Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, April 1, 1991 TAG: 9104010070
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Krzyzewski was interviewed on ABC-TV's "This Week with David Brinkley" along with Robert Maxson, president of Nevada-Las Vegas, which was upset by Duke 79-77 Saturday in the tournament semifinals at Indianapolis.
Duke will play Kansas for the championship tonight.
Krzyzewski was asked whether the incentive for some colleges and universities to "bend the rules" could be reduced by sharing revenues more equally among the schools.
"You know, people cheat at all levels," he said, "and we are in a better revenue-sharing type of system now in the NCAA Tournament. But there always is going to be a little bit of it, and that doesn't mean that college athletics is sleazy."
Maxson applauded the recent report of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, but he said he disagrees with its conclusion that universities do not have control over their athletic departments.
The private commission, in a report issued March 19, said academic administrators need to take direct control of their athletic programs, require that student-athletes get an education and make sure that the finances of the athletic programs are controlled by the university, not the coaches or athletic directors.
"I think it's going to be a landmark study, a road map for all of us, and we do intend to adopt the recommendations," Maxson said.
"I guess the one thing that I question in the Knight Commission report . . . is the lack of institutional control," he said. "There is control. All departments on the campus answer to the administration."
\ When your team makes only 62.3 percent of its free throws, you can expect some unsolicited advice.
"I got a letter this year that said the reason our free throws were being shot poorly is the magnesium, potassium, calcium balance in the water," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "I may not be intelligent enough to understand that. . . . Another [theory] is the fact that the back of their neck is too tense shooting free throws."
Whatever the reason, there's no disputing the problem. The Jayhawks made only 21 of 36 free throws in Saturday's 79-73 semifinal victory over North Carolina. Still, Williams isn't all that concerned.
"We've been talking about how poor we've been shooting free throws all year," Williams said. "But, if there are 299 Division I schools, 297 of them can be shooting free throws better than we do, but they're sitting home."
\ Krzyzewski was chosen Kodak's Division I coach of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Krzyzewski has led Duke to eight consecutive NCAA tournaments, four consecutive Final Fours and five Final Fours in six years.
\ Duke holds a 4-1 edge against Kansas with the Jayhawks' victory coming in the 1988 NCAA semifinals, 66-59.
Forward Mike Maddox and center Mark Randall said they weren't surprised to be playing Duke rather than top-ranked and previously undefeated UNLV in the title game.
"I picked Duke," Maddox said. "I thought that if the team went in and played smart that Duke was a great talented team and had a chance."
Said Randall, "From the player's standpoint, I know it was humiliating and embarrassing to get beat by 30 points," referring to last year's most-lopsided final ever. Randall played with Duke's Bobby Hurley and Christian Laettner last summer on the U.S. team in the Goodwill Games and world championships.
\ Kansas point guard Adonis Jordan will take on Duke's Bobby Hurley in the championship game.
"He runs the team well," Jordan said of Duke's playmaker, who needs eight assists to equal the school season record of 288 he set as a freshman. "He's good on the break. He knows when to give [Christian] Laettner the ball. He plays hard for 40 minutes.
"It should be a good battle. He's not going to give any ground and I'm not going to give any ground. . . . It's going to be back and forth with both of us having fun."
Hurley said of Jordan, "I watched some of the game last night and I was impressed with how quick he is. It's going to be a tough matchup for me because he's so quick. He's a very good athlete."
\ Tulsa wants to talk, and Nolan Richardson says he will listen.
Arkansas' coach, in Indianapolis for the NCAA coaches convention and the Final Four, said he isn't looking for another job but will find out what Tulsa officials have to offer.
Tulsa coach J.D. Barnett was fired recently, and athletic director Rick Dickson is in Indianapolis to interview candidates.
"On my way back [to Arkansas] I'll sit down and talk with them," Richardson told the Arkansas Democrat on Saturday. "The most important thing to me is that I've never looked for another job. If someone has something to talk with me about, I owe it to myself to listen."
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