Show M L 4 i iy y y a i 7 a n a 2 S 9 h sa v x y 1 A. A N I N I Photo by Mat by-Mat Mat Bier Bid Freshmen Andre Miller above Jennifer Brown below left left left- and Megan Peck below right will be key elements in next seasons season's title campaigns b f I U q 4 4 i in N No Nw n w r o rA Photo by Ed Ule 4 f 3 r y o d A k kJ kr kw w 0 r M 1 X H T J a A W 4 Photo by Ed ule a I S SIts SIt's Its It's been real its it's been fun but Mat Baer Sports Editor HE ride is over for those T THE of us who have followed Bruin basketballs basketball's 91 1990 season It has been an up- up down and-down extravaganza filled with anticipation disappointment disappointment disappointment exuberance and exasperation We witnessed women's team under the wing of first year head coach Soni Adams rise to the brink of the playoff picture with a fifth place finish But why only the brink of the playoffs and not into the wild postseason postseason postseason post post- season mayhem known as March madness fifth placed women's team was snubbed for the second straight year because of a Dark-Aged Dark money inspired rule which allows only the top four fourte te teams ms to advance to the playoffs And guess what This rule only applies to the women's league The mens men's t tournament tournament urna- urna ment field consists of the top eight Ight finishers Apparently the regions region's athletic directors feel that the women's tournament tournament tournament ment would lose too much money if they played an extra day so they swipe the privilege away from the fifth through eighth placed teams That's a pretty lame excuse excuse excuse ex ex- ex- ex cuse and I hope that things will change by next season On the side flip-side we watched the mens men's team move up a notch in the season standings from seventh in 1990 to sixth in 1991 and shock the region with an impressive second Ii place finish in the postseason post season tournament B But t the surprises were not over as far as the mens men's team was concerned The administration found it necessary to retire Head Coach Jeff on the Wednesday following the tournament and place his assistant assistant assistant as as- Norm Parrish at the helm for the 92 1991 season Its It's not toot too too often often that a acoach acoach acoach coach who takes his team from the bottom of the conference conference conference con con- ference to the playoff finals gets II retired There are many underlying ing issues regarding M exit and they have remained unmentioned in part due to tomy tomy tomy my negligence in reporting them I must note that those who X I rely on to gain my information information information in in- formation have hay been too gut gut- less to tell me what they know on the record However However However How How- ever most of these people from players to administration tion and staff have been quick to stab at once fear of K their comments being printed had been lifted If this sounds like a railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road operation in many ways it is But the train wouldn't have jeopardized position if he hadn't thrown himself on the tracks temper and nd his actions were his nis d downfall If he h has learned his lessons from his experience at he will once again take over a program som somewhere where in the county and turn it into a winner has a way of motivating players to over- over achieve This years year's squad is a prime example er laa i y T r w 3 Y ix n 4 r 5 r LL S H C t I Jeff II |