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Tor ros: Lose in/ :zrJ,7jt; tourney Continued from C-1 but point guard Kiki Jackson hit a 19- footer to make it 24-21. Oklahoma State scored the next nine points, and seven belonged to Jones. He stole the ball in the frontcourt and converted a three- point play to tie the game, then hit four more free throws. San Diego trailed by four at the half and 39-37 when Reuss made a rebound basket with 14:15 left. But Jones scored four points as Oklahoma State ran off a quick 8-0 string to lead 47-37. The Cowboys never led by less than eight after that. USO needed Thompson's offense, but 6-10 sophomore Shawn Baker did a good job on him defensively. "This was just an absolutely horri- ble game for (Thompson)," USO coach Hank Egan said. "But he's a good kid and I'm sure he can come back." Reuss said, "I don't know if (USD's performance) was a matter of the arena, the atmosphere, or that we didn't have our minds in the game. It was probably more of (the last)." The defeat "kind of slapped us in the face," Reuss said. "We found you can't go up against a Division I team and expect to win."

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rolled one-after-another off the rim, the Toreros managed to hit just 18 field goals. M anwhile, Junior reserve guard Mitch Jones (a team-high 19 points in 21 minutes) sparked two scoring runs for the Cowboys. who took the lead for good late m the first half. In the other game, SMU shook off a challenge from Idaho to win. 90-71. The Vandals led 28-27 as late as the 5 18 mark of the first half before fall- ing back

SMU (4-0), ranked No. 8 by the As· sociated Press, got 19 points each from 7-foot center Jon Koncak and guard Carl Wright. Ulf Spears had 18 for Idaho. USO (4-2) will meet the Vandals (4· 4) in the consolation game at 4 p.rn. PST today, and SMU and Oklahoma State (4-1) will play for the champi- onship at 6. The Toreros, who entered the game shooting 50 percent, shot 37 percent in the first half against the

baseline game away from Thomp- son." Toreros senior forward Anthony Re~s~ scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the first half, and when Nils Madden, the other forward, made two free throws at 1010, USO had its largest lead, 22-17. Then Jones, who had entered the game for the first time just 31 sec- onds earlier, went to work, His 18- foot jumper cut USJ!is lead to 22-21, See TOREROS 'f Page C-2

Cowboys' tight man-to-man defense and 28 percent in the second Thompson, who was shooting 65 percent from the field and averaging a team-leading 14.4 points, made just two of 11 for five points. The Cow- boys, who allow an average of 54.5 points per game, shot 41 percent. "We were really trying to make (the Toreros) throw the ball out a lot, away from their center," Jones said. Cowboys coach Paul Hansen said, "We were just trying to take the

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/ USD basketball suffers loss as freshman forward quits ~qsc:- By Michael C'anepa way it didn't. to be a very good player for us some Tt1bune -~pcrtswriter "I wasn't angry or upset with him day." Still feeling the effects from losmg at all," added Egan, who didn't rule returning starter Mark Bostic with a out the possibility that Moser could broken ankle, the SD...basketball rejoin the team at a future date. "At team has uffered a other setback. the lime we didn't discuss next year. And while this one probably won't He just seemed anxious to get have the immediate impact that Bos- home." tic's injury had. it may prove ma1or lo omewhere down the road. The Torero announced that fresh• man forward teve oser has quit the team for personal rea on . In es- s nee, coach Hank Egan 1d that the Recruited to USO by former Torero and present USF coach Jim Brovelli, the 6-6 Moser averaged 16.8 points and 4.7 rebounds a game last y ar at Ocean Vew High in Hunting- ton Beach. He earned second-team All-Orange County status and was his team's MVP in both his jumor and senior years. Having been thoroughly beaten by both O·laboma State and Idaho over the weekend, the Toreros are about to get their last taste of road life until the conference schedule starts. This time, USO beads up to Stockton to play in the UOP/American Sav- ings Classic.

of surprises, heartbreaks A -~ &LLEGE SPORTS fan - whether his or her team is local or national - has to look back at 1984 as being the year of the surprise, that is unless you predicted Doug Flutie would win the Heisrnan, USO would make the NCAAs, Mary Hill would be named San Diego State's athletic director and the Aztecs men's basketball program would be put behind the NCAA's bars. Who would have thought a 5-foot-9 quarterback from Boston College would wm the Heisman Trophy? It's not Boston College anymore. As Eagles basket- ball coach Gary Williams said yesterday at the Cabrillo Classic tipoff lunch- eon, "I'm the basketball coach at Doug Flutie University." We should have known something was up last January when Howard Schoellenberger's Miami Hurricanes edged Nebraska 31-30 in the Orange Bowl, thus winning college football's mythical national championship. Hats off to Nebraska for going for two points, rather than accepting a tie. After holding the No. 1 ranking all season, the Cornhuskers slipped to No. 2. Schnellenberger would later leave the University of Miami for a position with the Miami-bound Washington Federals of the USFL. But the moving vans never moved, and Schnellenberger is singing "My Old Kentucky Horne" at Louisville, having landed the Cardinals head coaching job. Now he'll find out what a real pro football team payroll looks like. Who can remember Illinois' 45-9 rollover to UCLA in the Rose Bowl last Ed Zieralski Of course the big college football story that will act as a lead-in to 1985 is BYU's No. 1 ranking. After a gutty performance by Robbie Bosco in BYU's 24-17 win over Michigan in the Holiday Bowl, the Cougars ended the season atop the college wire service polls. Boo-boo Scbembechler even admitted BYU should be No. 1. Next up is the outcome of the Oklahoma-Washington matchup in the Orange Bowl. If Oklahoma wins, look out. But that's for the 1985 historians. As for 1984, BYU is it. Other nat10nal football stories that made headlines included the University of Florida and its problems with the NCAA. Charley Pell resigned because of a NCAA bust, but the Gators, led by offensive coordinator Galen Hall, won the SEC championship with a 25-17 victory over Kentucky. Later in the year, Morgan State University tried to break Florida's record for most NCAA violations in a semester, and, at last count, was making a serious threat on the Gators' mark. Some of the charges against Morgan State's program make Pell and his boys look like the Lil' Rascals. Overall it wasn't a very good year for the NCAA. The Supreme Court stripped it of its power to regulate television broadcasts, and ii even lost an appeal in its ongoing battle with Jerry Tarkanian of Nevada-Las Vegas. In college basketball, a year hasn't made any difference at all. Georgetown is STILL the kingpin, just as it was after winning the national championship by beating the University of Houston, 84-75, in the final game of the 46th NCAA Final Four tournament last April. Georgetown's Patrick Ewing and Akeem Abdul Olajuwon of Houston battled in thrn one, and Ewing and his Hoyas took it to Olajuwon and his Cougars. And it looks as if Ewing is going to lead the Hoyas to another champion- ship, and Olajuwon is leading another Houston - the NBA Rockets - toward the playoffs. Turning to the real powerhouse, Charninade continued its mastery over the little schools, beating Louisville and SMU on consecutive nights to win its own tournament last week. In 1982, the Silver Swords beat Ralph Sampson and his highly ranked University of Virginia team. Anymore, it's not Christ- mas if Chaminade isn't slaying giants. At its 78th convention, the NCAA expanded its come-anybody tournament to 64 teams, effective in 1985. Now semi-tough-luck teams with 12-16 records against semi-mean competition have a semi-shot. The expansion will elimi- nate byes and semi-byes, which some coaches felt were not beneficial to the college basketball image. Of course they were the coaches who never received a bye, and in some cases, not so much as a hello or an obscene phone call around tournament time. LOCAL CAMPUSES - In San Diego, the biggest story of all broke over at the little Catholic university in Alcala Park, the campus with the heart the size of the Notre Dame dome. Up at.l.lfil), they believe in miracles, and one happened right before their eyes. It everiliad the Rev. Father Patrick Cahill working the beads overtime. The Jim Brovelli-coached, Mike Whitmarsh-led Toreros advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. After winning the WCAC title with a win over St. Mary's at the jam-packed USO gym, the Toreros went back to January? Illini team psychologist Dan Smith blamed it on all the dis- tractions in Southern California - unexpected visits by relatives to the Illini camp and bad biorhythms. Those watching simply blamed it on a lack of talent and motivation by a Big Ten-tative team. This was a pre- view to the end-of-the year Freedom Bowl, a mud bath that featured an- other distracted team, the Universi- ty of Texas, losing big to Iowa, an- other national powerhouse that was invited to a bowl game. COLLEGES NOTEPAD

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The Toreros ( 4-3) will take on host- school University of Pacific (3-3) to- morrow night begmrung at 9 in the second half of a double-header at the Alex G. Spanos Center. Tbe opening contest will have Illinois State {5-1) going up against Texas A&M (5-1), with the championship and consola- tion games set for Saturday. "We looked as bad on the road as we looked impressive at home," said Egan or his team's recent trip to Texas. "It's important to win these games. That's why we're hoping to be much more aggressive out there." USO is 4-0 at home this season; 0-3 on the road if you include its 57-53 loss to San Diego State at the Sports Arena.

Huntington Beach native got horn 1ck and dropped out of school omc time last week. Moser didn't accompany the team to Dallas la t weekend when USO 1 t both or its games in the Dallas Morning ews Tournament. "Earli r in the year he expressed som feelmg that he might not be read for coll ge hfe," said Egan of Mo . '11e didn't think he was ready to n v a ay from home. He talked about omg home and settling down. but I still d1dn t have any idea he would actually go through with it. So, m a way it surprised me and in a

He had appear d in just one game this season - ag inst UC Santa Bar- bara - and scored four points in five minutes of action. His play had been limited because of a shoulder injury and, while he didn't figure to see much duty this season, the Torero coaching staff was convinced Moser had a future on the major college level. "He's a good kld and a good play- er," said Egan. "He has a Jot of ath- letic ability. I thought he was going

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B C ~E - The University of S~~illio basketball team ...wllttR?-at ho or its next seven basketball games, including two this week, after gaining a split in two games over the weekend in Stockton. The Toreros, with a 5-4 record, will play Hardin-Simmons from Abilene, Texas, Friday and John Brown Uni- versity from Siloiam Springs, Ark., Sunday with both games scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the USO gym. Games against Concordia (Nebras- ka) College, Northern Arizona, South- west Texas State and Southwest Bap- tist (Missouri) will follow before the Toreros open their West Coast Ath- letic Conference sea on against Pep- perdine on Jan. 19. Coach Hank Egan's forces won't play on the road again until they make a trip to the Northwest to play WCAC games against Gonzaga on Jan. 24 and Portland on Jan. 26. . At Stockton, USO lost Saturday mght m the championship game of the University of Pacific tournament to llhno1 late 77-58 after beating the ho t UOP team 53-47 on Friday. Again t Illinois State, USO center ott Thomp oo scored 18 points. He and guard Chris Carr were named to the all-tournament team. /i

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