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NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOURMarch 31, 1995Terry CollinsAndre OwensScott PierceBryant ReevesRandy RutherfordEddie SuttonJames WhiteSEATTLE, WASHINGTON ALFRED WHITE: My name is Alfred White. Welcome to the 1995 NCAA Final Four News Conference, I'm the NCAA Director of Promotions. So, five minutes to countdown. One will be that section, from the cameras up, and half of this. Two will be half of this section, and over there. Three will be that whole section right there and if there's any people back there -- and guess where four is. Good afternoon, we'll get started here in a few minutes. Oklahoma State is scheduled to be our first press conference this afternoon. My name is Alfred White, I'm NCAA Director of Promotions, and moderator of each of this year's Final Four news conferences. Today's conference will feature the players and participants in the Final Four. This press conference is scheduled from 1 to 1:30 we'll have Oklahoma State. 1:30 to 2:00 o'clock we'll have UCLA. 2:00 to 2:30 we'll have North Carolina. From 2:30 to 3 o'clock we'll have Arkansas. I've just been advised the news conferences will start on schedule. We'll have Oklahoma State at 1 o'clock, UCLA at 1:30. North Carolina and Arkansas news conferences will depend on how quickly the goal is fixed out on the floor. Each of the teams will have their allotted time schedules to practice this afternoon. It all depends on when the goals are fixed as far as when the practices will start. We'll have the coaches with us for another 15 minutes. This locker room and the team on the stage will be open during the duration of the news conference. Throughout the questioning, we ask that you speak into one of the microphones that we have in the audience. And please identify yourself along with your agency before asking your question. The NCAA is making these news conferences available telephonically by dialing 913-661-0420. That number again is 913-661-0420. You can call and just listen to these press conferences. Replays of all the news conferences are available by dialing 402-743-6222. That number again is 402-743-6222. Today's news conferences will be available until the start of tomorrow's news conferences. We're expecting the Arkansas State Cowboys any minute now. For the next 15 minutes we'll address questions of the Oklahoma State players. We'll have them here until 1:20. If you have a question, raise your hand, we'll get one of the microphones to you. Please identify your agency, as well as your name. And we'll get as many of your questions taken as possible. Let's go to mic No. 4. Q. Can you tell us what happened on the breaking of the backboard? BRYANT REEVES: It was just a little drill that we do everyday in practice. One of the coaches tosses the ball above the boards and you go get it and dunk it in. I don't know what happened, it just went out of my hand, and the rest of history. Q. Do you do that all the time? Do you break a lot of backboards in the course of a season? BRYANT REEVES: No, that's the 4th one that I've broke. Q. This season? BRYANT REEVES: Not this season. I broke one when I was with the team USA, that traveled in Europe between my sophomore and junior year. And I broke two in practice last year. This was the first one this year. Q. Was the team USA in this country or -- BRYANT REEVES: It was in Italy. Q. What did they think? BRYANT REEVES: I don't know, something that they'd never seen. It was in practice, it wasn't in a game. ALFRED WHITE: Let's being to a question back here, microphone No. 3. Q. Paul Crane with CNN and I'd love to ask Andre, Randy and Bryant to answer this. And how is important is tempo going to be in the game against UCLA? What do you plan to do to control that, specifically, and slowing down Tyus Edney, specifically? ANDRE OWENS: First of all, I think that's the key to their fast game is Tyus Edney, he's a great point guard, he pushes the ball very well in transition. That's the first thing we're going to do is we're going to try not to allow him to push the ball down the floor as well as he's used to doing. And second of all, we're going to get back on defense, we're going to send our guys who's assigned to go to the offense I have boards, and those are assigned to get back in transition defense to guard the ball and the basic. And the rest of it is just going to have to fall in place for us. RANDY RUTHERFORD: We feel that Andre is a pretty good point guard, also, we'll probably make sure that we make Andre pick him up a little farther on the court, get a head full of steam coming down. It's going to be up to the guards for get back, defense transition, something we work everyday in practice, and every game. |
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