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1986 Universal Press Syndic
Duke coach expects shootout
LSU’s Brown savors role
as Final Four underdog
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke’s
92-86 victory over Kansas in Decem
ber may give the top-ranked Blue De
vils added confidence, but Duke
Coach Mike Krzyzewski says the only
similarity between that game and a
rematch in the NCAA semifinals
would be the likelihood of a high-
scoring contest.
“It happened so long ago that it has
very little bearing,” Krzyzewski said
Thursday in a telephone link with the
other three Final Four coaches. “I
think that playing Kansas we’re play
ing a team that is the best shooting
team that we’ve come across all sea
son long.
“For us, they are a very difficult
team to defend. If we shoot well and
they shoot well I think it will be a very
high-scoring game."
Larry Brown, coach of the second-
ranked Jayhawks, said Duke, 36-2,
was difficult in December — in the
championship game of the
preaseason Big Apple NIT — and
might feel a slight psychological
edge.
“It wasn’t a matter of not being
able to score,” Brown said. “It was a
matter of being able to stop them,
and we didn’t do that very well.
“They know they can beat us, but
it’s not going to have any impact on
us.”
Both Krzyzewski and Brown plan
ned to look for a balanced attack in
their meeting Saturday in Dallas.
Both also were hoping for some extra
contributions from their stars —
Johnny Dawkins for Duke and Dan
ny Manning for Kansas.
Krzyzewski said he hoped David
Henderson, who scored 30 points in
the first game against the Jayhawks,
comes out of an NCAA shooting
slump.
“We have an inside-outside attack
that starts with Dawkins on the out
side so people have to pay attention to
him and then they have to pay atten
tion to (6-foot-8 Mark) Alarie,” he
said.
While the man-on-man matchups
were not set, Brow n said he was lean
ing toward having Manning guard
Alarie. The job of guarding Dawkins
might fall on Ron Kellogg, who has
been hobbled with an injured ankle,
or Cedric Hunter.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) —
Louisiana State Coach Dale Brown
says he’s willing to play the underdog
right up to the national champion
ship.
“I relish the role,” Brown says.
“I’m more comfortable in that posi
tion. I guess I’m more familiar with
the territory.”
Brown says he feels more confi
dent this year, leading the only un
ranked team in the Final Four, than
he did in 1981 when the Tigers had
the best record in the nation.
LSU lost to Indiana in the opening
round that year, but Brown says he
expects better luck Saturday in the
semifinals against seventh-ranked
Louisville, a SVfc-point favorite.
“There are some things that aren’t
figured in the polls or the latest line,”
he says. “Your image and reputation
are only what other people think of
you. Your character is what you are.”
It wasn’t superior size that carried
LSU to victories over Top 10 oppo
nents Georgia Tech and Kentucky in
the Southeast Regional semifinals
and finals, but a combination of in
tense defense and high emotion.
Brown has talked a lot in recent
days about the “magic” his team has,
about its “character” and “mental
toughness.”
Meanwhile, he’s been drilling his
players on the fine points of the guer
rilla-warfare defense he developed to
cope with the midseason loss of some
key starters.
The constantly changing zone de
fense Brown calls “the freak” has
proven its ability to stymie stronger
teams. He concedes Louisville will be
a tough team to defend against,
however.
“They’re very mobile,” he says.
“They all can score. There’s no one
man to stop.”
Brown’s estimation of the Cardin
als is polite, but his voice rings with
conviction when talking about his
own team.
“We were the hunted when we
started out 14-0,” he says. “Now, we
are the hunter. We will be the hunter
through Monday night. I hope we
will be the hunted from then on."
Brown has worked hard this sea
son to calm his temper, curb his ton
gue and not let his team’s setbacks get
the best of him. But his natrural flam
boyance can’t be stifled.
“I don’t want to sound arrogant,
brash or abrasive,” he says, “but we
got here doing it my way. Nobody
owns me.”
During the past week’s daily
nationwide telephone news confer
ences, reporters have tried to bait
Brown into launching one of his
famous attacks on NCAA rule-
makers.
“I don’t want to detract from the
Final Four,” he demurs. However he
adds, “There will be a time and a
place for that.”
He has obviously been doing a lot
of thinking about the national cham
pionship, which the Tigers have nev
er won.
"All my life has been a struggle,"
he says. “I've got to get used to being
on top. My wife said to me the other
day, ‘I hope your as gracious at win
ning as you have been at losing.'!
hope so too.”
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