Tough Midwest Regional packed with super sophs
Memphis State coach Dana Kirk and Rollie Massimino of Villanova praise the Midwest Regional as the toughest with standout sophomores. Keith Lee leads Memphis State against top seed Houston in the semifinals, while Iowa faces Villanova.
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Cedar Rapids Loses Bid For Golden Gloves Tournament
Cedar Rapids failed in its bid to host the National Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament for at least two years. The 1985 site was awarded to Little Rock Arkansas after a national board vote. Maury Hachey noted Cedar Rapids facilities were supported but Little Rock won on sentiment.
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Blanton Collier Dies at 76 After Coaching Career
Blanton Collier, veteran football coach who followed Bear Bryant at Kentucky and later led the Cleveland Browns, died Tuesday at age 76 in Lexington Kentucky.
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Louisville Edges Arkansas In Mideast Regional Semis
Scooter McCray's late tip-in sparked Louisville from a 16 point hole to beat Arkansas by a final that set up a Kentucky showdown in the regional final. Darrell Walker sparked Arkansas with an 8 point burst but NC State also advanced in the West Region with Dereck Whittenburg scoring 27.
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RegionalSemifinals and invitational results across NCAA and NIT
Kentucky defeated Indiana 64 59 and North Carolina State beat Virginia 59 75 in Mideast regional action. Virginia Union upset Cent Missouri 75 72 in NCAA II. Fresno State topped Oregon State 76 67 in NIT semifinals. Tonight features North Carolina and Georgia in major men’s tourney play.
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List of UPI Coach of the Year winners through 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
The record lists UPI Coach of the Year honorees from 1952 to 1983. Names include Ken Loeffler, Branch McCracken, Phil Woolpert, Adolph Rupp, John Wooden, Digger Phelps, Bobby Knight, Roy Williams not listed, Jerry Tarkanian, Ralph Miller, Eddie Sutton, Tom Young, Norm Stewart, Gene Bartow not shown, and others. The sequence highlights repeated Wooden wins and the evolution of coaching legends across major programs.
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Missouri
Ralph Miller
Oregon State
Ray Meyer
DePaul
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Indiana State
Eddie Sutton
Arkansas
Bob Gaillard
San Francisco
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Bobby Knight
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Digger Phelps
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John Wooden
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Marquette
Guy Lewis
Houston
Adolph Rupp
Kentucky
Dave Strack
Michigan
Ed Jucker
Cincinnati
Fred Taylor
Ohio State
Pete Newell
California
Tex Winter
Kansas State
Frank McGuire
North Carolina
Phil Woolpert
Ken Loeffler
LaSalle
Branch McCracken
College swimming meet yields tight team race and record swims
The meet saw SMU lead with 69 points over Texas 61 and Florida 54 as Arizona State UCLA Stanford and others chased. Top individual swims included George DiCarlo Arizona 4:16.93 in the 500 and Steve Lundquist SMU 1:45.54 in the 200 IM, with Texas and UCLA posting strong relay times and Kentucky Indiana dribbling in NCAA semifinal pairings in Grand Forks.
Baseball Today’s Packed Spring Training Slates
A full schedule lists 14 games across Florida and Arizona with 12:30 p.m. starts including Chicago versus Cincinnati in Tampa and Kansas City against New York at St. Petersburg. Later matchups feature Milwaukee at Mesa and Seattle facing California among others.
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All-state basketball team named Saturday
The Cedar Rapids Marion area fared well in boys basketball and the Iowa Newspaper Association All-State five team features top players from that area. Tomorrow's Gazette will list the 40 players and the five selections.
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Wood 5th in NCAA 50 free as Lundquist leads in medley
SMU senior Steve Lundquist won the 200 yard individual medley in 1 45.54 to start his bid for three titles at the 60th NCAA men’s meet in Indianapolis. Iowa’s Matt Wood placed fifth in the 50 free in 20.04 seconds helping Iowa tie for 16th with Southern Illinois. Kent Ferguson of Cedar Rapids Washington placed eighth on the one meter dive as Arizona’s George Di Carlo won the 500 free and Peng Ang claimed the 50 free for Houston Utah native Ang set a meet mark near 19.70 while Tom Jager was 19.91. Matt Scoggin led Texas with 557.25 points in 1-meter diving.
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Christopher Silva
Chris Cavanaugh
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John van Meter
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Ron Meyer
Dan Watson
Mark Bradshaw
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Doug Shaffer
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Kent Ferguson
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TV Schedule Highlights for Minnesota High School and NCAA Games
TV State Today lists Minnesota boys Class A semifinals at 1 and 7 p.m. on KTTC Hawkeye Closeup at 6 30 p.m. on KWWL NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals Iowa versus Villanova 7 p.m. on KWWL Houston versus Memphis State 10 30 p.m. on CBS all times listed.
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Multiple team trades and roster moves across leagues
Montreal optioned Greg Barger and others to Wichita and Memphis. Mayberry released by New York AL. Pittsburgh reassigned several players to minors. Chicago AL sent staff to camp. Puleo placed on 21 day DL. Detroit acquired Johnny Grubb from Texas for Dave Tobik. Los Angeles optioned multiple players to Albuquerque and San Antonio. Cashen extended as NY NL GM through 1986. San Antonio signed Robert Smith. USFL signed Ron Fernandes. LA recalled Paul Pageau. Penn named Skip Jorocki assistant athletic director. Iowa high schools saw coaching resignations at Tabor Fremont-Mills and Boone. replacements named.
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Angel Salazar
Mike Stenhouse
Wichita
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Pete Rice
Jeff Zaske
Trench Davis
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Rich Renteria
Ron Watus
Chicago
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Len Bradley
Keith Desjarlais
Larry Edwards
Rick Seilheimer
Ron Karkovice
Dave Yobs
Casey Parsons
Dave Stegman
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Charlie Puleo
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Paul Voigt
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Cecil Espy
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Robert Smith
Mount Mercy Forfeit Boosts 1981-82 Record
Mount Mercy Mustangs coach Kevin Touhey admits Marycrest College used ineligible players in last year’s Eastern Region playoffs. The forfeit gives Mount Mercy a 17-7 season mark for 1981-82.
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Iowa Hawkeyes honor six-time national champs at banquet
Iowa City AP reports the Iowa wrestling team, winner of its sixth straight national title, will be honored at the Hawkeyes postseason banquet next Monday night at a Manchester middle school starting 6 45 p m. Seniors will receive rings and four national champions Ed Banach Lou Banach Barry Davis and Jim Zalesky are among those slated for honors.
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ISU Picked Sixth in Big Eight Baseball Preview
Iowa State was selected sixth in the seven team Big Eight baseball race in the preseason poll. Oklahoma State received the coaches unanimous pick to win the title with Nebraska second and Missouri third. Colorado has no team. Iowa State opens with Oklahoma State this weekend.
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Eight joint track rules meetings set for March 29 30
The meetings co sponsored by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Athletic Association will be held at various sites statewide from March 29 to 30. Cedar Rapids Washington High School hosts the first session Wednesday at 7 30 p m with speakers Ira Dunsworth of Davenport Central and LaVerne Kloster of Dubuque Hempstead.
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