Show jtf infriyii kfr &-- 1996 — Page April 2 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday ) Wij 11 Wildcats Continued from Page 8 winning team in the final in 33 years Pitino kept telling his players during the timeouts “It doesn't matter what you do offensively you’re going to win it at the defensive end” You have paid enough tax! Edward’s Furniture Cache Valley’s furniture leader will pay the sales tax on any new furniture purchase but only for a limited time No ifs ands or huts you pay ' The Wildcats unleashed their trademark pressure defense and forced Syracuse into 24 turnovers 18 more than the Orangemen had in a semifinal victory over Missis- sippi State They attacked the offensive boards with ferocity and held an 18-- 8 edge in that category Their bench the deepest bench in the country outscored Syracuse's NO TAXES!!!! 2M “We probably missed IS shots right around 10 feet” Pitino said “But we were very good with our ball movement We had 22 assists And when you can shoot 38 percent for the game and win you know you're a great defensive team” Kentucky also has a great tradition beginning with the sport's winn ingest coach Rupp won 876 games and lost 190 over 42 seasons including four national titles from 1948 to 19S8 Overall the Wildcats have won 1649 games — two more than North Carolina — and the six titles arc second only to UCLA’s 11 on the other Syracuse (29-9- ) hand has the most NC'AA tournament victories without a title A NOT ONE CENT! a fa m fW' ' Bedroom Sets start at f- Includes: Dresser Mirror and Queen Headboard 140" Chest 36th NCAA win would have meant a first national championship Now this team joins the $843s Nitestand losers to Indiana in the 1987 championship game in sustaining the most bitter defeats in school history ) one-poi- nt Wing Chairs start at Matteresses start at Gymnasts Lamps start at Continued faun Page 8 Championships “1 love where we arc seeded” Corn said this morning “Let's sec how Nebraska likes being the fifth seed” The past few years the Aggies have been the fifth seed not a good draw since you compete in the first two rotations of the n meet and the scores tend to get higher as the seven-rotatio- meet progresses j wfeMtiqt '$35 Swing Rockers start at Carpet Installed with Heavy Pad starting at Sofa and Loveseat Combinations start at 12" - ' f ! ” ? " i A i per square yd bye vault uneven bars and bye Utah is the top seed followed by Arizona State Arizona Brigham Young Nebraska USU and Denver Southern Utah finished eighth getting edged out in the last meet of the regular season It is too bad because the Thundcrbirds deserve a trip to Regionals There are 100 premium reserved scats available for USU fans To purchase tickets call the 5 USU Ticket Office at Some thoughts from Saturday's championship: Was the floor scoring brutal? You know it's tough when the winning score is 975 At least the judges were consistent and tough on all five teams Several Aggie performances were impressive but (he one that comes to mind first is senior Jessica Nccnan on the bars She has had a rough final year only competing in two meets before the Reclining Sofas start at y® Swivel Rockers starting at i t 797-030- Big West finale She came through for USU with a season-hig- h 965 Junior Beth Ncilson came through on bars too with a 980 for third place Freshman Jessica Porter finished second on the event with a 9825 Another clutch performance was turned in by junior Shannon Passe After watching two teammates fall from the beam she nailed her difficult mount and went on to win the event for the second straight year w ith a 985 The other two seniors Chelsea Nilsen and Summer Ovc-so- n performed for the final time in the Spectrum Saturday Nilsen had to wait until the end competing only on the floor but she walked awav with gold ty ing for first “I was disappointed with the score but it is great to win” Nilsen said “I was nervous but once 1 got out there I performs d to the crowd” Oveson started the night off 9525 on ault with a career-hig- h A solid beam routine received a questionable 9625 A crowd favorite on floor with Nilsen Oveson had to count a tall V the end of her routine the crowd roared then booed her 92t' score It was a fitting sighi to sec the "cM Aggies crowned Big season ir terrific a after champs front of their home crowd C om baa done a fine job once again but he has one more goal to achieve this year — a berth in Nationals M6i235 v (JNIVEAL " X- ' 5 i SIMMONS LA-Z-BO- Y k ‘35 i La-Z-Bo- i 5 $' starte'i nwlu — jllKWri’i liiij strict it’s our best event” Corn said) has a bye then floor exercise sgS95 Twi 2S?S |