| Show r4srviiowir4eviAAtooiriotiv4 AltWk44 ve6W441tO'itW'k)fr'4444-10'44tAtcP10404tie'W'- D2 The Salt Lake Tribune v:Mirfp THE ASSOCIATED 5 Games Blazers Add Former Jazzman to Roster team was struck from behind driver Four by a members of the Rapid City Thrillers were treated at St Luke's Hospitals for minor injuries and released The Rapid City players injured were The Portland Trail Blazers Clyde Drexler placed on the injured list Tuesday and activated former Utah Jazz player Delaney Rudd The action means Drexler must miss at least five games He's expected to be sidelined 10 days to two weeks because of a strained tendon in his left hamstring Drexler sustained the injury early in the fourth quarter of Portland's loss at Boston on Sunday Drexler leads the Blazers in scoring at 202 points per game He's also averaging 64 rebounds 56 assists and 352 minutes Rudd was placed on the injured list by Portland on Feb 18 with a dislocated finger on r his right hand A NBA veteran he was signed by Portland on Jan 3 and has appeared in four games scoring two points in nine minutes of playing time Tank OK: Jerry Tarkanian said he was feeling well in Los Angeles after undergoing an angioplasty procedure to clear a heart artery that was 80 clogged "I'm on my feet today" Tarkanian said after leaving Mt Sinai Hospital "Everything went well I'm feeling good" Si Nevada Coach: Nevada athletic director Chris Ault is going trolling for a new head basketball coach and he'll bait his hook with a package that could more than double the total lame duck Len Stevens is getting "You're looking at beAll-St- Richard Morton Clinton Smith Richard Coffey and Ralph Lewis In Briefly: North Texas basketball coach Jimmy Gales will not have his contract renewed when it expires March 31 school officials announced Tuesday Gales 51 led the Earecord in sevgles to an 8 John Starks of en seasons the New York Knicks was fined $5000 Tuesday for a flagrant foul on New Jersey Nets guard Kenny Anderson who broke his left hand and will be The out at least two weeks Dallas Mavericks signed guard Tim Leg ler the CBA's leading contract scorer to a y With the focus now on berths to the 1993 NCAA tournament the NCAA began accepting orders for tickets to the 1994 Fi84-11- four-yea- 10-da- nal Four at Charlotte Coliseum Applicants for tickets will be limited to two of the $65 tickets The 1994 semifinals will be played April 2 with the championship game on April 4 Shaquille O'Neal made it four in a row on Tuesday when he again won the NBA Rookie of the Month designation Dominique Wilkins earned honors as Player of the Month George Karl who has transformed the Seattle SuperSonics from a 500 team into one of the NBA's elite clubs in a little more than a year was r contract exgiven a A judge dismissed tension battery charges against New Mexico State basketball players Corey Rogers and James Lofton who were accused of beating a man outside a Las A sellCruces restaurant out crowd gave a standing ovation to Alex English the Dene ver Nuggets' leading scorer Tuesday night as his No 2 jersey was retired and hoisted to the rafters at McNichols Arena during halftime ceremonies and tween $100000 $200000" Ault said "What four-yea- I'm looking at you have to fill Lawlor Events Center You have to spend money to make money" Ault fired Stevens on Monday ending speculation over the future of a coach who has seen home attendance plummet along with his team's record all-tim- 1111CBA Accident: A Continental Basketball Association game was postponed when one of two vans carrying the Rapid City Football: FSU Kansas to Play in Kickoff Classic If Bobby Bowden wanted to do all in his power to get Flori- da State its first national championship he probably would have turned down a offer to play Kansas in the Kickoff Classic To be blunt Bowden and a Florida State team that returns club 16 starters from a 10-don't need the Kickoff Classic to be No 1 in 1993 If they beat Kansas on Aug 28 at Giants Stadium it was expected If they lose they can almost say goodbye to No 1 right away So why play? Would you believe money? "Money has become a factor" said Bowden whose team is guaranteed a minimum 1 $625000 for playing in the traditional opener to the college football season "If you start looking at the statistics of college football how many schools are in the red and how many are in the black money enters into it" U Briefly: A new seven-yea- r agreement between the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ended speculation that the Kickoff Classic was going to be moved after this year's contest Ray defensive Hamilton lineman with the New England Patriots was hired as the defensive line coach of the Los Angeles Raiders Left-hand- er Right-bande- curring shoulder problems prevented him from giving s or playteammates kids his was his with given ing unconditional release by the The St Minnesota Twins Louis Cardinals renewed outfielder Ray Lankford's contract but neither the outfielder nor his agent were hiding their disappointment about the deal Lankford who earned $230000 last year was renewed at $290000 — a $35000 reduction from the high-five- original offer of $300000 with $25000 based on plate appearances Philadelphia Phil lies third baseman Dave Hollins on r Tuesday agreed to a contract Hollins who hit 270 with 27 homers and 93 RBIs in 1992 will get $600000 this year and $2 million in 1994 MI Hockey: Minnesota North Stars owner Norman Green met with Dallas city officials Tuesday to try to clear the way for the NHL franchise to move to Texas Green ignored pleas Monday from Minnesota Gov Arne Carlson and corporate leaders in Minnesota urging him to take one more look at downtown Minneapolis Center Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings was selected NHL Player of the Month 13 Tennis: Angela Mortimer a 1961 Wimbledon champion from Great Britain and Lamar Hunt a Texas businessman who helped found World Championship Tennis will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame this year Unseeded Richey Reneb erg of Houston upset third seed Stefan Edberg of Sweden on Tuesday in the $17 million Champions Cup at Indian Wells Calif Fourteen of the top 18 players in the world are competing in the tournament at the Grand Champions Resort two-yea- 6-- 3 4-- 6 6-- 4 the PRESS DURHAM NC — Bobby Hurley only has to be average tonight to break the NCAA record for career assists But the Duke point guard has been anything but ordinary in his last three games The senior needs five assists at home against Maryland to break the mark of 1038 now held by North Carolina State's Chris Corchiani Hurley and Corchiani are the only collegiate players to record more than 1000 career assists Hurley averaging 81 assists per game has been on an assist tear since scoring leader Grant Hill has been sidelined with a sprained toe The Blue Devils made a subtle change in their offense to highlight Hurley at the top of the key thus opening more passing lanes He has responded with 15 16 and 15 assists in his last three games — all Duke victories NCAA Hurley the tournament and Atlantic Coast all-tim- e Conference tournament assist leader had his number retired on Sunday and will be presented the game ball tonight if he breaks the assist record Duke officials said "That record really reflects the kind of success we've had" said Hurley who has quarterbacked March 3 1993 national champs to a record in NCAA tournament play "It's not only me doing something out there but it's the guys I'm playing with that are making the shots "There is no assist if there isn't a guy to put the ball in the basket" he added "I like that factor because it's something that shows unselfishness and that's pretty much what I've been trying to do my last four years" Hurley who also has scored more than 1600 points has been a model of consistency throughout his career starting 134 of 135 games He recorded 288 and 289 assists in each of his first two seatwo-tim- e 17-- 1 i - ! f:r- ‘ Lef (707 1 -0- - i t It 4 1 - a ' 0 'tt - ore THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCETON NJ — For the first time in five years 63 coaches won't be holding their breath when the NCAA tournament pairings are announced Why? Princeton won't be a part of March Madness The Tigers 14-- overall and in the Ivy League won't win the league title and an automatic NCAA tournament berth that goes with it While Princeton has yet to win a game in those five years coach Pete Carril's kids have caused sleepless nights for each of their opponents Ever since Princeton lost to in 1989 the Georgetown coach who cringed most during the NCAA pairings was the one who drew Princeton with its de liberate offense and airtight defense The Tigers also scared Arkansas Villanova and Syracuse before losing Carril could care less about letting someone off the hook this year "Yeah I really care about that" he said Now in his 25th season Carril has many other problems After losing at Columbia and Cornell last weekend — Princelosses ton's first season — the since the 1988-8Tigers returned home in fourth place Princeton must win two of 6-- 9 5 first-roun- d 50-4- 9 back-to-bac- k 9 Hard-Luc- k its last three games for Carril to avoid his first Ivy season What happened? Losing five of its first seven players didn't help No newcomer made an immediate impact like transfer Sean Jackson did in 1989 or freshmen Chris Mooney and Rick Hielscher did in 1990 and non-winnin- g '91 But the problem goes deeper "I look at the Ivy League stats and we hardly have anyone in the top 10 in any category" Carril said "But we've had that during our tournament years We weren't necessarily involved in any of the important stats but we still survived Our system can withstand that "One year we won the league when our top guy averaged five rebounds Another year our leading scorers were averaging eight or nine points" But those teams with Ivy players of the year like Bob Scrabis Kit Mueller and Jackson ran the system to perfection "The basic difference this year is too many dropped passes and too many errant passes" Carril said "We'll have a guy who's ready to shoot and we get the ball there low high wide and we don't get the shot We've missed foul shots and nobody is making the shots at the right time "Former St John's coach Lou Carnesecca once said the one thing you can count on with SLCC To Start Tourney 7' e! ( :: 1 N" '''111 IN The Associated Press Duke point guard Bobby Hurley from it and develop as a player" Hurley has recorded 10 or more assists 32 times in his career averaging 8 in 61 ACC games "Bobby is fantastic every day" forward Antonio Lang said "The man never gets tired He has eyes behind his head Sometimes I ask if he's supernatural if he's a human being "There have been many occasions where I've been hit in the face with one of Bobby's passes It seems like there is no way in the world that he can see me and then barn there it is He is s top-ranke- 1 ( 1 " 1: '40 d le4-412 :Toy-1:- 'v d first-roun- d h 13-of-- 12-1- 4 75-6- 3 y 19-ga- I II 20-3- 1 8 15-1- 9 Weber State forward Stan Rose 1 last-secon- d 2 Even while making a turnover every six minutes and scoring in double figures only once in the last three months Ryan Cuff is salvaging his freshman season at Brigham Young University Since staying on the bench in a game for the first time in his life at Colorado State last month Cuff has made a comeback Playing regularly in BYU's system he's shooting better and turning heads with his passing ability Cuff was not sure what to expect in his first college season having left on a church mission the summer after graduating from Richfield High He's experienced the usual ups and downs while playing only 14 minutes a game a difficult change for a r prep starter four-yea- Kurt Kragthorpe BIT Basketball "It's really hard to stay up all the time when you're not play- ing as much as you'd like to" Cuff said "I realize I'm just a freshman Sometimes I don't know my role and that's hard" Cuff initially had trouble playing under control then started worrying about making mistakes He's played more consistently lately but still loses turnovers with passes that teammates do not expect He figures that's partly because he usually practices with the "Blue" squad but often plays in games with the starters "I really do feel better about my game" he said "I'm trying to take advantage of this year I'm learning a lot about the things I can and can't do" 11 Balancing Act: With 10 players who have started or played at least 25 minutes in a game this season coach Roger Reid has had trouble keeping everybody happy Good thing that's not his chief concern Asked once about a player's frame of mind Reid said "He should be content He's on the team" He later explained "I can't worry about every guy's little emotion I'm concerned about the welfare of the team There will be times when they like me more than they do other times You deal with that every day" How approachable is Reid for downtrodden players? "I don't know that he's that personable" forward Shane Knight said re- cently "but he's always got an open door He wouldn't turn anybody away" The division of minutes at the position is a dilemma this year It will be even more intriguing next season when Knight and Mark Durrant are still in the program and three forwards have returned from church missions II Moving On: The pressure is on BYU's five seniors to complete their degrees after they were featured in graduation robes in posters distributed last week Of the 42 players who have finished their eligibility since 1979 33 have graduated — including Danny Ainge who received his degree last year That's a 78 graduation rate not counting players who left the program early Six of the 42 are attorneys or law students but basketball is the most common profession with seven play-ers in the NBA the CBA or Europe Cougar Notes: For only the second time in nine seasons BYU broke the 20000 mark for average home attendance counted as tickets sold The Cougars improved by almost 3000 a game over last season because of increased student interest Counting WAC tournament play Reid is against Utah and 49-11 against the rest of the league Assistant coach Jeff Reinert was well acquainted with Chris '' Street the Iowa player who died 2 in an auto accident last month Reinert worked as a substitute teacher in Indianola Iowa when Street was in high school : Reid is the first coach to win 20 games in each of his first four seasons at a Utah school Weber State's Phil Johnson Utah State's Udell Andersen and Utah's Rick Majerus — counting Majerus' full seasons — started with three years BYU needs six wins to match the most in school history (28) That would take two wins this week three in the WAC tourna- ki ment and one in the NCAA tour-- 4 Reid saying he's not ney surprised by Utah's success this I season: "Next year with Josh Grant and those guys gone if they do the same thing it might - - small-forwar- d 1 5-- Coach Tossed But Penalty Gets Worse THE ASSOCIATED the officials' locker room PRESS VALPARAISO Ind Youngstown State basketball coach John Stroia who was thrown out of an overtime game against Valparaiso last month faces criminal charges from the incident Stroia 33 was charged Monday with battery to a Valparaiso University police officer a Class A misdemeanor During the Jan 30 game Stroia apparently lost track of how many timeouts his team had remaining when the game went into overtime He called a timeout but there wasn't one Stroia became angry and was ejected According to the probable cause affidavit filed in Porter Superior Court Stroia left the gym after referees ejected him from the game and began pacing near Valparaiso University police officer Sgt Becky Walkowiak saw Stroia "pacing and mumbling to himself He appeared to be angry" the court record states When the game ended Stroia placed himself in front of referee Dennis Bracco and refused to let him enter the locker room Walkowiak said She tried to intercede "Stroia pushed me with enough force to cause me to strike the wall" Walkowiak said in the affidavit Stroia referred all other questions to his attorney Bruce Clark who declined comment He faces up to a year in jail and a $5000-fin- e if convicted Stroia is scheduled to appear in court on April 7 I 6 - 1 20-vei- I n I " " " " " ' 1 1 3 - Weber State University senior forward Stan Rose has been named the Big Sky Conference Basketball Player of the Week Rose — a native of Leeds Ala — led Weber State to road wins over Eastern Washington and league leading Idaho completing a season sweep of both teams In an win over Easter Rose had a Weber Washington State and collegiate career-higfield 38 points hitting free throws goals and In the Wildcats' win at Idaho he had 17 points 10 rebounds and snapped a Idaho home court winning streak from For the week he hit free the field connected on throws grabbed 22 rebounds and scored 55 points 83-7- 3 Nid:: a Princeton has also been plagued by a weak bench The first five have all played over 600 minutes After that it drops to 277 187 and 119 Finally the defense has crumbled Carril feels this may be the worst defensive team he's ever had Princeton led the nation in scoring defense the last four years and 10 of the last 17 In the past two seasons the Tigers allowed 60 points or more in five games This year 10 opponents have broken 60 Princeton is giving up 544 points per game six more than last year For veteran players it has been a tough adjustment "I don't know what happened exactly" said Mooney a junior forward "We won our first two Ivy games then we went down to Penn and got beat and it kind of steamrolled and we never stopped it We shouldn't have lost to Brown that next Saturday and after that " While most people at Princeton dismiss hopes for an NIT bid the players say they haven't given up "It's not hard to get yourself up to play" Mooney said "It's just such a different feeling When you're used to winning and when it doesn't happen you get frustrated and angry But the effort's been there" THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE TWIN FALLS Idaho — The luck of the draw wasn't so fortunate for Salt Lake Community College in the Region 18 tournament which begins Thursday A pair of weekend losses left the Bruins in eighth place with the unenviable assignment of facSouthern Idaho ing Other pairings have Dixie facing Snow Eastern Utah testing Ricks and North Idaho in a matchup with Utah Valley The women's tournament also begins Thursday with league champion Utah Valley Community College meeting rival Salt Lake Community College Southern Idaho claimed its seventh straight Scenic West Athletic Conference title and finished with a 30-- record overall The Golden Eagles are ranked No 1 in the National Junior College poll Southern Idaho's only loss was to College of Eastern Utah on a basket The top three teams held their positions in the final week of regular-season SWAC play with easy victories Dixie ranked 13th nationally finished second at 28-- after getting past Salt Lake and Utah Valley Eastern Utah improved to 22- 8 holding on to the third place spot with a romp over last place Colorado Northwestern North Idaho secured the fourth spot by virtue of a win over Treasure Valley Utah Valley lost twice but remained in fifth while Ricks settled for sixth place after beating Treasure Valley Snow was the only team to move up in the standings last week The Badgers climbed from eighth to seventh with a win over Utah Valley and a squeaker over Salt Lake Princeton is they always catch the ball and they always get it to the open man Not this year" Big Sky Says Rose Was Week's Best J" Facing No 1 Seed Cuffs Not Certain About His Season But He's Happy four-guar- d sons "I kind of multiplied my freshman year by four and saw that there was a chance I would be able to do it" Hurley said "I figured coach might need me and give me the minutes "In the beginning I didn't know what to expect I was supposed to lead a team with a bunch of players I had watched on TV and had admired To be a part of that and to play with them was something that was very new to me "Coach K Mike Krzyzewski deserves so much credit for the player that I am and giving me an opportunity early in my career to make some mistakes and learn - -- Coaches Breathe Easier With Princeton Out long-tim- e Et Cetera: Hurst Says Injured Shoulder Feels Better Bruce Hurst continuing his rehabilitation from offseason shoulder surgery played catch on Tuesday for the fourth time since coming to camp He said his shoulder is progressing The St George native threw for 10 minutes extending out to about 100 feet and pushing his shoulder until he feels discomfort Hurst underwent surgery to repair damage in and around his rotator cuff last October His routine calls for two days of workouts followed by a day off He isn't sure when he'll begin to throw off a mound Baseball: Hundreds of wannabes showed up at Candlestick Park when the San Francisco Giants held tryouts for public address announcer the new voice the team wants to r put to its new face Paul Abbott whose re- SPORTS Wednesday Hurley to Be Rewarded For His Magical Passing a—d CO Basketball: Dreder to Miss tif4"10 ft04w4 1 |
