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The Chronicle, Thursday, March 14, 1985-Page B3 iithCarolina A&T senior guard Jimmy Brown muscles his way inside to aid the Aggie cause lotobyjoe Daniels). UWMMIIIHillllllilllilllllllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllilllllllllillllllllllllllllilllilllltlllllllllllllfllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllillllillil ixing It Up (orth Carolina A&T wins From Page B1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii «i year, but he saved his performance for when we illy needed it,” Corbett said. ItindBrowndid it. The other li didn't have the experience played their roles and •ibuted.” fc regular season-champion l(ies, like second-seeded *ird, drew a first-round hye djottothe title game by easily I Bethune-Cookman, Bethune had upset South irolina Slate, 54-53, in the wng round. Waware State knocked off •ytad-Eastern Shore 68-62 in liter opening-round game. '“S Boyd on the all- •»«ent team were team- lis Brown, who scored 21 •in the championship game, and freshman center Claude Williams, who had a game-high 13 rebounds to go with nine points. Howard’s Hill and Robert Jones, who had 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench, rounded out the team. The Aggies, winners of the league tourney for the 10th time in the MEAC’s 14-year history, will have little time to celebrate their win, however. Having lost first-round games to the likes of West Virginia, Princeton and, last year, Morehead State, A&T (19-9) finds itself seeded dead last this year in the Midwest Regional. Consequently, the Aggies will take on top-seeded and nationally fourth-ranked Oklahoma (28-5), winner of the Big Eight tourna ment, which features consensus all-America and Olympic star Wayman Tisdale, on Thursday night, March 14, in Tulsa, Okla. Meanwhile, Howard (17-12) has accepted an invitation to play in the NCAA-sanctioned Georgia Invitational Basketball Tourna ment in Atlanta. Other teams invited to the tournament, which has been described as an NIT for black colleges, include Shaw Universi ty, Savannah State, Hampton University, Elizabeth City State, Mississippi Valley State, Clark College and South Carolina State. Play will begin in the tourna ment on March 21. SIDE STUFF ^fsall thefuss about recruiting? IlICK DeVENZIO ^MeUCokmnist fc t “pressure” now, which •lives** '''**^* never went through it ,,i" it, it seems to me they must ltd'' ' talking about the so- y being recruited as a high •ittce Today, included a player’s Ipknk I” *®®nted to make an effort to ‘lie frenzy of it. about it periodically, tireless investigative reporters Utkfin atission. But what is so tough recruited? Hiiij. , thousands of rules to restrict liiiioi, jnj school coaches, sometimes with ii( the' ® often make an effort ^**'apla** ’ further’ while they try to or- >itdii)g to 2^!^ ^ contacts and narrow his choices school * preferences. In many cases, ^|[, [(.j uuierely wants to get attention ^sjobe'**' ■'’'’''•I'shriH college camps and to ^**®'s it) th ^tid be recognized by, the world - all because of one they do all this “for the kid,” to . keep him away from high rollers and shady characters and would-be exploiters. But in the pro cess, I think they often do the kids a disservice. I personally feel that the college recruiting ex perience I went through in ’66 and ’67 was one of the highlights of my life, both socially and educa tionally. Through contact with hundreds of people and through the bombardment of questions - What do you plan to major in? What factors will determine your decision? - a player has to learn about himself and learn how to express his ideas. Every super salesman has a story. They all claim to be the best. If they do not have the best academic reputation in the ijation, then perhaps they have the best athletic program in the southwest corner of a particular state. Taking it all in, a player has to learn to discern fact from fiction. It was a great education. But the athletes don’t get it anymore. Now they don’t have the chance to make life-long associations through constant con tact with coaches and alumni. The contact is too limited to enable real friendships to form. I think it was better, more personal, more human, more en joyable, when you could see the coaches many times and they could take you and your family out to din ner as often as you wanted to go. In the guise of protectionism, I think the NCAA Please see page B4 HAVE YOU CHECKED WITH YOUR MODERN TEAM? Bennie McBride Bernard Davis Wiiiie Guess . .. Presentin3 the newest members of the Modern Chevrolet Teams Lorenzo Worthy Sonya Nesbit Ron Campbeii Curtis Soiomon Come by and meet Sonya, Ron and Curtis for your Downtown Deal. YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID! Winston’s #1 Sales Force Is Downtown Chevrolet 722-4191 “You can't Beat a Downtown Deal” Easy to set to, just off 1-40 at Fourth and Broad.
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