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Show Poor copys " TrTr-rr- r eorgclowns Defense Ousts Suit gab gfibuiu JSfotts 82 NCAA i Hoyas Take 51-4- 3 Win Over Cowboys in Logan i Scoreboard Section D Sunday Morning, March 14, Page One 1982 1 Saturday's Results Hast Regional North Carolina 52, James Madison .Memphis State 50, Wake Forest 55 Mideast Regional ille 81, Middle Tennessee 56 jLouisv iAlabama-Birmingha80, Indiana , Midwest Regional ; ) 73. Marquette 00 West Regional Georgetown 51. Wyoming 43 Fresno State 50, West Virginia With some I. Odd Cowboy Joe fans giving vocal supixirt. and witli Fresno State's 9(H) or so Red Wave fans joining in. Wyoming still had hope in the second half. The teams traded baskets until Spriggs and Smith advanced the Hoyas' lead to seven. Spriggs played a frame to key role, using his bulk and help offset Wyoming's size. 40 Sunday's Games East Regional Northeastern vs. Villanova .Alabama vs. St. John's '. Mideast Regional .Tennessee vs. Virginia off-nig- 'Tennessee-Chattanoog- vs. Min- a nesota Midwest Regional J j I ; Boston College vs. DePaul Kansas State vs. Arkansas West Regional Idaho vs. Iowa Oregon State vs. Pepperdine Saturday's winners and the winners of Sunday's eight games advance to the round of 10 next weekend at four sites around the codntry. The quarterfinals will be played in the following cities: East Regional i ! j At Raleigh. N.C., March 19-2- 1 Mideast Regional , ,! At Birmingham, Ala.. March Midwest Regional At St. Louis, Mo., March 18-2- 0 1 West Regional ' At Provo. Utah, March Tribune Sta't Photos by Raven Can 0 Wyomings Bill Garnett (right) had rough time of it Saturday, and this shows why. There are four Hoyas between him and the basket, led, of center. course, by Pat Ewing (33), the o Fresno, employing a patient offense and tenacious defense, overcame the efforts of Eastern Eight champion West Virginia to walk to a triumph before 9.540 fans including thousands of members of the boisterous Red Wave booster organizain Utah State Universitys tion Spectrum. ball-contr- ol 50-4- The victory was especially sweet for PCAA champion Fresno State, which extended its record to 27-- 2 and secured an invitation to the West Regional semifinals opposite top-seede- Georgetown Thursday d at BYU's Marriott Center in Provo. It was sweet not only because it cast prestige upon the California institution, in particular, and the PCAA, in general, but because the triumph served as vindication for d NCAA loss to the Bulldogs Northeastern last season. "We wanted to win for Fresno State, but we had winning for the PCAA in the hack of our minds, admitted Fresno Coach Boyd Grant, whose Bulldogs could finally revel in the schools first NCAA Division I tournament victory. "I think we earned some respect out there. We proved the PCAA cau play with the best conferences in the coun first-roun- try. Theres a lot of selling and recruiting going on now. and f dont think this hurt the school or the conference in the least. The peculiar thing about Saturday's n Fresno State-WeVirginia was the fact that Grant didnt feel the Bulldogs were the slowdown team. As indicated by the final score, neither team did much running. Yet, Grant honestly felt Fresno was the team in this one. This may sound funny, but I thought we were the team today, beamed Grant, whose team has now won its last eight straight games. West Virginia must have felt they had to play our game to beat us, so they slowed it down. Thats exactly what Northeastern did against us last year. West Virginia obviously thought every Iiosscssion was worth so much that they walk-a-tho- st fast-breaki- High School Sports Vital to Youth j Sports Mirror by John Mooney Editor Irilitmi- - -- .Wilbur Braithwaite has been involved ill high school coaching more than 35 years, but, in addition, he has become something of a philosopher in sports. The Sports Mirror a week ago, noting the high schools were considering several dropping activities, drew the following response: I read with interest the column on the proposal now before the Utah High School tivities AssociaMooney tion to eliminate slate competition in hoys golf. hoys and girls tennis, girls gymnastics as well as forensics, drama and music. All of us have a decision to be Stake in the made by the Board of Directors March Ac-Joh- n 1 J Here are some feelings I have on the subject, as a parent, teacher and coach. I America is, above all, a land of opportunity, and public schools ought to reflect that shining ideal. A hoy from Knnah, for example, by the name of Walt Prishy practiced endless hours on an old concrete tennis court and went state on to reach his goal by winning singles in Ixith 79 and 80. Today he is playing for Weber State. Likewise. Clark Barton of Manti accomplished in 74 and 75. He is (lie same feat in now playing No. singles at Utah State. In golf remember the state champ Irmn Dixie named .lav lin Blake who 1 became the NCAA champ, or Kent Abcgglen of Manti. who won state last year and is now on the Weber State team? But more important are the thousands of would-b- e state champions who fell short of their goals, but became better people for having tried. Like a Bicycle Youngsters have as long as they keep rolling they stay on track, but when they are idle they topple. Today's world is all too full of traps such as the drug scene, attraction of early dating and going steady and the deadening effects of TV addiction. "Goethe said, A teacher who can arouse feelings for one single good action. accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows oi natural objects, classified with name and form. "The teacher involved in extracurricular activities has a marvelous opportunity to influence. They can, as Goethe said, teach feelings, attitudes toward life and towards themselves and others. "An hour spent on the balance beam l, is an hour spent learning poise, body balance, courage and confidence. It can be as vital as learning the quadric formula in algebra. Wilbur continues, lieen likened to a bicycle . . . "Utah has made giant strides in the of participants involved in can recall when the state activities. competition in tennis consisted of only one singles player and a doubles team fmm each region. Now, many hundreds have the chance to compete. n um tiers 1 "Belore eliminating stale championships it ought to Ik- remembered that traditions take years to build, and the popularity of these sxirts has growrn stop by step, "For those who compete, state is not just another meet. It is the fulfillment of dreams, sacrifice and effort. The lure of 'taking state' applies to all activities, not just team sports. Carry-Ov- er Values The competitions the proposal valwould eliminate have carry-ove- r ues. Also, many who turned to these activities were cut off the team sports squads because they did not have the physical size or abilities to compete. They thus have the opportunity to compete in individual sports, drama, forensics or music. True, schools have money problems. time problems and transportation troubles. But President David P. Gardner of the University of Utah once commented, A true cessation of problems would lie the beginning of death for society or the individual. We arent constructed to live in that kind of a world. We are problem solvers by nature. I would rather we face the dilemma we are in than have a generation of students who did not want to compete or work at drama, music or individual sports. That is, a generation that would rather, sit endlessly before TV. drag Main Street, or turn off school completely. I hope those who feel deeply on this proposal will contact their high school principals soon. Wilbur adds. There have been a number of letters along this same trend of thought and we ll let Wilbur carry the ball lor all of them. One Good Spree Wyoming had only one good scoring spree, and that came after the Cowboys shook off the early jitters against the press. Chris Engler finally scored Wyoming's first hoop with 16:50 showing, and after Floyd tossed in a smooth lead, jumper to give the Hoyas an the Cowboys started to cook. Engler and Mike Jackson led a spurt that carried Wyoming to an 4 lead but Floyd and Eric Smith fired over the Pokes zone and the Hoyas moved back to a small lead. At this point, both Floyd and Garnett had three personal fouls. Garnett continued to play and Floyd sat down, and when Sleepy went to the bench he caused as much furor here as any active player this day. After Ed Spriggs, the former mailman who never played prep ball, delivered a three-poin- t play to move a call went Georgetown ahead against the Hoyas. Floyd, sitting on the and was slapped bench, said a no-n- o with a technical foul. Jackson made the one-shtechnical foul after Thesenvitz badly missed the empty-lan- e foul shot try. foul when the call Why only a one-shcame against the bench0 8-- 2 Fresno State Walks by Mountaineers By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer .LOGAN Forget all those jokes about Fresno State and its deliberately deliberate offense, which traditionally operates with the speed of a melting State Pbpsicle. Dont call it Freeze-nor Slowdown Tech. Give the Bulldogs a little respect. .They certainly earned it Saturday in the second round of the NCAA West 37-3- 6-- 9 first-roun- Houston 78, Tulsa 74 Missouri LOGAN Georgetown's Mixing pressure defense put a stranglehold on the Cowboys offense and the Hoyas squeezed Wyoming out of the NCAA in the second round tournament. of the West Saturday afternoon in The Spectrum. seed in the Georgetown, the No. western format, adentire d West vances to Provo for a Regional game Thursday night against Fresno State. The Hoyas came out and smothered Wyoming from the opening minutes, and Georgetown's pressure defense and tight zone caused 11 Cowboy turnovers the first half. Cowboys Tentative The Cowboys played tentatively, passed poorly and were unable to penetrate freshthe Hoyas' interior where man sensation Pat Ewing stood guard. Except for Chris Englers five field goals inside, the Pokes could get little or nothing from forwards Bill Garnett. Mark Wrapp and Greg Thesenvitz. This 9, scored a comtrio, averaging bined total of 11 points. Garnett was particularly disappointlast ing. After having a rare Thursday in the narrow victory over USC. Garnett, a senior and the WACs leading scorer, figured to come out smoking in this one. He didn't. Garnett played passively, seldom looking for the shot. He finished with five points, giving him 18 for the tournament. That's his normal point total for one game. Garnett got into early foul trouble, as did Erie (Sleepy) Floyd of Georgetown. "But that has been Bill's history," Coach Jim Brandenburg offered postgame. "When Bill gets into early foul trouble he tends to lose his aggressiveness. Hoyas' Coach John Thompson protected Garnett by saying: "I don't think the young man had much of a chance. He didn't take the shot today because there is a fellow called Patrick (Ewing) back there. Its hard for a kid to drive against our zone." 29-2- 4 1 70 ; lose some steam late m the first half at intermission. and trailed 51-4- 59 i By Ray llerbat Tribune Shirts Writer had to slow it down and play our game. West Virginia's decision to depart from its favored style wasnt especially surprising. The Mountaineers, who closed the year with a splendid 27-- 4 record, have been versatile enough during the 1981-8season to run or walk. Still, after West Virginia zipped to a 102-7- 2 victory over North Carolina A&T in the first round Thursday, many thought Coach Gale Catlett would stay with his plan and try to beat Fresno with fire. "It worked nicely for 38'2 minutes. said Catlett of his strategy to slow it down. "But it wasn't successful. We didn't win. did we? We wanted to spread it out because Fresno was blocking our passing lanes. It was just a matter of who got the advantage at the end and put down their free throws. Unfortunately. Fresno got a little lead near the end and made its free throws." Fresno State, which leads the nation in defense while yielding a meager 46.7 points per game, was left standing at the conclusion because of its tight defense. The Bulldogs, who held West Virginia to its lowest output of the year, Mound also made the taineers the 29th Fresno opponent this season to fail to score at least 50 points. "I thought our defense was excellent, opined Grant, who was tickled to qualify for the West Regional in Provo. You know our defense is successful when a team is struggling to get shots. Thats the secret. Ask Jim Williams (the former Colorado State coach). He thinks we have the best defense around. West Virginia might think so too after view of the Bullgetting a birds-ey- e dogs Saturday. Yet, West Virginias t, trapping defense, which the Mountaineers employed from wire to wire, was superb too. "That's part of our repertoire, noted Catlett, whose Mountaineers were making their first NCAA visit since 1967. "The combination defenses have been a iig part of our success this year. The press didnt bother Fresno the whole game, hut it did give us a couple of n 2 18-1- 24-2- one-and-c- foul on any "It's only a one-shplayer, on the floor or bench, explained Brandenburg. "Its a two-shfoul against a coach or school official. But thats about what I seemed to do best today . . . interpret the officials. At any rate, the Cowboys seemed to ot "1 tool very comfortable with Eddie in there." noted Thompson, who made it a point to say he was treating the More NCAA. I'ajie D-- 2 press well this day. "Eddie is a senior and he has gone through all the mistakes my younger players are now. He kinda settles cxiHTiencing things down when lie's in there." Tile Cowlxiys got to within two, 4(838, with 6:20 left in the game. Georgetown had gone into a delay ail effective one to limit with 8:30 left. Tlie only player at this juncture to be able to solve the Hoyas' zone was Jackson, who implied in a couple from the outside. John Likes Jackson really like that guy (Jackson)." said Thompson. "He can play for me. lie's very quick with those hands and he has great anticipation." Jackson was equally appreciative of his opixinent. "They have quick hands and long arms and ftiey presented a real problem," said the junior guard, whose return next year gives Brandenburg a stall toward rebuilding the WAC champions. Wyoming was to get no closer than 8 deficit. Fred Brown scored that twice off the delay game, once on a nice drive of the lane and another time on a short jumper. These hmips produced a Georgetown lead. Jackson bombed from the outside hut Smith drilled a pair of free throws and the margin was live again with 2:10 to play. Wyoming had one last chance at victory, a victory which Brandenburg felt was pretty certain going in. "I really didn't feel like we were going to said the successful Cowboy lose, coach. After Smith's two foul shots, Engler scored off a layup and Smith missed a situation with 1:18 to play. Wyoming was down three and had the ball, but Jacksons outside shot missed badly and Ewing went way up for the rebound. Floyd hit one free throw at the 0:38 mark and Floyd scored after sneaking behind the Pokes to get an easy layup and it was over. Inability to Pass "It was our inability to pass the ball effectively against their defense that cost us the game, said Brandenburg. "Ewing takes away so much inside and we were just too tentative. We didnt get enough shots." Wyoming attempted only 30 field shots. Georgetown tried 39 fielders, hitting 20 four more than Wyoming. Brandenburg, while saying Ewing is a big headache inside, did not feel his team was intimidated inside. We just didn't get into a flow, but Georgetowns defense is going to give a lot of people problems. I don't know how far they can go, but if they get out of the west. I hope they go all the way." A lot of folks feel the Hoyas will travel a long ways down the road to New Orleans. It continues for them only 130 miles south of here Thursday night. "1 40-3- 44-3- 9 ninth-ranke- lull-cour- turnovers." Fresno State dictated the tempo and carefully constructed an 2 advantage with 11 minutes left in the first half. However, the Mountaineers qualified for the bonus with 8:45 to go in the initial half and turned the tempo by connecting on nine consecutive free throws to assume a sudden 8 lead with 5:38 remaining. The West Virginia comeback was aided by a technical foul assessed to Fresnos Grant with 7:58 left before halftime, when the former College of Southern Idaho coach argued a foul call on Dan Sczzi too vehemently. But despite the east of free throws, the Bulldogs fought hack to a Oli.scrvutioii Vi art! intermission deadlock on the strength of lour straight ixiints by gnat-lik- e Coach if and Frank Baltimore But Tyrone Bradley, who collected 11 guard Kush draft Jim McMahon, will the for the evening. Cougar quarterback find sonic parts of points West Virginia, which also played with his football education have been negSee Pace D-- Column I lected snjlly? it r- - 18-1- 4' 21-1- v A ll 27-2- 7 Georgetowns Patrick Ewing cradles the ball while Bill Garnett avoid of Uul Wyoming tries to contest. in Logan |