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Show Thursday November UNLV Seems To be Class 15. 1979. THE HERALD. Provo. Utah-P- 9 age Of Rockies - SANTA FE, N.M ( L'PI Jerrv Tarkanian has paid his debt to the NCAA's house of penance. And although his bankroll is running a little short, a trio of blue chippers he lured to the desert should keep him ahead of the game. The University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Tarkanian practices his running, gunning and almost always winning style of basketball, has just finished serving a two-yeNCAA probation The Rebels were put or. probation shortlv after Tarkanian led them to a third-placfinish' in the 1977 NCAA finals, capping a season in which thev ) e established w 14 NCAA records. While the NCAA managed to keep Tarkanian in the courts and out of postseason plav the past two seasons it couldn't keep him from turning out a couple more winning seasons His career coaching mark of makes him the winningest active coach in the country. As part of the probation penalty. UNLV was limited to three recruits each of' the past two seasons. Considered one of the country's top recruiter, Tarkanian had to go for quality rather than quantity. Tarkanian says the probation extensivelv hurt his recruiting efforts and influenced UNLV, stars Reggie Theus and Larry Moffitt to go hardship with the NBA before finishing their college eligibility. All the same, Tarkanian has landed three high school Sidney Green of Brooklyn. N.Y., Larry Anderson of the Pittsburgh" area, and 265-5- Michael Johnson of Los Angeles. Green, whom Tarkanian calls "a sure starter." is forward-cente- r a who averaged 35 points and 25 rebounds in high school. Anderson, a 6 6-- forward, scored 26 points and averaged 16 rebounds. Johnson, a former UCLA recruit, transferred to UNLV from Oxnard Junior College. The trio will join Tarkanian's kiddie corps that in eludes four sophomore lettermen from last season The lone senior starter back is guard Flintie Raj Williams, who averaged 7.9 points a game last season. The best of the returnees include forwards Michael Burns and Richard Box and playmakei Mfchael Loyd. The- Western Athletic Conference, the league UNLV is scheduled to join next July, figures to turn into a race between the two Utah members, defending champion Brigham Young and Utah. However, New Mexico has again dipped into the junior college ranks to reload its explosive offense and Wyoming, Texas El Paso and Colorado State all return plenty of talent. BYU Coach Frank Arnold has all five starters back from last year's team that won the league 7 with a record. Junior Danny Ainge, who averaged 18.4 points a game, will team with steady Scott Runia in the backcourt. The Cougars also have two of the league's best forwards in sophomores Devin Durrant and Fred Roberts and 0 senior center Alan Taylor. Tayloi could be pressed for a starting spot by freshman standout Greg Kite of Houston. At Utah, Coach Jerry Pimm has averged 20 wins per season each of the past years and that streak figures to remain intact. Forward Danny Vranes, a member of Pan American team this summer, led the team in scoring and the league in rebounding last season. Center Tom Chambers, who averaged 16 points last season as a sophomore, also is back. ' The best of the recruits are forwards Peter Wil-- ; liams and Pace Mansion. ' ' 2 JACKET i iC.S.UatHecb-Hon- - i SHIRT !t J 3,vu,w Two way front pockets taffeta Felt liner Nylon Nylon . Rrtber stuff bag Nylon 260-pou- . Snowmobile CC S U IS S 0 2) 5 ReB,5,5 I 0 and an NIT entry last season, New Mexico, forward, returns. Larry Belin.. an - and guard Kenny Page, a redshirt transfer from .Ohio State. For depth, Coach Norm Ellenberger signed four junior college transfers. Wyoming Coach Jim Brandenburg has star Charles Bradley, a 5 swingman. The Cowboys' potential rests in the backcourt with recruits Anthony Johnson and Mike Jackson. San Diego State has a new coach in Dave Gaine who moved West after compiling a 0 record two years at Detroit that included an NCAA bid last season. Gaines' philosophy of "run, press and shoot" makes him a natural for the WAC, but the Aztecs face a rebuilding campaign. Weber State, which ran away with the Big Sky Conference title a year ago, is heavily favored to do I it again. Coach Neil McCarthy's team was 25-- 9 last ' season and four of the starters are back. ' Guard Bruce Collins, forward David Johnson, 1 center Richard Smith and playmaker Mark Mattos also landed four ; are the veterans. McCarthy recruits that top Montana State, coming off its first winning ; season in six years, and Northern Arizona, under last year's conference coach of the year, Joedy ' Gardner, are expected to battle for the runner-u- p t spot. Montana State was 1 under first-yea- r - coach Bruce Heraldson and Northern Arizona - returns three starters, including senior forward Mark Stevens, a 15.4 point scorer. Nevada-Renwhich jumped from the West Coast Athletic Conference to the Big Sky, lost six seniors from last year's 21-- 7 team that beat Oregon State in i the first round of the NIT. But the Wolfpack ; responded with seven junior college transfersat plus the transfer Gene Ransom, a standout guard I University of California two years ago. 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