News Scrapbook 1984

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Job? ) , ar-nld ,1 hom man. Uay Area fans reull'mber a~ a prt•p standout at St I natius. His su1·cp,s this sp;ison makl'S h1111 l'l'l'll 11101"1 alll <'lil'l' l hf'11 a1 Pt wo 1,l:1c-C's to hl'l' i11 California "Oro1·t·lh h11,t1·d • :,;a11 Diego and Sal1 Francisco" 111 s,111 IliPgo, Bruvc•lli and the Toreros ha\l' hc·en dl'1 lllt•d to C'ult•l1C'1 o stalu ow1 uight. Big-time suc·c·ess 1s an unr;imilrar oc,·urri:nC'l' on llH' small c-ampus 15 minut from I.a Jolla,\\ hrre the football tram 1s Uh·i sion JII and btudent arc admittedly "laid hack." Hut n·port('rs from tht· San Da•go paper~ and the l,1ral 1 \'. tatio11~ ,, ..rr on hand to sc>r th,• Toreros C'linc·h tl,1 WCAC < harnp!nnship by b('alrng St. Mary' la t \\t'l'K 'I ht' ,tudrnl nion !'lo. rd early and lh1: crunpus nP\\ 11ap..r ran a I.J3nm•r hPadllnc on th<> front pagt.'. Stu\lc nt, hn\'I' Jump •d 011 till' bandv. agon, and it's lwadv tuff fo1 a M·lwol Ol!Pn ronfusPd with San DiC'go Sta11,: '''J hr, 're n ,t 11 1•d to it,' said Rill Mlfst·d, a llS[> fn h111a11 from San frant'is('0. ··11c·~ huill himsPIC ,1

Diego State University has a dual role to play in the upcoming NCAA women's tournament. The Aztec women, who compiled a 23- 5 record this season, will both host and participate in first- round action in this year's event. The Aztec women will make their first appearance in an NCAA tournament at Peterson Gym on Friday night against the ·University of Oregon. The suc- cess of the SDSU women's team and the university's selection as host for the first round are indic- ative of the SDSU athletic de- partment's commitment to pro- vide a first-class women's pro- gram. We wish both the USD men and the SDSU women the best of luck m NCAA tournament play. But no matter how their games turn out, both are winners in our book.

NCAA tournament, eight of its players earned honors as WCAC ". cholar athletes," by achieving grade point averages of 3.0 or better in majors such as comput- er ·science, English, business, and accounting. On the athletic side, USD quali- fied for a trip to the NCAA tour- nament in only its fifth year as a Division 1 school. In an era when recruiting violations are com- monplace and all too many stu- dent-athletes never complete their college education, the aca- demic and athletic success of the USD basketball program is a tribute to the school, its players, and its coaches. • While USO is preparing for its fir t NCAA championship tourna- ment, the women's team at San

Umvcr ity or San Diego basket- ball team takes the rtoor tonight for th chool' fir t appearance in an CAA D1vi ion 1 tourna- m nt 1t. r will be Princeton Univ rs1ty, noth r chool better known for academics than athlet- ic Th Princeton-U D game will b a welcome reminder to colle- gial fan , coaches, and alumni that athletic ucc s and aca- d •inic ch1evemcnt are not mu- tu lly exclu. ive. Player ror both U D and Prine ton are truly tu- dc.nt-athletes. unlike their coun- t part at many of the nation's colleges. ot only did this year' USO ha. k tball team win the West Coa t Athletic Conference cham• pion hip and qualify for the

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Jim llro\cll, lil.l'' to build thing,, \\l11d1 i, fitting. Ill• has lwen building thC' Unlwr,it~· of San Hit.·~o baskt•tball pro_gram for t \l 10 t·· r antt the re~ult ha\'e been ,pt•darulnr. l' sD. a ,d1ool con,1,ti ng of 3500 st ud('[lt and ahout lU ~mall 1·rl•a11H:olorcd huildings on a hilltop, v.ill !Jc n·pn•,c·11tt·d in 1111' pn•st,gious NCAA Tournauwnt for thl• fir. t timl' tonight. The Torern~, v.ho don't ha\e a fight ~01111- or a mard1ing band, will pla> l'rin('eto11 in a flr.,t round ga111c III l'hilacl!•lphta, ~ftt'r 11i11nlng thP W,•st Co.,( Athlt>tir ('onff'rl•llt(' t hampion. hip Wlth a 9 :J l'31!Ut n,>('0rd. Tht•y'n• 18' O\'l'rall, 111 on!> th<'i1 fifth , ·ason n~ a D1vi,1on I lt'arn. 'OIH' of thi, has b !·n losl on th( llniH'rSity of S:.in r&r.1 i ·o. Bro, Pl h's alma matc·r 11<' has b<'l'll rumor Pd 01 111011ths to he th1• s"hool's first ehoic1• to take 01,•r a\ ·o,u l, ,, hen l '. 'F rt•sunH:s its ba~ketball program in 1118:i. 'h<' 1d a 1 nr,t L111attra('ti1·1• to Bro\'l·lh a dapper 41•

Jim Brovelli (right), rumored headed for USF, gave San Diego a title ahead of schedule

"lle's eertainly amon thP top JO or 20 candidat s," says the Rev. Hob rt Sundt'rland, S.J, USF's ath- lct 1r dir<'rtor. Other "insiders" are I drrumspcct; Brov('lll can have thP joh I he wants It, It is said. "llc's su,·c•pssful - he's taken a l 1 h that' so young to thf' ehampl onsl , - and he has nothing hut ~• l•at 11nsonal recomrm•ndations," Sunderland says. San Dirgo v.1th rt~ Ill \I round suu s, 1s loathe to 1l t 1t nurade worker go but may hal'<' no choice. The ,d1ool is lagging bC'hind thC' rest of th WCAC in a number of areas, mo t of them financial, and it'. douhtful the ~chool could improve thE' program quickly enough to krr1• Bro\ elli, who is on a year-to-year c·outrart, if he decide! to move. Whl'n Brovell! arrived at USD, und!'rgrad enrollment was 1800 It's m•arly doubled since, and most of the flldlitrPS, including he S110Pt C1•nter, have not krpt pace. The USD gym can accommodate 2200 unclE'r duress. That was finP earlier, v.hen crowds or 200 were rommon- plal'l', hut tht>rc wc>rt> at least 2.500 ~I' ctators at the St. Mary's game. And a new sports facility is low on the> priority list at USD, which Is more concerned with new housing, a ncv. wing for the library and a 11 v. business school. The baskt>tball team receives its funding from the university alone. There are no alumni or booster groups rnntributing, mainly be- rausC' the program is so new. That's an advantage for Brovelll in one re- spect; tht>re arc no pressure groups looking over his shouldE'r "Everything is negotiable," Sunderland savs. "We know we would be in the same ballpark with any team in the WCAC, and maybe even thC' !'CAA teams as far as sala- ry and benefits. "Actually, I don't know. Ir San Diego is smart, they'll give him a "It ,, ouldn't have happened without him," says the Rev. Patrick Cahill, the USD athletic director. "We cer- tainly want to hang onto him. Realis- tically, USF would have to he very interested. On our side, he knows that the university appreciates him, that hP is secure. And I \~nk he's happy here." ,1 But Brovelli may be ready to move on. His original goal for this season - a winning record in Divi- sion I - was accomplished halfway through the schedule. The Jong-range goal, a league champion- ship, came last week. Whirh San Diego intends to do.

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reputation thrs is hig-t imc ba,ket- hall. E\·eryhody is tryin11- to he cool about ii, hut 11·~ all O\·c>r campus." It's an PXtraordinary arcom- pli hment for llrovclli, a mcmbPr of lhf' llSF Hall of F;1111P, who spent tv. o years tr~ ing to ))<'rsuade a duln- ou USD administration to l<'I him upgrade lhl' program from Division II. The first tinw Hrol'Plli askPd In 197i, the reply was, ''Win so'me gar.1e and then v. e·11 sel• ' Brovelh'. 'repl • v.as to tak1• th Torero, to tl1P Frnal Four of the !'.CAA Di\·is1011 II tournamenl in 19iR The administration gave in, and m 197!1-80 the Torf'ro. joined the W('AC. BrO\'l'lli promised that 111 five years thC') v.onld have a v.in• nmg ~ea.on. "Going in, hf' said it v.ould ta e five years to have a winning sea on in D1v1S1on I," says t:milv Schell port. l'ditor of \'1~1a. ttir schooi 1 pv, paprr ''lie said don·r exp c·t nurach it'll romc m tinw. Ht>' been sa} ing it all along, and Jj)at exactly v. hat happ •m•

Toreros prepared to take on Princeton

USD opens NCAA play against best defense in nation

For that n•ason, BrovPIII v. ill tw p ck · ahout his nPxl move, whetll<'r 11' to SF or ,onl!'J lac£' el,c. lie h • to tak1• his tim!', and h<' dn not lik pn· un·. partin1larly 1he kind that lrd to usr·~ sus11t>nsion of t program, • I'm \'C'ry r<•ali~t ir. I don ·t ltke to l high goals that I c:an't r arh Jt' too fru. !rating. It', my back- llround, I guP s, my Italian moth r. ot that he's even sure he'll I aH• San Dif'go.

who play today in preliminary round games is complaining. Just a trip to the tournament is reward enough for them. It is the first tlllle in college basketball's premier event for those four schools. Rider, 20-10 and winner of the Please see NCAA. page C2 - Continued from page C1 East Coast Conference, takes on Richmond, 2().9 and champion of the ECAC South, In one of three games at Philadelphia. San Diego, 18-9, won the West Coast Athletic Conference and faces Ivy League winner Princeton In another game of the Palestra triple- header, whUe Northeastern, 264 and ECAC North titllst, played ECAC Metro champion Long Island University, 20-10, In the attemoon opener. The USD-Prtnceton game will be televised live on ESPN. KSDO (1130) will have the radio account. Tl· po!f ls set for 6:SO p.m. Pacific time. At Dayton, Ohio, Morehead State, 2~5, which won the Ohio Valley, opposes 22-6 North carouna A&T of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and Alcorn State, 20-9, of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, plays Houston Baptist, 2¼-6, of the Trans-America. Each team earned an automatic berth In the ex- panded 53-team tournament by wtnnlng champion- ships In what the NCAA Basketball Committee deemed the 10 weakest of the 29 NCAA Division I conferences. Today's five winners will join the automatic quail· fiers from the other 19 conferences, as well as 24 at- large entries for first-round action this weekend. On Thursday, the Rider-Richmond survivor plays Auburn, 20-10, at Charlotte, N.C., and the winner of the Prtnceton-San Diego game goes to Salt Lake City to play Nevada-Las Vegas, 27-5. On Friday, the winner of the Northeastern-LIU game will play Virginia Commonwealth, 22-6, at the Meadowlands Arena In East Rutherford, N.J.; the Houston Baptist-Alcorn State winner meets Kansas, 21-9, at Lincoln, Neb., and the Morehead State-North Carollna A&T winner plays Loulsvllle, 22-10, at Milwaukee. The 16 top seeds In the tournament have drawn byes until the second round, which will be held Satur• day and Sunday.

While the big guns wait until lat- er in the week to hit the road to the lt'inal Four. 10 of college basket- ball's lesser knowms begin the NCAA tournament with little hope of advancing to Seattle. But nobody from Rider, Rich· mond, Houston Baptist. the Uni- versity of San Diego or the others

'1\1• alv.ay~ looked to build r lhP long term That•~ why l'\P m·H r bcPn into the overnight sur- l ( s th111g If I build a sohd founda J1011 I kno\\ its going to last a long m . That's fun ." O\

'It's there and it's obviously in- triguing," hP says. "l played there, I have a lot of friends and family thPrc. It's a difficult decision. It de- pend on if I get a good gut fe1 ling v.hen it's all over." Thursday is the deadline for ap- phca11ons, and USF officials insist the rompetition is open. But they're impre sed by Brovelli. who v.as a rumored candidate long before the Toreros· success this season, on the strength of his reputation asa sound

"When you ure con 1dered on the bottom of the pack, when the Ivy Lea •uc I n't held in high regard, then you JU t feel good about bemg m there," he said "You take every minute a 11 come You don't thmk about the next am , Ju t o out and play as hard as you can and try to 11in · The Toreros of an Diego are led by foot 7 sen10r forward Mike \'rh1tmar h, 11bo lead the team 111th per- game aver ge of I .I points 7 4 rebound and 6.2 assists, Ju, lor for11 ard nthony Reu. has scored nearly 12 pomts p r game. Northeastern, which went 17-0 m its conference and goes mto l~e CAA with a seven-game winning streak, is led b~ senior forward lark Hal. el, who is averaging 21.5 pomt. and 10.3 rebounds per game Fre ·hman Reggie IA;w1s I the Hu k1e • o. 2 corer al 17 3 per game while freshman guard Andre LaFloeur 1s one of the national leaders in assists at near!} eight per game. LIU rehe on the 1·2 punch of ·enior guard Robert Brown and junior forward Carey Scurry Brown has cored 19.2 pomt per game and Scurry's average are 18 poml and 13.6 rebounds The Blackbirds are scoring at a 79-poinl clip per game Richmond ha one of the nation's leading scorers in 6- foot,7 ~ophomore forward John Newman. who averages 21 7 pomts per game Forward Bill Flye and guard Kelvin Joh!)son al o average m double figures. . Rider has four ~en coring in double figure·. headed by Jun10r center Kevm Thoma· who cored a career-high 31 points m the Bronc·' 73-71 overtime wm over Bucknell for the ECC title Thomas 1s averagmg 14 3 points and 8.8 re- bound per game Derrick Lamar, Fred Lee and Jim Bolger al o average in double figures for Rider and coach John Carpenter aid hi team hould have its hands full with the Spiders ' "I'd.. ay Richmond might he considered the toughest team tn the prehmmane ." he ·aid The winner of the Northeastern-Long Island game will meet \'1rgmla Commonwealth in the East regional at East Rutherford. N.J The urnvor of the Richmond-Rider contc t will take on Auburn in the East regional at Charlotte, NC. The II inner of the Princeton-San Diego 11me will play evada La Vegas m the West Regional at Salt Lake City

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T11e Daily Californian •

i::ast San Diego County, California D Tuesday, March 13, 1984

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LOCAL tlEWS BROVE LLI HONORED/ University of San Diego basketball coach Jim Brovelli was chosen the NCAA District 15 coach of the year in a vote of coaches from Southern California, Arizona and N vada Brovelli, who coached the Torer:os to _an 18-9 record and their first WCAC championship and NCAA Tournament berth, won in a close vote over Jerry Tarkanlan of Nevada-Las Vegas. The Rei:,els (27-5) were ranked 13th in the nation in the frn'.'1 Associated Press poll. Ironically, the Toreros will play UNLV Thursday if they defeat Princeton torught in their NCAA Tournament opener.

ALMOSCATEL USD sharpshooter

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