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Show II The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, ( Marh 1 .1 . NCAA Names mFQt.wm FIGHT 15 FOOT M 78 Cage Clubs Today Folio ins; an MISSION, Kan. lAli dosed door meeting. tlu Division 1 Basketball Committee will unmuim c the brackets and at large teams Sunday for the 19TS NCAA basketball tournament, expected to be the richest ever. Television cameras were set to neord the 1 p m. MST announcement at NCAA headquarters and NBC planned to air the proceedings during halftime of the nationally televised ICLA Michigan game. I VI -- A, Big 10 i hump Michigan State, Kenlutky and San Francisco weie among the few teams assured of invitations prior to the Saturday night hampionship finals of a host of conference tournaments. Automatic Invitations Automatic invitations will go to the winners of the Atlantic Coast, Big Eight. Missouri Valley, Western Athletic Conference. Ohio Valley, Southwest, Southern, Metro 7 and East Coast and Pacific Coast Athletic conference tournaments, all scheduled to i (include Saturday night. The three Eastern College Athletic Conference teams, regional champions w ill be seeded as leaving 11 at large invitations for tile committee to extend. Among the indeiiemlents. the most likely candidates included defending champion Marquette, the independent; DePuul, Detroit, Illinois State and Notre Dame. The committee, chaired by Big 10 Commissioner Wayne Duke, was also expected to take second teams from several conferences depending on the n tournaments. outcome of the Rozelli Seoks LAVER ROCKET SHOTS fQ t ROM ROD ; v a. !7S : t AT SfF F6XC5 ? , rll iff RANDOLPH. Mass. 4Pi Commissioner Pete Rwelle says the National 'fVs all-da- pa,l 4 fF ry A. y the passing H . fi-C- '.TFP game. "We need n.ie changes to help the oflell.se because the defense is ja. rwAK T.PAitVS TFf rZK.i-- K hf-C.iTOoJAPP , T'frf V' .V70 post-seaso- Two Loop Entries The Atlantic Coast Conference, with North Carolina and Duke, seemed likely to field two tournament entries, along with the Southwest Conference, where Texas and Arkansas tied for the championship and Houston counted five setbacks among its losses. Should any highly ranked afn conference champions stumble in fairs, such as No. 5 Kansas, they would join the ranks of contenders. Seeding Arrangement This will also be the first year any kind of seeding teams will arrangement has been used. Four be picked for each of the four eight-tearegional playoffs and they will be seeded against the regions four conference qualifiers. Conferences have been record in tournament seeded based on their won-los- s competition the past five years and independents on their season performances. ' Teams from the same conferences will be seeded in opposite brackets, assuring that they will not meet until the championship finals hi St. Louis March 27. one-poi- nt post-seaso- at-iar- - winter pro football Friday night t$T6 (IK SMcial to The Ti ibune Snow and Lhxie colleges, who MESA, Ariz. dreamed of meeting in the finals, were knocked out of the National Junior College Athletic Assn. Region One tournament Friday. in the night's firs! Mesa College edged Dixie, basketball game and Arizona Western outdistanced in the finale. Mesa and Arizona Western Snow, battled for the regional title Saturday night, with the winner going on to the nationals in Bute hinsnit. Kansas. In a tight game where Mesa led only by six points and the lead traded hands several times, Dixie's Steve Condie was high scorer with 18 points followed by Mesa's Huey Lowry and Charlie Ferrell, both with 64-6- 86-7- 1:1 1,500-attein- hi to 19411. Would Itank Kith h Graham's NFL record was considered alone, he would have iieeii tanked 10th in the cured ratings, w .til a 78. score, the Pro Football Ilall of Fame said. The hall rates players using a mathematical formula, based on quality of perfonnance in jh rconbige of pass completions, touchdown passes, interceptions and average yards for each attempt. Rubier, of the Oakland Raiders and in his eighth 9 The commissioner said favored any rule change that would boost NFL offense and further protect quaitcrbacks. By slowing down the defensive pass rush, Itozelle said, "quarterbacks will lie helped because the y won't have to oat the boll as often and they won't get injured as often." he 16. Condie scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half, and both Cal Basket and Johnny Giibeii ..siumi in double figures for Dixie (13 and 14 points respectively). Dixie finished at 21-- 7 for the season. Arizona Western used 26 of 36 shooting ICAC to turn the tables on Snow, the regular-seasochampion which entered the game with a 25-- tocord. Westerns Kevin Blakely hurt Snow most, getting 34 mints on a batch of free throws and inside shots. free-thro- have the defense shrunk the field." the commissioner said, ad ding that two basic rule changes will be considered at NFL meetings this nionih in Palm Springs, Calif. Uozdle said one alteration would liberalize the interpretation of holding by the olfensive lines and another would place moie restrictions on defensive conti ol of pass receivers Arizona Schools Top Snow, Dixie professional season, is tne NFL's career leader with an 83 6 score. He jumped to the No.2 spot on the all time passing rankings in the fii st year he passed the mark necessary to qualify for consideration. veteran who was injured in Tarkenton, the lo77 with the Minnesota Vikings, ranked sixth in the qualitative siandaius. with a idling of 81.5, behind Sonny Jurgensen of Washington, Len Dawson of Kansas City and Ken Anderson of Cincinnati. Surpassed Every one But he surpassed everyone in passing totals in all four categories, with 5,895 attempts, 3,341 completions, 43,535 yards gained passing, an 317 touchdown passes. Rounding out the top 20 were Roger Staubach, Dallas; Bart Starr, Green Bay; Johnny Unitas. Baltimore; Frank Ryan, Cleveland, tied with Bob Griese, Miami; Norm Van Brocklin, Philadelphia and Isis Angeles; Sid Luckman, Chicago; Don Dallas; Roman Gahric-l- , Los Ar.gele' end Philadelphia; Y. A. Tittle, San Francisco and the New York Giants; Earl Morrall, Detroit, Baltimore, New York Giants and Miami; Frank Albert, San Francisco; Greg Landry, Detroit; und Daryle Lamonica, Buffalo and Oakland. Otto Graham and Ken CVNTuN, Ohio tAP' Stabler are the top two passers of all time, but when it conies to quantity in passing, Fran Tarkenton wins hands down, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Figures compd 'd following the 1977 National Football League scasuii show Graham the lifetime leader in passing in professional football, with a point rating of 86. H. ( irnham led the (lev eland Browns to 10 successive it v isiorul or league championships between 1946 and 1055. The rankings are based on records from all major professional leagues, including the Football Conference, which operated from 1 "The size and mobility of UlIxIxD Another matter under consideration is the pros-xc- t of film or taped replays of key officiating calls and the addition of a seventh NFL official for each game. w n 3 GQSUfi ING ILL TOE YOU FROM SALT LAKE TO L.A. FOR $19.19, 0!) LAKE POWELL FOR $3.36, A its dinner awards Kearns Halts Vikes Berth To Gain 1-- job." said Rozeile prior to the New England Patriots' : - too good a doing 7i new ;wt FFFT FPFT post-seaso- d new rules (or next season to help team offenses, i-t- A vC -i; Football Ixague may adopt ha me StaliMie ! Tarkenlon Rales Tops in Passing Change i's r r' "' f ')'.VftfS: 6.T. T, Hal! OMBOUER state been a long road to the Class basketball tournament for Kearns High. Hut the Cougars, playing their third game in six days, berth Saturday by halting qualified for the final in a playoff game at Highland High View moot, 4-- FDR bSPECIA i 102131 v $1.73, 0 OR OR A TEST DRIVE 4--A 70-6- 3, School. FOR KOTHiHG. halftime Kearns, which owned a narrow advantage, was unable to shake the Vikings in the third quarter, with Viewmont outscoring the to trim the deficit to entering the Cougars. final eight minutes. However, Kearns Bryan Stanton. Chad Mantle, Jim Brown and Mike Rickett had come too far to fail state roll call. in their last attempt to make the The Cougars exploded In the fourth quarter to and ice the triumph. out shoot Viewmont, Mantle led the Kearns balance beam with 16 points, while Stanton swished 4, Brown 11 and Rickett 10. 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