St Edwards University - Tower Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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: | ABA with a heart-stopping 57-55 victory over the Superbads in their last one on Tim Gavin’s 30-footer at the buzzer. | J 4 wae While the Faction was cruising through the ABA, the Delta Sigs, a collec- tion of the strangest of bedfellows, were struggling to live up to their pre-season potential. Under the brotherly umbrella of the business frat the former adversaries cof the 1972 playoffs came together to create the league's deepest and potential- ly most talented club. Around a core of Terry Bauer and Greg Walton of 1972’s unbeaten Apostles were the heart of the (1972 Canadian Club squad that upset ‘them 2-0 in those playoffs, Bill Jakotowicz, Carlos Barrera, and Notcho ‘Garza, and first class newcomers Bob Burke and Tim MacCollum. But of the six games the Delta Sigs played against even- ‘tual playoff participants they lost five. » championship. They never seemed to make the shotgun wed- ding work, and even though they finally man- aged to beat a cdtky Sadist-Faction once in the playoffs after frittering away a 28 point lead, they were eliminated by the Faction, the most cohesive and disciplined team in the league. The Establishment swept to their Big State Conference title as expected behind Hilltopper ex’s Mike Skaer and Bob Lucash, and after fool- ishly allowing themselves to be forced to run with the Superbads in their first playoff game, Skaer subdued the panicky and paranoid Bads with a little help from friends Glenn Hinkle and Joe Koenig. It was the third year of -playoff frustration for the Superbads. The Sadist-Faction was probably the best team the students could have sent against the Establishment for the championship series. While like the Superbads and Delta Sigs the Faction probably preferred to run, they could be disciplined as well, possessing the best Staging their own personal season within a season, the Mike Coz (left)—Glenn Hinkle (right, without the ball) rivalry provided some of 1973’s most dramatic moments. Mike edged the Doc 16.1 to 15.9 for scoring honors, and in the One-on-One matchup of the year, Coz bested Hinkle on his way to the 1973 One-on-One shooters in the SEBA in Schroeder, Mark Quilter, and Tim Gavin, and rugged re- bounders in Mike Cronin and lanky John Stewart. Larry Kleuser, Pete Stratton, and John Graveel provided excellent bench strength, which was often needed in the longer championship games when Stewart, particularly, got in foul trouble. Young they were, however, and when they recovered from a 9 point deficit at half time to edge the Establish- ment 59-58 in the first game, the brashness which had cost them the sec- ond game of their series with the Delta Sigs returned with disastrous results again. In game two Mike Skaer was abso- lutely unstoppable as he poured in 41 points, and with Joe Koenig adding 25 more with his patented fall-forward jumper, the Establishment blew the Sadist-Faction off the floor with a 31-11 tear over an eight minute span early in the second half enroute to a crushing 103-79 cakewalk. While they picked up the pieces of ceiling laying around them the Sadist-Faction also contemplated the loss of Tim Gavin for the championship game due to long-scheduled surgery for Gavin’s ankle. It was an uncharacteristically sober group that warmed up for the Sadist- Faction before game three. This might have meant they were tight and a little panicky, but if they were theyshook it off quickly when they found that two men could slow Skaer down and that they could still shoot even without Gavin. The game’s first basket may have been the most important one, a dandy 25-footer swished by Schroeder. A shot or two off the rim at the start might well have fin- ished the Sadist-Faction right there. With two men glued to him Skaer was held to 20 points, which left Doc Hinkle freer to work his driving hooks across the lane, and gave Joe Koenig and Lucash plenty of room to work. But although these three all scored in double figures, the Sadist-Faction had kept the game under control, letting their superior shooting build a 73-62 edge with 1:27 left. Schroeder had poured in 17 points, Mark Quilter 19, and super sub John Graveel had added loads of hustle plus his 13 points. But the Faction relaxed a little early and had to hang on grimly while the Estahlishment’s desperate press reeled off eight quick points. They weren’t quick enough, however, to beat the clock, which ran out on the grownups to pre- serve the generation gap at three. 101

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100 Just can’t get no Sadist-Faction Fresh from the high school prom another group of kids snitches an SEBA title, but not before making old men of their coach and fans. Despite appearances here, the Sadist-F action cruised to their SEBA title on disciplined offense based on excellent shooters like Tim Gavin (with left arm extended), and cohesive defense based on mobile scrappers like John Stewart (number 35). Witten Mary Lynn Weber stepped up at the 1972 Athletic Banquet to present trophies to the 1972 SEBA Champions she succinctly if not fancily described the Canadian Club as “‘a bunch of new guys.” In 1973 the youngsters quickly became old men as another new bunch in town put tradition and experience to shame again in the SEBA. They called themselves the Sadist- Faction, and appropriately so it seemed early as Scott Alexander’s whiz kids flop- ped to season opening losses to the Super- bads and Kickers, the latter loss coming in overtime after the Faction allowed the Kickers to tie the contest with the free throw from a technical foul. The loss to the Kickers was particularly important because, since the Faction was seeded one slot higher than the Kickers, they faced a far more diffi- cult schedule. Four games with eventual playoff participants remained in addition to a rematch with the Kickers. The Sadist-Fac- tion also lost Alexander for the season to an ankle injury in that Kickers loss, which left only Dale Schroeder, one of the few Cana- dian Clubbers who didn’t play for the Delta Sigs, the only veteran on the club. But neither the schedule nor experience was a factor as the Sadist-Faction swept through their remaining 14 games unbeaten, punctuating their drive for first place in the |

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102 1973 SEBA Standings ABA Sadist-Faction Superbads Kickers S.A. Henways Brass Balls Organized Confusion Mother Truckers NBA Establishment Delta Sigs Los Spoilers Omega Sigma Psi VST be Gluttons Playoftfs: Sadist-Faction 68, Delta Sigs 57 Delta Sigs 66, Sadist-Faction 63 Sadist-Faction 65, Delta Sigs 55 Superbads 76, Establishment 50 Establishment 66, Superbads 60 Establishment 58, Superbads 50 Championship: Sadist-Faction 59, Establishment 58 Establishment 103, Sadist-Faction 79 Sadist-Faction 73, Establishment 70