News Scrapbook 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)

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a Los Angeles school that defeated a San Diego school twice and finished ahead of it in the conf~rence. Why not take them both, you say? Well, this is a New York tournament. Most of the peo- ple m the world - let alone on the island of ,lfo attan - never have even heard of the WCAC, much Jess Loyola Marymount and our guys. If USD uddenly could change its last mitial to 'F," which would make 1t far-more- famous USF, then maybe 1t would have a chance. "I know what you're saying," Toreros coach Hank Egan says. "I think we have a very slim chance, at best. ''The only thing I feel bad about IS that we had a good basketball team this year. And now, with all this talk about the NIT, it's like the whole season will be a mess if we don't make it. I don't see it that way."

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Meanwhile, the NCAA I getting rtady to make its big presentation t morrow after- noon at 3 our time on CBS, \-1 hen 1t will an- nounce the seed for its tournament. The NCAA and the network treat t · like nation- al election returns. You expect to see Dan Rather. Instead, we get Gary Bender (1s Brent Musburger ill, or what?). "This is the only time in sports where the actual announcement of hard news comes on live television," says Len DeLuca, director of program plannmg for college sports on CBS. What's hard about it, Len?

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arymount. On top of this, Loyola Marymount twice defeated USD this season. true that the San Diegans finished with a bett r overall record than the Lions (18-10) and that they had the tougher schedule. But it's difficult to beheve that the IT folks with 32 teams to pick - are going to pass on It I

By T.J. Simers Slaff Writer

They met at 5 last night for P:ac- tice. The Univei.:my of _§jn Diego baskfil,ha)I team .wailteato p_re- pared if the National Inv1tation Tournament called, but an hour later practice was over and the telephone . They waited and waited, but the call never came. Then around 7-40, USD officials learned from a reporter that the NIT had announced its 32-team field and had bypassed USD in favor of 17 teams with fewer victories than the 19-9 Toreros. "It's a little disappointing," said USD coach Hank Egan, "but we don't want the NIT selection committee to make it a bad year for us." USD loser twice to Loyola Mar- ymount during the season, figured its West Coast Athletic Conference com- panion with an 18-10 record undoubt- edly would get the nod from the NIT. But USD was hoping Loyola would be matched against Cal, giving USD an outside chance of meeting 15-13 UCLA in Pauley Pavilion. Last night the NIT did select Loyo• la to play at Cal, and it invited UCLA to host a first-round game. But then it stripped away USD's hopes by_ pitt- ing UC-Irvine, 16-12 and a wmner twice over Nevada-Las Vegas, against the Bruins. "I told the kids we don't have a complaint with Loyola because we didn't beat them," Egan said. "But smce Christmas we have been a pret- ty consistent team, won five of our last six games and were the only con- ference team to beat Pepperdine. I thought we were a pretty good ba$- ketball team, but for whatever rel¼ son the NIT didn't pick us." The field in the West include UCLA, Loyola, UC-Irvine, Cal (19-9J, New Mexico (17-13), Northern Ari• zona (19-10), Montana (21-9), Wyo- ming (20-11) and BYU (16-13). The NIT also took 15-13 Pittsburgh, 15-13 Providence and 14-14 Ohio State. Middle Tennessee State (23-10) post- ed the best record of any team picked for the NIT. "Anything I would say would seem like sour grapes," Egan said. "We had a good season and we hope to was quiet.

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t-Jank Egan doesn't find the help his Toreros need. havP a better one next year." The Toreros will return three starters next season, including 7-foot center Scott Thompson. Thompson, after basketball practice last night, adjourned outside to watch his soft- ball team play. "We only have seven guys, but I'm sitting this one out until I find out fpr sure whether we're going to the NIT" said Thompson. n' was the top of the fifth when Thompson learned his basketball season was officially over. "I guess I'm a softball player now," he said. "It looks like there is still time to squeeze me in the game. •11 thought we were playing well at the end of the season," Thompson added. "A postseason tournament might have made a differen~e." The WCAC will stage its ftrst post· season tournament next year. /

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*Canepa~\~-:--------------------- ,.,, t.:::..S So, what the heck. u you're that 56 teams, the closer you get to 64, it Maryland, the computer says, had Continued FfTIJTIIJ-1 d- '"' desperate to know what's going on gets harder and harder. They all look the toughest schedule overall. The ot hat it will matter lo us, any- " Terps' non-conference schedule If ' bl o aren't tomorrow, send a check to Easter alike. It's like splitting hairs. ay you re on ca e, Y u th I th ranked 11th, but coupled with their omg to s 1t her.:. Chl 8, CBS's Seals and turn on ESPN. It's nice to know, Dick, a ere N 1 al ,1ff1hate, won't show it at any • • • are at least 55 remarkable college ACC games, they moved to o. . 11 e t morro11. cau e the Easter basketball teams in the United Here are the 10 teams with the als lelhon II be running during I was reading the other day where States. The way you put it, Manhat- toughest overall schedules, accoi:d· th t ~riod. the Atlantic Coast Conference will tan College, ranked dead last in ing to the NCAA: Maryland, LoUIS· Chi 8, you are officially pardoned send as many as six teams to the America. may be on pins and needles ville, Georgia Tech, Cincinnati, Prov- herc. Of course, there will be com- NCAA Tournament. And you can de- tomorrow awaiting its bid. idence, Kansas, Wake Forest, Iowa plam rs. pend on the Big East - that made- After all, they all look alike. State, Michigan and Connecticut. "Oh h" Chi 8 kes for-TV basketball conference - hav- • , say OD" • ·po • • • • Here are the 10 schools with the m n "Ne'I get complamts We're al- ing its share. b most di"fficult non-conference sched- " bo t t h · the Sounds fair to me. As you may or may not know, t e r auy c nng a u no s owmg Dick Schultz, who chairs the selection committee now puts great ules: Louisvi le, New Mexico State, h1gan-Indian.1 game (today), even I Th t' St. Bonaventure, St. Joseph's (Pa.), h b th • h d NCAA's Basketball lection Com- stock in strength of schedu e. a s I oug ere s not mg we can o h S k UCLA, Kent State, Cincinnati, Kan- b I ·t Th t k · 't f d ·1 mittee, claims that ser t1ment will be why San Diego State coac mo ey a u I . e ne wor I n ee mg I Id t sas, Middle Tennessee and Georgia to u ." no factor in choosing the 64-team Gaines - whose team wou no ESPN 1 th l h f th . to tournament. have made the NCAAs last year bad Tech. s e rea ome O ,is· ur- According to Schulfz, a team such it not won the WAC Tournament, de- In getting to th e tournament, nament, anyway. CBS doesn t Jump . 1 bed led Lou"isv1·11e not only played Memphis t I h ch I t If as Villanova, last year's nallona spite a 23-win season - sc u 10 un I t e crun com a er on. State and v1·rg1·na Tech twice in the k II h · th champion, will "have to earn it." more difficult teams this winter. you ta e co ege oops 10 e vems, d" t Metro Conference, but also had to "<'PN' th I f Th abl The Wildcats, who have won more I understand that accor mg o , ,...., s c p ace or you. e c e 11 h h d see Kansas (twice), St. John's, Ken- t k h . h h 37 ·11· n than 20 games in the Big East, have NCAA computers, Louisvi e as a ne wor , w 1c reac es m1 10 f lucky, Syracuse, Indiana, Purdue, h ·11 h t J ised 26 f earned it. Poor example, Dick. Be- the most difficult non-con erence om wi ave e ev con er- UCLA, North Carolina State and De- ence playoff games by tomorrow, 22 sides, if they don't ma e it, they may schedule this season. In other words, I , ESPN Jso ·11 b · go to the NIT and take on USO the Cardinals, playing extremely Paul. of them ive. a Wl nng us · be J-.J. Now that's a maJ·or college sched- 2 NCAA T t ff · 12 of Yeah, and I'm John Wooden. well now, anyway, would a "'-"" 1 oumamen a airs, ule. Smokey, get on the phone. them llve, beginning ext Thursday. Ad

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the years at the Sports Arena, and there aren't many perks, such as a radio or TV show or a summer basketball camp, to attract a USC is also the only school in the that doesn't have a campus arena. Rival schools point out those things to potential re- Pacific IO There is a plan within the uni- versity to either make the Sports Arena a more attractive site or build a campus facility, although that latter project is down the road. Although McGee and Morrison said at a Tuesday night press c?nference that they had formerly discussed the possibility of Morri- son's moving Into the administra- it's believed he was forced to resign in the wake of USC's last-place standing in the Pac. IO and ongoing personnel problems, most recently the sus- pension of forward Derrick Dowell. Not only has Morrison left the coaching job he held for seven years, but there also is a possibility live field, big.name coach . cruits.

that some of his star freshmen players may transfer to another school. Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble, both recruited from Philadelphia by assistant coach David Spencer, said they were upset and shocked by Morrison's resignation. Gathers, Kimble and freshmen Tom Lewis and Rich Grande re- portedly met late Tuesday night to express their support for Morrison, saying they wanted their coach to stay. There isn't the likelihood of that, but Spencer said he hopes lo be retained by the new coach. "The assistants are still working and recruiting, and hopefully I'll be retained," Spencer said. "If not, I don't intend to get out of coaching." Even though Morrison is no longer USC's coach, Spencer said that USC has not lost out in the recruiting competition to sign Chris Monk, a 6-9, 235-pound prep star from San Francisco, After early signings, USC has only one schol- arship available.

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C"onti ued'from Pare 2 bus, Ohio, newspaper has reported that Williams' appointment at Ohio State would be announced this It has also been rumored that McGee already has some definite candidates in mind and that the committee process is a smoke One of thos would be Cincinnati Coach Tony Yates, who was hired by McGee when McGee was that school's athletic director. But Yates' three-year record of 32-55 isn't very attractive. Bob Boyd's name has also sur- faced. The former USC coach has left Mississippi State and is report- edly not interested in coaching in the college ranks anymore. Major coaches will not necessari- ly be lining up for the USC job, though. The basketball program has long been a stepchild to the football program; there is apathy afternoon. screen.

It has b en reported that Jim Harrick has one about all he can do at Pepperdm and that, perhaps, it's time to move on-1f he can find the right coachmg situation. He would like to stay m Southern Cal1forma and would be gratified, his fri nds say, 1f he were to becom the new coach at the Um~ ersity of Southern California. rhatjob became ava1lable Tues- day when Stan Morrison, USC's coach for the last seven years, announced his resignation to be- come an as oc1ate athletic director at the school. "If USC Is mterested in me, I would be interested m them," Har- rick said Wednesday. USC has Just begun the process of selecting a new coach through a committee process.

USC Athletic Director Mike McGee said that he didn't want to be held lo a timetable in regard to choosing a coach because many of the candidate are mvolved in the NCAA tourna ent. Harrick i ne of them. His Waves, the Western Collegiate Athletic Conference champion with a 25-4 record, will meet Maryland m a first-round NCAA tournament game Friday at the Long Beach Arena. Whenever there is a major coaching vacancy, schools an- nounce grandly that they're con- ducting a nationwide search. Perhaps, the Trojans won't have to look any farther than their own backyard. Harrick, the four-time WCAC coach of the year, 1s presumably

available. So is UC Irvine's Bill Mulligan, the 1986 coach of the year in the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. Mulligan, a former USC assistant coach, was asked if he's seeking the USC job. "I'd be interested in talking to them," Mulligan said cautiously. Harrick and Mulligan have the advantage of having recruited in this area while maintaining numer- ous contacts. That fact isn't lost on the USC administration, although there are such other coaching prospects as, -Boyd Grant, Fresno State's successful coach, who resigned Monday, although those close to Grant say he wants to get out of coaching. -Gary Colson, New Mexico's

coach, who formerly coached at Pepperdine, is presumably inter- ested in the Job. -John Block, a former USC star player, and a former head coach and assistant at the Uajyers1ty of San Diego and Oral Roberts, re- speciively, also is presumed to be interested. Other possible candidate are Bill Foster, who just resigned as South Carolina's coach, and George Karl, the coach of the Cleveland Cava- liers of the NBA. Karl also has been mentioned for the vacancy at the University of Pittsburgh. It's believed that Gary Williams, the Boston College coach, was McGee's first cho ce for the USC job. But Willia - is likely to be- come Ohio State's coach. A Col 1 ~- Please see USC, Pal__8

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