Show Logan Utah Sunday February II The Herald Journal- -9 1915 Possible Ag Foes: UCLA Devils Montana Las Vegas By Greg Hansen Herald Journal Sports Editor Roberts New Orleans and Southern Miss) the Aggies If the college basketball should have a tournament berth season were to end today Utah in hand Next Sunday the Ags State would be paired against will either be 2M 19-- 1M or either UCLA Arizona State and unless it’s 17--7 the 7 Montana or Las Vegas in a NCAA should be in the bag The d hypothetical NCAA playoff field playoff games Those are the four conference are scheduled In Pullman at champs (or probable champa-to-be- ) Washington State and in Tempe who will compose the at Arizona State 5 17-- first-roun- Western playoff field on March 15 The Aggies' 4 record would certainly qualify them for NCAA participation and now that the 17-- The WAC champion (ASU) and the West Coast Athletic Conference champion (either Vegas or San Francisco) " will meet teams in Ijs ‘‘at-large- pairings have been Tempe finalized (except for The champ (UCLA can begin to or Oregon State) and the Big Sky teams) think of Its d game champ (Montana or Idaho State) By this time next week will be fritted against "atlarge" (following games with Oral teams In Pullman West e Pac-Eig- ht first-roun- With the Aggies almost a "It is not necessarily the team from a certainty to receive one of the second-placfour berths the main conference rather a second concern would be to avoid UCIA team if the caliber of basketball and Arizona State especially in warrants It” Dr Tun Scott chairman of the NCAA Tempe The four winners will advance basketball committee says to Portland March 20 for the “The NCAA will select the second team and it does not Western Regions Is With the new format have to be the second-plac- e established for NCAA play the team Aggies will undoubtedly have a "Therefore" said Scott “any tougher path toward any kind of second teams from the East and success should they receive a Midwest must play In the bid Midwest or West" which can Second-plac- e (or merely affect USU's standing additional teams) from con"The ACC second team would ference's will be eligible for NCAA play this year and that play in the Midwest The Big Ten has to improve the overall or SEC second teams could play caliber deleting some border- in either the Midwest or West so line Indenendents they might be split And the Pac- e e teams would play in the Mideast’' This move prevents stronger conference champs from having “byes" in the first round berths this year 8 and WAC m "Nearly every school out there Marquette Notre Dame and is now in a conference and we South Carolina seem to have have eight spots to fill in bids in tow already despite a 13--7 the two west regionals Notre Dame record and a “The NCAA Is built on a The Midwest where the MVC South Carolina log conference philosophy which is champ (Louisville) might Florida State (14-6- ) Memphis good The conferences say the dominate will now have the ACC State (17-4- ) Pan American (19-1- ) independents have it made second team possibly with North nobody to police them so I think Creighton (16-4- ) either the Big Ten or SEC second Carolina-Charlotte (17-3- ) you have to favor the conference dub And UCLA will now have (14-6- ) Roberts Oral Syracuse setup even though some may be second Ten or SEC either the Big and Santa Barbara (15-5- ) basketball poor such as the team or both And if the Ags get (155) seem to be the top hopefuls Southwest Conference" that far it's likely they'll play That makes Tentheory or Alabama Kentucky Tuesday's Stan Watts BYU’s athletic Roberts game even director and a member of the nessee or Michigan Minnesota USU-Oror Purdue aside from the more meaningful the Ags have NCAA tournament committee a chance to axe one of its chief says “There'll be a lot of regular Western entrants competitors in the NCAA field basketball played in the tourSeven Independents Tabbed “The West doesn't have any nament field this year better There will be seven in- independents" Dr Scott says in than ever and that's our aim to dependents gaining allow the 32 best teams to play ignorance to USU's 17--4 record e 14-- al for the championship "Hie independent teams won't he the cinches they normally were if their records don't pass the matchup" For sake those 11 straight wins seem to be the only thing keeping the Aggies afloat in the tournament picture The but above-avera- independents just won't make it to the NCAA this year The conferences ore favored in the selection process and in the long run it's got to hurt Utah State “at-larg- Yet the NIT remains in need teams and that's always a helpful backup should the Aggies stumble a bit down the stretch of 16 high-calib- er IN SAN DIEGO Funseth By One - oily mistake he made Floyd played his first nine holes almost as well as Funseth with birdies m the first second third and ninth holes to make the turn in 32 and he tied for the lead when he bagged his fifth birdie SAN DIEGO (UPI) Rod Funseth shooting for only his third victory in 14 years scrambled home ahead of Ray 69 Floyd with a lead Saturday for a one-shafter three rounds of the $170000 three-under-p- ar Andy Williams-Sa- n on Diego Open 15 The Funseth threatened to make a runaway early in the round when he birdied three holes and eagled the par4 sixth to turn In 31 but his driver got him into trouble coming bade and he staggered in with a 38 for a le score of m V'i-'- Floyd made two IMooters a and an elghMooter for four of his birds and he chipped in with a sand wedge from 90 feet for his fifth “I played the first two rounds fantastic and I didn’t make any putts" said the 206 Floyd “In the third round I Floyd who started the third didn’t play as well but I made round two shots behind Funseth sane putts I’m going into the Billy Casper and John Lister final with a positive attitude and shot a third round 68 the way I am playing now I 207 think I have a good chance to that put him at nine-undand a shot ahead of defending win" Funseth enjoyed his best year champion Bobby Nichols who also had a 68 in the third round as a pro in 1973 when he won 72 for $89145 but last year was Casper had an even-pseven-und209 and a tie for plagued most of the season by fourth with Leonard Thompson tendonitis in the left shoulder (68) Bob Wynn (68) and Bruce and he never was able to get four-und- iv er BOB ERICKSON Utah State's Hie freshmen wrestler is on the bottom at this point in match with BYU’S Dennis Whlmpey The two fought to a 16 draw as Aggies fell to Cougars 314 Herald Journal Photo by Alan Swalnston ar Aggies Pinned By Toughest Foe Whlmpey in the MIWA tournament in Salt Lake City Erickson and Whlmpey drew at 55 In the 158 pound class in what had to be the match of the match and every position to know where he is Coach Bob Carlson's team Is of the year Saturday night at the 5 in duel meets on the now the results were and Spectrum not what you would call year and will be back in action ' favorable night Erickson la still un- next Wednesday when they host on the year but two of Idaho State in the Spectrum The 15th ranked BYU Cougars defeated Ms BYU 24 USU I matches have ended In 38-Masted the Aggied grapplers 8 111 — John Price USU dec Sam (fraws The Aggies wound up with Orme BYU 124 — Paul Fefilbcrg BYU dec only two wins and a draw in the most the unusual Probably Val Newman USU ten matches 134 — Mark Sandenon BYU dec match of the evening resulted in Tim Vance USU 13 7 150 John Price dec Sam Orme in the pound division Chris 142 — Sieve Sandenon BYU the 118 pound division 154 and Ckosby of the Ags who had won pinned Larry Wagitaff USU 7:02 150 Jerry O'Neil BYU dec candidate Russ Ms last eight matches coining Chris Crosby USU into Paulsen stretched his regular Erickson USU Saturday night was BYU Drew 5 5 with an defeated by Jerry O'Neil of the season record to lansen BYU pinned 4 decision over Mark Cougars Lyn HInkley USU 4:52 The Utah State wrestling team took on their toughest opponent 11-- 12-- 4 14-- g i 04 - 25-0- -1 11-- Uselman at 177 pounds Bob Erickson of the Ags got partial revenge for a defeat suffered a month ago to Dennis 177 — Russ Paulsen USU dec Mart Usleman BYU 190 Bill McReady BYU There is nothing really strange about that except O'Neil Is blind The Cougar wrestler has to touch his opponent before the - 31-- pinned O'Dell Spcth USU 1:11 Hywt — Gary Peterson BYU pinned Frenk Mancini USU 322 Devlin (69) going By placing 50th on the 74 Lister went to and wound up at 211 five shots off the lead Johnny Miller winner of three events this year and 11 over the last 14 months had his best round of the tournament— a twfrunder 70— but he was 10 shots off the lead at even-pa- r 216 “I played the first 11 holes super” said Funseth who won only $27507 last year but it was enough to put him at 50th on the money winning list "After that I played more like a 12 handicapper” Funseth rolled in a on the second hole for his first birdie made a on the fourth for his second and a on the seventh for his third On the sixth a sechole he put his three-woo- d ond shot 10 feet from the pin and made it for his second eagle of the tournament Funseth bogeyed the 12th when he put his drive in the right rough and couldn't get it out His other bogey came on the 13th when he put his second shot in a trap and couldn’t get it down in regulation Floyd a former PGA chamall-ti- er seven-f- ooter 527-yar- d e money list Funseth gained automatic exemption for any three years he chooses Because he was 89th last year he picked 1975 as his first and said he really doesn't expect to play more than a couple of more years Mark Hayes shot a third round 70 and Tom Kite also had a 70 to 210 four shots tie at off the lead and one shot ahead of JC Snead A1 Geiberger ROD FUNSETH SINKS as eagle putt on tke Mike Morley John Mahaffey sixth hole of the Torry Pina golf course that Rik Massengale Phil Rodgers helped him grab third round lad ii the Andy and Lister six-und- er Rod Funseth Ray Floyd Bobby Nichols 204 70 Elliot Guides Cats Past Utes 44-7- Leonard Thompson Bruce Devlin Billy Casper Bob Wynn Tom Kite 72-4- 49 49 41 7071 724S - 41-2- 09 70-2- 10 Mark Hayes 47 7370-21- 0 John Mahaffey Mike Morley 707071 -- 211 Rik Massengale 72 Al Geiberger SOUTH BEND Ind (UPI) -S- 62 Mi a tip-i- by Joe Bryant with JC Snead 49 Phil Rodgers 417172-21- 1 ophomore Adrian Dantley 8:05 left in the game But John Lister 4S 49 scored 36 points and grabbed 14 Dantley countered with a reMasserio 71 70 Jim Archer rebounds Saturday to spur Notre bound layup the Irish's Dwight 73 49 George 41 217 Jerry McGee Dame's Fighting Irish to a 5 Clay connected on a jump 41 712 Danny Edwards WINSTON-SALEshot and Dantley hit another Bob Murphy over victory Dave Stockton 7441 71 213 LaSalle the worst defeat of the layup After a Bryant free (UPI) — 72 72 John Abendroth throw the Irish reeled off six Johnson Thompson and freshman Kenny season for the Explorers 70 71 George Bruce 4S 75 71 214 Crampton more points to take command Carr scored 22 points each The Irish adapting comfortaPeter Oosferhuis 44 74 72 214 Notre Dame now 15-- won its pion who hasn't won since 1969 Hale Irwin Saturday afternoon to lead bly to laSalle's 7071-7214 fourth-ranke- d 77 71 North Carolina fourth straight game to strength-it- s had a chance to tie Funseth for Terry Dill moved into an early four-mastyle 73 the lead but he bogeyed the par-fo- Mike Reasor to a slim 8957 win over n bid for a Dale Douglass a en uari anj traiimi 71 71 17th It was the Lou Graham Atlantic Coast Conference rival tournament berth 73 41 wh (h Wake Forest were by four points to Thompson broke an 8141 tie to make it 8 Notre Dame Saturday with a bucket and foul shot in the Western Kentucky and Syra1 and regained the lead cuse The Explorers now 19--4 closing minutes and then added stretched its to 5 advantage shot 56 per cent from the field in two foul shots with five seconds with 4:48 left in the half left to sew up the win losing They were led by Charlie LaSalle drew to within 4245 at Wise with 19 points Bryant with The Wolfpack now 184 for the PRESTON Preston High Aberdeen at the start of the halftime and closed to within 63- - 17 and Taylor with 16 season and 74 in the conference crushed Aberdeen 6240 here second half and increased their jumped off to an 0 lead in the 2 halftime lead to 6 after Saturday night and in the first five minutes but the out three dosed SEIC their periods of play process Deacons caught up with 5:30 left Indians were led by Brian of The a with 114 record league TEMPE Ariz (UPI) -- Mike in the half to tie the game at 0 Arizona State continued to who finished with 10 on a basket by Cal Stamp and Moon scored 22 points and led expand its lead early and midThe Indians are in second Bambrough Bell with 10 and Mike points then moved to a 4347 halftime six Sun Devils In double figures way through the second half and Mace but if Shake River was Bob Boyack with 12 as Arizona lead State defeated led by os many as 22 points defeated by Marsh Valley If Preston does not have a 9 North Carolina State opened Brigham Young University However the Cougars launch- Saturday night they would be in with Snake River then play-of- f the second half by outscoring the Satturday night In a Western ed a late rally that sliced the a tie for first with the Panthers will enter the regional they Deacons 144 In the first three Athletic Conffercnce game Arizona State odvantage to 14 and a play-of- f would result tournament next Thursday in The win boosted the conferminutes to take the lead at paints 8248 with 6:48 left That Pocatello The Indians jumped ence The Wolfpack upset earlier in leading Devils to an was as dose as BYU came the season by the Deacons In the league record and a 19-- mark however as the Sun Devils e- Big Four tournament took its on the season BYU fell to 34 in regrouped to pull out to the final conference the and overall biggest lead of the game at 5650 spread back and The Cougars behind the DAYTON The West Side The game with 16 minutes to go In the Behind Moon in Arizona State the night and second half on a Thompson scoring of Brian Frishman scoring came Jack Schrader Pirates dosed out their season forth through-ou- t “alley-oop- " shot and a foul shot who tallied 14 points prior to and Rudy White with i2 each record at 174 with a hard fought the Buccos rally didn't gain any Wake Forest tied the game intermission stayed within and IJonol Hollins Scott IJoyd 6844 win over the Intermountein type of control until the final minute when they scored four by hailing distance until the final 4 and James Holliman with 10 Indian School Saturday night again at 6747 on a of minutes the In when first half now will and 4 regionals Mike Parrish at the nine minute play straight points apiece If the Pirates get by Challis mark The game seesawed bark the Sun Devils spurted out to a Frishinan led the Cougars Tuesday night against Challis at Shelley and forth until the Wolfpack 5640 halftime lead with 24 they will then advance to the The Pirates received 33 points regionals at Rexburg which went into a stall offense and then d in from the guard begin Thursday move made his Thompson Kevin leak to get by the Inspired final minutes West Side box score ' NC Slate Dnntley Sparks Irish Gets By n par-four- th Deacons 91-7- 13th-rank- 74-2- 11 12 77-7- 49-2- 13 Bob Ticky Burden to tie the game at TUCSON Ariz (UPI) Elliott’s 29 second half points 87 with 1:17 to go and the last minute clutch Fleming scored two clutch shooting of Al Fleming held off a baskets to put Arizona back in late Utah rally as Arizona edged front and then stole the ball from the Utes 9349 in a Western Burden with 10 seconds reAthletic Conference game maining to clinch the win in a game that saw 12 tin and the Saturday Utah which trailed by 10 with lead change hands 12 times Him Rappis hit two fra a little more than four minutes employed a pressing throws after the gun to give defense and hot shooting by Arizona the final margin 14 ie Fy Penn SI II Army 44 Penn 103 Harvard II Princefon 70 Dartmouth 51 Pt Gorham 92 Keene St 43 POCATELLO Idaho (UPI) -Rhode island Coil 19 Babson II Kevin Hoyt sank a jump Rider II Deieware 74 shot from the top of the key at Rutgers Camden 103 Drew 77 Rutgers 97 Fordham 90 the buzzer to lift Idaho State to a Salisbury 94 York 13 7 win over Montana Salem St 94 No Adams St 41 Scranton 70 Elizabethtown 55 night -t- he victory Saturday Seton Hail 14 Holy Cross 79 at the defending champion Slippery Rock 49 Grove City 57 keeping St Peters IO Biscayne 71 Bengali) in contention for the Big St John Fisher 74 Rochester U Sky conference title 73 Seven-forenter Steve Hayes St Bonayenture II Niagara 71 all scorers with 23 points topped South 14 rebounds as and a game-hig-h Alabama II Mississippi 79 74 Augusta 71 St Armstrong Idaho State moved to within a Auburn 74 Florida 75 game and a half of Montana In Calvin 104 Olivet 75 the conference race The GrizCincinnati II George Washington 72 and ISU 2 In zlies are now 44 100 Duke Ciemson 91 104 North Columbus league play Georgia 77 Coker 71 Montana held the Bengals to a Elon 49 Pheilfer 47 single basket for more than nine Furman 94 Davidson 13 minutes in the first half as they Midwest came back from 2 down to Miitourl 94 Iowa St 14 grab the lead The Grizzlies Michigan 99 Iowa 75 at the half II SI Minnesota 14 were ahead Michigan ur 425-yar- 14 No Trouble For Preston 19-1- 22-2- 34-2- ot To Beat Aberdeen Quint - 49-4- 18-1- Cougars Blitzed By Sun Derils 53-2- 29-2- ot 30-3- 99-7- 8-- 2 Pirates Win Corn From Belt in d 19-1- 1 Tierherl Sipnn Teleherl a German Herman born soccer player who once scored 10 goals in one game at the age of 19 has signed as assistant coach of the new Chicago Stings In the North Ameririn Soccer league CHICAGO (UPI) - Enyeart Leads Trucksters To Third Place Provo Finish The Utah State track team finished third in a seven tarn field at Provo Saturday The Utags finished behind host Brigham Young and Boise State but clipped Weber State Utah CSI and Ricks for their brat showing of the year Notre Dame 91 LaSane 75 Obarlin 79 Ohio Wesleyan 49 Ohio St 74 Wisconsin 70 Olivet Nararene 99 Eureka 74 Oral Roberts 91 Indiana Olterbein 00 Kenyon 74 Purdue 1M Illinois 91 multi-talente- Mark Enyeart continued his win "This is very good amazing success with a school record breaking performance in team" coach Kohn the 600 yard run Smith said post game “They His time of 1:099 broke the have excellent heiglith and are previous mark of 111 Enyeart not the same gioup of players row has qualified in the 600 and that Iogan and Sky View used to 880 yard runs for the nationals Smith suid destroy In region I" WEST SIDE 41 INTERMOUNTAIN 44 IS 34 44 41 Wesl Side - SI 41 24 But Hayes scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half to lead the Bengals back to a 4347 lead with five minutes left Then Montana behind renter Ken McKenzie's inside play rallied to tie the game at in the final minute on Mike Richardson's foul shot Idaho State tried to get the 47-a- ll ball Inside to Hayes but McKenzie cut him out of the play forcing Hoyt to take the jump shot at the buzzer Hoyt finished with 10 points for the Bengals McKenzie was the only Grizzly In double figures with 17 points and 13 rebounds The Montana center made his last six shots from the field to keep the Grizzlies close Montana is now 164 and ISU WelxT Suite CrunrlirN Znpt For Hip Sky Win OGDEN Utah l UPI I -Darnell Flourney scored all 12 of his points in the second half and Al DeWitl and Jlinmie Watts both scored 19 points in the game as Weber Stole raced away from Gonzaga for a 75-6- 7 Southwest Arizona 93 Utah 19 54 Creighton M Oklahoma City Kansas 59 Oklahoma St 57 New Mexico St 73 No loxas 64 15 35 49 44 — 44 Intermountein Weil Side — Leak 11 11 14 33 Thomas 10 0 14 McDearmott 3 2 2 St 59 Oklahoma 71 Kansas St 71 TCU 14 SMU 44 Texas Tech 74 Rice 43 White 0 34 3 Povey 0 00 0 Fisher 0 4 10 4 Cox 0 2 2 Is Totals 22 Fleming finished with points for Arizona and Rappis had 15 Charles MenaUi canned 16 for the Utes Dean Porter had 12 and Jeff Jonas and Charles Matheney 10 each Arizona now is 64 in ference play and 174 on the season Utah fell to 44 and 14-- 7 21-- ot Minn Duluth 105 Moorhead 90 Mount Union 75 Heidelberg 70 Moretiead St 19 Mid Tenn 15 Monmouth I III I 99 Knox 71 Mount Union 75 Heidelberg 70 Muskingum 54 Ohio Northern 54 see-sawe-d Eagles Larry Thomas also chipped in 16 to aid In the Pirates 7-- 9-- 1 51-4- 6 Elliott's second half explosion saw him outgun Burden Elliott had 39 points and Burden 33 Last Second Shot Gives ISU Big Win Over First Place Grizzlies College Scores 7 post-seaso- Williams San Diego Open Funseth stands at 197 after 54 boles of play He holds a one stroke lead over Ray Floyd (UPI) 24 34 40 West — Blgeay 00 0 0 Coversup 4 0-- 12 Pinnacoose 7 51 19 Yazzie 4 2 2 14 Stormy 7 0 1 14 1 15 44 P Bigeay 2 12 5 Totals Intermountain Nebraska 41 Pan American 73 Denver 44 Stanford 92 Washington St 70 Coiorauo 42 Big Sky Conference win Satur- day night Weber State trailed by two at halftime but the Wildcats the Bulldogs 18-- in the opening minutes of the final half to easily win Flourney who came off the bench late In the first half to score all dozen of his points led out-scor- I m' the Wildcat roineback Five Wildcats finished the game in double figures Anti Watts and DcWitt both grabbed 14 rebounds to share game high honors in both scoring and rebounding Weber State's man-lo-ma- n defense held Ken Tyler to just 13 points high for Gonraga The bulldog guard lias bren his team's leading scorer all season Willie Moss uas the only oilier (ioiuaga player in double figures with 10 points Moss also had 12 rebound Weber State is now |