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Show SpOrtS ?l)t gait falif tribune Section D Tuesday Morning January 14, 1986 Page 1 l or Ieconlel Vorrs Call I Call oral 2:i7-202- Gneiting Ignites Scrappy Cougars To Overtime Win By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer PROVO That tnnberrrrrr sound emanating from the Marriott Center Monday evening wasn't a giant tree tumbling to earth But it was the unmistakable sound of a college basketball giant falling with a thunderous thud, compliments of By Roger Graves Tribune Sports Writer PROVO Notre Dame candidate David Rivers, a magical now-you-do- point guard, has never had a better night. Or a worse night. It sounds contradictory, but Mon6 BYU triumph day evenings d over the Irish truly represented the best of times and worst of times for Rivers. BYU. 80-7- Yes, unranked and unheralded Brigham Young chopped down overNotre Dame in an time classic Monday amid the deafening dm of 20,913 spectators, the Cougars largest crowd of the 1985-8season. Yes, after winning seven consecutive games and feasting on the likes of DePaul, LaSalle, Providence, and Oregon, the Irish finally fell. But for the longest time Monday, the Cougars found themselves cutting, cutting and cutting, and Notre Dam still stood It wasnt until BYU center Tom Gneiting, some tall timber himself, jammed home an emphatic dunk to begin a three-poin- t play and the Coufree throws gars connected on during the final minute of overtime that Notre Dame came crashing to earth for the first time since a 7 loss to Indiana on Dec. 3. Its really a big boost to beat Notre Dame anytime whether theyre ranked or not, maintained jubilant BYU junior guard Bob Capener. Its fantastic and very gratifying when you beat a team like that. This proves something. This proves we can play with anyone, especially on our floor The Cougars, who loured their third straight triumph and climbed to on the year, tried to give the victory away via a succession of missed free throws in regulation time. But, in the end, BYU persevered. For a minute there, it didnt look too good, did it? asked Capener, who collected 14 points and survived a drought of his own to help the Cougars endure in overtime. We felt the difference would be free throws and we really stepped up to the line and hit em when it counted. 13th-ranke- 13th-ranke- d 80-7- 6 The sophomore poured in 28 points and yanked down eight rebounds against the Cougars. Thats a career best, a performance to savor. But Rivers also connected on only field goal attempts for 27 percent accuracy. Thats a career low. I tried to use my height and so did Averian Parrish and Richie Webb, so maybe hed have to adjust his shot a little, disclosed BYU guard Bob Capener in assessing 6 6-- 4 5 the Cougars defensive strategy against last years MVP at Notre Dame. Hes quick and hes going to score his points, so you just have to make him work harder for his shots. I thought we did a very admirable job on him. 82-6- We tried to pick him up and maintain good position on him, said BYU Coach Ladell Andersen. They do an amazing job of using his dribbling skills. Hes the guy who makes them go, so we tried to pack it in a little and hope we could get him in close where one of our three big guys could get a piece of his shots Capener (14 points and three rebounds) and Parrish (12 points and four boards) nearly combined to d equal Rivers So BYU performance. nearly earned a draw in its critical backcourt matchup. 6-- 9 eight-reboun- Our defense really confuses a lot of people, and they were confused, opined Parrish, who played a yeoman 33 minutes. They depend on Rivers a lot, but if he goes up and doesnt have anyone to pass it off to and he doesnt have a good shot, then theres no where for him to go. We were moving our feet and trying to keep him in free-thro- What you do is check. 17.7-poi- h Tribune Staff Photo by Rick Egan BYUs point guard Bob Capener forces the ball upcourt past Notre Dames Mark Stevenson. Capener scored 14 points in BYUs upset victory, but, more importantly, he hounded Irish David Rivers all night long. hours. three-quart- After the players boarded the bus in San Antonio, but before it depart ed, an angry Layden addressed them and said that, if any of them would like to take a plane to Houston, they could get off the bus right there and the Jazz would make such arrangements for them. Nobody left the bus. After the Jazz arrived in Houston in Layden was asked about the incident and was still steamed. How mad was he? Well, here he goes again: Its just, once again, spoiled, selfish, overpaid, bleeping babies. As I explained to them, theres a big difference between the CBA and the NBA What happened, to me, is ornery Sure, Im mad. Im damn mad. . . If I had just lost 10 out of 12 games, I would be such a pussycat. I wouldnt be saying anything. This is the arrogance these players have reached. Its sad. But its not all the players. Apparently, a couple of Jazz players contacted Mark Eaton, the teams player representative who was caught in the middle of this, and questioned why the team was busing in bull-blee- . stead of flying to Houston. Eaton later relayed the queries to the Players Association in New York. Then, Layden learned Monday morning that the league office was trying to reach him. Layden said he couldnt get league counsel Gary Bettman on the phone before the Jazzs noon departure time, so the team left, after Laydens terse address to the team. Im not going to comment on it; I dont really want to say anything about it, said Eaton when asked about the incident. Layden said he didnt know if there was a rule governing a teams mode of transportation for trips of various duration. He did cite some instances of NBA teams busing instead of flying: the Jazz bus from New Jersey to Philadelphia, about a two-hotrip; some teams bus from Seattle to Portland, a three-hou- r trip; and the Lakers took a bus on this same San trip. We arent the only team that did this, said Layden. Its been suggested to us by other teams. Layden said the Jazz chose to bus because he thought it would be quicker (no dealing with airport baggage checking and the long airport-to-ho-trides) and more relaxed. I dont think we do anything -class, he bristled. In any event, the Jazz arrived here all, of course, except the insafely jured Dantley. The NBA scoring leader remained in Salt Lake City Monday, sidelined by a painful hip pointer in his left side. second- Dantley suffered the injury last Thursday night against Washington, and the Jazz played without him over the weekend in games at Denver and San Antonio. They will also have to go without him against the Rockets Tuesday. Right now, I dont feel too good, said Dantley Monday evening. I'll see how I feel tomorrow. Asked if its possible he could play Wednesday night in Oakland against the Warriors, Dantley replied, Yeah, I think so. Jazz Tonight HOUSTON ROCKETS the Summit, 6.30 p m. MST KSL-T(570 AM) (Channel 5), KLUB-radi- o Probable Starters 2 Pos. Jazz, Rockets, F Thurl Bailey, 14.2 Rodney McCray, 12.0 F Karl Malone, 14.1 Ralph Sampson, 18.1 C Mark Eaton, 8 6 Akeem Oloiuwon, 23.4 G John Lucas, 16 3 John Stockton, 9 2 G Bob Hansen, 10 9 Lewis Lloyd, 18 9 Rockets Glonce The Rockets' amazing home-couwinning streak, which now stands at 20 In a row, was leopordlzed last week. The Rockets hod to come from 19 points down in the second halt to beat tlp-from the Spurs and then needed a Oloiuwon to beat the Bullets. So maybe, as they e close out a homestand, theyre due to fall. At This is the Jazz's third game here Jazz Glance the last five weeks, which Is only two fewer games than they've played at the Salt Palace In the same period. Their first two visits to the Summit were a blowout the first time ond a unpleasant r 4 beating the second time At least, after this one, they won't have to come back on the rood, herethis season. The Jazz are now 4 8 overall against the Midwest Division, overall In the month of January, and in the season series Rockets. This the against game begins another stretch for the Jazz. in second-gues- s your- self a little, noted BYU Coach Ladell Andersen. Maybe a couple of the guys were tired and that affected their free throws. But we were on a roll with those guys, so you have to decide whether to leave them in or bring in someone cold. As it turned out, we hit the free throws when we needed to, so we came out all right. But free throws, which ultimately elevated BYU to victory, nearly sent the Cougars to a devastating defeat. BYU owned a 3 advantage with 6.45 to play when the epidemic struck. Capener missed the front end of a with 6.26 left. Center Tom Gneiting missed both ends of a two-shfoul with 5:39 remaining. And Capener failed on the front end of a again with 4.02 to 59-5- Texas Bus Ride Sparks Jazz Family Feud Tribune Sports Writer The Jazzs first vicHOUSTON tory of 1986, achieved Sunday night in San Antonio, didnt leave them in a celebrating mood for long. Next up is the Rockets and their homecourt winning streak, which the Jazz will try to break without the services of Adrian Dantley Tuesday night. But before the Jazz even got here Monday to think about that, they managed to do something else to set off the Irish temper of Coach Frank Layden. Layden, who has already made a few pointed comments about his players in the last week in a postgame tirade after a loss to Seattle and in a press interview about Jeff Wilkins, was angered Monday when he learned that a couple of his players were unhappy about taking a bus, instead of a plane, from San Antonio to Houston. The bus ride took two and 1 80-7- 6 Rivers Has Best, Worst Night Of His Career By Lex Hemphill 237-20- 0 ." BYU Chops Down No. 13 Notre Bame, They werent really doing anything we havent seen before; the shots just werent going down, said Rivers, who surpassed his free average by drilling 28 throws en route to his game-higdifA of teams tried lot have points. ferent things, but the big thing tonight was the shots were rimming out. The shots were there, but . . Inforioalion Sport-- . play. You dont miss a potential six points from the line and expect to beat the 13th finest team in the land. Thus, not surprisingly, Notre Dame pulled even at 1 when ubiquitous point guard David Rivers swished two free throws with 144 left in regulation. Then, with the score deadlocked at 63, BYU center Alan Pollard missed the front side of a with 33 seconds remaining. Now, although the Irish had never led during the second half, Notre Dame had a golden opportunity to win it in regulation. However, Rivers college basketballs Freshman of the Year last season dribbled into heavy traffic and tried to force up a jump shot from the lane with the clock quickly expiring His shot never reached the rim in a tangle of arms and time expired We had an opportunity there, analyzed Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps. I felt something had to happen on that drive. Its got to either be See Column 2 61-6- D-- Football Great Bob Lilly Changed Business Pursuit Folloiving Auto Accident u j i i i 4 About the time you've NEW ORLEANS lost much of your confidence in the integrity of intercollegiate athletics, you get the opportunity to come to this annual convention of coaches, athletic directors, faculty representatives and college executive officers and you get a whiff of fresh air. Its refreshing when you hear the story of Bob Lilly, one of the six athletes of 25 years ago hohored at the luncheon Monday lineman at Texas Bob was an Christian and with the Dallas Cowboys was named in seven of his 14 seasons. He is a member of college and professional halls of fame. What makes Lilly special and bungs back faith in the American dream of athletics is something which happened after he had ended his career and became a successful beer distributor, one of the biggest in Texas. Master of ceremonies Tom Rrokaw told this story during the presentation Lilly was one of the first to arrive at a horrible wreck on the highway Young bodies were scattered amidst the blood and glass. all-pr- o ! As they pulled open the car door, several empty beer cans rolled to the pavement. Two days later, Lilly closed his beer distributorship and started a new career in real estate and land development. There i? a difference, too, in the reaction of the fans in professional and college sports. Remember the hate mail Roger Maris and Hank Aaron attracted as they closed '.n on and finally broke Babe Ruths records Maybe some of Aarons mail was racial because a black ball player was challenging the record of a white athletic hero. This week, Eddie Robinson received two awards, from the football coaches and from the NCAA e Robinson had broken the record for held Bear" Paul Bryvictories by coaching ant all-tim- Robinson coaches Grambling a predomik school and Eddie is black Durboth his award ceremonies, Eddie reing ceived standing ovations, from his fellow coaches and from his fellow administrators nantly bla and educators of the NCAA baseball tournament when Yale and California had won a game apiece. Our coach, the legendary Ethan Allen, decided to walk the No 8 hitter to work on the pitcher in the Championship game. The pitcher that day happened to be Jackie Jensen, who hit a ball that still may be rolling, the veep laughed In accepting the special award from the NCAA, which had been given in the past only to Coach Bryant, Robinson confessed I am the luckiest man in the world Maybe it is not right that so many fine things came to one person I am proud to receive this award in company with my good friend Coach Bryant who was an inspiration to all coaches Vice President George Bush received the coveted Teddy Award, named for Theodoie Roosevelt and considered the highest award given by the NCAA Bush, a first baseman at Yale in his collegiate days, recalled the championship finals Jensen, of course, played major league outfield for a number of years and was a solid hitter. And lest all the emphasis on test scores and admissions gives the correct impression there are a lot of academic risks coming out of high school and attending college as athletes, consider the six scholar athletes who were honored Monday. James Dombrowski of Virginia was an lineman who carries a 31 grade point average in biology and is working in graduate school with a goal of orthopedic medicine Ed Eyestone of Brigham Young carries a 3 680 grade point in psychology, se condary education while making a clean sweep of NCAA distance events. Tim Green of Syracuse has a 3 840 in Englinebacker. lish and is an Susan Harbour, Universiy of Oregon volcarries a 3.970 grade leyball point in physical education and mathematics. Kathryn Hayes, also of Oregon and a track star, is a 3 870 biology major while Lauri Ann Young of Northeast Louisiana University, a track star, carries a 3 690 average in radio-Tfilm management Obviously, these are exceptional student-athletebut they prove athletic and academ ic skills are compatible. These are the winners, most of the rest of the convention action revolves around athletic achievers but academic losers s, 01MTalion Ward better off when busiwith nesses recruit academic the same zeal the pros show for the athletes. The country may be i -- ii z r A, |
