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SafliBBaQaBnnilaflaafcaHVMnaaMnBHBHaKB! i i iiia if i i i a mmm Ewing's Hoyas a capital topic in D.C. By Tom Friend ball, you talked Maryland. entered the Top 20 and were the talk of the Mtssourian sportswriter "We never thought of competing with country. Even after a three-gam- e losing Missouri vs. Georgetown Maryland," said Charles Deacon, George- streak, Georgetown remained popular. The Noon at McDonough Arena WASHINGTON In this city of media su- town's director of admissions and the man Hoyas are now 20-- 6, ranked 12th in the nation - 369-18-5 Is Georgetown Thompson premacy, there used to be five beats that ev- who headed the committee hired and popular as ever. Georgetown Iowa, he coach John is search that as 186-9- 0 all with the Hoyas F Mike Hancock, 6-- 7, Sr ery area Journalist would have given several current coach John Thompson, to John "It's been that way all season," said Wil- SERIES This Is their first meeting years of his life for t! presidential beat, Feinstein of the Washington Post. "We didn't bon, who has covered both Maryland and F ErlcSmlth, 6-- 5, Sr MATCHUPS Expect Pat Ewing to shots underneath C Patdck Ewing, 7 0 Fr the basket Before the Hoyas played Boston College Wednes- the congressional beat, the Supreme Court think that would be realistic. ' Georgetown this year. "When Maryland and day Ewing a freshman from Boston had 91 blocks for the head-to-hea- G Fred Brown, 5 So season 25 more than the antire Missouri team He beat, the Washington football reality. 197940 d on 6 has better Redskins beat Thompson made it a In the Georgetown go the same na- 3, than 20 more blocks than Virginia a s G Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, 6-- Sr the and the University of Maryland season, the Hoyas defeated Maryland twice day, Maryland is usually on the left side or tion s premier cen'jf beat. and came within two points of the final four. below Georgetown eight times out of 10. . . . i The Hoyas unlike Missouri play a variety ol defenses In Missouri Its 80-7- 1 road loss to Boston College Thursday Georgetown All of that changed on Feb. 2, 1981. On that Yet, even with Georgetown's monumental The coverage is the same as far as length, opened In a man-to-m- an defense but later switched to a 2 3 6-- 6, 1 3-- 1 day, in a Bopton restaurant, 7-f- oot Patrick season, Maryland, with and but the play is different. F , Sr zone and a zone trap with Ewing patrolling the inside F Marvin McCrary, 6-- 4, Sr Coach John Thompson tries to confbse offenses with decep- Ewing announced to the nation that he would Buck Williams, grabbed the media limelight. "The Cap Centre has had more media for tion and variation attend Georgetown University in Washing- And last year, a down year for the Hoyas, Georgetown than for the Bullets." C , 6-- 1 1 Jr The best matchup is Ewing against Missouri s Steve Stipa- 6-- 2, They are among top big men in na- to- G , Jr novich considered the the ton, D.C. later, the two most coveted prep Maryland had a strong hold on local writers Yet, when Missouri plays Georgetown tion but the similarities end there The Jamaican bom Ewing G 6-- 1, players in the D.C. area followed Ewing's and broadcasters. day, the game will not be played at the Cap- Prince Bridges, So is fast strong and has unlimited potential but is inex perlenced since he didn t begin playing basketball seriously lead and also joined the Hoyas. Then came Ewing. With Maryland losing ital Centre because Tai Babilonia and Randy until he was a sophomore In high school Stipanovich Is a bet Suddenly, the only sports beat in town was four players to the National Basketball Asso- Gardner will be there instead. That means TV and RADIO This will be the first time Missouri s basket ter shooter a better passer and mors experienced This is a Georgetown basketball. of ball teem has ever played a full game before a national major chance for him to prove to the country that he s as good as Georgetown signing 4,500 media rep- V ciation draft, and with fans and a large number network television audience NBC-T- will televise the game his projections proclaimed when he graduated high school The Washington Post offers the definitive the most highly touted high school senior, the resentatives will crowd into an arena that is locally over KMOU (Channel 6) beginning at 12 noon with Missouri bas an edge in the front court with Frazier and Mc- example. On tbe'day Georgetown opened its Hoyas were the big issue. so it a stage behind one of the Olck Enberg and Al McGuIre as announcers The game can be Crary The backcourls are even It Sundvold can neutralize old that has heard on radio stations KCMO (97 FM) and KFRU (1400 AM) Georgetown s All America Eric Floyd But tho most decisive season against the Yugoslav national team, The Georgetown athletic department baskets. RECOBDS Missouri is 23-- 1 overall and 121 In the Big matchup comes from the benches Both teams have super the Post sports page carried?) front-pag- e sto- added things up. They knew Hoyas were to be madhouse," said Wil- Eight Georgetown Is 206 overall and 8-- 4 in the Big East Con- substitutes who can turn a game around Frohmen Anthony the "It's going a ference Jones and William Martin and sophomore Gene Smith key ry which detailed how the Hoyas dismantled returning five starters. They knew little Mc-Donou- gh bon. "Against Syracuse, I went and sat in the ' COACHES Missouri s Is 272 143 In his 15th the Hoyas while Michael Walker Mark Dressier and Greg their opponent.1 On that same night, Arena, which holds 4,500, was too stands because the press table was so year as Tiger coach Overall with sis seasons at Northern Cavener pace the Tigers Maryland's basketball team had gone small to accommodate the fans and media crowded. against the Australian national team. who wanted to see this new basketball pow- Georgetown Sports Information Director people wanting to interview you is part of it. would also get it." "My story was on something like D-47- ," er! Jim Marchiony said, "The roof may come What you have to do at some is look up Maryland Sports Information Director said Michael Wilbon, who had covered the So Thompson and Hoya officials worked down." and say, 'I'm a basketball coach and my job Jack Zane said the Terrapins have built a Maryland game, j out a deal where Georgetown could play To illustrate the media hype that sur- is to prepare my team.' That still has to be better relationship with the press than Georgetown basketball was front and cen- most of its games at the 19,035-se- at Capital rounds Georgetown, the Washington Post your first priority." Georgetown has. In fact, Maryland holds a ter in this town of politicians and cherry Centre. Georgetown immediately sold about said it is sending four reporters and two pho- Thompson has dealt beautifully with area weekly press conference for the media, blossoms. 8,000 season tickets, twice as many as the tographers to cover the Missouri game to- press. He returns all calls from the Washing- something Georgetown doesn't do. "And it was overnight," Wilbon said. Washington Bullets, the city's NBA fran- day. ton Post and, an occasion, has called the re- "We have made our coaches and athletes a But the attention was something new for chise. The attention is ironic when one considers porters at home. But his sheltering of his little more available," said Zane. this small Jesuit school in the heart of North- "We have a responsibility to the Washing- Thompson's dealings with the press. All players may be one reason why Georgetown Available or unavailable, Georgetown now west Washington. Georgetown was known ton community as a whole, and with 4,500 Georgetown practices are closed. Thomp- can easily lose its media emphasis to rules the city. The media, the students and for its law school, its exquisite shops and its seats we can't fill the responsibility in McDo-nough-," son's office is unmarked and hard to find, Maryland if the Terrapins can regain their the people of Washington are ecstatic about famous graduates. Basketball was only sec- Deacon told the Washington Post. and Thompson would not let his three prized top form. Simply put, this is still a Maryland the Hoyas. ondary. In 1972, the Hoya basketball team "That's why we had to do it, community re- freshmen talk to the press until Jan. 1. area "Everybody is excited, especially about was 3-2- 3. sponsibility, that's part of our job here, too." "You learn to suffer peacefully," said "If Maryland was still good, it would prob- this Saturday," said Marchiony. "They know At the same time, Maryland, one of the It was Thompson's job to mold the players Thompson to Feinstein. "It's like planning ably still get top billing even if Georgetown how good Missouri is. The students are excit- elite of the Atlantic Coast Conference, ruled into a winning unit After losing two of its conflict into your day. You understand that had Ewing and everybody else," Wilbon ed. The fans are anxious to put on a show for the city. If you talked area college basket first three games, the Hoyas won 11 straight, expectations are a part of this game, that said "If they were both mediocre, Maryland national television." fltiekmaii overwhelms to dim Bryght Hannibal ( By Ravi Dasari and Daryl Knobbe Pleimann said. jmwS&BSB WBBBSBBB$&S$&bsk'' EHnifBH ISiSI ByGaryPener Missourian spcrtswriter Seabaugh is not the only local Missoariansportswriter wrestler who remained in the run- He began wrestling when he was ning for the championship rounds Hannibal coach Rich Lagemann in fourth grade. This afternoon, al- temmorrow. Senior Troy Pieper of announced Tuesday that he will re- most eight years later, Kewpie wres- Rock Bridge won a wrestleback by tire when this season ends. Had tler John Seabaugh will be going out pinning Grady Schmeder of Patton-vUleatt- he Lagemann known what was in store to prove something that he always 3:36 mark. for him Friday, he might have put in wajrtedtoproye;hathe's,thebest.. , Pieper was pinned in the opening . . for retirement a little sooner. ' drubbed-Lagemann'- Seabaugn worked his way through round by DeSmetfs Jim'OToole but The Hickman.JCewpies. s three opponents Friday s St the received another chance- - when Hannibal Pirates by a -- Hearnes and earned the right OToole moved into the finals. Actu- score of 100-3- 9 at Hickman Fnday to wrestle for the state champion- ally, Pieper had an 8-- 5 lead over night. The Kewpies raised their re- ship in the 167-pou- nd class. CToole late in the second period cord to 15-- 4, and Hannibal dropped After his third win, a pin over Oak-vill- e's when he suffered the defeat. to 9-1- 1. Jeff Aidy, the usually calm "I think I could beat him if I wres- "It was an avalanche," said Hick- Seabaugh was as hyper as a child on tled him again," he said. "Especial- man coach Phil DnsSall. "Things got Christmas morning who has to wait ly if I wrestled like I did just now (in rolling, and everyone I put in played to open the presents. The reason for his bout against Schnieder)." great." Seabaugh's excitement could be tra- Another Rock Bndge senior, Ke- When it was all over, 14 Kewpies ced back to the match he had just vin Tarleton, was not as fortunate as had their names in the scorebook, wrestled. Pieper. Tarleton was pinned in the and four were in double figures. Ce- "He was hot to pin me," Seabaugh first round by Doug Long of Belton cil Estes, who only played a little said. "Then my adrenalin started at 4:53. Long then lost his next bout, more than half the game, led all flowing, and I decided I was going to eliminating Tarleton's chance for. scorers with 22 points and 10 re- beat him." the possibility of a wrestleback. bounds. Dan DeGeal had 12 points, Seabaugh's adrenalin has to keep Hickman's James Nichols was and Greg Shelton and Kip Cave flowing today because he must face also eliminated in the first round. BHSrSi; added 10 apiece. last year's i state champ, Duane The surprising sophomore, who On the strength of 11 first-quart- er Bryght of Normandy, in the title came into the championships as the points by Estes, Hickman took an bout. Bryght will enter the match only wrestler with a record below early 22-- 9 lead and never looked with a 29-- 1 record.. .500 (8-18-- 1), lost a major decision to back against a Hannibal team which Hickman coach Dale Pleimann Kansas City Rockhurst's John Weid-meie-r, only one month earlier fell to the noted that while Seabaugh is wres- 12-- 4. Kewpies by six points. tling well, he will go into today's The second-roun-d wrestlebacks Everyone offered different rea- match as the underdog. will begin today at 10 a.m. at sons for why the Kewpies had such '-:r-- "It's (Bryght's) crown, and John Heames and the title bouts will be- ' a$B5 m &$Bgm an easy game this tune. will have to take it away from him," gin at 2:30 pjn. Estes said, "This tone coach Dris-b- li mmmWXM told everyone to get the ball into me more because they couldn't match my size." Bruins run a fever, Dnskdl said, "It was just a bad night for Hannibal, and our whole team played great." Forward Eddie Bradford said, "It Crusaders was the refs when we played up overcome there. They made some awfully bad By Bob Ross was rather emphatic. calls in the last game." Missourian sportswriter "Let's just say it was one of the Guard Tim Jackman said, "I think loudest and most in-dep- th talks we just started running more. We The Rock Bridge boys' basketball we've had this season," Laurie said. havent run that much in a long team got caught up in the fever Fri- But as the third quarter began, the time." day night against Jefferson City He-n- as pace of the game remained the No matter how it actually was the running fever and al- same. done, the Kewpies built up a 56-poi- nt most drove their coach crazy in the Up and down the floor the two lead by the end of the third quarter. process of earning a 65-4- 2 victory. teams ran. At times, the game de- After that, the only excitement left "If I had to rate this game on generated into a "who can turn the was when and who would score the smoothness, on a scale from one to ball over the quickest" contest. Dur- 100th point. When Craig Snethen

ute 30 sec- 10, 1 think we'd get about a three," ing a one-min- stretch in the third banked in a jump shot with said Bruin coach Bill Laurie after quarter, the ball changed hands sev- onds left for the final points, the the game. "In a lot of ways I was en times without either team manag- crowd stood and cheered until the disappointed with the way the game ing to score. game was over. turned out We didn't execute prop- It went something like this: Steve "I had planned to put the starters erly. It was a victory that won't help Ballenger grabbed an Hellas re- back in at the beginning of the fourth us much." bound and raced down court, only to quarter," said Driskul "But I 50-po- The Bruins (16-- 3) adopted the Cru- have the ball knocked away by He-li- as looked up and saw a int lead saders' apparently infectious style of guard Phil Reinksmeyer. Re-inkeme- yer and told them I couldnt do it I had basketball run until you think you then took three running wanted to work on our layup game." can reach the basket with a shot and steps the opposite direction before But if the layup game was never a then shoot - and played their slop- he realized he didn't have the ball. factor, the play of forward Dan De- piest basketball in six or seven Ballenger realized it, and he wise- Geal was. DeGeal, who has been in a games, despite winning. ly decided to pass off before the jball shooting slump recently, came off Rock Bridge managed to slow could be stolen again, but Joe Weece the bench in the second quarter and down the early pace of the game wasn'tquite ready for the pass. Cru- hit four of five shots from the field. with its press, forcing Hellas into sader Phil Vogel made the and He was perfect in four attempts several turnovers. Forward John dribbled the ball on the floor, on his from the line. Frertdng, snapping out of a mild own feet and then into Mario Den-son- 's 'Tm glad to see Danny come back slump, hit five-of-sev-en shots in the bands. Two more steals ensued like that," Dnskill said. "But Brad- quarter, and Rock Bridge jumped before the ball was knocked out of ford played a good game, too. Now I - out to a 17-- 6 lead. , bounds and everybody could take a have a problem with whom to play. "I hadn't been .playing weD lately, much-neede- d breather. Not many coaches have the luxury and I came outand decided not to Fortunately for Rock Bridge, the of a problem like that." force the ball," FFerldng said. "In Bruins committed fewer turnovers "It felt really good tonight," De- the first quarter I got a couple of and made more of their shots than Geal said. "There was no pressure easy baskets off of good passes from the Crusaders. In the first half, the at all, and this should be a confi- ' Stevie (Ballenger) and Mario (Den-son- ), Bruins hit 56 percent from the field, dence builder for (today's) game." and really got my confidence." compared to only 26 percent for He-lia- s. DeGeal was referring to Hick- Rock Bridge got into a track meet Four Bruins scored in double man's gome today against Sedalia with Jefferson aty Hellas in the sec- figures, led by Barry Nichols' 15 Smith-Cotto- n in Sedalia. It was only ond quarter and couldn't put the points. Denson, Frerkfaig and Estes two weeks ago that Hickman beat game away, Laurie's halftime talk each had 14. Hickman's Cecil Estes exhibits his "Big Stuff" against Hannibal. Sedalia in overtime, 5M1

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