Over the past four years USF and San Jose State have met ten times with the Spartans coming out on top nine times. Their eleventh meeting will be the most crucial one if the two teams meet in the Region 8 Tournament held next weekend on the Spartan's home court. could, while not being an exact replica of Cartwright, become as dominating a force. In order for USF to go anywhere next year, Bart Bowers and Mike Rice are really going to have to come on as power forwards. For Bowers, it is a matter of staying healthy. Rice, however, remains a mystery because, by starting him the first half of the season, it was obvious the coaching staff had high hopes for him.
The athletic department announced early this week that two of its basketball players, Raymond McCoy and Mike Rice, will not be attending the University of San Francisco for the 1980-81 season. It was reported that Mike Rice had been attending classes at Oregon Tech the last three weeks and that Raymond McCoy will probably be transferring to DePaul University. Rice, a 6-7 junior forward, enrolled in Oregon Tech. U. last month, where he will compete in NCIA competition. Unlike the NCAA, the NCIA does not require an athlete to sit out a year (TheFoghorn).