Show rrr Ww "‘41! ' i '' ' S'’ ' ' I f k1 j ' ' f’ ' I - tr i p ' ' ' V' ' ' 8 i vwv " V i ?’ - ?': i v'- a of - ' i K a a Pfl6l March 16 1906 The Herald Journal Logan Utah i V ' t 1 ' !V'' a Malone chides Jazz owner teammate Cporfacncpghot SAIT LAKE CTTY (AP) — Karl Mal Miller which he once described as father had grown "strained’ after one says he’s not letting go of the anger and son-lihe feels toward Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller signed die unproven Ostertag to a contract extension worth $39 H Miller or teammate Greg Ostertag ' The power forward made that clear 'mimon last summer: ' ke six-ye- ar Sunday during interviews aired by NBC-T- V and ESPN The NBC interview taped on Saturday was run during halftime of Utah's 109-9- 8 victory at Detroit ESPN interview aired on SportsCentec Malone said he’s working for foe Jazz for about $5 million this season after more than a decade in foe NBA ' i “If that's not a slap in my face I don't know what is" toeftfoot? AH-Ssaid Malone also criticized Ostertag’s work Ur Malone said his relationship with ethic or foe lack of one stemming from the center’s having showed 19 at training camp last foil out of shape Malone also told interviewers he was upset Ostertag acknowledged in a maga zine article last year that he would be a great player fi R anything about it? ThafsacopouL’’ The 7-- 2 Ostertag currently is on foe injured list wifo a stress fracture to Us left leg but may be reactivated this if he only had Malone’s motivation “He said that for the whole world to read” Malone said have a problem wifo foat You have a problem and you don’t do 1 week He has refused interview requests until he resumes playing Malone also repeated complaints foat Miller had not extended coach Jury Sloan’s contract vowing he would not play for the Jazz- unless it is Sloan's tutelage '7 AP photo Miami Fualon mldflaldar Carloa Vaktorrama right manhandlaa Ban Olson of DC United In foe ML8 aon ooanar 8undav 0C! Oporto brlofr Virginia basketball coach steps down CHARLOTTESVILLE Va( AP) — After eight yean as head basketball coach Vuguua'i Jeff lonea resigned a disappointing 9 aeaaoa that the Cavaliers their moat kuei in Utah wins 8th straight on road fd-lowi- ng 11-1- AUBURN HILLS Mich (AP) — One of foe reasons foe Utah Jazz have record is foat foe NBA’s second-be-st they beat foe teams they are supposed to beat They did it again Sunday defeating foe Detroit Pistons 109-9- 8 for their 10th straight win : "That’s a helluva basketball team” said Pistons coach Alvin Gentry "I thought we played pretty well to be honest We snot 49 percent we rebounded well and we didn’t turn foe ball over This one wasn’t us it was them" Utah won its eighth straight road Grant Hill game by double-teamin- g and forcing the other Pistons to step HiB scored 29 pointSi but 10 the game was out of reach and he otdv had one assist Brian Williams added 24 points and 14 rebounds for Detroit but foe other Save Jones' resignation aimownced Sunday night cornea amid an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations in the Cavuien? program However the probe is not believed to have been a factor in Jones' departure Last summer Jdnea was riven a two-ye- contract extension after lengthy 3 © dis- deal and the short term may have hampered recruiting Jones 37 will leave March 31 Holland arid a search for Jones’ successor would begin immediately and that he has not yet contacted anyone 1 CRANS MONTANA Switzerland 30th World Cup race Sunday edging Buraas by 014 Norway’s seconds in die slalom in the World Cup -- i tt Wtalhe wotten’s giant slalom tide ’CftnlWJdf’ffotifoeeit NBA One game will be a family affair Another will feature two schools with a total of 17 national championships And another will be a dogfight 07 between Huskies Rhode NHL Island-Valparai- so and are among the eight matchups in the final 16 of the NCAA tournament 3 Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 8 Florida 4 UCLA-Kentuc- Edmonton C By The Maml 79 Orlando 76 Utah 100 Detroit 98 LA Laksn 119 Vancouver 110 Atlanta 93 Boston 77 Caidna 4 1 Anaheim 5 Colorado 3 Connccti-cut-Washingt- ky on todtenaprite 7 Fort WOyno 3 Chicago 5 Quebec 2 Cleveland 4 Detroit 2 Lae Vegaa 4 Houston 1 Manitoba 3 Ctodnnel 2 80 Long Beach 4 Utah 2 ABL MLS Washington DC 2 Miami 0 On toloVision NIT Tour- game Georgetown ESPN2 — Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament aecond-roun- R — NBA Tournament game d Baskefeal Utah at TgOpjl — Women’s l E8PN second-roun- Min- - NCAA Basketball gamaUC d Santa Bwbaia vs Httnols E8PN2 — Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament aecond-roun-d gome Western Kentucky vs Tennessee 10 pun ESPN — Woman’s NCAA Basketball 11 Tournament aecond-roun- 'i-- “If yob double Karl inside he’s such a good passer that he usually finds foe right people out of foe double: Sloan said “Today he -team’ found some guys for easy baskc "And Jeff is a great heady player: He’s going to make some shots ante his free throws and he knows how to execute our offense and pass the commin- balL”- - ' - ' £&- - Hornacek missed foe previous two said what nukes n that when I quit playing I’m not going to watch a whole lot of games Tmua to the competition ana being “WerirhSPiPlkiii to keep the ball out of Grant Hill’s AP photo hands and double-teahim every the tint had time he touched the ball That was a great strategy” In OwtDCre season Harrick’s sou Jim Jt is an assistant to Valparaiso coach Homer Drew whose star player is his sou Bryce Rhode upset Kansas 80-7- 3 Sunday in foe Midwest Regional to reach the final 16 for & second time in school history Esrlier on foe ssme court game d Arkansas ve Hanwd Today! qooto ‘ "Any time I see we are phmng Dallas Until I retire I am always gring to be excited about playing foe Mavericks I want to make sure they know they made a mistake in trading me” — Phoenix nurd Jason Kidd after recording his 18th career in a 100-9- 0 win over Dados I get excited triple-doub- le in Oklahoma City Valparaiso Florida State beat in overtime to said the 7 12th-seed- ed 83-7- smallest school in foe tournament to foe regional semifinals "Nobody gave us a chance” said Jamie Sykes who scored The most interesting thing about the Connecticut-Washingto- n matchup might be their nicknames Both teams are called foe Huskies a nickname used by only two other Division I teams — Northeastern and ‘ Northern Illinois SOUTH ' ' At Lexington Ky Dike 79 OU&nna State 73 Roshown McLeod had 22 19 prints for Valparaiso "Now Duke points and 10 rrirounds we can say we are in the Sweet (31-readied foe final 16 for 16 This is beautiful You just the first time since 1994 : want to my Nobody knew us The Blue Devils made 7 of 8 and now people are trying to free throws in foe final 40 sec1 ft buy valpo stuns oKim : onds to jclinch coach Mike The regional semifinals start Krzyzewski’s 42nd tournament AP photo Thursday night wifo North win tying Louisville’s Denny si State and ' Rhode Islandh Cuttino Mobley (12) drives to too basket with Kansas' Crum for third bn the all-tiin the East 'list M foe NCAA TpumamenL BHy Thomas defending In fee second-roun- d at Greensboro NG and West r t Joe Adkins led Oklahoma Thomu had 12 prims and 12 prints and Arizona- - State (22--7) wifo 20 points Virginia-Uta- h rrixwnds but was only UCLA 85 Michigan 82 Maryland in foe West at Ana- Syracuse 56 New Mexico 46 from tiw field heim Calif off the worst game Todd B organ had 20 points Coming " of his career senior Kris Joto-On Friday night it’s Dpke-- and 10 rebounds and SyraAt Atlanta son sank eight straight free cuse’s zone defense held New Syracuse and UCLA-KentucKentucky 88JSaint Louis 61 in foe South at SL Petersburg Mexico (24-Jeff Shropard showed no lin- throws over the final 37 to a season-lok and 26 percent from toe field Fla1 and Purdue-Stanfor- d gering effects from an ankle onds to lift UCLA (24-- 8) foe Rhode in The Orangemen (26-8- ) shot sprain scoring 18 points as' Michigan (25-9- ) routed Saint IdidwestatStLouis Michigan cut a late eiht- just 34 percent but committed Kentucky (31-“ The UCLA-Kentucpoint deficit to two on game only eipit turnovers and outre-bound- Lotiia(22-ll- ) the Lobos 49-3- 6 will match the twp schools wifo 'Chris Hdinrich led Saint 16 See SWEET on Page 7 the most NCAA basketball tries New Mexico- star Kenny Louis with a career-hig- h 3) top-seed- nament at Georgia Tech ’ 22 u eighth-seede- Cobmbue 86 Long Beach 81 eeoond-roun-d u one scored 28 and Homacek returned from a knee injury to score UCLA is foe leader with 11 and Kentucky is next wifo six ' The most intriguing game Rhode d might be Island vs No 13 Valparaiso on Friday night Rhode Island is coached by Jim Herrick who led UCLA to the national title in 1993 but wu fired after the following IHL EsK"— Cottage basketbatt u Rhode Island topples Kansas Valpo moves on Sunday! gcoroi Buffalo never really did” Detroit tried much the same stratUtah — doubling Karl Malegy one and forcing the rest of the team Malto shoot But it didn’t work turns into a Eber-hart- er thence Portland 103 LA Clppeta 92 if he started hitting them Fortunately for us he m Utah Jazz guard HowardEJsley left drives against Detroit Pistons' Don Raid 8unday Utah beat the Pistons 109-9-8 season He also won the overall and tides Austria’s Stephan super-- Indtona 91 New York 86 Phoenix 100 Dallas 90 Toronto 100 Golden State 98 wu really concerned about what would happen “We knew we had to be alert of games wifo a sprained knee anexpe- DetroiL because they wterecomirtk off rience be is in ndhutiy to repeat fin- On Saturday Austria’s Hermann Maier finished third in the giant slalom to win his third World Cup championship of the won and I utes it ishing second to Austria’s Alexandra Meisuritzer in the final race 0 Duinan and Lindsey Hunter — bined for only 11 points in 72 wi Hans-Fett- er i- getting some great looks at the basket three starters — Don Reid Joe (AP) — Italy’s Alberto Tomba won his ( shots” he said “Joe Dumars wu ' Tomba wins 50th World Cup ski race Sunday 1 1 “I think they just missed - ar cussions with athletic director Terry Holland But Jones was seeking a longer finals Austria’ didn't give Utah coach Jerry all the credit to his team's : 16 : 1 ky w 8) Ialand-Valparai- v so 4) ed ky - Report rips Fresno St FRESNO Calif (AP) — Fresno State president John Wehy doesn’t think “60 Minutes” treated the Bulldogs’ basketball program fairly in its report on the school's baaketball program The report which aired Sunday night reviewed kqg and anauk suspensions that have plagued foe baskefoaB program this yean Eight of the team’s 10 scholarship players have missed games because they were suspended ineligible far rehsb or quit Coach Jerry Tkrkanian interviewed by Wallace said he is proud of his policy of giving youngsters who made a mistake another chance "I foink it's wonderful foat there are people out there foat help you through this time for Utes and give you an opportunity to be sm fill" Tkdaoian said on foe broadcast Wehy issued a statement that he was disappointed CBS foiled to report foat Fresno State "has developed one of foe most stringent codes of conduct in America and has successfully implemented foe code” Thrkanian said he wouldn’t watch the show and advised his players not to watch it either because he frkwhuacelbetrayed him "When he left here he said I would not be disappointed wifo foe segment” from other Thrkanian said “But reports I got I’m going to be disappointed Wallace didn’t keep his word to me and you can quote me on thaL” up next exams BOISE Idaho (AP) — West - Vir- ginia’s upstart Mountaineers are already m Anaheim Calif to prepare for then fust appearance in the round of 16 at the NCAA tournament in 35 years The players were so excited after 4 upset of Cincinnati on Satthat they urday probably could have flown without a plane ' have the The Mountaineers (22-luxury of a week in foe land of Disneytheir : - 75-7- 8) land because its sorinc break in Moman-tow- n Not so forUtah West Vgiriah i opponent Thursday night at The Pond v ’ The Utes headed back to Salt Lake City for final exams "If you ask me my biggest worry it's not West Virginia it’s that we’ve got exams this week” Utah coach Ride Majexus said "Every year we fall into this trap We have exams right in foe middle of the tournament” : The Utes foe Na 3 Seed in foe West passedtheireariy NCAA tests wifo flying See UTES on Page 7 I '1 iMenaBAndfea ' :Vt |