Wednesday, March 15, 1987. University Daily Rumor
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NCAA Tourney Favorites Advance
The 1957 NCAA basketball tournament was sticking mighty close to its tradition of "no cinderella champion" today as top-ranked North Carolina paced the advance into Friday's second round.
There wasn't an upset to be found in six first-rounders played Tuesday night at three different sites, or in the other first-rounder played Monday night. Now the deck is cleared for these pairings in the four "regional" eliminations starting Friday night:
At Philadelphia—North Carolina (28-0) vs. Canisius (21-5); Syracuse (17-6) vs. Lafayette (22-3).
At Lexington, Ky. — Pittsburgh (16-9) vs. Kentucky (22-4); Notre Dame (19-7) vs. Michigan State (15-7).
At Dallas, Tex.—Oklahoma City (18-8) vs. St. Louis (19-7); Kansas (21-2) vs. SMU (21-3).
At Corvallis, Ore.—California-(20-4) vs. Ehigham Young (18-5); Hidalgo State (25-2) vs. San Francisco (18-6).
Tar Heels Have Bad Start
North Carolina overcame what Coach Frank McGuire called its "worst first half of the season" to down Yale, 90-74; Canisius took advantage of West Virginia's "jitters" for a 64-56 victory; and Syracuse staged an amazing rally to beat Connecticut, 82-76, in first-rounders at New York's Madison Square Garden Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, at Columbus, Ohio, pint-sized Don Hennon's 31 points led Pittsburgh to an 86-85 win over Morehead and Notre Dame led all the way to down Miami of Ohio, 89-77.
At Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City U. avenged a regular-season loss by whipping Loyola of New
Orleanna, 76-53. The Monday first-
round saw Idaho State beat
Mardin-Simmons, 68-57, at Pocatello,
Idaho.
The Canistius and Pittsburgh victories were in games rated "even money." In each of the others, the favorite came through in the tradition of this tournament that never has been won by a a "cinderella team." The NCAA defines a "cinderella team" as a team that lost more than five games in the regular season.
Here's how the other first-rounders shaped up:
Tar Heels Approach Record The Tar Heels now need only to beat Canisius Friday to tie the all-time college record of 29 straight victories in a single season set last year by San Francisco.
At Oklahoma City—the home team, favored by 15, rushed to $o$, a
quick 18-7 lead and romped home. Oklahoma City led by 38-16 at half-time and Loyola never came closer than 17 points in the second half. Loyola settled for individual scoring honors as Pete Gaudin tallied 31, while 6-10 Hubert Reed led Oklahoma City with 24.
Alabama U. To Tour Japan
WASHINGTON — (UP) — A 25player University of Alabama baseball team will play exhibition games this summer in Japan, Okinawa and Korea, it was announced today by the U.S. Army. The universities of California and Ohio State have made the trip to the Orient in previous years.
The present-day sport of dog racing-greyhound chasing a mechanical rabbit—originated in the United States.
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