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' c i ! t 'v v V H kt 'i -- v r ft j"' v '' ' (1‘ "M ? i ' 1 ’ V -- Vu-: Thursday March 12 1998 PnpnS I1 naphot SACRAMENTO Calif — If you believe the Maryland Ter- unchanged - that they'll overlook die Aggies today at the NCAA TbumamenL "Wei have to prepare for Utah State and not worry about who we’re going to day if we do this or we do that” Maryland head coach Gary Williams said during Wednesday’s press conference at the Arco Arena : talks with is hsa visit to gporfi brlofi Dungy "Because a lot of times you TAMPA Fla (AP) — The Ihmpa Bay Buccaneers gave coach Tony Dungy a new five-yecontract worth more than $6 million Dungy led die Bucs to an 11-- 5 mark in the regular season and their first playoff victory in 18 years ar Vaughn feuding with Sox FORT MYERS FIs (AP) — Mo Vaughn refused Boston’s request that he undergo an alcohol evaluation saying end up going heme if you start thinking ahead one game” IThe voice of experience Maryland has been upset in the first round of The Big Dance die doing in today’s' game (12:42 pm MST tipoff) And the f gonwmf Ter- SACRAMENTO Calif — It's now in open discussion Utah State fens — and definitehr play ers — have noticed that head coach Larry Eustachy’s attire is becoming more and have apparently rapins (19-1been paying attention “Don t get me wrong' 0) forward Rodney Elliott said "Santa Para and the College of more limited: a black mock Charleston were good teams but during this part of the season you've just got to be repdy from the opening tip And it doesn't necessarily matter — as they showed — if you're a higher i By Jeff Hunter 7) baseball writers during the Cincinnati Reds minor league camp His visit violated his Iran from meor league hutshaH gn past two seasons losing to Santa Clara in 1996 and the College of Charleston last year So Williams has been sure to let his team know what the are capable of rapins there’s not much hope Aggies (23-- APpholo Pete Ross smiles re-si- s' 1 - J- Jeff Hunter sports writer Bucs I' Tp ! 11- t- - i' i Cborte : n1 v i Th Herald Journal Logan Utah ' f ' : j iyI:1f'v t t? i ' ' ’ t'-n- ?') I i( " : ' t rn 1 1 l I ' 1 ) 'TV'PTS l'n ' ? ' " ty)' - y4 TTV-i'V‘HTAl-ffllTl111- 1 t— :r- - — vrr-T- ’ " TV turtleneck ' for games die same Utah Stats point guard a irMarcus 8axon and the upset against first-rou- See USU on Page 10 Sacramento CaW faded AP photo Aggiss eyed No 20 Maryland In today But no drunken driving charges as an excuse not to sign him The first baseman acquitted last week in Dedham (Mass) District Court said the team told him it would not resume deal undl it negotiations on a long-ter- misses in win triple-doub- le one seemed to care too modi because the iwas winning taking the Aggies hadn’t threatened to dimb tohaghtaf in a decade And after all who asks Bobby Knight how may red sweaters he owns and how often he has itdiem cleaned? But after sporting the same ensemble for all three games of the Big West Ibur-nament the media Started to take notice of Eustacfay's wardrobe' The head coach Jazz hammer Kim the Red Sox are using his arrest on green adidisi swretshirt for practice responded politely that he had a large closet fell cl clothes at home but much to SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Karl Malone wu his wife Stacy’s disdain he stinks — er one rebound and one assist away from a sticks — to what's been working 7 when he was benched late in die third quarter ' "I’m a little superstitions to say the ' ‘ of Utah's eighth consecutive victory least" he admitted - Malone had 23 points nine rebounds and nine So at Wednesday’s practice at the Arco assists in the 110-9-5 victory over Sacramento on Arena there wu Eustachy still dad in Wednesday night when he was pulled by coach what’s left of his jreea sweatshirt coaching Jeny Sloan with 33 seconds left in the third quartet sway in front of alO or so feu and media ' m was certain Vaughn does not have a triple-doub- le drinking problem : ‘ Broncos keep Neil Smith DENVER (AP) — Pro Bowl defen- sive end Neil Smith signed a four-ye$136 million contract with the ar Malone never got back in the game "When I took him out I assumed I'd have to go back to him”- - Sloan sail "As it turned out our in Denver Broncos ending speculation whether the Super Bowl champions would find enough money to keep the free agent Smhh who will receive a $32 million' 'Stockton JQUhI (DC XmQ(CO$ 'ML! agent before last season after nine i with Kansas City Some assumed that he’d change prior to die press conference Where Eustachy would meet the national media an tpleykm camens would get it their vs first loakatifae successfty yTtiRgcoach who post-practi- ce DOWS "free Jeff Hornacek sat out with a sprained knee breaking his string of playing in 299 consecutive : the league games— the seventh-loogest“Hornacek can stay out for another game if we keep playing like thu” said Bryon Russell who 17 points and made all three of his shots "We’re chckidg at the riX time and hopefully we can continue to dick for the rest of the season" Shandon Anderson made his first NBA start in Hornacek’s dace He scored 14 paints and guarded Mitch Richmond Richmond and Corliss Williamson screed 21 points each to lead the Kings who lost their fourth straight on the road and ninth in their last 11 over- Vfodnatday's scores NBA 1 IHL ABL championship Columbus 70 Long Beach 61 Long Beach leads series 2-- 1 er On television 14-ye- IMOui — NCAA ’ Basketball Championship game Utah State vs Maryland six-shot- 4pjn FSR — ABL Basketball playoffs finals game 3 Long Beach at Columbus taped) ' Detroit NHL Hockey SMpjn— NCAA C8S first-roun- d Chicago at Basketball Championship game Utah vs San Francisco rtOpbtn WON — NBA Basketball Chicago at UO pm CBS — NCAA Basketbal Championship d game Nebraska vs Arkansas first-roun- 9ml ESPN2 — Women’s tennis State Farm Evert Cup semifinal match 1 at Indian Can 10 am CBS— NCAA Baskelbal Championship games South Region et Atlanta and Lexington Ky and Midwest Region at Chicago and Oklahoma CNy first-rou- i ' 11 am ESPN — Men’s tennis Newsweek Champions Cup quarterfinal match 1 at Man Wens Calif 1 r pm ESPN — Senior PQA Golf Toshiba Senior Classic first round at Newport Beach Calif v!$ TodqyVquoto “Peter put on a show tooiiL He is fun to watch1 Unfortunately we had to watch — St Louis Blues conch Joel ‘ Quenueville on Colorado't Peter Fors-ber- g who assisted on three goals in the Avalanche'S 2 win over St Louis on Wednesday night 3-- do-acor- nt Quebec 5 Manitoba 4 80 Long Beach 5 Kansas City 4 SO Houston 3 Utah 2 IdOpjiL — ESPN2 j -16 Vancouver 24ontreal 2 tie NY Rangers 5 San Jose 3 Edmonton 2 Tampa Bay 0 Colorado 3 8L Louis 2 Toronto 3 Anaheim 1 first-rou- nd Cache Ydley sees Eustachy everyday And when asked about his game-tim- e appsrel he duki’t have to go a mental et and pick out a Rick Pitinvtype outfit ' "We'll have to wear brown pants and the —nw shirt —4 mm undergarments too" he declared with a hint of a smile In other words Eustachy hu stayed die same while in die spotlight of national exposure and because rtf dud so have the Aggies Late in Utah State’s hour-loopractice from die field and session Marcus Saxon dove for a meanall Richmond wu scored 16 points in the first half keeping the Kings ingless loose ball like a shortstop going after a line drive into the hole The senior v v inthegame Williamson scored 14 in the third quarter on guard magged the carom fell hard to the Utah an eight-poibut ground and immediately popped back up shooting oqiuded halftime lead to 86-6- 7 with 33 seconds left in the That’s not unusual to see m Aggie practices Except in officiated scrimmages period there are no out of bounds lirnss in the Utah led by at least 15 the rest of the wsy "We tried to follow our game plan and it kept us Spectrum So if players have to battle all the way up the stairs around the conin there through the first half’ said Williamson course and into the concessions stands $or VWho finished with just one rebound third-quarta loose ball thev’re going to do it-and second-ha- lf team Our That kind of behavior however was just wqsn’t there in the second half” ' Stockton hit a with 7:21 left in the third apparently new to regular attendees of the ar Ibumament and a dearly stunned 'quarter to give him 14997 points for his careen Wednesday's win helped reverse two earlier reporter just had to ask if that was Utah - losses to die Kings both at rco Arena in Sacra- - State's everyday normal intensity manta “Pretty much” Saxon said "Anybody Malone scored 12 of his points in the first 7:10 on our team would have laid out to get me and pushing balL It was just that 1 was ahead of Neal of die game hitting his first photo the Jazz to a 24-1- 1 lead with 4:54 left in the period (Geddes) and die only way I could get it int NHL CBS The country would see Eustachy like m Atlanta 110 Boston 106 ' PMadetyhla 88 Washington 86 Chariotts 85 New York 78 Ctavsiand 95 MKwaukoa 83 Detroit 122 Indiana 91 Utah 110 Sacramento 95 Minnesota 113 Golden State 84 LA Lakers 121 Portend 107 Pittsburgh 4 Calgary Ottawa 5 Florida 3 careftf lo remember this — RiCkMqjansl But nah forget the Utah State golf shirt or anything close to a tie or a coUat was toen ninth straight home victory over the Kings AP Utah Jazz guard Shandon Anderson front and Sacramento Kings forward : Coriiss WWameon get tangled up going altar a loose bafi t : See JAZZ on Page 10 r See AGS on Page 19 Aggies head to NCAAs Bv USU Media Relatione Four members of Utah State’s track and field teams will be heading to Indianapolis ImL Friday to compete in the NCAA Indore Championships Junior Corey Murdock qualified for die meet in the 400 meters with a provisional mark of 4691 at die Last Chance Qualn fieri held in Bozeman Moot last week-end Shane Bingham also qualified for the NCAAs last weekend when he in the mile at the Butler Last Chance Meet in Indianapolis lad The final member of the men's team going to the championships is pole vaulter Mark Calvin who cleared 973 inches to provisionally qualify far the competition at the Intemwamfin Championships held in Pocatello Idaho clocked a 17-fe- et on Saturday ' Suad the provisional qualifying mark in die pole vault with a season best vault of 12-0-2 onships ' Four years Four region titles That pretty much sums up die prep career of : Justin Wilcock who absolutely dominated the northern at the Intermountain - j Champi- Tct v Fer-ingno- would young Wilcock really fere at the next level a place where grace and power and poise are the rules not the exceptions? Domination wu out of die ’ pionships capped a stellar and exhibition platform event:" On the board Wilcock Wu in second place going into die finds before he nailed six optiood dives to outpoint Utah’S Nick Smith 33023 to 521 501 "Nick wu really pushing Justin then Justin came through with Mg dives when it counted” Russell said 10-met- first-ye- ar laced first or second in nearly all IYITs meets during dm regular season Wilcock now readies for tius weekend's NCAA Zone meetgokxado Springs Colo where he hopes to qualify for die The biggest of those dives was Wilcock’s reverse wMch Russell said wu one of the to be held March 2628 in Aribum Ala "Justin hu a legitimate chance a freshman to make the NCAAs which is very unusual" said BYU head coach Keith Russell who wu recently named u springboard compe- titions and he also took gold in the campaign for me Sky View grad who NCAA Championships can put together three 20 other divers from eight WAC schools Wilcock swept both the ce "When you look kt the difference between high school and college divers it’s easy to see that Justin has already made that jump” Sky View diving coach Calvin Jensen said after: Wilcock cruised to the fourth of his : region crowns last January "He’s a diver already” college-calibsure But how caliber College I performances like the ones he turned in last week in San Antonio it’s a sure bet he and Ms coach will be headed for the Heart of Dixie Competing against Utah diving re" during his tenure as aSky ViewBobcaL n Quite frankly Wikock was Dom a event and was named die WAC Diver to his competiton’ Rod-Ai- d Rolls-Royto their Geo And Ms con ' oftheYeat' His performance at the WAC Cham- sidenble talents did not go unnoticed er The only member of the women's going to the meet is Shae Jones WAC Coach of the Yean "And really him to make it” ? queitipn certainly More likely die CadtoVilley native would be a small fitful a very big pood : Then again nuybe he wouldn’t Wikock now a freshman at Brigham Young University proved he’s still a veritable tuna ip a wash tub at last week’s Western Athletic Conference Championships in San Antonio Tbxas' where he hoarded gold medals in every By Scott Dunn sooftswriter two-and-a-h- alf ' dives Wilcock hu most improved upon since his arrivd in Provo See WILCOCK on Page |