Show ‘O’douq© fee fftki® D°inia©§ 0® (Sln) alfMIlftlIO®lifl ' By Jim O'Connell AP basketball writer The games can’t start soon enough for college basketball ' After an offseason marked by a murder an ethics crisis and confer- ence upheaval fans will certainly welcome the return of dunks and r jump shots in a sport celebrating the silver anniversary of one of its greatest events — Magic Johnson vs Larry Bird ' It was only seven months ago that Syracuse left New Orleans : with ils first national champi- onship Some schools had already removed themselves from 'postsea- son play (Fresno State and Georgia) while another teams - r — players made that' decision (St Connecticut's Emeka Okafor goes up for a dunk in the second half of an exhibition game in Hartford Conn : Bonaventure) Whaj followed was bad behavior by a coach (Iowa State) and a story that crossed the line of sports to murder (Baylor It was all enough that a coaches summit was convened in Chicago a month before the season Almost all the 32X Division I coaches attended the meeting which pro- duced a code of ethics and an agreement to work with the NCAA on changing or eliminating some of the rules governing the sport “It opens up the door for coop- eration revisiting some rules" Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said "Sometimes when we talk about violations or cheating or coaches making a mistake — a lot of these things are rules that maybe could be eliminated’' ' Not all the coaches agreed Texas Tech coach Bob Knight did- -' n't even bother attending the sum- mit ' "The fact that there were some maybe extraordinary circumstances and some situations this year does not set this past year apart from any others in my mind" Knight said The landscape of the sport will certainly change over the next two seasons as teams move from con- ference to conference Almost all the 31 leagues were affected by the decisions of some to relocate based on football It will make for some interesting matchups as schools spend their final seasons facing teams they will soon leave behind “I think it will be pretty wild" first-yeVirginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said “My joke is always how many different ways can someone call me bald?” ar See TIME on Page 19 can shoot from the outside too so that's a very good thing to have -- 7 that balance between : YY both” Perhaps even more impor- - ' taht Pratt feels he has players who possess high basketball Y IQ’s “We aLso have good basket- -' Declo Seniors Todd Parker and Russell Madsen are versatile playersY— both play two posi- Continued from Page 11 tions -r- - wio will also becalled And why shouldn’t the Y upon to provide 'solid minutes ' for the Indians Indians beambitious? four their return They top Among the underclassmen ' scorers in twin brothers Kelly competing for playing time are' ' ( 3 pbihtsper game last year) juniorsMark Holt George Russom Casey Seanions aiid Kolby (92 ppg) Rawlings ' Chris Larsen (9 ppg) and jeremy Burris Mac Jones and 'showed their basketball smarts vv‘ Lyndon Moser Shawn ()1i verson X6 ppg 8 ' in lhe"20U2-()- 3 blocks per gauiej All four-- Ycampaign Y 'y&YYAs always Pratt said he-- ' ' resultboth Fifth ‘Asa an offense players helped pace Kelly arid yYcxpects a District to stand in Preston's '! that had balanced point produc- - Kolbyearricd ' Y ' team Herald Journal tion way of qualifying for the slate v all (he v honors respectively: Kelly Y Y tpumament-AftcYTngoulong with good Indiaris suffered three of their ance Preston is also m'ultiYYYY' w:ho has experience at Iosres'iri district play a yciar faceted in the ways it can put iV ' guard positions as well as : the ball i n the hoop Pratt- said vage swirigmaii hit the' athlcti-cistrt andThariks the Tribe’s While Snake River :nipg shot at the buzZer against ' ' American Falls provided the they are dangerous in fast- -' Snake River to propel the break situations and have' sever-- ' Indians into the state tourney 'M Tribe with their toughest com- Jast season Y Y'' petition last season' Pratt said ’ ulplayersthal can light jjt up ' from beyond the arc: Both Kelly heis unsiire exactly what the “They love the gairie they' and Kolby hit over 20 treys'play hard and they hate losing"' district will look like this time around Pratt Said of the brothers “And Y apiece last year: And this is without mention- - all qf these kidsthale losing 'Y'Y However the former Marsh ' ' (The team) loves to pjay the Valley coach said he expects ' ing the good size Preston has " on the low blocks With to have to battle for every game and they've been good Oliverson a second-teafriends all of the way through s game' ' and that's what it's all “It’s' a tough league” he said Herald Journal AIL Valley' selection last season standing y “Anybody can beat yoti any abputv arid fellow senior Another Indian who willbe"' ' night if you’re not ready to play looked upon for his senior Marc Roberts at 5 the It s as simple as that " ' Indians are a formidable pres- - " leadership is Kyle Heusser Then again Pratt is confident 'ence in the post ' his senior-lade- n Being motivated should be no squad is up to ' ‘Of course wf ll want to go the challenge problem for the point guard' inside (with those two guys)” “I think the players have who suffered a sprajned ankle Pratt said “Heavens yes: We'd in Preston’s semifinal victory matured quite a bit and they're be crazy if we didn’t But vs Pruitland and was unable ready to get after it this season we' vd also got some kids w ho to take the court against and gd to work” he said : - - : 1 ( - : well-balanc- ed : d- Y-J- All-Vall- ey bal-(-- b()th--’YY- V:'six : game-win-- : '" m - - - m - : 6-- 1 Brent StevwwHarald Journal Preston's KeNy Rawiings puls up for a jumper against Snake River last year flawlnga led the Indans in scoring a year ago with 124 paints a game |