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Show Strategy Has Become Big Word in College Basketball This year, probably more ; than ever, strategy has become the big word in college basketball. basket-ball. Southern California almost dumped UCLA by using a "we'll keep the basketball for as long as we can" move. Utah lost a close one to Utah State at Logan Lo-gan in almost the same way. At the "Y", the Cougars seemed to be even more effected effect-ed by slow basketball than the Aggies were. Fans wondered what happened to Gardner's Utes when, for the first time since anyone can remember, the Fox sent his guards up the floor almost walking. What's Coach Gardner's strategy? Ken James probably knows. So does Gary Hill and Neil Roberts. In fact, so does the BYU basket- i ball department with the prob- j able exception of Stan Watts, i Key Move is Moving Jackson One of the key moves in Gardner's Gard-ner's slow-down basketball is and Jim Jimas. Limo, recruited from the Finnish Olympic team, pumped in 28 big points. He can't speak English very well yet and probably didn't catch on to Gardner's moves until a translator told him about it after aft-er the game. Jimas made up for some relief performance mistakes in games past, and poured in three for four from the field and added three free throws in crucial situations. What Will Friday Bring The question now is BYU at Utah on Friday night. Will Gardner run his Redskins? Will he play slow down basketball? Will Jackson play the baseline? Can the Utes reverse the 42 to 28 rebounding advantage the Cougars had at the Y? The answers an-swers are in coaching strategy. The final answer hinges on a conference championship and an NCAA berth or an NIT bid. moving Jackson to a low post. Jackson is probably the best . post man in the WAC. He's us- ' ually defended by a quick I, guard. Did James know how to defense him in the post? James, standing directly in back of Jackson near the baseline, shook his head quite a few i times when Merv proved he didn't. Hill and Roberts got the hint that easy buckets on fast breaks were out of style against the slow-down Utes. Hill,, Roberts, Ro-berts, and Raymond were one-for-ten from the field the first half. The Cougars were under pressure every time they went ' , up for the shot. Every basket I had to count. They knew if they missed, they might not see the ; ball for another two minutes. I Raymond ended up with 13, but James, Hill, and Roberts didn't reach the double figures even if we totalled their scoring effort. ef-fort. The only Cougars that seemed uneffected by the Utah slow pressure were Kari Limo |