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Monday, January 9,1989 BIG WEST PREVIEW Daily Nexus 2A • Nexus Previews the Big West THE ANSWER!! to: (M L V .... ja Gotta Lotta Augmon; 7th Straight Title in the Bag League Preview Staff j UCSB .... 4a □ Aerobic Exercise I Young Gauchos are Unbeaten and Eventual Top-20 □ Levitation Editer........ Scott Lawrence □ Stress Relief New Mexico St. j a i Defense, Agro Action From 19’9” to Pace Aggies □ Self Improvement □ Adventure Er Excitement Fresno St. j a Asst. Editors.. Steve Czaban, □ Interspecies Interaction Jervis, Youth Flavor has ’Dogs Seeking Former Form □ Group Social Events U tah S t. m AaronHeifetz □ Suited to YOUR schedule Hype-Monster Conway Fading; Unstable at the Point Long Beach St. 7A Production... ..Cris Carusi, is Inside Thrasher Hatten Heads 49er Quest For Respect SCUBA DIVING Irvine sa MattWelch at Record Stinks, but ’Eaters Have the Roster to Rock F u lle rto n .... 9a Bad Man Jones Returns; Titans Experiencing Slump staff Writer*: Scott Lawrence. Steve Czaban, Aaron Heifetz. Craig Wong, Tom Nelson, Carlena Gower. Frank San lose St. ioa Gage, Chris Delaney, Dino Scoppettone and Mike Moore. Special Thank« to tibe Big West Schools’ Sports In Squad Plays Off Berry’s Departure, Spartans Regroup formation Offices, Dan Goldberg, and Tony Pollock for Gift Certificates the cover photo and m i basketball pk* to date. Pacific ... ua Now Available 9 6 3 -8 9 1 7 Hurtin’ For Certain, Tigers Are Harmless at Best 2 2 Anacapa S t. Cover photo by Tony Pollock ttfTYYOtJfc A v o i d t e x t b o o k s e a k l y ft Out B ° o k s L a t e r Dailv Nexus Vol, «ê. Ho. 37 W.dn.»d.v. Octob.f 2». Univf Ity of Csltforni«. SanfB fbf On* 8»cU>n. U P.g.» Textbooks are arranged on the shelf On the night of October 27, by course number. Our full refund 1988, two lonely Nexus sports editors were fastidiously policy rem oves all risk of buying your putting the finishing touches on a feature article about the Events Center. A nickname for the hulking warehouse was needed. Suddenly, the lights grew dim, booming was heard overhead, and a bolt of rippling blue lightning blasted its way through the Nexus’ roof and onto the sports office computer terminal. After a lot of shouting, a few small fires and the singeing of a mustache, history had been By Stava Czaban made. The word on the Sports Reporter screen: THUNDERDOME. The next day, Oct. 28, the paper hit the streets. It It doesn’t have leprechauns haunting the rafters like Boston Garden. And it doesn’t have championship banners wasn’t long before the strung across the roof like the Los Angeles Forum. It doesn’t technocratic, Mike Dukakis- even have the distinguished sounding name usually afforded like “Events Center’’ was a sports arena. But there is something that the UCSB Events mercifully laid to rest. UCSB Center does have that most other sports arenas are con had a new name for its spicuously without. And that something can’t be bought or hardwood house. installed, even in the grandest of all zillion-dollar mega The THUNDERDOME is domes. That something is character. famous now, known across Construction of the $4.2 million Events Center (or ECen, as the land as the pulsating, it’s commonly referred) was completed in the fall of 1979. On fire-and-brimstone breathi Nov. 30 of that year, the ECen was officially christened with a ng cage where Gaucho Joe dedication ceremony and a basketball game between UCSB and his victory-hungry and the Golden Bears of Berkeley. The completion of the Gaucho dunk-groupies live facility marked the beginning of a renaissance for Gaucho to feast on the opposition. Athletics. A new era had begun. COME HELP US CELEBRATE OUR 22nd ANNIVERSARY W e buy used textbooks all year long. 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Greg G 6-1 188 So. Las Vegas. NV (U. of Portland) 7, Scurry is considered a Augmon. Stacey F 6-7 192 So. Pasadena. CA (Muir HS) of the rest of the Big West Bice. Travis G 6-4 144 So. Simi Valley. CA (Simi Valley HS) “ big man” mainly for his pit Butler. David C 6-10 200 Jr. Washington DC (San Jacinto JC) Conference. Cvijanovich. Stacey G 6-3 185 Jr. Oxnard. CA (Santa Clara HS) bull tenacity under the Not only have Tark’s Hunt, Anderson G 6-1 180 So. Detroit. Ml (Southwestern HS) boards — hence the James. Keith G/F 6-5 205 Sr. Baltimore. MD (Dunbar HS) basketball bullies won the Jeter. Chris F 6-8 1/2 188 So. San Diego. CA (Morse HS) nickname “ Windex.” Jones. James C 6-8 220 Jr. Cincinnati. OH (Mt. San Antonio JC) conference regular season Rossum, Clint G 6-2 1/2 199 Sr. Las Vegas NV (Dixie JC) From Garden City JC, championship every year Scurry. Moses - F 6-7 205 Jr. Brooklyn. NY (San Jacinto JC) Ackles may turn out to be Young, Barry . F - 6-7. 200 . So. Ellicott. MD (Mt. Hebron HS) since joining in 1982-83, but Tark’s best grab. Averaging Head Coach: Jerry Tarkanian (Fresno State ’55) before last year they had a Assistants Tim Grgurich (Pittsburgh '64). Ron Ganulin (Long Island *67) 15.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg and 4.5 bpg, mere six conference losses the 6-10 center earned a in 106 games. The feeling reputation as a vicious and had to be: “ Hey, who’s But before anyone starts And even though one-third of intimidating shot blocker. A bright idea was it to let these re-drawing the axes of power the Rebels’ roster is made up tremendous natural athlete, guys into the league?” in the Big West, one must of JC transfers, the Tark is most scouts say his potential But last season was a take into account that, in not a bit concerned. has yet to be fully tapped. watershed of sorts in the Big reality, ’87-88 was a bit of an “ Obviously, I like (JC The backcourt will also West. The little kids on the off year for Tarkanian. players),” he said. “ I ’ve have a new infusion of talent block were starting to fight Despite climbing as high as never had any problems with in Greg Anthony, a Vegas back and more were able to #2 nationally in early them. Just because they native having sat out last draw blood from the once- February, the Rebels were don’t get as good grades year after transferring from unassailable scarlet and eventually exposed as being doesn’t mean they’re not the Univ. of Portland, who gray. little more than a borderline good people.” will be the Rebels’ number- Not only were the Rebels top-20 team after bowing out Both Butler and Scurry one point guard. embarassed by the two black to Iowa, 86-104, in the second played for San Jacinto Freshman guard An eyes they got from UCSB’s round of the NCAAs. Junior College (the Mecca of derson Hunt can play either Gauchos, but UNLV was also This year, however, UNLV JC hoops) and Scurry said the point or off guard ON ANOTHER LEVEL — UNLV’s super stung by Long Beach late in appears ready to reassert its UNLV’s outlandish pregame positions, but will see most sophomore Stacey Augmon will lead the high the season, 77-79, and more stranglehold on the con laser-light and fireworks of his time at the #2 spot. flying Rebels on a quest for another league title. painfully by UC Irvine, 70-74, ference with unmistakable show was a factor in his Already, Hunt has the most in the semis of the PCAA authority. Why? If nothing decision. Aahh, the Vegas treys on the squad with 20 different combinations,” expectations, but on paper Tourney. else it’ll be because of the touch! and plays defense with Assitant Coach Ron Ganulin appear to be a much more In addition, there were a 20’3” of 100 percent front- Butler was rated the top lightning quick feet and a said. “ It’s tough to figure, dangerous group than the lot of too-close-for-comfort court beef Tark rounded up JC recruit in the country by vertical jump that has to be everybody is still trying to ’87-88 team. And despite wins against New Mexico from the Junior College The Sporting News, seen to be believed.