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Show M -- Utes look to double their pleasure against Rebels, Aztecs E'ci.f Z',a-- or season is starting and the LJ si if t! ie:ir-- i on consider it a fresh start, j i' i's re.'ii'.i over tl.e first half of the h,i iio I'liiiiij' (m the conference stand-il:;'iic sea-'.01- 1 1 Utah beu'iiis the season by playing a dou- against L'NI.V on Friday at 1:30 p.m. iMii thin a doublelic'ider against San Diego S:.i'e Saliii J.iV at noon. Uoai h ,! ina Stevens compared the team's u.e.io:) to new U basketball coach Ray Ji;i- ulnti's in Washington. ... : t 0. in the press conference when they announced Ray Giacoletti as the head coach, I noted something about him that was just like our situation," Stevens said. "When he was at Eastern Washington this year, his team had a really tough preseason and they lost a lot of games to tough teams. Hut they pulled it together and won the conference to get into the NCAAs." That is the exact path the Utes must follow in order to get into the NCAAs. "For us to get into the NCAAs, we will have-twin our conference tournament," Stevens h 7 times an Typically compete picity well in that arena. We realize th't both lorida and Aiiona ate very talented and that we need to be at our best to move on." The other three opponents are unfamiliar to the Utes, and lh.it generally means unfamiliar to postseason gymnastics as well. i he Utes have never faced Arkansas and will likely defeat them easily in their first meeting on Saturday. Ra.orbacks ,"; Tb N in dual meets this went year and iinished sixth in the Sl.C Championships. ! 1 SOFTBALL SEE Their top gymnast, Dana McQuillin, has a season-higall around score of 39.5. The Utes have faced Illinois, but that was back in 19K1, a meet the Utes won. This season, the 111 ini went 10-and placed sixth at the Hig Ten Championships. as a Their season-hig- h team, 196.30, is only better than one of Utah's team scores this season. The final team to qualify for the South Central Regional, Illinois Chicago, saw the Utes for the first time earlier this season in Washington. The Utes beat them by 2.775 points, a gargantuan number in gymnastics. The Flames finished the and regular season at GYMNASTICS ,,ti i uiiiii 2. Florida Arizona 7 No. 18 No. 25 Illinois (J. Illinois Chicago JMi NR 11- - i 'J efense reloading after loss of key players PAGE 10 The Utes will be very thin at strong safety. "We have guys that can play the position, Asad Kudiya Sports Editor Fven though most of the attention has been focused on how much the U football team's offense can improve this year, many forget that the defense was the staple of the team last season and will have to play the same role in the upcoming season. But the defense has a lot of holes to fill. l ast season, the team was second in the conference in scoring defense. But the Utes will he hurting as they lost some very experienced players, especially in the secondary. Cornerback Arnold Parker and safety Dave Revill graduated, and now the Utes have to find a way to replace two of the most talented players on the defense. "You really can't replace guys like that," Meyer said. "We have guys who can do well, but the great teams around the nation find a way to replace players like that." like Kawika Casco and Grady Marshall," Meyer said. Casco missed all of last season with a knee injury, but seems to have a good chance to be the starter. At the other safety position, the Utes are set with senior Morgan Scalley, who will be considered for preseason all conference honors. At cornerback, Parker was one of the most athletic players on the team and after a dismal first season at the position, he turned it around and had a good senior season last year. Unlike the safety position, the Utes have players with experience who can step in and play at cornerback. Sophomore Eric Weddle earned his stripes last year as a freshman. He started nine games second and was named to the team by The Sporting News. SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10 ASUU sucks, and we can prove it Adam Benson Asst. News Editor It's that time of year again. A seeming atmosphere of normalcy settles back into the offices of the Associated Students of the University of Utah after another year of useless student body elect ions for another pair of talking heads who say a lot but don't really say anything at all. That time of year when your loyal college journalists begin 2 10- - 7 r' Head coach Urban Meyer, right, Eric Weddle and others watch spring practice on the McCarthy Field Thursday. 9 m '"i ul 108-- 2 10-8-- ' 1 13-- 1 16-- s 1 posted a season best team score of 196.04. It would be a big disappointment if the 2004 Utes, one of the most prolific teams in school history, didn't at least qualify for nationals. These Utes own five of the 10 best team scores in school history. It would take a major disaster to derail this team from its track to nationals, and that's something Marsden doesn't see happening. "Other than the new injuries, training has gone well," Marsden said. "The team seems to be confident and moving in the right direction." mouellettedv chronicle.utah.edu No. 5 No. 8 Arkansas I. . ' J ' 1 Teams in their regional ranking and their record 1. if?! " Wednesday Asad Kudiya 1i 13 This year's action is scheduled to take place today at 4 p.m., and admission is free of to slowly peter out, chugging along endlessly producing news stories nobody reads, but ones which everybody still manage to whine about in our opinion pages. So, in an attempt to bridge the gap between the most underappreciated organization on campus and its counterpart, the most privileged, we embark on an annual rite of passage: the ChronicleASUU staff basketball game on the floor of the Huntsman Center. charge. 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