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Show n yTy 'iy TlyKrpnn fr "i''fcBJ;grH",yiii jmyrr-gfi- n y Hni 81 w Pro basketball commentary Prep soccer Time for a change? under way for spring By Vito Stellino UPI Sports Writer NEW YOP,K to offer absolutely free of charge a suggestion to liien up the regular season action. going (IP1) in too busv case youve ben waiting in gas lines tus winter to notice, another regular season It's no secret that one of the problems is pro basketball's that most of the action is crowded into the last two mr-uteThere's no doubt the last two minutes of a pro basketball game can be one of tne most exciting spectacles in sport But sometimes it's difficult nut to get a little glassy-eyewatching the first 3 quarters as the teams charge down aimlessly the finer "cam- pro basketball paign has just about slipped by again. Of course, it's easy to mbs the regular season because in pro basketball all the action is in the playoffs. s d In the NBA and the ABA. most of the good teams make the automatically plfiVOifS. There are rune NBA teams with records over 500 and eight of them will be m 'he playoffs h Obviously, the answer is to mak the earlier parts of the game as exciting as the last two minutes In the ABA, all you hav e to no is play 3311 ball to make the play offs. That's because all the teams make it except thp ones owned by Charlie Finley or coached by Wilt The Virginia Chamberlain. Squires have won just of their games but they'll be in the playoffs Since the pro leagues aren t likely to do the logical thing and cut down the number of teams in the phynfis. we re The solution' It's quite simple n pro basketball along a tennis format during the regular season Make it a best match three-out-of-fi- one-thir- d Divide the minute game games The first team to win three of the nine minute games, quaror whatever ters, "sets" you want to call them would hi' the winner into five, 48 nine-minut- e The advantages are obvious Instead of the tune minute mark of the first period just bring another tick on the clock, it would become an important ending. Both teams would be going all out and some drama would be added to the moment And some players who Uke to go through the motions for the first three periods would have some incentive to go at from the start d This system could create two problems but they would be easily solv ed. One is that the teams could be tied at the end of a segment A overtime period would solve that problem The other is that one team could win the first three and the segments game would last only 2 minutes but a change m the way are counted the standings woud rectify that. nine-minut- e mne-mmu- Standings would go on a lJ;e hockey point system basis. instead of on a won-loA team would get one point for a win. But if a team won the first three segments, it would then get a chance to get a bonus pomt in the standings by sweeping e four, segments That would add some drama to a fourth segment. If a team won the first four segments, the game would be over. The fans will have seen 36 minutes of basketball and that's a good evening The game would last 36 minutes onlv if a team von the contest nine-minut- e Broodheod wins CEU cage award Ana Smith Deseret News Correspondent PRICE Among the most coveted awards in basketball are those that come from a player's teammates, suen as the annual "Most Inspirational Player" award at College of Eastern Utah, which for the past two years has gone to Phil Broadhead of Sandy. To the players the award wanner is someone who sparks the team and gets them gomg. Y player who is willing to give his best in all situations. nine-minut- By Weber State linksters hie to Scotland By Gary R. Blodgett Deseret News spirts writer - By Lee Benson Deseret News sports writer Utah's high school soccer league has opened its spring campaign on schedule, reports league director Bill Bosgraaf. with a record number of teams and regions m operation. e Bosgraaf reports 20 varsity league teams have been distributed among four regions this year, making two more teams ard one more region than a year ago All 20 clubs had a chance to Wnimi-uiasi week with opening matches, and expected leaders have quickly emerged with beginning wins earning early season rankings in the process Ranked first ii. state is East on the year High, now with wins over Skyline and Olympus in the tough City League. .ALso ranked high from the city schools are West (6th) and Higiiland (7th) The Panthers moved to a quick 1 0 record with a win over Highland. while the Rams have evened their record at whipping Skyhne in the opener before losing to Wut two a number Earning state-wi- i rankmg is defending champion Bountiful High, where Coach Paul Mitchell has a host of returnees from his 73 title team. The Braves are after opening the year bv beating Layton. Tied at the third ranked spot are Orem and Yiewmont. Orem, last years second best in league after squad, is to start whipping Brighton the year. p Weber State s OGDEN golf team leaves Saturday for St the Andrews. Scotland firet VSC sports team ever to compete m Europe W ildcat The squad will compete next Tues- day through Friday in the InGolf ternational Collegiate The Team Championships tourney will feature 25 of the teams from best college throughout the world Some 20 teams will be rep- Jerman. Malone and Thom are Utahns who played high si'txied Wildcat is a junior from Malone, Larry Twin Falls. Idaho, while No 3 compote in the championship round on the St Andrew s Course with the winning team receiving the coveted Arnold No 2 is player as lis'ed Brandenburg first-yea- Brad wall be Wildcats The matched with Alabama, defending champion, in the first round Oral Roberts e hnkster from Bountiful nuking the overreis tnp are seniors Jeff Jerman. Wathen and Peng Wood, sophomores Jeff Thom Cameron Ford, Mike Malaska and Dave Berger, and freshmen Bob Bradbury. Brent F e n s t e r m i k e r and Jeff Steve Kennedy but All Ford. Ybendroth 0 The traditionalists and purists will argue, of course, that if basketball was supposed to be played that way. Dr James Naismith would have designed it that wav in the first place Thats why this system could be tried during the regular season first. Smce the regular season is only a formality and all the good teams make the playoffs regardless of how the game is played, it would make a good tryout Phil Broadhead period. If the system didn't work . . . inspires teammates right away, the league could revert to the current system HI ference he got play for the playoffs But the new He finished the percent. format could become popular 12.2 season with ar. average of enough even for the playoffs per points game." After all, the skeptics once ball His 124 assists for the said a season was the most anyone belonged only on a seal's nose has gotten since Norm Hayden and now you see them on set the school record in 1964 playgrounds everywhere. and Phil did it in eight fewer games than Hayden," Jenson says. Tk'rM Coach Curt Jenson says "Broadhead is a tough competitor, a ieading play maker and a team leader At CEU this year he set a new school record for free throw percentage with 86.2 percent In con- - Foster named coaches Veep GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) The National Association of Basketball Coaches has named 1 McGuire of NCAA championship finalist Marquette as University Division Coach of the Year and Bill Thomas of Southwest Missouri State as College Division Coach of the Year. Broadhead has had his share of tough breaks. His faMelvin late the ther. Broadhead died at the end of Phil's sophomore year in high school. His mother, Ruth, died slx months later as Phil was beginning his junior year but he went on to play twm years for Jordan High School He was named an Bob Folk of St Louis University assumed his dutues as new president of the coaches association Sunday, succeeding Joe Vancisin of Yale. Bill Foster of Utah is the new first vice president n tourney played over ihrte courses with 54 hobs to qualibe will fy On of Friday, April 5, the best scoring teams one-thir- d will The remaining teams will be ilivded into A" and "B" brackets W inners tn each w 11 receive team trophies Each team will compete once on each of the area's three tourcourses eer the nament It's appropnate that the worldwide toumev should be the played at St Andrew's Monti coach needs game Hoad football Coach Russ Felt of Manti High is seikmg an opponent for Friday. Aug 39 The coach will welcome by mail or any requests or phone Call Manti, write the high s bool, in care of Coach Felt ' ; it ItiKiiWinfliriiitiiiim' fifigiiniiri ninViiWi - ff . No 1061 Brand New 1973 Olds Toronado $5707 HugD Savings All Luxury Features Front Wheel Drive OF THE 0 1 Lake-Ogdo- area The international LINE, OLDS TCRONADO OF THE $) school golf in the Salt birthplace of modem golf. The Wildcats will return home Sunday, Apnl 7 "We are pleased to be the first team ever to represent Weber State in European said Wildcat competition." golf coach Mac Madsen "We "have good talent and should represent the school well. "It will do Weber State good to get the foreign exposure. Were looking forward to a good tnp," he said Palmer Trophy r Also resented from the I mted States, but only Wob'r State is from the Intermountam Area and San Dago State is the only other Western team two-tim- University, defending tourney champ, and Houston Iniver-sity- , rankl'd No 3 m World Golf Ihgost. aSo will com pete Weber's traveling entourage w.U tv headed by eandnlate John Abendroth. a veteran from San From isco LINE, OLDSMOBILE OMEGA Ranked fifth and eighth are and Cottonwood Murray, m s undefeated shutColts The Three. 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