National Wheelchair Basketball Association NEWSLETTER Otfle- 01 the CoIMIIHIonw 110 SHlon Building Unfwnlty olK,ntucky ..... VolUinC XXXIII December 28, 1993 Number 3 REGIONAL AND SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT national champions and will be seeking their SITES SET fourth consecutive title. Five other collegiate teams will be eligible to compete: University Bruce Russell, Chairman of the Tournament of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks; Southwest Selection Committee, has announced the State University (Marshall, MN) Broncos; selection of hosts and sites for the 1994 Temple Univo Rollin' Owls; University of Regional and Sectional Tournaments. All sites Illinois Fighting Il1ini; and Southern illinois have been confirmed except two remaining University Salukis. For further information, regionals in the Far West. We expect to have contact Jim Hayes, President of the Central those sites identified shortly. Intercollegiate Conference at Box 19348 UTA Station, Arlington, TX 76019, TeL (817) 273- EAST 3364 . Regionals (Mircll12-13 NEPVA in the Boston area WOMEN'S NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AT Cleveland Wheelchair Cavs DALLAS Ottawa Royals EPVA Chargers in the NY/NJarea The 20th National Women!s Wheelchair Sectionl March 26-27) Basketball Tournament will be held March 15- Richmond • VA 22 at North Lake CoUege in Irving, TX under the sponsorship of the Texas Heat. MIDWEST Tournament director is Jerry McCole, who Regionals may be reached at (214) 352-4100. Lafayette Spinners Kansas City Rolling Pioneers Eight women's teams are eligible to enter the Tulsa Rollin' Roustabouts tournament: Bay Area Meteorites; Minnesota Rockford Chariots Women 's Timberwolvesj Wright State Sectional University Lady Raiders; RIC ( Chicago) Grand Rapids, MI Express; Irvine Valley College Lasers i Southern California Sunrise; University of SOUTH Illinois Fighting Illini, and the host Texas Regionais Heat. Carolinas Tarwheels Houston Rolling Cougars Illinois is the defending NWWBT champion Lakeshore Pioneers, Birmingham, AL after its 48-47 win over the Timberwolves in Music City lightning. Nashville, TN the 1993 tournament held at Wright State Sectional University in Dayton, OH . The Illini have Nashville, TN captured the last three national titles. FAR WEST UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS INAUGURATES Regionals ACEP PROGRAM Spokane Cyclones Fresno Red Rollers Arising out of an earlier commitment by the Two sites to be later identified. NWBA to focus on the training and deve lopment of coaches in wheelchair CA basketball , a coaching clinic was held at the UniversiLy of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign , NATIONALINTERCOLLEGlATETOURNAMENT October 22-24, 1993. The clinic was AT ARLINGTON conducted as part of the American Coaching Effectiveness Program (ACEP) initiated by The 1994 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Human Kinetics Publishing Company of Basketball Tournament will be held March 7-9 Champaign and which involves training in the at the Urrlversity of Texas-Arlington. The areas of sport sciences, sport first ajd, sport host UTA Mavin' Mavs are the defending techniques and tactics. The clinic has been 2 endorsed by the NWBA Executive Committee Wheelchair Basketball Tournament and the through the certification of Brad Hedrick and 1994 National IntercoUegiate Wheelchair Marty Morse of the University of Illinois to Basketball Tournament along with the 46th conduct it. Nine individuals took part in the NWB T . Each of the women! sand training related to wheelchair basketball. intercoUegiate tournaments will receive They are: $2,500, while the NWBT will receive $10,000 Karen Bertha, Wichita, KS as in past years. Ann Cody I Atlanta, GA Krista Hobbs! 5t . Louis, MO This year's sponsorship will mark the 20th Theresa Kelly J Boston. MA consecutive year of PVA involvement in Jeff Lyon, Chicago, II. postseason play. The PVA continues to play Kevin Orr I Birmingham, AL an important role in the development of Kris Petroski. Minneapolis. MN wheelchair basketball and other wheelchair Cathy Potthast, Champaign, IL sports. The NWBA extends its appreciation Carol Ann Ryan, Wichita, KS to the PYA for the support given over the years. The faculty for the training included Hedrick, Morse. Karen Morse. and Tim Millikan. The DECEMBER TOP 25 clinic director was Ann C. Walters . The NWBA Top 25 as put together by the Future training programs will be announced as Tournament Selection Committee shows they are confirmed. Attendance at the two­ defending national champions Arkansas Rollin' day clinic and passing of tests associated with Razorback.s in the number one position, the the subject matter leads to certification by the rank the team held in the pre-season poll ACEP. conducted in June. Based on early season game results , the remaining 24 teams are TOURNAMENT BERTH APPLICATION FORMS ranked as follows: (12 of 14 TSC members TO BE RETURNED reporting) This issue of the Newsletter includes the 1. Arkansas Rollin' Razorbacks Application for Regional Tournament Berth 2. Fresno Red Rollers Form which team representatives are 3. North Florida Renegades requested to complete and return by February 4. Music City Lightning 10, 1994. 5. Golden State Warriors 6. Casa Colina Condors The Tournament Selection Committee will 7. Dallas Mavericks convene in Lexington, KYon February 19 and 8. Ottawa Royals 20 to review the applications. rank the teams 9. Grand Rapids Pacers selected and assign them to the regional 10. Utah Western Wheelin' Jazz tournaments. Team representatives should 11. Lakeshore 'pioneers indicate on the form any strong preference 12. UTA Movin' Mavs they might have for a particular site or if 13. Toledo Silver Streaks they are limited by funds from travelling any 14 . Twin City Spinners great distance. The TSC will attempt to take 15.EPVA Chargers these factors into consideration as they make 16 . Alberta Northern Lights the assignments. 17. Pasadena Big Wheels 18 . Long Beach Flying Wheels Team representatives are reminded that if the 19. Chicago Bulls forms are not received in advance of the 20.Minnesota Rolling Timberwolves meeting and are not postmarked prior to the 21. Charlotte Hornets February 10 deadline, they will not be 22. Univ. of Illinois Fighting Illini accepted. 23. Cleveland Cays 24. Virginia Beach Sunwheelers PYA SPONSORSHIP EXPANDED. 25. Baylor Texans The Paralyzed Veterans of America has Special mention: Colorado Cowboys. Richmond expanded its sponsorship agreement with the Rimriders. NWBA to include the 20th National Women's 3 USA BASKETBALL RECONSIDERS future." This apparently led the Executive OBLIGATION TO WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Committee to decide to provide the NWBA with "a maximum grant of $50,000 for each USA .Expecting USA Basketball's implicit go-ahead Basketball approved event to be expended for for the entry and full funding of national all actual team event expenses, as well as wheelchair basketball teams entered in 1994's expenses of the trials and training related World Championships for men and women and thereto ... ". the Pan American Wheelchair Games. NWBA At the same time, the Competitions Committees Commissioner Labanowich has been informed has their respective responsibilities changed that the commitment has been scaled back from selection to oversight of the teams' somewhat from what was previously indicated. expenditures. The news came while the Commissioner was attending the annual meeting of USA A response to this unexpected development Basketball in Colorado Springs. CO I by USA Basketball is being prepared by the November 15 and 16. Also in attendance was Commissioner and the Executive Committee . NWBA President Marvin Lapicola. NWBA JOINS WHEELCHAIR SPORTS USA The NWBA was approved as an active member of USA Basketball in October of 1992 entitling NWBA President Marvin Lapicola and it to a vote and the opportunity to represent Commissioner Labanowich attended the NWAA the sport from among organizations dealing National Delegate Assembly of Wheelchair with basketball for the disabled on the Board Sports USA (formerly the NWAA) In of Directors . Subsequently I Commissioner Baltimore, MD on December 3 and 4. They Labanowich was elected as an at-large member were on hand to witness the assembly vote of the Board . unanimously to accept the NWBA into membership as a National Governing Body. At the same time, USA Basketball revised its The NWBA represents the 8th NGB organized constitution to undertake a "federated" within the structure of the WSUSA, joining approach to the composition and entry of its the sports of archery (AWA), shooting national teams into international competition. (NWSF). swimming (USWS). table tennis This meant that the major national (AWTTA), athletics (WAUSA), quad rugby organizations conducting basketball programs (USQRA). and weightlifting (USWWF). Among would be ca.11ed upon to decide the composition the benefits gained by the NWBA by virtue of of teams that would represent the United alliance with the WSUSA is participation in the States and USA Basketball in the relevant liability insurance program made available established international championship through the United States Olympic Committee. competitions. For that purpose. committees NWBA teams may now obtain certificates of representing the relevant organizations were insurance at an affordable rate through appointed by USA Basketball to assist in the membership in the WSUSA to facilitate access selection process. For national teams in to public and private facilities for practices wheelchair basketball, 8 Competitions and games. Committee for Men and a Competitions Committee