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Show Comics C4 d- ej8 - - B Lifestyle C5 cjl LI3 The Daily Herald Wednesday, February 26, 1992 will have more to say about what teams get in and where they are get paid to play 82 games and you seeded and bracketed than anyhave got to come to play every else in the country. body night. They outworked us and Does that expose Kramer to intimidated us under the basket. It KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) If charges of conflict of interest? looked like we caved in rather than UNLV coaches or players take leThe NCAA says no. Neverthedigging down. We have to do some major regrouping. We have to gal action to restore their school's less, it could seem to put the combegin believing in ourselves eligibility for this year's NCAA missioner of the Southeastern ConBoston coach Chris Ford basketball tournament, the head of again." ference, who wears many hats in after the Celtics' wrapped up a the tournament selection commit- college sports, squarely in a bind. 5 road trip with a loss at New tee could find himself in a tight Jersey. "First of all, there is no reason spot. to think the agreement made with As a member of the NCAA inSTILL CLIMBING: Utah Val- fractions committee, Roy Kramer the NCAA and the institution will ley Community College's men's helped negotiate the arrangement not be honored," said Dave basketball team, now is that barred UNLV from the 1992 an assistant executive direcranked third in this week's NJCAA tournament. He is on record as tor of the NCAA who helps run the poll behind Vincennes, Ind. and be"The tournament. annual school the not does Kankakee, 111. Southern Idaho, a believing the not with was in field. this school, agreement year's member of the Scenic West Athlet- long the players. The school is invited But as chairman of the tournaic Conference along with UVCC, is ranked 10th. UVCC's women, who ment selection committee, Kramer to the tournament, not the players. are are ranked eighth in the NJCAA poll. Both teams close the regular season at home, playing Snow's teams on Friday and those from Dixie on Saturday. NOTABLE QUOTES: "You If UNLV players take legal action - 2-- 7 109-9- Ca-woo- d, 25-- C, 3, 64-tea- m f "And second of all, anybody who believes anybody on that (se- committee would do of malice or lection) something out vindic-tivene- ss just doesn't know what he's talking about." A Las Vegas attorney said last week that players voted 2 to challenge the agreement, struck last year after UNLV was first ordered to sit out the 1991 tourney and not defend its 1990 champion8-- ship. In addition, embattled coach Jerry Tarkanian wants to rescind his agreement with the school to resign at the end of this season, leaving a host of questions hovering around the controversy-marre- d program. Whether a lawsuit by players or coaches would get the team's eligibility restored is open to question. It may not even be tried. Sources close to the situation, however, say NCAA officials are bracing for the possibility. The Rebels reached No. 7 in this week's Associated Press poll and would certainly seem enough for a bid. strong Kramer did not have much to say when asked about the subject on Tuesday. "First of all, that is an issue I'd have to leave up to the lawyers and legal people to determine," he said in a teleconference. "We would hope whatever teams that are in consideration are going to get equal consideration. "Of course, the issue of the tournament committee is to deal with the teams that are eligible. That's how it would be ad- dressed." Committee members have long had a policy of excusing themselves when teams they have a personal interest in are being considered such as teams from their own campus or conference. "The committee would address always have in the past," it as we Kramer said. "If a team from your conference is nominated, you're out of the room ... a team in your league is nominated, you're out of the room." Asked if he would leave the room if UNLV came up for consideration, Kramer said, "I haven't addressed that." 24-- 2, esky Rainbows next up SEEKS HELP: Sam Wyche is asking NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to determine whether the Cincinnati Bengals owe the former coach about $1 million for two years that remained on his contract. The Bengals say they owe Wyche, now the coach of Tampa Bay Buccaneers , nothing because he resigned as coach. Wyche says the team fired him when he met with general manager Mike Brown on Dec. 24. it By DICK HARMON Herald Sf. orts Editor Q - BYU is looking for a PROVO little revenge Thursday against the University of Hawaii. But the Rainbows, according to Cougar coach Roger Reid, are pesky enough to cause BYU a truck-loa- d D EARLIER DATE: Former heavywight champion Mike Tyson will be sentenced for rape March 26, a day earner than originally scheduled. Superior Court Judge Patricia Gifford moved the sentencing up because of scheduling problems with the prosecutor's office. Tyson was convicted Feb. 10 of raping Desiree Washington, 19, in his Indianapolis hotel room last summer. He faces up to 60 years in prison, 5) 9-- a TITLE DEFENSE: Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield will defend his title former champ against Larry Holmes in June at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Holyfield's manager Shelly Finkel said. i PLUMBER WANTED: Western Athletic Conference commissioner Joe Kearney wants to know how his private letter reprimanding Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus became public. The letter was mentioned in news reports of Wyoming athletic director Paul Roach's demand that Majerus apologize for screaming obscenities and punching the scorers' table during a game last month. "If I choose to make something public, I'D make it public," Kearney said Tuesday. "Obviously this situation was private between me and (Majerus). If this did get leaked, 7 have something to say to those responsible." SOLID FINISH: Four solid scores in the 70s at the Arizona Golf Invitational Tuesday boosted BYU's women's team into 14th place in the tough tournament at Tucson. Standing 15th after 36 holes of play Monday, the Cougars regrouped to get 78s from Lisa Christie and Sharon Probst, and 79s from Ruby Chico and Eve Sutter for a team score of 314 and their best aggregate of the tourney. Anna Hagborg 81. Playing on carded a the par 72, 6,043-yar- d Randolph Park North Course, the hosting University of Arizona team, ranked No. 1 in the nation, scored 876 to beat runner-u- p UCLA by 33 strokes. m le, le non-scori- of concern. is only one game Hawaii (8-away from tying BYU, UTEP and New Mexico (all for first place in the Western Athletic Conference. And the Rainbows would like nothing better than to knock off the Cougars at home and spoil BYU's WAC title hopes. The two teams square off Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center. There is no live television coverage planned. "We just have to do a better job on Phil Lott. He hurt us, as did some players who weren't even on our scouting report. " Lott, the league's leading scorer, led the Rainbows to an 3 win over BYU in Honolulu. In that game reserves Terrence Phillips and Courtney Rosegreen scored key baskets to kill the Cougars. "Lott isn't the only guy we have to worry about. We'll have our hands full with Tim Shepherd and Chris Walz." The Cougars shot better than 50 percent from the field at Hawaii in 3 the loss. After reviewing film of the game, Reid indicated the Cougars played better than he originally thought. "But we're in the hunt and need to win these games at home to keep our standing in the league. " Reid cut off practice Monday after a solid hour of hard work. "We had an emotional week last week. We feel lucky and fortunate to beat Utah. w stayed focused and achieved one of our goals this year to win the Oquirrh Bucket ' ' & j.. 87-8- w.. mni- -i j, ,,, ... . Herald PhotoJason Olson Orem High swimmer Celeste Belliston backstroked her way to a state 4-- A record at 100 yards during state finals. rem swimmer uses popular son as inspiration for state record 87-8- 4-- A By DAVE NATTRESS Herald Correspondent OREM "Ain't nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down. I've got to keep on moving..." The previous words not only come from Matthew Wilder's song, Break My Stride, but they also helped to inspire Orem's Celeste Belliston as she powered her d backstroke tiway to the tle at the state swimming championships recently. "That song helps to psyche me up," said Belliston. "My teammates called a radio station and had that song dedicated to me. They played a tape of it on the way to the championships and it helped to get us all pumped up." Not only was Celeste psyched 100-yar4-- A up enough to capture the state title, but she also set a new state record, swimming two seconds faster than her previous best time. She also d freefinished third in the style. "I just wanted to swim with a positive attitude," said Belliston. "I tried not to worry about technique or swimming a great time. I just tried to keep out any negative thoughts and swim the best I 200-yar- could." According to Orem swim coach Dan Miller, Celeste's success has come from hard work and a positive attitude. "Celeste is one of the most dedicated swimmers I have ever coached," said Miller. "When she was a freshman, she wasn't touted as a superstar. She just showed up to practice and worked hard every day. She's a great example of someone rising to the top through hard work and dedication. ' ' Celeste's swimming career began early and was inspired by her mother, Candy. Candy had been a competitive swimmer and had Celeste swimming by the time she was three. At the age of five, Celeste began swimming competitively. Since that time, she has spent countless hours in the pool. Her current training regimen is staggering by anyone's standards. Each morning, she begins her workout at 5:30 a.m. by swimming about 5,000 yards roughly three miles. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, she completes this workout both in the morning and the afternoon. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, she swims in the morning and lifts eights in the afternoon. The distance she has swum durhool is ing her career in high worn Los to traveling equivalent Angeles to New York and then back to Provo. Despite all this training, she still looks forward to practice each day. "There are some mornings when it's tough to get up," she said. "But once I start swimming, I'm always glad that I came. " It's that dedication to hard work that helped Celeste to be named as one of the team captains this year. "Celeste is a great example for the other swimmers," said Miller. (See SWIMMER, Page C-- 2) . Reid said BYU can't expect to stop Lott from scoring, but a better overall defensive job is necessary, listened to the Utah coach's show the other night and they talked about how they didn't want to have Larry Cain and Antione Davison in the game with Paul Afeaki at the same time. They said they'd hate to have them come out i (See COUGARS, Page C-- 2) jury biig takes another bite from BYU's Trost BABt RUTH, MOVII STAR Horn starred as (1920) 1. Headm' hlmxH 2. Bab Com. Horn (1927) starred as Bab Dugan aa camao himeeH J. Speedy (1928) 4. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) plays himaaH Sourest Sports Feature Syndicate Spofll Feature Syndic! wtH pay tS lor your Nst M published. Sand Harts to Sports features, P.O. Boa 660. Mapt Shade, N.J. 0052. Include name, addreee, phone number and aource. Wednesday S p.m. College basketball, Georgetown at Set on Hen (ESPN) 9:0$ p m. Sports line (KFMV 960 AM) 1:30 p.m. NBA. Bullet at Bulla (WON) 7 p.m. College basketball, Virginia at Duke (ESPN) 30 p.m. College basketball, Richmond at Amerlcen (P8NI 10 30 p.m. Boxing, Hemandat Catarl (PSN) I a.m. Baseball's Greatest Games, 19S2 World Series Asm 7 (PSN) v. p. nil Women's Kemper Open (ESPN) 4 p.m. Sportacentrai (KSL 1160 AM) m Some people are born into trouble. The Biblical Job certainly had his share. Now Gary Trost is wondering if he and Job have something in common. Maybe the Book of Job had a sequel. Trost has suffered two key injuries this basketball season. Now he's got his third. You might remember the first week in January when Trost dove for a loose ball underneath the basket and collided with a cement barrier. Though the retaining wall was padded, he punctured his knee. The injury required six stitches. But worse, he was stiff for two weeks. When the Cougars opened the Western Athletic Conference season at El Paso, his leg was just a little more pliable than a two by four. Tragedy struck again weeks later when BYU staged a critical Dick & V' fl Harmon , SPORTS vEDITOR home stand against New Mexico and UTEP in the Marriott Center. Positioning to take a charge, teammate Russell Larsen went for a block and landed on Trost, knocking him to the floor and spraining his neck. The injury could have been a disaster and Trost was lucky he didn't suffer nerve damage. He missed the game against UTEP and wore a neck brace around for a week. He couldn't turn his head without moving his entire body and at the it was a pain to look-u- p basket. That is a problem when you are a center on a basketball team and play right under the hoop. Trost eventually survived. He scored 23 points against New Mexico in the Pit. He's just started getting his old game back, shaking off the two injuries and regaining some mental confidence he'd lost. Monday Roger Reid told reporters it was certainly nice to have his leading rebounder and scorer back healthy for a change. Then came Tuesday. It isn't even the Ides of March and Trost is looking over his shoulder for Brutus. The Cougars are preparing for a crucial showdown with Hawaii Thursday. For all intents and the game with the Rainbows is for the WAC championship. Trost was rebounding in practice. He jumped up and came down on a teammate's foot, spraining his pur-pse- s, right ankle. The junior fell to the floor, winching in pain. He hobbled off the court into the training room. There trainer T.J. Byrne went to work, icing the injured ankle down to prevent swelling. This is where I found Trost, flat on his back, looking at the ceiling lights and wondering what he'd done to invite calamity into this life. He looked up as if he expected the fixture to come crashing down on his head. "I must be paying for some sin," Trost said. "What have I done to be punished like this?" He laughed. "I haven't ripped anybody off. I haven't stolc(n) anybody's wife. What have I done? I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out what I've done." The ceiling never caved in. In the next hour Trost was walking around. Well, not exactly walking. X He was limping like he'd stepped on a nail. In the meantime Roger Reid put the troops through an intense practice session. You could feel the other players reaching down for something extra. They'd been down this road before. They knew their roles. The Ghosts had gotten Trost once more. During a free throw shooting pause, Reid came to the baseline, shaking his head. "How do you like that? We just get Gary back and lose him again. He was playing so good. He'd come back. Geez. What do you do?" Well, you've just got to look on the positive side. Trost will heal. He's healed twice before. You have the deepest front line in the Western Athletic Conference. Trost can't get injured any more if he doesn't play. The sun comes up tomorrow... |