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w hen the Seattle M ariners
played the San Diego Padres.
A sell-out crow d o f 19,778
tu r n e d o u t to w a tc h th e
exhibition game that was held
at PG E Park last Friday. This
w as th e s e c o n d tim e the
M ariners played since 1984,
w here they beat the Toronto
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Maryland Wins NCAA Championship
’(A P )— M aryland beat Indiana
64-52 M onday night to w in the
N C A A m en ’s basketball cham pi
onship. M aryland d id n ’t play like
M aryland until it m attered. N ow
the T errapins are national cham
pions.
W ith A ll-A m erican guard Juan
D ixon snapping out o f a scoring
drought ju st in tim e, M aryland
ended Ind ian a’s m agical tourna
ment run with a64-52 victory. This
w as the T errap in s’ first appear
ance in a national cham pionship
gam e and the senior-laden lineup
cam e through over the final 9:42,
pulling aw ay from the H oosiers to
becom e the fourth straight No. 1
seed and eighth in the last 10
years to w in it all.
W hen D ixon and B axter, who
finished w ith 15 points and 14
rebounds, stepped up, the long
sh o ts stop p ed falling. Indiana
m ade ju st tw o o f its 11 shots from
behind the arc and its dream o f
being the first No. 5 seed to win a
national cham pionship and match
K ansas in 1988 for the m ost losses
by a cham pion started to fade.
M a ry la n d w as a m o n g th e
co u n try ’s highest scoring team s
Juan Dixon,
right, gets lost
in a sea of
Maryland fans
after sealing
the victory and
clinching the
Most Valuable
Player award.
Maryland's
Lonny Baxter,
right, and
Chris Wilcox
celebrate their
64-52 victory
over Indiana
Monday night
in the NCAA
championship
game at
Georgia Dome
in Atlanta.
McKay Bolts for New Mexico
O re g o n S ta te c o a c h R itc h ie
M cK ay T hursday accepted a five-
year deal worth up to $ 500,000a year
to take the reins o f the U niversity o f
N ew M exico’s basketball program .
M cK ay, w ho w as 22-37 in tw o
seasons at O regon State, will re
place Fran Fraschilla, w ho resigned
M arch 17.
O regon S tate athletic director
M itch B arnhart spoke w ith M cKay
fo r ab o u t tw o h o u rs by p hone
T hursday. He said that w hile he is
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happy for M cK ay, h e 's sorry for
O regon State.
“I thought he did som e things
that laid a solid foundation for our
program to grow from ," Barnhart
said. “I feel bad for the players. It’s
a tough transition.’’
U N M officials said M cK ay u n
derstands the pressure N ew M exico
fans will place on him to lead the
L o b o s to a w in n in g s e a s o n .
M cK ay’s late father Joe played for
the Lobos from 1960-63.
at 85 points per gam e, but its third-
lowest total o f the season was
good enough to m ake it the 33rd
school to win the national cham
pionship and the second straight
from the A tlantic Coast C onfer
ence follow ing Duke last season.
The loss was the first for Indi
ana in six national cham pionship
game appearances. The last three
titles _ 1976,1981 and 1987 _ were
won under K night, w ho w as fired
two years ago for violating a zero-
tolerance policy. M ike D avis, one
of his assistants, w as selected to
succeed him and in ju st his sec
ond season he alm ost won it all.
Dixon d id n 't m iss a shot in the
first half, going 4-for-4 from the
field and 2-for-2 from the free throw
line. His last shot cam e with 10:02
left and the baseline ju m p er gave
the Terrapins a 21 -11 lead.
Indiana’s first 14 points cam e
on fo u r 3 - p o in te r s , tw o by
Coverdale, and tw o free throw s.
The Hoosiers co u ld n ’t get a shot
off in the paint and had to settle for
outside shots.
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