sports Despite win over Irish, Lions remain out of poll By JACK ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer Oklahoma will be rooting for Miami to defeat Notre Dame and South Carolina in its final two games of the season. 'We very much hope that Miami remains undefeated," said Oklahoma Athletic Direc tor Donnie Duncan Oklahoma will play Miami on New Year’s Day m the Orange Bowl, and if Miami man ages to get hy its last two opponents, the game will be tor the national championship. t he national championship was a goal we set out for m the beginning. We wanted to play tor the national championship in a bowl game at the end ot the year. It was what our season was structured for, not in just the number ot victories, but in the way we got those victories,” he said Oklahoma, 11 0, reclaimed the No. 1 rank ing ti'oni Nebraska yesterday after beating the I’ornhuskers 17 7 in Lincoln, Neb., last Saturday Nebraska held the No. 1 ranking for one week. Miami surged into second place. Indiana reprimands Bob Knight BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - In diana basketball Head Coach Bob Knight, in trouble again, was repri manded yesterday by the university for pulling his team off the court during an exhibition game against the Soviet Union. Knight refused to let his team finish the game on Saturday night after he was ejected for arguing with a refer ee. A statement issued by the universi ty’s news bureau said Knight recog nized he “had made a serious mistake of judgment” and that his actions had caused “great embar rassment not only to himself and the basketball program, but also, and most importantly, to the entire uni versity and its supporters.” Indiana Sports Information Direc tor Kit Klingelhoffer said Knight has not specifically commented on the reprimand, but he has apologized several times. Knight told the Bloomington Ro tary Club and Rotarians yesterday that he “let some personal feelings outweigh good judgment as far as the general scope of things in that partic ular game were concerned.” Knight received three technical fouls Saturday night and pulled his team off the court about five minutes into the second half. The Soviets, leading 66-43, were declared winners by forfeit. Knight was protesting what he said was a lane violation that was ignored by officials during free throws taken by a Soviet player. He was ejected from the game after getting his third technical foul. He refused to leave and told the officials if he had to go, his team would also go. Knight apologized on his weekly television show Sunday and again yesterday to the Rotarians. "I had said publicly that winning the game wasn’t important to me,” he said on the show. “I don’t think it was a game we could have won under any circumstances. ... As far as taking the team off the floor after I was ejected, there are things I wish I could do over again. That is one of them.” Speaking to the Rotarians in Bloo mington, Knight said he let “personal feuds interfere with what was the overall objective of that evening. And I was very, very sorry about that. “I was not particularly pleased with the way I handled the situation, and certainly even less so relative to depriving people that were in the stands of an opportunity to watch our players play," Knight said. Klingelhoffer said he was not aware of any warning or other action, such as a suspension or fine, attached to the reprimand. Refusing to preclude the possibility of league sanction, Big Ten Commis sioner Wayne Duke said he would “consult with people involved. But we have no jurisdiction. The game was an international one. The internation al and national governing bodies are the authority in it.” The national governing body of amateur basketball is the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States. Bill Wall, executive director of the ABA-USA, was still with the touring Soviet team yesterday and unavailable for comment. It wasn’t the first time the former Olympic and three-time NCAA cham pion coach has been involved in con- troversy He has been suspended by the Big Ten Conference for throwing a chair across the court, reprimanded by the conference for missing mandatory coaches' meetings and fined by the NCAA for pounding the officials’ ta ble during last spring's NCAA tourna ment. Oklahoma received 54 of 59 first-place votes and 1,173 of a possible 1,180 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters this week. Miami, 9-0 following a 24-14 victory over Toledo, drew four first place votes and 1,108 points. The Hurricanes had been No. 3 for eight weeks in a row. Nebraska, 9-1 with a regular-season game remaining against Colorado, fell to fifth with 979 points. The Sooners slipped to No. 2 last week after struggling to defeat Missouri. 17-13. "I really didn't understand why we moved down, especially when it was a team that was idle (Nebraska) that moved ahead of us," Duncan said. "Well, it was a moot point. We went out on the field to make that decision and we did. I’m delighted that we had that victory over Nebraska.” While Duncan wants to play down a re venge factor for the Orange Bowl, he ac knowledged that some players and coaches will be thinking about two regular-season losses to Miami especially one last year that cost the Sooners a national title. Miami handed the Sooners their onlv two Season o Penn State’s Mike luzzolino, left photo, goes up against two Temple opponents last year. Adrie DeVries, number 44, battles an Ohio opponent for Cagers Juniata By THERESA DeFRANZO Collegian Sports Writer The men's basketball team plays its second intrasquad game of the season tonight, which will help de termine the starting five for the season-opener against Juniata Sat urday night at 7:30 in Rec Hall. Tonight’s Blue-White game will be played at Loyalsock High School in Willamsport. In last week’s scrimmage game, the Blue won, 58-52. The White gave up 11 turnovers in that game. Al though Head Coach Bruce Parkhill wasn’t pleased with that factor, he explained it is misleading. “Rebounding and ball handling are something we work on every day. Obviously we stress trying to keep the turnovers down. I think the fact that the Blue had the more veteran players was one of the reasons for the White team having more turnovers, " Parkhill ex plained. Junior guard Christian Appleman said it was just a matter of the players learning to work well to gether. “Earlier last week we had some problems with turning the ball over and guys making some decisions especially on some of the new plays,” Appleman said “I think now the guys have more confidence aim to put away early Bruce Parkhill in where the other guys are going on the floor. We re making better deci sions and we re turning the ball over less and less and I think that’s something we really need to do.” What did concern Parkhill about last week's scrimmage game was the lack of scoring in the first eight or nine minutes. “Not having Tommy Hovasse in the game was part of that and the guys were a little bit tight," Park hill said. "We will look for better shooting and certainly, at this point in time, the main reason we re doing it is for the guys to have fun. ” Please see CAGERS, Page 14. The Top Twenty teams in the Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record through games of Nov 21. total points based on 20-19-16-17- 16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and last week's ranking: Record Pts Pvs 11-0-0 1.173 2 9-0-0 1,108 3 9-1-0 1.056 4 11-0-0 983 6 9-1-0 979 1 9-1-1 830 9 8-1-1 809 10 8-2-0 711 12 8-2-1 680 11 8-2-0 654 7 1. Oklahoma (54) 2. Miami, Fla. (4) 3. Florida State 4. Syracuse (1) 5. Nebraska 6 LSU 7. Auburn 8. South Carolina 9. Michigan State 10 Notre Dame setbacks in the past 35 games. Except for regular-season losses to Miami in 1985 and 1986, Oklahoma might be shooting for an unprecedented third straight national championship and third consecutive unde feated season. Miami beat Oklahoma 27-14 in the fourth game of the 1985 season, but it wasn’t enough eners The Lady Lions will get that chance this weekend when they travel to Hawaii for the United Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic, which features some strong nation al competition. Penn State will meet Oklahoma on Friday in both team’s season opener. This is the first-ever meet ing between the two schools. Also at the tournament are California, host team Hawaii, Stephen F. Austin. Northern Arizona, UCLA and Tex as, which is ranked first in the nation in Sports Illustrated' s pre season poll. Penn State was not ranked in the Top 20, but did receive votes. The Lady Longhorns are in the bracket opposite Penn State, and if both teams sweep their brackets they will meet in the tournament final on Sunday. Portland said she is more concerned, however, with her team's first game than the possibility of playing the No 1 team in the country. Associated Press Top 20 a rebound. Both squads open their seasons this weekend. The Lady Lions travel to Hawaii, while the Lions host Juniata Saturday. Lady cagers open season in Hawaii By TODD A. MOUNTFORD Collegian Sports Writer After last Friday's Blue-White scrimmage, women's basketball Head Coach Rene Portland said she was pleased with her young team's performance but stressed the need for more game experience before it improves. 11. UCLA 12. Oklahoma State 13. Clemson 14. Georgia 15 Texas A&M 16. Tennessee 17. Southern Cal 18 Alabama 19 lowa 20. Pitt Other receiving votes Penn State 99';. Indiana 33 Wyoming 54. San Jose State 24. Florida 11. Air Force 9 Eastern Michigan 9. Ohio State 6. Arkansas 1, Michigan 1 Tulane 1. to prevent the Sooners, 11-l. from capturing their third national championship since Bar ry Switzer became head coach in 1973. "I'm not sick of the same bowl not when you’re playing for the national championship," Switzer said. “At least I don’t need a tour guide. I know my way around Miami." Rene Portland “Right now our major concern is Oklahoma. 1 ' said Portland, who is in her 12th season at the Penn State helm. "They’re probably at the same stage we are right now and I’m not sure who’s going to shine on that given day. ' The "stage" Portland referred to includes an untested Lady Lion team with only two seniors and one junior. But Portland said Oklahoma will be in the same situation. “(Oklahoma) did graduate a large group of their team which happened to us too." she said. "So Please see LADY CAGERS, Page 14. Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1987 9-2-0 620 5 9-2-0 478’ 2 13 9-2-0 347 8 7- 344 14 8- 336 16 8-2-1 320 15 8-3-0 213 - 7- 175 17 9-3-0 156 18 8- 119 19 Collegian Photos / Jay Gorodetzer The Daily Collegia: Florida State. 9-1 and idle last weekend, advanced to third from fourth place with 1 - 056 points. The other first-place vote went to Syracuse, 11-0 following a 32-31 triumph over West Virginia. The Orangemen received 983 points in moving from sixth to fourth. UCLA. No. 5 last week, lost to Southern California 17-13 and dropped to 11th. LSU rose from ninth to sixth with 830 points by outlasting Tulane 41-36. Notre Dame seventh last week, lost to Penn State 21-20 and slipped to 10th place. Meanwhile, Auburn, which was idle and plays Alabama on Fridav, moved up from 10th to seventh. South Carolina's 20-7 triumph over Clem son lifted the Gamecocks from 12th place to eighth with 711 points while the Tigers fell to 13th. Michigan State s Big Ten champs de feated Wisconsin 30-9 and went from llth to ninth with 680 points. Notre Dame rounded out the Top Ten with 654 points. The Second Ten consists of UCLA, Oklaho ma State, Clemson, Georgia, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Southern Cal, Alabama, lowa and Pitt. Arians receives a vote of confidence By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA Temple foot ball Coach Bruce Arians, whose fu ture was in doubt after his team’s 3-8 season, received a vote of confidence yesterday from university President Peter Liacouras. Questions arose about Arians when Athletic Director Charles Theokas criticized the team’s effort in a recent game. Later, after viewing the game films. Theokas apologized. Since then, Theokas has refused to comment on Arians, who has two years left on a three-year contract. Theokas said the coach would be evaluated after the season, which ended Saturday with a loss to Rutg ers. Liacouras said his decision was based on favorable recommendations by Theokas and H. Patrick Swygert, a university vice president. "At Temple University, there is a lot more to evaluating a program than a single year’s won-and-loss record, ’’ the president said in a statement. “The football program at Temple is stronger now than before Bruce Ari ans became the head coach five years ago. He understands Temple, the value we place on integrity, educa tion and the appropriate role of inter collegiate athletics in the life of the university. And no one wants to win more than Bruce Arians. “We are confident that Bruce can forge a winning tradition. We support him. and we look forward to a strong, successful season next year,” Liacou | ras said. Arians said he never had any doubt the university would support his pro gram. "I always felt the university had confidence in my ability. I’ve always had a good relationship with the pres ident," he said. Pens get Coffey in trade with Edmonton PITTSBURGH < AP; - All-star de fenseman Paul Coffey, rumored in trade talks since refusing to report to Edmonton in a contract dispute, was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a seven-player NHL deal yesterday in which the Oilers obtained standout center Craig Simpson. "He’s a world-class player. He’s going to look great in black and gold." Penguins General Manager Eddie Johnston said of Coffey, 26, a two-time Norris Trophy winner as the N’HL's best defenseman. The defending Stanley Cup cham pion Oilers also acquired veterans Dave Hannan and Moe Mantha and 18-year-old defenseman Chris Joseph for Coffey, left wing Dave Hunter and minor leaguer Wayne Van Dorp. The Penguins declined to comment on reports they also would acquire goaltender Andy Moog if they can sign him to a contract. Coffey will be in uniform tonight for the Penguins’ home game against the Quebec Nordiques. The NHL record holder for goals by a defenseman with 48 in 1985-86, Coffey hasn’t played since helping Team Canada win the Canada Cup championship this fall.
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