Photo by Greg Sorber
Gymnast flies high...
Gerald Carley, Wichita junior, executes a flying dismount off his routine on the high bar Saturday against Nebraska. Carley hit a 9.25 on this one, has a career best of 9.3, and has been consistently above the 9.0 barrier all season long.
NCAA field shapes up; champions clinch spots
By GARY KALE UPI Sports Writer
In the Midwest Regionals at Texas Christian, it's Dayton vs. Houston and Rice against fifth-ranked New Mexico State. The Western Regional at Brigham Young places UTEP vs. Utah State and Weber State against Long Beach State.
The first-round pairings for Saturday's openings of the 1970 NCAA basketball championships were completed after UCLA, Iowa, Davidson, Rice, Temple, U. of Texas at El Paso and Ohio University clinched conference titles.
The Eastern Regionals pit Southern Conference champion Davidson against fourth-ranked St. Bonaventure at the home court of St. John's University in New York; Temple, the Middle Atlantic Conference champ, against Villanova in Philadelphia, and seventh-rated Penn, the Ivy League titlist, against Niagara at Princeton, N.J.
A Mideast Regional doubleheader at Dayton, Ohio, pairs Ohio University, Mid-American Conference king, opposite Notre Dame and Western Kentucky with Jacksonville.
Top-ranked UCLA, seeking its fourth straight NCAA title,
routed California, 109-95, Saturday night for its fourth consecutive Pacific Eight crown. The Bruins, with a first-round bye, meet the Long Beach State-Weber State winner at Seattle, Wash., March 12.
Iowa withstood a spectacular 61-point effort by Rick Mount to hand Purdue its first home court loss in 30 games, 108-107, and clinch the Big 10 title.
Davidson earned a post-season berth in the NCAA by beating Richmond, 81-61, for the Southern Conference tourney title.
Rice won its first Southwest Conference title in 16 years with an 82-73 victory over Texas Christian, UTEP edged Utah, 83-82, for the Western Athletic Conference crown and Temple gained its tourney berth by nipping St. Joseph's, 63-59.
Second-ranked Kentucky, which faces Ohio U.-Notre Dame winner in a second-round Mid-east Regional game at Columbus, Ohio, March 12 avenged its only loss of the season by topping Vanderbilt, 90-86.
Third-ranked South Carolina overpowered North Carolina State, 85-69, with the help of John Roche's 31 points. The Gamecocks, undefeated in regular Atlantic Coast Conference
play, must do it all over again in the ACC tourney if it intends meeting the Davidson-St. Bonnie survivor in the second-round Eastern Regional at Columbia, S.C.
St. Bonaventure, ranked No. 4,
boosted its record to 21-1 by
crushing Niagara, 104-68, Sunday.
No. 5 New Mexico State exeacted 15 turnovers from Utah State en route to a 104-92 triumph.
Seventh-ranked Pennsylvania tied the Ivy League record of 14-0 for a season with a 97-63 decision over Cornell.
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Kansas 77 FG FT PF TP
Russell 3 1-1 5 7
Robisch 12 2-4 4 26
Brown 4 1-2 3 9
Kivisto 3 1-1 0 7
Lawrence 7 4-5 1 18
Stallworth 2 0-0 6 4
Stallworth 2 0-0 6 4
34 9-15 5 7
Okla, 82 FG FT PF TP
Jack 4 3-4 1 11
Heard 7 6-7 4 20
Yule 7 2-3 4 16
Ayers 3 3-3 2 9
Martin 5 7-8 0 17
Hardin 1 1-8 1 3
Jones 2 2-2 1 6
Jones 20 24-28 11 83
KANSAS 39 38-77
OKLAHOMA 43 39-82
NIT may bid today Big month for titles
NEW YORK (UPI)—The selection committee for the National Invitation basketball tournament was expected to name two, or possibly three, more teams today for the 33rd annual tourney scheduled for March 13-21 at Madison Square Garden.
Four teams, Louisiana State, Georgia Tech, Marquette and St. John's already have accepted.
10 KANSAN Mar. 3 1970
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