Show V 4 B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 3 2003 Tar Heel image tarnished CHAPEL HILL NC (AP) — The door to the basketball office at the Smith Center was locked Wednesday In yean past that might have meant North Carolina was in the Final Four And if the tournament happened to be in New Orleans all the better The Big Easy was a big lucky chann for Dean Smith who won two national championships there — one with a skinny kkl named Michael Jordan So much has changed The best of college basketball is indeed in New Orleans this weekend but the Tkr Heels are still on campds sorting through a mess that came to a head Tuesday night with the resignation of coach Matt Dohcaty He submitted it shortly after athletic director Dick Baddour concluded a series of meetings with players and parents some of whom complained about the coach’s intense practices and drastic mood swings Three Collegelbasketball players transferred last season and others talked about it dus year ’ The Tfer Heels also made the NCAA tournament only once during tenure ' Doherty's three-yeSuddenly the cool calm model of enllty ha rirrthall hiwkm painstak- " ingly built over four decades by Smith and Bill Guthridge had an image problem along with a need to" return to national prominence “That probably are aspects that we have to be concerned about” athletic director Dick Baddour said “If we’ve lost any luster I think we can replare it quite easily” Addfed chancellor James Moeser ‘The foundation of this program goes very deep It is not a difficult building process to build strength on a strong foundation realty has rfivided the supporters of das inmeeraty”hesaid “One of the things we have to do now is rally to the people who kwe this program and unify that 1 L l i Dcuna me new nesa oosco I fer Smith and return phone JordaMbln’t alongside calls Wednesday The lights were out in his closed office A few boxes filled with photos sat in the lobby The reboot said it might look outside the “Carolina Family” for his successor Out in Franklin Street die main hangout for students faculty and fans people had plenty to say i ar : " “There are divorces that take place where truly people are not at fault they just didn’t click” said John Hudson the of Carolina Pride a clothing store filled with North r'amlina (rear “I don’t think you need a lot of co-own-er “The regrettable thing about this is it AP photo See IMAGE on B4 North Carolina basketbal players from left Hashed McCants Damien Price Damion Grant Jackie Manuel arid Melvin Scott Men to a news conference announcing the resignation of head coach Matt Doherty Tuesday ft® ©SHfCD® wm Artest displays bad behavior again ByThe Associated Press CZUZZZZI Allen Iverson had 24 ooints and a season-hig- h 12 assists leading the Philadelphia 76ers 1 to a victory over fee Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night at First Union Arena Kenny Thomas added 16 points and 14 rebounds forThe Sixers 20--5 since the break Jay Williams scored 23 points and Donyell Marshall had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago which has lost four in a row The Bulls fell to on the road They are 4 at home Celtics 90 Heat 62 At Boston Paul Pierce scored 28 points and die Celtics coasted as the Heat tied their game of the i The Celtics never trailed fed by seven points for all but the first 10 minutes and by at least 15 throughout die second half It was die Celtics’ third straight victory after a losing streak But they beat two of the NBA’s worst teams — Cleveland twice and game road losing streak The win let Tbronto coach Lenny Wilkens put off breaking Bill Fitch’s NBA record of 1106 coaching losses Wilkens who set die record for wins in 1995 tied Fitch’s mark in 5 home defeat to die Pistons Tuesday’s Thnberwolves 91 SuperSonks 86 At Minneapolis Ttoy Hudson scored 31 points and Kevin Garnett added 20 Hudson the Tfmberwolves1 streaky point guard fell three points short of his career high of 34 Kings 165 Wizards 99 At Washington Chris Webber torched his old' team again for 28 points nine rebounds and six! assists as the Kings took control in die second quarter Sacramento reduced its magic number to one to clinch die Pacific Division Jerry Stackhouse scored 27 points for Washington Michael Jordan playing almost nonstop in his bid to get to the playoffs one last tune scored 17 points and played 33 of the game’s first 34 minutes and 42 minutes total Bucks 106 Rockets 99 At Milwaukee Sam Cassell scored 20 points as the Bucks erased a deficit The vie-- 1 two games tory moved Milwaukee (37-3ahead of Washington in the race for the Eastern Conference eighth playoff spot The Wizards lost to Sacramento Houston’s loss meant Portland clinched a Western Conference playoff berth Spun 105 Grizzlies 87 At Memphis Term Tun Duncan scored 33 j points and grabbed 19 rebounds leading an inside dominance by San Antonio Duncan connected on 13 of 16 shots from the field as the Spurs won their seventh straight Memphis meanwhile is in a tailspin seven of its last eight Hornets 106 Nets 97 At New Orleans he Hornets clinched their fourth straight playoff spot Jamal Mashburn scored 24 points Baron Davis and George Lynch each added 19 The victory along wife Sacramento’s win at Washington advanced the Hornets to the playoffs Knkks 83 Nuggets 75 At Denver Allan Houston had 27 points and Latrell Sprewell added 16 as New York beat the Nuggets to keep their slim playoff hopes alive 108-10- All-St- ar 3--36 23-1- lowest-s- coring i six-ga- Miami AP photo Philadelphia's Allen Iverson left NBA game in Philadelphia behind Chicago's Jalen Rose in the first half of Wednesdays Pacers 103 CavaUen 82 At Cleveland A1 Harrington scored 24 points and Ron Attest was up to his usual antics while leading Indiana Indiana didn’t miss a beat without Jennailie O’Neal its leading scorer and rebounder Harrington started for 0’Neal who sat out with a sprained right ankle Attest fined and suspended several times this season for bad behavior kept things lively during the fourth quarter He shoved Ricky Davis out of bounds and was assessed a technical foul by referee Tim Donaghy for arguing Artest continued to protest and when teammate Austin Croshere stepped in to stop him Artest pushed him and then knocked away Indiana coach Isiah Thomas' arm On Indiana’s next possession Cays forward Jumaine Jones was given a technical and ejected As Jones was leaving the floor Artest apparently upset that someone had thrown something at him directed an obscene gesture toward the crowd Raptors 89 Pistons 78 At Auburn Hills Midt Vince Carter scored 18 points and Jerome Williams had 11 points and 16 rebounds as Toronto ended a seven- - 92-8- j 13-po- int 9) i j f - j Mickelson back Pirates suffer first loss of season for final tuneup By Shawn Harrison sports editor DULUTH Ga (AP)— Phil Mickelson took 'a month off for (lie birth of his third child and his return to the PGA Tour for the BellSouth Classic comes only a week before the Masters Not great timing for a player looking to win his first major “I am anxious to get out here and play but my game certainty is rusty I am not going to deny that’’ Mickelson said Wednesday “I am not trying to light it up die first couple of days but then hopefully I will progress on the weekend” He and his wife Amy hiul their first son Evan Samuel on March 23 and Mickelson skipped The Players Champi- -: onship last weekend So Mickelson is back on tour for a final tuneup before heading across Georgia to Augusta National for the first major of the year even though the decision to play wasn’t as easy as it might seem “As much as I was excited to come out and pity again it was very hard for me to leave my family” Mickelson said “Our family is in a state of transition with the newborn and it was While it was raining and snowing in Cache Valley it was just blowing in Ter-retIdaho "Like a tornado " West Side softball coach Stan Bingham added "It was a PGA hard for me to leave” His return comes at the TPC at Sngarioaf a course whege he’s had plenty of success Mickelson won here ip 2000 and he’s been in the top seven : ‘ each of the past four yean The only time he’s missed the cut in this tournament was in 1995 when it was played on a different course “I love this golf course and I love what they have done to it this year because the greens are the best I have seen them” Mickelson said “They are so fast and they should be very firm They are identical to what we’ll see next week” While Mickelson is a bit unsure about his game Red Couples appean to be enjoying a bit of a renaissance He’s finished in the top 10 in two straight events including The Players Championship But he’s not overly optimistic about his chances this week Couples has missed the cut both times he’s played in dlls tournament on this course including last year when he shot 78 second round in-th- on -- good cold wind" Which may be why the Lady Pirates never got their bats (two hits) going in their district opener against West Jefferson The Panthers overcame being one hit tb hand West Side itsfirst loss of the season 0 4-- of the second West Jefferson's starting But Bingham was not about to make any excuses or blame the weather because of his team's six errors "Both teams had to play in it" Bingham said "I am not going to make any excuses We just didn't play We did things that if we want to be good that we just can't ff 4-- Beck-stea- do" All of the scoring came in the bottom set debut mark with pitchers By The Associated Press ’ The Detroit Tigers became the first team to have four pitchers make their major league debuts in the same game Wednesday night according to the Elias Sports Bureau baseball’s statistician Jeremy Bonderman Wilfre-d-o Lcdczma Chris Spurting and Matt Roney all appeared in their first big kague game for the Tigers who lost 1 to die Minnesota TWins Bonder-ma- n The became the youngest Detroit starting pitcher since Bruce Robbins 8-- MLB on July 28 1979 Bonderman gave up six runs on nine hits in four innings Ledezma Spurting and Roney — all selected in the draft — com- winter-meeti- ng bined for four innings and gave up only ooe run on two hits “When we got behind 1 we felt it was a good opportunity to get some of our guys in there” first-yemanager Alan Trammell said “These are dungs we’ll do throughout the course of the year We have three Rule 5 pitchers who we think have very good 6-- ar j pitcher stroked her team's only hit a lead-odouble A walk and two dropped' balls (m strikeouts coupled with a bad throw turned into three runs for die Panthers A passed ball made it 0 West Side tried to rally in the fifth but a base running mistake halted that Pirate starter Temelle d took die loss despite a strong effort on the mound She struck out 12 while issuing just three walks and the one hit If die weather allows West Side will travel to Preston today arms and we want to girt them some experience” Bonderman also became the first Tigers player to make die jump from Qass-- to the majors since Jon Warden in 1968 Bonderman is die youngest player to make the Tigers out of spring training since Hammed did it at age 20 in 1978 Minnesota’s Torii Hunter enjoyed hitting against pitchers making their major league debuts He hit a two-rutriple off Bonderman in the fourth and drove in a nin with a sacrifice fly against Roney in the A n Easley signs with Devil Rays Damion Easley signed with the Tkrnpa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday-fivdays after becoming die most expensive player cut loose in baseball history when the Detroit Tigers released him with $143 million still owed on his contract second The baseman is in die fourth seaconson of a $299 tract that pays him $6J million this year The Devil Rays who have the lowert payroll in the majon'will ooty have to pay $300000 of that e five-ye- ar |