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rtional Collegiate Athletic Association Convention Deadline is attendance April 4 for sets record nominations For the sixth consecutive year, at- Nominations for vacancies on the tendance at the annual NCAA Con- NCAA Nominating Committee and vention in January established an all- Men’s and Women’s Committees on time record. Committees must be received by Fan- A final audit of the registrations at nie B. Vaughan, administrative assist- the 1986 NCAA Convention in New ant, in the NCAA national office no Orleans shows that 1,861 persons later than April 4. were in attendance, two fewer than The Council will appoint individu- the unofficial total reported in the als to fill those vacancies during its January I5 issue of The NCAA News. April 14-16 meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. The 86 turnout was I I9 more than Members of the committees for the previous record, established a 1986 were listed in the January Con- year earlier in Nashville. vention Program. Composition of the Since 1,075 attended the 1980 Con- three committees appears in Bylaws vention in New Orleans, which was 12-2-(g) and (h) of the NCAA Man- not a record, the total has increased ual. each year. Following is a list of those whose There were 1,314 in Miami Beach terms expire, including those eligible in 1981, Houston attracted 1,315 in and not eligible for reelection. Com- 1982, a total of 1,521 registered at San mittee members’divisions, districts or Diego in 1983 and 1,737 were in regions are in parentheses: Dallas in 1984, preceding the 1,742 in Nashville in 1985. Men’s Committee on Committees (Three-year term with no reelec- Included among the 1,861 regis- tion)-Four expirations. Eligible for tered in New Orleans this year were reappointment: Lawrence P. Boyd, 1,563 delegates from active member Framingham State College (Ill-l). institutions, 86 representing member Not eligible for reappointment: How- I6 from affiliated conferences, ard Elwell, Cannon University (H-2); member organizations, five corres- C. Arnold Ferrin Jr., University of ponding members, 58 visitors and 133 Utah (f-7); Norman B. Jones, Utah news media representatives. A medal performance State University (l-8). Chair to be All of those figures except the vis- selected from among members who itors’ total were higher than in 1985. John Skajem of Colorado competes in the giant slalom during the Division / National Collegiate will be in the last year of their terms: The ‘86 gathering set new records Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships at Stowe. Vermont. where Utah took its third team Kenneth A. Free, Mid-Eastern Ath- in every Association attendance cate- championship in the past four years. Skajem finished third in the slalom event. For complte results letic Conference (l-3); Michael John- gory. of the championships, see page 6. son, University of Houston (l-6); John The other new highs: 855 organiza- L. Spring, Oswego State University tions represented, 717 registered vo- College (Ill-AL-2): Dennis J. Keihn, ters (82.7 percent of all possible), 661 Manual to be delayed In the News California State University, Los An- active members, 321 Division I geles (II-AL-8). The 1986-87 NCAA Manual will that index caused the extension in the No advantage? members (95.8 percent of all Division be completed approximately two deadline for delivering the Manual. It could be that the construction Women’s Committee on Commit- 1 members), 176 Division II members weeks later than scheduled, and ship- of larger basketball arenas is taking tees (Three-year term with no reelec- (83 percent) and 226 Division 111 Wilford S. Bailey, NCAA secretary- ping to all NCAA members should away the home-court advantage. tion)-Four expirations. Not eligible members (65.7 percent). treasurer and chair of the Special begin about April I. Page 2. for reappointment: Marjorie T Berk- Of the Association’s 89 I active and Committee on Deregulation and ley, Hollins College (111-3); Jeannine Completion of the new edition of Rules Simplification, announced in conference members, 723 (8 I. I per- the Manual-which will incorporate All-America teams McHaney, Texas Tech University (I- the February I9 issue of The NCAA The College Sports Information cent) were in attendance in New Or- all legislative changes made at the 6); Betty Kelly Austin, Alabama News that the expanded index would Directors of America names its leans. The total and the percentage special Convention in June 1985 and A&M University (II-AL3); Mary be included in the new Manual. That Division 1 men’s academic all- also are all-time high marks. at the annual Convention in January Roby, University of Arizona(l-AL8). special committee asks that NCAA America basketball teams. Page 9. The only “low” number at this 1986-has been delayed in order to Chair to be selected from among members submit reactions, comments members who will be in the last year year’s Convention was the total include a significantly expanded and and suggestions regarding the index Caviar, podnuh? number of legislative proposals facing revised index to the NCAA constitu- DalIa is trying to improve its of their terms: P. LaVerne Sweat, after they have had an opportunity to Hampton University (11-2): Karen the delegates-123. That was the tion and bylaws. use it. boots-and-guns image and em- lowest since the 1980 Convention The more detailed index was devel- phasize its more cosmopolitan of- Womack, Miami University (Ohio) considered 122 and is well below the oped by a professional indexer, using The new index has about 1,200 ferings for Final Four visitors. (I-4): Eve Atkinson, Temple University record 257 at the 1976 annual Con- the 1985-86 Manual as the reference. entries, compared to about 700 in the Page IO. (I-ALZ); Sheila Brewer, Macalester vention. The process of updating and revising 1985-86 Manual. See Deadline. page 10 Five teams in vosition to break 1948 record Kentucky’s season-victory mark (36) could be erased By James M. Van Valkenburg requiring four victories). Three Oklahoma, Pepperdine and Xavier The chart shows coaches ot the top average of 459 career victories - more NCAA Director of Statistics teams-3 I-2 Bradley, 3 I-3 Kansas (Ohio). six seeds in the West have won 2,753 than any of the other 56 coaches in One of the oldest records in the and 31-4 Nevada-Las Vegas-can A year ago, Georgetown had 30 games in 126 total years of coaching. the tournament (Illinois’ Lou Henson books -,-,36 victories in a season, set break the record by winning the title victories entering the tournament and They are Lou Carnesecca (401-135) at 457, Old Dominion’s Tom Young at in 1948 by Kentucky’s national cham- and equal it be reaching the cham- was a big favorite to win the title and of St. John’s, Denny Crum (364-I 14) 456 and Indiana’s Bob Knight at 438 pions-is in danger of being broken pionship game, while 30-4 St. John’s equal Kentucky’s record, but Villa- of Louisville, Dean Smith (577-170) are the other 400-game winners in the in this 48th National Collegiate Divi- (New York) can tie it by winning the nova came through with a fantastic of North Carolina, Jerry Tarkanian tournament). sion I Men’s Basketball Champion- championship. final game, shooting .786 from the (434-97) of Nevada-Las Vegas, Char- It is not just a matter of longevity ship. There are an unprecedented five Kentucky at 29-3 is just a game lield. St. John’s, Memphis State and les “Lefty” Driesell(523-223) of Mary- and total victories but great success as 30-game winners in the field vs. just away from 30 victories. Five teams Oklahoma each reached 31 victories land and Gene Bartow (454-231) of well. The West’s “gang of eight” has one (Georgetown) a year ago. have won 27 games and could reach through tournament play (each was Alabama-Birmingham. reached the Final Four I7 times in all; Yet, everyone seems to be talking 30 by maklng the regional finals. below 30 coming in). And that is only part of the story. the other 56 coaches in the tourna- about “parity” and a wide-open field. They are 27-4 Michigan, 27-5 Mem- Why so many great records this The West regional also includes ment have totaled I9 trips to the Final We beg to differ. If there is parity, it is phis State, 27-5 UTEP, 274 Navy season? Is it possible those coaches UTEP’s Don Haskins (468-207) and Four. Winning percentage? Tarkanian parity among an amaring number of and 27-3 Cleveland State. Three more who predicted fewer upsets because Missouri’s Norm Stewart (454-237), at .817, Smith at .772, Crum at .762 outstanding teams, because 15 more teams could reach 30 victories by of the 45-second clock had a point’! each in his 25th season of head coach- and Carnesecca at .748 rank l-2-3-5 teams have won at least 25 games. reaching the Final Four- 26-7 Louis- Veteran coaches head west ing. Putting it another way, of IO among active coaches with at least IO Duke, top-ranked in the polls and ville, 26-5 North Carolina and 26-4 By a quirk in the seeding and re- coaches m the tournament with at seasons in Division I (Syracuse’s Jim 32-2, can break Kentucky’s record by Northeastern. And six more teams gional assignments, there is a remark- least 400 victories, seven are in the Boeheim is fourth at .75l).