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P. C. B h t 1888 ~is time USD's role is reversed By Don Norcross ;zr-;,.:;-- Tribune Sportswriter From the "What a difference a year makes" file. Plop the college basketball tape into the VCR. Rewind it exactly 12 months. Stop._USD ent.eri-the WCAC postseason tournament, as Danny Means says, "with everything to lose and nothing to gain." The Toreros already had won the regular season title, outdistancing second-place Gonzaga by four games. All that got Hank Egan's team was a first-round tournament home game. To assure themselves an NCAA Tournament berth, the Toreros had to win the tournament. They didn't, getting upset in the second round by Pepperdine. Then it was nail-biting time. Will the NCAA offer an at-large invitation or not? The Toreros were extended an in- vitation, which they gladly accepted, and then quickly and happily forgot all about the conference tournament. Fast forward to the present. The Toreros finished the just-com- pleted regular season with a 3-11 record, 11-16 overall, good for next to last in the WCAC. But thanks to the WCAC Champi- onship Tournament, the Toreros can dream of making a return trip to the big money maker, the NCAA Tourna- ment. "The shoe's on the other foot now " said Means. ' Added Egan, "It's a new life for us. We've got nothing to lose." The tournament will be held to- morrow through Monday at Santa Clara's Toso Pavilion. Four opening- round games will be held tomorrow :,yith USO facing St. Mary's (18-8, 9-5) 10 the opener at noon. The other opening-round games pit 18th-ranked and regular season champion Loyola Marymount (24-3, 14-0), winners of 21 in a row, vs. Port- land (6-21, 1-13); defending tourna- men champion and host Santa Clara (18-9, 9-5) vs. USF (13-14, 5-9); and Pepperdine (16-11, 8-6) vs. Gonzaga /1t--D, 7-7l. The first-round winners will be reseeded, then meet in Sunday' sem- ifinals. The nationally televised championship game (ESPN) will begin at 8:30 p.m. Monday. While USD is seeded seventh and St. Mary's second, a first-round vic- tory for the Toreros would not be stunning. The teams played twice in a span of four days in late January, St. Mary's winning 41-40 at USO on Jan. 27, then the Toreros upset the Gaels 66-61 on Jan. 31 in Moraga. 'rhose two games, plus USD's upset of Pepperdine on the last week of the season, has the Toreros in a confident mood. "I think we've got a good chance," said senior center Jim Pelton. "No- body's looking at this as the last game of the season." One of the keys for the Toreros will be the play of small forward Marty Munn, the team's leading scorer, averaging 14.8 points. In the 41-40 loss to St. Mary's, Munn was 1- of-10 from the field and scored three points. Four days later he scored a game- high 24 points. The Gaels play a tight zone defense and if Munn is hitting from the outside it will open up pass- ing lanes inside. Munn, who began his college ca- reer at St. Mary's before quitting the team as a freshman, downplays his significance. "We have a lot of outside shooters," he said. "If I'm not hitting, hopefully some of the others will." Munn scored 58 points in the Toreros' last two games, shooting 63 percent. To amplify the Toreros' dependen- cy on the outside game, their only other double-figure scorers are Means (12.3) and Efrem Leonard (10.4), both guards.

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,in WCAC .tolrrney' ' ., • I six of its la~t seven. 'champs. We'v~ bl!en sick'with the flu..-. . "Some teams win the regular sea- .all week, so it's· unpredictable how .-, s9n an~.~hen go into the postseason we're going to do.". , . ;· , conference tournament tcying to pro- N ., ·., ' h' . 1 lect: their ·record," said. Westhead ' one of the, coa_c mentioned "but' that ·wo 't h h - -~h ' USO, however, which would face 1 n al'pen w1 1 -our Lo 1 to ,,, ,· . ·•· learn ~ecause the way we play, we•t~ ·. yo a morrow if it upsets St. '.,

Normally, when the score is 72-62 (as it was at halftime), I'm on my way to have dinner someplace." ' Egan said he warped his players about the other WCAC teams before the season. · "You can imagine how confused our freshmen were when we began playing in the conference," he said. "One night they played Loyola and the next, a, team, like St. Mary's. I told them they would see it all, but I'm not sure they believed me until it happened." While Munn and junior guard Danny Means, the floor leader, will anchor USD's attack, freshmen Randy Thompson (forward), Kelvin Means (guard), John Sayers (for- ward) and Dond1 Bell (center) may determine how far the Toreros go in this three-day tournament. "It must seem to high sch_ool play- ers this is ridiculous when they first gel here," Egan said. "There is one offense for this and one offense !or that and different defenses and out- of-bounds plays. But this game has become so sophisticated that it's nec- essary, although it leaves the young players confused. "Initially, it affects their ability to compete, because they are thinking too much. But now, after a lot of work, we've got a data base they can rely on and it's starting to fall in place. We've had our moments re- cently, and now we're hoping all those moments can come together at once and we can catch a little light- ning in a bottle." St. Mary's is fifth in the nation in scoring defense (58.6) and has a sea- soned lineup. The Gaels won as many as 18 for the first time since the 1960- 1961 season and had four starters who averaged in double figures. "They remind me a lot of us last year," said Egan, whose 1986-87 Toreros went 24-6 by playing as a team. • • • Tomorrow's other first-round pair- ings: No. 1 Loria Mar~Nunt vs. No. 8 Portland a 2 o'cloc o. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 San Francisco at 6; No. 4 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 Gonzaga at 8. The tournament concludes Mon- day.

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• • • USD, failing to earn mention on the WCAC'~' 10-man II-league team, received a boost when Jolin Sayers was selected the' conference's fresh- man of the year. ' Loyola . Mary-mot.Int· placed a record four players on the all~ onfer- e~ce . teath. ~epperdine',s Levy Middlebrooks~who·scored 1 '!ii double figures in every game this•season earned 1Jla"yer-of-the-year honors'. IISD's· 'Danny' Meari~'''and Marty . Mmmreceived honorable me'ntion.

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ICM sponsors women's seriesa~D ALCALA PARK -~tllute for Christian Ministries will present the third in its eries on women, "Lost Images of God ," March 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Salomon Lecture hall at the University of San Diego. Sister Francis Rothluebber, OSF, will be the keynote speaker. She is co-director of Colombicre Center in Idyllwild, Calif., and is the author of the books, "From Meditation to Ministry'' and '' Lost Images of God. '' The cost for preregistration by March 12 is S 15 and $20 after that date. For further information call the Institute forChristtan Ministries, 260-4784~

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a11d onya Ca-ter added 20 as U.S. International University erased a halftime deftit and defeated the University o$an Diego, 75-68, in a ndcorfereno/ gJJue,:o close both t ams' regu,a: seasons. USD (13 11), \\hich has an out- 1e shot at m NCAA Division I t urnament lerth. m de 13 of 14 ft t-half fre• throw~ and took a '32lead USJU {16-3) shot 65.5% (19 of 29) m the second half. With USD leadmg, 60 57, with 7:48 to play, USIC went o a 9-0 run over four minutes and never trailed after thaL Spry mad~ all nine of her shots d Carter ,~ 10 of 17 from the fl Chn st English and Jane- G1lpm scorPc! 16 and 15 points for D 'D.

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USD ousted from WCAC t~Mf !1-E~~~t St. M~ry's scored 15 straight pomts, mcluding 10 in a row to open the second half, and eas- ed to a 68-48 victory over the Uni¥ersitv of San Di~o in a first-roun~ game at the West Coast Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday. Robert Haugen score 17 points and Erick Newman ad- ded 13 as St. Mary's improved its season record to 19-8 mat- ching the most victories in school history. Efrem Leonard came off the benrh to score 19 points to lead the cold-shooting Toreros who hit on only 37.3 percent of'their field goal attempts. St. Mary's opened up an ear- ly 23-11 lead as Newman scored nine points . But the Toreros 11-17, went on a 12-0 run to ti~ the score with 1: 55 left m the half.

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thony Lupica and John Lyon perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Hall, room 104, on the Universjty of San Diego campus. Smith, adjunct faculty member of the USO music area, is a student of Pepe Romero, internationally ac- claimed classical guitarist and member of the renowned Los Romeros guitar quartet. The concert in a fund-raiser for the Anne Catherine S\\-anke scholarship fund, which is for music majors at USO. The concert will feature guitar duos and solos by such composers as Tarrega, Giuliani, Sor, Albeniz and de Falla. For more information, call 260-4600, ext. 4456. /' . . . /

topic of 'Drugs In the Workplace" Dr Phillip Hunsaker, professor of management, will lead the d1scuss1on following a 7:30 a.m. continental breakfast at Manchester Center The fee 1s $15 For •~.f~~"'.atron, call 260-4585. L__

"Images of God," the third session In the women's series sponsored by the Institute for Christian Minlsitries, will be held March 19 from 9:30 am. to 4 Pm in Salomon Lecture Hall. Speake~ will be Sister Francis Rothluebber, OSF. Cost is s 15 before March 12, $20 after that date. For further information call 260-4784. ' A guitar concert to benefit the Anne Swanke scholarship fund will lake place March 5 at a p.m. in Sacred Heart Hall. Tickets are $7 general, $5 seniors, $3 students and children. For more call 260-4600 ext. 4456. ' "Educational Reform: The Paldela Proposal" will be addressed March 7, 14 and 2 1 4 :30.7 p.m. in Manchester ' ~nference Center. For further information, call 260-4585

Associated Press Photo St. Mary's Dan Curry (25) battles USD's Marty Nunn (left) and Randy Thompson for control of the ball.

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St. Mary's is a balanced team, featuring four starters averaging in double figures. Junior forwards Rob- ert Haugen (14.4) and Erick Newman (13.1) are the leading scorers. They're also the team's leading rebounders. Guard Al Lewis averages 12.8 and center Dan Curry 10.3. . Should USO knock off St. Mary's, its next game would almost certainly be a rematch with Loyola Marym- ount. LMU ran down the Toreros 141- 126 last Saturday at the Sports Cen- ter.

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San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association. Coffee concerts and luncheons, March 17 and May 5, wltll.colfee at 10:3.Q B.m., then the concert at Symphony Hall and luncheon at University Club. Season ticket, $45; call 226-1681.