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Show Sn eSaltLakeCribune 26, 1996 a pOrts” CLASSIFIED: Page D-5 By Steve Luhm THE SALT LAKE TRIE NE @ >P4 Magnitude of Final Four Has Ferrin Smiling The woeful Mavericks have earned their spot in anotherlot tery The Jazz's yawn-a-minute 10386 win at the Delta Center Mon- day exposed the Mavs as a team that deservesto betrailing peren- nial patsy Minnesota in the Midwest Division. Previously, Utah played Dallas three times this season. The Jazz won twice by a combined margin of13 points, and theylost oncein double overtime This time, the Jazz jumped to an11-0 lead, built their advantage ne as athletic directorat } Heevenplayedin oneba to 23 andcoastedtovictory as the avs shot only 34 percent points to lead Utah for its only NCAA So what happened? ‘We just caught them ona good night,” said John Stockton. “They weretired. We jumped on them early. Wedidn't let them get their confidence up They're not a bad team said David Benoit. “The effort just wasn’t there tonight. that’s all. Andif the effort’s not there. asketball title Measured not just in years, but by advances in the tournament, in thecol lege game, in the stir of who cares pens Saturday after- noon jay night, that was a long. longtime ago Arnie Ferrin is an old man now Seventy-one years old. But he's a satisfied man who has livedto see his all thetalentin the world won't do gameprosper, for the moment, in the you any good Dallas, playing for the third slam-dunking hands of Marcus Camby and John Wallace and Tony Delk and Antoine Walker andtherest time in four nights, And, then, 18 until Scott Brooks and Lucious Harris hit back-to-back three- pointers at the end of the third quarter By then, it was far toolate Dallas could not overcomethe combined 8-for-36 shooting from s TheJazz, getting 29 points agreed, suggesting his team’s defensehadlittle to do with Dallas shooting woes. They misseda lot of shots,” he ‘andit wasn't becauseofour said, defense. Jeff Hornacek, who finished with aniceline of 17 points. eight assists and For 35 or 40 games, you could hustling pretty good. We're re- the scalpers asking for thousands of bounding OK. [But] we can’t hit a use the same notes on us. We're shot Wecan’t get a layup. Wecan't Tournament Selection Committee get a tip-in, We have noinside game. Sowestart shooting three pointers blessed they are. How wildly popular the Final Four has grown. fight tonight. They looked like they werejust playing out thesea so} n. . Strangely the Jazz looked the same way for much of the game even though every one of their tretch-run games should mean erybody playing with a high dlevel was frustrate be: of intensi cause it looked like we were just playing pickup basketball You can’t just turn it onand off. 1 ‘Arena in New Jersey's Meadowlands: Heandhis wife, RoLayne, will pass by members and, onceagain, realize how “[But] they didn't put up too muchofa missed a lot of shots early and Said Dallas Coach Dick Motta: dollars per ticket en routeto theirpri- agreed something since theytrail San Antonio by only two games in the Midwest Division race. headed for the Continental Airlines mo seats reserved for former NCAA he said. ‘They usually are pretty hot that kindof set the tone or arenain Lexington. This week, he’s andfive rebounds, with Sloan We'll takeit,” whenthey play us,” said Felton Spencer. “But tonight, they every March. packs We didnot play with muchintensity 12 rebounds from Karl Malone his carry-on for some domein Seattle starters, including a pair of1- for-9 efforts by Jim Jackson and George McCloud. We don't demand a doubleteam from anyone,” sighed Motta so [opponents] can stay home with George and Jimmy and our other shooters. Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan dis- wontheir fourth straight overall and their 17th in a row at home ow deeply etched the last three games ofthe college season are in a hocp-devouring nation’s conscious: ness. The Mavericks went only 4-for- 23 from the three-point line against the Jazz. They were1-for- dropped its 48 for the season or between rounds of golf in a Palm Springs condo, and glories in what has happened to the NCAA Tournament, in D3 Bad idea 11th straight gameandfell to 21 Ferrin kicks back infront of a TV, at home in Salt Lake City, Cold Spurs Still Swat Nets The Jazz finally discovered what the rest of the NBA already knew He has beento 20 Final Fours, make after this weekend en it all evolve from the canvasand-ru r/Chuck Taylor/PF FlyerKeds, silky uniform/fan-shaped backboard days into the Nike-wearin’shorts-droopin’/glass-shatterin’ /bil lar madness it has become. He Dartm Page D-3 Finally, Jazz Stomp on Mavs ORDON MONSON er HOCKEY Said Sloan: “We can't get ev- know. I've played this game Sloan wasn't finished. set Rick Egan’The Salt Lake Tribu Utah's Greg Ostertag rejects a shot from Lucious Harris of Dallas in Monday night's Mavericks 103-86. the by romped Jazz the NBA game in the Delta Center Ostertag and Guys have to remember.” he said, “that there's always next B See JAZZ, Page D-3 Taylorsville Tops Field In Baseball For six years, from 1982to "88, as a part of that committee, Ferrin helped fine tune an already raging tournament, smoothing the team-selection process, probing for appropriate ways for referees to be picked, paired and advanced, searching for lucrative but fair tournament venues, and negotiat- ing TV contracts. n 82, the net lion. In °85, $ billion On the Road To Charlotte ork gave up $70 mil5 million. In 89, $1 Midwest: Georgia Gets On the committee, we were care- takers of the integrity and the operation of the tournament,” Ferrin says. So when| watch it now, I take pride Past Louisiana Tech Andherevels inits action, its unpredictability NACOGDOCHES, Villanova played Georgetown in what over Louisiana Tech anda spot in the women’s Final Four. Landers said. ne, And Ferrin’s seat was with- fantastic. I was sit- in Mo eareat ari and However, A solid pitching staff should put the Warriors in contention ain. Hurlers Jeff Stone and ach Barnard have already signed with were indeed going to Charlotte Overcoming aferocious defensive Virginia with one of its own, Tennesseerallied to earnits from a 17-point deficit Monday Page D-2 B See TENNESSEE, | | | | ee Tae ar ikieel loppies Vandy. ew D2 | NBA Utah103, Dallas 8¢ Antonio San = a 95. New J | a| k Bg Portland 94. Phil: Women’s NCAA Tourney : é | East Regional Ss = : | | Midwest Re —— 76 eorgia 90. Louisiana Tech a ) nd th Safour ] Mideast Regional ticut 67, Vanderbilt 57 gional 2 Auburn 5 5 = | NH Montreal | N.Y. Islanders 1 nto 4, Calgary 2 ri 5 ae 3 Vancouver 4, Los Ange TV Sports ESPN) 11 a.m. — Champions ESPN) 5 p.m. — Mer : aa ry — NE p.m TNT) eae 6at Sl g z ESPN) 7 p.m — Men's Basket N Alabama vs : Senne ian Ely 2b @ See TAYLORSVILLE, D-2 — — Alta’s Knight to Oregon State D-2 s Louisiana Tech's Maquisha Walker grabs a board ah Saudia Roundtree in Monday's Midwest final. Georgia rolled 90-76 = ee rie am Young and spectively, and junior Lyon is also showing promi Taylorsville will have its hands full in Region 3 with Bingham | | so) Prep of the Week eric ndan tly. 4 Br Utah Valley State College tipping Virginia 52-46 ine Wink champion- Ten years ago, there were four or five programs that were solid year in and year out. Now, there are maybe said Cramblitt to be partofit Tennessee w out and madesurethe Then y Vols winning shipsis not as easy as it usedto be she wanted the U aesa gement i is ex t least ere son alftime. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va Pat Summitt told he players how wonderful the Final Four was ing to be and how much . been cluding three straight before being dethroned by Orem last sea- emorabl ards for it from Past Taylorsville teams have been tough in nearly every dé partment. The Warriors have claimedsix crowns in 10 years, in- “Louisiana Techis a very good East: Big Tennessee Comeback Stops Cavs missed one shot the alf. It proved an impor: yone can win. forts to been.” @ See GEORGIA, Page D-2 unpredictable consays. “Little guys taking he Red we're not as mentally tough as some of our other teams have Wewereplaying against a teamthat I real as what the tournahip gameis, what it clean. to be pretty solid, but right now, ly thought was the No. 1 teamin the country. in a few feet of the “Nova bench and adman coach Rollie Massimino. and-use no other reason for it,” said Cramblitt. “We have the potential night that carried Georgia to a 90-76 victory but a wonderful, unexpected thing happened: Villanova played the per- as it’s based on history. There's They beat the team that Coach Andy Land was supposed to be aterrible mismatch. Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas were favored to pound the Wildcats ded by Vheeler But he doesnot find it particu- larly warranted, either day night ers thought was the best in the nation Saudia Roundtree scored a career-high 37 points and led a second-half surge Monday fec his Warriors are No. 1 in the season-opening Class 5-A rankings, Texas — The Georgia Lady Bulldogs proved their coach wrong Mon And roots like a maniac for the un. derdog. As he has for decades His fondest memory of the Final Four was hatched in 1985, the year ver Eleids Na. ip down in Glen reation find it particularlysurprising that THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in its success. » Tribune Trail By David Finkelson THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Taylorsville High baseball coach Steve Cramblitt does not 5 | | | || | | St. Joseph's CUSA) 7 p.m. — Boxing, Murray vs. Lopez : Majerus Says ‘No _t . = negotiating a contr ith Utah. Along with come in the extension could ase pay. He rangeently mak in the $500,000 |
