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Show 6 Thursday February 28, 2013 SPORTS Packed powder on trail, bumps off trail along with the usual crusts TODAY'S SKI REPORT 12° / 9 a.m. Alta Brighton 25° / 3 p.m. www.dailyutahchronicle.corn 12° / 9 a.m. 225° I 3 p.m. Canyons 17 °I9a 31 0 I 3 p 17° / 9 a.m. D e e r Valley 31° / 3 p.m. TODAY: Men's Basketball Utah @ California 7 p.m. Berkeley, Calif Women's Basketball 7 p.m. Corvallis, Ore. AP TOP 25 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Baylor Notre Dame Connecticut Stanford Duke Cal Penn St. Tennessee Maryland Kentucky Georgia Dayton Texas A&M South Carolina North Carolina Louisville UCLA Delaware Colorado Nebraska Green Bay Syracuse Iowa St. Florida St. Purdue Solitude 13° / 9 a.m. 26° / 3 p.m. RECORD r4 # 11 26-1 25-1 25-2 26-2 26-1 25-2 23-3 22-5 22-5 23-4 23-4 24-1 21-7 22-5 25-4 22-6 21-6 24-3 22-5 21-6 22-2 22-4 19-6 20-7 20-7 McDonald by his father, and the two became incredibly close, wakASST. SPORTS EDITOR ing up at five a.m. each mornPlaying for powerhouse ing to work out in addition to Westchester High in Los An- traveling together to DuBois' geles has its perks. A packed various basketball tournastadium is a guarantee for ments. each game, and players suit Gary DuBois fell on hard up in Nike duds, courtesy of times financially in 2008 and a sponsorship. Back when began living out of his car. Utah guard Jarred DuBois When he regained financial played for Westchester, a stability a short time later, group of special education Gary DuBois made the deciteachers routinely frequented sion to continue living in his the stands. Realizing he pos - car while helping his two oldsessed far more Nike gear est sons because they didn't than he would ever wear, hold scholarships like Jarred DuBois made the decision did. In addition to his sons, during Christmas time of his he has helped other family sophomore year to give some members financially over the of the gear to the students. last few years. Gary DuBois, The donation was the first a middle school physical eduin a series of goodwill efforts cation teacher, only recently DuBois has made throughout began to search for a home. the last few years. For DuBois, The goodwill from Gary the aim is to pay forward the DuBois has extended beyond efforts others have made on that, however. Two years ago, his behalf that helped him he heard of a group that feeds lead a comfortable life. the homeless in Los Angeles "Having a time in your and decided to participate in life when you didn't have the service. anything, and you had other Gary's philanthropy didn't people who were willing to go unnoticed. Over the years, give not only something, but Jarred DuBois has adopted time, I think is something that his father's charitable tendenhas helped me," Dubois said. cies. "I learned that from people "I didn't really consciously spending time with me and think about [teaching him helping me." about serving others]," Gary The primary influence on DuBois said. "It wasn't someDuBois' generosity is his fa- thing I was trying to teach ther, Gary. After his parents him. I didn't know it would divorced when DuBois was four years old, he was raised See DUBOIS page 8 Ryan Utah @ Oregon St. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12° / 9 a.m. 25° / 3 p.m. GOOD SAMARITAN Senior guard Jarred Dubois learned from his father to serve others both on and off the court FRIDAY: TEAM Snowbird DuBois delivers UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS RANK Conditions and weather from utahskiweathercom CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle MEN'S BASKETBALL Utes prepare to meet Cal's Crabbe Ryan McDonald ASST. SPORTS EDITOR In the second of three consecutive road games, the Runnin' Utes will face a Cal squad tonight, one of the hottest teams in the nation. Starting with their defeat of Utah on Jan. 24, the Golden Bears have won eight of their last io games, including five in a row. Sitting fourth in the conference, four of Cal's most recent victories have come against the conference's top three teams. Utes' head coach Larry Krystkowiak pointed to offensive execution as a reason for the Golden Bears' success. Cal is led by Pac-12 Player of the Year candidate Allen Crabbe and point guard Justin Cobbs, who won conference Player of the Week last week, but other players have come on strong recently. Tyrone Wallace is a solid guard, Richard Solomon is an athletic forward and David Kravish is a skilled big man. And they're all getting their touches. "They do a great job of passing the ball," Krystkowiak said. "When guys are open, they get it. They're really, really efficient right now" As much as other players have been stepping up for the Golden Bears as of late, it's no secret that their offense runs through Crabbe. The junior guard leads the conference in scoring at 19 points per game. Having shut down their opponent's top scorers prior to playing Cal just over a month ago, the Utes were unable to stop Crabbe as he went off for 23 points on 8-of-is shooting from the field, including 4-of-6 from downtown in a 62-57 victory. Only a late Utah rally made the score as close as it was. "He's just one of those wings that you really can't take away his options, and their offense is kind of built around him," Krystkowiak said. "Basically, when you're trying to defend him, you can't be in the right spot, and I think that's an indicator of what a great wing he is. He just goes where the defense isn't." While Krystkowiak credited Cal's offense as a reason for its success, The NCAA regulates its players unfairly r°1 JAKE BULLINGER \lor -41111--AL. Sports Editor t the University of Minnesota, a college student who loved music wrote an inspirational rap song. He posted it online, and it's received, as of publishing, just shy of 48,000 views on YouTube. The artist also posted it on iTunes, hoping to make a little money, as college students should. Nothing wrong with this story, right? Ah, but there is one tiny wrinkle. This student, Joel Bauman, was a wrestler for Minnesota, putting him under the dictatorial cloak of the NCAA. Thus, since he made any money, or even gave himself the potential to make money, without promptly handing it over to the powers that be, the NCAA has deemed him ineligible for the rest of the season. And this, sports fans, is what college athletics has become. If you read the NCAA website, you would think the nonprofit is God's gift to college athletics. It protects the sanctity of the college game by allowing only scholarships as compensation. What it doesn't say is that the NCAA goes to extreme lengths to prevent athletes from A CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle Renan Lenz and Jason Washburn smother an Arizona player Feb. 17. Defense will be key for the Utes to finish the season strong. Golden Bears' head coach Mike Montgomery said this week it has been defense that has been the difference in his team's surge over the last month. "We've had to buckle down to give ourselves a chance," Montgomery said in his weekly press conference. "We've had some stretches where we've played really good defense when we've gotten ourselves in trouble and have just taken each possession seriously and tried to give ourselves a chance, but I think focus has been better." Cal's improvement on defense doesn't come as a great sign for Utah, which turned the ball over 17 times when the two teams last met. A whopping 15 of those occurred in the first half alone. The Golden Bears were credited with i6 steals in the contest. Even though the Utes' offense struggled to get going in that game, center Jason Washburn still feels as though a strong effort on defense will be Utah's key to success tonight. "It's not the easiest of tasks, to say the least," Washburn said of playing a hot team like Cal. "We're gonna have to sit down and guard them. Crabbe kinda had his way on us last game, and so did a couple of their bigs, so we gotta make some adjustments to that." The contest will tip off at 7 p.m. and will air on the Pac-12 Networks. r.mcdonald@chronicle.utah.edu Twitter: @ryanwmcdonald See BULLINGER page 7 |
