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Coaches quite similar despite some differences
By Jayson Jacoby
The casual observer probably
wouldn't find 'many similarities
between Oregon's head coach
Don Munson and \ n/utta N
Lutn Olson
Munson prowl* the sidelines,
hands in pockets. usually with
his head tilled down toward
the floor He reminds the offi
cials in Ins gravelly voice when
he is displeased'with-their de
rasions He doesn't snitle ten
often when he's mi thet ourt
Olson typit ally sits in ins
chair and doesn't ruffle his suit
the wav Munson soineliities
does He is more i iMoopohtan
He e\ ti does i elehritv endorse
merits tor Arizona's Valiev' Na
tiorial Dank
But the two veteran I’acilit
10 Conference coaches, whose
teams meet tonight in an 8 i‘>
game in McArthur Court, have
a lot in i ommon, as w ell
Both slatted their ( u r.r en!
jobs in l*m:t And both inherit
ed troubled basket! .![ pro
grams, Olson taking over a
Wild, it team that had gone
-I J -i the [) r ■ V I u u s veil and
Mainan assuming the leader
ship of an Oregon squad com
ing oil t... st, I uk u lit sea
Both are highly regarded m
their profession Olson has
been named But.-ID Coach of
the Year three limes, and Mom
soil was MM Ui",[ ( ,.u h u! the
Year Ins first year In Eugene,
when 111! took a 11• I t team to
the National Invitational lour
namcni
Anti Munson .lii.! ()!s m c.u h
( iimc !o their current coai lung
■.lbs after having turned strug
glmg programs into.. national
i ontenders
Olson look an la'w'.i team jltal
was Iasi ill the Big It) l unlet
flH e to live s! raigllt N't AY
tournament appi'aram os. m
( lulling a ! mat lour In Till in
1‘J'BO
Moiison was lot) 11 in live
seasons as Idaho's head r oach,
and In; look thi’ Big Nkv sr hr ml
in two NO.A \ tournaments and
had tin Y indals ranked eighth
in the . ountry in 1 . w hen
flu y limshed 2,7 I
But llsat s about where the
siinil ;i it,es end
Since Ida.t, Arizona has
come a national power, !: > ».
trig up seven straight winning
seasons after an 11 1" mark
(luring Olson s fir•• t in
Tucson ! he \\ iJoi its :;vo
won live I’.h K) tilj-'s over that
.span, uu hiding the last: four
() I sort's ov era II rer nrd a! Ari/o
na is 210 I, and Ins teams
h a v e in a d e seven straight
N't A Y tournaments
V m en's record at Oregon is
tlip 1 to, and vs lule the Ducks
have three Nil appearances
i . er that Stretc li. tiies haven't
w.ai more than 10 games in a
si■asi ii under Munson
While the numbers might
-,eem paz/ling. a closer look at
tin1 two programs reveals a hit
about vvii.il it takes to turn a
college basketball team into a
i (insistent national contender
Naturally the higgr-.t far tor is
recruiting Olson has lertainly
h i more talented [>1.1 \t*rs to
work with til.m Munson. hut
wtuMi recruiting in Kugeno ami
1' u t sun is i ii 111)1 arml. t It a t
.shouldn't i om«> as a Surprise
l ui sun is roughly the si/.o ni
I’ortlami, all.! Kugeiie S metri)
politan populiitn.n is little
more than 150,000 Keiruils
don't always t .house a college
just hfi.uusc it's m a big city
hut they sometimes rep-t t col
leges that aren't
U e inn e, more u! a metro
politan area (than Oregon):.*' Ol
son saul "That's at least not i
deterrent, like it might he
there
Ilotli Molls,.II and Ui son
.agree that (dimate plays an im
portant r -I. m tire . . :' .rts to
attrai t cpiafity players
k i ts in here, and its
... a y tl.i) days a veal. Olson
said A kid goes ill there In; l
v > lid . and he Hi i gilt ge t
tamed nut the entire time
I hat may he a hit o! an evag
gi ' ate :i hut Mon-iin an I (in
gull State i (Ml h liili Aiideison
win1 has ln en at (*, r y all is ..s
a [ilayer or i oai h lor more than
do years agree
I he yv rather in \ri. oiia r
taillty appears m •r: ruoioas
than it is here. Amirrson said
We huv*' an in. 1 ;• . I .. !i
of tile i nullify that -ill It dies is
rain In-re
Hut Arizona's biggest advan
tage may bay.- O-en .ts record
in ()!-., : i -. ...ni .. , ii yv hr n
the \\ ndi ats w n 2 1 games (>1
-- a i trams h.nrii t is on tryver
than lit games since and have
wiitt m-ite th. ui 25 tlifiv times
M ; so: r I () n :• *•. ..nd
the boost m [ti ruillni; nl Jt)
w it’, v- ; ■ .uni N't A \ t> ,;rts.i
ItirtVi rts|}el ;e|.|t O IS .! Itlg pile
When \mi wilt .Ml Raines
thi'ii it s a program that s
looked it as being on the wa\
ti;i -Olson said Ur i mill! >’i'
out and sell litis to ret mils
(litre tun t;r! that going. i! kind
ol snowballs
Von look at ross lint court
tr\ Mottson said 'Kvery year
It thn same 1or so teams al
the lop Arizona's one of those
teams now
Surprisingly. Oregon actually
spends more [Si.to.(100) on re
i: r ii i ! I n K than A r i /. r. n a
($1115.000) docs But that may
hi' a rollei tton i>I hovs inui h
easier it is lor the Wildcats to
attract top players With all its
advantages. Arizona probably
doesn't have to work, as hanl as
()roj>on to entice its ret riots
Dos pile the 11 ft li ra n k ed
Wildiats' (.!() 4 overall and '( I
in the I'ai to) dominance of
Oregon It) Hi. 1-VI) the last few
years in I'm son, w it it h in
i hides a 411 point Iron in iitf> last
March and the Ducks u oi si
loss ever Jun 40. til l 4 I, they
have been ambushed the last
tw o jjatllis at the I’ll
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