European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary i 0 i. If a four in t meant for big domes Over the next five years the site of the final four will alternate Between three domed stadiums which seat from 35,000 to 60,000 fans and two traditional Arenas which have about 17,000 seats. Beyond 1991, the National collegiate athletic association basketball committee is considering selecting Only huge domed stadiums for the final four primarily to ease the ticket crunch that exists when games replayed in the smaller Arenas. But the fervent Hope Here is that the nine member committee will at least continue to alternate the final four Sites Between tradition and tickets. Ideally basketball does t belong in domed stadiums. Too Many seats Are too far from the court. To put a basketball game in a dome with say 50,000 seats is As impractical As playing baseball or football in a stadium with 150,000 seats. If you re in a faraway seat you really can t see what s happening. About All you can say is that you were there but you would probably wish you weren t. Using Only domed stadiums with a minimum of 30,000 seats for basketball also would limit the final four to those six cities with such stadiums and sufficient hotel rooms new Orleans next year s sit Seattle the 1989 sit Indianapolis and Minneapolis one of which will be chosen this summer As the 1991 sit Houston and Pontiac Mich. The Carrier dome in Syracuse has More than 30,000 seats but that City s hotel room capacity is not deemed Large enough to handle a final four influx. In 1988, the final four will be at the 16,668-seat Kemper Arena in Kansas City in 1990, it will be at the 17,022-seat Mcnichols Arena in Denver. By alternating traditional Arenas the Mcaa would continue to move the final four to other areas of the nation befitting a National championship. Especially to areas that have never had it. Dave Andrei san if the Mcaa were to use Only the big domed stadiums for example Byrne Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford n.j., the Host of the East regional again next year would never fulfil its ambition to be a final four site. That s the problem that will confront the Mcaa basketball committee when it convenes with officials of the National association of basketball coaches a their annual meeting in july. If you were to ask the members of the committee right now How they Felt they would probably prefer the Large domed stadiums because of the ticket crunch we be had Here in Dallas with Only 16,000 seats David Cawood an Mcaa assistant executive director was saying before sunday night s championship game. But by the time the committee meets in july some members will be supporting the traditional  according to Cawood the availability of two or three times As Many tickets will be More of a Factor in the decision than the increased income at least $1 million from More tickets. With our to contract that is Worth about $36 million annually Cawood said the amount of ticket income has never entered into our discussions. The committee seems to be More concerned with the total number of tickets that would enable More spectators to attend the games. But it s also Nice to have an event that has a Tough ticket. In a domed stadium the ticket might lose some of its  in a domed stadium a basketball game also loses some of its Appeal for Many spectators. By its nature a domed stadium is built for football and baseball games with vast playing areas that can be surrounded with seats. But on a basketball court the action is much More compact. For that reason the seating capacity needs to be much More compact As it is in the traditional Arenas. But the Only ones who like the atmosphere in a Small Arena Are the ones who can get inside John Thompson the Georgetown coach who is president of the coaches association has said. People who support these teams All year Are entitled to participate. The final four has become such a big event it s Only fair to put it in a big  for this year s final four at the reunion Arena each of the four competing colleges were limited to a total of Only 1,700 tickets. Of the 1,700 tickets received by Duke University Only 170 were made available to Duke students in a lottery in contrast to 3,000 student tickets at each Duke Home game. Most of Duke s other final four tickets went to College officials the athletic department and alumni. When the final four is held in a domed stadium More tickets exist for students and alumni of the four competing colleges. But bigger in t necessarily better especially when bigger Only exists in the Louisiana super Doc the kingdom the Hoosier dome the metro Doc the Astrodome and the Silver Doc. Every other Quality Arena in America would be ignored because it does t have a minimum of 30,000 seats. For the 1991 final four site the Mcaa will pick Indianapolis or Minneapolis. Bids from buildings hoping to be the Host of the 1992 final four won t be accepted until december but by then the Mcaa basketball committee May have decreed that Only domed stadiums need apply. Say stain t so. The new York times baseball Portland Gams play Oft berth from Page 17 Ning run to Lead Oakland. Chicago left hander Steve Trout gave up six runs on 10 hits through seven innings. Jody Davis hit a two run Homer for Chicago. Mariners 3, indians 0 Milt Wilcox pitched seven shutout innings for Seattle giving up just four hits. Pete Ladd finished with two scoreless innings of Relief. Royals 2, Yankees 1 Mark Gubicza pitched six innings and got three innings of witless Relief from Steve Farr. Gubicza lowered his Era to 2.65 this Spring. Mets 4, dodgers 4, 12 innings Howard Johnson homered and drove in a run with a single to help new York Battle to a draw with los Angeles after 12 innings. The game was ended by agreement of the managers. In night games tuesday the Chicago White sox slipped by St. Louis 7-6 in 10 innings a new York Yankees split squad thumped a Texas split squad 9-2, and san Diego beat California 8-4. Haskins is new Gopher coach Minneapolis a Western Ken Tucky basketball coach Clem Haskins was named tuesday night As head coach of the strife Ridden University of Minnesota basketball program men s athletic director Paul Giel said. Haskins will replace Jim Dutcher who resigned in january after three members of the Gopher basketball team were charged with rape following a game in Madison wis. The assistant coach Jimmy Williams had been acting As interim coach. Haskins compiled a 14-14 record last season at Western Kentucky improving to 23-8 this year. He has an Overall record of 101-73. Bucks Clinch 6th straight Central title from press dispatches Milwaukee Terry Cummings scored 12 of his game High 32 Points in the final period As Milwaukee rallied from an eight Point deficit to defeat Chicago 116 107 and Clinch its sixth consecutive Centra division title. The bulls who trailed by As Many As 13 Points in the first half took a 102-94 Lead with 4 44 remaining on a reverse Layup by Rookie Forward Charles Oakley. But the Bucks responded with a 13-2 spurt to regain the Lead. Two free throws by Ricky Pierce with 1 42 remaining capped the rally and gave the Bucks the Lead for Good at 107-106. The Bucks made nine of 10 free throws Down the stretch to Clinch the Victory. The win improved their record to 53-23 and gave them the title Over the Atlanta Hawks. The bulls dropped to 26-50. Michael Jordan led the bulls with 28 Points including 20 in the second half and Orlando Woolridge added 22 for Chicago. In other National basketball association games tuesday Trail blazers 127, nuggets 110 Portland Ore. Kiki Vandeweghe scored 21 of his game High 24 Points in the second half tuesday night to help Portland Clinch a playoff berth by beating Denver. The win pushed Portland to 37-39, while Denver slipped to 44-32. The Victory coupled with a loss by Phoe Nix to Dallas pushed Portland into the Western conference playoffs. Portland 37 39, currently holds the sixth playoff Posi Tion and trails Utah by one game. Kenny Carr who scored 21 Points and grabbed 16 rebounds for Portland held Aba scoring Leader Alex English to Only four Points in the first half and nine through three quarters. English who averages 29.8 Points per game led the nuggets with 18. Wayne Cooper had 17 Points and 16 rebounds. Celtics 123, Cavaliers 105 Richfield Ohio Dennis Johnson  scored 21 Points and Kevin Mchale added 19 As Boston marched to its 12th consecutive Victory. Boston improved its Aba leading record to 62-13  Cleveland dropped to 28-47. If the Cavaliers hold on to the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern conference they will play Boston in the first round. World b. Free scored 24 Points in the first half for the Cavaliers but was held scoreless in the third Quarter and finished with a game High 28. Melvin Turpin contributed 16 Points for Cleveland. Center Robert Parish scored 17 Points and Larry Bird had 16 for Boston. Pistons 116, pacers 108 Pontiac Mich. Kelly Tripucka scored 31 Points and Bill Laimbeer contributed 28 to carry Detroit past Indiana. Detroit overcame a 20-Point second Quarter deficit in tying a club record with 30 Home victories in a season. The pistons also won 30 Home games in the 1976-77 and 1983-84 seasons. Herb Williams scored 24 Points and Ron Anderson 19 for Indiana which dropped its sixth in a Row and fell to 25-51. Kings 109, spurs 99 san Antonio guard Mike Wood son scored 10 of his 21 Points during a late game Streak to Lead Sacramento. Woodson led a last Quarter rally that enabled the Kings to stretch a one Point Lead to a 14-Point advantage. The loss tarnished spurs Alvin Robertson s record setting defensive performance. The second year guard finished the game with four steals breaking the single season record of 281 set 10 years ago by Don Buse now an assistant coach for the spurs. Hawks 107, bullets 91 Atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 33 Points and Kevin Willis added 26 As Atlanta downed Washington. Atlanta which improved to 47-30, got 15 Points and a game High 10 assists from Glenn Rivers. Tree Rollins had a season High 15 re Bounds for the Hawks and blocked four shots to give him 2,001 in his Aba career. Among Active players Only Kareem Abdul Jabbar and George Johnson have blocked More shots. Washington 35-41, was paced by guard Jeff Malone with 32 Points while Tom Mcmillen came off the Bench to score a sea son High 21 Points. Mavericks 128, suns 98 Dallas Mark Aguirre and Sam Perkins combined for 23 third Quarter Points to break open a close game and boost Dallas past Phoenix. The Mavericks beat Phoenix for the sixth consecutive time to Complete a season sweep. Neither team owned More than a six Point Lead in the first half but Dallas out scored the suns in the third Quarter 32-18. Clippers 113, jazz 109 Salt Lake City Norm Nixon scored 10 of his 30 Points in the fourth Quarter and had 11 assists in leading the los Angeles clippers. The Utah loss combined with a 128-98 Dallas Victory Over Phoenix virtually eliminated the jazz s Hopes for a first round Home berth in the Western conference playoffs. Utah with five games remaining is trailing Dallas by three games. Adrian Dantley led Utah with a game High 42 Points. Lakers 109, sonics 104 Inglewood Calif. Kareem Abdill Jabbar scored 25 Points to spark the los Angeles to a Victory Over Seattle. The supersonics their faint playoff Hopes dwindling Are 3 a games behind san Antonio in the race for the final Post season berth in the Western conference. The sonics have five games remaining. James worthy added 23 Points for the defending Aba champions. Tom Chambers paced Seattle with 26 Points