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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: NCAA RESULTS (CROW ...)[actually UNLV]
Message-ID: <440@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 30-Mar-85 00:29:20 EST
Article-I.D.: mcnc.440
Posted: Sat Mar 30 00:29:20 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 1-Apr-85 03:03:50 EST
References: <351@ptsfc.UUCP> <302@bu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Organization: North Carolina Educational Computing Service
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Summary: 

In article <302@bu-cs.UUCP> ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson) writes:
>>From: cdh@ptsfc.UUCP (Chris Harvey)
>>                           Tarkanian has never won more than one tournament
>>game a year since he coached at Long Beach St. UNLV simply does not have the
>>consistency (or the defense) to survive in the tournament.
>
>This is from memory, so correct me if I'm wrong:
>In the 1975 tournament, when Reggie Theus and Glen Gondriezak (sp?) were
>seniors, UNLV won at least two tournament games: University of San
>Francisco (30-0, ranked #1 at the time), and Idaho St. (upset winners over
>UCLA).  However, I don't remember if Tark was the coach at the time.

Close, but no cigar.  In 1977 UNLV was defeated in the national semifinals
by UNC.  Theus and Gonzo were on that team.  They would have had to have
won *three* games to have gotten that far.  UNC went on to be defeated by
Marquette (coached by Al Maguire in his final game) in the finals.

That was the last of the great UNLV teams (although there have been some
good ones since then.)  Like most Tark-coached teams, defense was the thing
that runs around de yard and the team survived by a combination of running
its opposition to death and blistering shooting.

The big problem with UNLV is a lack of class competition during the regular
season.  It's hard for us Easterners to regard the PCAA as a serious
conference.

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						Byron C. Howes
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