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Show pale The Salt Lake Tribune COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday,February 27,1999 Seeded Aggies Are Hoping For Strong Finish Tonight |: USS EECelelag usu at North Texas oe Pit, Denton KW LW. seedfrom the EasternDivi- DENTON, Texas — Before Thurs- day, the Utah State Aggies could have fairly presumed they weregoing to havea pretty easy regular-seasonfi nale tonight against North Texas. Now, they can’t be sure One of the worst teams in the Big West Conference, North Texas blasted Nevada 119-81. Meantime, the Ags suffered a heart-breaking 55-52 loss at New Mexico Statethat snapped a pe gamewinningstreak. Good thing he seedings for the league tourna- 04 nt are set — at least as far as the Aggies are concerned — andtonight's gamedoesn’t really meananything “North ‘Texas is probably playing said USU Coach Stew Morrill Having oncehad a chanceto earn their best,” or the tourney next week in Ags instead are doomedto the ourthandfinal spot. That means Il play their first gameof the th ament at | p.m. (MST) Thursday inst the top seedfromthe Western Division — UC Santa Barbara In the meantime, the Ags will find out whether the UNT Mean Green are really that much better than when they lost by 31 points in Logan, orif Nevadasimply gaveupat the endof an seta year under a lame-di 0. it they losetonight, the Aggies will finish 2-9 on the road. They haven't been that bad away from the Spec trumsince going 2-12 under Kohn Smith in 1990-91 Bwe ), North ee 3 Series: USU h North Texas 61 dan 28) Line: USU by 414 About theAggies: Coming off their West Confer. n witouia winning fecord ‘ad 0 points Gad eight assists ne} neatwan UN About the Mean Green: F Deginald Erskin scored 40 pointsin their 119-84 vic~ hey shotjust 36.4 percent vs. the Agsin Logon... .They are only 2-7 al the Super Pit BYU vs. UTEP wvSU vs. N. Arizona a At ae Mar riott Center, Provo t the Be Center, Ogden Utah vs. New Mexico BAt the Huntsman Center @ Records: Use 6. 11 ( @ Last Me eting: XOL-AM(1660) WSU 21-7 (12-3 Blasteee Utah 57, New Mexico 39(Feb. 1) H Line: Noline About the Utes: Xays of Andre Millar's bruised left hand were negative Hewasnot supposed to practice Friday, Millelikely can play today, but his hand may be sore. Heis expected lo fully recaverte foxVonfiat game i he joumament nex! Thus bos: hey haveclinched the Botte Buision No. 2 seed ond wil next week's WAC Touma: Seniot center KennyThomas has 59 points in this last two hadi 10 points against Utah lastmonth Seri BYU leads, 38-25 Mast Meeting:NOTE 87 BYU ut the Cougars: They have lost three in a row and seven of their last nine. jonight marks BYU's fegular season‘finale, and the final game for Cougarseniors Brian Dignan, Danny Bower,Lance Archiba ‘and Brian Hamitto sidelinedwith bac Miners: They scared the dayights out of Ulah Thursday bet faling 75-70. The loss snapped (our ame. winnin @ Miners gShoa cardial 53porcort Hg as Mecting: WSU92, U88 OT (Jan. 23) Aboutthe Wildcats: This is simple: The winnertakes the Big Sky regular-season championship and becomesthehost of next week's c Theloseris the No. 2seed. This could Haskins Has Fond Utah Hoop Memories BYDICK ROSETTA THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE scan tell you the history y ball gymnasiumin the WAC — the newones and the ones that are ancient history. “The Bear,” as most hoops followers know him, has coached in them all. Utah’s Huntsman Center — it was the Special Events Center when he first walked throughits doors in 1970 ind BYU's Marriott Center are two worites for the Naismith Hall of Famer, who has coached at Texas-El Paso (formerly Texas Western)for 38 years. The 68-year-old Haskins remembers the old Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse at the U. and the GeorgeAlbert Smith Fieldhouse at BYU, too. “The dust at Utah’s place and the fans at P1 vo Some things you never forget, he says. BYU alwayshad “somebody our fans didn't like” and the feeling just carried over to the Miners’ gamesin Provo. Haskins’ final WAC swing to Utah and BYU this week is more sentimental than emotional. Thisis only a farewell tour against teamsleaving the WAC. Haskins, the 10th-winningest coach ofall time with 719 wins, plans to stayaroundfor“a little while” to coach in the eight-school WAC as Utah and BYU leave for the Mountain West Conference Coaching friendships forged over the years stay with him forever, hesays. “This state should be danged 8 ‘North Carolina: Aste 106, tuber3 At the Pit, aes N.M. BYU at UTEP M At the Haskins Center, Paso,Tes th70, Care ne Todi North Carlinee 19 ; Wintcyp vs Satu Radford toon CseaAs yond Coliseum “ementVe First Round El layedat 9p.m AbouttheUtes: They are guaranteed ho worse than second placein the Pacific Division, No matterthe outcometo: bight Utah wil play Wednesday in the es: More than 44,000 tickets have beensold for the New Mexico will becomethe fi proramto draw more than 100,000 fans duting a season, Utes End Home Year Today vs. Lobos @ Continued from B-1 degree in sociology has shatteredthestereotype, ris Hill, Utah's athletic direc It was a 50-point victory. It was a hutout Inhindsight, Miller had foresight When I was going to summer chool, I didn’t know I was going to be able to earntheyear back,” he said 1 was going to summer schoolbe my mom wanted me to stayout here andtake care of my school work With his degree, Miller enrolled in more undergraduate classes and re. turned for his second senior year of basketball The lone senior on this r will be honoredto gam 1 hopeit doe:ant take too long Aid Miller, who is now more comfort able inthe spotlight but still does not When Utah Coach Rick Majerus in troduces Miller for the final timein the HuntsmanCenter, he could be ex wSerie i (Jan Last Meeting: BYL 43 (Jan. 28) Thursday's 68-60 loss at fexico eliminated them from the Pacific Divisiontitle race and assured themof the division's third seed for next journament 101s actually outshotthe Lobos fromthe oor (44-485 percent), bul only go!fo the free-throw line14 tims ng nine UNM was 25-0134 trom the stipe Abo! ners: They are coming off of a 54-44 loss to Ulah Thursday, but haveclinched the Pacific Division's fifth seed for the ament, ‘isi Lattin (14.8 ppg) and Kim Daniel (13.1) leadUTEP. so @ Records: Uta 12-1; New M Series: Utah lea @ Last iMectice: Sah ‘61 50, Jan. 28 cused for screaming out an“I told you Passionate about certain things Majerus was furious when Millerwas short of the necessary test score in 1994. His angerwas not about basket ball. Without Miller that year, the Utes won the WAC regular-season andtourname:a championships ‘The Prop. 48 {label] somehow car ries the¢ Batshon that you might be academically deficien{,” Majerus said. After Miller was forced to sit out Majerus went on his soapbox. He ranted about the unfairness of the est. Fast-forward four years, I told you It's important people rea ze this erus You can say cultural biased, but where are the poor schools andlack of libraries in America? They're in mi nority communities Andre was a product of an envi ronment where there wasn't an aca demic tradition or academic avenues as readily available The University of Utah is not Har vard. With academic support and his owneffort, Miller has succeeded As Majerus seesit, Miller is as suc cessful as former Ute Drew Hansen 4.0 student now in Stanford's law the best student he can be Majerus said, ‘He is like Drew. In my fleeting: WSU 93) the Hall of Fame,” a reference to Utah's Jack Gardner and BYU's Stan Watts. “When they write thehistory of this league, you'll find those two s had as much to do with the suc- as anyone. Herecites the namesofthe school’s coachesas if they were all his broth- ers. Gardner, Bill Foster, Jerry Pimm. Lynn Archibald and Rick Majerus at Utah and Watts, Glen Potter, Frank An a a t Archibald as both Utah’s head coach and BYU’s assistant. “I think of Lynnevery timeI walk into each arena uphere. I know he’s watching both of these games.” Archibald died of cancer twoyears ago. And hecan click off the names of Ute and Cougar players. “Never seen a shooter thelikes of that [Mike] Newlin at Utah. Or, a ballhandlerlike that Europeankid at BYU, [Kresimir] Cosic One Miner player whoselife was impacted by Haskinsis Greg Foster of the Utah Jazz, who played at UTEP from 1988-90. “He won a lotof games is players maynot have s ys. Haskins made Fosterplaybetter bytelling him youll be a hell of a Europeanplay. Says F “he knewthat would miake Tie WorkMinder to make the NE Haskins two of the greatest gamesinthe first of his seven WAC title years were against the Utes in 1970. “They had Newlin and we had NateArchibald. They beatus their place and hadus beat at theold Coliseum in El Paso.” Until Archibald took over in the final minute. “We and hescored P won the game,83 visit to Provoisn't complete for Haskins without a reunionwithWatts. Before each game, the UL h goes into the standsto say hello to “the guy who helpedput the WAC on the map.” Watts’ health permitting. the scete will be repeated toni when UTEP plays its last WA\ at the Marriott Cente himathishouse,” says Has Haskins’ final league visit to Utah wassignificant becauseofthe special, bondhe has formed with Majerus. “I he WAC, but I'll miss ck,” said Haskins. “Your true friends are around in the time of need.” When Haskins was having heart problemsa coupleof years ai MajerusspentconsiderabletimeinE ‘The guyis a modern-day Hensaid Ma parisonof fellowHall of Famers. built a [basketball] home at UTEP with a pick andshovel. He’s a poster boyfor racHal equally in America Haskins hop he rivalries with Utah schools can continue, at least once a year. “I may not be around er, but ourschools should ch other, with or without MEN’S POSTS! ASON BASKETBALL TOURN: ME! America East Conference Buffalo, N.Y Quarterfinals AU The Bab Carpenter Center Saturday, Fe Newark, vanwile vs, Wichita St, iam Bradley vs Souder0fis. 139 pm Creighon vs, Mino SW AlsouSate vsIndianaState, 730pm. unten Caference TheSpiro Center Niagara vs La i pm Sates Mand Siena vs. Rider, fona vs Marit day, Feb, 26 Central Connecticut87, LAU 58 Hotavs Vernon130 pa Mid-American Cotereore l a n d Balti atRound St. Francsvs Farleigh Dickinson, 10 am. \ ieeeay, Feb, 2xn wievie Robert Morr. Mount St Mary's Md, noon ‘comeback for two more games, wut Lumberjacks: Coach Ben nd, IWo-year Wildcat starter in $ al fora third straight Big Sky te But Howlandisonly2-7 against WSU, 4 in Ogder Charensn Utah vs. New Mexico proud that they have two coachesin tase aanth Mon OarUsuiy Oe Vale Cuter Wis oan BowlingGreenat Akror Mi Cant Cnterace The Mar Mole i Dili, S u n d a y , Feb. Youngtown Svs Suber28Ua, 10 an Valpras ChragSte, 130 pm WestenMaasMaar 4p MoseCale uate ee ‘ie ate 75, Tera State 8 s Moves eee SeAsi ‘Nasbvile, Tenn. ; se aybpm. .soun Site we - Tram Americlei Cnfrene moralCollsenms TietonPs M. Tennessee State, 6 PatriotLeague Chanplenstip Saturday, Feb Samford CentralFrida, noon 70, NAU Bucknell 1 the Wildcats: They fell. into fourth place in the. Big. Sky with Thurs day's 60-47 loss at Cal State Northridge, They haveno shot at the conference fegular-seasontitle now, and the Mon tana State-Portiand Stale winner gets lace, The Cats will fie for thitd it (0 e Lumberjacks: After beating Sacramento State 79-64 on Thursd they need a victory todayto make the ifeamBig Sky to therwise. 10 State gets in. ess LeBlanc Gresoes (AG panealter Res Ann West adds 12 points 40°60 pm ts WCU, 40r630pm Metro Attantie Athetle Conference At Marine Midland Arena estimation, he’s had as much suce Just like Drewwas as successful a bas: ketball playeras Andreis, because everyone has limita On the court, Miller S enjoyed a record-setting career TheUtes are i 19in sag ye S er yc rark noother WAC player can mateh Miller is destined to gointhefirst roundin this summer's NBA draft I would put my degree ahead of anything,” Miller said. “Not too m: Kids frommy area have.a chance to g0 to college and earn a four-year degree As Majerus notes, Miller gaveback as muchas hetook. Popular with his tes, Miller mixes well gnitaries: As an African-American, he has been a positive role model, Each side has learned It's a different environme Miller said. “It has to growor son from adifferent background, You learnabout different cultures, how to talk to people and deal with them In Miller's time at Utah, it was a great deal for all Missouri Valley Conference Av eae het Hoan y, Feb. % Wi chia Site 1‘Ste fowa72, OF ‘Minis State 5 1, Drake 4 SoutheraCole Av GreensboroColiseum tetye Tura ras Furman 57, VMI SON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES WOMEN’S POST: AaCansCoalerace Indianapolis Semifinals ceArta Sunday, Feb, 28 Southeastera Co Chariot gan, noon ACUTU viestow Wake ca Ths 40PoSi finals Saturday, eb, 21 ‘Cemson vs. North Cafoinauteam Virgina vs. Wake Po North Carolina v8. ‘eoTe apm ante 10 Conference At The Forum at The Apolo of Temple Priladelphia Mint Round va,ek Pera sab (pn Dayton67, Try Xavier a ian Hosen ke opm Dh son ana fia 4 alee SootherisSeah Ponda fury. 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