From: seale@bcserv.wustl.edu (Seale (Jeff))
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: Texas Horns ! News, please, Austin folks !
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:52:20 GMT
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conditt@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Paul Conditt) writes:

>In article <2B4CD264.3691@news.service.uci.edu> jayakris@translab.its.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan) writes:
>>
>>  Why are you guys from Austin so silent about the horns ?  Please,
>>  (This one reminded me so much about the UT-Baylor football game !)
>>  Hats off to the Texas players to hang in there and come back from
>>  a 22 pt deficit at 9 minutes to within 5 at 2 minutes. That too 
>>  with their point guard/leader out !   They would have had a chance to
>>  even win the game had the official called intentional on Rice for
>>  lifting and dropping Terrence Rencher at the 2 min mark (come on,
>>  give me a break..call *one* at least on them. let us be fair here..).
>>
>>  To hell with it. It's time Texas got out of SWC.  These officials 
>>  stink. It is not worth it.

>It is true that the officials in the SWC stink, even for women's/ladies/
>non-male's/whatever the p.c. term is sports.  I saw the SWC/Pac-10
>Challenge and the officiating for that was atrocious.  It wasn't biased
>at all, just really bad on both sides.  Blatant missed traveling calls,
>muggings not called as fouls, and little brushes on the shoulder called
>as intentional fouls.  However, I don't think getting out of the SWC
>is the answer.  As was quite evident, even Texas, probably the premier
>men's team in the conference, can't play with the big boys.  It's time
>for the conference coaches to gang up on the front office and demand
>better officiating.

>>

Don't tell me Tom is going to start crying about the officials again.
This guy has proven to be nothing but a cry baby since he came to the
SWC. Every year he bitches about the poor officiating. If he would spend
the time that he bitches about the officials coaching his team, they
wouldn't be in the position to have the game determined by the officials 
in the first place. Granted, the officials suck, but the trend seems to
be that the SWC office isn't going to do anything else about it.

Indeed, Jay, add this to another of your list of reasons to jump from
the SWC. Personally, we don't care how many reasons you guys come up
with, just get the hell out if you think it will be better. I don't think
it will be much better though.

>No, thanks :) - GO TECH!!!!

>>
>>  Jay  (why am I in California ?..)

>Now for the interesting SWC b-ball news :).  The Tech men are now 7-2
>after beating Univ. of North Texas 78-70.  Look for them and Houston to
>give the UT men a real run for the conference crown, especially after UT's
>opening loss to Rice.  The Tech women are 8-1 (I think) and ranked #11.
>Look for them to repeat as conference champions this year.


The LADY Raiders (for all you p.c.'ers) are 9-1 and ranked #11. Look for them
to make their first ever appearance in the top 10 with S.F. Austin's loss and
a LADY Raider victory over Utah tonight. It looks as if once again the LADY
Raiders will be the cream of the crop in SWC Women's basketball. Here's to
you, Coach Sharp.

Jeff (I love Tech bball)