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Tark hired to head Fresno St. FRESNO, Calif (A!’) Jerry Tarkanian, the towel chomping coach with the highest winning percent age in NCAA basketball history, was hirtsl Wed nos day to coach Fresno State, his aims mater Tile fomier UNl.V com ic whose disputes with the NCAA ran lor years and reached the Supreme Court, replaces Cary Col son. who resigned Mart h 15 after five seasons Tarkanian, the only can didate to interview for the job, signed a three-year contract "I know that the support here is unmatched," Tarkanian said at n news conference. "I've always said the Red Wave is maybe the best fans in the entire country. "Hopefully, we c.an get a program going to the level to bring a lot of excitement and a lot of pride to the people of the San (oaquin Valley." Fresno State president John VVelty. who had the final word on hiring Tnrkanian, said the con tract "establishes the responsibility of the coach to adhere to NCAA regula tions." In addition, VVelty said the athletic: department will hire a c ompliance offl i cir to guide coaches in all NCAA rules. Tarkanian, 64, will try to revitalize a team that lias had only two winning sea sons in the past 10 years The Bulldogs were t!i-15 last season, finishing sev enth in the Western Ath letic. Conference. Bruins do conference proud J CHOIS Ml f&fnwald Once again, stars like Maryland's Joe Smith ensured that the ACC remained as the premier basketball conference The Pac-10 stepped up in 1994-1995 with a solid year and a national championship Chris Mm In burs and in mum! table di» cautions from i oast to coast, one of the most Interesting and ml<‘i\in aniui.il sport d«d>.i!«--. is over whith conference i an lay claim to the best overall basket ball programs Going into this year’s NCAA Tournament, it was generally thought that the l’a< 10 was seriously in need of a good tour nament to defend its integrity and its long standing tradition as one of the nation’s premier basketball confereni os As much as everyone would like to think that they know which is the lies! basketball conference, the fact remains that then? is really no way of scientifically gauging just whit h league is the l>est from top to bottom It’s really very hard to sav which conferem e is the fiest Must leagues have a few slrung teams at the top. hut full off considerably after that Most people would soy that the Atlantic Coast Conference is easily the best And why not? Since the Pm 10 last won a nat....ial title (UCLA in l«>75). the ACC. along with the Big Ten, has < I aimed five national championships, including three of the last five Although only four teams made it in the field of M, the Aid! produced a No I seed in Wake Forest, a No !? seed in North Carolina a No. * seed in Maryland and a No 4 Virginia In addition, some of the !«»st players in the nation came from the ACC let! by All-American center joe Smith from Maryland Turn to NCAA, Page 1? Woods ready despite back spasms Al l.DM A, (.<1 (Ar) — rur a lew minutes Wednesday, it looked like Tiger Woods' debut at the Masters was going to end before it ever began. But it turned out the 18-year-old Stanford phe nom was only suffering tan k spasms when he cut short a practice round. 'Tin okay." Woods said after being treated for the injury, which didn't stop him from taking part in a par-3 tournament later in the day. "I've done it before It's no big deal." Woods, who qualified for his first Masters by winning the 19*14 U.S. Amateur, winced after hit ting his tee shot on No. 5 during a practice round, then grabbed his back in pain after hitting the sec ond shot. He walked to the green, piided up his taill and, after talking with tournament officials and one of his playing partners. Nick Price, hopped in a van to tie token lor treatment on the eve of the biggest tournament of his young life “It’s always been my biggest fear: keeping him physii ally lit tor tournaments, said his father. Karl Woods lia s not physically mature yet Men tally. he’s l‘J going on 30 Hut physically, he's a teenager al>out ready to go into adulthood. "Till he fills out his muscle structure and there's full support for full adulthood functions. I'll wor ry" Hut the younger Woods brushed off hts brush with pain. Me spent about an hour in the PGA fit ness van. where the back was treated with elec trtcal stimulation and ice packs. "I'm fine." Woods said. "They worked out it out and there's no pain now.” As if to prove his point. Woods headed off the practice green, where he worked on hia putting while joking around with Peter Jacobsen. After ward. Woods sauntered over to the crowd to sign a few autographs and even had his picture taken while holding a baby. Me then hit dozens of shots on die practice range before taking part in the par-3 tournament, where he struggled to a 2-over-par 20. Tlgtr Woods wW Q*t Ms shot to today's htetsrs April 6, 1995 Volume lX>. Issue 12f> Expos’ Hill, Wette land dealt m SI PAl M Bt ACM. f <J (AP) in their second maioc dea; of |ho day. Hie Montreal I *pos traded Starting pitcher Ken t (ill to use St Lours Car dmais today tor two young prtchers and an outfielder I .ir i iof i ki'.< if John Wette land was dual! to Its,* Now York Yankees (or a minor league prospect, t player to be named taler and money The cash poor t xpos. who tost $ 15 million because ol the strike want to reduce the<r (Myroil from about $18 miiuon m 1994 to as little as $10 million this year t till made $? S5 million m 1994 and Wetteiand made $? 22b million Both are eligi ble lor arbitration this season and the f *pos could not alford to txiy Item Outfielder Marquis Grr. som. wfio made $3 .‘>6 mrltion last season and also is efigi bte tor arbitration, could txi dealt by I riday. general man agor Kevin Matone sa d McRae off to Cubs CHICAGO (AP) the Chicago Cobs acquired out fielder Bean McRae today m a trade with the Kansas City Royals tor two minor league pitchers McRae ?7 batted 27? with tour home runs and 40 RBJs last season In hm four plus year career with Kansas City McRae 's,-n. iu| 262 with 30 home runs and 246 Rfjls He was a fas! round draft p*ck m 1985 The Cubs wm send pitch on : «•'<''« Wallace and Conn Mimones to the Royals Wu: lace pitched for Of facto and Iowa in the Cubs farm system ■ s' year • ie M<W0f • ••. spent last season at Class A Baylor assistants busted, Johnson cleared WACO. Te«as (AP) - For mer Baylor basketball coach Darrel Johnson was acquit ted Wednesday, but three assistants wore convicted in connection with their recruit ment o! five junior college players in 1993 The federal jury found that although Johnson was responsible for the basketball program, fie was unaware of impropor help his assistants gave lo enable the recruits to pass classes they needed to enroll at Baylor
