Show iiy i y yf y nyi yrjnnirT tfcnjjpaggMp BYU Auditions Backfield Candidates in Today’s By Ray Herbal Tribune Sports Writer PROVO Coach LaVell Edwards looking to replace all three of last year's running backs will pay particular attention to a stable of young backs Saturday afternoon when Brigham Young University concludes its spring practice with the annual e game Kickoff is set for I pm in Cougar Stadium A shortage at running back was further magnified Friday with the announcement that freshmen rushers Roger Price and Stacey Corley were kicked off the squad because of violation of university standards With the departures of Lakei Heimuli Robert Parker and Bruce Hansen the Cougars will be looking to replace the trio's 1914 rushing yardage None of the four backs scheduled to start Saturday gained a single yard rushing last season Lining up in the Blue backfield with senior quarterback Mike Young will be freshman Fred at fullback and sophomore Eric Snyder at halfback Sean Covey who missed the last two years because of a church mission will back up - Blue-Whit- Whit-tingha- Young their debuts Darren Fortie son of back Eldon Fortie who played in the early 1960s will start at wide receiver for the White team Wide receiver Matt Odle whose father Phil was a record-settinpass catcher at BYU during the mid-'60- s will back up Rick Zayas on the Blue unit Held out of the scrimmage because of injuries will be senior nose guard David Futrell split end Chuck Cutler tight end Darren Handley and offensive guard Doug Rawlinson Futrell the Cougars' leading candidate for postseason honors underwent arthroscopic surgery on both knees recently The White starting backfield lists junior Bob Jensen at quarterback His running backs will be sophomore Mike Salido at fullback and freshman Matt Bellini at halfback Junior A1 Harrington who sat out last season will back up Salido g Further complicating the backfield puzzle is the absence of Mike O'Brien who combined with Parker last year in returning kicks O'Brien is academically ineligible and will return this fall only if he meets scholastic requirements this summer Jensen who started the final regular-seasogame against Afr Force and was the No 1 quarterback in the Freedom Bowl remains with the n first-strin- Edwards will not assist in the coaching of either squad Coaching the Blues will be defensive coordinator Dick Felt quarterbacks receivers coach Norm Chow line coach Mel Olson and linebacker coach Claude Bassett g “I can’t believe how much progress I've made this spring" said Jensen "1 thought I was ready last year But when I look at myself today and compare the improvement with where I was last fall it s amazing You could say I wasn't as ready last year as I thought" Directing the Whites will be offensive coordinator Roger French backfield coach Lance Reynolds linebacker coach Ken Schmidt and defensive line coach Tom Ramage Tickets are $3 for the public and $2 for students BYU faculty and children Last year's game drew Sophomore Ralph Martini who saw spot duty last fall at tight end will back up Jensen Two sons of former Cougar greats will make BYU Dismisses Two Freshman Gridders Special to The Tribune PROVO — Two freshman running backs have been removed from the Brigham Young University football team for violation of university standards school sports information director Saturday Morning-lar- ch 28 1987 Page Tribune Sports Writer 144-13- 3 12-5- 7 t 39-3- 26-4- 4 8 I -- l‘L" 50()-M2- Local 2T7-20- - - 1 t k smit' 1 ( 2" all 1 “Sports Capsule— NBA Philadelphia 110 New Jcrsey99 Indiana 100 New York 91 Cleveland 116 Milwaukee 113 Chicago 106 San Antonio 133 the game twice midway through the third quarter when Walter BerThe last tie came at ry who finished with 22 points for the Spurs scored on a dunk at the 6 08 mark of the third LA Clippers 17 Golden Stale 106 Seattle 105 Utah (TSptD - Noon - Golf Tournament Players Championship (T) l pm Bowling PBA National Championship wgn j i pm Exhibition Baseball San Francisco vs Chicago Cubs 1:311 NCAA Tournament pm Providence vs Syracuse Women's Golf Standard (BMJ 2 pm Register Turquoise Classic © - - - - (1) day-to-da- post-gradua- - 10 pm - NCAA Tournament CJfli 9 pm NBA Basketball Utah vs Golden Stale Decs to Wyoming? NEW ORLEANS - Rumors in the wind at the National Association of Basketball Coaches convention have University of New Orleans Coach Benny Dees going to Wyoming to replace Jim Brandenburg Dees who interviewed at Wyoming apparently will take the job pending a offer by UNO Dees a Wyoming graduate is being paid $64000 per year at UNO The total Wyoming package including radio and TV money is last-minu- Tribune StflM Photo hy Hick CtJAn Darrell Griffith center got caught up in the tall timbers — Ed Nealy and Walter Berry Griffith was whistled for an offensive foul on the play $190000 Feature Contrasting Styles Rebels Look to Say 4Good Knight’ to Hoosiers’ Hopes Jazz assistant Jerry Sloan whose son Brian will be one of Indiana's reserves when the Hoosiers play UNLV Saturday Like the defenders of the sometimes boorish John McEnroe Benson and Sloan accept Knight's outbursts as just a small part of a man who has become the best at what he does "Sure he's thrown a chair or two and that sort of thing but that doesn't bother me" said Sloan "Those guys the IU players respond to him When he talks they respond to him And that’s important because I would like for Brian to be able to respond to his boss when he gets out in the real world" "You look at some of the things that Coach Knight has done and if it had been another coach it might have just been mentioned but it wouldn't have been headline news" claimed Benson "Yes he has been very controversial in some of the things that have been interpreted by the press and yet they don't see him but just during the game They don't see him during the week during practice They don't see him off the court ' Well they didn't that is until John Fein-steiwrote "A Season on the Brink" the bestIndiseller that chronicles Knight's 1985-8ana team That book gave the public a y Bob Knight a glimpse at the glimpse that Benson says was "pretty accurate" — except that as Benson chuckles Knight must have mellowed in the last decade because it wasn't so smooth when he was there No matter how harsh Knight's treatment though Benson is yet another Knight loyalist a member of the extended Hoosier family a visitor to IU games whenever he can be "I guess the best thing I could say is if I had it to do all over again — to go back to college I would go and play college basketball back to Indiana and play for Bobby Knight" said Benson He'd do it because now 11 years later he feels that the pressure-cooke- r Knight put him in prepared him for anything life could throw at him ever since And that's what Sloan sees Knight'S program doing for his son Even 6 3:45 UNLV vs Indiana 2 1 NASCAR wtbs H:3() pm Exhibition Baseball Atlanta vs Baltimore 12 Column - Auto Racing am 11 Grand Nationals 6 D-- 3 2 TV Sports 95-8- 0 See 1 NV Rangers 6 St Louis 4 New Jersey 5 Minnesota 2 NY Islanders 2 Washington were supposed to do" In the next 4 13 the Jazz outscored the Spurs 22-- 7 Malone had nine points and two assists during the decisive stretch of the game which ended when a layup by Rickey Green pushed the Jazz's lead to "We started running a little more" said 101-8- 130 NHL period "I thought we backed down a little" said Layden "I thought we got a little soft" "In a situation like that" explained Griffith "you just have to keep your poise and not panic We did and then we took the game in our hands Frank didn't panic And we didn't panic We kept our poise We did what we points 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots "We needed to get something going there after they tied the game We didn’t want to play with them all night I think we played some good defense right there forced them to take some tough outside shots and then got the ball off the board” From there Green took over “Our big guys deserve a lot of credit" said Green who finished with 16 points and 10 assists "They got the ball out to me Then wc started running and when we run smooth like that we're really tough to beat at home" The Jazz took a lead into the final quarter and then they put the game out of reach by scoring the first eight points in the opening 1:42 of the final period with 8:40 reTheir biggest lead was 114-9maining and that was plenty despite the fact shots in the the Spurs made five three-poin- t final 8:18 In all San Antonio was 6 of 12 from three-poin- t range It wasn't nearly enough though as the Jazz 111 144 Phoenix 73-7- 3 Malone Added Mark Eaton who ended up with ! InloriiialioM 2:57-200- Boston Knight's Approach Turns Boys Into Men mid-wee- Schulthess said it was not the school's policy to divulge the infractions He said he was not aware of any criminal allegations against either Corley or Price ond quarter San Antonio though crept back before tying ) within seven at halftime NCAA Semifinal Battles The last time Bob Knight coached in the Final Four which was six years ago he stuffed an LSU fan into a trashcan The last time Bob Knight coached an NCAA tournament game which was only last Sunday he initiated his own Ma Bell breakup by slamming his fist on a courtside telephone And the last time the people who believe in Bob Knight looked they weren't the least bit bothered by these little slices of his life Another Bob Knight Final Four has arrived this weekend which means millions will scrutinize his behavior and await what new outrages he can perpetrate But just as the Knight detractors gather together in his name in New Orleans so too do the Knight defenders The Knight defenders include practically everyone who made it through four years of playing for him at Indiana They also happen to include many of his coaching colleagues around the country including the three who are in the Final Four with him this weekend "I like (he fact that he's a tough guy and he’s going to tell you exactly what he thinks" said UNLV's Jerry Tarkanian at a e telephone press conference "He's not a hypo-cutand I think that's probably the biggest that our pioblem in our profession today profession is full" of hypocrites And Bobby's not one of them I have a young man Delray Brooks who transferred from Indiana — and I don't know but after being Coach Knight personally with Delray he's spoken so highly of Coach Knight" said Providence's Rick Pitino “Obviously he (Brooks) was disappointed he didn't play there But he loved the school and he's spoken so highly of Coach Knight from a " personal level "When I was a younger coach and asked turn a question he had time to answer it for " you said Syracuse's Jim Boeheim "I've seen" him do it consistently through the years now The Knight Patrol has at least a couple of member s in 'tab One of them is Jazz reserve Kent Bensmi who centered Knight's most renowned team the undefeated 1976 national I champions Mb1 Iasi NCAA Division team to without a loss) Another complete a 10 or llrrnnlril Scur (61-54- Friday night at the Salt Palace Give the LA Clippers an assist loss Just 48 hours after suffering a to the Clippers the worst team in the NBA the Jazz got back on track with a thorough thrashing of the Spurs Darrell Griffith and Karl Malone both scored 29 points to lead seven Jazzmen in double figures as Utah clinched a Western Conference playoff berth by running up its of the season highest point-tota- l Was a carry-ove- r effect involved'’ Were the Jazz motivated by what they admitted was an Clippers? embarrassing loss to the "Sure” said Jazz Coach Frank Layden "I think our team has pride 1 think our players read the paper listen to the radio hear what people are thinking They care and tonight I thought they gave a very good effort" Added Griffith who scored 17 of his 29 points in the second quarter "1 would say so If we have any pride at all there should have been some effect” There was Against the Spurs the Jazz shot 70 percent in the second half and 629 percent for the game Against the Clippers the Jazz shot 39 percent in the second half and 44 percent for tie game Against the Clippers the Jazz scored 38 points in the entire second half Against the Spurs the Jazz scored 40 points in the third period alone and finished with a franchise record 83 points in the second half As a result the Jazz coasted to a victory that raised their record to 1 23 points The Spurs who got a career-hig- h from Ed Nealy dropped to They now trail the Nuggets by 4L games in a nearly impossible effort to catch Denver in the race for the final playoff berth in the West The Jazz now 28-- at home never trailed against the Spurs But they didn’t put the game away until the third quarter either Behind the shooting of Griffith the Jazz built leads that reached 10 points in the sec carried the ball times during the 1986 season and gained 54 yards Both saw action on the junior varsity last fall nior season Price 10895 Malone Griffith Lead Scoring Barrage The Jazz blew past the San Antonio Spurs Corley was voted player of the in New Mexico after his se year week Rejuvenated Jazz Clinch Playoff Spot By Steve Luhm Dave 6-- o o 1 J Roger Price a native of Vista Calif and Stacey Corley a product of Grants N M were kicked off the team and will not be invited back next fall They will be able to finish the current semester according to Schulthess Schulthess said the university made the decision earlier in the Call D "But Coach LaVell Edwards wanted to delay making the announcement until just prior to Saturday's spring game Then when word leaked out we decided to release it now “ Schulthess said Friday I Section Game Blue-Whi- te By David E Nathan UPI Sports Writer The beginning of the NEW ORLEANS end of the NCAA Tournament will be played out Saturday when Syracuse meets Providence and Nevada Las Vegas faces Indiana in semifinal games expected to draw a record 63000 people at the Superdome lark's Hot Rebels - Brian a sophomore doesn't play much (he has appeared in 17 of Indiana's 32 games) Jerry believes the Knight experience will prove worthwhile Two springs ago after Brian's freshman year the Sloans weren’t so sure Knight wanted to redshirt Brian and there were rumors he didn't want to renew Brian's scholarship So Jerry called Knight and asked if he eniiid talk about it Knight’s response? He flew to Mt Vernon III a town about 20 miles from Sloan's house and had breakfast with Sloan at 8 o’clock the following morning Jerry recalled "Up said 'This is my business to talk to people when ' " The two men cleared they have problems the air and the younger Sloan did redshirt last year Brian Sloan was Mr Basketball in Illinois in high school But when it came to being recruited by colleges he naturally didn't get any promises or special treatment from Knight No recruits do "You want to know how wined and dined 1 was?" said Benson recalling his visit to IU during his recruitment "I stayed in the Fiji house slept on the floor on an old mattress and used the bedspread that was thrown over a couch You know where we ate? McDonald's" Bob Knight doesn't give any extra inducements to get a recruit to come to his school He doesn't need to The Marines' recruiting “We're looking for pitch works well enough a few good men " He( apparently has a few with him this weekend in New Orleans to finish out this Season in the Pink And whep they get through playing basketball for him they’ll have a college degree (only two players in his 15 years at IU have gone the route with him and not graduated) And they'll also have the kind of respect for him that Kent Benson has though The first game matches Big East rivals 25-in a 1:42 Syracuse 30-- and Providence 37-- 1 Nevada-La- s and MST m start Vegas p meet in the second game 30 Indiana 28-minutes after the end of the opener The winners play in the championship game Monday night When the Final Four was last played in the Superdome in 1982 crowds of 61612 watched North Carolina sweep to the title Because of a different seating configuration a college basketball record crowd of more than 63000 will attend this year The matchup of coaches in the game figures to overshadow the players Jerry Tarkanian and Bob Knight use different tactics but their teams are consistent winners Knight is bidding to become only the third coach since the NCAAs started in 1939 to win the title more than twice The Hoosiers won the tournament in 1976 and then again in 1981 Tarkanian’s only other Final Four appearance was in 1977 6 UNLV-Indi-an- Towel-chewin- - 0 0f-- 0 0 cliair-throwin- g g Nevada-La- s Vegas will try to make Indiana play at a faster tempo with a relentless defense On offense the pressing Runnin’ Rebels shoot quickly looking either inside to Armon Gilliam or outside to gunners Freddie Banks and Gerald Paddio "Our defense has done it for us this year" Tarkanian said "When our shots are not going in our defense is always there" The Hoosiers prefer a slower game using a variety of picks and screens to set up jumpshooting guard Steve Alford When that fails Indiana can go inside to power forward Daryl Thomas or give the ball to small forward Rick Calloway who can drive to the basket or shoot from outside i full-cou- rt - 0 0 0 i00 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0- 0 00 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 D-- 2 The Syracuse-Providenc- e game also presents a series of contrasts Syracuse prefers a zone defense and an offense built around big men Rony Seikaly and Derrick Coleman Providence presses all over the court and bombs from three-poin- t range with Billy Donovan Delray Brooks and Ernie “Pop" Lewis "We want to be loose offensively and as intense as we can defensively" Donovan said "If we do that we can compete with anybody" Syracuse has beaten Providence 15 straight times including twice this season Syracuse trailed late in both games this year before and victories rallying to post "We scored enough points to beat Syracuse in both games but gave up too many" Providence Coach Rick Pitino said "We have to make some defensive adjustments" Seikaly has finally started to post the kind 10 of statistics expected of him The 33 points junior center scored a career-higagainst Florida in the East Regional semifinal and followed that with 26 points in a upset over North Carolina in the final "He's one of the dominating big men in the country today" Pitino said "He's a great shot blocker and now he’s developed moves around the basket" Pitino and Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim are each making their first Final Four appearances In fact Boeheim’s team had never won consecutive tournament games in his 1 1 years at Syracuse Pitino has led the Friars to their first NCAA Tournament since 1978 CBS will televise Saturday’s games The network is hopeful of ratings that will apsemifinal ever the proach the 1982 game between Houston's "Phi Slamma Louisville Jamma" and "On paper the two games look very good for us" said Linda Levins associate director of program analysis at CBS “There are two No 1 seeds and two good Cinderella-typ- e teams " i 89-8- 90-8- 79-7- most-watche- d high-flyin- 0 10 g 01-- 0' 0 0 0 0 |