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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1996
Page
11
The text shows scattered basketball scores including Utah 81 at Brigham Young 69 and another line with 76 70 and references to championship action. It is incomplete and reads like stat fragments from a sports column with team names partially legible.
A jumble of results and schedules appears with several team names and locations garbled. It lists matchups such as St Joseph's Maine Colgate Holy Cun Southland, plus Western Athletic Conference events and multiple exhibition times across cities like Plant City Peoria and Tempe.
Southern Indiana beat USC Aiken 9 2 behind pitcher Craig Shoobridge who struck out nine, retiring 10 straight Pacers and using a side arm delivery to keep the USC Aiken batters off balance. Pacers fall to 1-2 in the Peach Belt as they prepare for a three game series with Armstrong State.
Kentucky coach Rick Pitino calls the conference tourney a dress rehearsal for the NCAA tournament as the Wildcats dominate rivals like USC LSU Mississippi Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The coach cautions that a bad loss could hurt seeding while insiders view Kentucky as the league class and a tough obstacle for any opponent. Vanderbilt notes suggest fear of facing Kentucky, while Florida and Ole Miss eye the chance to test themselves against the top team in the league.
North Carolina meets Clemson as Dean Smith pursues a 22nd straight NCAA bid while Rick Barnes seeks Clemson’s first return to the tournament in five years. Duke plays Maryland in the noon opener as teams chase NCAA spots with cautious optimism and pundits predicting a tense finish.
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