| Show 3 Vo 2C The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday March 28 1991 aliford Wins NIT Tubbs Humbled NEW YORK (AP) — Like most Pete Pavia people who saw Stanford beat Oklashould have to come "I think homa for the NIT championship here and they what they did" explain Wednesday night Sooners coach BilTubbs said Crowley and Pavia were ly Tubbs watched the second half on not available for interviews after the television game Kenny Ammann scored 22 points While the ejection got the most atand Stanincluding five tention in the postgame press conferford survived a 15-- 0 Oklahoma run ences it probably didn't decide the following Tubbs' ejection late in the outcome Although Stanford scored first half for a 78-7- 2 victory at Madinine points in nine seconds after son Square Garden Tubbs was thrown out Oklahoma imTubbs was thrown out after getting mediately responded with a 13-- run two technicals for arguing with the to close the half and scored the first referees when the score was tied at basket of the second half to take a 41- 26 He thought a Stanford player 37 lead traveled the refs did not "The end result of the teclmicals ' It was the first ejection of a coach in was that we were down four at halfthe tournament's time" said Stanford coach Mike history "It's one of the most disappointing Montgomery Oklahoma assistant Mike Anderthings that's ever happened to me" Tubbs said "I don't think I deserved son who ran the team in Tubbs' abeither one of the technical& I did not sence agreed that the ejection wasn't Use profanity and I did not holler I the deciding factor was simply asking questions" "It didn't decide the outcome of the Tubbs was so angry that he sarcastigame Players decide the outcome of cally suggested that drug tests be givgames" Anderson said "You've got en to the Big East refs who gave him to give Stanford credit They made the technic Mickey Crowley and some big plays" 0 53-ye- UNLV a Lock To Defend NCAA Title Oklahoma opened its biggest lead early in the second half but Stanford rallied with a 23-1- 0 run to move ahead 60-5- 8 Deshon Wingate held to one point in the first hall had 10 points and Ammann eight during the spurt including two The Sooners pulled to 70-6- 7 on two free throws by Brent Price with 1:40 left but Stanford clinched the victory by making eight of 12 free throws down the stretch All five Stanford starters scored in doubles figures Andrew Vlahov had 14 points and 11 rebounds while Wingate had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Cardinal (20-1John Patrick scored 13 points and Adam Keefe 12 Price scored 26 points and Bryan Sailer 24 for Oklahoma but ) their teammates combined for only 46-3- 7 3) (20-15- 22 who scored 24 points in Stanford's semifinal victory over Massachusetts was named the tournament's most valuable player even though he scored only two in the final 29 minutes against Oklahoma Keefe p' -4 L 34 r4s dot 10 tsitk k VI ' !c't 1 ' r I nil k I 'INi001 scli l : t -- Ae-- - 0011 r - t- - 1 '' -- 1 rl I 1 t V ' n ' si ' (i) I 1 1 and all player-of-the-year-to-- rattled" voting" More than 1000 sportswriters and broadcasters take part in the voting team The Wooden had been scheduled to be revealed on ESPN's "Up Close" sports show on Thursday However producers canceled the segment due to "production complications" 83-6- s t —United Press international Photo UNLV's Larry Johnson shaking hands with coach Jerry Tarteam kanian headlines the John Wooden ‘ f4' ' L:1141(''''Ilk° years" The growth in interest can continue she said "There is still so much exposure and national attention to the game that can be gained We've got real strong pockets of women's basketball Interest and I think that has to become more national I'm certainly not satisfied but I am pleased" In the past the women's championship committee sought out those pockets of interest in women's basketball and located the Final Four there — a sellout in Austin Texas three years ago and a crowd of over 20000 at Knoxville Tenn last year This year the New Orleans Sports Foundation campaigned to get the Final Four Semifinal play begins Saturday on nationwide television with Connecticut against Virginia followed by Stanford meeting Tennessee The winners meet Sunday for the national title also on network TV "In the first few years of the tournament we sought sites We still do that We are still soliciting interest as we go along" Bork said Monday "But it was exciting that a city like New Orleans came to the committee and said 'We like your event We'd like for you to come to our city and here's what we have to offer' "That was really exciting The event has gotten to a point where 9 ond-roun- : 67-5- 9 0 1 2 6 served as coach for the Team Canada squad that won the 1976 Canada Cup After spending three seasons broadcasting NHL games as an analyst for Hockey Night in Canada Bowman was named director of player development and recruitment for the Pittsburgh Penguins in June 1990 Armstrong made his NHL debut in November 1957 On Oct 16 1973 he was honored for working his 1314th game breaking the league record for most games officiated Texas May Become NFL's New Arizona creating a state holiday there leaving only Arizona and New Hampshire without a full or optional holiday in memory of King who was assassinated in 1968 A King holiday became an issue when Commissioner Paul Tagliabue recently pulled the 1993 Super Bowl from Phoenix after Arizona voters last November defeated a referen- dum reinstating the paid state holiday In Texas King's birthday is observed Jointly with Confederate Heroes Day on the third Monday in January State offices remain open with a skeleton crew and people who took the day off must give up another state holiday such as Texas Independence Day or San Jacinto Day of Mario Marcel Salas the Martin Luther King Jr March Committee in San Antonio said his group isn't satisfied with the arrangement "In my opinion we're basically no different than Arizona" Salas said "We're not asking for the state to be named after him" the Rev RA Ca tiles also of San Antonio said "We're just asking for one day" NM owners are scheduled to meet with Tagliabue in Minneapolis in May and may discuss Houston's bid then NFL spokesman Reggie Roberts said He said a decision on where to hold the 1995 Super Bowl probably won't be made until next year - - - - '' 4 1:67" Liti '' 7 i : f Ute assistant Joe Cravens would like Weber position 4 Ron Abegglen has led to success Alaska-Anc- horage Cravens Abegglen Interested in 'Cats By Joe Baird Tribune Sports Writer Weber State athletic director Dick Hannan says he's still a good two weeks away from naming a new basketball coach Nevertheless some names are beginning to float to the surface as the Wildcats seek to replace the fired Denny Huston "We're right in the middle of it" Hannan said Wednesday "Ideally we'd like to have it done by April 10th or 15th But I'm not as concerned about a timetable as I am in making a good decision" The Weber AD declined to discusss specific names "I'm not trying to keep secrets from anybody but it's not my 'job to play the speculation game" he said However at least two applicants have made their intentions publicly known Utah assistant coach Joe Cravens confirmed Wednesday that he has applied for the Weber position Ditto e coach Ron Abegglen who was a finalist for the Wildcat job that went to Huston in 1988 Cravens who guided the Utes to a 4 finish after Rick Majerus was sidelined by heart surgery in 1989-9- 0 believes he would be a good fit for the Weber post "I think I have things in my favor they would look positively on" said the Ute assistant "Among them is the fact I was an interim head coach at a major university in a major conference on an emergency basis "I've been in the West now for six full years four at the University of Washington and two here at Utah I've recruited heavily in the West for both schools I think it would be a natural for both of us" Abegglen probably also considers himself a natural A native Utahn who coached for 10 seasons at Snow Cole coach lege the still has strong ties to the Beehive State with his father sons and grandchildren all living in the area In five seasons at UAA he's turned Dithe Seawolves into a giant-killin-g vision II program The Seawolves 1 went this past season while playing a schedule that included nine Division I foes Alaska-Anchorag- 19-1- there is some competition for it" Also for the first time network television began its coverage of the women's tournament with the round of 16 Bork said she expects to see that interest grow "1 think what we'll see more of hopefully — and it's sort of a chickenand-egg thing — is television exposure" she said The NCAA has signed a seven-yea- r agreement with CBS for exclusive coverage of both the men's and women's tournaments "The few games we've had televised we've had good ratings We've consistently beat out the programming opposite us" Bork said "Obviously it was a package with the men's tournament but it was a product that CBS was glad to have — the additional games" Land Calls Bowman Hall Penguins Armstrong Hockey NHL Cup finals He also was the club's general manager in 1969-7and 1970-7Bowman then went to Montreal coaching the Canadiens for eight seasons starting in 1971-7His Montreal teams won five Stanley Cups including four in a row begmning with season In 1977 he was the 1975-7named NHL coach of the year In the 1979-8- 0 season Bowman joined the Buffalo Sabres and served as director of hockey operations general manager and shared coaching responsibilities until 1987 He also - t:''-'41-- ‘ Alaska-Anchora- ly the growth we've had has been remarkable — so fast" Bork said "The thing I compare it to is the way the men's tournament was 10 years ago It was nowhere near the mega-eveit is today and their growth was over a period of 50 ' -' i''-- 9 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Media coverage and public interest in the women's Final Four has grown dramatically during the event s 10 years but that isn't good enough for Tricia Bork "I'm pleased but I'm not satisfied" said the NCAA's assistant executive director for championships She was speaking Monday night at a gathering to mark the 10th anniversary of the Final Four for women The statistics told the story Ten years ago 26 reporters covered the event and fewer than 6000 fans attended This year over 300 media credentials have been issued and a sellout crowd of 9000 is within reach for the semifinals and championship game at the University of New Orleans arena "I think if you look at it realistical t A 4 P-- - ' Womert s Final Four Has Grown in 10 Years Majerus who unfairly accepted the 6 loss to Veblame for his clubss gas in Seattle because the Ines appeared disheveled in the face of the Rebels' suffocating amoeba matchup zone defense in the second half said the only thing he has to see to prove this Vegas team is the greatest of them all is "watch them handle the pressure of a close game" something the Rebs haven't experienced in over a year "The fact they haven't been there before when it gets tight at the end will be the true test If it's close Vegas could bend We don't know" The mark of the undefeated (32-0- ) Indiana team of 1976 the Scott May- TORONTO (AP) — Bowman Kent Benson- - and Quinn Buckner-le- d longtime coach and Scotty executive and Hoosiers was its relentless march Neil Armstrong a veteran linesman sec- to the national title with a 74-6have been elected to the Hockey Hall d win over Alabama and a of Fame 65-5- 6 win over Marquette (where MaBowman the winningest coach in an assistant) the only things NHL was jerus history with 739 wins was chosen in the builders' category Armremotely close to pressure wins ' "That Indiana team was deeper strong a linesman for 21 seasons was talent-wis- e through nine players but elected in the officials' category Bowman began his NHL coaching this Vegas team is more talented career with the expansion St Louis through six Indiana was better outside this Vegas team is better inside" Blues in the 1967-6- 8 season and led added Majerus who assisted Al the team to three consecutive Stanley mcGuire again the next year when Marquette secured the school's only win over national title with a North Carolina The intangible no one can measure AUSTIN Texas (AP) — Several with heights weights and depths is Texas civil rights activists want the the Vegas "want-to- " NFL to reject Houston's bid for the Johnson and Augmon stayed in 1995 Super Bowl unless Martin Lu'school forsaking we're led to bether King Jr's birthday is recognized as a state holiday lieve millions in NBA contracts because they "loved" Coach Jerry TarLeague spokesmen said team ownkanian and sought above all to ers will be aware of the status of Texas' King holiday but there is no predefend the NCAA title for him requisite that a state recognize the No one has stopped them from carslam civil rights leader to love a Altar to affair he this rying "Nationwide the Martin Luther e win streak and almost cerKing holiday is not a criterion in evaltain legendary collegiate status tarSuper Bowl bids" league nished or no by the NCAA uating spokesman Greg Aiello said in New bloodhounds York "We have no reaction n Texas to this We have no comment on it" The stop sign for this double-rin- g Rebel ceremony won't be Duke eiNorth Dakota Gov George Sinner is expected to sign a bill Thursday ther Or North Carolina or Kansas ' : ' - Alaska-Anchorag- neck-and-nec- k Johnson got was 23 points and 13 rebounds followed by 30 points against Seton Hall in the West finals Is there a match for Johnson? "Maybe" said Daniels hesitating ly "It'll take a guy taller and heavier and a guy with a big big heart See Johnson comes at you every time He doesn't back down Nothing fazes him Really you delay him and you pay the price the next time" Daniels scoffs at the drooling over winning Vegas' incredible margin over their 34-- 0 season thus far "They don't rely on offense They rely on defense They want to have control over rebounding defense and taking care of the ball They play hard defense and get you rattled Then as a last priority they go down and score It's easy if they have you : 16-1- 12-ye- : 44 ' A 57-4- - ed - : was" The victory made Stanford the 13th school to win the National Invitation Tournament and the NCAA basketball championship The Cardinal won the NCAA title in 1942 Tubbs was ejected for arguing with the referees with 438 left in the half He was angry because he thought the refs failed to call a walking violation on Keefe before he passed to Vlahov who was then fouled while going for a layup After Crowley gave Tubbs a technical the coach continued to argue and was ejected by Pavia After Vlahov made his two free throws Patrick sank all four free throws resulting from the two technical fouls on Tubbs Stanford retained possession and Ammann quickly bit a giving the Cardinal nine points in nine seconds -7- 4 ge- i -- - z- - "The reason we won this game was because we came together as a unit" said Keefe the team's leading scorer with a 218 average "People said we weren't much of a team that we only had one player But if you look at the way the scoring was spread out tonight it shows what a team effort it Johnson Heads Wooden Scpad LOS ANGELES (AP) — UNLV forwards Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon are among the 10 members of Continued From the 1990-9- 1 John Wooden Seattle that Rick Majerus would college basketball team which have the best game plan of anybody in was announced Wednesday the tournament against Vegas And Johnson and Augmon on he did Limit the cheap baskets on theJoining team are Georgia Tech guard UNLV's transition and keep them off Kenny Anderson Arkansas forward the boards All Utah did was get Todd Day Ohio State guard Jimmy tired" explained Bradburn Jackson Duke forward Christian - And making opponents tired is Laettner Providence guard Eric what makes Vegas click Murdock Louisiana State center ShaIt seems staying close to Vegas has quille O'Neal Syracuse forward Billy been a moral victory these last two Owens and Michigan State guard Steve Smith years Then you sorta get tired Johnson Augmon Murdock and Remember Duke was within 7 with 18 minutes to play last April in Smith are seniors Day Laettner and Denver Three minutes later it was Owens are Juniors and Anderson Jackson and O'Neal are sophomores 7547 Three of the players — Johnson "What no one gives Vegas enough be on Augmon credit for is its depth That's dumb" the floor and Laettnerwhen will unbeaten Saturday said Ute assistant Donny Daniels who UNLV faces Duke in a semifinal got his fill of the Vegas Juggernaut of the NCAA Tournament in Inwhile an assistant at of game Kansas meets North Carodianapolis the Big West for three seasons prior lina in the other semifinal with the to joining the Ulm winners playing Monday night in the "They've played eight people championship game Duke has more people they'll say Winner of the John Wooden Award North Carolina has more Kansas has as the player of the year will be anmore Georgetown had more Man we nounced by Wooden who guided had 'more" insisted Daniels "But UCLA to 10 NCAA championships in they keep beating people Nope that a span ending in 1975 at depth thing is no crutch They make noon PST next Wednesday at the Los all Angeles Athletic Club you tired just watching 1em eight of 'em" The top candidates for the award Daniels likened the Rebels to swat- - and their coaches will attend the news conference ting flies "You swat one you got another one flying around so you pick "Because of our unique voting proup another swatter What happens cedure that allows voters to cast balwhen you need a third swatter or a lots through the Sweet 16 of the fourth? You only have two hands if NCAA Tournament a large surge could determine the winner this you know what I mean" r Daniels schooled the Utes' centers year" said Duke Llewellyn execuWalter Watts Paul Afeald and Larry tive director of the Wooden Award Cain this past year and then sent and vice president of the LAAC them out to meet a guy named Mr "Larry Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal in the Johnson the Reba' (John Wooden) are running -- - First Championship Tribune Wire Services The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched their first-eve- r championship Wednesday night in Detroit when they won the Patrick Division title with a 74 victory over Detroit behind Jaromir Jagr's two goals Before Wednesday night the Penguins had never won a title of any kind since entering the NFL in 1967 The Penguins now lead the second-plac- e New York Rangers by four points with two games to play and have six more wins than the Rangers The game was tied 3 late in the second period when Detroit's Shawn Burr took a boarding penalty Pittsburgh took advantage of the power play as Kevin Stevens put the Penguins ahead with his 39th goal of the season tipping a Paul Coffey slap shot past Tim Cheveldae at 19:28 3-- Devils 4 Whalers 3 (01): At East Rutherford NJ Doug Brown's second goal of the game at 2:47 of overtime lifted the New Jersey Devils over the Hartford Whalers The win put the Devils in third place in the Patrick Division two points ahead of Washington and four in front of Philadelphia won three of those outings beating Tennessee Cal and Texas Tech Of course the Seawolves' biggest win came two years ago in the Huntsman Center when they stunned eventual national champion Michigan in the opening round of the Utah 4 Classic Overall Abegglen has compiled a at UAA mark of 109-4- 5 n seasons which includes four and four Division II NCAA tourna- ment appearances The Wolfpack coach says he's not eager to leave Anchorage "I really like the job I have" be said "It's not a case of being disatisfied" Nevertheless the chance to return to Utah still appeals to him as does the challenge of turning around the Wildcat program "Weber State has been down a he said "It would be fun to get them up" Other possible Weber coaching candidates include Southern Utah coach Neil Roberts who also applied for the Wildcat Job in '88) BYU assistant coach Charles Bradley Utah Valley Community College coach Duke Reid and Ricks College coach Gary Gardner Hannan says the applications are still pouring in and he'll let them keep pouring in for the foreseeable five-ye- 20-wi- lit-ti- future "It's not narrowed down" he said "In fact we got a bunch more Wednesday It's a good applicant pool People keep popping up and showing interest We'll leave it open until we find a suitable candidate" Huston was fired March 15 after record of 43- compiling a three-yea- r 12 However sagging attendance and the Wildcats' deliberate offense were cited as the main reasons for his dismissal Hannan says he's not neccessarily coach to looking for an put fans back in the Dee Center seats "Getting the proper fit is the first criteria" he said "Look at Majerus His team scores 60 points a game but they won 30 "An game would be an asset but a lot of factors will go into the decision Coaching philosophy is just one of those" "up-temp- Pis tons Turn Out -On htIndiana Tribune Wire Services Rodman started a 15-- 0 run with five of his 19 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 102-9- 3 victory over the Indiana Pacers Wednesday night at Auburn Hills Mich in a game delayed by a power failure Detroit trailed 76-7- 4 with 8:12 to play when Rodman drove past Rik Smith hit a layup and was fouled Rodman missed the free throw but grabbed the offensive rebound On the ensuing possession he tossed in d an flip while being fouled and hit the free throw for a three-poiplay that put the Pistons ahead to stay Detroit scored the next 10 points to take an lead with 5:09 to play Joe Dumars led the Pistons with 23 points and Mark Aguirre added 17 Dennis fourth-quarte- r over-the-hea- 89-7- 6 Rodman also finished with 19 rebounds A power failure caused The Palace to go dark for several seconds late in the third quarter With 138 seconds to play in the period the score tied at 69 and Bill Laimbeer shoottng the second of two free throws the lights went out Blazers 112 SuperSonles 107: At Ta- coma Wash the Portland Trail Blazers showed the Seattle SuperSonics that a lead in the second half isn't always big enough against the No 1 team in the Western Conference The Blazers overcame a 68-4- 4 deficit with 3:04 gone in the second half in the Tacoma Dome The Blazers who beat the Sonics by 13 points in Portland on Tuesday night grabbed the lead for the first time in the second half when Porter's reverse layup and free throw with 42 seconds left put them ahead 108-10- 5 Magic 97 Mavericks 85: At Dallas Reynolds scored 11 consecutive Jerry points during Orlando's decisive 11-- 4 fourth-quarte- r run as the Magic beat the Mavericks for their fifth straight victory Reynolds finished with 20 points and Scott Ski les added 18 as the Magic beat the Mavericks for the fourth straight time this season - |
