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Show The PHt Maa Utah Doesn't Deserve Schoel Record According to Marsden Greg Marsden is in his 22nd as the University of Utah gymnastics coach. During that time, he has coached his teams to an improbable 10 national championships. So after breaking the school sea-sa- d record with a score of 197.925 Friday night, one would expect Marsden to be ecstatic. Not the case. "That bothers me, because I'm somebody that believes we should be separated according to execution, and when I see serious execution mistakes I think it makes a joke out of collegiate scoring," he said. Three Utes had obvious major breaks in their routines against Stanford. Ashley Kevcr and Angie Leonard each had very noticeable wobbles on beam, while Traci Sommer had a major form break during her bars routine. But as Marsden said, They were just Loeg Road Back When Leonard first arrived in Utah, Ute assistant coach Aki Hummel couldn't believe what he saw. She was a gymnast with so much potential on bars it was frightening. But he also saw a gymnast who had been convinced by her dub coaches the year before that she was horrible on bars, c After Friday night's performance. u s safe to say she s proved her crit- - r ics wrong. The U. sophomore scored her first career 10.0. ; It was a long road to travel, but with Hummers assistance, Leonard has become the nation's premier bar worker. "He's helped just to tell me' 'You are not meet against Michigan. That's ridiculous; that's not realistic, I don't care how good they are, Marsden said. Tin sure they're good ami they are probably the best team in the country and should probably be scoring better than anybody else, but not that. That'i not real." Unfortunately, it's real, and these high scores are sweeping across the nation. . fronpe9 until the Elite games Eight. : 'r The Blue Devils arc the No. 2 seed in the Southeast and will likely meet No. 3 Georgia in the Sweet Sixteen. The Bulldogs get one big win late in the season, and suddenly they are a top 12 team. Whatever. The second seed out of the East, South Carolina, has an even easier road to the Elite Eight. The 'Cocks will probably meet No. 3 New" Mexico in the Sweet Sixteen. The Lobos getting a three seed, now that's an even bigger joke. If the NCAA Tournament was being played in The Pit, it might be understandable, but outside of that . -- .; selection committee's meeting room, you are exactly that, a fooL Aside from Kentucky, about the most boring assortment of teams possible will be playing in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. . St Joseph's and Boston College? And these aren't the 12 and 13 " seeds, cither. -- These are the sccond-an-d teams that will be playing in the Huntsman Center. ' third-bes- Go ahead and ink the Wildcats into the Elite Eight on your illegal office pool sheets; Lord knows I "" - t will. Even though Kentucky has about the easiest trip to the Elite Eight as is humanly possible, getting to the Final Four will be a dog- - . fight. - The Wildcats will face cither Utah or Wake Forest for a trip to Indianapolis. That is, of course, unless one of those freakish upsets that has given the NCAA Tournament the 1 title March Madness doesn't occur. Kentucky versus either one of those teams would be a great Final Four contest. But instead, thanks to an obvious bias by the selection committee, such a matchup would only occur in the regional final. - CorrectMm: The 1944 University of Utah men's basketball team won the national championship, not the 1947 team, as was reported in yesterday's C&rwn told you are,'" Leonard said., Notebook However, such loose judging is hardly just a phenomenon occur ring in Utah. Boise State scored a 196.00 at home last weekend, while Georgia set a new NCAA record by scoring a 198.475 in a - what you've been Ute Gymnastics ignored. hellhole New Mexico is a five seed at best.' -- r r t ; Instead of rewarding the Utah men's basketball team for a fantas- -' tic season, the committee gave , Utah one of the most difficult roads to the Final Four in recent history. If you are still foolish enough to y think our state didn't have a bulls-ey- e inked on k on the map in the ttwlrtt - u CHlAPPY CuUCV she Though had doubts about her ability last ' 50$ Wash Thursdays and Fridays Between year, she knows she's one of the best .this year. "Obviously you don't go 9.9 as an average if you suck," Leonard said. An interesting thing happened ' Monday morning, however, when she picked up the Chronicle. She noticed that in the picture of her competing on bars, her feet were not together. "That's bad," she said with 2-- pm 7 On Tumbling Tuesdays Wash - On Wet Wednesdays ESPN O ESPN 2 O MTV O VH1 Snacks O Coffee Bar O Good Tunes O Pool Tables a big gria on her face. "I don't know The where that was." She admitted that such leg separation wouldn't be present in a perfect routine. But she still scored a 10.0. As quickly as Leonard works on bars, only a camera could spot a " minor form break. r - James Edward 247 S. 500 E. Salt Lake (next to the Holy Cow) Open 7am to midnight ' 521-253- 4 Students & Faculty C Spring Tab Offer Sura T)ragkMck3l. Break Special pQ VQpP Sun Valley Sports Center 1997 Tbraafk The Ead of The SKI FOR $31 $28 Full Day Full Day Or $22 Or $20 ....... 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