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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Thursday, January 19, 1978 Page Six Thursday night tussle Devil clash may be WAC turning point Ute-Su- n "P iil;ii mm b-O- fi rnsh - Bob Bauer The five starting Utes in Thursday's contest are: (left to right) Danny Vranes, Jeff Judkins, Earl Williams, Michael Grey and Buster Matheney SHENEFELT Chronicle staff by MARK WW Arizona State coach Ned Wulk is almost ready to tear his hair out. He's found out what a murderous schedule can do to a win-los- s record. His Sun Devils are slogging through this season with an uninspiring record, which is very unusual for them. Wulk is accustomed to Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships, or at the very least, berth in the NCAA tournament. an Arizona State has made it to the Western regional tournament four out of the last six years, but this year and last, it was somewhat less than successful. The Sun Devils tied Colorado State for fifth place in the WAC a year ago, and put themselves in the hole this year by losing to New Mexico on their own court last weekend. With this in mind, Wulk brings his team to Salt Lake City Thursday at 7:30 p. m. to do battle with the Utes in the Special Events Center. Although Utah (11-- 4 overall) and Arizona State share the same conference record, the Utes won a game on the road while the Sun Devils dropped one at home. And road wins in the WrAC are seldom-earne- d treasures to be very proud of. The Utes and Sun Devils, along with Wyoming and Arizona, trail New Mexico and Colorado State in the standings. Colorado Slate beat Utah and BYU in Fort Collins and New Mexico scooped up two road victories at Arizona State and Arizona. So the WAC race is shaping up as a real State clash barnburner, and the be the may turning point (down for Utah, for Arizona State) of the season for two of up n the favorites. Wulk knows he's in the hole and will need the win at Utah in the worst way, while the Utes need a sweep of the Arizona games this weekend to build up a solid record before dropping into their baptism of fire at New Mexico the following weekend. The two frontline power positions are the n source of Wulk's woes. Center 7-- 7 e is the Last Day to ADD Classes for Winter Quarter 1- -1 wtmwaaig mi Ute-Arizo- pre-seaso- mid-seaso- field right out of college? If you are a student in good academic standing and have completed one year (each) of calculus and physics, you may qualify for the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Candidate Program. In addition, ycu could receive over $6000 your senior year for just going to school. After commissioning, you will receive over one year of theoretical and applied nuclear engineering. During training, you will be paid $14,000 and over $25,000 after four years. We operate 70 of the reactors in America so our training is the broadest and most comprehensive. For more information contact: Paul Roberts 643 East 4th South LT Salt Lake City, Utah Phono: 524-430- 0 (collect) Be someone special in the Nuclear Navy. Workshops designed improve to help sports their athletic performance and enjoyment are being conducted at Snowbird resort. Corky Fowler, director of skiing at Snowbird, and sports educator Chris Smith are leading the workshops. The two men The Hidden Skier, a book about development of latent ski talent. The workshop, tailed The Hidden was created in 1976 by Smith suc c essful sports experiences as his through an athlete and a teacher. The approach of the workshop and book, The Hidden Skier, according to Fowler, "is that everyone has a tremendous amount of athletic talent lying hidden within themselves." Athlete, 1- -2 type of short lineup was That last year with the mobile in the post. Landsberger "Arizona State is a very good team," said. Utah coach Jerry Pimm. "They've played the best schedule in the conference, in regards to toughness of opponents. They have good quickness in Rick and- Blake Taylor and Roy Joshua. Tony Zeno is playing well and is a good rebounder. They also have one of the strongest, smartest unthinkable - players in the conference Kucharsky." Kucharsky, a 6 ft. in Bill in., 215 pound plays a lot of low post and power forward, and is Wulk's answer to Utah's Greg Deane. Pimm will start Deane and Jeff Judkins at forwards, Buster Matheney in the post, and Earl Williams and Michael Grey on the forward-cente- 7 r, guardline. The Utes host p.m. at the SEC. each athletic ability enthusiasts above-averag- Arizona Saturday at 7:30 The workshop is set in an environment where people can openly exchange their ideas, thoughts and beliefs so that they begin to see the tremendous effect attitudes have on Workshop can help MATH, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS Did you know that it is possible for you to start a career in the nuclear Kurt Nimphius is trying in vain to fill the void left by the defection of Mark Landsberger (now with the NBA's Chicago Bulls), and sophomore forward Johnny Nash isn't doing the things he did last season as a freshman starter. Only forward Tony Zeno (who is scoring 21 points per game in the WAC) is holding the Sun Devils in scoring contention on the inside. But Wulk has the right to boast about his guardline. In fact, Arizona State lists four e guards on its roster, making Arizona State probably the deepest guard team in the conference. Derek Davis, Rick Taylor, Blake Taylor and Roy Joshua, numbers 22, 23, 24 and 25 backcourt duties, and respectively, have alternately led Sun Devil scoring most of the season so far. in The Taylors usually start and are is first the often Davis most scoring. replacement for either Taylor, and was responsible for the Sun Devils' win over Texas-E- l Paso last weekend. Joshua, the tallest of the quartet at 6 ft. 4 in., plays a lot of forward. Wulk resorts to a smaller lineup with Joshua, Nash and Zeno up front when the game dictates speed. person's athletic performance and personal experience in athletics, explained Smith. "In addition, a series of demonstrations and simple exercises (not calisthenics) arc set up for the purpose of sharing the underlying principles for successful performance in any sport," he said. Fowler and Smith report that the results are not controlled and that they don't try to tell people what they should know or how they should do things. Their results with the Snowbird Workshop have been significant. "We are both very aware of how much our attitudes can affect our performance and the enjoyment of that performance," Smith said. "It was through our personal success in skiing and other sports that we saw how the simple alteration of an altitude about a particular activity could often produce significant results in performance." The Hidden Athlete workshop is for all sjxms and is conducted during the winter months at Snowbird. The schedule for the two consecutive evening sessions is February 14 and 15, March 7 and 8, and April 4 and 5. For further information, write The Hidden Athlete, P.O. Box 61, Snowbird, Utah, 81070, or call ext. 240. 521-604- 0, |
