European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 a the stars and stripes saturday March 30,1991 to new Orleans apr Connecticut May Burn Virginia with three Point shots but they la have to do it through a Forest of hands says Cavaliers guard Tammi Reiss. Virginia 30-2 meets Connecticut 29-4 in the opening game of the women s final four on saturday. Defending Champion Stanford 265 women a final four meets Tennessee 28-5 in the second semifinal game. The championship game will be sunday. Connecticut hit 164 of 429 three Point shots this season playing a deliberate style of Ball. A a we re going to Force the Tempo of the game defensively a Reiss said. A your defense generates our offence. We re not going to push the Ball and get out of our regular set offence. Defensively is where we re going to Force the that is the plan Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said but it Wonit be As easy As Reiss makes it sound. A i think the biggest problem Well have is the matchup with Kerry Bascom a a 6-foot-1 player who can bring the Ball up the court and can Post up strongly and score inside or Conn coach Geno Auriemma said his team has handled pressure Well All season. A live got great Confidence in our ability to handle the Ball. However that May be shaken a he said. A my Confidence May be misplaced once i get a look at Virginia a pressure a a Stanford will be hampered by injuries to two of their 6-foot-3 players Julie Zeilstra is playing with injured Achilles tendons and Trisha Stevens is finished for the season with a Rii poured knee Tendon. A a a Quot Quot a a a still Val Whiting and Kelly Dougherty give the Cardinal a Strong front line. And the Post position is where the Battle with Tennessee shapes up. Daedra Charles averages 17 Points and nine rebounds a game for Tennessee and Kelli Casteel was the map in the Mideast regional. From Page 28 not done very frequently a a Krzyzewski said. A to be part of a final four when someone is trying to do that makes h More Quot Smith is the first coach to bring a. Team to the final four in four different decades his initial trip was in 1967, the first of three straight years in the final four without a title. Smith also took tar Heel teams to the final in 1977 and 1981 before winning in 1982. A a he a been at North Carolina too Long a Krzyzewski joked a Dean has been unbelievable. For decades we be been trying to get him into Early retirement. He a been absolutely Smith also played on a National Champion team ironically at Kansas in 1952. At Smjth a Side As an assistant for the 1982 Campaign was Williams. The Jay Hawks won the championship in 1988, its most recent of eight previous final four appearances and one year before Williams took Over. The Jay Hawks were under Mcaa probation in his first season at Kansas then made an Early exit from the next year. A every time i think in a tired i think of coach Smith in his 30 years a Williams said. �?o1 just Hope i can live Long enough to coach 30 Indianapolis not Richard Schultz the executive director of the Mcaa said thursday he was not bothered by the possibility that Nevada Las vegas faced with severe sanctions at the conclusion of the season and its coach Jerry Tarkanian a longtime Nemesis of the organization might win its second National championship monday night. Schultz speaking at a news conference at the Indiana convention Center inside the Hoosier dome thursday touched on a variety of subjects from academic integrity in College athletes to the Low graduation rates among Mcaa division i football and basketball players., / a a a. A a but his comments about Tarkanian seemed to spark the most interest. Tarkanian and the Mcaa have been longtime adversaries their Legal Battles have reached the supreme court where a recent ruling cleared the Way for the Mcaa to impose sanctions against univ. Those sanctions would have prevented the running rebels from appearing in this years tournament but the school appealed for a years delay and it was granted. With univ a runaway favorite to win its second consecutive National championship Schultz was asked if the enforcement Arm of the Mcaa which has taken the Lead in uncovering numerous rules violations committed by Tarkanian Over the years was troubled by the coaches appearance in the tournament. A i done to know How our enforcement people feel about it a Schultz said. A a in a not troubled by it. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Jerry Tarkanian As a basketball coach being a former coach Schultz coached at the University of Iowa. Schultz said he thought the current univ team do served a National championship. A a in a not aware of any violations by his current team a Shultz said. A if they re Good enough to win ill be the first to congratulate Schultz said he did not know what kind of message allowing univ to postpone its sanctions was sending to the other schools affiliated with the Mcaa. He said he could not agree or disagree with the decision because he was not involved in helping make it. A obviously that was a decision made by the infractions committee and solely by them a he said. A a it a a decision that is misunderstood and very hard to explain to people. A a in a not saying it was the right decision and in a not saying it was the wrong decision. In a just trying to state the a a on the matter of enforcement of Mcaa rules Schultz said it would help if state Legislatures fans and alumni of universities would put their energies behind making sure that their schools complied with the rules a if a school has a problem lets not focus on the Mcaa a Schultz said. A a let a put Forth the Effort and the Energy to make sure that it does no to happen Kansas wins with Williams by Tony Barnhart Cox news service Indianapolis a when Kansas won the Mcaa basketball championship in 1988, it was the Cue for the inevitable departure to the Aba of Larry Brown the Jay Hawks restless coach. As he left the storm Clouds gathering at Lawrence suggested. It would be a while before the Jay Hawks returned to the final four. Brown resigned on june 13 of that year to become head coach of the san Antonio spurs. Seven Days later athletic director Bob Frederick received official word that the Mcaa was investigating the school for 11 alleged recruiting violations. Despite the proud Kansas tradition it became apparent that Browne a replacement would not find life enjoyable. Enter North Carolina assistant Roy Williams who had tutored under Dean Smith for 10 years. Williams took the Job july 8 even after Frederick warned him the Mcaa Hammer might be coming Down in the fall. Thus began a journey filled with pain disappoints ment and even tragedy for Roy Williams and Kansas. But the Jay Hawks Are looking Forward to the schools ninth trip to the final four where they will face North Carolina saturday. Getting to Indianapolis has not been easy however. The Mcaa nailed Kansas with three years of probation on halloween 1988 and banned the Jay Hawks from the 1989 Mcaa tournament. Kansas became the first school not allowed to defend its National title. Also the Jay Hawks were not allowed to recruit on Campus. Less than four months on the Job Williams had been Kut into a deep Hole. When the probation hit Williams and commitments from three of the nations Best High school seniors a Thomas Hill of Texas and Harold Miner and Adonis Jordan of California. A maybe 1 have but i told All three that of they thought the probation would Hurt their careers they were free to go elsewhere a said Williams. Miner went to Southern Cal and Hill to Duke which could play Kansas in the championship game monday. Jordan a Sophomore is starting Point guard for Williams. Kansas struggled in the 1988-89 season going 19-12 and finishing sixth in the big eight. Said Center Mark Randall a a it a never fun when you re not winning but coach never let us lose focus. He just told us to keep working and sooner or later things would Start to turn around a times it was hard to believe that was going to the following year it did happen. Kansas rolled to a 19-0 Start and wound up spending 13 weeks As either no. 1 or no. 2 during a 30-5 season. The Jay Hawks seemed bound for the final four until a _71-70 loss to Urcla in the Southeast regional in Atlanta. Williams second recruiting class was inflicted by something far worse than probation. Chris Lindley a 6-foot-9 Forward from Kansas City mo., who was projected As a future Kansas Star lost his right foot when it was run Over by a. Train. Williams other top recruit Cortez Barnes failed to qualify academically. With so Many problems As a backdrop Williams began this season looking to rebuild. With Randall an All conference Center As the focal Point Williams used four players who had averaged about 11 minutes each the previous season and fashioned a team with rugged defense Crisp passing arid unselfish play. By february the Jay Hawks were on top of the big eight and nationally ranked for the first time. Roy Williams superstition an to saturdays programs a 30 Abc world new ton Ghl 7 00 Abc no Hume 7 30 headline new 6 00 reel gho thu let re 6 25 Chip a Dele s Rescue run Ger 6 50 new kids on the Block 9 15 super Sloppy double oar 8 40 you cant do that on television 10 05 saved try the Bell 10 30 on a Road 11 00 entertainment tonight 11 30 can sport 12 00 headline Newt 12 30 what up. Or. 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