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ThurSday, March 20, 2014 vol. 102, no. 106
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Oxford Parking Commission is holding off on recommending a contract bid on about 300 park-ing meters for the downtown area.
The Oxford Eagle reports the commission will make recom-mendation to the city’s board of alderman, which has the final decision.
City Planner Tim Akers said three bids came in with Bennett Construction having the lowest bid of $114,000 for basic ser-vices.
The bids also came with al-ternative bids that included up-grades on technology and soft-ware for parking sensors that would allow parking officials to know if a vehicle has left a parking space or has been sit-ting there with its owner “feed-ing” the meters. The alterna-tive would add about another $100,000 to the cost.
Parking Commission member Kevin Frye said the sensors were necessary, particularly to help manage parking on home foot-ball game weekends.
“We haven’t really talked about game-day weekends yet,” Frye said. “I thought our main goal was to manage parking. If we decide to limit the time peo-ple can be parked on the Square on those Saturdays, we would need this for enforcement.”
Parking Manager Matt Davis said the city wants to start off simple and once the community is used to the new metered park-ing system, other technology can be added.
Other questions were about the use of credit or debit cards and how fees on the use of those cards would be handed.
Commissioner Jeff Triplette said he was not comfortable vot-ing to recommend the bid to the
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The Epsilon Xi chapter of Sig-ma Nu fraternity will award Ste-velyn Robinson with funds raised by the 25th anniversary Sigma Nu Charity Bowl scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday in Vaught-Heming-way Stadium.
Robinson, an award-winning three-sport athlete at Montgom-ery High School in Winona, was paralyzed from the neck down after a school bus accident in De-cember 2011. He caught the eye of the Ole Miss Sigma Nu chap-ter after it heard of his bravery and selflessness.
The now-19-year-old helped shield his younger sister, Jazalyn, from harm when their school bus collided with a log truck.
He broke four vertebrae in his
neck after being crushed by the pile of other students in the bus.
Sigma Nu President Will An-drews and philanthropy chairman Paul DeForest agreed that Robin-son’s story stood out to them.
“When we heard about Stev-elyn’s story, we knew he would be our next recipient,” Andrews said.
“When his parents arrived at the scene of the accident, he was more concerned about them helping his little sister than him-self,” Andrews added. “This kind of unselfish attitude paired with unmatched perseverance, and the fact that he is our age, made us ex-tremely excited to help.”
The Sigma Nu Charity Bowl began 25 years ago after leg-endary Ole Miss football player Chucky Mullins received a devas-tating football injury that left him
Fraternity charity event to benefit high school quadriplegic
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Stevelyn Robinson works with occupational therapist Julie Walker to improve his hand function at Quest, a Methodist Rehab outpatient program.
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Braxton Lee safely steals home past Arkansas State catcher Stuart Levy to score the first run of Wednesday’s game. Ole Miss won 4-3. See page 12 for a full recap.
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The classes I didn’t take
In just a few weeks, I will finally reach my goal of be-coming an attorney. There have been many long hours spent studying in libraries, lengthy discussions on some-what abstract subjects and much more that will finally culminate when I walk across the stage in my cap and gown. As I reflect on my years in higher education and look forward toward the future, I have come to realize that I could have done a lot of things differently.
Every major varies drasti-cally in its workload. No mat-ter what time of day or night
you drove by the School of Architecture at Mississippi State, you could see students working on projects. When my friends in computer engi-neering starting talking about their homework, they might as well have been speaking in tongues to me. Marketing and advertising majors always had the latest computer graphic programs and social media applications. Business and finance majors could accom-plish almost anything in Mi-crosoft Excel.
And then there are the po-litical science, history, pre-law majors like me. We read a lot?
While I gained a wealth of knowledge in my undergrad endeavors and later in law school, the actual day-to-day aspects of the working world are a bit frightening. I certain-ly don’t want to completely discredit my major. Thanks to most of my classes, there
are hardly any classic books I haven’t read, political theo-ries I can’t discuss or 20-page papers I can’t string together with some research.
However, now that I am get-ting closer to starting a career, I realize that my classroom experience has lacked a cer-tain practical component. I can honestly say my jobs, in-ternships and even electives taken for the sole purpose of boosting my GPA have, on av-erage, better prepared me for what lies ahead than a good portion of my core classes, especially for my undergrad degree.
With a dismal job market, especially in the legal field, there is a great need for grad-uates to be fully prepared af-ter they walk off the stage at graduation. By making a few slight changes, majors that are disconnected to the working world can better serve their
graduates. Classes can incor-porate more practical assign-ments in their homework. Majors can require a variety of electives to diversify gradu-ates’ skill sets. Students could be required to have hours of work experience either as a part-time job or an intern-ships. Students also need to be more proactive in their education, taking advantage of their advisers when signing up for classes and structuring their schedules.
A diverse class schedule, work experience and practical knowledge all can contribute to a more well-rounded edu-cation and a more confident degree for the post-college future.
Anna Rush is a law student from Hattiesburg. She graduated from Mississippi State in 2011.
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In “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman writes, “I tramp a perpetual journey.” I cher-ish that quote, for I love the reminder that each moment is new, each place special and each experience worth living. If I am on a journey, I am alert. I am alive. Yet when I encounter Earth Pol-icy Institute President Lester Brown’s term “environmen-tal refugees,” my worldview is destabilized like an iceberg falling from a glacier. One of Brown’s key points is that sea rise, already measurable, will displace millions in low-lying areas around the globe. He refers to these people as cli-mate refugees.
The desperate travels of en-vironmental refugees define Whitman’s perpetual tramp-ing in a hope-slaying way. Environmental refugees seem to be the indicator that it’s already too late. In his Plan B, Brown outlines a sweeping mobilization plan to save the earth out of both desperation and an attempt to be heard. I think the message that man-kind’s already gone too far is closer to the truth. Therefore, I believe the poet’s words can help stabilize our perspec-tive as millions of us are con-scripted to live nomadic lives because of our planet’s envi-ronmental wreckage.
For a Mississippian, Brown’s use of Hurricane Katrina as the origin example for climate refugees is moving. Though I have visited New Orleans sev-eral times post-Katrina and agree with the idea that New Orleans is “back,” more than 300,000 people have not re-
turned. The 30 percent of the city’s dwellers swept away by the storm surge are my neigh-bors. Though Brown does not mention it, the city’s evacua-tion plan knew that a similar number of residents could not escape. So if you add the people who had no chance to leave plus the people who never came back (I realize there is cross-over), then you have almost half the popula-tion disenfranchised from the right to live through climate change — in a great Ameri-can city.
If Katrina is a case of jus-tice overcoming hubris for the Cancer Alley corridor, then the wrong people suffered. The “haves” have the high ground. New Orleans’ revi-talization does not help the remaining poor or the people of the Katrina diaspora. Sad-ly, we measure the damage in billions of dollars of damage, not in human suffering. To lose a billion, one needs to have a billion. Money’s value is not equal in a disaster. The loss of 20 $50,000 homes is different from $1 million in flood damage to warehouse stock.
Though often poor, New Orleans residents are not at the same desperation level as millions of Yemenis, Pakistan-is, Bangladeshis, Chinese or Indians. I shudder at the hu-man toil from similar disasters in other countries. No wonder the news cycle doesn’t dwell on climate disasters for long anymore. The U.S. struggles with a few climate refugees; the world may dissolve in cha-os when the hundred millions seek higher ground.
Of course, Brown explains several other obstacles other
than sea rise which will sweep away homes. Water scarcity, air pollution and food insecu-rity — damn it, those terms are stripped of their teeth — thirst, poisons and starvation will force people away from their homes. A world with a million perpetually journey-ing climate tramps will be a world that has failed.
The U.S. has little empathy for poor brown people. Eu-ropean idealism is withering. China and India have millions of people to lose. The oil-rich countries are arrogant. The poor countries are held in a downward cycle like a puppy being drowned. I don’t see the will to save. Brown’s Plan B is not going to happen, if I were making a cold-sighted bet. The world may soon resemble a depressing, dystopian sci-fi novel.
Therefore, we need to pre-pare our minds for a world of perpetually traveling climate tramps. We need to be pre-pared to realize that the dis-placed are world citizens. If we want to continue ruining the earth, we have to admit that a closed-minded sense of nationalism will go out the window. We have to em-brace the refugees or add the deaths and suffering of mil-lions onto our conscience, al-ready stained by our status as the number-one polluter. We have to expect and be recon-ciled to a world bullied by vi-olence, military force, drones and bombs.
As the stakes rise, we will see that even we, the privi-leged Americans, will be un-der such scrutiny because the stakes are simply too desper-ate to others. Widespread cli-mate refugees — including
the American nomads — pre-vent the carefree, disassociat-ed life. Everything we do will be altered, more expensive and tougher to accomplish. Mostly, we will all be tramps, though I expect a few will be greater, wealthier lords than any history has ever known.
So embrace the dark mani-festation of Whitman’s tramp.
The environmentally negli-gent, and ignorant, life that prevents progress will pass away. We’ll all be environ-mentalists. Our neighbor-hood’s refugees will remind us.
Neal McMillin is a senior Southern studies major from Madi-son.
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a quadriplegic.Since its inception in 1990, the
Bowl has become the largest Greek philanthropy in the country, ac-cording to Andrews and DeForest.
Robinson was referred to Sigma Nu by Susan Christensen, director of public and media relations at the Methodist Rehabilitation Cen-ter in Jackson.
During a 29-day stay at the cen-ter, Robinson began to show signs that his paralysis might not be per-manent.
Once thought to be an impos-sibility, Robinson can now walk al-most 100 feet with a rolling walker, Christensen reported.
Robinson currently uses a wheel-chair to get around but hopes to eventually be able to walk again unassisted, according to Chris-tensen.
“Stevelyn’s work ethic and per-severance are truly inspirational,” DeForest said. “As always, we hope that the money can help improve our recipient’s quality of life.”
Robinson, too, hopes that the money can be used to help his fam-ily and offset his lifelong medical costs.
Tickets for the Sigma Nu Char-ity Bowl can be purchased at the gates of Vaught-Hemingway sta-dium for $10.
Residents of Oxford con-dominium development The Mark have long been in need of a bus stop on the O.U.T. network, with the nearest op-tion to catch the bus being nearly half a mile away at The Connection.
The Oxford-University Transit Commission ap-proved a $2.5 million bud-get for 2014 authored by city planner Tim Akers to be submitted for approval by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Among the bus purchases and repairs al-located for in the new budget is an extension of the Green Route that services Old Tay-lor Road.
The Green Route buses will run to city limits, extend-
ing current routes to include complexes such as The Mark and the soon-to-be-complet-ed Faulkner Flats.
While lack of service to a single complex may not scream for attention on the surface, most residents of The Mark are limited to traveling to campus by battling campus parking, biking or making the trek to The Connection.
Most would agree the addi-tion to the bus route cannot come soon enough.
Junior nursing major Corey Simmons said the lack of via-ble transportation options led to his moving closer to cam-pus so as to have access to the O.U.T. bus stop at University Trails.
“It was the worst,” Sim-mons said. “I had to leave my apartment in the back of The Mark by 7 o’clock in
the morning to make it to the bus stop at the Connection by 7:30 or I’d end up being late for my 8 o’clock class. It sounds like I’m just whin-ing about having to walk, but it gets really cold at 7:15 in the morning, especially when there’s rain pouring down. The lack of a sidewalk didn’t help much either.”
Sophomore integrated mar-keting communications major Shawn Buelow said he is con-sidering access to O.U.T. bus routes as he looks into hous-ing options for the fall.
“I’ve got a couple friends that live out there (beyond bus routes),” Buelow said. “Their place is really nice, you don’t get a lot noise from neighbors or anything, but one thing I hear always complain about is how much of a pain it is to have to walk from The Con-
nection to their apartments.”While Buelow does own a
car, he said that the hassles of parking on campus prevent him from seeing driving as a first choice.
“Where I live now isn’t the worst place, but I’d really like to get closer to campus,” he said. “There are other places on Old Taylor to live, but they’re not all as quiet or have as much room as The Mark does.”
In addition to the extension of the Green Route to the city limits, the Orange Route will now be running an hour later, servicing until 6:30 p.m., and the Yellow Route is extending its line to include West Ox-ford Loop.
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aldermen without more infor-mation.
“I don’t run a business that way and I, for one, won’t vote on inaccurate information,” he said. “I have yet to see a viable operational budget for this sys-tem. We were told this would be significantly cheaper than what we have right now and I’m not seeing that.”
Parking Commission Chair-man Tom Sharpe said the sys-tem will probably cost the city close to the same $250,000 a year that it is currently paying to be contracted with Standard Parking to manage the parking downtown.
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Over the past five years, it has been impossible to surf through a Twitter timeline without com-ing across the popular hashtag “#FreeBoosie.” The hashtag was used as a device to unify those in observance of the plight of the re-cently liberated Baton Rouge rap-per, Torrence “Lil Boosie” Hatch.
Although the #FreeBoosie movement aimed to keep Hatch’s music prominent in the minds of longtime fans while recruiting new Boosie supporters during his stay in prison, upon his release many were still unconvinced that his massive following in the rap world is warranted.
Boosie’s lyrics, much like his sto-ried return to rap, are among the most exciting things happening in the music world.
Among the popular rappers today, such as A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T and Drake, there is one common thread: They owe a bit of their success to “trill.”
Similar to the #FreeBoosie trending topic that was used a vehicle to keep the conversation about Lil Boosie alive on the Inter-net, “trill” is a buzzword that has found a home on social media.
The word, coined by UGK, a Southern rap duo comprised of Bun B and the late Pimp C, is used to refer to someone who is authentic to the lifestyle, often de-tailed within the group’s “country rap tunes.” These themes include old-school cars with wood interi-ors and expensive stereo systems, late-night block parties and con-versations with neighborhood el-ders, infused with thick Southern
drawls, and enjoyed over 40-ounce bottles of Steel Reserve malt li-quor.
In 2000, when Pimp C sought to found a label with business part-ners in Louisiana under the name Trill Entertainment, he recruited Lil Boosie and his frequent col-laborator, Webbie, to carry on the spirit of trill that he began with Bun B.
In the context of 2014, trill as a concept has evolved. The phrase that began on the streets of Port Arthur, Texas, has grown into a statement of youth ambition and attitude around the world. It is plastered all over T-shirts and even found in the lyrics of “Real and True,” Miley Cyrus’ duet with Future.
As the true heir to the throne of trill and its ideals, Boosie is poised to be more at home in the current rap climate than the one he left in 2009.
When Boosie began his incar-ceration after being found guilty of drug charges, hip-hop music was far from the South-centric landscape it is today. Tha Carter III was brand-new, and Lil Wayne was still on fire from his stellar mix-tape run. It was the same year that Gucci Mane laid his game-chang-ing verse on Mariah Carey’s “Ob-sessed (Remix),” introducing the pop world to the new Southern underground. It was years before the influence of Lex Luger and Mike WiLL Made It on the com-position of club music.
Boosie’s arrest came directly after the release of smash singles “Out Here Grindin” with DJ Khaled, “Independent” with Webbie and “Better Believe it” with Young Jeezy. As the visibil-
ity of Lil Wayne, T.I., Rick Ross, Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane be-gan to skyrocket, Lil Boosie sat in a cell, unable to reach the world in the same way as the artists that were once his contemporaries.
What sets Boosie apart from these artists is his ability to deliver thoughtful reflection and timely correspondence to world events in his music, there is no further evi-dence of his prolific content than songs like “Dirty World,” in which he delves into topics such as the Michael Vick trial, the Recession and the Jena 6 controversy.
“People get they money and give it to other countries, when people in they same hood livin’ like junkies,” Boosie says on the afore-mentioned track before rapping a letter to former president George W. Bush through the airwaves. His voice always pierces through each song he raps on, making his words pierce deep, long after they are ut-tered.
He’s an artist who can slice through the surface of any subject to expose the emotion behind it. It is easy to judge staples in his cata-log at face value without truly un-derstanding the sentiment behind them.
Where a record like “Beat It Up” seems like a shallow ode to sex after tuning in just one time, further listens uncover a deeper slice-of-life approach to love and relationships. In just two verses, Boosie outlines several anecdotes involving run-ins with groupies, domestic disputes and custody battles. He finds by the end of the song that the physical expression of genuine love is the remedy to keeping a relationship together.
Immediately after being set
free, Boosie took to YouTube to perform a freestyle in the car en-titled “The Ride Home,” in which he reminded fans of his melodic, high-pitched delivery.
In a nod to the social media world that was responsible for maintaining interest in its artist, Atlantic Records held a press con-ference that streamed live on the Internet to clear the air regarding Boosie’s legal status and allow him to thank those who kept him in mind while he was away. Already thinking of how to adjust to the new music world he is stepping into, Boosie teased at one of the more than 1,000 songs he wrote in prison, included a collaboration with Justin Bieber.
During the two weeks that Tor-rence Hatch has been a free man, a beautiful opportunity came to light. There is a 31-year-old man who is just now beginning to un-derstand what Instagram, Face-Time and a selfie are. An artist who has always had a knack for dense, descriptive slice-of-life lyr-ics has existed in isolation and now will be able to interpret culture with fresh eyes.
With an art form as crowded as rap music, is it worth getting ex-cited about an artist who has been out of commission longer than many of his colleagues have been active?
In Boosie’s case, the answer is, “Yes.”
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Calling all comedy buffs of Oxford: Tonight at the Power-house, the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council is hosting Laff Co., an award-winning Oxford-based improvisational comedy troupe. Given the nature of improv comedy, every single show the troupe performs is absolutely fresh.
“I can’t really tell you what to expect since it is different every time you see it, but it is a great show,” said Stacey Sanford, out-reach and education coordina-tor for the arts council.
The group, directed by Bruce Butler, offers a unique comedy experience.
“Our show is a mix of sketch-es, improvisational games and stand-up comedy,” Butler said. “We really try to make it immer-sive for our audience.”
The show takes the audience on a ride led by some of the best comedic talent in Oxford. Members of the troupe include Butler, Dillon Courson, Caro-lyn Free, Brian Spurlock, Joseph Stinchcomb and Jayson Wirth.
Spurlock, senior chemistry major at The University of Mis-sissippi, said the show “starts with high-energy, audience-driv-en games, gets more cerebral to-wards the middle and ends with heavy audience participation. We really pride ourselves on get-ting the audience involved.”
Spurlock, who is studying to be a medical researcher, will leave Laff Co. in May when he graduates.
He said he believes the chem-istry of the group is what makes
the performances so special. “My favorite part is when ev-
ery one on stage is on the same page, when everything just clicks,” he said.
Local stand-up comedian Sam Lyons will also be featured in tonight’s performance. While Lyons is not formally affiliated with Laff Co., he is familiar with the work of Butler and compa-ny. He got his stand-up start at the comedy open mic night di-rected by Butler, formerly held at the Blind Pig Pub and cur-rently held at Proud Larry’s.
When asked to describe his comedic style, Lyons said, “Des-
perate. I don’t know. I guess it’s observational. I try hard to keep it fairly clean. I want it to be something that my parents could listen to.”
Lyon’s has long wanted to work with Laff Co. because of his relationship with Butler, but with the constrictions of school, life and other auditions, this is the first time he’ll be able to join a performance.
Laff Co., now in its 10th year, has received a fair share of ac-colades for its comedic talent. Last year, it was added to the Mississippi Arts Commission’s artist roster, a veritable “who’s
who” of talent in the state of Mississippi. Laff Co. is the only improv comedy group on the artist roster.
The troupe was also recently featured on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s “Mississippi Arts Hour.”
Butler hopes that through the success of Laff Co. and other local comedians, Oxford will develop and maintain a viable comedy scene.
“I’m hoping to help make Ox-ford a hub of comedy,” he said. “I want people to know that you don’t have to go to New York or L.A. to see great comedy.”
Laff Co. to perform at the Powerhouse tonightBY MICHAEL PRESTWICH
COURTESY ANDREA DRUMMOND
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Clockwise from top left: Arkansas State’s Dustin Jones tags out Austin Anderson on an at-tempted steal at second during Wednesday’s game. Cheyne Bickel releases a pitch. Austin Anderson loses control of the ball as Arkansas State’s Matt Burgess slides into third. Ole Miss won 4-3.
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Carly Hummel releases a pitch during Wednesday’s game against Louisiana Tech. Hummel combined with Shelby Jo Fenter and Madi Osias to pitch a no-hitter in the 3-0 win.
didn’t hold long with the Red Wolves tying things up in the third on an RBI single from Lucas Feddersen. Arkansas State increased the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single from Kevin Fitzpatrick in the fourth and a run scored on a wild pitch in the fifth.
The Rebels chipped away in the sixth, however, with an RBI single from senior Will Allen. Ole Miss then tied the game at three in the sev-enth when Dulin slapped an RBI single to right field, the hit that eventually set up the game-winning bunt from Lee.
Junior Scott Weathersby stole the show on the mound in relief of freshman Cheyne Bickel, who relieved starting pitcher Jeremy Massie after 3.2 innings of work. Weath-ersby went 2.1 innings, gave up no hits, and struck out five of the seven batters he faced.
“Terrific,” Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco said of Weathersby’s performance. “Really proud of him. It came at the right time, where it looked like they wanted to play a lot more than we did tonight and that is disappointing. Re-ally it was the shot in the arm we needed for Scott to come in there and take control of the game and get the momentum back in our dugout. It was a big time performance.”
Ole Miss will resume action this Friday when they open a three-game series with South-eastern Conference foe Mis-souri.
SQUEEZE, continued from page 12
The Ole Miss softball team defeated Louisiana Tech 3-0, and pitchers Carly Hummel, Shelby Jo Fenter and Madi Osias combined to throw the first combined no-hitter in team history last night. The Rebels improved to 17-13, and the Lady Techsters dropped to 8-19 with their ninth consecutive loss.
Senior Carly Hummel got the start for the Lady Rebels and threw four perfect in-nings, allowing no runs. Se-nior Shelby Jo Fenter took over in the top of the fifth, and she continued Hummel’s work. Sophomore Madi Osias continued the no-hitter for the rest of the game when
she took the mound in the seventh, but she gave up one walk.
“You know they did a good job coming out,” Ole Miss head coach Windy Thees said of the night’s pitchers. “Carly’s been our ace so far in the middle of the season. She’s thrown a lot of innings up, so going into the game I knew I wanted to limit her to those four innings. Shelby Jo is coming off an injury, so I knew I wanted to get her out there before we hit Arkansas, just to give her an inning or so.”
All of the offensive produc-tion for the Rebels came in the bottom of the third. RT Can-tillo blasted her first home run of the season. She is leading the team in batting average at
.500. Four batters later, Osias knocked a 2 RBI double down the left field line to make the score 3-0.
“RT has been out for about 8 to 9 days or maybe closer to 10 even. She pulled a ham-string. To be honest I thought we were going to lose her for a month, so she rehabbed, and our strength training and our training staff did a really good job of getting her back.” Thees said. “She said, ‘Coach, I think I can go today,’ and I said, ‘You’ve got to be able to sprint,’ and then she hits a home run, and I was like, ‘Well I guess you don’t have to be able to sprint.’”
The Rebels will take the field again to host Arkansas in a three game series beginning Friday at 6:00 p.m.
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No. 4 USC too much for Rebel NettersBY DYLAN RUBINO
The USC Trojans proved why they are ranked No. 4 with a 5-2 win over the Rebel Netters yester-day.
The Trojans flexed their mus-cle early by winning the first two doubles matches, both by a score of 8-3. USC clinched the victory after the first four singles matches as junior William Kallberg, soph-omore Stefan Lindmark, fresh-man Ricardo Jorge and fresh-man Vinod Gowda each fell to their Trojan opponents. Despite the early decision by the Trojans, the two teams continued with the match schedule.
Junior Nik Scholtz continued to impress. He defeated No. 11 ranked Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 7-6(5). The victory marked the sec-ond for Scholtz against a ranked opponent in the last four days.
Senior Johan Backstrom fought back from dropping the first set and won his match 3-6, 6-3, 10-5. Even with these two wins, the Rebels faced the depth they ex-pected in USC.
“We know that USC is one of the top teams in the country, and they showed that today,” head coach Billy Chadwick said.
“Across the board, we are getting better with every match. Because of this match, I feel like we are bet-ter prepared for the match coming up on Friday.”
On Sunday, the Rebels went to Lexington to play Kentucky and lost 4-1, but Scholtz picked up a win against Tom Jomby 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4, who was ranked 10th nationally in singles at the time. Scholtz entered the match ranked No. 44, but with the win yesterday and the precedent win against Kentucky, he can expect the rank-ing to improve.
“I know my opponent pretty well, he’s a very good player,” Scholtz said. “I knew it was going to come down to one or two hits of the ball. I was able to get those points. I have a lot of respect for him. I am happy with the win. It’s a good one for me.”
The doubles point continues to haunt the Rebels, and they could not get off with the point advan-tage for which they were hoping yesterday. The Trojans controlled singles play to achieve the victory and showed why they are a top five team in the country.
The Rebels have a quick turn around. They will host SEC oppo-nents this weekend with Arkansas on Friday and LSU on Sunday.
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Nik Scholtz celebrates after defeating USC’s Yannick Hanfmann in a match Wednesday. Scholtz won 7-5 7-6 (5).
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With the NCAA basketball tournament beginning tonight, students can put the finishing touches on their brackets with the hopes of creating the perfect bracket and obtaining monetary success or bragging rights among their friends.
Students employ many different strategies, ranging from experts’ analyses to emotional attachment to a favorite team. Here is my take on this year’s Final Four.
In the East Region, I have the Big 12 Tournament champions, Iowa State. Offensively, Iowa State has altered its strategy in line with the trend among many NBA teams: They have eliminated long 2-point jumpers.
Long twos have about the same degree of difficulty as threes, but they are worth one less point. Ac-cording to ShotAnalytics.com, only 8.5 percent of Iowa State’s shots have been long twos. The Cyclones shot 52 percent on threes in the Big 12 tournament. If that continues they’ll be in the Final Four.
For the toughest region, the Midwest, Wichita State will re-main undefeated long enough to
reach the Final Four. Last year Louisville, the eventual champion, was the only team in the top 10 in adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency, per KenPom.com. This year two teams achieved that sta-tistic, Wichita State and Louisville. A key for the Shockers will be get-ting to the free-throw line. They attempt 25.8 free throws per game and make 73 percent of them.
Out of the West, Arizona and its top-rated defense will reign victorious. The Wildcats are No. 1 in adjusted defensive efficiency. Arizona is fourth in the country in total rebounding percentage, led by Aaron Gordon’s 7.8 boards per game. That statistic will help put Arizona in the national title game.
The team that will be cutting down the nets in Arlington will be the Florida Gators. The Florida defense is right up there with Ari-zona’s in efficiency, but Arizona is 118th in opponents’ turnover per-centage, while the Gators are 19th.
Florida traps all over the floor and picks up well in a full court press. The best way to beat this de-fense is to knock down threes. But even when teams get Florida out of its trap, the Gators’ defense can still lock offenses down one on one. The defense and Michael Frazier’s 46 percent 3-point shot should
give Florida the title.This year’s player to watch is
Doug McDermott. McDermott is one of the most efficient offensive players in NCAA history. He ranks in the top 15 percent of efficiency in six different offensive play types, per Synergy Sports. He’s in the top 25 percent in two more. He’s phenomenal in the post, in cutting to the basket and in spotting up for three or rolling to the hoop after setting a ball screen. He’s a fun player to watch. If there are bas-ketball gods, they will allow Mc-Dermott and Creighton to meet Florida in the national title game. Watching McDermott deal with Florida doubling him in the post or with chasing him around the 3-point line would be as good as college basketball gets.
Bracketology, Final Four predictionsBY TYLER BISCHOFF
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Creighton’s Doug McDermott shoots over Providence’s Kadeem Batts during a game in the finals of the Big East Conference March 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Diamond Rebs squeeze past Arkansas StateBY MATT [email protected]
THOMAS GRANING | The Daily Mississippian
Jeremy Massie releases a pitch during Wednesday’s 4-3 win over Arkansas State.
It was do or die for Ole Miss in the bottom of the seventh inning last night, and junior Braxton Lee did for the Reb-els. Lee laid down a suicide squeeze bunt, which scored freshman Dalton Dulin and gave the Rebels the 4-3 win over Arkansas State. With the win Ole Miss improved to 18-4 on the year, while the Red Wolves dropped to 11-9.
“It was awesome,” Lee said of getting the opportunity to lay down the bunt. “I thought coach was going to give (the bunt) to me before they switched pitchers, but then he said, ‘Let’s see what they have right here.’ Then they brought in the new (pitcher), and he said, ‘all right your choice,’ and I said ‘I mean, Coach, you’re the coach, you can choose’, and he said he was a betting guy. Then I said, ‘OK let’s suicide squeeze.’ He gave me the chance, and I did what I was supposed to do.”
Ole Miss jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Lee stole home in the first inning, but it
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