NCAA Championship

Wednesday, May 28, 1997 | 10:48 a.m.

* WHAT: 100th annual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

* WHEN/WHERE: Today through Saturday at the par-72, 7,014-yard Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill.

* FORMAT: 72 holes of stroke play. The nation's 30 top teams, plus six individuals, competing for the NCAA team and individual titles. The low four individual scores each round will count toward the team score. The field will be cut to the low 15 teams following Thursday's second round.

* UNLV'S LINEUP: Seniors Gilberto Morales (72.82 scoring average) and Mike Ruiz (73.82); junior Bill Lunde (73.12); sophomore Ted Oh (72.81); and freshman Jeremy Anderson (73.04).

* TV: Saturday's final round will be televised live by ESPN (Prime Cable channel 19) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

* NOTES: UNLV received its first-ever No. 1 seed at this year's NCAA Championships. The Rebels will play the first two rounds with No. 2 seed Oklahoma State and No. 3 seed Texas Christian. ... UNLV finished second to Arizona State, seeded sixth this year, at last year's NCAA Championships. ... The Rebels are 4-4 vs. Oklahoma State in head-to-head competition this season (but are 3-1 in their past four meetings), 7-2 vs. TCU and 6-1 vs. ASU. UNLV is 93-25 this season against the other 29 teams in this week's field. ... UNLV's four wins this season ties the school record.

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