Thursday, March 9, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
March Madness
Section A·Page 7
Men's Big 12 teams to rumble at Kemper
By Brandon Krisztal
sports@kansan.com
kansan sportwriter
"I'm going to Kansas City... Kansas City here I come."
These song lyrics may ring true for all Big 12 men's basketball teams, but for half of the schools competing in today's first round of the men's tournament, the trip to Kansas City will be brief.
Teams seeded 12 through five squareoff today — No. 12 seed Kansas State faces No. 5 Kansas, No. 11 Texas Tech battles No. 6 Missouri, No. 10 Texas A&M plays No. 7 Colorado, and No. 9 Baylor plays No. 8 Nebraska.
Baylor forward Jamie Kendrick has won only one game in his three previous trips to Kansas City. Last season, the Bears lost to Oklahoma State, 83-57 on day one. They returned to Waco, Texas, immediately. This year, Kendrick said he would like to extend his stay.
"You don't want to come here, play
one game and go home," he said.
"We're not saying we're going to come in and beat Nebraska. We have to concentrate and take it one game at a time. We're trying to do all the small things we need to get things done and be around at the end of the week."
Although Kansas State doesn't have far to travel, Wildcat coach Tom Asbury is realistic about his third meeting with the Jayhawks.
"I wouldn't agree that (Kansas) is down," Asbury said. "I'd say they're young, but I think they're deep and I think on any given night, they're an excellent basketball team.
"Maybe some of the guys who they anticipated being marquee players didn't ultimately end up to be that way. But when you look at the kind of impact that (Nick) Collison and (Kirk) Hinrich have had on that team, I still think they're a very solid team."
Asbury said that while the Jayhawks are capable of winning the tournament, he was unsure if they actually
would.
"I'm not sure this team is a big step down, talent-wise, from a number of their teams," he said. "Their team with (Pau) Pierce and (Rae) LaFrentz was a team that could probably have won a national championship. This team is on par with a lot of the other ones in my time."
Other Big 12 teams are more optimistic about their potential in the tournament.
Despite losses that Nebraska suffered earlier this season, Cornhusker coach Denny Nee said his team was focused.
"At this point of the year, I am way more concerned with our own approach to the game," he said. "Baylor is a lot like us. They were very competitive, but they didn't find a way to finish games. It should be an excellent contest."
The younger teams might have problems in Kansas City — Texas A&M has seven freshmen on its roster, including coaches co-freshman of the year Bernard King. Aggies coach Melvin Watkins said his players will have to get familiar with the rigors of postseason tournament play quickly.
Despite how teams fare, Nee said the players in the conference are solid — and they should be impressed.
"They will be scared to death," he said. "An event like this is something they've not experienced. They'll have their eyes wide open, and they won't know what to expect. They have to understand that everyone is back at 0-0 and everything's even now. We might be outmanned, but we won't be intimidated."
"I was telling the players on the way here that this is one of the best tournaments played right now in the country," he said. "You can talk about the ACC, the Big 10 and the SEC, but the talent level in this league is pretty impressive."
Jauquay Walls, Colorado, Sr., 6/3, 180, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Marcus Fizer, Iowa, St., Jr., 6/8, 255, Arcadia, La.
Eduardo Najera, Oklahoma, Sr., 6/8, 240, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Desmond Mason, Okla. St., Sr., 6/6, 207, Waxahachie, Texas.
Chris Milhm, Texas, Jr., 7/0, 262, Austin, Texas.
COACHES ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first, second, third team and honorable mention selections for the Big 12 Coaches All-Big 12 team:
Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa St., Jr., 6-3, 175, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kenny Gregory, Kansas, Sr., 6-5, 205, Columbus, Ohio.
Keyon Dooling, Missouri, Soph, 6-3, 184, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Gabe Muunkee, Texas, Sr., 6-7, 250, Houston, Texas.
Rayford Young, Texas Tech, Sr., 5-11, 154, Pampa, Texas.
SECOND TEAM
Jamahl Mossley, Colorado, Jr., 6-8, 225, San Diego, Calif.
Clarence Gilbert, Missouri, Sophi., 6-2, Ft Laundra, Florida.
Kimani Friend, Nebraska, Jr., 6-11, 220, Kingston, Jamaica.
J.R. Raymond,klahoma,莎孝., 6-2, 180, Gastonia, N.C.
Brian Montonati, Oklahoma St., Sr., 6-9, 230, Muskegon, Mich.
Bernard King, Texas &M, Fresh., 6-3, 178, Gibsland, La.
HONORABLE MENTION
COACH OF THE YEAR: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State.
CLASS OF THE YEAR: Larry Eustachy, Iowa State.
Terry Black, Tevis Stokes, Baylor; Michael Nurse, Iowa State; Jeff Boschee, Bradford, Nick Collison, Kansas; Cortez Groves, Tony Kitt, Kansas State; Kareem Rush, Missouri; Steffan Dramm, Larry Fiorence, Nebraska; Jobe Adkins, Doug Gottlieb, Oklahoma State; Ivan Wagner, Texas; Aaron Jack, Texas &AM; James Ware, Texas Tech.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Marcus Fizer, Iowa State;
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Jamaal Tinsley, Iowa State.
CO-FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kareem Rush, Missouri;
Bernard King, Texas &M
NCAA Automatic Bids
Schools that have received automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament. All bids are by virtue of conference tournament championships with the exception of lv league and Pacific 10 conferences. The Mountain West Conference and Western Athletic Conference do not receive automatic bids:
Appalachian State, Southern Conference
Ball State, Mid-American Conference
Butler, Midwestern College Conference
Central Connecticut State, Northeast Conference
Valley Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Iona, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt Conference
North Carolina-Wilmington, Colonial Athletic Association
Pennsylvania, Ivy League
Samford, Trinity, Atlantic Athletic Conference
Ukranus, Missouri State, Ohio Valley Conference
Valgarasio, Mid-Continent Conference
Wintrop, Big South Conference
Conference Tournament Glances
All Times CST
America East Conference
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Friday, March 3 Boston University 83, Northeastern 57 Hartford 117, New Hampshire 88
Saturday, March 4
Hofstra 80, Boston University 62
Drexel 71, Vermont 59
Harvard 63, North Carolina 63
Delaware 79, Towson 69
Sunday, March 5
Hofstra 69, Dresel 51
Delaware 68, Maine 46
Championship
Hofstra Hofstra-Hempstead, N.Y.
Saturday, March 11
Delaware at Hofstra, 10:30 a.m.
Atlantic Coast Conference
Second Round
Monday, March 12
Florida State vs. Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.
Duke vs. Clemson, 8:30 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest, 11 a.m.
Maryland vs. Florida State Georgia Tech winner, 1 p.m.
Utah vs. San Diego State Tech winner, 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Duke Carolina Wake Forest
12:30 p.m. vs. North Carolina Wake Forest
12:40 p.m.
Maryland—North State Georgia Tech win &
Virginia-North Carolina State win, 3 p.m.
Championship
Sunday, March 12
Seminennial winners, noon
Atlantic 10 Conference
First Round
Wednesday, March 8
Virginia Tech 51, Fordham 42
Massachusetts 77, Duquesne 52
St. Joseph's 65, La Salle 56
Vaixon vs. Rhode Island, (n)
Temple vs. Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.
George Washington vs. Massachusetts, 1:30 p.m.
Dayton vs. St. Joseph, 6 a.m.
St. Burvantage vs. Xavier Island winner, 8:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Temple-Virginia Tech winner vs. George Washington Massachusetts winner, 6 p.m.
Dayton-St. Joseph's vs. St. Bonaventure—Xavier
Boyd, 8:30 p.m.
Big East Conference
First round
Georgia, March 8
Delaware, 70, West Virginia 67
Connecticut 70, Boston College 55
Seton Hall 81, Providence 53
Notre Dame 74, Rutgers 62
Villanova vs. Pittsburgh (n)
Conference Tournaments
Quarterfinals
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Spartan vs. Jackson, 11 a.m.
Connecticut vs. Seton Hall, 1:30 p.m.
Miami vs. Notre Dame, 6 p.m.
ST. John vs. Villanova Pittsburgh winner, 8:30 p.m.
George-Deegotown winner vs. Connecticut Seton Hall winner, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh winner vs. St. John's—Villanova Pittsburgh winner, 8:30 p.m.
Championship
Big Sky Conference At The Adams Center-Missoula, Mont.
Northern Arizona vs. Portland State, (n)
Weber State vs. Cal State Northridge, (n)
Friday, March 26
Eastern Washington vs. higher remaining seed, 8
Montana vs. lower remaining seed, 10:30 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, March 11
Big South Conference
At Asheville Civic Center-Asheville, N.C.
Thursday, March 2
North Carolina-Ashville 77, Liberty 63
Charleston Southern 83, Coastal Carolina 71
Eridav. March 5
North Carolina-Asheville 78, Radford 71
Winthrop 90, Charleston Southern 65
Saturday, March 4
Winthrop 75, North Carolina-Asheville 62
Big Ten Conference
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First Round
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 1
Thursday, March 9
Michigan vs. Penn State, 1 p.m.
lowa vs. Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern, 6 p.m.
Illinois vs. Indiana, 11:30 a.m.
Ohio St. vs. Michigan Penn State wins, 2 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Iowa Minnesota wins, 6:30 p.m.
Purdus vs. Wisconsin in Northwestern wins, 9 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Illinois Indian winner vs. Ohio State—Penn State
Wisconsin winner, 1:30 p.m.
Michigan State—low Minnesota winner vs. Purdue—
Wisconsin Northwestern winner, 4 p.m.
Championship
Sunday, March 12
Big 12 Conference
First Round Thursday, Ma
Nebraska vs. Baylor, noon
Kansas vs. Kansas State, 2:30 p.m.
Colorado vs. Texas ABM, 6 p.m.
Missouri vs. Tech, 8:30 p.m.
lowe state vs. Nebraska Baylor winner, noon
Okahama state vs. Kansas State winner, state
lowa State—Nebraska Baylor winner vs. Oklahoma State—Kansas State winner, 1 p.m.
Colorado Texas & AM winner vs. Oklahoma Missouri Texas Tech winner, 3:20 p.m.
New Mexico State vs. UC Irvine; 4:30 p.m.
U.S. State vs. Pacific Rim, B. m.
Texas vs. Colorado Texas & AWM team, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Missouri Texas Tech winner, 8:30 p.m.
Big West Conference
Sunday, March 12 Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.
Utah State vs. Pacific, 8 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Nevada, 10:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Friday March 10
UC Santa Pacific winner vs. UC Santa Barbara
Nevada winner, 8 p.m.
Long Beach State-date winner vs. New Mexico State-
IC Invine winner, 10:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City,
Saturday, March 11
Championship
Colonial Athletic Association
First Round
Friday, March 3
American 74, East Carolina 54
Quarterfinal
Saturday, March 4
George Mason 75, American 58
North Carolina Wellington 66, Virginia Commonwealth
James Madison 84, William & Mary 73 Richmond 67, Old Dominion 55
North Carolina Wilmington 67, George Mason 56
Richmond 80, James Madison 65
Thursday, March 9
Long Beach State vs. Idaho, 2 p.m.
Conference USA
Championship
Monday, March 6
North Carolina-Wilmington 57, Richmond 47.
At The Pyram First Round
First Round
Quarterfinals
Mid-Continent Conference
Westfield, 54; Westfield,
Southern Mississippi 51
St. Louis 74, Marquette 75
Houston 77, Marquette 75
Memphis 60, South Florida 58
North Carolina Charleston vs. Alabama-Birmingham, (n)
Cincinnati vs. Saint Louis, noon
Tulane vs. Houston, 2:30 p.m.
DePaul vs. Memphis, 6:14 p.m.
UConn vs. N.C. Charlotte UAB winner, 8:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Saint Louis winner vs. turane Houston winner 4:30 p.m.
Depaul Memphis winner vs. Louisville—N.C.
Charlotte UAB winner, 7 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, March 11
Saturday, March 11:30 a.m.
Semifinals
First Round
March 3
Rider 73, St. Peter's 58
Canisius 83, Loyola, Md. 69
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Rider 61, Canisius 65
Slena 82, Loyola 71
Niamei 64, Rider 59
Fairfield 67, Manhattan 50
Sunday, March 15
Sunday, March 15
BBA 88
taiwan 76, Fairfield 23
Championship
Monday, March 16
Monday, March 16
Siena 80
Wednesday, March 1
At Campus Stages
Marshall B3, Buffalo 63
Maryville B4, Northern Illinois 52
Toledo B8, Northern Illions 64, 207
Miami, Ohio 64, Eastern Michigan 51
Central Michigan 75, Aaron 73
At Gund Arena Cleveland
Miami, Ohio 58, Bowling Green 66, OT
Marshall 58, Central Michigan 66
Ball State 64, Tolesta 63, OT
Maryland 69, Ohio 69, Marshall 63
Baltimore 70, Ohio 67
Championship
Baltimore 8, Chicago 8
Baltimore 61, Miami 58, Ohio 58
Oral Roberts 67, Youngstown State 59
Southern Utah State 78, Western Illinois 68
Missouri-Kansas City 62, Chicago State 63.
vaparison 71, Oral Roberts 56
Southern Utah State 72, Missouri-Kansas City 54
Valparaiso 71, Southern Utah State 62
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference
Championship
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
At The Arthur Ashe Center Richmond, Va.
Monday, March 6
North Carolina A&T 94, Howard 69
Maryland/Eastern Shore 60, Morgan State 58
Tuesday, 7
Florida A&M 69, Delaware State 66
At Richmond Coliseum
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South Carolina State 61. Florida AM51
Copin State or Maryland Eastshore, n(
thursday, March 9
Hampton or Maryland AET, 1:30 p.m.
Hampton or North Carolina BET, 8:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
South Carolina State vs. Bethune-Cookman-Nortfolk
*Bethune-Cookman-Nortfolk*
*Washington State vs. Bethune-Cookman-Norton*
*State vs. Minnesota* *Coppin State/Maryland Eastern Score winner vs.*
*Hampton North Carolina &T winner, 8:30 p.m.*
*Championship*
**November 11**
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
First Round Saturday, March 4
Wisconsin-Minneapolis 62, Wisconsin-Green Bay 58
Butter 61, Loyola, II. 57
Illinois-Chicago 70, Cleveland State 54
Dort 41, Wright State 59
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Ramsonville-Milwaukee 53
Detroit 80, Milwaukee 72
Championship
Tuesday, March 7
Detroit 43, Detroit 43
At Kiel Center-St. Louis
Nichita State 70, Illinois State 55 Drake 58,Northern Iowa 57
Indiana State 57, Wichita State 50
Creighton 71, Bradley 62
Southwest Missouri State 62, Drake 50
Southern Illinois 75, Evansville 63
Lieutenant 71, Indiana State 69
Southwest Missouri State 67, Southern Illinois 56
Championship
Monday, March 6
Tuesday, Southwest Missouri State 45
Seminnais
Cumber, March R.
Mountain West Conference
(Non-automatic bid)
At The Thomas & Mack Center-Las Vegas
Thursday, March 9
New Mexico vs. Arizona Young, 2 p.m.
Boston vs. Georgia, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado State vs. Wyoming, 8 p.m.
UNLV vs. State Diego, 11 p.m.
New Mexico Brigham Young winner vs. Utah Air Force wincer
8 p.m.
At Sovereign Bank Arena-Trenton, N.J.
First Round
Friday, March 3
Colorado State-Wyoming winner vs. UNLV-San Diego State winner, 11 p.m.
S. Franck, N.Y., N.B. Mommison, N.J. K.
Central Connecticut State 63, Maryland-70
Baltimore
County 55
Robert M. Sala, 72, St. Francis, PA, 52
Robert M. Sala, 72, Md., 73, Fathaigh Dickinson 68
Seminars
Saturday, March 4
Central Connecticut State B3, St. Francis, N.Y. 73
Robert Morris B0, Mount St. Mary, Md. 61
Central Connecticut State 63, Robert Morris 46
Southeast Missouri 76, Tennessee-Martin 74
East Illinois 107, Missouri-Apex 100, 201
Murray State 53, Tennessee State 68
Duquesne University 70
At Gatelloy Entertainment Center
Saturday, March 4
Murray State 89, Eastern Illinois 70
Southern Mississippi 78, Middle Tennessee 60
Championship
Sunday, March 5
First Round
Detroit Leafs
Saturday, March 4
Lafayette 7, Army 45
Lakehead 73, Buckle 62
Colgate 85, Holy Cross 49
Sunday, March 6
Lafayette 66, Lehigh 60
Navy 82, Colgate 56
Championship
Southeastern Conference
Thursday, March 9
South Carolina vs. Alabama, noon
Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt, 2:15 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Arkansas, 8:45 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Tennessee vs. south Carolina Alabama winner, noon
USS vs. Mississippi State Vanderbilt winner, 2:15
Auburn vs. Mississippi Florida winner, 5:30 p.
Kentucky vs. Georgia Arkansas winner, 7:45 p.
Tennessee—South Carolina Alabama winner vs. Missouri—Bassamississippi Florida winner, noun LSU—Mississippi State Vanderbilt winner vs. Kentucky—Georgia Athletic winner, 21.5 p.m.
Sunday, March 12 Semifinal winners, 11 a.m.
Southern Conference
Thursday, March 2
chattanooga 90, Western Carolina 75
Furman 77, North Carolina Greensboro 61
Wilson 82, The Chelsea 71. Courtland 80, Wofford 81, VMI 72
Appalachian State 88- Chattanooga 64
Missouri State 89- Birmingham 62
College of Charleston 65- East Tennessee State 51
Appalachian State 60, Furman 56
College of Charleston 74, Wofford 64
Championship
March 5, Sunday
March 14, Wednesday
Southland Conference
Tuesday, March 7
San Houston State 49, Nicholls State 48
Northwestern State Monroe 62
Southwest Texas State 66, Texas-San Antonio 84
Northwestern State 88, Texas-Angelen 85, OT
Texas A&M 81
Thursday. March 9
Saturday, March 11 Semifinal winners. noon
Done Dome Shreveport, La.
Lamar vs. southwest Texas State. 6 p.m.
Sam Houston State vs. northwestern State. 8:15 p.m.
Championship
At Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, Miss.
First Round
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Thursday, March 6
North Carolina at Alabama State, 11 a.m.
Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley, 1:30
Friday, March 10
Southern vs. Praire View, 5 p.m.
Alcorn State vs. Grambling State, 7:30 p.m.
Texas Southern Mississippi Valley State winer vs.
Southern Prairie View winner, 6 p.m.
Jackson State Alabama State winter vs. Alcoat State-
Grambling State winter, 8:30 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, March 11 Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.
Sun Belt Conference
At ALLTEL Af First Round
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New Orleans 67, Denver 65
South Alabama 74, Arkansas-Little Rock 58
Louisiana Ladyfairy 73, Louisiana Tech 58
South Alabama 64, Western Kentucky 61
Championship
Tuesday, March 7
Tuesday, March 7
Louisiana Lafayette 51, South Alabama 50
Sunday, March 9
Louisiana Tech B4, Arkansas State 77
Louisiana Lafayette 55, New Orleans 35
West Kentucky 79, Florida International 10
Trans America Athletic Conference
M Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, Fla.
Wednesday, March 1
Mercer 55, Jacksonville 48
Florida Atlantic 66, Stetson 56
Sanford 80, Campbell 61,
Georgia State 77, Florida Atlantic 54,
Mercer 79, Troy State 75,
Central Florida 74, Jacksonville State 55
Central Florida 84, Mercer 79
Samford 83, Georgia State 80
Saturday, March 4
Samford 78, Central Florida 69
West Coast Conference
Semifinals
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Gonzaga 76, St. Mary's, Calif. 49
Pepperidge 83, Louis Maymount 49
San Diego 56
Santa Clara 63, San Francisco 48
Gonzaga 80, San Diego 70
Pepperdine 58, Santa Clara 34
Championship
Monday May 16
Maryland 69, Ohio 67
Gonzaga 99, OT 67
Thursday, March 9
Tulsa vs. Rice, 2 p.m.
Texas Christian vs. Jose State, 4:30 p.m.
Shreveport vs. San Haniel, 8 p.m.
Frisco State vs. Eli Paso, 10 p.m.
FulisaRiceWinner vs. Texas ChristianSan Jose State winner, 8 p.m.
Southern Methodist Hawaii winner vs. Fresno State-Texas El Paso Winner, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 Semifinal winners, 10 p.m.
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