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NC State, Georgia
"eady for Final 4
As coach of an NCAA “Cinderella” team, North Carolina
itate’sjim Valvano is the happiest dancer at the Final Four
lall.
“For me this is the ultimate,” said Valvano, in his third
earas Wolfpack coach and making his first trip to the Final
our.
“This is certainly the goal every coach in college basketball
lets when you first get into this profession. This is my 16th
fear (of coaching) and obviously this is my biggest thrill.
“I’m the rookie of the group,” he added, referring to the
our coaches. “I think this is (Houston Coach) Guy Lewis’
ourth. (Lousville’s) Denny Crum, has made six or so, and it’s
tie second for (Georgia Coach) Hugh Durham. It’s also
drilling for me to be in with that caliber of coach.”
No. 14 North Carolina State meets another Cinderella
earn in No. 15 Georgia Saturday in one semifinal with No. 1
Houston and No. 2 Louisville squaring off in the other game
it Albuquerque, N .M.
Although North Carolina State, 24-10, is making its third
ippearance in the NCAA Tournament semifinals, excite-
nent at the Raleigh campus is unprecedented due to the
nodest expectations at the season’s start.
“In 1974 (when the Wolfpack won the tournament with
1-America David Thompson), it was more of an expected
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two hitsandi hing,” said Jim Pomeranz, the team’s director of publica-
ions. “The atmosphere now is electric. It’s been a con-
team comfoi4' nuous party since (winning) the ACC tournament.”
The Wolfpack have walked a tournament tightrope, coni
ng from behind late in all but one of their past seven games,
md twice winning in overtime.
The Bulldogs, 24-9, who shocked St. John’s and North
verpoweringS Carolina in consecutive games last weekend, are 2-point
fense, Texas.ll avorites Saturday.
lence, scoring North Carolina State features 6-foot-II starters
the fourth iim fhurl Bailey and Cozell McQueen, Georgia’s tallest starter is
e fifth forthef ^Terry Fair, who has enjoyed an outstanding tournament.
Durham, who has 320 career wins, won’t try to teach his
Dawgs any new' tricks.
“We won’t be doing anything dif ferent than we’ve been
is a&ms ret loingall year,” Durham said. “In practice we work on fun-
6 on theyear^ lamentals. We have no changes in strategy. Most teams this
ate in the year try to do the things they’ve done well all year.
A'e’re no dif ferent.”
Louisville’s Scooter McCray expects a lot of running and
lunkingwhen the nation’s two top-ranked teams Square of f
aturday.
"Houston is pretty much of a mirror of Louisville except
hey have a 7-footer,” McCray said.
The 7-footer is center Akeem Olajuwon. He and power
f orward Larry Micheaux have helped establish Houston,
0-2, as a 2-point favorite. The Cougars ran their winning
itreak to 25 games with an awesome 89-7 1 victory over No.
11 Villanova last weekend.
Micheaux, a bruising, 6-9 Houston product, scored a sea-
ion-high 30 points against Villanova. He is the Cougars’ only
lenior starter.
!*■ The Cardinals, 32-3, have used a swarming pressure de-
ensetopull out victories over Kentucky and Arkansas, but
Louisville will meet its match in speed and inside power
Saturday.
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Players, management meet again
NBA talks show signs of success
United Press International
NEW YORK — The National
Basketball Association and Play
ers Association have gone
almost silent in recent days. It
could be even more quiet
Sunday.
Representatives for the
league and its players union met
for close to four hours Tuesday,
seeking to reach agreement on a
collective bargaining pact that
would avert a threatened Satur
day night walkout by the
NBAPA.
The Boston Herald, in its
Wednesday morning editions,
reported both sides have
reached an agreement in princi
ple — including several points of
compromise — to ensure play
off action will go on as sche
duled.
The newspaper said there are
three major sections to the com
promise:
— A maximum annual salary
cap per team that would be be
tween $3.5 and $3.7 million.
— A minimum salary level of
between $3.2 and $3.5 million
per team.
— Teams would be able to
match free agent offers made to
their own players by other clubs
without having the contract fi
gure affect its salary cap.
But neither the NBA nor the
NBAPA would comment. In
fact, neither the league nor un
ion would even confirm the
latest meeting was even taking
place until a statement from
NBA commissioner Larry
O’Brien was released at its con
clusion.
“We met with the Players
Association today,” O’Brien
said, “and we will continue our
negotiations with another meet
ing tomorrow.”
Larry Fleisher, the general
counsel of the NBAPA, again re
fused comment other than to
confirm the parties had met and
will get together again today.
Earlier in the day, the NBA
announced O’Brien will review
the status of the talks at an NBA
Board of Governors meeting
Thursday morning in New
York. The Board is comprised
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United Press International
T LOUIS — Bobby Beath-
general manager of the Su-
Bowlchampion Washington
skins, Tuesday was named
innal Football League execu-
of the year by The Sporting
re.
iince taking the job five years
, the sports weekly said
thard has turned a mediocre
n into champions “through
erick trading, signing f ree
ntsand bartering first-round
;s instead of relying on play-
ife drafting.”
The weekly also credited
thard with making the deci-
to hire head coach Joe
bs, who earlier was named
Sporting News coach of the
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United Press International
The Washington Bullets won
their sixth straight game Tues
day night, nipping Milwaukee
84-81 at Landover, Md. If the
playoffs started today, however,
Washington wouldn’t be in
them.
Washington, 35-36, trails
Atlanta by two games and New
York by three in the three-way
battle for the final two Eastern
Division playoff spots. The Bul
lets have 11 games left, while the
Hawks and Knicks each have
nine remaining.
Frank Johnson and Jeff Ro
land each scored 24 points to
pace Washington against the
Bucks, who are one victory away
from clinching first place in the
Central Division.
The Bullets broke the game
open with a 12-2 third quarter
streak that turned a 48-46 deficit
into a 58-50 lead. Paced by Ro
land’s eight third quarter points,
Washington stretched its lead
72-62 with a quarter to play.
In other games, Kansas City
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