THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 24, 1995 TAG: 9503240616
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Column
SOURCE: Bob Molinaro
LENGTH: Medium: 62 lines
Tubular: The most impressive basketball performance so far this March is Michael Jordan's 2-to-1 margin of victory over the NCAA tournament in Sunday's TV ratings game.
By the numbers: When he went for 27 points against the Celtics, it was the first time Jordan has hit much of anything while wearing No. 45.
Women's movement: There are rumblings that the NCAA women's basketball brackets were set up to eliminate as many male coaches as possible from the tournament. That would explain, perhaps, why three of the four teams thrown into the East Regional - Connecticut, Louisiana Tech and Alabama - are coached by men.
Icing the puck: I don't know what owner Blake Cullen intends to do with the Hampton Roads Admirals, but last time I checked, it still was his team.
Kid's stuff: What I find most frightening about Kato Kaelin is that he is the father of a 10-year-old.
In passing: The NBA scouts aren't as sold on Wake Forest guard Randolph Childress as a lot of college basketball fans are.
Overkill: A violation as insignificant as calling a timeout your team doesn't have shouldn't result in a technical foul until the NCAA comes up with a proper penalty for some of those tattoos players are wearing.
At the Meadowlands: Wake Forest will try to beat an Oklahoma State team that has held nine of its last 10 opponents to less than 40 percent shooting.
Psychobabble: At the Midwest Regional, U.Va. coach Jeff Jones is stoking his players with the notion that the Cavaliers are unappreciated by the media, as if a team that finished in a tie for first in the powerful ACC could actually be overlooked. A coach has to do what a coach has to do, but another year of ``We-don't-get-any-respect'' rhetoric from U.Va. is very tiresome.
About time: Junior Burrough's outstanding March reinforces the feeling that the U.Va. senior has been overdue in fulfilling his potential.
On second thought: With point-guard Harold Deane struggling to score points, are the experts still so sure that U.Va. doesn't miss Cory Alexender?
In appreciation: One of the Final Four teams should send a note of thanks to Duke. The tournament is a lot more wide open without Mike Krzyzewski in the picture.
Same old song: The Football Writers Association of America's preseason poll has Florda State No. 1, followed by Nebraska and Florida. As if this should come as some sort of surprise.
Just in: Word around the NBA is that Alonzo Mourning has developed a nodding acquaintance with maturity.
One-man gang: Patrick Ewing picked up some ammunition for his MVP campaign when he outscored his New York teammates, 35-34, in the Knicks' 78-69 loss to Charlotte this week.
The other phenom: While the world wonders what will become of Monica Seles, some of us still don't know what happened to Jennifer Capriati's tennis comeback.
Bank it: The buzzer beater by UCLA guard Tyus Edney against Missouri was a money shot - it earned Bruins coach Jim Harrick a $3,000 bonus for reaching the third round. by CNB