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Wednesday, April 5, 1995
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Tarkanian in lead for Fresno coach
The Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. — Former University of Nevada-Las Vegas coach Jerry Tarkanian was to interview at Fresno State yesterday for the basketball coaching vacancy at his alma mater, school officials said.
At least one candidate for the job, former Fresno state coach Boyd Grant, predicted Tarkanian would be offered the job. He said several college basketball sources have told him that a deal was made while Tarkanian and athletic director Gary Cunningham were at the Final Four in Seattle.
"It's his to turn down." Grant said.
School officials said Tarkianan was to meet with university president John Welty, Cunningham and the screening committee.
"I just want to hear what (Welty) has to say," said Tarkanian, who denied meeting with Cunningham in Seattle. "This is our first talk together. I'll see
what they have in mind."
Fresno State could appoint a new coach as early as today, Wely said.
Tarkarian has been considered the front-runner for the job ever since Gary Colson resigned March 15 after five years.
Tarkanian, who coached UNLV to the NCAA title in 1950, played for Fresno State in the 1950s. He graduated in 1955 and began his coaching career at San Joaquin Memorial High in Fresno.
The Albuquerque Journal said yesterday that Tarkanian probably would be offered the job. Citing an unnamed source close to the negotiations, the newspaper reported that "a contract laced with restrictions is in place," but that no terms had been drawn up as of Monday.
"They haven't talked money," the paper quoted the source as saving.
The newspaper said there was tremendous pressure in Fresno for the university to hire Tarkanian.
Seattle guard granted leave
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Seattle SuperSonics guard Kendall Gill, who quarreled with Coach George Karl for much of the season about playing time, was granted an indefinite leave from the team yesterday because of clinical depression.
"Our biggest concern right now is Kendall Gill and his wellbeing." Walker said.
A brief statement issued by Sonics president Wally Walker said the diagnosis was confirmed by two doctors. Gill did not accompany the team to Utah for a game yesterday against the Jazz.
The statement quoted Gill as saying, "I hope to feel better and contribute on the court as soon as possible, but right now I think finding a treatment and recovering must take precedence over basketball."
Gill and Karl have squabbled repeatedly during the season about the fifth-year guard's demand for more playing time.
The latest clash occurred last Wednesday night when Gill blew up at Karl in the coach's office. Team sources told The Seattle Times that co-captain Nate McMillan, Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton later met with Karl to discuss his treatment of Gill.
Gill, 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, was acquired by the Sonics from Charlotte after the 1992-93 season. This season he has appeared in 67 games and has been averaging 14.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 29.4 minutes a game.
Thousands thank undefeated champs
Lady Huskies loved all over Connecticut
STORRS, Conn. — The quest for excellence that started last fall ended where it all began 35 games ago.
The Associated Press
Before a capacity crowd of more than 8,000 at Gampel Pavilion on Monday, Connecticut's unbeaten and championship women's basketball team thanked its fans and each other while dancing to Aretha Franklin's "Respect."
"Most importantly, I want to say thank you to the people of Connecticut," coach Geno Auriemma said.
The arena scoreboards were frozen with Sunday's final score: UConn 70, Tenn 64. That victory gave the Lady Huskies their first college basketball title in school history.
"We think we have something special up here, and in a lot of ways it has nothing to do with how we play on the basketball court," Rebecca Lobo said.
Auriemma, the coach of the year,
pointed to Jennifer Rizzotti and Jamelle Elliott as, "the spirit of our team, the heart of our team."
Added teammate Pam Webber:
"My heart just filled at the sight of the crowd. We had no idea it would be like this."
Fans packing Gampel spoke of the team as more than just NCAA champions.
"We kind of adopted them as our family," said Bruce Fairclough, 41, of Newington. "They're great role models for my two boys." Mary Nicholas, a 62-year-old Vernon elementary school
end in Minneapolis cheering on the Huskies.
"To me the girls are the greatest in the world," Nicholas said. "They're dynamite students, and most of all they're kind and loving." she said.
The euphoria, said one graduate student, reached far beyond the Storrs campus.
"It's really good for the state of Connecticut," said Greg Sottile of West Hartford. "This team has really been a source of unity for a lot of people, young and old."
The party began hours earlier when the team plane touched down at Bradley International Airport.
Thousands of fans swarmed around a private hanger awaiting the team.
"We expected the president to be coming in with this kind of crowd," said Lobo, the first player to emerge from the charter flight.
Auriemma and his Huskies were greeted by Gov. John Rowland upon
arrival. After receiving a dozen roses from Rowland, the players were mobbed by television crews.
"I was really overwhelmed by the whole thing," Awriemma said. "I just never envisioned anything like this."
"They've done such a great, great thing for the state of Connecticut," Rowland said. "This is the real shot in the arm we needed in Connecticut, and these women have delivered it for us."
"We want Lobo! We want Lobo!" was one of the many chants from the
Monday evening's festivals were only the beginning. A parade is in
"My heart just filled at the sight of the crowd. We had no idea it would be like this."
crowd, which waited behind a fence while the players gave interviews and hugged family and friends.
Pam Webber
Connecticut Huskies guard
The Huskies finished 35-0, the best record in the history of NCAA Division I basketball — men or women. They have one more victory than Texas' unbeaten 1986 champions, the only other women's team to complete a perfect season since the NCAA tournament began in 1982.
the works for Saturday, and Rowland said he would invite the team to the governor's mansion for dinner
Kati Surtrenant,
12, traveled from Ludlow,
Mass. She
clutched a sign
that read, "We
love you Lady
Huskies."
Mass.
They said they were surprised by the airport turnout.
Lobo's grandparents, Roger and Ruth Hardy, made the trip down from Medfield.
"It makes us feel just wonderful," Lobo's grandmother said. "I can't explain it."
Before the bus left the airport, it had to wait for Lobo. She was posing with a group of firefighters, who draped a banner over their fire engine that read, "Thank you! 35-0."
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