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NCAA TOURNAMENT USD (24-5) vs. Auburn (17-12). WHAT: First round game in the Midwest. Winner meets the winner of the Indiana-Fair- field game Saturday. WHEN: Today, 4:07 p.m. WHERE: Indianapolis Hoosier TV: Channel 69. • Lineups _ C-2. RADIO: KVSD-AM ( 1000). • Jerry Tarkanian's ranked Runnin' Rebels begin their quest for the Final Four against Idaho State-C-2 top- Bobby Knight way - of a series of columns by the Indiana coach-C-2 day• s s c he d u I e, T v the first • T O • Scouting the NCAA the Dome.

Strictly on records, USO (24-5, 13-1 W l Coast Atbl tic Conference) mea- up to Auburn (17-12, 9-9 and fifth in the Southeastern Conference). After a 7-0 start, Coa h Sonny Snuth's Au- nd regular-se n champion of the ur 14-game winrung streak before los1Dg m th WCAC tournament mifinals. But Auburn has more going for it The Tigers hall from a more highly regarded conf rence than USD and will be appearing in the NCAA Tour- Th Toreros are making their second appearance in school history, three than the record shows.

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Auburn was the leading rebounding team in the SEC and, with a rugged front line of sophomore Mike Jones (6- foot-7) and juniors Chris Morris (6-7) oore (6-7), could prove and Jeff Moore, an All-SEC first-team selec- lion, averaged 17.2 points and 9.3 re- bounds. Jones averaged 15 points and 7.2 rebounds, Morris 13.4 and 7.2. were all stamped out of the same product)," Egan said. "They all go about 240, and they Just jump and and Scott Thompson (7-0).

And Egan dismissed as camouflage pronouncements by Smith that his Au- burn team is sometimes difficult to motivate and inconsistent as poorly "He (Smith) is talking about how listless and down his club is and that he can't jump-start them," Egan said. "The truth of the matter 1s that they struggled during the season because they were missing a really important ingredient, a guard named (Gerald) cooked grits.

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ers who began before last Nov_. is not violatmg the law. However, 1f un• migration officials sweep through that company to ro nd up the undo- cumented workers, there is concern that the employer may have difficul- ty finding a new labor pool to resume his. business. "Part of the Achilles heel of the law is that we don't know how easily it's going to be for undocumented workers to get counterfeit forms .of identification," Hartunian said. '.'If counterfeit IDs become readily available, the whole law falls apart." An underground market for fake IDs may develop, but a deeper, more subtle concern is how the ri"hts of so-called "non-American appearing" workers be atiected. For instance, will they be discriminated against by potential employers because they ap- -pear to be of Hispanic origin? "I think that's been a concern all along " said Carol Hallstrom, pro- gram' director of the San Diego Law Center at the l!ni.y_ersi¼a of San Diego. "T~new law ce inly in- crwesthe possibility that it will be harder for minorities to find jobs." "It certainly is conceivable that some people may be d~criminat~ against " Ha."tunian said. He J,nd some ~mployers may simply avoid risking fines by hiring only those who "look American." The irony here is that a nation that has provided comfort and a home to immigrants from around the world has structured a law that appears to favor those Americans who have be- come the most homogenized. Certainly, there are anti-discrirn~- nation employment laws and a provi- sion tucked into the new immigration law that serve as protection against discrimination. That provision calls for a special counsel to monitor _em- ployer discrimination com~lamts, but questions have surfaced if even that will be effective in curbing abuses. "The risk for minorities is that it will be difficult to find jobs because of. the subjectivity in the hiring pro- cess and the difficulty in proving dis· crimination," Hallstrom said. "A real concern that we have is that tnis office of the special counsel has not been set up,'' she said. "That presents some real questions as to -- the vigor of the administration to deal with both the practical and sym- bolic concerns of employer dis7cimi- nation."

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lose your poise, so you're searching for answers. I think it's really signifi- cant for us to maintain our poise through the early part. If we do, then we're going to be all right." Egan's plans were to keep the team as closely together as possible off the court and, as much as possi- ble, avoid distractions surrounding the tournament. "We want to give this as good a shot as we can," Egan said. "The strength of the team is that there are no stars, (that) they're family and the comm nicate. I think they feed off one another, as far as confidence, and we're going to try hard to estab- lish that amidst all the hoopla." GAME AT A GLANCE LINEUPS USO (24-5) G-Paul Leonard •... 6-1, Sr., 10.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg G-Oanny Means6-1, So.. 7.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg F-Mark Manor6-6, Sr., 10.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg F-Nils Madden 6-8 Sr., 11.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg C-Scot1 Thoml)fOn • 7--0 Sr., 15.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg K•J aub • tilutH: Steve Krallman (6-8 Sr, F-C, 5.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg), Marty Munn (6- 6 Jr.. G-F. 3.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg) Coach: Hank Egan (59-25 in three years at University of San Diego) AUBURN (17-12) G-Frank Ford 6-4, Sr., 13.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg G-Gerald While6- 1, Sr.• 7.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg F-Mike Jone 6-7, So., 15.0 ppg, 7.2 rpg F-Chns Moms 6-7. Jr., 13.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg C-Jetf Moore 6-7, Jr., 17.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg Key eub • titutH: Terrance Howard (6-1 Jr., G, 4.0 ppg, 1.2 rpg); Johnny Lynn (6-2, Jr.. 3.4 ppg. 0.9 rpg). Coach: Sonny Smith (144-123 In nine years at Auburn) STATISTICS TNm FG% 3PI% FT% Reb Pia USO . • 95 .444 718 34.9 69.8 Opp. . • 00 367 673 31.2 60.3 TNm FG% 3PI% FT% Reb Pia Auburn .502 .383 .725 39.7 80.2 Opp. .458 .389 .709 31 6 74.3 STRENGTHS,ANDWEAKNESSES USD: Strengths - Overall balance and execution of team play concept , olfenslve- ly and defensively • No 1 In the nation In field-goal defen (.400) . • Thompson and Madden can be forces Inside, and the three-point shooting of Manor (51.9 per- cent), Means (47 4 and Leonard (44.5) ap- pears more potent than Auburn's. Weaknesses - Tournament experience Is thin, and tournament toughness a11d bench strength art suspect. AUBURN: Str gths - Rugged re- bounding (No. 1 lnSEC with 39.7 average) • . Tournament experienced (fourth straight appearance) and tested by

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he can't jump-start them,'' Egan said. "The truth of the matter is that they struggled during the season because they were missing a really important ingredient, a guard named (Gerald) White, who bad a hack injury and knee problems. "Now White is back healthy, and they made a run in that SEC Champi- onship Tournament." Auburn defeated Kentucky, 79-72, in the SEC tourney quarterfinals, then lost to eventual champion Alabama, 87-68, in the semi nals. "I thmk the big difference in the ball club, in just watching them oper- ate, is th.is guard White," said Egan. White, a four-year starter, has aver- aged 7.4 points and is the playmaker on a team that averaged 80.2 points, its highest average in nine years. The bottom line: "They're just a powerful, explosive, physical basketball team," Egan said. Knowing what he does, Egan has ideas on what the Toreros, five-point underdogs, must do to pull off an upset. "We're going to have to neutralize them on the boards a little bit, and we're going to have to send five peo- ple lo the boards, at least early, I'm convinced of that," Egan said. Even in their 104-85 loss lo No. l· ranked Las Vegas, Auburn outre- bounded the Rebels by 11. "We have to slow down their break," Egan said. "With all that size and strength, they're pretty quick peo- ple. They like to come down, put it up quick, get a rurining ~tart al the board, and that's a lot of thunder coming. "'We've got to get that break slowed down so we're not fighting a running battle to the boards and we can get some defense set up." Defensively, the Toreros plan to employ a mixture of man-to-man and zone. "At the first of the year, we started games in man-to-man and went to the zone early. We got away from that and were a strictly man-to-man ball club down the stretch, but we think that was a mistake," Egan said. Offensively, teamwork is the key for the Toreros. "We've got to stay together, move the ball around and find the open man," Egan said. "I think that's our strength, balance offensively and the way we play as a team ...

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WORKPLACE BY MICHAEL KINSMA N EXT Til\1E you're in the job market; be sure to pack your re- sume, list of references and passport. Passport? Yes, passport. That's one of the few documents that entitles you to work ID the United Stat der the 1986 immigration ct. Under th r:ew law, potential W"rkers· will I a e to prcs~m citizen- :,hlp o:- llllIIl.i a•10 documentation to empioye ;, fore hey begin work. 'rne law puts co ,e in e of we cling out undocumentrd workers from the U.S. labor force. For everyo11e who lias taken a job since last Nov. 6, the law orde ilia they produce a passport or so1;;e cembination of Social Security card, birth certificate, government identi- fil:ation card or driver's license in order to gain employment. Employe.s must testifv tnat such identification was provi ie as a prerequisite of employmen• Although there is a gra pe iod through July 1, strict fines r.ioging to $10,000 ma} be levied against ose employers th- t fail to comply with pro, 1sions of the law. For each worker a so-called 1-9 fonn must be filled o •tat he time of cmployme t along with the W-4 in- me tax wlthholdmg form. Awork- Ul!.' draft of tie single-p..g 1-9 fo_nn has been circulated to c mpames, V but therP. IS not yet a p r:ir.nent doc- ument for i:se. San Diego labor lawyer Albert artunian m said the new fonn ou 1ot er-- nuch of a problem for most busmesses, although some that have heavy employee turnover are concerned about the mounting aperwork required. Some industries, such as agricul- fure or manufacturing that depend on large numbers of low-skilled workers, may suffer more severe im- acts Hartunian said..,______ -&

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champion Louisville 84-76. Person's performance helped m~ke him _a first-round draft choice of the Indi- ana Pacers in last year's NBA draft. White realized the loss of Person would be something for this year's Auburn team to overcome, but he sincerely believed the Tigers could approach last year's success. "I thought so because we were put- ting a lot of years on the floor," said ·White, one of four returning starters along with senior guard Frank Ford, junior forward Chris Morris and jun- ior center Jeff Moore. "I thought this was a team that could do it." And White knew his presence would play an important part in the team's success. "All of them had been there with me, and got adjusted to me," he said. "It's not that the guys who replaced me (at the point) didn't do a good job. It's just that for guys like Frank Ford, since we started every game together, when I'm not out there he's got to adjust." Ford agreed with that assessment. "He makes me play a heck of a lot better because he can take over the leadership role and let me play a lot more offensively," said Ford, who has started in the Tigers backcourt the past four years with White. "When he got hurt it kind of took me out of my game. That's why it's so good to have him back." And why, once again, the Tigers are off and running.

out from under me. I fell on my back. It didn't bother me that much at the time, but it slowed me down and I kept playing on it when I should have rested it. "I had a defect in my vertebrae so I didn't get to practice at the begin- ning of the season. My first game back wasn't until late December." White returned to the lineup against Augusta College, but that wasn't the end of his problems. He was slowed by the flu in January and suffered a sprained ankle against Ne- vada-Las Vegas that forced him from the lineup for another two games. Not until the past couple of weeks has White been at full strength. Not until the past couple of weeks have the Tigers been able to take full ad- vantage of his skills as a playmaker. White's absences from the lineup are at least partially responsible for the Tigers' inconsistent play during their 17-12 season. ' "We saw film of him when he was not at full speed and when he was at (ull speed and it was like night and day," said USD coach Hank Ega~. Added Smith: "All he's got to do IS be on the court because our team is a fragile team. We need that boost. It was a boost Chuck Person gave us last season." Person led Auburn to last season's NCAA West Regional finals where the Tigers lost to eventual national

stronger schedule 17-7 against nine teams with berths in the MCAA). Weaknesses - Inconsistency exhblted during regular season and questonable ability to adapt to other than an ui:-tempo game. "What they try to do is :._m~a~k=.e.l.y~ou~:::::=::==--------:;

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