European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary to he was another coach whether it was an oversight or Nolan Richardson didst receive the credit he was the local television Media and also the telecasting of networks sports segments Over Here made no men Tion whatsoever of Richardson being named the head basketball coach at Arkansas on april the print Media meaning the stars and stripes a four paragraph Story on his selection at the Bottom of its third sports in comparison to the top Story and picture on the first sports Page that were run on his predecessor Eddie Suttons accepting the Kentucky basketball coaching Richardson was sadly because of we would like to right a at least in this Branch of the who Nolan Richardson the Way his basketball teams won during his five year tenure at he is fast on his Way to becom ing the next John Richardson has broken Down a thanks to the 44yearold Richardson has become the first Black coach of any major sport in the South West it is easy to say that the Sec has been Many years behind the and who knows when a Black will become a head football coach at Texas Texas Rice or Arkansas at least Arkansas opened the doors As far As basketball was Arkansas lost Eddie the ranting referee baiter who constantly accused Sec basketball officials of favouring the Texas especially when his porkers played Sutton was never at a loss of Choice words for the when Kentucky grabbed that was Good for Arkansas because in lured Richardson away from word has it from the basketball coaching fraternity that Richardson is a class coach besides being a Tulsa  expect to hold on to Rich Ardson since he was due to move on to Greener Pas and Arkansas might not be Able to hold on to him for any length of time there Are Many basketball schools better than Arkansas that will give a hard look at Richardson when they Are looking for a even though the Sec is a football Confer Sutton and Houston Guy Lewis made it re Richardson should easily replace Sutton in the winning file photo Nolan Richardson Tulsa loss is Arkansas gain Richardson record Speaks for a 1963 graduate of the Texas now University of Texas at Al Richardson became the first coach in Mcaa history to win 50 games in his first two seasons As a head coach of a major his teams went 267 in the 198081 season and 246 in the 198182 also Richardson is Only the second coach in Mcaa history to win either the National invitation tournament or Mcaa championship in his first sea son As head if you Tulsa knocked off West Virginia 8987 in the semis and Syracuse 8684 in overtime of the championship a member of that Tulsa team was one of Richardson favorite Paul now a member of the Milwaukee under Richardson in the 198081 Tulsa was the first team to win the nit title after suffering a losing season the previous Tulsa tied for the Missouri Valley conference championship in 198384 with an impressive 133 record and 274 this past Campaign Richardson Golden Hurri Cane won the Mac with a 124 record and finished the season at 237 for a 14 ranking in the up but it lost in the first round of the Mcaa playoffs to Richardson Alma so in five seasons at Richardson had five of the six Best seasons in Golden Hurricane basketball his record was 119 wins and 37 and every year his team was in a postseason that tells something about his coaching his 198182 team finished 10th in both the a and up Tulsa plucked Richardson from the Small College of Western Texas in Snyder where he won three straight National Junior College it included a final 370 season that earned him the triple Crown regional and National coach of the year his three year Western Texas record was before his stint at Western Richardson was the head basketball coach at Bowie High school in Elpaso for 10 his teams won two District two City and placed second in the 1975 state he was inducted into the Elpaso Hall of Fame in Richardson was graduated three years before step won the Mcaa championship by beating Kentucky in the Richardson was a three year starter and the teams leading scorer in his Junior he remains Steps record Holder for career Fiel goal attempts and is its fifth Al time scorer with Richardson holds a distinction that Many athletes cant he played both pro football and Basket he was a defensive Back with the san Diego chargers for one season and also played one year with the old Dallas Chaparral of the american basketball association in like John Richardson is making his name known through his basketball lets Hope that Nolan Richardson is not Short changed again when he is so the stars and stripes Nordques claim semifinals canadians end bruins7 season 10 from press dispatches Montreal Mats Naslund scored with 51 seconds left in the game to lift the Montreal canadians to a 10 Victory Over the Boston Bruins and a 32 Triumph in their Besto five Adams division semifinal series tuesday the canadians Advance to the Adams division final against the Quebec Nordi starting in Montreal thursday Montreal goalie Steve Penney had 20 saves for the shutout including 11 in the third Naslund took a Giveand go pass from Mario swung in front of the net and Slid a shot along the ice to beat Bruins goaltender Doug Keans and Send forum fans into the canadians began the game by body checking the who hit right the physical work took a at of the first Naslund sub Marine Ray Bourque As the defens Eman was hitting full Speed near Center Bourque limped off the and although he returned about five minutes later his mobility was nil Roundup at of the on a crashed into driving him into the goal Keans Shook that off and was the key figure for Boston in the second period when Montreal out shot the Bruins the already without de Senseman Chris out with a knee got a scare when Petr Svoboda suffered what appeared to be a shoulder in jury after he was jolted by Keith Crowder at of the opening but Svoboda played a regular shift in the second and third helped by three Power play the canadians produced More scoring chances in the second period but just  beat in tuesdays other nil division semifinal games Nordques sabres 5 Quebec Brent Ashton scored with left in the game to Cap a third period comeback from a 53 giving que Bee a on goal Victory Over Buffalo in fifth and deciding game of the other Adams division Ashton scored on a Low shot from the right face off Circle that deflected in off the goal Post to beat goalie Tom setting up a Besto seven Adams division final series against provincial rival Mon the first game will be at Montreal thursday Mario Gosselin faced 23 shots in the Quebec Barrasso was tested 34 times for islanders capitals 1 second period goals by Anders Kallur and Brent Sutler helped make nil history As new York Defeated Washington to claim the decisive fifth game of the remaining Patrick Divi Sion the who will face the Phila Delphia flyers in game 1 of the second round series became the first team in nil history to take a Short Post season series after dropping the first two the Victory also marked the straight year the islanders have dismissed from the y file photo Montreal Mats Naslund goal keeps canadians in playoffs