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ufljp Daily ularlppl Wednesday, March 30,1994 7 Crusading Crimson Tide Try to Shoot Their Way to a National Title BY STIVE ROBBLEE The Tide must be doing something right. Three players—Johnson, guard Betsy They have a ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR trailed total ofjust lOseconds Harris and center Yolanda Watkins throughout the NCAA tournament. each scored 26 points to lead a balanced Alabama has made the NCAA Much of Alabama’s success comes, quite Crimson Tide attack. sroro BRIEFS Women’s Final Four for the first time in its enough, from its simply outscoring oppo- Johnson, the team’s best player, should history, and the Crimson Tide did it the nents. The Tideloves toplay an up-tempo be ready for the rematch against Tech on hard way... they earned it. game, and itis scoring 87 points per game Saturday and fullyrecovered from abruised Tar Heel's Ramsey Named The Tide, seeded No. 6 in the Midwest in its fourNCAAtournament games this knee she sustained in the Tide’s regional Region, wasn’t given a chance to go very year. final against Penn State. Top Female ACC Swimmer far at all in the NCAAs this year. The Led by juniorguardNiesa Johnson, the She injured her knee with about five The Atlantic Coast Conference named region also contained No. 1 seed Penn NCAAFreshman of the Year two years minutes remaining in the game and re- Tar Heel junior Leslie Ramsey the 1994 State, which was ranked No. 1 in the na- ago, the Tide has been dubbed the "Long turned two minutes later to help finish off Women’s Swimmer ofthe Year Monday. tion for much of the year; Texas Tech, the Rangers” of college basketball for their the Nittany Lions. The head coaches from each conference defending-national champion and No. 2 willingness to gun shots from anywhere on Alabama must have a Niesa seed; and healthy team made up the selection committee. lowa, the No. 3 seed and a the court. Johnson to win the tournament. But even i Ramsey was named a first-team All- perennial national power. But this year Tide players are thinking with Johnson in the lineup, the Tide has runnin’, gunnin’ America this season in the 200-yard butter- But the Crimson Tide about more than justwhere to spot up for fallen justshort twice in the past twoyears fly. She finished eighth in the competition shot down each of the top three seeds, their next 3-pointer. against another potential Final Four foe— at the NCAA Championships in India- including firing offa 96-82 win against the They’re “on a mission.” North Carolina. napolis, Ind., twoweeks ago. She also was NittanyLions onSaturday, to earn its first- Alabama has dedicated its season to The Tide blew a 22-point lead with 3:10 ever an honorable mention All-America in the trip to the Final Four in Richmond, former assistant coach Debbie Kelso, who left in the first halfand fell to UNC 89-83 in 500 freestyle after a 14th-place finish and Va. died last September when a cyst burst in the semifinals ofthe Citrus Travel Holiday the 1650 free with a 16th-place mark. “Itjustso happened that wewere placed her brain. Classic on Dec. 30 of this on season. The Yorktown, Va., native qualified for a road to Richmond where it was not “On a mission” was a pet phrase of And last season, Alabama’s hopes of a the NCAA Championships in five indi- going to be smooth sailing,” head coach Kelso’s. Sweet 16 appearance cruelly were dashed . ¦ '¦ - vidual events and participated in one relay Rick Moody told the Associated Press Saturday, the Crimson Tide willbe on a by UNC’s Stephanie Lawrence. “Inall have event. She tallied 68.5 points during the Monday. honesty, we nothad mission to beat Louisiana Tech, its semifi- The TarHeels trailedby twopoints with the Tar Heel end of the floor. But— in year, lucky a of This the Tide has been the ACC Championships, the third-highest whole lot what Iwould say (are) good nal opponent. The two already met once 29 seconds left in overtime when UNC Alabama’s worst ‘bad bounce’ bounces ever—she one. Lady Luck has to run out some time total on the North Carolina squad. in the previous four years, but this year, Dec. 11 on Alabama’s home guard Tonya Sampson took a game-tying saved it right into Lawrence’s hands, and for Alabama. Lady Luck has smiled upon (in the floor, and the During the ACC meet, Ramsey won in us Tide whipped the Lady shot that missed. The Tide’s Johnson tried the 3-point sharpshooter drilled a trifecta AllMoody and his players want is for the 200 and finished tournament).” Techsters 99-77. to butterfly third in the save the ball from going out ofbounds at to give UNC a 74-73 win. her to stay around for justtwo more games. 500 and 1650 freestyles. Men's Tennis Upsets VCU The No. 33 North Carolina men’s ten- Ends Mercer Acquitted of Bribery, team Bickering nis blasted No. 17 Virginia Com- Johnson With Jones, monwealth 5-1 Tuesday at the Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center. Ready to Step Back Into Ring The Tar Heels swept all five singles matches the Resigns Coach David As THE ASSOCIATED PRESS inaudible Home Box Office on day, including of Dallas Cowboys largely tape of Caldwell’s NEW 7-5, 7-6 squeaker over Fredrik THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jones then inter- YORK—Ray Mercer, the heavy- the 10-round fight. Ferguson took a deci- Eliasson at No. 1. betweenJimmyandJerry,”Davissaid. “It weight contender accused of IRVING, Texas—Jimmy Johnson sev- rupted and said: was about football, it making a mid- sion over Mercer, winning himself a title Brint Moirow, Pulliam, Brett nothing was nothing fight offer of SIOO,OOO for an shot with Bowe. Cooper ered his tempestuous five-year relation- “And I didn’t have about management. This was underdog Hutton and Wells Brabham also won personal.” opponent to take a dive, was Mercer’s Dominic in ship with Jerry Jones Tuesday, leaving the to do it.” Many of the differences have stemmed acquitted lawyer, Amorosa, straight sets. Tuesday on a charge of sports bribery. tried to show during the trial that Dallas Cowboys and a chance to win an The owner said from the desire of Jones, Johnson’s team- fighters UNC’sNo. 1 doubles team ofCaldwell unprecedented third-straight Super Bowl. Johnson’s The jury, which deliberated for just five often say things to distract their opponents, and Morrow depar- mate at Arkansas in the early 19605, to be hours, returned its verdict also defeated VCU’s top “Afterour discussions, we have mutu- ture in the best known “a football around 4:30 catch them off-guard and drop them to the doubles team was as guy.” Jones said p.m. after ofEliasson and Jonas Emblad ally decided that Iwould no longer be the interests of every- a two-week trial in Manhattan’s canvas. 8-6. But the Tar Heels during the week preceding the Cowboys’ state Supreme Court. Mercer’s mother 37, Hutton-Paul head football coach of the Dallas Cow- body concerned. 30-13 win over Buffalo in that he Ferguson, agreed such “trash talk” No. 2 doubles team January squealed in then covered her face Harsanyi fell 8-6, and boys,” Johnson said, sitting to the of “There are no delight, occurs frequently. But he said he believed Brabham right had the ability to coach the team. and eyes when the verdict and Pulliam were thwarted at Jones at the Cowboys’ Valley Ranch head- negatives when you Then, was read. Mercer’s alleged SIOO,OOO offer was genu- he added fuel to the feud by Mercer, at No. 3 doubles to prevent the UNC sweep. quarters after two of look at sitting the defense table with ine, and he considered taking it. days meetings. it,” Jones JIMMYJOHNSON suggesting this week that there were nu- his “Personally, it was a time I think I saidbefore thanking fingers intertwined, showed no emo- The comments are heard ona videotape stepped down as the merous other coaches capable oftaking the tion during the verdict. Afterward, the 31- Clemson Player Acquitted needed to pullback some,” Johnson said. Johnson for his ser- recorded by HBO, which aired the Bowe- Dallas coach. Cowboys to the Super Bowl considering year-old said he “Anybody whoknows meknows Ihave to vice. the stockpile of fighter was hoping to re- Michael Dokes main event later that In Fraternity Brawl Case talent. Johnson’s depar- sume his career soon. evening. The referee, be 100-percent totally focused or else I’m “Some have relationship ture, however, may lead the defection of Wayne Kelly, testi- S.C. Clemson Univer- described our to “It’lltake me two months to get in fied he heard a CLEMSON, not going to be as good. as rocky,” Johnson said, “but something some of that talent, linebacker lot of “jive talk” from sity basketball player Devin Gray including shape, and I’llbe back in the ring,” Mercer Ferguson, but no money was ac- “Ifelt like I was beginning to lose that about ourrelationship worked. Something Norton, Johnston, talk of fromeither quitted ofone count ofassault and Ken fullbackDaryl wide said. “And believe me, my lips won’t fighter. battery focus, and, because of that, I’mno longer was very, very good.” receiver Alvin Harper offensive after he told a jury that he hit another and line- move.” Kelly said it ironic that he had coach of the Dallas Cowboys,” Johnson Their kind words today aside, the feud men Nate Newton and Kevin Gogan.

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