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Six years oii

By Mat Horton

Features Editor

\Vhen it rains at the early childhood education lab, it floods.

And last weekend's statewide deluge yielded the same result.

Flooding in the lab, located in the basement of Erikson Hall, forced
workers to replace Furniture and toys and sanitize bathrooms to give
children a safe place to play and students a safe environment to learn.

But while the rest of the state weathered heavy rains, the lab flooding
reopened a long-standing problem for the early childhood education
program.

Retia Walker, dean of the College of Human Environmental Sci-
ences, said the flooding has occurred about the last six years, and physi—
cal plant employees have made attempts to solve the problem to no
avail.

“Each time it rains, our staff and faculty have to put on their real
work clothes," she said.

Donna Isaac, head teacher in the pre-school program, said she has
lost $5,000 worth of teaching materials, and that staff has been forced to
roll up carpets and box perishable materials at the mere threat of rain.
Since 1990, when Isaac first started there, she said flooding and
drainage problems have occurred at least IO times.

 

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“At this point I'm ready to suggest to liayette County
schools to pull us out ofthe program."

Jack Blanton, vice chancellor for administration, said the
flooding affects Erikson, the Funkhouser Building and the
part of the (iatton College of Business and Economics clos—
est to Limestone Street.

Underwater caverns running from Funkhouser to Lime-
stone Street store up groundwater that the soil will not
absorb, he said.

The water backs up, eventually seepinr in through
draina 1e systems and, in the case of the childhood lab,
through the toilets.

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syllabus doesn ’t
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around in raw
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john Bobel, a self—employed comiiuinications consultant up.
whose two children have gone through the early childhood v \\'alket said.
program. said the lab flooding has happened “like clock— John Bobel

work."
Ile said students and children should not be working and
learning in an environment susceptible to raw sewage. ~_
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coming in. lilainon said. but Ilooding has persisted.
“(In Saturday, we must have pumped water for -4

liloodmg in US I“. occurred near the classrooms and by
the Iirst lioor computer labs.

Physical plant workers, who pumped out the water by
digging a sinkhole. restored power to the building last

ln yeah past. lilanton said. the basement of l‘unkhouser
has had as much as three to four feet oI water. but this time
the biscuit-iii went unscathed.

lhc tollegc submitted .1 proposal to (:hanccllor l'ili7a«
beth /.ill\t'I in December to find a different site for the lab,

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Professors to see heavier war/e loaa'

By Brandy Carter
Staff Writer

The work of teaching assistants can be described as thankless.

TAs perform such tasks as grading papers for 100 students, making
up tests, correcting labs and teaching classes. TAs often go unnoticed
teaching labs and recitations in place of professors.

“My duties include spending 10 hours a week in class teaching and a
minimum of 10 hours a week out ofclass grading and preparing, but I
spend much more time working out of class," anthropology teaching
assistantjo Stokes said.

“As a TA in the Spanish department I must participate in department
events, be available for office hours, teach classes and work on my doc-
torate,” Spanish teaching assistant Edison Thomas said.

The budget cuts have meant the loss of a job for one of UK‘s most
prestigious TAs next semester.

Leon Lane, an anthropology TA, lost his TA position for next year

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despite his receiving the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teachers
Assistant, which is only awarded to five TAs each year.

Lane said he was confused by UK’s message of rewarding him for
excellence and then firing him.

Students’ opinions on classes taught by TAs varied.

“I would register for a class taught by a TA." biology freshman Mike
Glasmeier said.

Some students said it depended on the TA and the class as to
whether they would register for a 'I‘A-taught class.

“I think (TAs) do a better job ofexplaining things," (ilasmeier said.

Professors' work loads are expected to increase along with their
salaries next semester iftliey take up the work formerly done by TAs.

“All lower division labs and recitations are taught by TAs,” Professor
Jesse \Veil of the physics and astronomy department said. “They are
necessary to the program because they teach 20 percent of our classes
and without them many classes would have to be closed."

With the impending budget cuts, TAs are speaking about their
future and the future of UK.

Geology TA Chris Sweat said. “The budget cuts will increase class
size. The geology department will not be receiving any more funding
for more TA positions."

TAS said they would not unionize unless something such as salary
cuts went into effect. ()ther TAs fear the increase in class size will mean
less individual attention for students. TAs said in larger classes it will be
harder to determine when students are in trouble and need extra help
until it is too late.

“It’s difficult to give the individuali7ed attention students need now
with classes of 25," Stokes said.

Some TAs said the current protest efforts are not enough.

“The symbolic protests are :i good way to get the attention of the
administration and let them know that we want to discuss the issues
with them," said English 'l‘AJohn Morgan. “More needs to be done on
the part of the 'I‘As."

Foreign language TAs stressed that students Will be affected the most
ifthe class sizes increase.

“In all languages, you need a small group so that everyone gets a
chance to participate," said Spanish TA 'l'homas.

The job market for TAs after they complete their graduate work
looks bleak. Many TAs are discouraged from becoming professors
because it is a large investment of their lives without the guarantee of

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Commercial
developer hays

landfiom UK

By James Ritchie
Senior Stafl Writer

The Board of Trustees authorized
yesterday the sale of a 43 -acre tract of
South Farm for $18 million.

JDN Development Inc. of Atlanta
bid hi hest on the land. Funds from
the sa e will be used to construct a
new Plant Science Building for the
College of Agriculture.

The remainder of South Farm,
currently being used b the colle for
horticulture research, as beeni enti-
fied as the site for future development
of a campus for Lexington Communi-
ty Colle e.

The Soard also listened to a re on
from Tom Dillehay, an anthropo o
pgofessor, on his excavation of tfili

ontc Verde archaeological site in
northern Chile. His team found evi-
dence that humans inhabited South
America at least 13,000 years ago,
2,000 ears earlier than had previously
been ought.

“(This jcct) gives us an oppor-
tuni to 00k deep into the past,”
Dille ay said.

The findings of the excavation, he
said, could point to human settlement
of North America 5,000 to 10,000
prior to current estimates.

The Smithsonian Institute Press
will publish Dillehay’s research next

The excavation and analysis chal—
lenges the old theory that the area's
earliest settlers were hunters. Dillehay
said that preserved food, plants,
leather, hide and animals found by his
team indicate that the people were
probably fora ers.

Study of e site also showed that
the society was more advanced than
the scientific community had previ-
ously thought. ,

A hut on the perimeter of the 75—
yard-byJO-yard encampment con-
tained 26 species of plants, Dillehay
said, which were most likely used as
medicine to treat intestinal, pul—
monary and skin disorders.

When Dillehay first began his
study of the site in the late ’705 and
was looking for funding to continue
the investigation, his research was
“com letely rejected” by well-estab-
lishe scientists, he said. But the UK
Research Foundation furnished him a
$6,000 grant, allowing him to pro-
ceed.

President Charles Wethington said
UK is fortunate to have Dillehay and
his team.

“You’ve brought good, positive
attention to the University and to
yourselves,” Wethington said. “We
value your work and we value you.”

In other actions, the board official-
ly appointed John H. Herbs: as direc-
tor of the Student Center. Herbst
replaces Frank Harris, who retired last
month after 31 years.

The new director has been
employed in UK student activities for
23 years, most recent] as associate

director of the Student tier.

Acting dean named

By James Ritchie
Senior Staff Writer

Chemistry department Chairman Donald E. Sands was
named yesterday as acting dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.

Sands will serve as acting dean while a replacement is
sought for Dean Richard Edwards, who is leaving UK to
become senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Sands, a former vice chancellor for academic affairs at
UK, said he hopes to continue the college's record of offer—
ing a strong liberal arts education and maintaining excel—
lence in scholarship while he is acting dean.

“I look forward to working with my Arts and Sciences
colleagues in coping with the departure of Dean Edwards
and continuing the college on its path to excellence," Sands
said.

Chancellor Elisabeth Zinser, who made the appointment,
said Sands’ experience will be important in providing leader-
ship for the University's largest college.

“His scholarly record in teaching, research and service
brings a high level of insight and credibility to his new
assignment,” she said. “He will provide wise guidance in the
colle e’s transitions.”

T is will be the third time Sands has served as acting
dean of the college. He served in the fall of 1978 and the
1980-81 academic year.

The acting dean joined the UK faculty in 1962 as an
assistant professor of chemistry.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Worces—
ter Polytechnic Institute and a doctorate in ph‘ysical chem-
istry, with minors in physics and mathematics, om Cornell
University.

While working as vice chancellor for academic affairs,
Sands helped engineer UK’s selective admissions licy.

Sands said the college is rich in values, tra itions and
people.

“ t’s the kind of college that keeps
stronger,” he said. “(The job) is going to

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By Stephen Trimble

Senior Staff" IVriter

God seemed to be very much
alive last night in a town meeting-
style religious discussion in the
Student Center, yet greatly mis—
understood.

Fittingly, a panel consisting of
a Muslim, two Ba’hai believers,
two Protestants, a .Iew, a
Hindu/Universalist, a Roman
Catholic and a Pagan —— all theists
-— spent most of the two-hour (ll‘i‘
cussion clearing up misconcep—
tions or tnisinterpretations of
their faith for a polite, active
crowd ofabout 100 people.

For example, a Pagan worships
pre-Christian gods —— not Satan.

“Satan is basically for the
Christians and the Jews,” said
Sarah Glenn, the Pagan panelist.
“You know, it’s your all’s prob-
lem.” And a Hindu worships thou—
sands of manifestations ofa sin le
God (Brahman), said panelist
Zakkula Govindarajula, a UK
statistician, as opposed to thou—
sands of different gods.

Roman Catholics have less ofa
papal hierarchy than most non-
Catholics resume, said panelist
Louis Swi , dean of undergradu-
ate studies.

“There is a great participation
of the lai in the life of the
(Catholic) c urch,” Swift said.

The sponsors of the event —
the Student Activities Board, Stu-

dent Government Association and
the University Senate ~— billed the
discussion as an atheism vs. theism
debate. A Kentucky Kernel adver-

tisement declared the debate.
“God is Dead —— Agree or l)is~
agree."

Instead. most of the panelists
and audience pursued a more
pleasant discussion and explored
the similarities and common goals
lK‘W’Ct Ti ’llC different religions.

A faiily partisan crowd of
(lhristians posed most of the ques-
tions for the panel, including
issues of Jesus ( hrist’s divinity,
spirituality and general questions
regarding doctrines of the differ-
ent reli 'ons.

A (I ristian audience member
asked the panelists to describe
how their religion impacted their
lives personally.

“If you are really a spiritual
person, you take a very positive
outlook in all that is going on
around you,” Swift said.

Austin Cantor, a UK animal
science/nutritional science profes-
sor, said his jewish faith dictates
that he must first receive forgive-
ness for his sins from the people
he has wronged. Only then, Can-
tor said, would God grant him the
same favor.

“Live your life as if you were
seeing God,” said panelist Sha-
heed Rashid, a follower of Islam.
“For even if you can't see him,
he's seeing you.”

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Editor’s note: This i: the second of
a two—part column predicting bow the
NCAA Tournament reed: will end up
on Selection Sunday.
t is now time to say who I
think will be in the
other half of the
rac et, startin with the
Midwest, where think UK
will be heading.
A quick glance now:

Midwest

1. Minnesota. It’s a Big

 

 

ence champ Utah finall gets a
No. 1 seed. barring a co lapse in
the WAC Tournament. The Utes
will play the first two rounds in
Tuscon, Ariz., because their home
court in Salt Lake City is
the other regional site.

Of course, the Utes
seem to always be a high
seed that can win a couple
of games before getting
knocked out by a uality
op nent, so it woul n’t be
a s ock to see them be one

10 team, OK— BU! this lUSt of the first to seeds to 0
may be the team that gives CIII‘IS own. p g
that conference some EISIOI‘IIIII 2, What a difference a
respect in the tourney once Sport: couple of months makes.
383‘” , lids” UCLA was looking dead in
2- Sunday 5 loss ‘0 the water after being shel-

South Carolina hurt UK worse
than just in the Southeastern Con-
ference standings. It also hurt in
seedin . Instead of being a lock to
be a o. 1 seed, the Cats now are
forced to wonder exactly where
they will be sent as a No. 2. The
guess here is that Kansas City,
Mo., is where the Cats will begin
their title defense.

Of course, an SEC Tourna-
ment championship could put the
team back up to a No. I, especially
if South Carolina loses early on.

3. Wake Forest, like UK a solid
No. l in January, has been
reduced to being just another
three seed. The Demon Deacons
could very easily end up in Indi-
anapolis, especially because they
play in the toughest conference in
the country.

4. Xavier (Ohio). Hey, the
Musketeers have only lost four
games, and they beat Cincinnati.

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lacked by Stanford by 49 in Palo
Alto, Calif. Now, with only days
until the tourney, Steve Lavin’s
Bruins are Pac—lO champs and get
to stay in the western portion of
the United States.

3. This year’s biggest disap-
pointment — Cincinnati -- gets
punished for being such a letdown
this season by being sent packing
out west, Salt Lake City to be
more specific.

Maybe the rarefied air will help
Damon Flint finally find his shot,
which is quite possibly the most
inconsistent in all of college bas-
ketball.

4. College of Charleston gets a
little respect for its 2 8-2 record by
getting a relatively high seed
despite playing in a weak confer-
ence.

Can you say Nil?

Here are a few teams who just
don‘t have what it takes to get into
the “Big Dance."

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No. 4 in the Associated Press poll 1997 NCAA Tm:
back in December before bein
shot back down to earth. g FITSI and ”COM mm
A couple of losses to some weak Vultchiii ”d Is?
teams in the Rainbow Classic Eu“ Joel Mammal Coliseum.
started the tumble, but a loss to wmsml‘sabl'l.N-C- .
Ohio State in the Big 10 opener swam. 3 The Pyramid,
may have been the real sign of WI Tem- _
what was to come for this team. "MP3”? OI AUbum HIIIS.
Arkansas — It‘s just one of Auburn HIIIS. MIC“-
those years for Nolan Richard- West. Jon M Huntsman caller-
son’s team. The Hogs don’t Salt Lake CW
deserve a bid after a late season
collapse against teams like Missis- 'M‘mh'“ “15:. _
sippi State and Vanderbilt. E9“: Pmsnl-"Qh CIVIC Arena.
Fresno State — Sorry Tark — Pittsburgh . .
your team, so overrated in the pre- Wheat- Chall‘me Coliseum,
season, just doesn’t get in because Clla'lone- N-C-
of an NCAA conspiracy against 3:35:83” mepel Arena.
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been the threat they were expected Tuscon' Anz.
to be early on.
Miami (Fla.) — Former UK
assistant Leonard Hamilton’s ave i023? M23'
team looked like a lock back in MI larc| Airfmodoriie
January, while it was beating San Antonio ’
teams like Georgetown. But of West' San Jose Arena
late, the Canes just haven t been San Jose. Calif.
playing good ball.
Alabama —- I wouldn’t men- VMarchzzand24:
tion this team if it hadn't started Ea“: Came, Dome,
out unbeaten and handed Min- Syracuse, NY.
nesota one of its two loses this sea— Southgast; Jetterson Civic Center. I
son. But the Tide has hit the bot- Birmingham, Ala,
tom of late, turning a good team
into a very mediocre team. .
Alabama is 6—13 since a Dec. 21 Final FOUI‘
win over VCU, a win that gave the Yuan“ 29 EM! 312
Tide the 10—0 mark. RCA Donia.
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By Noreen Tiongson
Contributing ”Hm-

An exceptional pitcher with a lot of love for
the game. These words describe the UK base—
ball team’s (ircg Reid.

After playing three successful years for UK,
Reid had to battle the challenge of arm
surgery, which could very well have ended his
baseball career. But Reid’s love for the game
kept tip his detennination.

After a successful season as a junior, Reid's
pitching arm required surgery, which forced
him to be redshirtcd in what he thought would
be his last athletic year at UK.

“After the surgery. I came back and stared to
throw again, and once again. my ami started to
hurt,” Reid said. “I thought I was done."

Instead, Reid, an aspiring police officer,
took a job with the State Police. It was during
their training that Reid’s arm started to bother
him again. Reid, told he’d have an opportunity
to continue his police training later, decided to
go back to UK and linish his degree.

While enrolled in the fall, Reid decided to
give baseball another shot. After extensive
rehabilitation, Reid came back to the Cats to
give his baseball career a sense of closure.

So far, Reid has struck out 10 hitters in 7
2/3 innings. He has pitched against Top 20
teams such as Stetson and Clemson.

“I'm not really concerned with how effective
I am right now,” Reid said. “I’m just trying to
get back into the mode I was in before I had
surgery. I’m just trying to get back into the
groove.”

UK pitching coach Chuck Bartlett seems to
think Reid’s on his way to his groove.

“Taking a tear off and trying to pick it back
up is hard to 0,” he said. “But Greg has rained
maturity and is throwing just as well as e did
his junior year. His consistency is getting bet~
ter and he understands what he can do.”

Reid thinks the car off has helped him a
lot, too. The time as given him a chance to
mature and learn how to pitch a little better, he
said.

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that Bartlett said will be beneficial come tour-
nament time.

“\Ve need him this year because he’s been
through this," Bartlett said. “I’m hopin he has
a great year —— he definitely has the agility to
have one. When he puts it all together, he's
one hell ofa pitcher."

So what was Reid's main motivation to go
back to baseball after a year? It wasn’t his edu—
cation —- Reid graduated with a Business
degree this past December and is now taking
12 hours of classes just to lay.

“I’m just wanting to have fun this year,"
Reid said. “Being out from the team really
hurt. I missed it a lot so this year I just want to
be with the guys and have fun.”

And for the future? The once—aspiring pro-
fessional baseball player does not feel the pres-
sure he did before the injury.

“Ifl am able to go on with baseball after
this, then great,” Reid said. “But ifI don’t, then
at least I was able to finish my four years of
baseball and I won’t have that empty hole.”

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. E2 — Kentucky
W3 ——Auburn 7:30 P-m-lFridav SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
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conference overall
2 p.m./Sunday all games all games pct.
South Carolina 15-1
W4 — Alabama Kentucky 13-3 27-4 .871
: Georgia 10-6 21-7 .750
3=15 I’m/Thunday Vanderbilt 9-7 18-10 .643
J l Florida 5-11 13-16 .448
-- I E5 -—- Florida 3:15 p.m./Friday Tennessee 4-12 11-15 .423
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:2 — Ole Miss 11-5 19—7 .731
t: E 9:45 p.m./Thursday Arkansas 8-8 15-11 .577
1 Auburn 6-10 15-14 .517
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f; ' MiSSiSSippi St. 6-10 12-17 .414
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SEC RANK: - ' SEC RANK: - SEC RANK: ' —'
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i VDelense: 4th (64,4) conference record. But the ‘Cocks have VDe/ense: 15! (62.3) that year. UK needs to win all three VDelense: 81h (68.8) youth Tubby Smith has on his squad
VRebaunds: 5th (368) more than a couple of goodguards. VRebounds; 15) (39, 7) Games this weekend in order to put VRebounds: 2nd (39. 3) compared to last year S Sweel Sixteen
- VSteals: BM (72) Forward William Gallman's installment ' Steals: 15, (1 2 5) themselves in a position fora No. 1 vsfea/s' gm (5 4 ) team. The Bulldogs have posted their \
t VBlockS' 4th (3 6) into the lineup came at the same time V 510 ck5‘ is! (5 '2) seed when the NCAA brackets are VB/ocks; 7111 (3.2) first back-to-‘back 20-wm seasons in Ch (I i
V Turnovers: 6111 (+04) that USC began its winning ways. VTumavers: 15" (+7.8) announced on Sunday night, Mercer VTurn overs: 91/1 (43) the program 5 92-year history. a W Ck
East 4: Vanderbflt East 5: Florida East 6: Tennessee
‘ VANDERBIL T_ OUTLOOK O K OUTLOOK
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SEC RANK:
VScoring: 61h (69.3)
; V3-poinf %.' 7th (33. 6)
‘ VDeIense: 71h (68.6)
i Vflebounds: 121n(29.9)
' VStea/s: 2nd (9.5)
VB/ocks: 121h(1.6)
V Tumovers: 3rd (2.9)

The Commodores come into the
tournament needing to win one or two
games to secure a berth in the NCAA
Tournament for the first time since
1993. Fax Whitehead is the only player
to rank in the Top 10 in six SEC
statistical categories — scoring.
rebounding. field-goal percentage.
three-point percentage. three-point
goals per game and steals.

 

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SEC RANK:
VScoririg: 4111 (70.3)
V3-point %: 2nd (38. 7)
VDelense: 11 111 (74.1)
VRebounds: 11th (30. 5)
VStea/s: 4th (7. 6)
VBlocks' 8th (3.1)

V Tumovers: 7th {-0.4}

Billy Donovan's first year in Gainesvilie
ends this weekend. but don't think the
Gators will go down quietly. Expect
Donovan's club to fire up the threes,
which has been the main offensive
threat for Florida this year. Donovan's
style is much like Rick Pitino‘s first
year at UK. Greg Stolt is the team's top
three-point threat. connecting on 41.2
percent of his long-range shots.

 

SEC RANK:
VScoring: 121M539)
V3-point %: 1th (34.2)
VDelense: 5th (65. 1)
VRebounds: 8117 (34.0)
V Steals: 121/1 (5. 8)

V Blocks: 2nd (3. 7)
V Turnovers: 1th {-5. 7)

The Vols’ three top players are all either
freshmen or sophomores. Brandon
Wharton is the SEC‘s top three-paint
shooter. while C.J. Black and Charles
Hathaway have been dominant at times
in the paint in their lirst year of college
basketball. Don‘t expect UT to contend.
but don't be surprised if the Big Orange
makes a little nmse. Remember the
problems it gave UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEC RANK:
VScoring: 7th (68. 8)
va-point %: 11111 (27.8)
VDofense: 3rd (6‘. 3)
VRobounds: 4111 (37.1)

West 1: Ole Miss

OUTLOOK
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The Rebels clinched their first regular
season title of any type in basketball
with the win over Florida on Feb. 23.
Ole Miss. by advancing to the
conference semifinals. could secure its
first NCAA tourney berth since 1981.
Ansu Sesay leads a team filled with
sophomores and juniors, which could

SEC RANK:
VScoring: 37d (72.6)
V3-paint #5111 (34.5)
VDeIense: 9!!) (69.4)
VRebounds: 7th (34. 3)

West 2: Arkansas

OUTLOOK
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Arkansas is on the verge of not making
the NCAA Tournament for the first time
since the 1986-87 season. Nolan
Richardson's second in Fayetteviiie.
The Razorbacks need to win the
tourney in order to get in the field of
64. After going 49-15 In their first four
years in the league. the Hogs are 16-14

 

 

SEC RANK:
VScon'ng: 111h(59.5)
Vii-point %: 121/1 (27.6)
VDefense: Zoo (64. 1)
VRebounds: 91h (33.8)
VStea/s: 5111 (7.3)

 

West 3: Auburn

OUTLOOK
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The last time Auburn faced Tennessee,
its first-round opponent, the Tigers
soueaked out a Ail-35 victory. Wes
Flanigan has been one of college
basketball‘s feel-good stories this year.
The 6-ioot-1 senior point guard has
bounced back from bone cancer during
the summer to average 3.9 assists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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