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Show Sftortg Scores, Information Call 237-200-1 For Ih'cordcd Scores alt a k ? Ncclion I u-rilin- P m Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday Morning Call 237-202-5 Page One February Sports Mirror by John Mooney Tribune SjorU Editor Under the coaching of Bill Foster, the e coach, Duke University is regaining its basketball prestige, and Foster sees only one big difference in coaching at Utah and Duke. In Utah, the basketball interest is intense, he told Smith Barrier of the Greensboro Daily News. But it lasts only for about three months, while in John Mooney e Atlantic Coast Conferinterest rages 12 ence basketball months." One reason for this intensity. Barrier admitted the other night in Kansas City, is the constant competition among the rivals. We have a preseason tournament among the Big Four North Carolina, North Carolina State, Duke and Wake. Forest and that sells out. There is no public sale of tickets for the preseason tournament. A fan must contribute $500 as a gift just to be able to purchase two tickets for the Big Four tournament. n But the big event is the tournament which actually decides the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the team which goes to the NCAA, Barrier continued. In that tournament, the team which finishes on top of the standings after the regular season gets a bye and the other All six play three games. of The tournament used to be Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but this year the conference sold its TV rights to ABC for $250,000 so the tournament will switch. post-seaso- Theyll play three games on Wednesday, the two semifinals on Thi rsday and then the finals on the week end. Just a $ W) Price "There is no public ticket sale for the postseason tournament, either, Barrier continued. The tickets sell for $10 each for the three nights, and they are taken on a reserved basis, year after year. Someone has to move aw'ay or die to enable a newcomer to get a ticket for the tournament. is Of course, the hotel situation critical, too, and I heard one fellow making a proposition to charge $1,300 which provided eight tickets for the tournament, plus two hotel rooms for the three nights of the tournament. The coaches dont like the idea of playing each other so frequently, because its possible for two teams to meet four times in the tournament, the home and home n tournaschedule, and the ment, but it makes so much money the schools cant drop the tournament," Barrier laughed. n post-seaso- Jutit a Few Differences Right away, this seems to be the perfect lead-i- n to advocate the Bjg Four tournament in Utah, among Weber State, Utah State, BYU and Utah. There is a major difference. Atlantic Coast Conference basketball is a tournament area, going clear back to the 1920s when the old Southern Conference had some 20 members and picked the champion in a tournament at the end of When the Southern broke into the Southeastern and the Atlantic Coast conferences, the ACC had its Dixie Classic as a preseason tournament for years. They think in terms of tournament in the ACC. The only tournament aside from the various "Classics Utah and RYU still stage and Weber State and the Utah Aggies have tried and discarded, was the preseason tournament held for a couple of years in Denver in the old days of the Skyline Conference. That died for lack of attendance. I suspect the Utes and Cougars would not relish the idea of giving up their preseason tournaments, and a postseason tournament would lie meaning- less because next year the four teams will be in three leagues, and Weber State already is involved in a postseason Big Sky tournament. Another significant difference is the $250,000 fee from national television, which the ACC will get this year, and the Utah tournament would not get. The ACC can demand such a fee because the nations basketball fans have heard of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Duke, Wake Forest and the rest of the conference, because several of those members are ranked nationally each year. Local television of a tcv.rr.a.nent provides at most about enough money to cover the loss of revenue in seat sales, when the fans know the event will be on the tube. And can you imagine people paying $10 for a ticket to a three-nigh- t tournament? Observation Ward A cynic raises the point if women arf such natural leaders how come they alway s dance backw ards? everybody get your hands up! University right, Pasos Tim Crenshaw Texas-E- l I lobs pass over (24) outstretched arms of Utah's Jeff Judkins (5), while Miner Calvin Hale (54) prepares to accept ball with Aggies Bomb Vikings for 113-8- 7 Win Special to The Tribune PORTLAND Utah State scored a season high 113 points here Saturday night while the nations leading scorer hit his average as the Aggies bombed Portland State, 113-8Freeman Williams of the Vikings, who came into the game with a 36.0 scoring average to lead the NCAA Division One scorers, totaled 37 points in playing 37 minutes. The Aggies used 74 percent first half field goal shooting to race to a a 0 lead at intermission, and the Aggies continued their assault during the first 10 minutes of the second half. Biggest Lead 38 Points Utah State held its biggest lead at with still more than eight minutes to play in the game. The entire Aggie squad of 12 players saw action. Utah States big trio of Dean Hunger, Mike Santos and Keith McDonald scored 65 of the Aggie points before leaving the game for good wdth still 10 minutes to play. The Aggies boosted their record to 19-while Portland State fell to USU will play its final regular season home game Monday night againct Big Sky champ Montana. Although Williams scored his normal number of points, it was a bit of a frustrating night for the Viking senior. Playing before the home folks for the final time this season, Williams was honored during a e ceremony. He hit for 22 counters in the first half but did not score another point during the first five minutes of the second half. After scoring six straight points to give him 28 for the game, Williams left the contest for a breather and then played the final 10 minutes against Aggie reserves while scoring another nine points in the final 10 minutes. Aggies Run Away Enjoying their biggest scoring splurge for one-hathe Aggies ran away to a 57.40 lead at intermission. Interestingly, the Utags couldnt buy a basket for the first 2:30 of the game as Portland State lead Turnovers hurt the Aggies at the outset. early, But once warmed to the task, Utah State simply ran past the Vikings. Led by Hunger and McDonald, the Ags finally got into a 4 tie, lost the lead at 4 and then scored 10 unanswered points to vault to a 14-lead five minutes into the game. Hunger and Me Donald stayed hot, got some help from Santos and Oscar Williams and the Aggies quickly built their lead to 8 with 10 minutes to play-ithe period. The Aggies, hitting 10 straight baskets at this during a seven stage, outscored Portland State, minute span. and one-haWilliams would not be denied his points, however. Freeman scored 22 in the first half, hitting nine baskets and four of four from the line. freshman-dominate- team d figure a lot of ways to lose this year, had the satisfaction of seeing his squad shoot 65 percent from the field in the first half, and trail by 11 points. The Miners connected on 13 of 20 from the field in the first half, but Utah scored on 16 of 24 and led Both cooled off in the second half, Utah getting 10 of 26 field goal attempts and UTEP 12 of 33. No Heart-StoppUtah was helped by 16 of 21 from the in 11th WAC The victory, Utahs play against two losses and its 21st against foul line while UTEP made two of four five losses for the season, was a charity tosses. welcome emotional respite from the Because the Miners were casting off excitement of Thursday. from outside, to get a clear shot over n defense, The triumph also kept alive Utahs Utahs sticky hopes for a share of the WAC title and the UTEP bankboard play suffered and probably insured at least a bid as an "at Utah won the board battle, large team to the NCAA tournament Jeff Judkins, who connected on six of field. eight field goal attempts in the first half But as a classic, it was a case of en route to 15 points, led all scorers with winning being everything. There was 19 points. little to recommend the game as a Danny Vranes, with only two points in normal TV show. the first half, pushed his total to 11 with Utah was in command all the way, a second- - half spurt. lead pulling away to a four-poiBuster Matheney had 10 points the midway in the first half, leading by 11 first half, on four of six from the field at the intermission and by 15 after five and ended with 16 points on seven of 16 minutes in tire second half. field goal attempts. Only Excitement Calvin Hale, who fouled out with 5:37 The only excitement in the second to play, led the Miners with 14 points. half came right after Utah piled up the Utah now closes its season Saturday advantage, when the Miners night against BYU in the Special outscored the Utes 10-- 0 in a three-minutEvents Center. ( siesta period for the Utes. That closed tire gap to and caused a bit of apprehension among the Ute faithful. Utah came back to earth and began to score, but the Miners hung tough and remained within six points, 8, with seven minutes left. Special to The Tribune But the Ute defense held the Miners SAN DIEGO University of Utah to two field goals in the last seven junior Derk Wharton won what he minutes, while Utah pulled away to the called the biggest tennis match of my career Saturday as he downed Arizomargin. 2 na States Mike Caruthers in Like baseball players speak of a fluke the finals of the San Diego-Pen- n base hit, Yes, but it will look like a line Intercollegiate tennis tournament here. drive in the box scores. Wharton emerged the champion in Thats the way the Ute game will go the No. 5 singles division in the down, as a victory which kept the hopes tournament which included net powers alive and brought the 21st victory of the UCLA and USC and also Arizona, season, although it was not very Arizona State and BYU of the Western Athletic Conference. impressive in the watching. The Utes Tom Mullin lost his No. 6 The game started as a blistering shootout, with the Miners hitting well singles championship bid, bowing to from outside the Ute defensive Pepperdines Dean Graham 39-2- er man-for-ma- 35-2- nt pre-gam- e 45-4- 0 lf 54-4- 0. 8-- 8 Ulus Derk Wharton Nabs Coast Net Win 6--3, 6, 32-1- 28-1- lf Cornin in for landing! Utahs Buster Matheney sails past Tim Crenshaw after deflecting pass. 6--4, New Mexico Holds On, Clips BYU in Conference record. They have only to defeat Colorado State and Wyoming at Albuquerque next week for the WAC title. BYU played remarkably well, keeping right with the Lobos with a shifting zone defense and 18 of 27 free throws. 71-6- 11-- Coach Don Haskins of UTEP, who has seen his 5 14-1- 2. the consistency wasn't there BYUs leading soever, Danny Ainge, who needed 15 points to tie a singleseason BYU scoring record, wound up With only 13 Satuiday. It inatked (lie second time this year that Ainge had been held to 13 by the Lobos and, more specifically, Michael Cooper. Throe other Cougars reached double figures led by Keilh Rice with 15 Alan Taylor with 11 and Scott Runia w ith 10. Game scoring honors went to New Mexicos Marvin Johnson, who potted 25 on 10 of 14 field goal shooting If there But perimeter. 68-5- 96-5- 8 Tribune Sports Writer PROVO New Mexicos usual smoothness was missing, and Coach Norm Ellenberger turned into a nervous wreck for 40 minutes. But the Lobos retained just enough of their tempo to struggle past Brigham Young, Saturday night at the Marriott Center. The largest crowd in the buildings history - 22.90- 8- sat through an agor.iz ing basketball game which saw the Ixibos cling frantically to a small lead in the final minutes. Only a bushel of free throws kept the Lolxis from possibly sinking under the Cougar charge. Improve Record New Mexicos escape gave the Ix'bos Western Athletic a 22-- overall and 2 By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor A birthday party is a place for fun and games, friendship and relaxed play, and thats how 10,510 Ute fans celebrated the schools birthday party Saturday afternoon. Utah celebrated with a 2 basketball victory over Texas-E- l Paso, but the success of the party was assured when the guest list included the Miners, now in the W AC. for the season and 57-4- By Steve Wilson on Ute Greg Deane (30) during Utahs triumph Saturday in the Special Events Center. good position 68-5- Utes Belt Miners In 68-5-2 Waltz 7. 4-- I was a dent in BYUs coverage, it had to be on the right baseline where Johnson, left unguarded, scored at will in the second half. Take Everything seemed stable for the Lolxis when, with 12:01 left to play, Johnson scored a dunk off a pass to send New Mexico ahead, Resides trailing by a lot, BYU also had a diin view of things because Ainge was burdened with four fouls. Rut Ainge stayed in the game and so did the Cougars. RYU ran off nine straight points m four minutes plus to with? :57 creep w ithin four jxtints. to go. The main operator during this surge was T; lor. who nailed five of the points The Iilos, who had boon invisible for almost five minutes, finally hit their 5xth points on another Johnson baseline full-cou- 56-4- 3 56-5- 71-6- 6 showing on the clock. most critical moment for the Perhaps New Mexico'came with 6Vfc minutes to play. Johnson made one free throw for a Lobo lead, but missed tire second. However, the Lobos snatched the rebound on the missed free throw and worked more than a minute off the ehx'k before Phil Abney hit three out of Lobo four free tlirows for a margin. Still, BYU had not settled bark for the evening. Ainge hit two baskets and Greg Ballif added a third to bring the with 3.29 Cougars within four, left. The Lobos then sprang to an eight-poin- t lead, only to have the Cougars cut it again to four, 6664, on an Ainge basket at 1 .09. shot with 7 :07 59-5- 4 62-5- 4 64-h- Rut after a rapid exchange, BYUs fouled Jimmy Allen on a tip attempt with 58 seconds left. Allen made one of 6-- 6-- 3. Contest two from the line for a Lobo five-poi- lead. Then the lights went out on BYU. With 50 seconds to go, Ainge committed himself in midair and finding himself closely guarded, threw the ball away. It was clearly New Mexicos night after that, even though BYU coach Frank Arnold asked for time out with 18 seconds left. At that point, New Mexico reserve Gregg Polinsky yelled, ovei , Fl auk. Its all Ellenberger had reason to fidget on and near the Lobo bench. The Lobos often lost their poise and, surprisingly, were out rebounded by smaller BYU, 48 41. 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