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courtesy of the University of San Diei,Q.. Fortunately for Smith, and thanks to a game-deciding call in the last seconds of play, the lesson didn't prove too costly. "When l read they led the na- tion in shooting defense, I was wondering how they could do it without fouling," Smith said after Auburn's 62-61 victory over San Diego in an NCAA basketball tournament Midwest Region game Thursday night. "I found out. That's to their credit." Despite committing only 15 fouls, San Diego held Auburn to 42 percent field-goal shooting and to only one 3-point basket in nine tries. Still, Auburn perform- ed better than the norm. San Diego opponents hit only 40 per- cent from the field this season. Mike Jones was the one man San Diego couldn't stop. He hit 11 of 16 shots and scored 24 points for the Tigers. San Diego, trailing 62-59 with 12 seconds to play, missed two of four free throws in the last 12 econds, then saw a potential winning shot wiped out when Paul Leonard was called for a double-dribble with one second to play. "I'm not objective but it was a heck of a call at the end of a ball game, " San Diego coach Hank Egan said. "We weathered the start pret- ty good. I felt if we could get the emotional stuff out of the way and hang in we could play a good game. I was concerned when we were down 9-0, but we called time ut and settled down ." The lead changed hands six times in the second half before Frank Ford's layup off a steal put Auburn ahead to stay at 58-57 with 5: 10 to play. San Diego, 24-6, ended a scoreless streak of 4 minutes, 42 seconds with a basket by Danny Means pulled USD to 62-59 with 1:42 left. Nils Madden hit a free throw, but missed the secon, leaving USD two points down with 12 se- conds remaining . After an Auburn turnover, Means, who finished with 18, went to the line with a chance to tie the game. He made the first but missed the second. Ford got the rebound for Auburn, was fouled, but missed the free throw and USD had another opportunity. But it came up short when Leonard was whistled for double-dribble rac- ing to the Auburn basket. With, senior center Scott Thompson scoring all 14 of his points in the second half, lightly c regarded San Diego took a sur- C prising 57-54 lead over the j Southeastern Conference Tigers with 6:24 to play. c

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•• • The ~Uni~y of §an D~o~has a better chance of getting on network TV - a east in the early rounds - than does UCLA. CBS plans live coverage of Saturday's second- round game from Indianapolis, featuring the win- ners of tonight's Indiana-Fairfield and USD- Auburn games. While the Toreros are an under- dog to Auburn, many experts give them a decent chance at an upset. Radio station KVSD (1000) in Vista will carry the Toreros game with Auburn live this evening, beginning at 4 p.m. Channel 69 in San Diego will carry tonight's game live while ESPN has a tape at 1 a .m. ••• Vitale, perhaps the most entertaining color commentator doing coUege basketball games, will be in the studio this weekend. He will be the star of ESPN's NCAA Today Show where he'll be joined by hosts Bob Ley and John Saunders. ESPN plans to use its whiparound coverage, providing live scores and highlights from games it isn't carrying. ••• CBS will use Jim Nantz and James Brown in the studio and employ Brent Musberger and Billy Packer on the No. 1 game. Packer believes the pressure is on the Big Ten in this tournament because of the conference's failures in past NCAA Tournaments. Packer has tabbed UCLA and Providence as the tournament's sleepers. CBS' Billy Cunn- ingham picked North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois and

Georgetown for the Final Four while Musberger took North Carolina, Alabama, DePaul and Georgetown. ••• According to USA Today, North Carolina at 3-1 is the favorite to win the tournament. Indiana is at 4-1, Georgetown 6-1, UNLV 7-1, UCLA 25-1, Navy 200-1, Arizona 250-1, North Carolina State 500-1 UTEP 500-1, BYU and USD 1,500-1, Wyoming 2,500-1 with Penn the longshot at 1 million-I. ••• A spot in the NCAA Tournament nets a team $200,000. A Final Four berth is worth a little more than $1 million. ••• Monday and Tuesday, ESPN turns its attention to the NAIA Tournament - a 32-team event from Kansas City, featuring the nation's small colleges . ESPN has the semifinals at 4 and 6 p.m. on Monday with the finals Tuesday at 6 p.m. Vitale and Saunders head from the network's Bristol, Conn., studios to Kansas City to call the action. If you don't think there are any players at this level, consider some NBA players who played the game at NAIA schools: Dick Barnett (Tennessee State), World B. Free (Guilford), Lucious Jackson (Pan American), Willis Reed (Grambling), Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan) and Terry Porter (Wisconsin-Stevens Point). This year, the stars are Larry Holmes of Arkansas-Monticello and 7-footer Ron Moore of West Virginia State. Moore is considered a first- / round NBA draft pick. /

Ten NCAA basketball championship banners hang from the rafters at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. ~;ame of the greatest names in the game - I areem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, David (,rcenwood, Marques Johnson, Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, Kiki Vandeweghe, Henry Bibby, Lucius Allen, Curtis Rowe, Sidney Wicks, Jamaal Wilkes, Keith Erickson - have worn the school's powder blue and gold. It used to be every UCLA game was an event, :ind the TV networks treated Bruin games as if th(iy were presidential inaugurations. But the ruins haven't won a national title since 1975 when the NCAA Tournament was held in San Di •go, have ' had a first-round draft pick since 8 l and haven t gotten much respect in the last five years. But never have the Bruins gotten less respect t 1an this season. ankcd 15th in the nation and owners of a 24-6 r .: td, UCLA opens NCAA Tournament play at 6 tor.ight against Central Michigan in Salt Lake Ci- ty. But while ESPN and CBS will cover no less than 27 games over the weekend, UCLA isn't among the teams on the TV network schedule. Under CAA rules, local stations can pick up any games not televised by the networks, and it \\ asn 't until Wednesday morning that Channel 2 in Los Angeles worked out an agreement with the NCAA and the Bruins beem the game back to Southern California. With all the stations in the L.A. area, the Prime Ticket cable network was the only other company pursuing the Bruins. "No one was bringing the game into the market, and we felt UCLA was the home team, and we

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a Channel 2 spokes- man said. But in year's past, there would have been no last-minute negotiations, UCLA would have been a spotlight game for the networks. A UCLA spokesman said that CBS might carry the Bruins on Saturday should they survive to- night, but CBS doesn't have UCLA on its schedule. "UCLA and West Coast basketball in general just don't command the respect they once did," said ESPN's outspoken Dick Vitale. "Yes, they're coming back after being down for a few seasons, but to regain that lost mystique, UCLA must keep the local kids home. That's tough because the power has shifted to the East and the TV net- works are filling up with Big East and Big Ten games. The West Coast kids see that and want to leave home. "Plus, UCLA isn't getting the great kid from the East anymore. That's because TV has made the Eastern schools more attractive to the kids in the East. It used to be that UCLA was the glamour school." Not anymore.

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CENTER OPENS - USO president Author Hughes addresses a gathering of supporters at the dedication of the new University Center March 6 _ USD .dedicates $11 million 'living room' By San Lucero Southern Cross a statement of USD's commitment to extracurricular life."

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1978. It opened its doors in January, 18 months after ground was. broken for the project. Two other additions, a $10.5 million student housing facility and a $3 million law library expansion, are anticipated by 1990. A ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the center was abandoned due to rain. USD trustee James Colochis 'lresented Bishop

Philip Hwang, Ph .D., USD professor of education, gave the keynote address. He noted the importance of "self- directedness - the power of the individual to choose what to think, how to feel and how to act." ~is can only be nurtured in a positive, canng environment, said Hwang. "The primary goal of student services is also based on promotion and experiencing of "Today as we dedicate this center we can clearly see USD's commitment to the development Slf the individual person," positive relations}lips.

ALCALA PARK - Uni.:ersity of San Diego officials dedicated the campus' "~ring ceremonies in the new University Center March 6. Designed as a focal point of the university's daily life, the $11 million facility will accommodate USD students, faculty and staff. The 76,000-square-foot center includes a game room, grocery store, computer/typing room, student council offices, music listening areas, faculty/staff dining rooms, and lounges for graduate and undergraduate students. The University Center is the seventh and most costly addition to USD since

He said the administration's hope is that the center "conducts activities and programs that help students become better citizens- - that's our task." Chief architect Roy Drew said the center is a living place for fun, work and pleasure. USD president Author Hughes said ~hat the student center will play an important role in campus life . "While the academic facilities of the campus · are effectively meeting the educational requirements of USD's students, the University Center is needed in their social development," he said.

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