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Show Page 4 SIGNPOST MARCH 9, 1962 eries'-This Week Excels Lead X u s 'i': Weber College Backetball Team and Staff have h igh hopes for NJCAA Tourney. w CAMPUS COMPASS wm emr ror 60ld I By Dennis Berrett Tonight will be the second gam in the best of three series to see Who will represent this district in the National Junior College Tournament at Hutchinson, Kansas. Controversial Issue The method of selection which has been followed for this district has been very con'triaversial, and perhaps it would be well to examine the facts surrounding1 the selection of teams to represent this district. EAJC lias Lost 22 Games As this paper Went to press Boise Junior College, who finished seoond in the ICAC conference and Eastern Arizona Junior College, an independent school which posted a season record of eight wins and (twenty-two) losses were preparing to engage in a playoff game, at Boise, Idaho. The winner met Weber College last night in 'the first game in a best of three game series; the winner of this to represent this district in the NJCAA Tournament. Weber To Play 2nd Place Team The situation, at present, put in blunt terms, is: Weber College, which won the ICAC Conference, is forced to play the seoond-place team which they have already beaten in the conference; or an independarit school with no league tie-up, which has lost 22 games, in order to qualify for the tourney. In the first place, it is totally ridiculous to suppose that a team which has won a championship, which automatically qualifies as the best team in the league, would have to prove itself against the runners-up. The fact that Boise has to "qualify" first be- 1 "S Eftl ceo lo n Iocs i ay roncos fore it can play Weber Loses its sting when you consider the fact that to "Qualify" it has to play a 22-loss team on its own home court. Boise has not lost a home game in four years, including the time when Weber captured the National Championship. Of course, there was a better independent team which could have entered the playoffs had it so chosen. Phoenix Junior College chose to play in a California postseason tournament instead. District Arrangement Poor Maybe the trouble lies in the District arrangement of this area. Teams are drawn from only one league and two independent schools. In some of the other NJCAA districts, three or four teams with fewer than six losses must ba'iitle it out to represent that district. Thus perhaps the District arrangements should be taken a clo ser look at, and re-aligned. And if the ICAC championship is to be meaningless, why not instigate a pcs-season playoff between the top three or four teams like the pro basketball leagues follow? Will Boise Have Same Problem With Weber not competing as a junior college next year, and there fore not eligible to play in the ICAC, it will be interesting to watch and see if Boise, which has always been a power in all major sports, will be subjected to such antiquated playoff schedules. We suspect not. Hindsight is always better than foresight, so it is quite evident to. suppose that with better representation on the Committee which draws up the playoffs, for this District, Weber could have been in a more enviable position. UNION LANES Plans are being made for games to be held on the Weber Union Lanes, with Utah State University, B r I g h a m Young University, Idaho State College, and the University of Utah in the near future. The men's winter intra-murals competition was completed Thursday, March 8 with the swimming meet held in the lower campus gymnasium.Excels And Faculty Lead The total points listed up to the time of the swim meet were as follows: Excelsior first with 694, Faculty seoond with 690, Sigma third with 626, Phoenix fourth with 465, followed by Inan, Davis County, Misfits, L.D.S., Independents, and Bountiful in that order.Ithead Praises Participants Coach Ray Rhead, in charge of men's intramunals, said, "The sportsmanship and participation of the winter events was much better, and I hope it will continue during the spring events." Spring quarter events include track and field, water basketball, softball, tennis, horse shoe pitching, and golf. The time and dates of these events will be posted later. HEADERS RIDE US: Ogden Businessman Urges Better Support of College Athletic Agenda (Editors Note: This article was written by an Ogden businessman to Signpost.) Dear Editor It was certainly gratifying in attending Weber College basketball games last week to see some interest and spirit from the College students, themselves. I know that I speak not only for myself when I say that the many sports minded people who have recently moved into this area, have been disappointed in the small crowds which attend the Weber College sports events. For instance, in the recent basketball game, Weber College ' played against Westminster College of Salt Lake City, there was a larger cheering and rooting section from Westminster than there Was from our own Weber College, in spite of the heavy fog conditions which exis'ted at that time in Salt Lake City, and on the highway from Salt Lake City to Ogden and supported their team. ' It might be interesting for the student body to know, that many new people who have moved here in the past couple of years and who were attending their first Weber College basketball games, left home much earlier Ithian they Would have otherwise, in order that they would be able to have a seat for the game, only to find out that they could have left home five minutes before game time, and would not have had 'to worry about the stadium or gymnasium being filled. I certainly hope from my observations of the two last basketball games that 'this is an indication that 'things are beginning to happen at Weber College, and that the student body will 100 support Weber College's Athletic program, so that there will be a concern as to whether or not! seating capacity will be available, and I feel that your paper, SIGNPOST can help tremenrously in this effort. Thank you and best wishes for a greater Weber College! Sincerely, N. R. Ficklin, |