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Vandy Had Toughest Schedule
In SEC; ‘Dogs Ranked Eighth
By BUTCH SCOTT
Without a doubt UCLA is the nation's finest basketball team
in 1968 if not in history, but according to its schedule it should
be
According to a mathematical study of the difficulty of has
ketball schedules conducted by Gordon L. Wise, assistant pro
lessor of marketing at Wright State University the Bruins
schedule was only 43rd toughest in the nation!
And what about Houston? The Cougars finished the regular
season undefeated and with the number one ranking until being
humiliated in the NCAA semi-finals Their schedule ranked in
the featherweight division with 99 other college teams playing
tougher slates.
St. Bonaventure also enjoyed an unbeaten regular season
but they also enjoyed a schedule that was 153rd strongest na
tionally.
Tennessee. Georgia and Davidson, plus games with Duke ami$
North Carolina All of these teams were in the "experts $
i coaches and sportswriters I top 25
By contrast Houston met just two of the "experts ' top 251
teams during Ihe regular season; UCLA and Marquette and St *
Bonaventure faced just one top team. Villanova
In comparison the Southeastern Conference played on an >:
average the toughest schedules of any conference in the nation.
with the Atlantic Coast Conference entries following closely. ?
Vanderbilt and Kentucky topped the SEC list of tough $
schedules while Wake Forest ami N.C. State were the leaders ini
the ACC. i
The fact that V andv finished 20-6 for the year and Kentucky
won the conference crown with a 22-5 record against such stern £
opposition are attributes to the teams ability.
Just which team then did play the nation's toughest sched
ule this past season'.’
Wise s analysis shows that of all the teams which partici
pated in the NCAA tournament none had faced as strong a re
gular season schedule as Kentucky's Wildcats who were upset
in the regionals by Ohio State
However the race for the strongest schedule played this Rank
winter ended in a Ue between Wake Forest and Vanderbilt
These two Southern schools barely edged N. C State. Ken
tucky. Auburn. Florida and Brigham Young for the "honor" (if 1
that may be considered an honor I 2.
Georgia s Bulldog s, who enjoyed its finest basketball season 3.
in two decades also played the eighth toughest schedule in the 4
nation, having faced such powerhouses as Kentucky. Vanderbilt. 5
Florida, and Tennessee twice in the regular season 6
It is little wonder why Wake Forest won only five of 26 7.
games, considering the Deacons had to play Tennessee. Duke 8.
(three times). North Carolina (three times). South Carolina
(twice) and Davidson.
Vandy’s slate included two meetings each with Kentucky.
To determine schedule strengths. Wise gathers a composite •!
of the "experts top tanked teams and assigns numerical :
va ues to the teams to make mathematical computation:
possible
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Sports Log
BASEBALL
Friday Florida, Foley Field,
3 pm
Saturday — Florida. Foley
Field. 1 30 pm.
TRACK
Wednesday — Clemson (dual
meet!. University track. 3:30
pm.
Saturday Dogwood Relays.
Knoxville, Tenn
TENNIS
Tennessee at
Saturday Mississippi State
(8 30 a m ); Murray State (2
p m i. at Knoxville. Tenn
The nation's top ten teams with their respective schedule j
ranking looks like this:
9
10
24.
School
Houston
UCLA
North Carolina
St Bonaventure
Kentucky
New Mexico
Columbia
Duke
Louisville
Marquette
Georgia
Sched. Wise's top ten according to the ■:
strength of schedules played J
RANK SCHOOL RECORD:?
100th 1. Wake Forest * 5-215:
43rd 2. Vanderbilt ' 206:-:
19th 3 North Carolina State 16-10:-:
153rd 4. Kentucky 22-5 ij
4th 5. Auburn 13-13:$
67th 6. Florida 15-10:?
74th 7. Brigham Young 13-12$
13th 8. Georgia 17-81
36th 9 Witchita State • 12-14 ¥
91st 10 Oregon * 7-19 $
8th Tied
Bulldogs’’ Spring Drills
Stress Fundamentals
Gergia’s gridiron Bulldogs enjoyed light activity last week
as spring drills got underway on Ag Hill. A coaches' trip the
first of the week and an off-day Saturday resulted in only two
days of practice
Coach Vince Dooley and assist-1 gehian s Fighting Irish at work,
ants visited Notre Dame's spring |
training camp the 1 first part of Fundamentals were stressed in
, 11 "' I’arse iwo sessions administered Thurs
day and Friday. In Friday's
practice, the team went through
jagility drills and other fundamen
tal exercises.
BRACKETT’S
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Across from Brumby
7 A M. to 12:30 P M.
Phone 8-5875
We Give Green Stamps
I Dooley brought the first week
jof drills to an end bv giving th
Bulldogs Saturday off.
To date nothing has been de
cided as to who will be favored
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BONNIE PARKER
STORY
—Plus —
MACHINE GIN
Six Prep Stars
Ink ‘68 Pacts
In the past few weeks, a number of top prep athletes have
signed grants-in-aid with Georgia. Signees include three swim
mers. two golfers and a tennis player.
Alan Gentry. Bulldog swim-1 l.iebler. Portsmouth. Va . and
ming coach, has announced the j Lvn Lott. Douglas. Ga
inking of three Georgia high
school performers: Jimmy
Stokes. Marist. state high school
champion in 100 and 200-yard
freestyle with times of 49 8 and
1:51.0, respectively; Ray Stang.
Wheeler, state champion in 100-
yard breaststroke <1:04.71 and
Chuck Dinling. Atlanta, third in
state diving.
Georgia Retains
Division Lead
By PAT ROGERS
Sports Editor
A big three-game weekend in Nashville. Tenn left the Geor
gia Bulldogs still atop the Eastern Division in this year's torrid
ShC baseball race
loach Jim Watley's men took j Mike Harrelson tallied on a
two of three games from the cel- Commodore throwing error in the
lar dwelling Commodores, raising i third, whittling the score to 2-1
the Tennesseans’ SEC loss total! llarrelson reached base again
to nine The Bulldogs are 5-1 in in the fifth on a fielder's choice
SEt play and 86 overall j Centerfielder Jim Simpson fol-
Georgia rapped Vandy. 5-1. Fri lowed with a 325-foot homer. Ins
day afternoon behind the one-hit
pitching of Buddy Copeland. The
slender righthander struck out 17,
bringing his season whiff total to
48 in 28 innings Copeland was
relieved by Larry Wages in the
eighth inning.
The Commodores’ lone run
scored in Ihe first inning on two
walks, a wild pitch and a double
steal
Stokes also won the Southern
candidates for vacated positions. I interscholastic 200-yard freestyle
l ompeUUon is keen for all vacat- | at chape, Hill. N.C. in the meet
ed posts.
The second week of practice
will be capped with a game-type
scrimmage Saturday in Sanford
Stadium, according to John Don
aldson. offensive baekfield coach
Ixitt. 6-1, 188-pounder of Coffee
County high (winner of 10 tourna-
menLs last year I captured the
Georgia State Men's Open in At
lanta at age 17 in 1967, is coining
the youngest player ever to win
the Georgia Open
(record time of 1:49 5.
Golf roach Howell Hollis lias
awarded grants-in-aid to Lloyd
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Citizen Lauds
UGA Golfers
Coach Howell Hollis golfers
swept the field in this year s
I’ahnetto lnivtational Tourna
ment. held March 28-30 at the
Orangeburg, Country Club. Or
angeburg. S.C. The Bulldogs
won the team trophy, while
Allen Miller captured the indi
vidual championship Team-
male Al Tyre was runner-up
t) Miller in individual play
Following is a letter re
ceived by the Red and Black
last week. It speaks for itself
Gentlemen:
l.ast week the University of
Georgia golf team visited Or
angeburg for four days. I
would like to take this oppor
tumty of telling the University
students how proud they
should be of the caliber of golf
anil behavior of the members
of the University of Georgia's
golf team It was a fine trib
ute to your school, and the
people of Orangeburg will wel
come such players any time
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RobertC. Osborne. President
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Orangeburg. SC.
He also won three other men's
tournments last year: Okefeno
keo Invitation at Waycross, Gold
en leaf Invitation at Douglas
and Swan lake Invitation at
I Clarkesville. Tenn The South
I (leorgian has won the Georgia
| state class AA high school title
[ the past two years.
Liebler is a two-time Virginia
junior champion.
Danny Rirchmorr, an Athens
native and 1967 Georgia high
school AAA singles champion,
has been awarded a tennis
grand-in-aid.
Birchmore currently ranks
number two in the South in boys'
16 singles Last summer he won
the Athens City men's singles at
age 15, the youngest player even
to win the championship here He
was quarterfinalist in the 1966
.Orange Bowl International boys'
116 singles
Georgia Athletic Director Joel
Eaves lias awarded Birchmorc
(also a National Merit Scholar)
the first annual Henry Feild Me-
I mortal Scholarship in memory of
tile Bulldogs' number one player
of 1964-6566, who was killed in
an automobile accident Jan 2
( nnlri’ll
second of the season, and the
Bulldogs led. 3-2
Vandy tied the game in the
bottom of the sixth, and went on
to win two frames later Follow
ing a single ami a sacrifice, re
liever Steve Wilson issued two in
tcntional walks to set up a force
situation al every base
Freshman hurler Elliott Jones,
next at bat for Vainly, spoiled
Georgia’s strategy ami won his
own game with his third single of
the day
The Bulldogs used eight hits
and three Commodore errors, to
their best advantage in the night
cap A lour-run outburst in the
fiftli seahxlthe verdict for Geor
gia Harrelson ami second base
ment Mike Smith paced the
| Dogs with two hits apiece
j Other outstanding Georgia hit
lers in Saturday's twinbill inelud
Saturday's action found cd M y ron Canrell, pitcher Duug
Vanderbilt victorious in the first j Tut * or fr, ' shm;:n third baseman
game, 4-3 The Bulldogs came' Klrb - V Cam P a nclla ami catcher
back to secure the night cap by
Friday's score, 5-1
Whatley started lefthander
Wages in the first game, but the
blond hurler lasted only two-
thirds of an inning A two-run
single chased him ami brought
on Boh O'Neill
Auburn Rinks
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Auburn rolled to a 10461 vico-
tyr over Georgia in a Southeas
tern Conference track meet Sa
tunlay The loss left the Bulldogs
with a 1-1 record in outdoor dual
mccLs this spring
Freshman Alvin Bresler
spurkcxl the Tigers with wins in
two individual events, plus
shared honors with teammates in
two relay victories.
Georgia could manage only
three firsts Gene Andrews won
the 440-yard hurdles ( 55 1). Den
nis Fordham leaped to victory in
the triple jump <46 ft . 11 1 1 in.)
and Howard Elkins took the lau
rets in the javelin (198 It, 7 in.)
Bullock
The Bulldogs face a stiff test
this weekend in the person of
powerful Florida The Gators in
vade Foley Field for afternoon
contests Friday ami Saturday
Fkirida, along with Auburn,
closely trail Georgia in the East
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