From: conditt@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Paul Conditt)
Subject: Re: Texas Horns !  News, please, Austin folks !
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:27:03 GMT

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,
>  there are some of us displaced fans, who like to hear some news !

Well, I'm no Horns fan, but I do live in Austin :), so I'm inundated
with news about them :(, most of which I don't listen to.  Tom Penders
has closed their practices for the first time after the Rice loss.
UT is definitely going to miss BJ Tyler.  I haven't seen any of the 
games except for part of the loss to Utah on ESPN.  The part I saw,
they had absolutely no inside game.  They started launching 3 pointers
early in the second half and they weren't down by that much at that time.
The loss to NC State (I think, could've been UNC) in that tournament
they played in earlier was quite embarassing.
>
>  I saw the UT_Rice game on Tuesday (UT-87, Rice-92) and cried.  BJ Tyler is
>  out for the year ?..  Come on guys, somebody please tell us such news when
>  it happens.  I know, this season is going down the drain, but we would
>  like to know how and why.
>
>  About the Rice game.. I don't want any Owls ever complaining that
>  they don't get support from the officials. They decided this game,
>  and that's it !    Three intentional fouls on Texas ?.. Come on..
>  Can't blame Penders for blowing his lid and getting rejected. 
>  (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.

>
>  GO HORNS !

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

>
>  Jay  (why am I in California ?..)
Cuz it doesn't rain there all the time like it does here.  We've only
had 1 sunny day this year, and this is the place where we're supposed to
have 300 days of sunshine per year.
>

P.S.  The UT women's team beat Santa Clara last night.  This should make them
6-4 or 6-5, not sure which, after losing bad to #4 Stanford earlier this
week.  They were ranked #17 (I think) before this week's games.

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.


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