the was quietly dropped. There is a junior col- tnotfar from here where schools send these guys they can manufacture some phony grades dhtcome eligible for football. ‘loa think cheating does not exist at the Univer ity of Nebraska? How do you think they get these lily® to come from Los Angeles or Houston and lily tor Nebraska, where there aren’t very many lick people around and there is four feet of snow Please see page B5 Making Sure Howard’s Mike Hampton gingerly dunks in the Bison’s MEAC Tournament semifinal win over Delaware State (photo by Joe Daniels). MEAC TOURNAMENT Aggies survive Howard, face Oklahoma in NCAAs By ROBERT ELLER Special To The Chronicle PHILADELPHIA - The drama’s set ting had changed. But its players, script and outcome were painfully familiar to Howard University, which lost for the fourth straight year last Saturday night to archrival North Carolina A&T in the championship game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basket ball tournament. In winning the right to represent the league in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season, the Aggies had to come from behind before a crowd of more than 6,000 at the Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Trailing 62-57 with 4:43 left, A&T surg ed to take the lead, then survived a desperate Howard rally that came within a hair of succeeding. First, sophomore George Cale drilled a jumper from the key. Next, 5-8 freshman walk-on Thomas Grif fis calmly sank two free throws before the Aggies went to their seasoned vets. After Howard’s George Hamilton hit a free throw, Aggie senior Jimmy Brown drove to the middle and scored from the key to knot the score at 63 with 3:12 show ing on the clock. A minute and a half later. Brown was at it again, this time winning a scramble for a loose ball in the lane and scoring while be ing fouled in the process. His three-point play put the Aggies in front for good. A Howard misfire on the ensuing posses sion led to an outlet pass that saw A&T senior Eric Boyd score another three-point play and give the Aggies a 69-63 lead with 1:26 remaining. Just as importantly, the Bison’s leading scorer, Fred Hill, who had tallied 19 points, most of them with his deadly jumper, committed his fifth foul on the play. But the youthful Bison, playing without a senior, didn’t quit. Hamilton hit an 18-footer at the 1:06 mark, cutting the Ag gie lead to four and, after the Bison defense forced the second of two straight A’T tur novers, Hamilton struck again, this time from 22 feet, bringing Howard to within a basket with 50 seconds left. Forced to foul, Howard sent Boyd to the line with 45 seconds left. Boyd missed the front end of a one-and-one and a 14-footer at the other end by Howard’s Mike Jones tied the score at 69 with 25 seconds left. Shunning a timeout, the Aggies again called on their seniors. Brown drove to the basket with 12 seconds left and was fouled. He made the first of his free throws but missed the second. But, as Howard’s Robert Jones grabbed the rebound, Boyd came from behind to steal the ball. Howard’s Mike Jones immediately foul ed Boyd, who sank the first of his free throws but missed the second. The Bison rebounded and called time out with five seconds left. Without Hill in the lineup, Howard went to Hamilton for a last shot but his 22-footer was way off the mark and the horn sounded as the teams battled for the rebound. Howard Coach A.B. Williamson, who has managed to beat the Aggies only once in five title games, had said after Friday night’s semi-final win over Delaware State (73-59) that the title could hinge on a loose ball or an errant pass. But being right MEAC TOURNAMENT ’85 about that was little consolation for yet another loss to A&T. “Every year the ball rolls and they seem to get it,” Williamson said after the game with his head hung. “It is just unbelievable. Thfs is really hard to take. Every year it’s the same way.” On the other side of the court, Boyd, who led all scorers with 27 points, was about to receive his third tournament MVP award in four seasons. “This feels real good,” he said, flashing a boyish smile. “Last year we had Joe (Binion) to take the pressure off, but this year a lot of pressure was on me and Jimmy (Brown). I think the whole team played better than they have all year tonight.” Corbett, sitting in the Aggie dressing room, and looking more tired than his players, also managed to smile, and used what energy he had left to praise the play of his senior aces. “Boyd has been a marked Please see page B3 CAA DIVISION II Rum stun top-ranked Virginia Union WBERT ELLER In Tie ChroniniB *ciil ''My unfunny thing happened to Virginia ion its to the NCAA Division II national ■Wpionship. inston-Salem State Coach Bighouse Gaines and ItmHitansfer from New York named the Panthers and their (lift h *tory, 30-0 record, all-America ®'*''antage in the NCAA Division tiantic Regional and reputation as the Virginia, packing. “ it, I felt sorry for Robbins. WnTtu’ (Union) had a real national title.” - Bighouse Gaines eishr season with no less than '’■'iPked N *1*^^'^* from a team that upset Itjionai / the same South Atlan- »i,[ "^‘®s‘,season. % t'*'*?*^'* freshman shooting guard Heliijj) ^f’Mther ranks, the sky looked to “The White Shadow” Rob- **'''’ision Oakley, a contender ^’k'tyerinv V'ear honors and the *^**8l> the CIA Panthers ran roughshod ^''"'canie . the regular season. Only "'ithin two baskets of the Panthers, and Robbins’ crew had easily dispatched WSSU by 25 points in December. Norfolk State did give Union a tough time in the CIAA Tournament title game, but the Panthers prevailed again anyway, 67-65, when Dallas scored with two seconds left. Union’s road through the South Atlantic Regional looked all the more inviting when it grabb ed the homecourt advantage and drew outmanned WSSU - which has no true center and had played horribly in its last outing against Norfolk State - as its first-round opponent. But Gaines, a winner of more games than any active coach in college basket ball, had an ace up his sleeve. “We knew we had to take some time off the clock because we were outmanned,” Gaines said earlier this week, “but our kids played smart and only took the good shot. Union had people running with them all year but without the shot clock we controll ed the tempo.” Control the tempo WSSU did, scoring the game’s first basket almost two minutes into the first half on a short baseline jumper by Eugene Penick. The teams played to an 18-18 first-half deadlock. In the second half, the Rams continued to play deliberately and Hooper took charge. Nine straight points by the thin wingman gave the Rams a 27-22 edge little more than five minutes into the final period. But unbeaten teams don’t die that easily. Led by Oakley, who averaged 21 points and 18 rebounds during the regular season, the Panthers surged back to take a 34-33 lead into the final five minutes. But, after Oakley’s three-point play put Union in Please see page B2 Key Rams Alexander Hooper, left, supplied the firepower, including the game-winner, while Eugene Penick contributed a key steal and free throws (photos by James Parker).
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