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NCAA drive starts at Mac
From the Associated Press
UCLA returns to the scene of
some of its greatest past success
es — the NCAA tournament —
looking as powerful as the teams
of John Wooden’s heyday.
After waltzing through the
Pac-8 with an unblemished 14-0 .
record and polishing off Michigan
96-70 on Sunday, the Bruins,
24-2, will be looking to recapture
the national championship that
has eluded them since Wooden’s
reign ended three years ago.
Coincidentally, it’ll be at Mac
Court that the Bruins begin their
title drive, a place that hasn’t been
too hospitable to them in recent
times. But UCLA coach Gary
Cunningham isn’t worried.
"I think they’ll support us,” Cun
ningham said. “They’re good
fans, and I think they’ll support the
Pac-8 champion.”
The Bruins will have a tough as
signment right off, as they face
Kansas (24-4), the Big Eight
Champion. The Jayhawks were
upset in the league playoff by
NCAA FIRST ROUND GAMES
at McArthur Court
Saturday, March 11
Arkansas (28-3) vs Weber State (19-9),
11:10 a.m.
UCLA (24-2) vs Kansas (24-4). 1:15 p.m.
Kansas State though, and were
admitted to the NCAA tournament
as an at-large team to the Western
Regional.
In the other game at Mac Court
Saturday, Arkansas (28-3) faces
Weber State, who knocked off Big
Sky champ Montana in overtime,
62-55 to make the tournament.
Arkansas, who tied Texas for
the Southwest Conference title,
was upset by Houston in the
league’s playoff tournament on
Women won’t travel
to national ski meet
By NICK DAWSON
Of the Emerald
For an athletic team at a Uni
versity to compete in a national
competition, it must first meet
eligibility requirements, besides
having the athletes pass a physi
cal examination.
And it is precisely because of
these reasons that the Oregon
Club Sports women’s skiing team
will not make a trip to the national
skiing championships this
weekend in Santa Fe, N.M.
The team qualified for the na
tional championships when it won
the Northwest regional skiing
championships at Bogus Basin,
Idaho, Feb. 25. However, several
forms necessary for the team to
compete will keep them out of the
competition.
Becky Sisley, the director of the
Womans Intercollegiate Athletic
Department, offered the neces
sary papers to the Club Sports of
fice in November and again in
January just before the deadline.
However, because the team was
made up predominately of under
classmen, coach Randy Rogers
elected not to fill out the forms.
‘The way I look at the issue is
that in order for me to authorize a
team to go to the nationals they
must have first filled out the re
quired forms,” said Sisley. “They
haven’t done that.’’
Club Sports director Sandy
Vaughn said that the blame cer
tainly does not rest with Sisley,
and said Sisley has gone out of
her way to help the Club Sports
program in this area.
Vaughn added she thought that
she and Rogers should have sent
the forms for the women’s team
into the national headquarters in
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Washington D.C. as a precaution
ary measure, but they did not.
She said this was definitely a
learning experience and she
would have all the heads of Club
Sports programs fill out any forms
pertaining to national competi
tions in the future.
The women performed surpris
ingly well this year, especially in
the regionals. Through the regular
season, they won only one of six
meets, but took the regional title
by 34 points over rival Central
Oregon.
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Saturday, 92-90. Houston went on
to an automatic berth in the
Mideast regional, while the
Razorbacks were admitted to the
Western regional as another at
large team.
In the other sub-regional in the
West held in Tempe, Ariz., San
Francisco (22-5) will tackle North
Carolina (23-7), who was also
admitted as an at-large team after
falling in the Atlantic Coast Con
ference championship. Also in
Tempe, New Mexico (24-3) faces
Fullerton State (21-8), who was
the PCAA champion but was
seeded as an at-large team.
Missouri, at 14-15 the only
sub-.500 team in the tournament,
plays Utah (23-5) March 12 at
Wichita, Kan., in the Midwest Re
gional and DePaul (25-2) will meet
Creighton, who beat Indiana State
Sunday for the Missouri Valley
Conference title.
At Tuisa, Okla., Houston (25-7)
will meet Notre Dame (19-6), and
Louisville (22-6) will play St. Johns
(21-6).
In the Mideast Regional, begin
ning March 11, at Indianapolis,
Big Ten champ Michigan State
(23-4) will play Providence (24-7).
The Mid-American Champion, to
be decided this week, will meet
Marquette (24-3).
At Knoxville, Tenn., Western
Kentucky, with just a .500 record
at 15-15, will play Syracuse and
top-ranked Kentucky, (24-2) will
meet Florida State (23-5).
In the East sub-regionals Mar.
12, at Charlotte, N.C., Duke, the
ACC champ at 23-6, will meet
Rhode Island (24-6) and Furman
(19-10) will play Indiana. At
Philadelphia, Penn (19-7) will
meet St. Bonaventure (21-7) and
Villanova (21-8) will play La Salle
(18-11).
Photo by Stave Schneider
James Wilkes, who had a couple of dunks and 11 points against
Oregon at Mac Court, will face Kansas this Saturday in the NCAA first
round.
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