European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes saturday february 9,1991college collision can Arkansas reject univ s flying rebels by Gene Wojciechowski the los Angeles times of so us Irvine Quot Isnit having such a Good season. But give coach Bill Mulligan credit for this of the nine losses Nevada Las vegas has suffered in its last 77 games mulligans anteaters were one of the few the proud to beat the mighty running rebels. With this in mind we asked Mulligan who succeeded Jerry Tarkanian at River Side Calif City College in the mid-1960s Andabas cached against him for the bet Ter part of 30 years to list five ways no. 2-ranked Arkansas can defeat no. I Las vegas sunday at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville Ark. The Mulligan scenarios 1. Pray that you can Force the rebels to switch from their usual Man to Man drapery defense a where they hang All Over you a to a slightly More passive 1-13 alignment called a the amoeba by univ coaches. A  liked it when they went to the amoeba a Mulligan said. A that Way we could Hurt them if we shot the Ball Well from the outside. You work the Ball to the a a inside and then out you be got to re member that their Man defense is so  a a a a a a a a a 2. Hope that guards Anderson Hunt and Greg Anthony Are suffering from serious biorhythm problems a the Only Way to get them is if their guards Arentt hitting a Mulligan said. A if Hunt and Anthony Arentt shooting the Ball Well you be got a  3. Become close personal friends with the referees. The running rebels have one Irr Epla. Ceable part in Forward Larry Johnson and two Semi irreplaceable parts in Anthony and Forward Stacey Augmon. If Johnson is hampered by fouls there is no one available on Tarkanian a Bench who can provide the same Type of Power and presence. The same holds True to a lesser extent if Anthony and Augmon Are whistled Early. A if they get in foul trouble and they have to go to a zone that amoeba then you be got a better Chance to beat them a Mulligan said. 4. Hope that Tarkanian is forced to. Play guard Travis Bice a lot. Nothing against Bice a former walk on who has worked hard to earn playing time off the Bench but Mulligan said he is mostly a one dimensional player. A i done to think he even would play for us a the Irvine coach said. Ouch. What Mulligan really Means is that if Bice is in a then one of the guards a Hunt or Anthony both of whom play much better defense a is out 5. Barnhill Arena. I he place seats about 9,000 fans with every one of them it seems wearing one of those big plastic razorback hats and screaming a  All game Long. It could be enough to rattle even the Las vegas players. A now then six reasons Why Arkansas does no to have a Chance 1. The new and improved Augmon. A the first year or two we did no to even guard him outside a Mulligan Jaid. A now you have  in a seasons time Augmon has raised his scoring average his Field goal percentage and his three Point accuracy. While no Sharpshooter Augmon a perimeter game no. 1 is. No. 2 the meeting be twin Tow no. 1 and no. 2 College basketball Tumi Tinea tha 197940 Aaraon no. 1 North Carolina 82, no. 2 Kentucky 69, at East Rutherford n.j., Doe. 28,1961. A no. 1 North Carolina 65, no. 2 Virginia 60, at North Carolina Jan. 9,1982. No. I Houston 94, no. 2 Lou Lavylla 81, final four april 2,1983. No. 1 Georgetown 77, no. 2 Diapaul 57, at Gao re at own dec 15,1984. No. 2-goorgetown�?T 85, no. 1 St John a 69, at St. John a feb. 27,1985. 7 no.1 Georgetown 92, no. 2 St John a 80, big East final March 9,1985. No. 1 North Carolina 78, no. 2 Georgia tech 77, of at Georgia Troch feb. 4,1986. No 2 la court 77, no. 1 Kanaka 71, at Kanaka fab. 13,. 1990. A a. A. A. A no. 1 oklahoma95, no. 2 Kanaka 77rblg eight semifinals March 10,1990. No. 1 univ at no. 2 Arkansas feb. 10,1991. Qualifies him As a legitimate scoring threat. 2. Larry Johnson. A i think Johnson could get 50 Points about every night a Mulligan said. A the does no to because he tries to keep the other Guys involved. He a almost impossible to defend and he a going to hit that outside shot  3. Depth at the Center position. The hogs Oliver Miller wont know what hit him. Univ starts a George Ackles who Mulligan said is a More Complete player than last years Center the talented David Butler. After Ackles tar canian sends in Elmore Spencer the 7-footer who originally played at Georgia left because of medical problems and spent last season at Connors state Junior College in Warner okla. He is the Best Center Tarkanian has recruited. 4. The referees. A Tarkanian no Dummy had it written into the contract that three Neutral officials would work sundays game. So a Trio of jeer toughened big East referees will be at Barnhill. A a the refs Arentt going to beat him a Mulligan said. A now being the visitor does no to Hurt you As  5. Tarkanian. A a they re so Good but they re also Well coached a Mulligan said. A people miss that Point of  6. The vegas Aura. A a it a a different univ team than in be seen before a Mulligan said. A a it son another level. In be seen Arkansas have some a lose games with some teams this year. That to me proves they re not that great of a team. Univ destroys teams. I think  do the same to Arkansas. You watch  play on a higher  a this being univ a. Arkansas week7 we consulted an even higher authority of the game a former Urcla coach John wooden. A a in a say Arkansas probably has Good athletes a he said. A i said some time ago that think this will be in Lvi a test. I would say if vegas played Arkansas at vegas they a probably go through the rest of the season undefeated. Since they play Arkansas there that gives Arkansas a Chance. I believe they re the Only team that has a Chance of beating uni but i wont say How Good a Chance. A a you re going to have to have a Good game against them. Johnson getting in foul trouble now that would Hurt them. They could afford to lose Augmon More than  not surprisingly the running rebels have been compared favourably with several of wooden a teams specifically those Oliver Miller above tries to Arm Arkansas. In Lvi a big gun is Larry Johnson below. Led by Bill Walton or Kareem Abdul Jab bar then known As Lew Alcindor. To this wooden respectfully disagrees. A a a in be been asked this a lot of times a he said. A a we re talking about undefeated teams right As Good As Larry Johnson is i think with Alcindor Mike Warren Lucius Allen. I done to think univ would give us any More trouble than some or the other teams. A a univ is an extremely Well balanced team. They play pressure defense it s not a press its pressure. But if i had Warren and Allen As my guards i done to think univ would cause hem a or it Deal of  wooden also said that he Walton teams of the Early 1970s would have Pri ably beaten univ too. A a you a have to compare univ met with the Sidney Wicks Steve Patt son Henry Bibby Curtis Rowe of fit a he said. A a trivia quiz remember those n univ losses in the past 77 games o one coach has beaten vegas twice in to Span. Guess who Quot a quiz answer Lsuis Dale Brown