THE CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 85, NO. 128 Final Frustration NCAA championship eludes Duke again in 103-73 loss to Nevada-Las Vegas By JOSH DILL title game against Louisville. DENVER — The Duke basketball "It wasn't just one part of their team's drive for a first-ever national defense," said Duke forward Christian championship came to a screeching halt Laettner. "It's what their whole defense Monday night at McNichols Sports Arena did. We weren't able to pass down low and as the UNLV Runnin' Rebels blew away that hurt our offense. All the perimeter the Blue Devils, 103-73. players had problems inside the foul line." The margin of victory was the largest in Though Duke had trouble executing all championship game history, breaking the game, it was still in the contest with 16:24 record of 23 points set by UCLA in the left, trailing 57-47. But the Rebels then 1968 contest over North Carolina. The scored 18 unanswered points over the Rebels' point total also broke UCLA's next three minutes to seal the Blue Dev­ mark of 98 points set against Duke in ils' fate. 1964. Hunt had 13 of the 18 points with two "It's obvious they were great," said fast break layups and three jumpers Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. "I'm which included a pair of three-pointers. sorry we couldn't give them a better Duke couldn't buy a basket of its own dur­ challenge." ing the stretch as Tarkanian made a Duke had reached the Final Four for defensive adjustment that baffled the the eighth time in school history and Blue Devils. made it to the final game for the fourth "When Johnson and Augmon picked up time after beating Arkansas on Saturday. their third fouls it was like a blessing in But Vegas prevented the Blue Devils from disguise for us," Tarkanian said. "We capturing that elusive first title. switched to the amoeba zone (a matchup UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian said zone) and just destroyed them." that this is his best team ever and his "They picked up their defensive inten­ players proved it on Monday. The Rebels sity a little more in the second half," dominated every aspect of the game, hit­ Henderson said. "There was never any ting 61.2 percent from the field, forcing 23 balance. They played great and Blue Devil turnovers and turning the con­ dominated the game." test into a basketball clinic during the Though Duke was still in the game at second half. the half, the tone was set early on as Anderson Hunt led all scorers with 29 Duke showed a case of the jitters. Vegas points on 12-of-16 shooting and was jumped out to an early 11-6 lead as the named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Blue Devils had trouble holding onto the Player. Larry Johnson added 22 for the ball. Runnin' Rebels while Phil Henderson led The Runnin' Rebels extended their lead Duke with 21. to 21-11 on a series of fast-break slam Though the record-setting point total dunks by Hunt and Augmon off turnovers will be remembered for years to come, it by Hurley and Henderson. was the UNLV defense which was the Henderson cut the UNLV lead to 21-15 story of the game, setting up the Rebel with a 12-footer at 10:55. It was the first fast break. They had 16 steals, breaking outside shot hit by Duke in the game, but ROGER LIPPMAN /THE CHANTICLEER the record of 13 set by Duke in the 1986 See FINALE on page 25 • Phil Henderson and the Duke defense couldn't stop the likes of Anderson Hunt. Pre-game Cameron cheer turns into dejection after title defeat By KATERINA LENT "I don't believe this is happening, this is The Cameron chaos of Monday night so unreal," said Alicia Sutherland, Trinity dwindled into respectful dejection by the freshman. end of the NCAA championship game as The dismal second half was broken by Duke was badly beaten by UNLV. only fleeting moments of hope as little by About 4,000 students waited in a line little people disappeared, sat down, or that stretched out to the tennis courts turned away from the disappointments before pouring into Cameron last evening. the television screen aired. Pre-game spirit was high, as anything The rain outside set the mood as the that could be thrown was, including hot- game progressed to an unbelievable dogs and M&Ms. defeat. Someone made the unfortunate mis­ Fans refused to allow UNLV any credit take of opening an umbrella on the court, however, heckling from across the coun­ an omen ofthe disaster to come. try, and doing their best to save face. Fans cheered as the 25-foot screen dis­ When Coack K appeared on the screen, MATT CANDLER/THE CHRONICLE played the seasons highlights accom­ there was enough left in the crowd to panied by thumping music. The regular muster a respectful cheer for the man who Public Safety officers were about the only ones to man the bonfire. Blue Devil cheers were accompanied by led the team to the University's eighth the music ofthe band members who didn't Final Four. make the trip to McNichols Arena. After the game, the quad was mostly si­ Inside Weather A thank you message from Coach K in lent as the stunned fans marched back to Denver to the sixth man was broadcast their dormitories in disbelief. StdtS and figures: Those crazy Ugly Tuesday: Today will be over just before the TV coverage ofthe game. census guys are at it again, and now none too quickly as the raw, overcast The crowd was charged with energy The bonfire and celebration seemed in­ they're after college students. 1980 weather will hardly cooperate with from the moment the game began. Not appropriate, and most of those in seems like just yesterday. See page 3. Dukies in mourning. until the second half was underway did Cameron poured out onto West not to roll people lose hope. in the mud but to roll into bed. PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 3,1990 World & National Newsfile Iraq threatens Israel with outlawed weapons Associated Press Students lack knowlege: Amer­ By JOHN RICE velop nuclear weapons. will hit them with this binary chemical ican students show only "a Trivial Pur­ Associated Press Saddam warned the Israelis that if they weapon." suit sort of familiarity" with history BAGHDAD, Iraq — President Saddam try to repeat their June 1981 air strike on Avi Pazner, a spokesman for Israeli and virtually no knowledge of the sys­ Hussein said for the first time Mohsday a French-built nuclear reactor near Bagh­ Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, said, tem of government under which they that Iraq has deadly binary nerve gas dad, he will retaliate with chemical weap­ "We have no aggressive intention against live, a nationwide study says. weapons, and he threatened to use them ons. anyone, including Iraq." on Israel if the Jewish state attacks Iraq. "I say that if Israel dares to hit even one Asked about the possibility of a pre­ Labeling program ended: The Binary weapons, usually artillery shells piece of steel on any industrial site, we emptive strike, Pazner said: "We don't American Heart Association, under or missile warheads, contain two rela­ will make the fire eat half of Israel," he even want to talk about that kind of pressure from the federal government, tively safe compounds which combine to declared. thing." was set to announce Monday that it produce toxic nerve gases. They are out­ "Let them hear, here and now, that we Western intelligence officials have said will discontinue the controversial lawed under a 1925 treaty. do possess binary chemical weapons for some time that Iraq is developing bi­ HeartGuide food labeling program, an Iraq is already seen as a frontrunner in which only the United States and Soviet nary and other chemical weapons at a attempt by the association to identify a Middle East drive to develop arsenals of Union have," he said. chain of top-secret research installations. and label foods considered best in the long-range and surface-to-surface mis­ In a clear reference to Israel, which is Only the United States and Soviet prevention of heart disease. siles. Its development of chemical weap­ believed to be the only Middle Eastern Union have officially admitted having bi­ ons, and possibly nuclear arms, has power with nuclear weapons, Saddam nary weapons, although some other Bush tO keep Marti: President raised fears of an arms race in the volatile said: "Those who are threatening us with countries were believed to possess them. nuclear bombs: we warn them that we Bush, saying "the voice of freedom will region. See IRAQ on page 9 ^ not be stilled," told broadcasters Mon­ Saddam, in a speech broadcast by day that the government's TV Marti Baghdad Radio, denied Iraq has nuclear will keep transmitting into Cuba weapons. Concerns about this were raised despite concerns that Fidel Castro may last week by the interception in London of Lithuania asks Moscow to send widen his jamming of U.S. radio sta­ Iraqi-bound trigger devices that officials said were designed for nuclear bombs. tions. "I categorically deny that we have any representatives for negotiations Prisoners riOt: Guards regain con­ atomic bombs," the president said at a trol of half of a crowded prison in ceremony in Baghdad, where he awarded By MARK PORUBCANSKY Manchester, England, devastated by medals to senior military officers.