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Show iT March 12, 1976 ‘Final WAC BasketballStatistics FINAL 1976 WAC GAMES INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS AVG 2ee AME, SCHOOL .574 58-75 Lorenzo Cash, CSU «773 3542 62-85 .729 98-189 .518 55-70 .785 Scott Lloyd, ASU Jeff Judkins, UTAH 98-198 .495 40-60 .667 86-146 .589 49-64 .765 .482 .522 .503 41-60 36-61 28-36 .683 .590 .777 66-149 .442 51-63 .3809 68-139 .489 34-41 .829 Jay Cheesman, BYU Bob Elliott, UA = Al Fleming,. UA ; Chas Menatti, UTAH ; Jake Poole, UTEP 80-168 .476 59-74 .797 83-164 .506 43-62 .693 Verne Thompson, BYU % Larry Gray, UNM George Berry, UNM 83-172 70-134 76-151 81-159 .509 70-94 .744 83-184 .451 19-27 .704 Pat Planigin, WYO % Tery Larrew, CSU = Ricky Williams, UNM 75-159 79-172 61-148 53-155 54-112 Gary Jackson, ASU Herm Harris, UA Rick Taylor, ASU 14 13 ; Barry Sabas, CSU i Jeff Jonas, UTAH .472 .459 .412 .342 .482 14 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 29-48 9-17 45-60 47-59 52-60 .604 529 .750 .796 .867 86-146 : Al Fleming, UA 5.1 5.9 2.1 5.1 3.9 1.3 2.4 3.4 72 82 28 71 55 19 31 44-0 41-0 38-0 37-0 34-0 41-1 35-3 32-0 TP 19.7 18.3 17.9 16,8 16.6 15,8 15.6 14.9 14.8 14.7 13.8 13.2 13.1 13.1 12.8 .589 zr PCT 52-60 867 .574 Tery Larrew, CSU 51-63 -809 Mark Handy, BYU 38-70 +543 Chas Menatti, UTAH 59-74 -797 97-179 =. 542 Barry Sabas, CSU 47-59 796 Jeff Judkins, UTAH 55-103 70-134 98-189 +534 ~522 +518 Jeff Judkins, UTAH Lorenzo Cash, CSU Al Fleming, UA 55-70 58-75 49-64 +785 703 765 Bob Elliott, UA 81-159 -509 Vance Law, BYU 35-46 -761 ; Jake Poole, UTEP 83-164 .506 Rick Taylor, ASU 45-60 -750 76-151 503 Bob Elliott, UA 70-94 REBOUND AVERAGE G REB AVG 14 Al Fleming, UA Bob Elliott, UA 14 135 134) (9.6 (9.5 744 SREB AVG Scott Lloyd, ASU 14.119 Chas Menatti, UTAH 14 «8.5 102 7.3 ; Jay Cheesman, BYU 14. 131 9.3 Verne Thompson, BYU 14 97 6.9 George Berry, UNM ; Larry Gray, UNM 13) 12. 17 106 “9u0 8.8 Craig Shanor, WYO Buster Matheney, UTAH 14 14 93 89 «6.6 6.3 Stewart's coaching ability 507 2471 Arizona State +679 Wyoming 469 but for the Kansas State game, Colorado State -439 SCORING MARGIN Jeff Currie assumed the playmakerrole with Smith working underneath. And defensively, he took reserve center James Clabon and put him on Kansas State’s hot-shooting Chuckie Williams. The result: Smith had a career high 38 points, Clabon held Williamsto justfour field goals in 17 attempts and when Williams left the game he moved overto shut off Wildcat guard Mike Evans, who had +661 Texas-El Paso New Mexico 58.4 66.1 Wyoming 66.4 Arizona Utah 69.3 WA # New Mexicc 66.5 Brigham Young 75.4 # Wyoming Texas-El Paso 61.2 61.0 Arizona State Colorado State 76.5 77.6 Arizona Texas-El Paso Utah Brigham Young New Mexico Arizona State Colorado State {lyoming ‘ ' ttt et ree how NUOCRHA IAS 73.4 Joe +509 SCORING DEFENSE Utah and Utah Texas-El Paso 77.0 last eight games, Gipriano, who guided Nebraska to third placeandits third best season everat19-8. Arizona State 2oal 75.6 74.1 73.7 Dave Bliss of Oklahoma, who guided an inexperienced team to a tie forfourth with a 6-8 conference record and $17 overall mark which included six wins in its Texas-El Paso Brigham Young s Arizona State :Colorado State : Arizona over first-year coach -685 -712 #srigham Young championship squad as the Tigers went through the regular season with a 24-4 record. Theyfinished 12-2 in the Big Eight for their first undisputed crown in 46 years, a record that earned Stewart the United Press International Big Eight Conference Coachof-the Year award today Stewart was a narrowchoice ~687 2552 2529 Arizona , Wyoming SCORTi And during his three years as a Missouri player, starting with the 1953-54 season, the Tigers were twice Tunnerupandthird once. 692 Arizona New Mexico 2473 471 467 ~462 twice. Brigham Young +769 .767 Arizona State % Brigham Young Arizona Texas-El Paso In his first eight years as a coach, Stewart saw his team finish as the Big Eight runnerup three times and third New Mexico REBOUND PERCENTAGE Utah Colorado State 485 Norm Stewart wanted a Big Eight championship so badly he would have done just about anything this seasontogetit. Wyoming PRED THROW PERCENTAGE : Utah ;Colorado State ; New Mexico SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — was best demonstrated last Wednesday when his team played at Kansas State. The winner of that gamevirtually wrapped up the league crown and the loser was destined to secondplace. Most of the season, Stewart had guard Willie Smith running his offense ‘as both the top scorer and main ballhandler ; FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE +490 .485 UPISports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) — This year, Stewart molded a 109-190 : George Berry, UNM By GORDON SAKAMOTO By TRACY RINGOLSBY juniors and a senior into a ¢ Lorenzo Cash, CSU % Scott Lloyd, ASU % Ron Bouldin, CSU : Larry Gray, UNM Faced Tough Situation lineup of a freshman, three 47 160 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Jeff Jonas, UTAH Baseball Schedule-Maker Honored AVG 276 256 251 236 232 221 219 209 207 176 180 185 183 170 179 167 167 153 (Minimum of 3 PTA Per Game) (Minimum of 5 FGA Per Game) FG PF-D REB 79 5.6 46-2 119 8.5 44-3 81 5;8 36-2 131 9.3 53-4 134 9.5 38-1 135 9.6 43-1 102 7.3 41-1 34 2.4 35-1 97 6.9 36-C 106 8.8 39-1 117 9.0 22-0 Missouri Coach Is Free factory 68guy Andif that was not prepara ffer goodfor limited timeonly. Paceristhe first wide small car (even wider than Granada, Nova andVolaré). Pacer's width means outstanding interior roominess and seating comfort tion enough, Stewart had his student trainers beat pots and pans into an amplifier during practice all week to get the Tigers readyfor playing before what he knew would be a standing roomonly crowd of Kansas State supporters in Manhattan “When you know a team runs Shown with optional W/S/Wtires [$36] covers [$32] national champion. He's in the Hinkley disappeared from soared off the ramp al neatly 60 miles perhour. The crowd quieted as the wind whipped at Hinkley’s clothing but came back to life when he landed with a ‘whump” 210 feet down the slope and skiied safely on a steepinclineontoa large,flat runout another 200 feet down thehill. They did CITY, according to Mo the Virtually all native prairie has been plowed TRECCT German wordindicating “open field” and generally would be exciting thing happening in sking right now,” said Jim Griffin, president of thefledgling National Gelande Association. “All you have to dois see one event and I think ing for interest and sponsors with amateur, pro and circuits. With the possible exception of a World Cup downhill race, the other events often fail to match the sheer excitement of gelande jumping. Many who watched the World Loaded. Maroon on priced at wy ant AMCYiDealers/The Economy Experts Morris Motors 1131 North 5th West Provo Halstrom Motors 590 East State Hwy American Fork month at Durango s Pui ski area said a temporary of insanity is the best qualifica tionfor the event. It takes alot of guts. $3295 + 6 Month Guarantee, 1971 or Newer * Can Get Any American Car + TT Years in Provo + Full Line Repair + Consistently Lower Prices HUNDLEY GARAGE 207 W. 300K, Prove S31 always loved to excitement of doing this better. It'stheultimate.” During one jumpat Durango, Reese's ski tips rose too much and the air pressure began rolling him backwards. He landed more than 220 feet down the hill on his back at more than 60 miles per hour but within 15 minutes he was back for another jump. “You haveto respectit,” he said. “But you can’t think of fear. You just have to think of gettinga lot of air.” Four yearsago ina contest at Vail, Colo., 14 jumpers were hospitalizedfor injuries in what Griffin called a “Kamakaze” jump. Last year, he said, the only injury out of more than 4,000 jumps wasa broken collar bone gelande association circuit grows, ‘We have80 on thecircuit The jumpers are scored on form as well as distance. Good form helps them get distance. Unlike Nordic jumping, a gelande jumper must be in a “tuck” or crouchedposition for part of his jump becausehis bindings prevent him from leaning forward like a Nordic jumper. He must also “pop” his jumpatpreciselytheright time in order to get the most distance. The gelandecircuit includes only a half dozen contests but Griffin said the number could be expanded because it’s relatively Gelande Championships this maroon, New rubber, Bargain just about 20 arereallyconsistent.’” ‘We think it’s the most 1974 MONTE CARLO Series J “T he said, “but of those, only freestyle or “hot dog" skiing 1973 GRAND PRIX should have been practicing jump,” hesaid. ‘'T liked racing downhill, but I just liked country skier leaping over an obstacle in his path.) at Hundley Garage $3795 racer with the Snowbird, Utah ski areauntil he was kicked off the teamfor jumping when he appliedtothe actionof a cross: you'll agree. Gelande jumping is compet Beautiful cream and tan, loaded. A real buy at City, was a downhill ski racer Griffin said the quality of (Gelandejumping, according jumpers is improving as the Department of Conservation. UDA “They're jumping off Nordic jumps with equipment that wasn't meant for jumping and going almost as far as the Nordic jumpers,”’ Griffin said ‘It’s a very special group of people whocandothis.”’ Most gelande jumpers are former downhill ski racers who got tired of jusi going fast and wanted to get “more air’ — their wordsfor jumping, Rob Reese, 19, Salt Lake jumpers to Webster, is derived from a (UPI) — Missouri has lost between one and two million acres of woodland in thelast decade, to the downhill-lengthskis, but leapoff ramps used by Nordic Lost Woodland SRSON that, he meant each would have had about 5,500 miles of additional travel during the course ofthe season. As it is, the three West Coast teams, because of their geographical locatior, travel close to 45,000 miles a season. Pittsburgh and Chicage move the shortest distance, about 28,000 miles. If the Giants had been permitted to moved to Toronto, the Canadian entry would have been assigned San Francisco's schedule because divisilignment was too late to be instituted, Fleig said. There would have been about 25 date changes. “But by making the changes, It’s called gelande ski jump- traditional Alpineskiing equip: ment, including poles and bindings whichattach theheel J 53499 snow-covered hillside in the Colorado Rockies. “All right folks,” boomed the public address announcer, ‘the next man up is Durango’s own ‘Dirty Don’ Hinkley, the 1972 would be like so we wanted our And Pacer is backedby the wide coverage of AMC's exclusive BUYER It all adds up to oneterrific value. Yet the price of this Pacer, including free air conditioning, is only gathered along a sun-drenched, ing —across between downhill ski racing and Nordic ski jumping. The jumpers use Pacer's wide stance means anexceptionally smooth andstableride PROTECTION PLAN DURANGO,Colo. (UPI) — A boisterous crowd, comprised mostlyof young adults dressed in brightly colored ski outfits, acertain play you work against it in practice.” said Stewart “We knew what their crowd kids to get us to playing with that kind ofnoise And by Jumping Thrill By PATRICK LAMB viewfor a moment as he sped into the concave section of the ramp. Then aninstantlater he ball everyone knows where he is,” said Stewart, “but when we have him go underlikethat it is considerably altered. Gelande Latest easier for him to get loss. With “When Willie is handling the Take it from Ed McMahon: it Houston Astros would have had their 1976 travel plans wasn't easy. Instead of a routine release date of the National League's centennial season schedule, Fieig had to work out an emergency “alternate” chart because of the protracted sale situation involving the San Francisco Giants. Although the original 1976 schedule — which was eventually adopted after a five-week delay — was completed well before the end of last season, Fleig, the league's schedule- we would have avoided having makersince 1951, had to work teams scheduled to play in out a new time-table when the California from making CaliGiants were conditionally sold fornia to Canada and back to toa Toronto groupin January. California trips,’ he said. The deal later was negated Normally, when teams come by a matching $8 million offer West, they rotate among San from Bob Lurie and Bud Diego, Los Angeles and San Herseth and it cameafter a Francisco. Superior Court judge madeit The Dodgers, for instance, impossible for the team to would have completed spring leave byissuing the city of San training in Arizona, flown to Francisco a temporary re- Toronto for the season opener strainingorder. and then backto California for But Fleig had to be ready, their homeopener against San just incase. Diego.As it is, Los Angeleswill Had the Giants moved, he open in San Francisco and then said, the St. Louis Cardinals, move 450 miles downstate for Los Angeles Dodgers and the DodgerStadium opener. James’ mobility we felt he could staywith the guard andit affects the arch of a guard’s shot when hehasto shootover a won 81-72. y. Buy a 1976 Pacer now at any AMC Dealer, you want it, and we'll include factory installed air conditioning free. owner-piayer negotiations, track now.” The crowd began cheering as a figure about 100 yards up the hill swept down an extremely steep rampleading toa wooden jump. Along-haired girl waved a canof beer above her head and screamed, “More air moreair, Hink.”” kept Kansas State in the game until that point and Missouri air conditioning. Fred Fleig’s most important role in the 1976 major league baseball season already has ended. Like everything else in this hectic year of controversy and spring training delay during easy to construct a Fleig estimated he and Harry Simmons of the commissioner'soffice put in an additional 100 to 120 hours working out the alternate schedule “T think I'll keep it as a memento,” Fleig kidded. Actually, he said he had gone through a similarsituation in 1952 when the Braves announced they were moving from Boston to Milwaukee in March. But Fleig added the change was simple then because there were only eight teams with no divisional alignment. At that time, he simply swapped the schedules for Boston andPittsburgh. A working schedule appears to be simple, but there are manyrestrictions involved and it must be worked out in conjunction with the American League in order to avoid conflicts in four cities where each league has a team — New York, Chicago, Los AngelesAnaheim and San FranciscoOakland. “We will have a few date conflicts this year,”’ Fleig said. “But these will be minimal For example, the A’s and Giants will be at home at the same time four times this season. It's unavoidable.” In addition, league schedules cannot abridge rules agreed to with the players’ association. ‘These include: no playing of a day gameaftera night gameif a team travels more than 90 minutes in an airplane; no twinight doubleheader on getawaydates; a dayoff if a team travels from the West Coast to the East Coast (‘hrough three time zones) the night before and no one-gameseries except onopening day. Twotelevision networks — NBC and ABC — which will carry games this season also affect scheduling with baseball trying to offer suitable matchupson Saturdays and Mondays. Teams also haveto be taken into consideration. “Quite often we get complaints about bringing a good teamintoa city too early in the season. But again, we just have to do it That’s the toughest part about this job — satisfying all clubs while complying with The basic schedule breakdown comes to 13 home Sundays for each team with eachhostingall 11 opponents on at least one weekend. The remaining two weekends are used to pit natural rivals —San Francisco-Los Angeles, Chicago-St. Louis, etc. Each team usually piays against its divi- sion rivals at home and once on the road before swinging into inter-divisionplay. “We try not to bring say an Eastern Division team into the West twice within a short span,” he added. “Rather, we try to make it so an Eastern team comes Westfairly early in the season and then near the end of the year. That way, it makes it moreinteresting for the fans.” The preliminary schedule layout is put together by William Cain, an economics professor at Emory University of Atlanta, who has been trained in numbers combinations andis computeroriented. “While we can’tput together a schedule at one time,"’ Fleig said, “We can come up with part ofit and we can find what is the best combinations based on transportation and the best draw. “Several firms have offered to work up a schedule for us, but have backed off. It's a specialized thing and if you work with it as I have, you develop afeelforit “The scheduleis only good as the pennantrace. It needs the humanelementin drawing up a schedule. Towardthe endof the season, we want competitive teams playing each other." Ray Scott Gets Job good gelande jumping hill as opposed to a major Nordic jumpinghill DETROIT (UPI) — Eastern “We didn't invent this, Griffin said, “we're just refin Michigan today signed former ing it, We want alot of peopleto Detroit Piston Coach RayScott toa four-year contract as head seeit.” coach of the Mid-American Conference Hurons. Scott, 37, coached the Pistons to a 52-39 season in 1973-74 — the best in the club's history — and was named NBA coach of the yearfor that season Scott, who never completed college, said he will enroll at EMUas astudent. His contract with the Pistons was terminated Jan, 26 because of “a breakdown in communications.’ The Pistons agreed to paythe remainderof ALIEN EXHAUST SYSTEMS! = BOYERSeae WE SPECI the rules.” his threeyear contract. |