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I'. C. 8 pays for poor free -throw shooting - again - ·in loss to USF Tribune Stall Report {l_ CA$) work cut out for them tonight when they conclude a two- on the boards," said USF coach Jim Brovelli, whose team challenge. E,r. ,au There's no uch thing as a free throw. game road trip at Santa Clara (0-3, 11-5). Although Santa was outrebounded 45-23. "We bad to work for every bas- USD cut USF'a lead to one point with 1: remainlng ot for~ay. Clara is tied for last place with USD in the WCAC, the ket." when freshman forward Gylan Dottin drov~ e baseline The Toreros have been paying all season at the free- Broncos' losses have been against the conference's top USF senior guard Kevin Mouton, who was averaging 10 for a basket and was fouled. Dottin, who scoi::ed 13 points, throw line, and last night was no exception. USD's poor three teams - Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount and St. points a game, picked up the scoring slack for the Dons added the free throw to make it 57-56. free-throw shooting was costly in a 63-58 West Coast Mary's. The Gaels, the preseason favorite to win he with a game-high 20 points. USF received a boost off the The Toreros still trailed by one when. tHet called a Athletic Conference loss to the USF Dons at San Francis- conference, improved to 15-1 last night with a 76-48 win bench from Jef Christian, who scored 10 points and timeout with 1:08 remaining to set up a play for center co over Santa Clara. grabbed five rebounds. Junior forward Joel DeBortoli Dondi Bell. USD worked the ball to Bell, who had 12 While USD watched its shots clank, USF put on a free- The Broncos have one thing going for them: Every added 14 points and sophomore forward Scott McWhorter points in the game, but he missed a short jumper that tbro clinic, making 87 percent of its attempts (29-of-33), WCAC team USD bas played this season has recorded its bad 10 for the Dons. would have given the Toreros a r,8-57 lead. including the last 14 in a row. The Toreros shot 45 per• first conference win against the Toreros. USF accom- Junior forward Craig Cottrell, who scored a team-high "We got it down to one point, called timeout and ran a cent ll-of-24) from the line. plished it last night and the Dons were without their 18 points for USD, sank two free throws in the final good play," said Egan. "His shot just came up a little bit "We shot a lot of free throws this past week in prac- leading scorer and rebounder. minute of the first half to give the Toreros a 31-29 half- short. That could have changed the way the ballgame ttce," said USO coach Hank Egan, whose team entered USF senior forward Mark McCatbrion missed last time lead. went." th game shootrng 60 percent from the line. "I don't know night's game in order to attend bis father's funeral. USF took a lead it would not lose when DeBortoli hit Instead, USD was forced to foul in the final minute. bat else you can do. I think it's just a matter of confi- McCathrion is averaging 15.4 points and 7.3 rebounds a two free throws to make it 36-35 three minutes into the USF went to the line six times m the final minute. The dence. We Just have to work our way through it." game. second half. The Dons never led by more than five, but Dons made each attempt, proving some shots in basket- Th T rero (0-3 m the WCAC, 5-10 overall) have their ''We knew we had to play without Mark and it showed turned back USO every time the Toreros attempted to ball still are free.

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REACT ON: Local coaches, administrators divided on Proposal 42 Umllnutd From E·l O t;" 1 t . -<.7 be hurt. One bad class and they're ineligible (for adrnis· ion)." ics, but Proposal 42 is taking away too much." Back and forth it goes.

Sweetwater football coach Andy Sanchez IS in favor of Proposal 42 "I agree with t," he said. "I'm a minonty, but I think the kids should be fully qualified I think the SAT is fine . If they get tutoring before the test, they'll be OK. The kids that can't pass it are borderline as far as college is concerned." Martin Moss, a counselor at Mesa College and udent athlete academic adviser at Lincoln Prep, was encouraged by the steps taken by the CAA to enhance cademic requirements. Until now. "Athletes can focus on academics if they know they have td," said Moss, a former NFL football player who graduated from Lmcoln and UCLA. ''When I went to Lincoln the atmosphere wasn't what it is now, but I got an education anyway because I wanted to get out. I like Prop. 48 because it was forcing ids to focus on academ-

Miller can barely step outside his office without run- nmg into an opponent of the proposal. SDSU basketball coach Jim Brandenburg is against it. " ot every university in the United States has the same role or mission within its state or community," said Brandenburg. "I think it might be far better for the mstitution to still be autonomous and set its own en- trance requirements." Said USD basketball coach Hank Egan: "What's the answer? The ideal answer to this whole thing? There is nobody in the world better capable to decide who can be a good, effective student than an admissions officer at that particular school. He can look at the transcript and interview the student and come the closest of anyone on the face of the earth f knowing whether the kid and the

"The thmg we don't want to do is bring in youngsters, bleed their athletic ability out of them and then dismiss th m w thout graduating," said Miller. "That's pure ex- ploitation. We have to graduate youngsters. If suddenly b k tball I a program that has a very low graduation rat becau of easier entrance standards, then I think ba etball is m even greater dang r " orse High basketball coach Ron Davi was satisfied with the requ1rem nts establi bed by Proposition 48. "1 like th way 1t was before when a player could sit out a year, but Ull get ht scholarship," said Davis. "P ople look t it as playing ports. I look at it as an opportunity for an education they're taking away." Said Chula Vista football coach George Ohnesorgen. "I'd hke ome more information, but my first impression 1s that I'm not real happy with It I think the socioe- conomic aspec are going to hurt ome kids, especially a far a the SAT I concerned. The C-average kids will

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11/'I ..A UN far, 18!8 / ng Runs by Santa Clara sw7.ll-P~D · AN'TA CLARA-Two dry ell , or. In each half, choked the Unlvcrsitf of an Diego men' its second-half lead to 13 points and USD couldn't come all the way back. Down, 53-40, with 6:18 to play, the Toreros made their final run and closed to within 60-58 on Danny Means' 3-point jumper with IO seconds to play. But four Santa Clara free throws put the game away. The Toreros fell to 5-11 with their fourth loss in four conference games. '• P. C. 8 basketbaf leam,md \ell ~o a 64-58 West Coast Athletic Conference loss toSanta Clara Saturday.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL InteRSe new· COach has Lobos winning after a 2-4 beginning By Chris Clarey Staff Writer Coaches usually have to be told to pack their bags and move on. Dave Bliss has made bis own deci- sions. TODAY'S GAME • Tipoff: 2 p.m. • Where: Sports Arena. • Records: San Diego State, 8-6 overall, 2-3 in the Western ate degree at Cornell. During that time, he worked for Procter and Gamble. "I was selling Crest toothpaste," Bliss said. 4-- &

"We're a young and tr gglmg team," USD Coach Hank gan said. "We're on a death struggl every time out, and that is what we have to understand. We played hard tonight and hung m there, and hopefully that will help us when we get home. The Toreros outrebounded Santa Clara, 40-21, but turned the ball over 26 times to Santa Clara's 10.

The first drought came in the fll'St alf. beginning with 6,30 left. USD as leading, 19-16, but Santa Clara scored nine consecutive porn and went on to take a 27-24 halftime lead. W1lh 15:06 to play, USD again went cold. Ahead, 34-32, the Tore- ros allowed Santa Clara to score 10 consecutive points. Melvin Chinn's 3-pointer put Santa Clara ahead,

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He received his MBA in 1967 and was drafted into the Army. Knight arranged to have Bliss assigned to West Point as an enlisted assistant coach. "The thing I enjoyed about it," Bliss said, "was that I came to real- ize a lot of the things you do of an organized nature in the corporate world, you can do in the college world. Bobby Knight showed what organization and intensity could do for a basketball team. He took col- lege basketball coaching out of the 'sweatshirt and whistle around the neck' mentality, and that's what I think a lot of us - the so-called disci- ples - have picked up on." After two years, Bliss was dis- charged and returned to Cornell to coach under Jerry Lace. He rejoined Knight as an assistant at Indiana in 1971 and stayed through the 1974-75 season, when the Hoosiers had Scott May, Qumn Buckner and Kent Ben- son. That team won 34 consecutive games before being eliminated in the NCAA quarterfinals, and Bliss ac- cepted the head-coaching position at Oklahoma. The Sooners were 13-13 under Joe Ramsey in 1985, but little talent re- mained. Bliss' first team finished 9- 17 and fourth in the Big Eight - good enough for htm to be the conference's coach of the year. His next four teams were 68-45 (21-10 in 1978-79, when Oklahoma won the Big Eight and lost in the NCAA second round). Bliss was 7-20 and 6-21 in his first two·years at SMTJ. But in his last six seasons, the Mustangs were 129-60 with three trips to the NCAA Tourna- ment. His new employers would like nothing better than for Bliss to dupli- cate that feat. But Bliss isn't making promises. "I like to keep the horse ahead of the cart," he said. "Trying to im- prove a team is what my staff is best able to do. If we work on that, z aybe some good things can happen."

Athletic Conference. New Mexico, 9-5, 4-1 WAC.______ • Series: SDSU leads, 14-9. The teams split last season's home- and-home series. • TV/radio: Channel 51/KFMB- AM (760). New Mexico's program already has done pretty well." Bliss said. "But the neat upside of that is they still have some things that can be done additionally. We hope to help this program move on." The Lobos (9-5, 4-1) started slowly, losing four of their first six (once in The Pit against lightly regarded USD)..J3ut they have won seven of their last eight. "I think it's just a matter of getting used to new ideas," Bliss said. "We had some tough games early (losses to Arizona and Oklahoma), and some- times that causes you not to advance as you'd like to. But I think we're beginning to understand what it takes to be effective." Colson was affable and low-key. Bliss is intense and has earned a rep- utation as a disciplinarian. "You're always at attention," said 6-foot-7 senior forward Charlie Thomas, who leads the Lobos in scor- ing (18.9) and rebounding (8.6). "Even when we're scrimmaging and I come out, I don't sit down. I might get a drink of water. I might not. We run from drill to drill. There are no breaks. It's boom, boom, boom. Things are a lot more intense in Albuquerque." Bliss would prefer to term bis ap- proach "businesslike." It's a style he grew comfortable with as an assist- ant to Bobby Knight. Bliss met Knight when he was playing for Cornell and Knight was coaching at West Point in the mid- 1960s. Bliss graduated in 1965 and spent two years working toward a gradu-

In 1975 he became Oklahoma's basketball coach, and in five seasons he built the Sooners into a Big Eight power. But no sooner had Bhss suc- ceeded than he left in 1980 to coach Southern Methodist. He stayed in Dallas for eight years. Three of his teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Last sea- son's team won the Southwest Con- ference title and established a school record for victories with 28. But Bliss didn't linger to revel. He left in May for New Mexico, which will play San Diego State today at 2 p.m. in a Western Athletic Confer- ence game in the Sports Arena.

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Jlllvi', P C. 8 1888 f oreros drop another g~me FR~~.S:!).J6 (AP) - Kevin Mouton's O points led the Dons as the University of San 1 Fran~isco scored a 63-58 victory · . D in a Western College hie ic Conference basketball ga1!)e Friday night. Joel DeBortoli added 14 points for the Dorn;. USD, which was led by Craig Cottrell with 18 points, is now 5-8 overall and 0-3 in WCAC play. F

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and Santa Clara had a chance to get i:id of us, and we hung in. But it ems like it's something different all the time. We didn't handle the press well at all tonight." USD came out running and forged a quick 11-3 lead on the inside play of 6-foot-8 sophomore center Dondi Bell nd freshman forward Gylan Dot- n's three-pointer. But when Santa Clara scoring leader Jens Gordon drew two quick fouls and retired for the half, the sit- uation worked against USD. Instead of bringing in another forward, Santa Clara coach Carroll Williams decid- ed to go with a double low-post game featuring 6-10 Nils Becker, 7-1, 270- pound freshman Ron Reis and 6-11 Karl Larsen. "I was really concerned about our ~ack of confidence coming into the game," said Williams, whose club hot 28 percent the previous night and was routed by WCAC leader St. Mary's, 76-48. "We started playing ared, but our defense cot us back in the game." After Danny Means hit an 8-foot jumper to give USD a 19-16 lead, the Toreros went 4½ minutes without ·oring. They made turnovers on five of their next seven Possessions..

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think he enjoyed Bliss the chance to try a new opportunity after Wyoming. He moved within the league. We moved ove aM-·1te." Coaching trie Lobos presented a different challenge. At Oklahoma and SMU, Bliss inherited programs in trouble and helped them recover. At New Mexico, he took over a pro- gram with a rich heritage and a zealous following. His predecessor, Gary Colson, was 136-106 in eight seasons - 57-24 in his last two - before resigning under pressure. Colson's gravest sins? His teams bad difficulty winning away from the boisterous confines of their home court, "The Pit," and none qualified for the NCAA Tournament. "There's no doubt there's pressure of a certain nature in everybody's j~ the pressure in ours is that

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/. Harvard law Professor Dun- can Kennedy will participate in a panel discussion t.his evening at llSl2.an--the "crit.ical legal studies" form of law school education. Other panel members: lawyer Kimberly Crenshaw, presenting the minority perspective; USD Professor Joanne Conaghan, with the feminist. perspective; and USO Professor Paul Wohlmut.h. That's 7 p.m. at lhe Universily 1 Center. _;e~