| Show ir-ir- rr-rr-iv- vr t" $ z- - 4 ' 4r w- ""1 - - 'I - I ? 1 'k 2C vj — 1 i4 I - - I -- AN: 11PThe Associated Press t511147's winning streak is - 4 i ' I1 only a victory away from going to the to defend their NCAA utPital Four f Seattle CA will be a rematch of the 1989 West final won by Seton Hall 84-6- 1 ' I tritr Hall coach txt is 1 l'If anything ' it's a negatve" Seton bciia'tetun's efi5 two years ago A Carlesimo said of his victory over UNIN fit !MIS starters Stacey Augmon 1)15 t PI 23-poi- Anderson Hunt Greg Anthony and KISrit 'George Atkin were with the Rebels that game Lam Johnson of ?"LOr Is ' I 1'UNLY was in junior college I fr''' ' 'I'm sure Stacey and Anderson and 4itgGreg remember that game" Carle 4tivr tarn° said "They were much younger 414 :Auld all 1 - sisocx- 1'itl I P- t - ' 20-poi- t ' J o:z-- '' - :' w' -- ee- - ' 1 —Abbot SIS - 0 111-10- 0 - 1 e11115 ocfhinshis $ quarter f2rOeepothromtswginwithtte9fouurecoili anitoped the Bulls' nine-gam- ei 1 t'' ' and 1r9 S - ' t I 4 f k et 103 Nets 93: At Auburn Hills Mich Joe Dumais sewed 12 of his 18 points in the first quarter including eight in a 14-- surge that got the Pistons rolling Vinnie lohnson scored 20 points for the Pistons :14101111110 Ctrailart 105: At Minneapolis Tony i' 4 rk 1- le -r t 4 Ni - et ! - 4et 1etee it -- k if iii 1 ' t ‘ : - ) 4 -:- '- - -- ' s e ee" ee ''-sit r At" i - 1 1- - ' 99 Likers 92: At Inglewood Calif Frank 14wski scored a season-hig- h 32 points and Dale Ellis his 30 points in the fourth quarter lifting the fleet the Lakers who played without Magic Johnson sc"Tied by tendinitis in both knees Bildt - t - 1147 - A : 4 CuntInued From C-- I 1 1147 players who've worked a: titevive his prime-tim- e tata!overtime since Feb 27 when versatile Blue Ed w ards severely sprained his right ankle Edwards the shorthanded Jazz - Without tr- hove played 12 games Nine have been on the tt read Yet they've gone 4 and risen to the t tap of the Midwest Division i'"' So what's the problem? !1::Sloans starters have been pushed — perto the limit — with 16 games still remain4 P haps : iTig in the regular season l e"::-1(arMalone has played at least 41 minutes In 4ine straight games Since Edwards' injury he's averaged 42 minutes In the last two - yes443 he's played 44 minutes in four differ- o eat games I 8-- t q ' ' - - It - 4 p 0 - '1 1 M v - V 1 - 1 1 I it t-- t t-- ) i ' go:: t ' t :' I Richardson recently had a sereainmg match with Eric Mussel- It began when the two men were walking off the court at half- 4 time of a Mardi 7 game They were and it continued in :171 room until Bill Mussel- -the dressing p : man intervened t :: Many players are unhappy be P 'cause they don't play enough oth V' ers because they play too much p - In a 118-11overtime loss at t 3Nlew Jersey on Wednesday Rich- ardson was on the court for all 53 i minutes tud Sam Mitchell played I t 51 In early January Mitchell had k games of 53 and 511 I minutes I The joke in Minnesota is that the ! Timbenvolves have more complete games than the Twins I Only Utah's Karl Malone and i Golden State' Chris Mullin have I logged more court time than Minnesota's Tyrone Corbin and Richt 2 ardbon Of course Musselman is 1 -- nose-to-no- ' - I 4 v - - ee ' - e x -- - '' 0 - ee-- 4 0 ' d- - e'e0‘ 461 - i ' - '''' ' e le z Brick- - —Mooch:tad added Nemo 'e- Losapholo Tarheel King Rice lets out a yell as he falls to the floor after colliding with Eastern Michigan's Loremo Neely Bucks both- ' 0 i near-recor- 29-poi- nt Ken- nedy with a few heated words Smith strayed onto the court for the second time in five minutes pointing a finger of accusation at Kennedy tirbe way we were playing" Smith admitted "1 was beggeag" But after tempers cooled Montross calmly converted both free throws to trigger a run that propelled the Tar Heels (28-5- ) to victory and Sunday's showdown with Temple Smith who has coached North Carolina into the Sweet 10 regionals 11 years in a row is now one victory away from his find Final Four appearance since 1982 He also is one victory from tying legendary UCLA coach John Wooden' record 47 victories in NCAA Tournament play nt ' - 1 all-tim- MWMNOMPAN streak of eight-gam- e 40- - "Our people have to play a lot of minutes" explained Sloan "I try to rest them I try to be aware of the situation But I also try to make sure the game doesn't get out of hand while I'm doing it" : -- back-to-bac- the same guy who played veteran guard Randy Smith all 48 minutes of a Cave exhibition game in 1980 Ideally a coach wants to limit his minregulars to no more than utes about 38 if possible In his five years with the Cava Lenny Wilkens never has used any of his players every minute of every game Musselman does that to someone at least once a week Wolves owner Mary Wolfenson reportedly nearly fired Mussehnan at the end of December The players were upset by Musselman's de liberate style of game To keep his job M usselman changed his tactics and the Wolves went from scoring m the middle 90s to averaging 105 points in January and February But they have returned to averaging 98 points and slowing down the tempo and the complaints have returned Woltenson wants Musselman to develop such young players as Gerald Glass Felton Spencer and Doug West After one game Wolfenson reportedly told Musselman that he 38-4- 0 opening trip to Tokyo a four-gam- e road trip upon their return and a Compounding Sloan's dilemma is this fact: Utah is involved in another fight for the Midwest DiViSiOrt championship and the advantagous playoff seeding that acfinish companies a first-plac- e The Jazz coach knows one game can make a huge difference as it did last year when that was San Antonio's winning margin at the wire "Every game" said Sloan "is very important That's why I've been concerned with this trestj situation from the very beginning That's why those guys didn't play much in the exhibition season Even though we went knew those guys would have to play a lot of minutes I knew I had to do everything I could to get them rest" Then came the Jazz's infamous season neck-and-ne- would like the young talent to get more experience and Musselman reportedly told his boss "I don't care who plays I just want to win the game" So Musselman sticb with his Continental Basketball Association imports — Tony Campbell Tod Murphy and Mitchell None of them is shooting better than 44 percent Richardson plays simpl) because he is so talented and the guard is averaging 18 points 93 assists and shooting 47 percent in 42 minutes a night Masse Imp did three tours of duty as Cleveland coach going 25- 46 in 1980-8- 1 in the then 1 spring of '82 and being fired at the end of the '82 fall training camp Then came three titles in four CBA seasons before he persuaded Minnesota's Wolfenson to give him a second chance in the NBA last season It now appears that time is running out on him Speculation is rampant that the Wolves may try to replace 'aim with a "name" coach such as Pat Riley or Doug Moe "It's not anything serious" he said Maybe not But it is a nagging type of inju- Eastern five-gam- e trip In his quest for rest Sloan has played catchup since "We've been involved in this struggle all year long" he said " The mental part of it is the big thing You can handle it a lot easier If you're winning But boy Lose a few games and you can really allow yourself to think 'I'm tired' " Utah's starters have also had to worry about more t'n'an fatigue lately Karl Malone continues to play on a sore ankle Wednesday be also bit left hand which was swollen after the win over Charlotte 1-- Just like Bailey's sore )ulder which he bruised two weeks ago at New York or Jeff Malone's strained backpulled groin problem which lingers Still Karl Malone was upbeat after the win over the Hornets e It gave Utah a lead over the Spurs a lead that was reduced to one game Friday night with San Antonio's victory in Miami "We don't feel great but we feel all right" said the Mailman "We're in position now that if we don't win it it's not the coaches' fault or the fans' fault or the newspapers' fault It'll be our fault" — Utes Expected to Prevail In First WAC Gym Meet MIN Condnued From Cl elnerged as Minnesota's top player t' -:11uszelman did not want Richard- t I son a guard from UCLA t 'i :but McKinney prevailed t 1 I '4 olves' Musselman in Trouble t-- t- - 1 ew e- e - v -- i - - -' Stockton had an - I& - 4' plus minutes broken in Thursday's 100-9- 4 win over Charlotte Because of foul trouble the Jazz point guard played "only" 37 minutes Since March 1he's averaged 41 With Jeff Malone Bailey and Eaton it's more of the same Since returning from his back injury March 4 Jeff Malone has averaged 383 minutes Bailey starting in place of Edwards has averaged 38 Eaton averages 38 minutes over the labl five games — r '' eee'e - -- - 00"- 4 r - it Tar Heels teammate Rick Fox furious charged ' azz's Sloan Tries to Get Some Rest for His Beleaguered Starters e' e 1 " 1- I :(lippen 100 Hornets 100: At Los Angeles ROO Harper scored 26 points and Charles Smith added I 1 of his 23 in ttbe fourth quarter as the Clippers posted their first ideal &ton against the Hornets in their last four tries 1 - e"" nt 201 overtime The Shot would have provided victory if limns' toes had not been WI the line "When I released the shot I thought it was a said Williams whose 17 points led the Big Eight "But I didn't have time to look at the line I was more angle up in getting the shot off than in d ring or losing' Eddie Sutton "After that" Oldahoma State said "Mark Macon kind of took the game over That's what great playera do" Macon a goat is this same Meadowlands Arena three years ago swished a jumper on the first posses-Wo- n of overtime iind then added two twisting banking laydra as the Owls (24-9- ) broke a press The Cowboys (244) never recovered in Temple's 1988 East Regional 1066 Macon to Duke added his 25th and 26th points before fouling 'was '4 - SPIMEMPIWIMEMOOPt ''' 4 Lack-to-ba- w - et1-0''' testimony that the Peanuts who entered tbe record books themselves as champs instead of Ohio State drew much more respect after the game than before IL Wolff s No 1 NCAA upsed is hard to dispute — Villanova's 6644 victory over Georgetown in the 1985 final To win by two points the underdog Wildcats had to ithoot 90 percent from the flow In the second half They bad to play a virtually mistake-proo- f game The fact that Villanova entered the final with 10 losses including two during the season to Georgetown marked it as a decided underdog even If it had beaten three teams in the Top 10 on the way to the final But what made this an upset for the ages was Georgetown's nun of Invincibility not Villanova's lowliness The lioyas brought two of the three neces) the game: they eery credentials were the defending national champions and they were the No 1 team in the country ant at 35-- 2 they were not undefeated meaning that their vulnerability had been proven at least twice before the final The 1985 Georgetown team led by Patrick Ewing was probably the last one to enter the NCAAs with as frightening a reputation as UNIX has now And yet the floyas were not un17- beaten and their nation-leadin- g almost pales in point victory nuu-gid comparison to UNLV's differential this year So any team that can beat UNLV in the next three games will be slaying a more mighty giant than Vlitatiova did six years ago And It won't matter if is more highly seedthe upset-maked than Villenova was After all the last time puke played Vegas it lost by 30 in last year's final The last time Arkansas played Vegas it was run out of its owis building a month ago Frankly nobody left can be rated a better shot at Vegas as Villanova had at Georgetown So to beat the Rebels it would take an e upset on the level of Wolff's biggest upset ever That's what the Utes were tiying to achieve Thursday One suspects no other team will come as close as they did led by only four points midway half of the opener when Eastern Michigan center Marcus Kennedy sent Tar Heels freshman Eric tiontross to the free-throstripe and then tried to knock hini off it "Instead of walking by me" Montross said "Kennedy walked about halfway through me" If the Tar Heels did t indeed t need a wake-u- p call that e it) v - Mavericks 104 Knicks 102 (01): At Dallas Rolando "Blackman scored six of his 25 points in overtime and reached the 15000-poiplateau for his career as the Mavericks cooled off the Knicks and spoiled the return of former Dallas coach John MacLeod r ! Camtinued From Celt Carolina ) ' NJ out I 1 1 le t z -- - er : - Biggest Upset Newspapers — Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels needed an elbow to the nue and a hurl shove to bring out their best Friday Meal John Caney' s Temple Owls specifically senior turd !dark Macon needed overtime The aroused Tar Heels steamroi'lered outmanned Entail Michigan down the stretch for a 93-6- 7 East Regional semifinal victory The Owls maybe an inch from defeat at the ead of regulation elk:nseed Oklahoma State 7243 as Macon scored the find siz points in the extra period Corey Williams made a twopoint goal with two seconds left to erase a 53-5- 1 Temple lead and and force the er 15-fo- ot VI g game-winnin- i- ( NI tN 40 '- eee et e e- -- o t et eew e er h 4- '' - i f If Rebels Lose It Would Be win-toa- i Camp-I- I : :bell scored 11 of his 30 points in a stretch of 8:11 in the : --: ' fourth quarter to lead the Timberwolves to victory Camp' bell's xhooting helped the Wolves win their 22nd game of t the season matching last year's victory total t Spurs 97 Beat 90: At Miami David Robinson scored 28 run as the Spurs and sparked a key third-quartir k: points handed the Heat their seventh straight loss and moved to methin a game of Utah in the Midwest Division race 'Ballets ltl Hawks 118: At Baltimore Harvey Grant e e scored 14 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter as the e Bullets rallied to snap a three-gam- e losing streak Ledell ii 83 including the tackles bad a season-higfrom the corner with pine seconds remaidag k' 4 jumper Patera 121 Celtics 199: At Indianapolis Reggie Miller scored 21 points and the Pacers took control with a 14-- 2 third-quartsurge to hand the Celtics their fifth straight loss at Market Square Arena The Pacers improved to 500 je for the first time 8illet Nov le - : 2 East Regional 2 ir Jat Mod Wil-poi- winning streak e - 4I'''' - 1 76ingtheret '' 'Islam ' 10440bY EAST RUTHERFORD Itt-e- I a- - By Gary Long 2 ) 0sor' Jerry Tarkaninn mty be laervous about West final them" Trlune Wire Services pericol & second- Knight-Kidd- 17 of his 24 points in the fourth the SuperSonics won in Phoenix for the first taw ia four years beating the Sons 111405 Friday night inelee se ' - Johnson traded106-10-from Phoenix to Seattle on Dec 7 put his JIM ahead on a jumper with 1:49 left and with Benoit Benjamin's three-poiplay made it 109-10- 3 Aeli e ' 1:24 5 down after two more Suns The Flowing V j Johnson foul shots with 21 seconds left missed two winle)Lr"Ouripers in the fittal 11 seconds as their three-gam- e ended streak ming 51i nt 'Johuzion made 14 field goals in 22 attempts and was S- all ee' foul line oft i 'of from the free throw line His miss from the his consecutive streak at 44 — with ended 8:22 rernainiag 1111) six shy of Jack Siknea's team record "I have my confidence back" be said "Last year I had frustrating year A lot of people didn't feel I played up to ray capabilities I feel a lot looser Dow" 76crs 95 BUIIS 90: At Philadelphia Ron Anderson scored 1 - ' i l' 4- -- - :tddit Johnson scored :7 I f "5 - -- 1 niors is lookinf for a persoonal on 3- 321 Four atreal lie was pointers "We knew that if we penetrated end kicked it back out the shots were going to be open" be said '"'The team tame out with enthusiasm and we pad stuck it to them from the start of the game Our team is very excited about the opportunity we have ahead of us" A victory over St Joho's (23-8- ) Sunday would send Doke (294) to the NCAA semifinals to the firth time in six years and for the ninth time merin Duke beat the Redmen 76-7Last year's second round "St JOiLIVE is going to have trouble if they shoot like thts" 'ICaiztotui said ' :' eve '11 - ' - ' 1 1 4 - Suns Nets 34 u 1 ' ir - :a ' -I MMMMIP ----00- 0 ut ' :f - 1 I webt Regioxml E j0 Pays Back Tar Heels Roll Owls Survive 4 p0! 4 7' : ia Irik 81-6- 7 OMM1KNIAIMP111 PONTIAC Mich (Al') — S much for packing the lane Christian Letters teammates did tel ctinn4-ttiewhat ShatlaUle O'Neal's couldn't and Duke did to the Huskies what it couldn't do last year — beat them easily Laetner stvred I19 points and Greg Koubek added 18 Friday night as -seeded Duke trioved within one victory of its fourth straight Mal Four with aa 81-6- 7 victory over LIConti in the semifinals of the Midwest Regional We watched eight games of Duke tapes" UConn coach Jim Calhoun said "1 don't know if Duke ever shot the ball that well They couldn't wait to get the ball in range" Koubek one of only two Duke se 1 - 'K '1 inates UConn ' L )ti 1 i i - ' Jay-haw- 1 1 ''''' ' '005 7-1-1- ' - - - "' ! ' e' Ai our older guys are gone Now ' Ar- kansas have httle in common except impressive semifine vietortm And even those came 'in different ways Kansas' 83435 dismantling of Indiana became evident early as the (25-7- ) took a lead in the first 712 minutes Arkansas (34-3- ) waited tuitil the middle of the second half before getting its offense un- tracked in a 93-7- 0 win over Alabama : "With Arkansas you have to beat au attitude and tharts that they sre coming at you for 40 minutes and you will wilt" Kansas coach Roy Williams said "Our attitude la that we will be there for 40 minutes Arkansas and Indiana are similar in one way It's not that difficult to prepare for either but it's a different story to play top-rank- 'r Saturday's West Regional final at 1 ? '11" i : 3 in the Southeast Kansas and 7 nat Pi's Outside Shooth : r ' 1 trae" watched the end of Seton Hall's vidory over No 8 Arizona before LININ beat No I() Ut4t83-6- 6 Thursday night "Seton l4a2 is playing great bail" Tarkanian said AlTen71 Dehere is playing out of his mind And we have a great deal of respect for PJ" Seton Hall (25-8- ) arid UNLit (33-0- ) play in Saturday's seoond regional final No 12 Kansas (25-7- ) and second-ranke- d Arkansas (34-3- ) play earlier in the Southeast final at Charlotte NC Tbe 1989 Seton Hall team that beat UNIN lost to Michigan 80-7- 9 in overtime in Seattle's Kingdome in the NCAA championship game This team doesn't have that experience but Carlesimo likes its heart "These kids are so resilient" Carlesimo said "They're so mentally -- i'l::1 elI younger" UNIN teach Jerry Tarkanian 01-7- ' - tough Those are cliches but they're we're at 44 and the Fannin' Rebels are tig-Nme- totb 1 1 ''' ' ' F Have Revenge Motive A 'it Lo7' -- 11 abunt — Saturtlev March 231791 "i'llebels ii ' The Salt I Special to The Tribune ALBUQUERQUE NM —The No University of Utah will be the favorite Saturday at 7 pm in the first-evWestern Athletic Conference women' s gymnastics meet But the Utes could face strong competition from kxiteranked BYU which continues to improve each week Utah captured five straight championships in the old High Country Athletic Conference The Utes wou every HCAC meet since that league was formed in 1986 and a year ago won the individual title in all four events before going on to capture the NCAA championship The Lady Utes also broke their HCAC record each semon last year scoring 19450 points The HCAC merged with the WAC year ago Utah ) BYU (11-8- ) BoiDenver ) and New se State ) will compete for the Mexico title this year at Johnson Center South on the campus of the University of New Mexico Utah coach Greg Marsden feels the conference meet will be an important er (9-1- (5-7- (2-6- - tat t mg WE p MR r 0 $3 5S5 ''t r : —4-1- r 0 WEISNOMMOIlloWNafli:UWMiNME HITCHES — 4 - preparation" Utah will be led by Missy Marlowe Kristin Kenoyer and Shelly Scheerrer ranked first third and fourth naThe three now tionally in own each of Utah' top 10 e marks Marlowe is ranked first on the bars and Schaerrer is tied for first on the floor exercise Utah's regional qualifying wore of 19479 is the highest ever recorded in NCAA competition BYU could provide Utab's stiffest competition in the meet even though the Cougars lost to the Utes at home in the last dual meet of the regular season last Saturday "In terms of overall importance the WAC meet can't hurt us but it could help us if we can get a good score" said BYU coach Brad Cutter-mol-e whose team possesses a regional qualifying score of 19182 Lahog tAnGEST GUARD BUG GUARD for the upcoming regional and national meets "The conference meet is a similar format to that of regionals and nationals in that you don't compete straight through on four events" he said "Youtave to sit out with a bye In that sense this meet is good tune-u- MIPAPII§ 110C40 oerAmomfolo I FROM srsz Iiiiii P a all-tim- BEDuNERs : ' ti' ' ' '' 4'is '''4i: s '''''s' ''174 rm :- s --- ) 4111! 1 LAO i'vrUi-i- SO $82 "fillfscmt-SAT VA licio !Oil ta : SO 2$5-333- 4 FREE I - I 4 ! 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