Quotes of the Week
“This is the series everybody
wanted. I don’t know if we wanted
it.” — San Antonio’s Tim Duncan,
on facing the Los Angeles Lakers
in the Western Conference finals.
“Things could have been worse
if Desi Relaford didn’t have his
good stuff. ”—Mets manager Bobby
Valentine after using shortstop Desi
Relaford to pitch the ninth inning
of a 15-3 loss to San Diego. Relaford
got three straight outs after the
Padres raked five Mets pitchers for
17 hits in the first eight innings.
“You are at bat in the bottom of
the ninth with two strikes against
you. You are a proven winner on the
field. Now you must prove you are a
winner off the field.” — Circuit
Judge Florence Foster, who sen
tenced Darryl Strawberry to return
to drug rehab instead of prison.
“It’s one of the neatest things
I’ve ever seen happen, when you
think of the way he was thought of
five years ago and the way this
franchise was perceived, and what
he’s done to put us where we are
and the change in him. He’s not
only the best player on the team,
he’s become a great teammate. I’m
like a proud father watching him
develop and the way he plays and
to recognize the heart he has.” —
76ers coach Larry Brown on Allen
Iverson winning the NBA’s Most
Valuable Player award.
“I think the student taught the
teacher a lot about life, and I’m
grateful for that. I’m really grateful
for the opportunity to coach Allen,
and I never thought I’d say that.”
— 76ers coach Larry Brown about
NBA MVP Allen Iverson.
“I don’t know how many pucks
we had to throw on the net. I think
across the board, the guys would
n’t be denied.” — St. Louis coach
Joel Quenneville on the Blues,
who took 60 shots in their 4-3,
double-overtime victory over Col
orado in Game 3 of the Western
Conference finals.
“Three-ninety-nine, 400 and
you walk away with two losses. It
should be a little more joyous.” —
Cubs manager Don Baylor on
Sammy Sosa, who hit his 400th
career home run in the Cubs’ 6-2
loss to Houston.
“To me, (the basket) looked like
an ocean.” — Allen Iverson, who
scored 52 points in Philadelphia’s
121-88 win over Toronto.
“I used to look up to all of them.
To be in their company is really
something. You see the history
and the tradition and what it
means to America. I’m proud to be
just a small part of that. You never
know when you start in this game
what direction your career will go
in.” — Dave Winfield, who
walked through the Baseball Hall
of Fame for the first time after be
ing elected to it four months ago.
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Basketball
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be the coach, though. He knows
his stuff.”
Muscatell, who said he would
be more than content to keep his
job as an assistant, met with Moos
Monday to make a final decision
about whether to submit an appli
cation.
“By not reapplying for the job,
you are essentially saying you’re
not sure of yourself or you’re
deeming yourself not qualified,”
Muscatell said. “But I am ready,
willing and able to handle the sit
uation.”
Asked if the new head coach
should retain Muscatell, Williams
said, “If they’re smart, they would.
He recruited such a great class this
year. I think he has a good chance
of keeping his job. I would be dis
appointed if he didn’t.”
Last week, Moos interviewed
three candidates for the vacancy.
Bev Smith, the former Oregon
standout and current Canadian na
tional coach, was in town Wednes
day and expressed her desire for
the job.
“I know I can be my best here,”
Smith said of taking over the pro
gram, wfticn
has an annual
budget of $1.3
million. “This
is a perfect fit
for me.”
Moos also
met with
Xavier coach
Melanie Bal
comb and
ELLIOTT
Southwest
Missouri
State’s Cheryl Burnett.
“They are all very strong candi
dates,” Moos said Monday. “They
were very impressed with Eugene
and the University campus and
particularly the resources we’ve
made available for women’s bas
ketball.”
“I was extremely impressed
with Bev Smith,” Williams said. “I
wasn’t as impressed with [Bur
nett]. She reminded me of some
one we used to have.”
Moos said he would like to de
cide on the new coach by June 1.
He added that he would have to re
view all the applications after the
5 p.m. deadline Monday to deter
mine whether any other interviews
are necessary.
Burnett led Southwest Missouri
State to the 2001 Final Four while
coaching the NCAA all-time scor
ing leader, Jackie Stiles, who is
now a member of the WNBA’s
Portland Fire. In 13 seasons, Bur
nett has amassed a 274-117 record
(a .700 winning percentage) with
the Lady Bears.
“We did not talk specifics,” Bur
nett told The Associated Press of
her interview with Moos. “Any
time an opportunity is afforded
[of] that kind of opportunity, I
would be silly as a business person
not to at least educate myself about
it.”
Williams
continued from page 7
of Vanderbilt, Carisse Moody of
North Carolina State, Jenny
Roulier of Colorado, Ayana Walk
er of Louisiana Tech and Shereka
Wright of Purdue.
There is still one final spot
available on the American team,
and among those competing for
that position are Stanford’s Lind
sey Yamasaki, Washington’s
Loree Payne and Wisconsin’s
Tamara Moore.
The U.S.A. coach and current
Virginia women’s basketball head
coach Debbie Ryan is excited
about the amount of talent her
team will possess this summer.
“We’ve got a very athletic
team,” Ryan said. “We won’t be
the biggest team, but we’ll be very
athletic, and we will be a team
that can slash well. We’ve got
some good shooters on this team
that can spread the floor a little
bit for our size inside. We do
have some size inside, so hope
fully we can spread the floor and
get the ball to them.”
This summer will be an impor
tant time for Williams to clear out
some of the cobwebs built up
from not playing last year and
help get her back to her all-Pac-10
form of her first two years.
“It’s tremendous credit to
Shaquala and her work ethic that
seven and a half months off of
ACL surgery, she was able to go
out and compete against some of
the best players in the nation,”
Oregon interim head coach Dan
Muscatell said. “It’s a great mo
ment for Oregon women’s basket
ball.”
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