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Show IB TODAY:UTAH BASKETBALL By Patrick Kinahan Low Blows jer Coach Dotty McCrea VanDerveer Enjoys Keeping Up Dynasty to switch to Utah, letting out news that BYU assistant coach Lynn Archibald was dying Recruiting can get dirty, but that scenario would be a low blow And Judkins said it never happened. ‘T've just heard bits and pieces of it,” he said. “People have told me I did this and I did that. Of course, I didn't doit. Craig Nielsen concurs ‘There's no basis for that rumor,” he said. “He has not contacted me or David or anybody that I know of David Nielsen signed with BYU in November 1995, during his senior year at Brighton High. He is counts of 50 included friends. family andpassersbyat MaplesPavilion. When the bleachers remained stacked against the walls of Maples Pavilion during games likeforgotten. silent accordions. I can't imagine.” Alba says, negotiat- ing around a television camera crewon site to broadcast that evening’s game. a sellout against Cal. “We're at the point He would be an excellent coach for BYU,” said Utah Coach Rick Majerus. “It would be a nice situation for him. I know he wants the job verybadly. ‘Jud brings what BYU wants probably above all else — a great integrity, a religious devotion, an exemplar of howto lead a life and family thatleads life in superb fashion, relative to all tenets of the church as coach of the Cardinal. She doesn't want to talk in her modest office, where the only bits of evidence hinting at the Cardinal's 1990 and ‘92 NCAA national championships are a couple of hanging. framed photographs of VanDerveer grinning alongside George Bush and Dan Quayle VanDerveer instead settles in a sprawling conference room adjacent to 10 years at a place. When you're 35 years old, I don’t know that you ever see yourself being 50 VanDerveeris 43. Nine banners have been hung from the rafters at Maples since she arrived at Stanford. They boast of five Pacific-10 Conference championships, of a trip to the NCAA Tournament, of a trip to the Final Four. Two are the national championship ensigns from 1990 and 1992 maybe this year Toughest Recruit: VanDerveer was were in town the last two weeks to at Ohio State during the 1983-84 season do stories on the Utes. when the Stanford program hit rock bottom and Coach Dotty McCrea guided the Cardinal to a finish. The next cCrea’s team went 9-19. he other hand, was a success story. In five seasons anDerveer, a former Majerus has morefriends in the media — out-of-town media, at least — than just about any other coach Another friend, Andy Katz of the no Bee, jerus said UCLA job reported that Ma he would take the ming the package ate.” Interim coach wavin got it $225,000 to $280,000, about half of what Ma: jerus rakes in at Utah. The UCLA THE ASSOCIATE haveusedL: and Sh andColorado @ The U tes had been subpar thisseason at the free throwline. Since beating Colorado State VanDerveer’s turf for Ohio State’s holiday tournament. VanDerveer chatted with the coach. She asked McCreaif her players — future doctors, lawyers, engi- never forgot her conversation with McCrea. Her interest was piqued when a few months later, McCrea resigned and Stanford came calling VanDerveer may have been the toughest recruit the Stanford program has wooed. The Buckeyesfinished the "84-85 season 28-3, four starters were returning and VanDerveer had a great recruiting class coming in the next sea- the largest fundraiser in the history of the university — the profits from which went toward women’s athletics. It netted $867,000. VanDerveer, who also interviewed at Arizona and Washington, turned down Stanford's offer at first, she returned to Palo Alto and walked around the campus herself. She talked with students, visited the student People thought I was absolutely cra- zy. My father called m a aid, Don't do it. Ther at Stanford.’ Vz Derveersaid I was like. Dad, I've already taken the job. He hung upand told my mother, ‘She'll be unemployed in three months.’ * Bad Dream: In VanDerveer’s first season, the Cardinal won oneconference game. against Arizona State, and finished 13-15 overall. VanDerveer’s hawks quarterback suffered his first setback ue discovered Wednesday that No 3 the number hehad wornat tired in Chicago Seattle, had been rein honor of a Hall of Famefullback I'mupset I can’t wear No. 3. Bronco Nagurski already did that,” Mirer, apparently in a joking mood, told a news conferenceat a Chicago restaurant Mirer was acquired in a trade Tues- day that sent Seattle the Bears’ top draft pick in April, the 11th overall pick. The believed Seattle didn’t give him the right environmentin which to flourish and he should be successful here. ‘This system is similar to the one I GANNETT NEWS SERVICE The U.S. integral part of the [U.S. Soccer] marketing and licensing and will share inthe profits. Shesaid the salary provision ry being paid players, whowill be The MST on NCAA will an. nounce its 64-team tournament field on March 9. Since the Huntsman Center is the site for the West Region's first- and second-round games March 13and 15, the Utes likely will play March 14 and 16in the NCAA Tournament. Those sites are Tucson, Ariz. (West), Kansas City (Midwest), Charlotte, Jose March 20 and 22; the Mid. west in San Antonio March 20 and 22; Southeast in Birmingham March 21 and 23, and the East in Syracuse, N.Y., and 23 i March 21 ‘ gon State. The Cardinal finished 14-14 the first time in four seasons Stanford didn’t have a losing record Since then, Stanford has lost only four gamesat Maples Pavilion. Pro teams call VanDerveer every so often, hoping she'll leave Stanford. but she says she can't see it happening. She pondersthe crazy journey she has led the Cardinal on, the trek that still awaits Would she doit all over again? I want it to stay up.” she says. don't think I could ever go back. You're motivated a lot of times by love and fear. I love our team being successful categories, de- national team and international appearances. Provision for ma- ternity leave is included Wayne 62 Valley 60 ORDERVILLE — Weston Taylor made a pair of free Union 48 throwswith nine seconds left to give Wayne a win. Brad Uintah 41 ROOSEVELT — The Laing had 24 for Wayne; Ben renson scored 17 for wrapped up Valley in Region 10 Scoring summary wot provided Union finished in a tie for second with Wasatch, but won the coinflip Milford 54 Wednesday night. John Kau- Escalante 52 d Union with 15 points. ESCALANTE — Ryan Cottam scored a game-high surprised by Milford The thought of it not being successful 26 points, but Escalante was mean, wow, we want to be a great team Milord Ese ooooh, that scares the hell out of me. I all the time.” Just don’t call it a dynasty. He, | 105 15 § 15 164 ws oe Suilvan 5, B Willams 18 North Sanpete 57 Delta 50 Ba MOUNT PLEASANT — Nick Christensen sc > Piute 107 d Bryce Valley 67 TROPIC — The Piute Thunderbirds wrapped up first place in Region15 with e y win over Bryce seen. Gogan, thestarting right guard on the Dallas Cowboys’ 1993 team that won the Super Bowl, has been with the Oakland Raidersthe past three seasons. Seorng suman oot peovided A week ago, the 49ers waived center Jesse Sapolu and fullback TommyVar- East Carbon 55 Wasatch Academy 52 SUNNYSIDE — Conor condsleft gave the ‘arbon Vikings their Jameson's three-pointer Richfield 64 Carbon 38 ead of the game, butit was theonly lead they needRICHFIELD — Colton Pe- ed in a 55-52 win. tetsonhad 15 points as Richfield walloped Carbon to close out the Region 11 championship Carbon 17.416 Richie (64.1% Free AT&T pagingservice BUMUCome etryley will help ensure more games for thenational team The full 1997 schedule hasn't been announced, but the women’s team is preparing nowfor a three- The pact runs through the 1999 ri World Cup, to which the SA will play host U.S. Soccer declined comment This is a major step forward by the federation [U.S. Soccer] for the support of women's soc: gameseries next week in Austra ia, followed by a six-game U.S. tour April 24-May 11 celebrating pagers start the Olympic triumph(two games each against England, France and South Korea), and climaxed by the U.S. Women’s Cupin June TODAY’S DAILY PRIZE WINNER SEAN A. 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Braden Cooper added Lehi 56 Wasatch 45 en’s basketball camein the final game of Azzi’s first season, a 58-56 win over Ore- was only $100,000 under the $41.5 million cap, meaning the team must release other players or restructure more contracts to accommodatethe six-year deal for Gogan, reportedly worth more than played at nearby Notre Dame. player representative Ellen Zavian said. ‘‘Players will be an Enterprise 63 Panguitch 54 nior year mer to reduce their player payroll by more than $5 million Afterall that, however, San Francisco Soc- pending on yearsof service on the March 7 and 8 p.m. spotted the pluckyplayer with a natural and cer, women’s team has Stateis tied for fourth with Wy March 8. they wantedinsteadofthe limit of four tight ends Brent Jones and Adrian Cooper, safety Tim McDonald, tackle Harris Barton and linebacker Gary Plum- This is the place that fits for me. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Mirer is coming home —sort of. He grew up 95 miles reached contract terms. When the team weeks left in the regular season they means. It helped that limits hadn't yet been instituted in recruiting — schools could visit recruits as many times as dell and restructured the contracts of reached agreement with U.S. get third regardless of| , Thursday's outcome. was used for recruiting — provided the played in college — you're going to run the ball, play great defense and throw east of Chicago in Goshen, Ind., over Skyline, so the Eagles| 1 A budget nearly double the size the Stanford women had five years earlier — about $350,000, $40,000 of which the ball a limited amount.” he said. winner of Pacific's fourth team If the Utes progress to the tour: spective players After room underthe salary cap remains to be Mirer, whoturns 27 next month, said he didn't see himself as a savior, but Women Strike Deal With U.S. Soccer nament championship, While the 1985-86 team struggled through the season. VanDerveerand assistant Amy Tucker workedlate into the evenings. making call after call to pro- — their backboard was shattered Tuesday night, the Da vis Darts shattered the region championship hopes of the Skyline Eagles WednesT ollist scored 27 points and grabbed 11 re- | Grantsville 64 bounds as Davis pounded Skyline 70-55 to eliminate South Summit 41 KAMAS — SpencerAllred Eagles rare from the Region 2 scored 12 points and Derek me was played Johansen added 11 as Wednesda because a back- Grantsville routed South board at Davis gym was Summit. Clint Rydalch led shattered in pre-game war- South Summit with 10 mups Tuesday and could not points be replaced in time. HoesVarner had 17 petals Grail te 3) and Collin ‘added 12. Dan Howard had 15 points and seven reboundsfor 7-2 Davis, while Jared May added12 points The Darts led throughout the game, but Skyline closed the zapto six pointslate in thethird quarter. However. les could not sustain he ral y and wereoutscore Morgan 60 by seven points in thefourth Rowland Hall 40 quar! MORGAN — Rowland avis wrapped up second Hall and Morgan combined placein the leaguewith the for 11 three-pointers but the win. Even if 8-1 Bountiful Trojans prevailed for a 60loses to Skyline Friday, the 40 win. MikeBillings of RowDarts cannot get first be- land Hall had 14 points. cause Bountiful swept them in the regular season. Like- Rowland Bi 2106413 M810 50 1 wise, Davis owns a sweep organ will sign him and how the club clears NFL NOTEBOOK fore the former Se- Division — they lead by two games with four to play — they would play at 9:30 p.m. MST on saying she didn't have a feel for the university. But bonus of $2.5 million cally ers across the way. There was no atmosphere whatsoever in the gym. It absolutely killed me. I didn't want to goto the game. feel for a transition game at an AAU tournament the summer beforeher se- Mirer agreed to a three-ye: million contract that includes a signing the standings could changedrasti OhioState.’ Theydidn't pull the bleach- In November 1984, the Cardinal Club hadit had held a ground-breaking auction — Keith Van Horn and Ben Caton With two “I said to myself Please, let me wake up and be backat talent. and VanDerveer could sell The breakthrough recruit was Jennifer Azzi, from Oak Ridge, Tenn. Tucker span @ If the Utes win the Mountain ming in the Pacific. I thought I was in a bad dream. VanDerveer said. around anyprogram was recruiting. Reeruiting took support fromthe administration, and that meant money. Stanford three games ago, Utah is 64-of-78 ys. Mountain No. 5. SMU is the Mountain's No. 5 team, Colc 1985. San FranciscoState contacts now — butit came down tothe fact that Tucker had the eye for future are each above 90 percent in that will play at 7 p.m. MST on March 6in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament. Theywould play the 10, when she showed up at the gym before the Cardinal’s first home game, against son. VanDerveer knewthe keyto turning Bears also get one of Seattle's two fourth-round picks. from the line for 82 percent lowest moment came Dec. Mirer’s Number Is Hung Up in Chicago gig intrigued Majerus, who could motethe progr @ The Utes are ranked No. 14in the important R Index aNo.3or ‘No. 4 Tournament. | mateshot at a N outside chance at a No. 1 Other WAC teams with an RPI in the top 6 are Ti (20), New Mexico Christian had turned aroundIdaho's team as well That December. McCrea arrived on union, enjoyed the warm spring air and made up her mind its way to hoisting another banner soon, s Angeles Times, respectively to four Big Ten championships and two postseason appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight. In the two seasons before she went to Columbus, she Ohio State pummeled the Cardinal the steps of its predecessors, and is on @ Two of Majerus’ buddies. from the Chicago Tribune and playerat Indiana, had guided OhioState 79-47 that afternoon, but VanDerveer that the No. 3 Cardinal mayfollow in RANDOM THOUGHTS 4,950 5,929 Tribu Knigl they've become a dynasty. Tara VanDerveer is in her 11th year Word around the basketball courts is Amen. U.S. Olympic team neers — workedouthardin the off-season. McCrea said yes. else. You win. and people come ferred to her program at a banquet recently The word scared me,” VanDerveer says. “I didn’t ever see myself coaching is on the short list of viable candidates. 4,941 4,832 where every game is just about a maximum crowd. But it’s just like everything heroffice. She says she doesn’t like the word dynasty, with which someonere- Meanwhile, Judkins apparently 3,433 3,765 there wasa time when the Stanford wo- 1998. to play for BYU in fall 2 5,284 serving an LDS mission in Chile andis 1,550 3,541 "92-93 "93-94 KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS five years now. He canscarcely believe cruit David Nielsen toget his son 88-'89 VanDerveer wins first Pac-10 title "89-90 Cardinal wins national championship "90-91 "91-92 Cardinal second national championship STANFORD, Calif. — Al Alba has been pulling out the bleachers before Stanford women’s basketball games for men not only lost more games than they won, but just plain lost. When crowd months back, Judkins tried to persuade the father of BYU re 989 BY CANDACE PUTNAM Besides the other candidates. Utahassistant coach Jeff Judkins The story goes that a few Darts OustSkyline From Region 2 Race KAYSVILLE 87-88 Ranked 13th in final AP poll is fighting rumorsas the competition heats up for the Brigham Young job 327 "86-'87 First non-losing Stanford Are Flying in Recruit Wars low attendance has grown at Stanford University women’s basketball home games ney became a winning team RS Working Magic at 481-3800 TAMLORSYILLE Misr VALLEY 967-4800 |