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Show Basketball schedule announced New faces will be a common sight during the 1980-81 basketball season at Southern Utah State College. The Thunderbirds' 26-game schedule will include some new opponents-six of them--and a host of old rivals, including all the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams and Grand Canyon College. A new head coach, Tom McCracken, will be leading the T-Birds through 14 home games and 12 contests on the road. The 14-game home schedule will include two games in the SUSC-hosted Color Country Classic tournament Dec. 29-30. Three new opponents-University of California-San Diego, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and Cal Lutheran-will Lutheran-will be battling in that tournament.' Other teams the Thunderbirds will meet this season for the first time in several years include Cal State-Los Angeles, Southern California College, and Northern Arizona University from the Big Sky Conference. The 'Birds open their season with four contests at home, starting Nov. 29 with Cal State-Los Angeles. The "killer" portion of the schedule comes in late January and early February when SUSC goes on the road for seven consecutive away games over a three-week three-week period. Games at home Feb. 25-26 against Southern Colorado and Western State of the RMAC will conclude the regular season. SUSC has earned post-season berths in seven of the last eight seasons. The 1980-81 SUSC basketball schedule: Date Opponent Site Nov. 29 Cal State-Los Angeles Cedar City Dec. 1 So. California College Cedar City Dec. 6 Mesa Cedar City Dec. 9 'Grand Canyon Cedar City Dec. 18 'Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Dec. 29 'Color Country Classic Cedar City Dec. 30 'Color Country Classic Cedar City Jan. 3 Regis Cedar City Jan. 5 Colorado School of Mines Cedar City Jan. 9 Adams State Alamosa, Colo. Jan. 10 Ft. Lewis Durango, Colo. Jan.' 15 Western New Mexico University Cedar City Jan. 17 New Nexico Highlands Cedar City Jan. 19Cal State-L.A. Los Angeles, Calif. Jan. 23 Western State College Gunnison, Colo. Jan. 24 So. Colorado University Pueblo, Colo. Jan. 26 Mesa Grand Junction, Co Jan. 31 'Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. Feb. 6 Regis Denver, Colo. Feb. 7 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colo. Feb. 12 Adams State Cedar City Feb. 14 Ft. Lewis .Cedar City Feb. 19 Western N. M. University Silver City, N. M. Feb. 21 New Mexico Highlands Las Vegas, N. M. Feb. 26 Western State College Cedar City Feb. 28 So. Colorado University Cedar City 'Non-Conference Games Teams in Colorado Country Classic will include: University of Califcornia San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Lutheran. |
