1981_03 The Daily Collegian March 1981

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Cautious Bulldogs face
tough Huskies tonight
ing sprawling El Paso, Texas.
A storm I* bret
day afternoon d
It i* a
seeking
NCAA
at 2 p.m.
resterday to be greeted by
gray tides
and temperatures
much
like Fresno when ttey left tte valley
at 8 a.m..
ester-day.   The players and
coaches appeared to te calm
and
to assistant  coach
Gary
Yoder,   I
'l    tte    Bulldogs'
usual
mood before a crucial game.
"If you get uptight you won
t be
able to piay your own game," .aid
Yoder.    "Ttet* guys hav* got to te
totally relaxed when ttey go o
tte court.
Ttey.* got to pit.
tike
CSU1
F 1980-81
CSUF 55
Air Fore*
40
CSUF96
Portland Stat*
65
CSUF 77
Arizona
65
CSUF 69
LA State
47
CSUF 65
Beit* State
40
CSUF 70
Arizona
60
CSUF 79
South Dakota State
65
CSUF SB
Mississippi State
4S
CSUF 75
UCDavis
56
CSUF 71
59
CSUF 39
Kansas State
47
CSUF 89
UC San Diego
42
CSUF 79
Utah Stele
62
CSUF 47
San Jose State
52
CSUF 54
Long Beach State
55
CSUF 64
UC Irvin*
51
CSUF 79
University of Paclfk.
57
CSUF 47
University of Pacific
4"!
CSUF 76
CSUF 72
UCHam Barbara
Fullerton State
38
52
CSUF 51
Fullerton State
30
CSUF 46
UC Santa Barbara
26
CSUF 70
UC Irvin*
5S
CSUF 67
Long Beach State
46
CSUF 62
San Jose SUte
52
CSUF 82
Utah State
58
PCAA TOURNAMENT
CSUF 71
Utah State
57
CSUF 52
San Jce* State
TOTALS
48
"They've got great guard* and
great rebounding," said Crant.
"We have a tough task, and we're
NCAA Basketball Preview
Western Regionals El PaSo, Texas
March 12-15 UTEP Special Events Center
How to win the NCAA
basketball tourney
During a pre*. conf«i*nc* before tte
Bulldogs' practic* In tte 12.000 seat
arena, Fresno coach Boyd Crant wa*
all pralie for Northeastern.
Those who cover basketball on tte
Eatt Coast claim tte Huskle duo of
6-4 PM* Harris and 6-2 Perry Most
are tte best guard* on tte East
Coast, and thould give Bulldog
guards  Donald Mason  and  Bobby
Harris and Mott have vertical Jump!
of 40 inches and are tald to te
"quicker than lightning."
But Calhoun, who knows hit team
hat an I den t i ty problem on tte Wett
Coast, says that Fretno it alto
unknown on the East Coast
"I've got people In Boston who tay
we thould blow out Fretno State,"
said Calhoun. I've teen Fretno State
twice on TV. I think ttere are great
teams in tte nation, and Fretno
State ii one of them "
CSUF official* tay
that   i
:   300  I
enpected for tonight's game, substantially Im than th* nearly 2,000 ttet
ventured to Anaheim last weekend,
but plenty to cheer on the Dogs
Reynolds Bops,
NAME
Donald Mason
Bobby Anderson
Pete Verhoeven
Bobby Davis
Rod Higgins
Head Coach: Boyd Crant
NAME
Pete Harris
Perry Moss
Chip Rucker
Eric Jefferson
Dave Leitao
FRESNO
POSITION
Guard
Guard
Center
Forward
Forward
NORTHEASTERN
POSITION
Guard
Cuard
Center
Forward
Forward
6-0
6-9
HEICHT
6-4
6-2
6-7
6-7
6-7
YEAR
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
. Jr.
YEAR
Sr.
Head Coach. J im Calhoun
What's next if Bulldogs
beat Northeastern?
Should Fretno get past Northeastern University tonight In tte firtt
round of tte NCAA Western Regionals In El Paso, Texas, tte Bulldogs would face Utah Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. (P__flcTlm*). •
Tte winner of tte Fresno- Northeastern contest will meet Utah,
champion of tte Western Athletic
Conference. Tte 24-4 Utes are a
strong, physical team, led by tte
likes of 6-10 Tom Chambers, 6-7
Danny Vranes and 6-7 Karl Bran-
kowski.
Chambers Is tte top scorer and
rebounder for the Utes, scoring at
an 18.6 dip and reding in 6.6   _-
hoeven (6-9), Rod Higgins (6-7) and
Bobby Davis (6-7) is nearly equal to
that of Utah, and at tte guard positions, Fresno counters with 64
Bobby Anderson and 6-2 Donald
Thaw
ry't o
advance* to tte semi-final round of
tte Western Regionals next weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah.
So you're * college tewiMtelt
coach, and you've got a team making
its fint-ever trip to tte preitigtou*
NCAA Division I post-season taunt*-
Thi* it where the going get*
g get* tough.
down to tte
top wSbaJkfubs in tte country. Whatever you and your team do now takes
on magnified significance. There'*
buddy, you're on your way horn* ■    ino.
So, how do you prepare your team 1
for this added pressure? How do you Just
keep your players  from cracking? J   Cm
And how do you make sure ttey are our
*ure they are
ready to play the very bett b_' -
ball of their live*? Wdl, that'* <
•I think it I* very Important at tht*
17.4 *ooring aven
7.3 rebound* a g
12.9 a  gam* and  7.3
Tte Utes rdy on their inside
game, with guard* Scott Martin and
Pace Mareiion working the ball inside to tte big men.
Finallyf
No. 20
Bulldogs finally got some of the
(Won  their  fans  have teen
new issu* o< Sport*  Illustrated hit
the stands yesterday.
Tte   Dogs are ranked No. 20 In
-'     week's   to   20  poll   in   S,
lit season. Ttey ar*
ate) ranted No. 26 by tte Sporting
Ntwtif the highest F re* no K_u been in
that poll this year.
JCSUFhead
G0_ch Boyd Gran, writer this week.
Crant'. Bulldog* will be making their
"By thi* time,* Grant continued,
-your team has gen* through a long
season, but the NCAA, are Ju»t tte
ttere are whole new goals to
I for. Tte old ones-th* ones
EST	
anything now.
*W**rxom.
**toutto*ttfi
Both tte Bulldog* and Itetuonf*ri
•not, tte PCAA, have alway* been
victim, of tack of recognition, and
Crant would like to prove that both
deserve better by putting on a good
>howinth*NCAA*.
'I don't late to tote ttet 'we're
Just glad to be here' attitude,' Mid
Crant. 'Sure we're happy to te In
leave It at that. We want to win. It'*
not w*re_ftoii that Fretno State gets
*n opportunity lite this, and you
What's tte um of making K ttere If
you're going to get blown out right
off tte bat?*
And to avoid ttet, there's no relaxing In a Boyd Grant practice.
•No, ttere*. no tomorrow. W* work
hard right up to tte day of the game,*
But Crant and hi* »t*ff (Ron
Adarn*.Jte|-hi_*and__. Yodd*r)
rrutature thing* are k*pt'	
the. This late In tte yew
tte  team
It took a lot, but Wave, team filially get their due
_ d Arena But it was the Anaheim Convention Center, all
decked out It the familiar red that has become synonymous
with the CSUF Bulldogs this past season
The occasion for all tte red banners, pom-poms and the
like was the PCAA's post-season tournament, which tte
Bulldogs were expected to rule.
They did, but not without the help of nearly 2,000 fans who
Journeyed by car, bus, plane and train to Southern California
last weekend to cheer the'Dogs on
Tte Anaheim (_onv_rtlon Center wa* the tte of thlt year't
post-season toorney, and no team was supposed to have a
horn* court advanteg*. But with the traveling i
g entourage
te definite.
to_r_i-_nt,
itortesontte
serves. TheOrange County edition of the Los Angeles Times,
the Orange County Register and the Ar_heirn newspaper all
had pi*-__rr_ment art Ides on Fresno and its die-hard fans.
Two of tte biggest columnists in _k>uthern California, Scott
Ostler of the Times and John Hall of the Register, each did
pieces on the Bulldogs and the Red Wave, with Hall doing an
extended column on Fresno's and San Jo*e'» jlmilar ttylet
dpl«y.«r_'te_|rowir,r*pu_tionofttePCAA.
Some might hav* fdt ttet the pre-toumar
just plain-old hype, but the Red Wave and
that ttey are just a. good as tome peook
Candy Cane Motel around tl
The Time Out Oub, CSUF'l  .-._.-.
up »hop at tte Candy Cane, with many Fresno fan* ttaying
there. In fact, the Bulldog boosters even set up a hospitality
luiteinRoom 113, Inviting Bulldog fans to join in the celebrations following Fresno's games
Marry did celebrate after Fresno's dramatic 52-48 win over
San Jose State Saturday for the championthlp, which meant a
berth in the NCAA's that start this weekend in Texas.
Several hundred Bulldog fans were clad In tte regulation
red ctothingthat has become tte tr J
band and pep squad with the male member* of the pep xjuad
dressed in togas and sunglasses.
There were hundreds of others there, Including the nwna-
ger of the Candy Cane, who reported, told torn* Bulldog
said that If any non-Fresno patrons complained about tte
noise the revelers were making, he would tell them to accept
it or leave, saying te would rather have Fresno fans there
tatk at hand is defeating as many opponerrtt as possible to
prove that they are deserving of a top 20 ranking that they
never got this season
By the season's end, the 'Dogs were hovering rt the door
of the top 20, but with the «nnouncement of thi* week's final
regular season poll, Bulldog backer* will have to wait a while
longer to crack the prestigious top 20
******
Even though tte CSUF athtetlc ticket offlc* only »old about
268 of the 375 tkkettorigtodtv plotted to Fresno fans, ticket
manager Doug Johntcfri-ep-irtt ttet plenty of ticket* will be
available at game time tonight In El Paso.
But If a fan read* this and <teddcs to go to tte gam* at tte
last minute, he's out of luck. Unlets he has a flight tooted
that will arrive In EtPaso before tipoff, he will just have to be
satisfied with watching the game on television. KSEE Channel 24 will broadcast tonight's gam* with an 8:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) tipoff.
KM) Radio, 580 on tte AM dial, will alto broadcast tte
gam*. Should Fretno win tonight, both KM) and KSEE will
broadcattand tdevlte Sunday'» contest *g«inst tough Utah.
■ft A-ft ■* <r s>
Tte Butewf Rod Higgins, an dt_CAA wtetton at for-
ward thi* season, earned a couple more honors Mmidf thi*
past week when he wat r_m^ to two_l_tarteem». Higglnt,
a 6-7 forward who averaged a little more than 15 point. ■
game for tte Bulldo
West Co**t team m
Ail-American list.
-._-*■** _*._..
umco^mbasTat-
best lecjuiters arid tte best game coaches.
Boyd Crant, CSUF: 'His teems play exactly tte way ttey
practice. They're smart and make no mistakes. He's a
cCwCh's coach, a real technician.*
Some of the'other coache* lifted a* among the be»t: Lefty
Driesell of Maryland, Indlana't Bobby Knight, Kansas
State's Jack Hartman andlecvada-Us Vegas' (Fresno State
grad) Jerry Tarkanlan.
Not bad company.
******
Tte'Latest Lin*,'
Bulldog coach Boyd Grant doesn't put much stock In tte
lilting*, noting that people who set tte odds protebfy
tovn 't seen dttertegm.i__y.end tte* _*termln*dtteodd»
by looking at tte statistics of tte two teems.
The -Latest Line* a_o listed tte otter first round odd. for
the team* playing in tte Western Itegional.. Kante. State Is
listed at a three-point favorite over USF. Idaho I* picked by
three over Pitt, and Wyoming it tabbed as aWVi-point favor-
******
> on-the-spot coverage of F
Should Frtenod*f**fferttea*tern and Utah. «nd *--__.
to tte western tegkmd *amf-finals te S-fcUteCfty, Utah
r-*xtni inJ.^ewteg^wtWtoonhqxl -      ,
The on. thing drfferent about pre-
fllms of
/dowrth
con.er.pnot opponents. But Gr&vtt
tfcmn'tted3iatwilltev*abig Im-
•Sure It's nice to have tte films,
we've gathered all the teternatiort
w* on about Nortteestem, W* know
thai ttey 're one of tte tetter re-
Thtv'iv a\ l«__*VbiiN-*in*t t*ejw *vtth _
And wtet ate* Grant tee a* ttetey
ng rtertte
knew th*** v*t very _ff_itt*_t*fran_tod
and very e___k/ te said. *l think
tte tey      * wig te te try tedUrupt
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