| Show 21) The Wednetday March 28 1990 Salt Lake Tribune Back Again Now Duke Must Win 'M1 -- '' 1 d teams and a Final Four appearance in his fourth year there "I'm sure many people wondered if Nolan knew what he was doing that first year" said Rick Schaeffer in his 14th year as the school's sports information director ''Now I would say Razorback basketball Is at its zenith aK far as popularity is concerned It's a real phenomenon" The lack of Final Four experience should be a rather minimal factor Richardson contended Nevada-LaVegas Athletic Direr-to- r Bradley Rothermel plays up the Rebels' tradition — seven times in the last 15 years to the round of 18 or further their second trip to the Final Four in the last four years "We always discuss the possibility of winning the national championship every year" he said Over the last eight years no team has a better s record than UNLV "We're not satisfied where we are now" ttothermel said responding to the preposterous notion that perhaps Final Four team such as a first-yea- r Georgia Tech might be happy with its accomplishment "We want to win the next two and we'd like to line up against any team who doesn't" Northwestern coach Bill Foster who coached Duke to a Final Four appearance in 1978 when the Blue to KenDevils finished as runners-uout a in sage principle pointed tucky predicting a winner Namely that experience and winning tradition matters only if you're playing well "Look at how Loyola Marymount did until it met Vegas" Foster said "And look at how Vegas played against Marymount The way they looked I think the Lakers would be in : ' 1: - ' Valvano Still Seeks Way to Stay at State NC (AP) — Jim Val vano's lawyer sent a written proposal to attorneys for North Carolina State on Tuesday seeking guidelines that would help Valvano keep his Job as basketball coach "It's an attempt to elicit specific du ties that the university now thinks Coach Va lvano should be performing so that he is on notice as to what is expected of him" attorney Woody Webb said Webb said the proposal contained material that was discussed at his meeting Monday with Raleigh attorney Howard Manning who represents NC State and Andrew Vanore Jr chief deputy state attorney general "It's kind of a restatement" of Monday's talks he said Webb said he initially attempted to outline the duties Va Ivan° thought were those he should be performing But he decided against that type of proposal because "it would be in the nature of an employee writing his own Job description" Webb said he expected to hear from Manning and Vanore after they receive the written proposal RALEIGH Meanwhile he said Va Ivan° continued to be "optimistic and upbeat" met with him this morning" said Webb a Raleigh lawyer hired by Valvano's New York based agent Art Kaminsky "He was meeting with his team at noon and speaking to the Wolfpack flub Ife't doing what he's always done After Mondays meeting Webb said he believed there was a good chance Valvano could remain as coach with some changes in his contract a eta iise that stipulates one of his duties ot to '01rfirt)14rae tke44Prilit pTOVP01 in conjunction with the faculty acid iiniversity of student athletes toward gra tia tion A mit month shirty nf the N State haskethall prngram last year found 4 at1a4-ol aradernic standards to maintain player eligibility After hearing similar information 212 hour emergency presented in the ta nivpr sity trustsession last we PeS V(tP1 c) 3 to seek Valvano's resignation Valyano's contract ttipulates that he is fired for anything less than a felony cnrivitlion or an 1AA v iota tot) the university rn41 pay t1() WA If tie leaves 4 C sitae for another :NCAA Invision I or NIA coaching visititin he rnist pay the a A univeTsty kP v untIPT pr ess r e haa MVP kte:! of (IA former players Charles lbw klefori admitted ar"epting 11l6 ViO from two trien ne was st 'ill a eulpft payments one of vthittri was from a rit rAvvlvo would neeri in violation of a Iva irA A 12Jrar f Investigata41 in North Carolina and New Jersey ni fina:s aiso are investigatrig allega tains of pcatshaving against N C psc'r Valvario has riot been accrisect nf any wrongdoing nor has he been implicated in the toiling of orriplirrieritary tickets and sneakers that led to a pronatwin for tA pir4f4tti two-yea- 41 " I9- - Arkansas Hopes Aggressive 'D' Can Stifle Devils e m ialtool1441 4 lti r s '1 i' - ' 76- 'c't i ' - 60- 4- 0 t ‘4'''' '"1:- ' s4--'- ' i 11:?rp 1 i a 1 tj 1 fr104 1E NA447 :f :'''''" 1 rameuggA--- — I i 1 0 ir ee000041104:i'4 ' r 4 N - '''':- i 11 4 lit' (I A ' ‘i:lo i 4 - Ill!:444''4 :4 '111 '1(A '::::: P 1 :4 of e'''::::: : A ' 1 () ' ' A 4 ' - :''' ''''' ::::' By 1 :1-- '''''il) :6'4 '': ': ' ' 44 ' '::'i 44W 'A ' 4'4 —United Prow Intmatiotnal Photo Arkans- - s coach Nolan Richardson has his team in the final four but is still looking for a stronger effort from players game yet" Richardson said recently "I don't think anyone has seen what we can do well except in the last 10 Midwest minutes of the North Carolina game the Regional semifinal victory I thought we played as good a basketball as we possibly could have played then" The aggressive Razorback defense that can stifle teams will be on display in the NCAA semifinals Saturday when Arkansas (30-4- ) meets Duke (28-8- ) at Denver's McNichols Arena "1 am a believer of what Vince Lombardi once said: 'Fatigue will make cowards of us all' " Richardson said "I honestly believe that and that's how we approach the game We approach the game that we want people to be cowards the last five or 10 minutes of a game That's why we call it '40 minutes of hell' "We want to work extremely hard against the other team for 40 minutes And we hope to be able to control Duke We are not Out to steal all the balls We are out for the wear and tear" Though Richardson doesn't believe Arkansas has played well 40 minutes in one game his approach has worked especially well this season when the Razorbacks have forced their opponents Into 285 more turnovers and made 189 more steals The Razorbacks used their defense to get an offense started that scores 959 points a game "Turnovers and steals are very important statistics to us" Richardson said "Steals are probably the most important stat in the style of the game we play The other stat you don't put in a stat sheet is the wear and tear of the body the wear of tear of the legs and the mind Those are the stats you don't talk about and don't put in books and sell Those are the things we try to do the best when we By Gary Binford New York Daily News NEW YORK — There isn't a school in the country that would prefer an invitation to the NIT to an NCAA bid But once the NIT becomes a reality the ugly sister Its time to sweet-talk tournament All the silver linings come pouring out from players and coaches alike Try on for size Wednesday night's championship game between St Louis ) and Vanderbilt (1944) at Madison Square Garden "I won't stand here and pretend I wouldn't have preferred to go to the (21-11- said St Louis coach Rich Grawer whose team lost in last year's NIT final to St John's "But you've got to understand: This is the only game in the country right now "For any basketball Junkie in the country this is the only basketball game on Wednesday The scrambling trapping defense 64-tea- season" Vanderbilt guard Derrick Wilcox isn't thinking about the NCAAs any more After Monday night's semifinal victory over Penn State Wilcox had only one title on his mind He simply said: "We're very glad to be playing for a national championship" Teammate Scott Draud who scored 20 points Monday night added: "It's great to be playing for the national 75-6- 3 115-10- 3 n 83-7- 8 90-8- 8 Trail Blazers 139 IAPrs 111: At Kevin Duckworth Portland Ore scored 11 of his 22 points in a 41 point Portland third quarter outburst and the Trail Blazers rolled to victory The "Akers played most of the game without mazir fritalstn who sprained his right anklw midway through the second roartri and did not Warn The virtory pulled Portland within two games of the fintplare lAkers in the Pacific Dtvigion The Narers are againgt the Laker 2-- Patm Vern z: 5r 191 thi5 At Pleminzrorert 'eaon Indianapo friP pfintA to spark a 13-- Indiana spurt to start the fourth quarter then scored the game's final four points as the Pacers defeated Boston The Joss snapped e the Celtics' winning streak Kevin Mc Hale who led Boston with 32 points made a three-poin- t play with 57 seconds left to cut Boston's After Fleming hit two deficit to r free throws Dennis Johnson's pulled Boston to within three points with 327 seconds left Indiana then ran down the clock before Fleming sank a jumper with 128 seconds remaining to cap the scoring 6-- 8 1)-- :r 1 iz for After the OttIP Petit aril 'ie Latium:: Mithe ftAnifPrZ Lafleur went tti the tri remgratiiliate a 'Au t!t r or zr tu from qp mAr hp roipListipiiiii Guy York rierith Pere-ro- pwrze-7-4 waik ?Jed Itarozerq ear ago by !hPn general dined a nithtmare twavin isiith the Nordiriati Si At betrolt ftilirei 4 Re4 outdraw the men's Final Four this year for the first time ever "It's never happened before never even been close" NCAA spokesman Jim Wright said Tuesday More than 18000 tickets have been sold for the women's Final Four which gets under way with semifinals Friday and ends with the championship Sunday "(Ticket sales have not slowed to a stop yet" marketing director Allen Newton said New Mexico coach Dave Bliss xaw quite enough Monday night "Ile's the real McCoy" Bliss said "I told my recruiters to get me one of The tournament is far from a sellout at the University of TennesThompson-Bolinsee's 25000-sea- t Arena But the ticket sales have g - S' cJ' I:: '1:Ai 1 j:: 1 ?::'3' ::: ::4 ' I :::: ve10 ''' :l :: ? !” ::: aliogi- ? g :::::::::c:: c:::: - 1 :: :H - - :::7‘":-:''''- 1 1:" ::: ::-- :' : ::- :: - 411" - ''' -- e A ''''V's ''''''4r 4tc le4 N ''' :1:::::::: &::':(:' Bucks 133 Suns 127: At Milwaukee Ricky Pierce scored 20 of his 30 points in the second half and jay Humphries added 2c as the Milwau- ::: ::::::!!::! ' ::::!-:::- !:)!i':11 : kt':'':41-r- st 11 trAl i”'' vA ' ::::N: fl - :t? i:::::4::: 44:: '::::':!' 1 ::: :: ': :::' '':' A' 4' b' 14‘ - ' i 4A :944 A r p :4‘ 4 :0::: i '?1 i - 1:" : ''' V ' ::4 ' '7i- :1 i 1 1) :4 ' a::: ' : :::' j :s:14 :i5 A':'tt- e': -' z43: :::::: —Linitod '''' z1 ::: 1114 intomottorni Phoenix forward Tom Chambers soars past Milwaukee's Greg Anderson and Fred Roberts for an easy basket Tuesday elinehing a playoff spot Blum 0: At St Lou Reg gie Lerrielin made 33 saves for his sec:- ond shutout and John Carter had a gnal and an assist as the Pruins beat slumping St Louis handing the Rlues their sixth straight loss B ru n s 3 Brith 4 Canuck I: At Columbia (oaltender Vancouver Ranford tuned up for the r!qyoffq by turning aOde 31 shots as the Eclmonton Ciders rontinued their mastery ovpr tv'antouver KIV 4 leti 4: At Inglewood Calif foot Tomas Sandstrom fired in a rebound shot with 3 02 remaining in the third period to rap a four-goarail period outnurst that gave 118 An a tie with Winnipeg Winnipeg of at lea!it nip tip third in the Smythe Division l ft-- a 536-27- career record Bartow is five years into a contract with IIkit that is believed to pay him $100000 a year Crow met last Friday at Oakland Calif with Loyola Maiymount Coarh Paul Westhead who is not believed to 1)e seriously interested in the Job coaching the Aggies 10-ye- :H ' - I Partow 58 recently completed his 12th season at IIAB A source close to the A&M decision-makinhad said Bartow was looking "good as gold" Bartow has coached for 28 years His !JAB team finished this season loss to UCLA in the first with a round of the NCAA Tournament The Itlazers were 229 this year giving Bartow 1r 4'f17! - 2:4:' '' search for head basketball coach" Crow said the hiring of a replacement for interim coach John Thornton who took over in January after Shelby Metcalf was fired was 68-5- 8 41 t1' :: el i"4 five-goa- CIItall I: At F:a tither Kirk Muller and Dave Ma ford N ley scored 72 seconls apart midway through the first period anl New Jer from y prevented Washington 4141 ki ''''''ril44 front-runne- "close" ::: tar t oriv4: iir211i :' four-minut- elimination ''''-:- 'it:z''A :::::'!:' t07:Avaikop 4S:4k1 ::: stopWest- od as the Flames sent the staggering p14roters tio the brink of playoff ''7'41''rA'7 '-' ::: tx r4 '''ii u'10)A4Z ::i: h:!':'::ii'fi"' club-recor- Ravi 1:"::"::- i 1i-:- three-pointe- 1 1312ndPri 2: At Uniondale N Y Theoreri Fleur scorel the lip! h I Paking goal late in itiP second pert r 46::Te7A P: E OZ) —vi '9r e- 4 Knicks 119 Bullets 100: At New York Patrick Ewing scored 41 points r of his including the first career as the New York Knicks losing streak snapped a 51 a career-higwho scored Ewing on Boston Saturday against pints had 27 points in the middle two quar streak ters extending his of games with 20 or more points to 28 :7: iiii tt- c r:i:i:: v y COLLEGE STATION Texas (AP) — basketball coach Gene Bartow is denying reports r to fill Texas he is the A&M's head coaching vacancy UAB issued a statement Tuesday afternoon that quoted Bartow as saying he has not been offered the Texas A&M position "I am not a candidate for the position" Bartow said in the statement He said he has visited with Texas A&M Athletic Director John David Crow "and I wish him the best in his Alabama-Bim-iingha- ::: ' three-pointe- Whaler 3 Ptnguins 3: At Pittsburgh Yvon Corriveau and Adam R'irt scored in just over three minutes of the third period to give Hartford the tie extending the Penguins' winless streak to six games Texas A&M Close To Coaching Hire t'l i:i 97-9- 3 Dave Andreyrhuk scored three times i first period and thr during a Buffalo Sabres held ofl ehmtnating the ged Wings from playoff contention already set a record for the event and exceeded sales for the men's Final Four at Denver The men's Final Four has been a sellout every year for the past decade and this year is no exception All 16667 available seats have been sold for Saturday's semifinals and Mondays championship game The big question is whether the people who have purchased tickets for the women's Final Four will turn out to see Virginia Louisiana Tech Auburn and Stanford Newton estimated 65 percent of the presold tickets were bought by Tennessee fans But the Lady Vols the defending champs were eliminated by Virginia those" Rangers Capture Elusive Division Crown Continued Prom Gartner put them ahead to qtay by iori for the qev4eriring in the third erith straight za me '1'm trying the Npv Gartner izaid -- know I rib nut going to be able ti keep up trm tPe thf ritfliC h11 really been going in for rrie J rri nut 44 a biz thing for the ifearg oil ri I m przer faniz — that happy KNOXVILLE Tenn (AP)—The NCAA women's Final Four may 80-7- 3 five-gam- Mavericks Ilk Warriors IOR: At Dallas Sam Perkins broke up a tight game with II points in a span in the fourth quarter It was the fifth romeelitiv vittory for the Mavericks Against Duke the Razorbacks may see a halfcourt defense equal to its own fullcourt pressure "I think the other key Duke has is one of the better halfcourt defensive teams in the country" Richardson said "They put tremendous pressure on your wings and on your guards" Men's But Will Crowd Show? 215- Anthony Bonner the pounder who led the nation in rebounding for St Louis wants to finish his college career with an NIT title An NCAA bid would have been lovely he admits but Bonner can't miss a party he never attended "Once we were informed we'd be back in the NIT it was definitely our goal to win it" Bonner said "If we can achieve that goal as seniors we'd really feel good" Bonner with 24 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Billikens over New in the semis looks like Mexico a future NBA player on a mission 2 kee Bucks defeated l'hoenix ping the Suns from clinching a ern Conference playoff berth minutes" Women's Final Four Outsells dance" Spurs Sink SuperSonics Lock Up Spot in Playoffs Tribune Wire Services Terry Cummings scored 31 points Including eight during a decisive 12-fourth-quarte- r run as the San Antonio Spurs clinched a playoff berth with a victory over Seattle Tuesday in San Antonio Willie Anderson and David Robinson each added 22 points for the Spurs who also eclipsed their single-seasoattendance record Tuesday Dale Ellis led the SuperSonics with 38 points while Xavier McDaniel scored 17 With San Antonio trailing early in the fourth quarter Cummings hit four field goals and Anderson had two to give the Spurs a lead with 720 to play Leading 107- San Antonio 101 with 114 left clinched the victory with eight consecutive free throws 5 effective with is only championship— even if it isn't the big night" Grawer wasn't finished with his NIT spiel Sure the Bil likens would have preferred a place in the NCAA field but don't try to sell them on the NIT title making them the 65th-bes- t team in the land "There are only six teams left in the country right now" Grawer said "We like coaching and playing but this is it now — our last game of the 11-1- 2 press" For St Louis NIT Is Best That's Left NCAM" a deep bench which Arkansas has The Razorbacks keep fresh players on the floor such as reserve center Oliver Miller who can maintain defensive pressure "When you have guys like me Ron Iluery Big '0 and Darrell Hawkins coming off the bench you have four guys who could probably start at a lot of other programs" reserve guard Ernie Murry said That depth — 10 players who have played at least 248 minutes this season — has been present in all except a few games In Arkansas' last two losses — to Baylor and Texas Christian University — Arkansas' depth was hurt when 8- 5 senior forward Lenzie Howell played sparingly because of his sick father and Huery was suspended for violating team rules But the Razorbacks regrouped and have won 10 consecutive games a possible forecast that Nolan may get his 40 minutes in Denver "The thing about Nolan's teams when you play 10 and 11 people you are not going to be a: prepared in December as you are in late February or March" Arkansas assistant coach Scott Edgar said "It doesn't take six or seven players as long to get ready as it does when you play That's why as each month goes on his teams are going to get better "Another thing you avoid is the postseason fatigue You are playing with fresh bodies and fresh legs" Richardson says he has seen a good half here a good half there and 38 minutes of explosive Razorbacks basketball in a 115-7victory over Baylor in the Southwest Conference Postseason Classic semifinals March 10 Arkansas' defense forced Baylor into 343 percent shooting while Arkansas shot 671 "I don't expect to have a perfect game but I want to get as close as I possibly can" Richardson said "The Baylor game was one of the closest But it still wasn't what really could happen if we played loose and Just started from minute one to minute 40 At least we were 36 Steve Richardson Dallas Morning News Ark — Arkansas coach Nolan RichFAYETTEVILLE ardson still says he is waiting for "40 minutes of hell" from his basketball team — a slogan that is usually written on the chalkboard of the Razorbacks' locker room He hasn't seen such an effort in any game this season but is hoping he will see it soon "We haven't played what I consider a great basketball 96-7- 3 4 p i V'f' ''1'' l'' ILI' - 40""A ?k'" win-los- a Hogs Seek to Terrorize Duke - 4' !7"'""- '- 1 - - I" A s trouble" ''''-:-7- :- 4 30-ye- re14-afA- -- -t g Valvario't cnntratt includes ' :fr -2 12-1- defensive-minde- t 1Z11 Continued From D I referring to the Southwest Conferencp for many years far better known for its football prowess "We have an excellent chance to win a national championship Richardson who becomes just the second black coach to bring a te m to the Final Four (Georgetown's John in Thompson is the others was his first season at Arkansas after the vastly popular Eddie Sutton Sutton ended a draught of losing basketball at the school with conservative 0 Other reported candidates have in Idaho Coach Kermit Davis Jr Oklahoma's Billy Tubbs Gehrgia Tech Coach Itobby Cremins Xavier's Pete Gillen and Tim Floyd of New Orleans Utahns Shine in Hoop Classic LANDOVER Md (AP) — chael Smith scored a record 33 10 points and grabbed a game-higrebounds Tuesday night to lead the victo a Capital in the tory over the 15 S 17th annual Capital Classic S The squad was coached by Judge Memoriaja Jim Yerkovich and featured Beehive Shawn Bradley of Emery County High School and Bingham High a Ken Roberts center who Bradley a Tfoot-was the Utah player of the year had 12 points and six re bounds Roberts the player of 116-10- s s 1 4-- the year scored four points Smith was one ut three players in the game who is committed to Providence College Ile outplayed the Brigham Ynung-boun- Brad ley and led the Capital squad to its second straight victory The 11 S still lead the series 10-All-Sta- Smith's 33 points broke the rc cord shared by Darrell Griffith and 1 R Reid who each had 29 S Mel squad opened an early 10-lead but the Capital Stars gradually cut into the margin and went ahead on a three-poin- t er by Wake Forest-bounRan dolph Childremi with 3 14 left in the fast hail The Capital squad led ill riP at the half Rohert Phelps (if thp 1ronx who is also hard to Providence led the t: S with 20 points arid six a'suits Melvin Sirnon who is committed to the University of ri0-4- New Orleans war 17 points and nme re)ounds with |
