Facing WSU 's Brian Ouinnett, (22) Tom Stalick (13) looks to drive to the hoop and avoid the ...
Conference cellar
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he season began with words like "building for the future." "experience,'' "depth" and "talented newcomers." But it ended with words like , "would not be retained," "4-11 record" and "search for a new coach." In a nutshell, these statements summed up the Vandal men's basketball season. And if one believed the idealistic press releases of mid-October, then" Vandal basketball fans have a reason to be optimistic about the '85-86 season." "We are very excited," third-year Head Coach Bill Trumbo said in an Oct. 15 Lewiston Tribune interview. "We should be more advanced than we have been in the
past but we need to put everything together." Yet by March 11. the Tribune was carrying Trumbo quotes such as, "But I really feel that even though we lost a whole lot more than we won , our players have benefitted through the experience." Somehow between Oct. 15 and March 11, the term "experience" took on a whole new meaning. And somehow the op timistic dreams of mid-fall lapsed into the cruel realities of winter. For the third straight season. the Vandals basketball team finished in last place in the Big Sky Conference. Prior to the start of conference action, few people cont inued
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lthough Ulf Spears (32) red-shirted n an effort to stop t he University of A the season, the junior guard. never· Montana 's All-American forwa rd I theless. participated in four games. And Larry Krystkowiak. t he Vandals started despite losing to Washington State University 78-57. Spears managed to swish a basket over the outstretched arm of Otis Je nn ings (0).
sophomore Paul Verret (24). The ploy worked as the Vandals defeated Mon· tana 70·64 and Verret grabbed five rebounds.
92-72 Sim on Fraser 78·51 seattle Univ. 68-65 Air Force 57-78 washington St . 65-79 E. Washington 53-54 Portland 61 -72 Gonzaga 77-57 u.c. Davis 57-87 Indiana 67-70 San Jose St. 65·60 san Francisco 61-60 Gonzaga 74-80 Weber St. 58-66 Idaho St. 67-79 E. washington 55-61 Boise St. 70·64 Montana 69-70 Montana St. 69-82 Nevada-Reno 70·72 N. Arizona 73-66 Idah o St. 57-86 Weber St. U.S. International 1:-3-91 61 ·58 Boise St. 90·85 Montana St. 68·9 1 Montana 58·82 N. Arizona 70-79 Nevada-Reno Play-offs 60-68 Montana
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