Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 6 2002 J ' — ' ' i Kerrigan sent packing by the Red Sox FORT MYERS Fla (AP) — Joe Kerrigan's short tenure as manager of the Boston Red Sox is over The overhaul of the team isn't Kerrigan was fired Tuesday sis manager six days after John Henry and his partners became owners and five days after Dan Duquette was dismissed as general manager Mike Cubbage was appointed interim manager but he sain may return to the third-bas- e coach's box as the team intensifies its search for a permanent manager Once that mqn is named — bench coaches Grady Little in Cleveland and Ken Macha in Oakland are possible candidates — Kerrigan could get some good news He could return as pitching coach a role he excelled ill for Boston since 1997 until he was thrust into the manager's job with no pro managing experi- ence when Duquette fired Jiniy Williams last Aug 16 “This kind of decision is always difficult to make" interim general manager Mike Port said of Kerrigan's firing “We have the utmost respect for Joe and admire his work ethic and his achievements its a pitching coach" Port left the dqor open for Kerrigan to return to that job saying he's one of the two best coaches he’s worked ’ pitching with in more than 2(f years as a major league executive But Port cited inexperience as a key factor in Kerrigan’s ' firing Tuesday think the commitment from the girls wiDllwill be a great complement fothe increase It wiHtive them something to strivcrketball program and awelcomew the Big West Conference as for especially ifthey want to stay in Cachr taive to be “1 w : was cxcuca id near me news limns my i haw hue uur span is agoyui Division I school needs to have women's biiiiirecededted national lntereststtendance ketball High school girls need role covengetnd television exposure “ is for the this This going to be great padding women's basketball tqjtn’nportf a girls in modemedia Utah State taise mutyr—Aprtt&opeKafomtrAg&PfZnrtiib basketball player who poached and now teach-- £ athletic es at Mountain Cnst High She hoUt the USUNo12 season record for points per fame at 19S But-1- vv — eulid abiChah Utwdy'myay I of (Pftiingtbe k''Jt:'ikhaUTbd Boston Red Sox manager Joe Kerrigan was fired Tuesday by the new coach Mike Cubbage Red Sox ownership and replaced by third-bas- e ) (one and done) finale' their fourth 1 straight win Just one prob- lem with the Matadors: they rely on using their press towin and pressing takes a lot of energy It will be awfully difficult for them to stay confident heading into the tourna- -' ' ment Head coach Bob Thomason has Jerry Stackhouse had beaten Charlotte on Sunday in the final seconds but this time lost the ball out of bounds with 28 seconds to go Then Jones took Strickland’s inbounds pass fcnd hit the shot just as the buzzer sounded NBA Continued from B1 17- by hitting a wide-ope- n footer with 8 seconds left at ' Auburn Hills Mich 1 Shanna spent part of this i son as an assistant to Amanie Crosbie’s Sky View team Cha-lyis currently an assistant softball coach at Mountain Crest Both attended Bear River So their feet are in the door no question about that 86-7- OK so this might be a — make that sisterly competition but one thing is for sure Now that the program is “there” finally the Stevens sisters just hope they can stick around for the next ride friendly tourney especially with the tournament’s first-rou- LOW-scori- ng free-thro- w same had 30 pants and 20 rebounds and Mkhaej Finley scored 24 but both teams had their fewest points of die season Phoenix’s offensive flameout came against the Dallas defense that is allowing an NBA-wo1017 points per game Hie Mavericks alro avenge 105 this was tbeir lowest output in a victory this season JakeTkakalidis led Phoenix with IS points Shawn Marion had 13 points and a season-high 18 rebounds : nt m Dre-e-e-a-- NCAA basketball'"-'"MEN AUTOMATIC SoolhBOt-Con- Florid Atlantic Sun Contaranc Gonzaga VM- - - Atlantic Waal Coast ' (28-3- Louiaiana-Lataya- Natf TBA TOURNAMENTS' 78-7- 0 Horizon Murray' Slata Ohio Val-lay' Contaranoa North GandnnWbningian Colonial ABMcAaaodaion Siana Matro Atlantic baat ) 8t 84 Taxaa Southarn Champlonahip 78 Loyola ol Chicago 76 OT - Ming 88 Valparaiso Mill Taatam AtMaUc Bathuna-Cookma- n Shota 70 ' Mtd Sun Baft ConNranca ' Flrat Round i' 82 W 76 Kantucky louialanaLala)aiia70 TranSouM Confaranod South Contaranoa " Ky Gaorgalown Cumbariand Ky 79 66 vNa‘ Na 17 Taxaa IMi (16- 10) baat Missouri 76-5- 1 Nxt: va No 7 Baylor Flral Round ' Boiaa Bt 73 UTEP 72 114 OT ' No 25 Florida 66-4- Intatnn-tlon- baat North (26-5- ) Twaa Mavericks 81 Suns 77 At Dallas Dirt Nowitzki Naxt: NCAA 9 toumamanL TOURNAMmT Big Em! 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' Contaranc o - r-'V- nant Contaranc Waatarn Kantucfcy ' Bun Bias Contaranc Winttirop Big 8oylh Contaranc I Creighton' Miuouri toy Confsrsncs Dov)(ftqn vPrll- ' ' ’ al season Houston had fee wont losing 15 in a row at one point It was the first game back for Olajuwon since being traded to Ibronto last August after 16 seasons withthe Rockets Olajuwon who played 1177 games for Houon was given die his customary “Hak-e-e-eintroduction and die crowd went wild duringa standing ovation before die game SCOrcGBOABE) nd buzzer-beatin- 95-7- Vince Carter tied his season high with 43 points as the Rap-ton lo6t their 12th straight tying Miami and Cleveland for die two-ti- defending champions as its opponent The only hope for the Vandals: force the Aggies into a LOW LOW game (25-2- 2 with a 3 at foe buzzer would g be ideal for head coach Leonard Perry) A bad sign: not one Idaho player ranks among the Big West’s top 15 in scoring nor the top 10 infield-gopercentage shooting and assists One final thought: The Big West Conference should be praying to the college basketball State gods for a UC bvine-Uta- h Both meetings- championship game season this between the two teams came down to the final buzzer Pure classics A third would likely be the a fust-roun- Utah State top-seed- season-endin- Houston where die team’s current top player Steve Francis scored 35 points Former Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon returned to win” assistant softball coach at American Fork also dreams of coaching at the Division I level Looks like an impending (ill top-seed- ed Jones led the Heat with 24 points while Alonzo Mourn- ing had 18 points and 14 rebounds- and Briap Grant added 16 points and 15 boards Rockets 112 Raptors 109 ce Cal Poly’s hopes seem to rest with their nigged frontcourt duo of Vamie Demis (148 ppg 56 rpg) and Brandon Beeson ppg 63 rpg) No 7 Long Beadi State 49en (one and done) Since head coach Wayne Morgan announced his resignation effective after the season the 49ers have reeled off five straight wins includg thumping an 0 over their ing d oppo-nent UC Irvine Beach fans should temper their enthusiasm though In last year’s tourney die Niners won six of their last seven games before getting trounced by Boise State 0 in the first round Senior center Travis Reed is a stud reaching double-figur- e scoring in 12 of his last 14 games No 8 Idaho Vandals (one and done) The biggest longshot to win the 2-- 16 competition between twins “If that’s what it’s going to be then that’s fine” Shanna joked “May the best coach Mtion Continued from B1 Senior guard Markus Carr has carried Cal State Northridge this season ranking third in the Big West in scoring (160 ppg) first in assists (541 apg) and first in steals (27 spg) He is 11th in the country in steals and last year led the nation in assists No 6 Cal Poly Mustangs (one and done) Should be a quick exit especially since UC Santa Barbara swept the Mustangs this season Struggled mightily down the stretch losing four of their last five Season finale loss UiiJU at home to Cal State Fullerton which finished in league is a telling sign Some cause for optimism though: last year’s team lost five straight and six of seven to end the regular season but nearly upset UC Irvine Made a huge statement by knocking off Utah State in the season to step into the as someone who is vledgeable to the area” said Chalyce who will graduate from USU this spring “And to be on a Division I level staff is where I want to be” Shanna who is now an “I would like Twins fresh enough to win three games in three days last five years' Last season the ' Tigers stunned UC ' in the semifinals Irvine 74-3- 8 before falling to Utah State Unlike last season though the Tigers have much more athleticism with the addition of junior guard Demetrius Jackson (130 ppg 35 ' apg) to their backcourt No 5 Cal State Northridge Matadors Continued from B1 But all streaks do eventually come to an end and if UC Santa Barbara has anything going for itself it is a stifling defense The Gauchos rank third in the country in defensive field-goand percentage (37-4ninth in scoring defense (600 ppg) Junior forward Mark Hull’ (150 ppg) and sophomore swingman Branduinri Fullove (144 ppg) are among the league's top scoring tandems Both are deadly from range with Fullove making 43 percent of his treys and Hull at 41 percent No 4 Pacific Tigers (semifinals) Fife straight victories including two over UC Irvine and Utah State ' have the Tigers feeling supremely Tins is a great day It’s a great opportunity ybaskedslf traditioh irijGtaih Sfaj&£V for high schobl athletes to come op and secyif’FmkWC Santa Barbara head baa coach in Boston from 1997-9- 9 and filled in several games the past two years when Indians manager Charlie Manuel had health problems Others mentioned for the job are former managers Buck Showalter Jim Fregosi and Felipe Alou Port said he expected the current coaches to stay on under the new tpan- ager That might not include pitching coach Ralph TYeuel who got his job after Kerrigan became manager and would be out if Kerrigan returns manager which the Red Sox want to complete before open- ing day April 1 Pent said He said there are several candidates but would not identify them citing tamper- ing rules regarding personnel on other teams That would indicate that Little and Macha are in the mix Macha is a former minor league manager in Boston’s- system Little was bench Shifoi tanks Diyitkm women's bask Big West will benefit from the! women's basketball club the and a player for thefirstfour seasons 99) qfthe club existence' AP photo in the search for a permanent t bockfortherightreasdmi lt Is positive tion and die resources are now there to sl-Rod TueUer former VSlj athietk ) we neeato credit the girls on die chib team' They sacrificed a lot ofthings and they did ft “A greater element of man- agerial experience" is a priority at Cohnuhcoach “I think it's an honor for Utah State to finally get a women’s basketball team guided Pacific to 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