Seattle shines up for another Final Four
SKATTl.K (AP) — Times and
tht* rules have changed since
Seattle knoc ked Final Four fans'
soc ks off with unprecedented
red c-iirjH>t treatment in but
the c ity hopes to come out ahead
again — financially and imago
wise — with this weekend’s col
lege basketball Finale
And with the Arkansas Razor
backs in the game along with
UCLA. Oklahoma State and
North Carolina, there’s spec illa
tion the F'irst Fan might show,
though official White House
plans Monday put him in the
state of Arkansas for the week
end. not at courtside.
"They keep getting themselves
in trouble, hut they find a way to
win." said President Clinton to
The New York Times on Satur
day. who w.is the suhjm t ol mu li
comments himself in 1992 Me
said there was a White Mouse
watch party Friday, and we had
11 lot of folks from home
Seattle's rave reviews for 19H9
brought the 1989 tournament
here as well, not to mention this
weekend's semifinal matchups
and Monday's championship
game
"They literally rewrote the
book on how to host the Find
Four, said R» h Baker, who orga
nizml Dallas lor the ISHfi games
It w as like a w hole brand new
era."
Well, it was the 1‘tHUs Bust
ness was booming and so was the
city skyline Six year* ago. lights
in the partly finished Columbia
( enter spelled out NCAA F inal
4 HO
Local sports promoter Bob
Walsh had o lot to do with < hang
mg (a*rs|Hs live on the Final Four
'1 envisioned the t'iH4 Final
Four as an opportunity for our
city to make a name for itself by
doing it bigger and better than
anyone else evar did uid
Walsh, key boaster for the 1990
Goodwill (WuniK But it was wiry
difficult at first because people
didn't realize the value it had."
rh*' IUM4 organizing < nmmlt
tis> spent St million siting reads
five times the previous high
Walsh is not involved this year,
the weekend is I wing organized
tn Bon Man fie senior vie e pres
ident Min Boiler and Brian Front
of the Seattle Organizing Com
mittee But he laid the ground
work
I le took it to an lm rodible lev
el.' said Front, the committee
director
It's a coup for tfie University of
Washington as well t he s< hool
gets tt) percent of the gate
about $200,000 this year but
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Oregon bids seniors farewell at banquet
Mt TXfit fnmmM
Forward Jeff Potter was awarded his second straight Harry Ritchie Scholar Athlete Award
at Monday’s banquet tor his combining of academic and athletic excellence Potter was
also one ot Oregon’s eight seniors to say goodbye to Oregon at the dinner
Kris Henry
My £
Mom ,n,i olades for the Oregon men’s haskel
hall ten in were awarded Monday night it tin
team's banquet .it the Eugene llilton
The awards hampiet was a spirited affair, with
rousing ovations, laughter and electricity in the
air as Oregon's eight seniors got their final t tir
tain < all for their outstanding season and i areers
at the school
Two*time all-conference seltK.tion Orlando
Williams was awarded the Steven I Award is ()n
gun's most valuable player for the second i on
mh utive season
The Portland produr t completed his mroer with
l .074 overall points w hu h ranks him 2'tth on the
all-time Pai - to chart and as the Ducks' fourth
leading all tun*- si orer. I'he smooth shooting lefty
also hangs up his No 21 for ()regon as the record
holder in career three-pointers (2H2)
Hie t> foot-2 senior co-i aptaill was the sisth
leuding si orer in the Pacifii to (ainfereiit e this
season with 18.7 points per game
Senior forward Damon Kunvon was named the
winner of the lesse Nosh Award as tile team's most
improved player Runyon came off surgery last
year and was able to give the Ducks a needed Insist
from the bench in the final months leading to the
NCAA tournament
Sophomore forward Henry Madden garnered
the John Warren Award as the team's most inspi
rational player Madden started nine games and
was Oregon's second-leading re bounder (T>) and
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Stanford prepares for mighty Connecticut squad
STANFORD. Calif (AIM —
Tara VanDerveer's first order of
business Monday was to dispel
the notion Stanford might t>«
intimidated by Connecticut in
the Final Four.
"Obviously they've had a
great season." the Stanford
coach said. "They haven't lost a
gome They're blowing people
out Their average margin of vic
tory is close to 30 points.
"In a lot of situations, 1 think
everyone is talking about the
quote 'rematch' with Connecti
cut and Tennessee My altitude
is we have a lot of work to do
this week but we're going to
show up for the game. Records
are kind of irrelevant at this
point."
Stanford (30-/) will play Con
necticut (33-0) in a semifinal at
Minneapolis on Saturday floor
gia (28-4) plays Tetnnemee (33-2}
in the other semifinal, with the
championship game Sunday.
VanDerveer said Stanford
should benefit from having a
week to p re [Mire for Connecticut,
which showed some vulnerabil
ity in a 67-63 victory over Vir
ginia in the East Regional title
game last Saturday. Stanford
advanced by defeating Purdue
69-58
"I think Connecticut throws a
lot of things at you and having a
week is what we need to really
break down the tapes, show our
team the things we need to do to
get ready for the game." Van
Dorveer said
"I think that Virginia showed
some tilings that maybe we want
to learn from They'd been
rolling through the tournament
and Virginia maybe put a little
stare into Connecticut and
showed you some things you
could do that would work
against them."
Connecticut, the nation's top
offensive team, needed a strong
performance from Kara Wolters
to hold off Virginia. The fi-foot-7
center had a couple of key
blocks in the late going and fin
ished with 1H points. Stanford
center Anita Kaplan, who is 6
5. had an squally impressive
uulmg against Puriluo with 1H
points.
Other tey inati hups include
Stanford forward Rachel Hem
mer. who shut down All-Amor
ica Charlotte Smith in the
regional semifinal win that oust
ed 1994 national champion
North Carolina, against Con
necticut's Reins (it I-oIx). the col
lege player of the year And
Stanford guard Kate f’aye
against Connecticut guard Jen
nifer Riczolti.
"We're going to have to play
well defensively because they're
an offensive machine," Van
Derveer said.
Stanford, though, has some
things going in its favor For on
thing, the Cardinal is 3-0 against
Connecticut, including a 94-75
victory Inst year
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March 2X. IW
Volume an. Issue 1l*J
Dibble suspended
for comments
SARASOTA. Fla (AF)
The Chu t. jo While Sox sus
pended pitcher Rod Dibble
one day alto? I'd was quoted
saying ropi.i. omunt players
would be « with the iabei
lor life “hke child moleslers
Dibble was suspended
Sun. lay lor conduct unbe
COfT'i'iij to a While So* pi.ly
er general manager Ron
Schuoie said, adding that
Dibble 'criticaed our major
league players "
Dibble was quoted in Sat
urday's Chicago Tnbutw as
saying replacement players
wore go«ng to be labslsd
like child molesters lor the
rest o! Hum lives You're nev
or going lo gel nd of that
Dibble also interred to
replacement baseball as a
beer league and said
Chis'ago's minor ••• i j.
could beat the strikob'inix
This (S Dibble s ninth Sus
pension White with Hu?
• 'sit. Reds. w.is Sus
pended for such acts as
throwing a bat into a screen
throw's) bails at a player and
a Ian and charging onto the
tie d during a brawl
Marquette to meet
Virginia Tech in NIT
finals
Nf W YORK (AP) Anlho
ny Pie per scored a career
high 32 points and freshman
Aaron Hutchins continued his
late season heroic;:, with 20
M >r i lay nigr -t, sending Mar
quelle to the championship
game of !ho Nil with an 87
79 victory over Penn State
T’ <■ (loft Jen f agios (21-11)
w play Virginia lech, a 71 ■
59 winner over Cani$ius. in
Wednesday n*ght's title
game it will be their third
championship game, then
only title coming in 1970 Vir
g • a Tec h beat Marquette
57-54 January at M>iwa,
kee
Murqiiet!e struggied
through a rough lust hail,
going 10 reroutes with just
one tied goal in 14 attempts,
and tho N tiany Lions (20 11)
ted 30-20 with 2 59 left in the
half
Hie Golden i agios scored
the last eight points of the
hat! a run started with
Hutchins' first two points of
trie game, and opened the
second half with a 20 4 run
with Piepor a sophomore
guard, and Hutchins scoring
alt the pomis