Show a Section : Thursday March 7 2002 Page! The Herald Journal Insido Aggies go for USU faces Idaho it again this year)" said Aggie senior guard Tony Brown whose seven Big West Tournament games and 93 scoring average in them tops all current Utah State players " You're always going to give yourself a chance to win if you do those two things" The Aggies have certainly defended Well the last two tournaments In all six games they have held opponents below 40 percent shooting from foe field — an average of 336 percent — and have yielded an average of 50 points per contest Remember last year’s semifinal game against Boise State? The Aggies held foe Broncos scoreless for foe game's final 1201 to win 8 In foe title game foe following night the Aggies held By Gregg Hardy staff writer Utah State freshman gymnast ANAHEIM Calif — Not since the glory days of UNLV has a team won three straight Big West Tournaments: The Utah State Aggies can join those tamed Runnin' Rebel teams which won the tourney from 1989-9-1 providing they can string together three wins over the next force days starting with today's game against the Idaho Vandals at the Anaheim Convention Center Utah State (13-- 5 Big West 21-- overall) tied UC Irvine for the league's regular-sea- son championship but goes in as the No 1 seed via a tiebreaker Idaho 2 which is making its return to the tournament after missing it last year is foe No 8 seed "If we do what we've done foe hurt two ' years guard people and rebound it in three games that would give us a chance (to win first-rou- d2 performing well Sports briefs nd 6 LPGA founder dies PALM DESERT Cslif (AP) — Alice Bauer one of the 13 founding mnnben of the LPGA Tbur died Wwmrsriayfiom complications of colon cancer She was 74 Bauer was diagnosed with cancer six yean ago She died at the home of her sister Moiene Bauer Hagge another LPGA founder who recently was elected to the Hall of Fame Although Bauer never won an LPGA Ibur event she was among 13 women who founded the association in : 2002 Big West Tournament Today's 8) first-roun- action d (all times MST) No 4 Pacific Tigers (11-- 7 19-9- ) vs No 8 Cal Stata Nonthildge Matadors (11-- 7 12-11 pm 8eaaon series: Split Key Info: The Matadors a former Big Sky toon are making their Y Big Wsatlbumamant debut No 1 Utah State Aggies (13-- 5 21-vs ' JO min after and of Game 1 No! 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Conference Tbur-nanr- ar staffing 2 Baytava Iowa §im (delayed f tape) c 7 S1 J: J ' -- J i i ‘f 'if fX 'i - v- ' - Vj- - ’ a Big 12 Conference Ibur-- : ns - : Director Ranee Pugmire calmed me ' down Tuesday afternoon and ' explained that USU president Kermit would still be liddng their i 7-- '' - r riit y f H1 ' V t lStaa t V SA 3-- move addressed Not long ago I remember an athwounds letic director that thought it was ' ' there is more important to introduce new coaches in Salt Lake City excitement : up on the hilL And with good reasoo bdorp eoming north I understand - tfta ctaving for ste-wid- e tics team finisfaedfourfo out offoUr - 'X v1 USU added wranep's baskefoaU erqxrsure teams at a meet hosted by Missouri tad ofo even see why but foe major-- ! Tuesday and I must join in and iise The golf team took lOfo place out of 10 foe catch phrase everyone else is: It's ity of true Aggie fans are in Cadie ' WWy And frankly most of the rest the teams at the New Modoo State Tbum foing to do In facfjj it is fae' mefoa could cardesa V overdue of meaL The buskdfoall team evea the beef is what only iswhy going on at USU My droppedarsretwogamrainarowLy Ouch! 'i : announcement was made in Salt Ifssadbut true They have the “I i -- WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL saapn Lake City first Aggie Athletfo Just whitn' you think the :j Aggies Utah State went athletic events starting last Thurtday t tad running through Sunday i k Here is foe grim nrtaih: Die scball wqX 05 at foe Red Desert Classac Geoige The men's tennis team ' toas swept a BYU The gymnaa- - Conference FOXSN -Pa- c-10 Tournament quarterilnal 4 CaUfomla Wednesday was It couldn't "' - '‘'Finally something to cheer aoirt It was arourii weekend for fob Li-‘i- t game" : Those hurdles woe overcome 8-- womens ESPN2 — Big 12 Conference Tour-Pa- "Ifsabtgwin" sea-so- 4-- nament first round Mfeeouri vs Iowa State at Kansas City Mo V Cl Done so in a big way Wright said foe disparity in talent between the two squads had been Hawkins set the tone for her sin- distinct in the past Shutout gles victory by combining with fel- -' cats So what occurred on UTAH STATE defeats woe the norm in a quiet afternoon at foe low freshman Carolyn Larsen to WOMEN'S foe beginning of Wright's actuwas defeat Wildcats Briana Beauchene Sports Academy TENNIS tenure with USU which and Tua Rosenzwejg in their No 2 ally quite a noisemaker for the Aggie began in 1990 Aggtaed doubles match WfidcatsS But in the last few Thafa what happens Down 0 foe duo battled back he felt he had the athwhen the monkey ape by taking eight of the next 10 games letes to compete with Weber State en route to grabbing an 5 win orangutan gibbon baboon gorilla Ifflmf nd cfiimpwwicfl jump nff though fody always fell short one v In No 3 Aggies Amy Thatcher wayprfoeofoer and Jocee Bergeson wrapped up foe your back at foe same tune "I think physically we had the "I think we're as good as any team doubles point by beating Tiffany to win foe last couple of years Chris team in the state" USU coach but you never know their mindset" See FIRST on B4 Wright sahL "We've steadily gotten By David Coretora round Northwestern vs 7pjn ESPN— ' Wright said "It's such a mental really pleased to havc beaten one of the better programs (in Utah) s Big Tm Conference FOXSN-Pa- olO IT sVIFSiM pjn KJZZ— Mountain West Touma-me- nt quarterfinal Wyoming vs Ak Force at Las Vegas 2 pm FOXSN — Pac-1- 0 Conference Tournament quarterfinal 1 Oregon ve Washington at Lot Angeles LuceroHerald Journal Utah State's Haley Hawkins right and Carolyn Larsen talk to each other during their doubles match against Weber State Wednesday ESPN — Big East Conference Tournament quarterfinal 2 Miami vs Georgetown at Now York ESPN2 — Big Ten Conference Tournament-firs- t round Purdue vs Iowa at Indianapolis m- - 'p- M : Jazz BYU and Utah to worry about USUis way down foe priority list and that is just a fact of life At first I wanted tp chalk up foe decision to March Madness Why else would USU make a major announcement in Salt Lake City ' "It was pever a Salt Lake vs LOgan issue" Pugmire told me "We want foe best coverage we can girt let's do both Frankly we were going to start here (Logan) and go there (Salt Lake City)7President (Haln r was speaking at Salt Lalp rotary today It was foe only way we could dq itt We fully intended to start right here and go down there" f - SceRfGHTonB4 |