European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 stars and stripes Friday March 28, 1986 up photo leu coach Dale Brown biting off the net after tigers won Southeast regional says his new attitude transformed team leu proving things in Mcaa with Brown s Mellow Persona by David Mccormick it s a marked change from the Dale Brown of the in atom oni in c i o a i run Cna in nah when was famous for Temner tantrums directed at refer Baton Rouge la. A Louisiana state coach Dale Brown says changing his attitude this season trans formed his entire team. "1 decided 1 did t have to prove anything to anybody anymore Brown said and i m enjoying this season More than any  so Are his players. Coach Brown has expressed Large Confidence in us and that s really allowed us to display our Confidence in our selves said Don Redden a senior Forward voted most valuable player of the Mcaa Southeast regional in at Lanta. Redden was among the former reserves who came off the Bench after illness and injury decimated the starting lineup and took the tigers from 22-11 obscurity to the final four. Leu meets seventh ranked Louisville in Dallas on sat urday. Redden and other players say a key to that Effort has been Brown s new Mellow Persona. It s the Only reason we re winning now said Derrick Taylor a guard who has been with Brown for five years. When i was 0-7 against Kentucky he said Don t worry about it Man. Just keep taking your shots that has to mean a lot to a  it past who Famou of Tempe referees other coaches their players and even his own teams. His ire peaked shortly before the season opened. Beset by a three year Mcaa recruiting probe the bugging of the leu athletic director s office and the loss of freshman superstar Tito Hor Ford Brown cursed Mcaa investigators from the pages of sports illustrated and vowed to quit any Day. He says the change since then had a lot to do with turning 50 and realizing there were some things he would never change. I just wanted to pump some fun Back into the game he said. I know it s really helped  Brown s serenity held through the worst series of set backs in recent Tiger history. Off to a 14-0 Start he lost 7 foot Center Zoran Jovanovich to a knee injury then team Captain and scoring Leader Nikita Wilson flunked out. Just As Wilson was lost Star Forward John Williams and another player were hospitalized with an outbreak of Chic Ken pox that precipitated the loss of three games in five Days at the Start of february. They had More adversity than any other group i be Ever gone through Brown said. Every week we suffered another disaster. But they never got tired or gave up. They kept their sense of humor. They continued to  celtics defeat Bucks for 25th Home win in Row by the associated press the Boston celtics won in Boston Garden. What else is new. With Larry Bird taking charge Down the stretch Boston Defeated Milwaukee 121-115 on wednesday night the celtics 25th straight Home Victory and 35th in 36 games this season. The 25 straight Home triumphs moved Boston to within two of the Aba record set 36 years ago by the Minneapolis lakers. Milwaukee gave the celtics a lot of trouble until Bird took charge with the score tied at 109. He hit a pair of no Roundup layups and two free throws for a 115-109 advantage. Dennis Johnson s Baseline jumper at 2 16 completed an 8-0 run that clinched Boston s ninth straight Victory. Bird finished with 35 Points for Boston. Terry cum mings led Milwaukee with 31. In other games wednesday night bullets 120, Mavericks 112 Landover my. The Victory clinched washing ton s 16th playoff berth in 18 years and extended Dallas woes in the capital Centre. The Mavericks with a 15-19 Road record that is the fifth Best in the Aba have not won in Washington since dec. 15, 1981. Dan Roundfield who finished with 19 Points and 12 rebounds scored the final eight Points in a third Quarter rally that turned a 72-69 Lead into an 81-72 advantage. Rolando Blackman scored 27 Points to Lead Dallas. Rockets 110, pacers 101 Indianapolis Houston made a few changes to make up for the loss of Ralph Sampson and they worked Well with the other twin Tower Akeem Olajuwon scoring 27 Points and pulling Down 21 rebounds. Eight of those Points came in the final two minutes when the rockets Drew away. Sampson the rockets 7-foot-4 Center Forward injured his Back in a fall at Boston on monday night. He is expected to miss at least one More game. 76ers 112, Hawks 103 Philadelphia Moses Malone reached another Milestone for Philadelphia passing the 11,000 Mark in career rebounds. He grabbed 11 to reach 11,006, and added 32 Points. Surprisingly it was Philadelphia s first Victory of the season against Atlanta. Dominique Wilkins scored 31 Points for the Hawks. Cavaliers 110, nets 108 East Rutherford . The Opportunity was there and so was Edgar Jones who tipped in a missed shot with four seconds to go. World b. Free led All scorers with 26 Points. Gminski paced new Jersey with 24 Points. Jazz 116, nuggets 101 Salt Lake City Adrian Dantley scored 18 of his 37 Points in the first Quarter to Pace Utah past Denver. Denver s Alex English who is slugging it out with Dantley and Atlanta s Dominique Wilkins for the league scoring title scored 27 Points. Spurs 105, clippers 97 los Angeles san Antonio won for Only the third time in its last 19 games. The spurs got 51 Points from their reserves including 14 from Forward Jeff lamp and 12 from guard Jon Sund Vold. David Greenwood added 11. Suns 120, supersonics 107 Phoenix Ariz. De Pinckney scored seven of his Ca reer High 27 Points in the decisive third Quarter to Lead Phoe Nix Over Seattle. With the score tied at 63 with 9 54 left in the third period Phoenix took the Lead for Good with a 10-0 run sparked by Reserve Charles Pittman s four Points. O Brien returns to Boston College As Cage coach Newton mass. A Jim o Brien who captained Boston College s basketball team 15 years ago has been named coach of the eagles. I am elated to get Back to by said o Brien who compiled a 67-51 record in four years As head coach at St. Bonaventure of the Atlantic 10 conference. If people say that Home is where the heart is then certainly i feel very Happy to to be Back Home at Boston College where my heart has been for a Long  o Brien the by Captain in 1970-71, is 10th on the career scoring list. He was new England s College player of the year As a senior and was elected to the Boston col lege varsity club Hall of Fame in 1976, his first year of eligibility. I think probably most coaches when they say that coaching is going to be their profession 99 percent of them at sometime think in terms of getting Back to their Alma mater o Brien said. I can t put into words How Happy i am to be  he was selected because we Felt that he was the Best basketball coach for Boston College at this time said Bill Flynn bos ton College athletic director. We feel we have an excellent basketball program Here and we have every intention of continuing in that direction. We feel we have the right person for that  o Brien succeeds Gary Williams who left March 15 to succeed Eldon Miller As head coach at Ohio state. O Brien was Quick to Point out there would be Little difference in the Way his Eagle teams will play and the Way by played under Williams who compiled a 76 45 record in four years. Well try to press and play defensively in the Back court As much As we possibly can. We will be a Little disciplined in our approach offensively. It will be up Tempo and entertaining he said. His arrival in the big East is a big Relief to o Brien after losing so Many prospects he hoped to attract to St. Bonaventure. Part of the problem at a school like St. Bonaventure is that the big East is such a monster. We tried to recruit against a lot of the schools that Are in the big East because we played so Many of those teams he said. Another big problem o Brien dealt with was St. Bonaventure s location Olean n.y., 75 Miles South of Buffalo. There is nothing Between Olean and Buffalo. It s a Tough sell o Brien said. I feel that Selling Boston is going to be a lot