News Scrapbook 1982-1984

28 The Daily Californian • East San Diego County, California D Fnday, July 15, 1983 Aztecs, Toreros unveil basketball schedules

given to two of eight newly recruited players. Seven players from a year ago will return, giving SDSU the NCAA-maximum 15 scholarship players. Carr had been touted as the Aztec point guard of the future but never lived up to the expectations of SDSU coach "Smokey" Gaines Gaines did not plan to invite Carr back. Kopick1, who played sparingly a year ago, has left SDSU to attend a junior college USD also has announced its schedule for next season . The Toreros open play Friday. Nov. 18, hosting the Australian National team USD will play 16 home games on its 28-game schedule, including six West Coa~t Athletic Conference games. The Toreros also host St. Thomas College of St. Paul, Minn , Army, Cal-State Long Beach, Spring Arbor (Mich.) College, UC Irvine, Idaho State, University of Idaho, Western Illinois, and Mount Marty College of Yankton, S.D. USO plays at Texas Tech, Northern Arizona, UC Santa Barbara and SDSU. The game against the Aztecs is Thursday, Jan. 5. The Toreros will join Nevada-Reno, Florida A&M and UC Davis at the Wolfpack Classic in Reno Wednesday and Thuri;day, Dec. 28 and 29. USD opens WCAC play Thursday, Jan 19, hosting Gonzaga.

n I go Stat ·s basketball team will open the home portion of the 1983 84 s •a. on against the team that ended 1t t 81-82 campaign UC Irvin , which defeated the Aztec 70-69 10· the first round of the 1982 at1onal Invitation Tournament, will be in San D1 •go S turday, Dec 3 The gam agatn t the Anteaters is one of 15 home gam s the Aztec will play. SDSU's 27-game schedule, which contams 16 Western Athletic Conference games, two tournam nts and seven other non-conference games, wa nnounced Thursday. An SD U poke man aid on game till may be added . N AA D1v1. 10n I teams are allowed to play 28 regular· awn gam Th Aztec. ar negotiatmg with Nevada• La V 11:a , Marquette and NCAA runner-up Hou ton . Th Aztec will open th season Monday, Nov. 28, playtn t M ry's in Moraga. SDSU will host Irvine. Cal• tat Long Beach, Arizona, Navy and the Umversity of n DI go in non-conference games SDSU will vlSlt the Gaels and th University of Texas Th Aztec will ho t the Eighth Annual Cabrillo Classic Thursday nd Frid y, Dec 29 and 30 East Tenne ·see tate, Oklahoma St.ate and the University of Washmgton l are entered SDSU will join Oklahoma City, Long I land Univer 1ty and the Umver 1ty of Tulsa in the 011 C pital Clu 1c in Tulsa Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10

TOURNEY CHANGE/ The NCAA has added a fifth game to the opening round of the 1984 Division I men's basketball tournament. The fifth game will be used to narrow a 53-team held to a 48- team bracket The added game also will keep a balance of 24 at-large teams and 24 automatic qualifiers in the bracket A fifth game was required for balance in the bracket because the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference will be eligible for automatic qualification for the first time. The total number of conferences with automatic qualifiers was raised to 29 with that addition. SDSU opens WAC play on the road, journeying to Texas-El Paso Thursday, Jan. 12, and the University of New Mexico Saturday, Jan. 14. The Aztecs host Utah (Thursday, Jan 19) , Brigham Young (Saturday, Jan. 21) and Hawaii (Saturday, Jan. 28) on their first conference home stand The WAC tournament to determine which team re- ceives the automatic berth m the NCAA tournament will be played March 5 through 10 at an undetermined site . Two members of the 1982-83 team will not return - guard Terry Carr and forward Steve Kop1cki, both freshmen a year ago Their spots on the roster will be

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