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i Ar 77r Greensboro News Record I Sports Basketball ootball Scoreboard B4 Tuesday January 17 1989 i inally NCAA showing LjSgl Browning mW! tLiTTkkJ it's true color green 5Iemo To: John Thompson Basketball Coach Georgetown University Hoyas Washington DC Dear John: Gotta tell you up front that for a long time when it came to a list of coaches I admire you been in the Top Ten And talk about prejudices When I saw you walk off the court Saturday as your way of protesting NCAA Proposition 42 my blood ran hot I muttered to my wife does this guy think he is trying to tell colleges and universities what they have to do about academic standards for athletes? believe Georgetown would pay the guy not to coach like (But there you went disappearing from sight while photographers chased after you hell keep I said then switched to another game Seen doing a lot of reading and a lot of listening since then John may I call you John? Never thought be saying this John but you were absolutely right I mean how in the world could people who are supposed to be leaders in the field of athletics and education have voted in a thing like Proposition 42? Gotta believe John that they got caught up in the beauty of San rancisco with trolley cars and Ghiardelli chocolates and Irish coffee at the Sans Souci Cafe and stuff like that I understand how San rancisco can play tricks on straight thinking people like that But these people just lose their hearts John They lost their minds And your stroll Saturday was the perfect way to call our attention to that tragedy Prop 42 is so ill conceived that in my opinion you can go back to coaching right away No way this going to stay on the books very long if I understand what they voted in at San rancisco $6 million savings The Associated Press Kelly Tripucka drives for reverse layup against Philadelphia rElV fiB 9K2K Iws OilHEpByW BUy 4 Of gjKOKSst Tripucka's 40 boost Hornets by Sixers in OT The Associated Press PHILADEPHIA It was a long time between road wins for the Charlotte Hornets Kelly Tripucka scored 40 points including nine in overtime as the Hornets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 127 122 Monday to snap an 11 game road losing streak It was only the second road win for the Charlotte expansion team in their first season in the NBA and their tenth win overall The first was a 107 105 triumph over San An tonio on Nov 19 Coach Dick Harter said his team the win against the 76ers who saw their five game winning streak end so important that we have some success for our effort played hard all year and had some tough Harter said and Rex (Chapman) were magnifi A basket by Chapman who scored 25 points gave the Hornets the lean at 120 118 with 1:21 left in overtime Tripucka and Tyrone Bo gues scored baskets to make it 124 118 with 50 seconds remaining putting the game out of reach Philadelphia took a 110 107 lead with 32 seconds left in regulation on a basket by Charles Barkley but Chapman made a 3 point shot to tie it with 15 seconds left and send the game into overtime drew up a said Chap man of his game tying shot doubled Kelly and Bogues found me I just let it go I sure it was going Philadelphia Coach Jimmy Lynam said Chapman never should have had the chance to make the tying Hornets 127 76ers 122 CHARLOTTE (127) 265 51 99 23 27 51 18 38 18 127 Totals PHILADELPHIA (122) Barkley scored 16 points but play in the third period be cause of back spasms 3 point goals Charlotte 2 3 (Tripucka 1 1 Chapman 1 2) Philadelphia 4 12 (Barklev 0 2 Gminski 0 1 Hawkins 1 3 Welp 0 1 Henderson 1 2 Brooks 2 3) Technical fouls Barkley 1 Officials Slrom Dunham Thompson 101 16 shot broke down defensively to give Chapman a chance to shoot a three at the Lynam said shadow Mike Gminski scored 25 and Her sey Hawkins 19 for the 76ers MP PG A Pt Tripucka 40 16 25 7 9 4 1 2 3 40 Chapman 39 11 26 2 2 6 1 2 2 25 Rambis 38 5 7 1 3 6 1 2 4 10 Cureton 32 3 1 3 17 8 3 2 7 Holton 24 3 6 0 0 0 0 10 1 6 Bogues 22 4 7 0 0 3 1 14 0 8 Reid 27 5 14 8 8 3 1 2 2 18 Hoppen 24 3 3 3 3 6 2 2 4 9 Kempton 12 I 2 2 2 6 3 1 0 4 MP A Pt Jones 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Barklev 34 6 14 4 6 11 5 6 4 16 Gminski 41 11 20 3 3 17 3 4 2 25 Cheeks 42 6 12 2 3 4 1 8 2 14 Hawkins 42 6 14 6 6 3 1 5 3 19 Anderson 40 8 19 0 3 3 2 3 16 Coleman 17 5 8 2 2 3 1 0 2 12 Welp 11 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 Henderson 11 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 7 Brooks 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Thornton 2 0 01 21 101 1 Totals 265 49 99 20 24 45 15 30 22 122 Charlotte 33 32 18 27 Philadelphia 27 33 31 19 The 76ers took a 91 83 lead early in the fourth period but Charlotte scored six straight points including four by Chapman to close within two at 91 89 Let me see if I have it straight John Without really knowing for sure what effect Proposition 48 is having upon incoming freshmen over the long haul because the rule is so new there has been no long haul yet they decided to try to do something about the battered image of the NCAA by adding a few more boards to the academic floor for incoming freshmen And we got Prop 42 John I doing so far? Nothing basically wrong with setting standards and goals and that sort of thing College for everybody and I know heard that before Then they tied the thing to money If Proposition 42 were to survive to its scheduled genesis in the 1990 91 school year the way it would come down as I understand it or example if the best basketball player were to score 690 on the SAT 10 points below the Proposition 48 minimum and nevertheless carried a grade point average in the neighborhood of a plus the guy w'ould have to pay his own way to school no matter how wonderful his jump shot happened to be As I read it Prop 42 says that who fail to qualify may receive no financial aid except that provided through Pell grants and student loans Which means John that these folks are not even permitted the same kind of financial aid that is made available to non athletes No more American Dreams Hit the street time Just seem right does it John? not a very flattering thought but gotta be at the root of this coach Cold hard cash My friend Art Padilla a man who frets over stuff like this as much as you do but who attract much attention if he walked away calculates that if Prop 42 had been in existence this fall Division I schools would have saved something like $6 million in scholarships No play no pay So what the saying through this asinine proposal is simple Kid if you help the old alma mater get to the NCAA Tournament your freshman year if you catch passes and score touchdowns and get us a good bowl bid if you help fill the stadium or the fieldhouse tough luck Call us when you can hotshot See John I have much difficulty with Proposition 48 which makes it possible to place a recruit who fails to measure up academically on full scholarship his freshman year but does not permit him to practice with the team The theory' is as I understand it to give the youngster time (See Browning B7) Lebo UNC's Lebo definitely will miss Duke game CHAPEL HILL (AP) North Carolina starting guard Jeff Lebo will definitely miss game against top ranked Duke team officials said Monday Lebo who twisted his left ankle Sunday in the second half of North Car 103 86 loss to Vir ginia may also sit out game against No 15 North Carolina State said team trainer Marc Davis The senior from Car lisle Pa is North second leading scorer with a 147 average The 13th ranked Tar Heels are 14 3 and 1 1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference lorida runs past NC 90 75 By TONY GREEN Staff Sport! Writer North Carolina has been thorough 5 ly beaten just twice this season says head coach Don Corbett The first occasion was against Austin Peay last month 90 75 loss to lorida was the second The transition game scorched the Corbett Center floor while they shot the lights out from the field The Rattlers outscored 23 10 in the opening min utes of the second half sending the Aggies to their 10th consecutive loss fell to 2 11 overall 0 5 in the Mid Eastern Athlet ic Conference not getting any said Cor bett seems to be happening at the same time Maybe like my wife was telling me: just our time been beating people for so long maybe just our time We have no Monday night it was the time for not getting back fast enough on the break for not getting offensive rebounds and especially for not shooting the ball went into halftime down by four 39 35 AMU opened it up to 10 by the 16 minute mark 17 by 12:30 Meanwhile was struggling shooting just over 30 percent from the floor in the second half On the flip side Leonard King scored 27 points Reginald Kennion 17 as the Rattlers shot 70 percent from the field in the second half tough to lose when doing things like that However Rattler coach Willie Booker about to leave anything to chance wanted to keep coming at said Booker whose team improved to 5 7 and 2 2 in the ME AC never know what Corbett is going to come up Corbett wras asking himself that question after the game The Aggies came in hob bling: Corvin Davis was slowed with the flu and start ellow guard Mitchell Bristow who played well in loss to Bethune Cookman Saturday was out with a broken hand reshman Bobby Moore starred in relief of Davis until he injured his ankle nine minutes into the second half The Charlotte native finished with a team high 20 points followed by Glenn Taggart with 16 and Chuckie Becton with 14 The Aggies were still alive though late in the game Two foul shots by King opened the AMU lead to 20 with 3:40 left replied by outscoring the Rattlers 9 2 over the next minute Taggart opened the run with his lone three pointer of the night Davis hit two foul shots Taggart hit two and then backup guard Winston Wil liams hit a 15 footer to make it 80 67 Greg Triplin who fouled away from the ball had a chance to cut it to 11 but he missed the front end of a one and one The Aggie chances evaporated from there felt we had a chance with five minutes left and down by said Corbett our shooting really hurt us Our shooting has been very The game was dose in the first half as the Rattlers struggled to maintain a four point lead But King had 12 of his game (See Aggies B6) Hoosiers are 1 9th in poll The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON Ind The In diana Hoosiers who solved some ear ly defensive problems with a smaller quicker lineup celebrated Coach Bob 500th career victory and a 10 game winning streak with a return to The Associated Press college bas ketball Top Twenty on Monday The Hoosiers 13 4 and tied with Illinois at 3 0 for first place in the Big Ten Conference were picked 19th in a nationwide poll of sports writers and broadcasters They were 20th in the first regular season poll but dropped out after losses to Louisville and Notre Dame Duke and Illinois the only unbeat en NCAA Division I teams remained first and second this week but losses by nine other rated teams shuffled the rest of the rankings And North Caro lina another team that beat Indiana early in the season dropped from eighth to 13th ending its string of 63 consecutive weeks among the Top Ten Top Twenty The Top Twenty teams in the Associat ed college basketball poll with first place votes in parentheses total points based on 20 19 18 etc and last week's ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1 Duke (51) 13 0 1266 1 2lllinois(13) 15 0 1229 2 3 Georgetown 12 1 1070 7 4 Louisville 12 2 998 9 50klahoma 13 2 947 3 6 Michigan 14 2 935 6 7lowa 13 2 807 5 5 Missouri 13 3 779 10 9 Arizona 11 2 729 12 10 Nev Las Vegas 11 2 668 11 1 1 Syracuse 14 3 651 4 12 Seton Hall 15 1 645 13 13 North Carolina 14 3 639 8 14 lorida State 12 1 541 14 1 5 Carolina State 11 1 477 15 16Ohio State 12 3 268 8 17 Kansas 14 2 191 16 18 Tennessee 11 2 179 17 19lndiana 13 4 115 20Stanford 12 3 112 Others receiving votes: Georgli Tech 49 Providence 40 Texas EI Paso 24 Villanova 21 Pittsburgh 10 Cai San ta Barbara 9 St John's 9 St Mary's Calif 8 West Virginia 8 Notre Dame 5 Ban Stale 3: Georgia 3 Alabama Boise State 1 Clemson 1 Evansville 1 Virginia 1 Stanford 12 3 was picked 20th the only other newcomer to the poll this week besides Indiana The Cardi nal also ranked 20th in the preseason poll dropped out after losing to Indiana in the first round of the Big Apple NIT Louisville which rose five spots from ninth this week Syracuse which fell seven spots to 11th and North Carolina all scored more than 100 points in early victories over Indiana which had allowed an opponent that many points only once in previous 17 years as coach But Indiana went to a three guard lineup after an 84 71 loss at Notre Dame starting sophomore Lyndon Jones at guard and moving senior Joe Hillman to forward on defense and the trademark Hoosier stinginess returned Until Northwestern shot 508 in 92 76 loss to Indiana which pushed career record to 500 183 only two other teams in the current streak shot better than 400 and none of them scored more than 77 points Duke 13 0 was picked No 1 for the ninth consecutive week The Blue Devils received 51 of 64 first place votes and 1266 of a possible 1280 rating points from the AP panel Sportsman Division to debut in Charlotte By RAY COOPER Staff Sports Writer CHARLOTTE The newly created NAS CAR Sportsman Division will make its debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway following first round qualifying for the Coca Cola 600 in May NASUAK President Bill rance Jr and Charlotte Motor Speedway President HA Wheeler made the announcement Monday during the closing press conference of the Na tional Motorsport Press As sociation convention at the Mark The creation of the new division will allow weekly racers an opportunity to participate in superspeed wav racing concept of the series was brought to us by Humpy Wheeler and why the first race will be held at rance said competition has become so tough in Busch Grand National and Winston Cup racing that even if a rance driver has a quality car his lack of experience can easily cost him a spot in the field division gives the little guy a chance to compete on a superspeedway without costing him a Eligible cars for the new division include for mer 1975 86 eligible Busch Grand National cars and former 1982 86 eligible Winston Cup cars Late Model Stock 8 engines in the 350 358 cubic inch area will be used with a 350 carbure tor The cars will weigh a minimum of 3500 pounds with a 110 inch wheelbase for Winston Cup cars and a 112 inch wheelbase for Grand National cars Drivers who have competed in five or more Winston Cup or Grand National events in their careers are not eligible to compete The inaugural event (a 150 mile 100 lapper) on May 24 will cany a $25000 purse About six Sportsman races will be held in and a series champion will not be declared Charlotte will host two of the races with sites for the other four to be decided (See Racing B7) Missouri downs Hokies The Associated Press BLACKSBURG Va Missouri coach Norm Stewart said his No 8 Tigers could have been a little more consistent after they hung on to defeat Virginia Tech 104 99 was a very good win for us and it could have been an outstanding win if we had done a few things a little Stewart said Monday night after Byron Irvin scored 35 points to help Missouri extend its record to 15 3 and its winning streak to six games Virginia Tech fell to 6 8 and lost its fifth straight game which the Hokies had not done since the 1954 55 team lost 18 in a row The Hokies also had not lost three home games in a row since then Virginia Tech coach rankie Allen credited Irvin with leading Missouri past his Hokies who got 36 points from Wally Lancaster He hit five 3 point shots and extended to 61 his NCAA re cord of consecutive games in which he has hit at least one 3 pointer was very impressed with Byron Irvin" Al len said is an underrated player He showed such good leadership MISSOURI (104) Sandbothe 46 1 4 9 Smith 5 9 4 4 14 Leonard 1 4 0 2 2 Irvin 9 15 15 20 35 Coward 4 110 211 Peeler 6 7 6 10 19 Church 2 3 2 2 6 Buntln 1 2 0 1 2 McIntyre 2 5 2 2 6 Totals 34 62 30 47 104 VIRGINIA TECH (99) Moses 3 8 0 0 6 Rivers 3 6 0 4 6 Sanders 2 5 3 4 7 Lancaster 10 28 11 14 36 Coles 6 15 7 10 22 Nottingham 1 6 2 2 4 Cannon 3 55 611 Caesar 1 8 2 3 5 Herbster 0 1 0 0 0 Holland 0 0 0 Davis 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 30 83 30 43 99 Missouri 54 Virginia Tech 42 3 point Missouri 6 16 (Irvin 2 6 Coward 3 7 Peeler 1 1 McIntyre 0 2) Virginia Tech 9 26 (Lancaster 5 15 Coles 3 4 Nottingham 0 1 Caesar 1 4) ouled Rivers Coles Rebounds Missouri 45 (Sandbothe 11) Virginia Tech 52 (Rivers 8) Missouri 24 (Coward 6) Virginia Tech (Coles Nottingham Caesar 3) Total fouls Missouri 29 Virginia Tech 32 Virginia Tech Bench 'I.