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Show Your Sports PAGEB11 MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005 Coaches Corner: Winding Road "Huddle" cont d f r o m page B I 2 guide and direct them to help them achieve their goals." With his connections to the international game, don't be surprised if Utah Valley men's basketball soon becomes a destination for talented international players, much like Hunsaker was also the head ity amongst the student body. coach at Ball State from 1989 We have not made most stu- CT: What are your feelings the culture that coach Cathy to 1993, making the NCAA dents top 10 list. There is not about this year's team and the Nixon has built on the women's side. tournament twice, including a a real rich tradition of going results so far? to the basketball games here trip to the sweet 16 in 1990. Orem, Utah cerI had a chance to catch up at UVSC. Those that come to CH: This team has worked so tainly can be a culwith Coach Hunsaker and the games really enjoy them. hard and fought through so ture shock for a man talk about the state of the bas- Coming to a game and hav- many adversities, it's truly a that has seen a lot of ketball program, attendance ing the experience of backing great accomplishment to be the world. Coaching at home games, and Ronnie your team is fun and part of in the position that we are kids fresh out of high the college experience. There right now. This is a program school is a drastic Price. is no negative to this. 'No we that didn't exist and now we change from playing College Times: Why do you should have done this or we are competing with and beat- along side the likes feel that most of the seats are should try this.' We under- ing some good teams. But of Wally Szczerbiak, empty for home games at the stand that we are building our what I'm most impressed a former Miami of fan base as the school and the with is that we have played Ohio teammate, now McKay Center? basketball program grows. 16 games and there is only a star in the NBA. grandCoach Hunsaker: All the We are going to continue to one game where we weren't Lethunya's do our best and hopefully we prepared to play as a team. If mother is an African students have their own can grow a fan base student you come to play in 15 of 16 queen in the village agendas and schedules. We by student. games in the scenario that we of Mofalani. Despite just have to become a priorare in, it says a lot about what the radical changes in kind of guys we have on this lifestyle that he finds here, this is where he team. wants to berightnow. Q&A with Coach Hunsaker Landon Smith Sports Writer. In his third season as head basketball coach at Utah Valley State, Dick Hunsaker has helped the Wolverines basketball program make a smooth transition from the Scenic West Conference to NCAA Division 1 competition. Hunsaker, who came to Utah Valley State from the University of Utah, was named the 2001 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year when he took over the head coaching responsibilities for Rick Majerus, who took the season off for personal reasons after the first game of the season. I've accomplished and go from there." When asked what his goals were, he indicated that they are his personal goals and doesn't want to share them with the worl(I, but humbly replied, "I am <jn pace." Sometimes, the long and winding road of life leads to Steve Lundquist/NetXNews "It's a great place to Coach Reflloe Lethunya is hoping to raise a family. People help UVSC improve its post play. here are extraordinarily friendly, which surprised places never imagined, like me," he said. "And I still feel Orem, Utah. Luckily for the UVSC community, it often CH: All the games are the the same way." brings men and women that same. I love playing the next "I've dealt with my life game. But I know that we will in two-year increments," he add to the richness of the sobe playing some excellent shared. "I write my goals ciety. Here's to hoping that teams with a lot of size and down then in two years I re- Refiloe Lethunya can stick strength. We will definitely check my goals to see what around for a while. be stepping up a few notches with caliber of competition. CT: Are you excited to play against some bigger name schools like IPFW, Idaho State and Nebraska? n r TUXEDJB[S CT: Besides winning the games, what are your goals for the rest of the season? AH Tuxedos1 $29-$59 Complete! 7 Styles under $40! CH: I want our guys to have an excellent basketball experience. These kids love the game and love to play. I want them to feel that all their hard work was worth it. 377-7828 1774 X. University Pkwy. In Provo (Britain's Landing) CT: How good is Ronnie Price? CH: He is the real deal. I don't know if people really understand how good of a player he really is. He is a NBA prospect. Every game there are five or six teams there watching him play. Every team that we play knows about him and has their best defenders on him and he still is averaging 25 a night. Cijl, clip, tear, rip, chop Of or^w trib cuupon ou! an bi Ina wiUi you '.:> the z I! I i! COMEDYTLUB Steve LumJquist/NetXNewi • Coach Dick Hunsaker is in the proccess of building Utah Valley State men's basketball program into a competitive D-l program that can someday hopefully become nationally known. I Where have the fans gone to? I f Thursday, Jan 27, 9pm Friday Jan 28, 6pm and 10pm Saturday Jan 29, 8pm and 10pm Tickets $15, Students $12 i Use this ad for $3.00 Off regular ticket price. 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