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Show WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE ft - In his i6th season, Rick Majerus earned his 350th victory as a college basketball coach rwhen Utah downed BYU last Saturday. 9 overall Majerus has a 7 record as the record and a head coach of the Utes. Only Nolan Richardson, Denny Crum, Jim Boeheim and John Thompson, sll of whom hit 350 in 15 seasons, have reached that plateau faster than Majerus. Jerry Tarkanian, Billy Tubbs, Bob Huggins and Everett Case are the other four coaches to reach 350 wins in 16 season. 350-11- 251-6- Staying or Going? Speaking of Majerus, rumors have circulated that he is considering a sabbatical from coaching after it this season. What does the coach have to say about it? "I said some day I'd like to take some time off," Majerus said. "Unless I get fired, I'll be the coach of the Utes next year." Strong Finnish After missing seven complete-gamewith a partial MCL tear, s the nation's leading scorers. Hanno Mottola has averaged 21.1 points per game since his return. Mottola's scoring average would rank him at No. 13 in the nation in scoring, except he missed too many games to qualify for NCAA stats. The NCAA requires a player to be active for 75 percent of his team's games. For Mottola's stats to count, Utah will need 32 games this season, which will require winning the MWC tournament or making the second round of the NCAA tournament. Home-Cou- rt MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS W Advantage Utah has 45 consecutive wins on its home floor, and can go to 46 this Saturday. The streak gives Utah the longest such in college basketball. The Utes' streak dates back to Dec. 31, 1996, when Tim Duncan led Wake Forest to victory in the Huntsman Center. Murray State had the longest homecourt win streak, at 48 games, but lost over the weekend. Conference Killers The Utes' win at BYU Saturday was their 19th straight conference win. After losing by three to UNLV in the 1998 WAC Tournament, Utah has been perfect in conference play. L W L 3 4 3 5 6 9 9 9 Utah 2 0 13 UNLV 2 1 11 BYU 1 1 12 Colorado St. 1 1 11 1 1 11 Wyoming New Mexico San Diego St. 0 0 Air Force 1215 9 14 Welcome Back Though the two teams have been in the same conference for years, Monday's meeting between Utah and Colorado State will be the first in two years. The quadrant system in the old WAC kept the two from meeting during the regular season, and the two teams never saw each other in the tournament. WALDEN continued from paga 10 5 time that, in retrospect, are stupid, immature, irresponsible and negligent No one calculates every conceivable risk before acting out or engaging in certain types of behavior. We cannot live life while constantly looking over our shoulders. But by the same token, how many of us pass the time by racing our friends at over 106 mph on a downtown street? i, mm in Ti it Little Mouse on the Prairie is 5 4m. Consequently, given Phills' reputation, one can't help but wonder if there is something to the theory that athletes are possessed of a feeling of invincibility that makes thern more inclined to m. b. m.. ti act recklessly. Would Bobby Phills have met his demise in such a situation had he not been a professional basketball player? Would he have done such a thing if he had been a activist or a vetcivil-righ- ts erinarian? S Sadly, the culture of sport is one that tends to breed excessive confidence heap enormous adulation upon athletes, most in those arenas cannot help but underestimate their own frailties and vulnerabilities. Because they know that we value their ability to run faster or jump higher or hit harder than the average man, and that will be the basis for fame and fortune, who can possibly tell them that they are wrong? That the odds will catch up with them one day? Because of their athletic prowess, too many spend their lives being given what they want and never being told "no." When such treatment spans their entire athletic careeis, is it any wonder that they become more inclined to engage in risky behavior without considering the consequences? Magic Johnson never thought about getting HIV after all, Wilt Chamberlain had slept with over 20,000 women and nothing came of it. Len Bias surely didn't think he'd die from a cocaine overdose, given Lawrence Taylor's ability to play while using the drug.. 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