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A FAMILIAR RING Sports ENO AZETTE- OURNAL CONTACT MENTAL TOUGHNESS LACKING PAGE 4C Reno Gazette-Journal 1C STANFORD, Calif. Stanford hired University of Alabama at Birmingham coach Jerod Haase as its new basketball coach Friday, a week and a half after firing eighth-year coach Johnny Dawkins. Athletic director Bernard Muir is determined to return the Cardinal to being a regular NCAA Tournament contender as the program was under longtime coach Mike Montgomery over nearly two decades. Haase, who ust completed his fourth eason at UAB, will be formally introduced Monday on The Farm. University is a world- lass institution which represents ex- ellence across the Haase said i a statement.

will compete for championships by doing it the right way and graduating young men who will go on to accomplish great things in the world. I am humbled by the oppor- unity afforded to me by Bernard, and family and I are eager to get start- he 41-year-old Haase is returning to his Northern California roots to coach Stanford. He was born and raised in South Lake Tahoe and even spent the 1 992-93 season at rival California play- i ng in the backcourt alongside Jason idd before transferring to Kansas, where he played for coach Roy Williams and later coached under him for 13 years with the Jayhawks and at North Carolina. is UAB team reached the NCAA ournament last year for the first time since 2011and as a No. 14 seed shocked third-seeded Iowa State, the first NCAA victory since 2005.

The Blazers lost in the first round of the NIT a BYU this season. NCAA BASKETBALL Stanford hires Haase as coach South Lake Tahoe native led UAB to 26-5 record, NIT berth this season Jerod Haase JANIE MCCAULEY ASSOCIATED PRESS LOUISVILLE, Ky. Losing in the CAA Tournament is downright painful. Several teams still in the hunt for he title are using the unpleasant memo ries of the past as good lessons that have helped them move into the Elite ight. he Villanova Wildcats know the misery well.

They lost their second ame each of the past two tournaments, while their seniors were around for an opening loss in 2013. Rather than letting those memories haunt them, the Wildcats adjusted and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2009. seeing is a team learned a lot from those games and that is Villanova coach Jay Wright said Thursday night after a 926 9 rout of No. 3 seed Miami in the South Region semifinal. been there twice.

lost. They fear it. They fear losing in the second round, they fear losing in the Sweet 16. They just are driven to he said. I hink having no fear is what ther teams are making a similar lay: klahoma also is in the Elite Eight or the first time since 2009 after early xits each of the past three seasons, while Kansas gotten to a regional inal since 2012.

Oregon played past the opening weekend since 2013, and now the ucks are a game away from their first inal Four since 1939. went through those early illanova junior guard Josh Hart said. We went through that heartache, and it as tough. But we learned from it. NCAA TOURNAMENT Teams use past pain for present gain TERESA M.

WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS As a boy, he watched his beloved team play the very first World Series game at Wrigley Field. A few Octobers later, he was there to see Babe Ruth call his shot. Alot changed over the years a job i a different field, on another kind of bench but retired Supreme Court Just ice John Paul Stevens never lost faith in he Chicago Cubs. ow 95 and older than the ivy at the riendly Confines, Stevens offers an pinion on their title drought dating to 1908. I think a question of whether win a he told The Associated Press.

whether till be here to see They are he said. it happen soon begin right there as Major eague Baseball gets loosened up for pening day. BASEBALL 2016 Old question can the Cubs do it? AP Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, signing autographs before a spring training baseball ame, is among the core of good hitters. Story lines include Baker, Bonds back in dugouts BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS admitted it the cleanest of fights, but irk Jackson got the outcome he wanted. Jackson, a senior on the Nevada boxing club team, defeated Adan Rangel of Washington by decision in a 139-pound bout.

Theirs was one of 17 semifinal bouts at the National Collegiate Boxing Association Regional semifinals on Friday night at the Eldorado Resort Casino. Five Nevada boxers had semifinal bouts Friday. Two of the five got wins and will box for Regional titles today at the Eldorado convention center. evada junior Garrett Felling received a bye at 192 pounds and will fight for the Regional championship tonight. Felling has won two national championships at 185 pounds.

JASON BEAN Nevada's Kirk Jackson, left, earns the 139 pound victory over Washington's Adan Rangel during the CBA regional at the Eldorado Hotel Casino 2Nevada boxers gain spots in finals of college regional tournament at Eldorado JIM KRAJEWSKI NCBA Western Regional Boxing Championships at the Eldorado Resort Casino 112 pounds: Pena (Oregon St U) def. Cortes (UW), dec. 119 women: McCarthy (SCU) def, Chuang (Cal) dec. 119 women: Nickens (Davis) def. Reveles (AFA) dec.

125: Thao (UW) def. Farqaleet (AFA) TKO :15 2nd rd. 125 women: Parcasio (AFA) def. Cummings (OSU) TKO 132: Epting (UW) def. Morales (UCLA) dec.

132: Hardison (Davis) def. Fanniel (AFA) dec. 139: Jackson (Nev) def. Rangel (UW) dec. 139: Tomcho (AFA) def.

Bingham (OSU) dec. 139 women: Lee (UW) def. Lowe (AFA) dec. 147: Mariano (Nev) def. Alvarez (UNLV) dec.

147: Barrientes (AFA) def. Porter (UW) dec. 156: Wells (AFA) def. Smith (Nev) dec. 165: Toroghi (SJSU) def.

Bseiso (AFA) dec. 165: Bougette (UW) def. Harriman (Nev) dec. 175: Mendoza (Cal) def. Cocroft (UW) dec.

175: Borusas (AFA) def. Gordon (Nev) RSC.

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