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
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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