NCAA basketballtournament No more early signings: USFL United States Football League rep- Football League to a series of joint NCAA Professional Sports Liaison wins top TV sports award resentatives assured the American meetings “to pursue the development Committee; Carl James, commis- CBS-TV’s production of the 1982 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Football Coaches Association in a of a reasonable set of guidelines that sioner of the Big Eight Conference, meeting March 3 in Dallas that the new would be considered to be legal” in the Championship has been honored as the outstanding live sports special of and Fred Jacoby, commissioner of the 198 1-82 by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. professional league would not sign handling of undergraduate student- Southwest Athletic Conference. David The award was presented March 1 at the fifth annual Emmy Awards for additional undergraduate student-ath- athletes. E. Cawood, NCAA assistant execu- Sports Programming in New York. It was the first time a basketball game letes . Charles McClendon, executive tive director, also attended. of any type had received the award. Representatives from the USFL, director of the AFCA, accepted Sim- “We wanted to discuss the circum- The 1982 championship in New Orleans matched the University of AFCA and the NCAA Professional mons’ statement and said USFL scouts stances and explain the background of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, against Georgetown University. North Carom Sports Liaison Committee met to dis- would be welcome again on college the Herschel Walker situation,” Sim- lina won a thrilling 63-62 contest before the largest crowd in the history of cuss the New Jersey Generals’ signmg campuses. mons said. “We wanted to make sure college basketball (61,612) in the Louisiana Superdome. of Georgia’s Herschel Walker to a “The line of communication is now they understood that we will abide by Kevin O’Malley, executive producer of college basketball for CBS, multimillion-dollar contract. Walker, open with the USFL,” McClendon the guidelines of eligibility in college accepted the award. O’Malley thanked his staff and coaches and players. the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, had said. “The incident is behind us and is football _‘I one year of eligibility remaining for now a dead issue. The USFL knew Bellard, who earlier in the week had “I hope you can appreciate the people aspect of the event,” O’Malley the Bulldogs. how we felt, and now we have to live said that USFL scouts would not be said. “We had hoped to rise to the occasion. That’s what our business is all Chet Simmons, commissioner of together and work t:gether. We (the welcomed at Mississippi State, said he about.” the USFL, said the league “will AFCA) are very well satisfied.” was satisfied to the extent that he now The other four nominees for the prestigious award were Super Bowl enforce the existent eligibility rules McClendon was accompanied by would allow USFL scouts at his prac- XVI (CBS), the Masters golf tournament (CBS), the Kentucky Derby currently in effect in professional fwt- coaches Emory Bellard of Mississippi tices. (ABC) and the U.S. Open golf championship (ABC). Events from July ball. And, I can enforce them.” State and George MacIntyre of Van- “We got the answers we needed to 1981 to June 1982 were eligible for nomination. Simmons also invited the National derbilt; Wiles Hallock, chair of the SeeNo more. page I.2 Courts sidestep deciding whether Title IX applies to sports programs Federal appeals courts recently school’s plan to add a scparatc girl’s not subJect to Title IX. decided two cases that were cxpcctcd golf team. The district court ruled that The U.S. Court of Appeals for the to clarify whether there are circum- he had failed to state a claim for which Sixth Circuit affirmed February 2 the stances in which Title IX may apply to relief could be granted and was not judgment of the district court on other athletic programs that do not receive entitled to attorney’s fees because the grounds, holding that the plaintiff was direct Federal aid. high school athletics program in qucs- not entitled to attorney’s fees because Instead, the courts decided both tion did not receive direct Federal he was not a prevailing party within cases on other grounds without financial assistance and therefore was See Courts. page I2 addressing the fundamental question of whether the sports programs involved were covered by Title IX. However, the United States Supreme Court agreed February 22 to hear Grove City College vs. Bell, a Title IX cast that dots not involve athletics but which may result in a decision clarify- ing the scope of the statute generally. One athletics case was Othen vs. Ann Arbor School Board, a private Title IX action brought by the father of two female high school studentmath- letes against the local school board. In that cast, the plaintiff had alleged that the school board and the high school golf coach discriminated on the basis of sex in sclectmg members of the golf team. Prior to the trial, the plaintiff dis- missed all of his claims against the school board except his request for attorney’s fees, based on the high In the News The University of Illinois basketball team has a special way to get ready for games . ..Z Men’s and women’s Division I basket- ball notes and statistics . .3-4 Championships previews .5-6 Softball preview Division I1 Wrestling Championships results . 7 Pitching is the dominantfactor in collegiate women’s softball, and Fresno State’s Wende Wurd is one of the best. The 1982 season is CoSlDA names basketball academic all-America teams. 12 previewed on pages 8-9. Select Committee to discuss governance Issues relating to the governance of complexity of NCAA regulations, the in that meeting. intercollegiate athletics will be the prim authority and composition of the The committee does not announce mary topic on the agenda for the next NCAA Council, and external forces any of its decisions or recommenda- meeting of the Select Committee on affecting governance. tions after its meetings because all will Athletic Problems and Concerns in Another issue relating to athletics be subject to the committee’s review in Higher Education April 5-6 in Atlanta, governance-enforcement procedures approving its final report this summer. Tournament time Georgia. and penaltieswas reviewed by the After the April 5-6 meeting in Included among those issues will be committee in its meeting in Chicago Atlanta, the committee will return to North Carolina’s Matt Doherty (44) and Georgetown’s Pat Ewing institutional control and responsibil- Sunday and Monday (March 6-7). Jun- Chicago for another session April 30 (right) will be trying to help their respective teams to another berth ity, booster and alumni groups, the ior college transfers and various and May 1. The agenda for that meet- in this year’s Final Four. For a preview of the Division I Men’s and role and structure of the NCAA, the- recruiting issues also were discussed See Select,page 12 Women’s Basketball Championships, see page 5 2 March 9.1983 The NCAA C omment Illinois undergoes different training system By Robert Lee Zimmer court. Head coach Lou Henson gave him the green light for the free throws, has made seven of 10 since he began using the imag- Before each game, Illinois guard Derek Harper goes into a dark first long-term psychological training program in a major college ery techniques. Harper, a 46 percent field-goal shooter last year, room, lies on the floor, concentrates on the color blue and imag- Sport. now hits 55 percent. ines himself scoring field goals. He began by teaching the players how to relax completely. “Practice improves any skill,” Smith said. “But the mind can’t Teammate George Montgomery visualizes himself making free They learned quickly. tell much difference between mental and physical experiences.” throws. “About 15 minutes into the session, I looked around and a lot of So, practicing through mental images helps players improve, It is part of the lllini’s unique psychological skills training pro- guys were asleep,” Smith said. “One guy was snoring.” just as physical practice does, he said. gram, which players and coaches say is working well. Once relaxed, players concentrated on light blue. Eventually, 4 Players now go through at least three sessions a week. At home, “I just relax and picture myself taking my shots and making just thinking about that color results in total relaxation. the Illini prepare for each game in a dark, carpeted room at the baskets.” said Harper, whose field-goal percentage is up 10 Next, they learned to develop vivid and controlled images. Assembly Hall. points. “I stay in the room for five to seven minutes. It really On the road, they improvise. They might go through their men- helps.” 1 I Players learn how to relax; how to control stress, anxiety and tal drills on the bus or plane, or in a motel room. In one case, they turned out the lights and sat in the stadium shower. anger, and how to imagine themselves being successful at shoot- Columnq Craft ing, rebounding or defense. There was no place to use just before the games at Kentucky, Assistant coach Dan Smith began the program in October at Smith said the technique helped coaches teach a young team its Minnesota and Oklahoma, Smith said, and Illinois had three of its Illinois, currently 8-6 in the Big Ten Conference and 1g-9 overall. plays. worst performances. The idea came to him while he was head basketball coach at the “You see yourself in the offense, going where you’re supposed To give scientific validity to his research, Smith will compare Hawaiian campus of Brigham Young University, where he often to go and executing properly,” Smith said.