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Monday, March 13, 1995
SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Big Eight scores with nine invites
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Kansas coach Roy Williams shows frustration with an official's call during Kansas' game against Iowa State in the Big Eight semi-finals. The Cyclones beat the Jayhawks 80-72 on Saturday at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
Four women's and five men's teams go to Big Dance'
By Robert Moczydlowsky
Kansan sportswriter
There aren't any wallflowers from the Big Eight Conference at this year's Big Dance.
Five Big Eight men's teams and
four women's teams have been invited to the 64-team NCAA tournaments, highlighted by the No.1-seeded Kansas men and Colorado women.
BIG EIGHT NCAA ANALYSIS
One of the nation's smallest conferences, the Big Eight is poised to make a large noise in the postseason.
Kansas women's coach Marian Washington said that the Big Eight's strength shouldn't surprise anvone.
"We got four teams in because we deserved to get four in," she said. "Based on the quality, caliber and strength of our conference, we expected to get four teams in. I think that we need to congratulate Colorado on their No. 1 seed. They did everything possible to earn that and they deserve it."
Kansas men's coach Roy Williams was also pleased with the Big Eight's invitations, but he said that Oklahoma State deserved a higher seed. The Cowboys are the East region's No. 4 seed.
"I was a little surprised to see Oklahoma State at a four seed," he said. "I thought that they had some good wins without any real bad losses.
"You look at their losses and you see some tough games. I thought that they were a No. 3 seed at least with the possibility of being a No. 2
seed."
Tough games for Big Eight teams in the past seem to be irrelevant now, as coming games promise to be the most challenging of the season.
In the West region, No. 8 Missouri will travel to Boise, Idaho, to play Bobby Knight's Indiana Hoosiers, a team that popped Iowa's tournament bubble 110-79 yesterday.
"I'll be a heckuva eight versus nine—Missouri versus Indiana."
Williams said. "And they're in the same bracket as UCLA."
In other Big Eight first-round action, in the Southeast region, No. 7 Iowa State will face Florida, the No. 10 seed, and No. 4 Oklahoma will play No. 13 Manhattan. In the East region, No. 4 Oklahoma State will play No. 13 Drexel in Baltimore, Md.
For the Big Eight women, the matchups are equally challenging. In the East region, No.12 Oklahoma
State will face No. 6, Duke and, No. 7 Oklahoma will play No. 10 Loyola. Midwest regional No. 1 Colorado will square off with No. 16 Holy Cross, the automatic-qualifier out of the Patriot League.
"We're looking at some good matchups, possibly a look at some Big Twelve games," Washington said.
"I definitely think that Colorado has put themselves into an excellent position to go all the way."
Committee slates NCAA's top 64 teams
By Tom Erickson
Kansan sportswriter
Bob Frederick may have spent the last four days in a hotel, but he definitely wasn't on vacation.
Frederick speaks words of reason
Instead, the Kansas athletic director was leading the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee as it selected and placed the 64 teams in this year's tournament.
The committee was housed at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Mo., and spent many hours researching and comparing more than 100 teams.
The job was not easy. Sixty of the teams considered had 20 wins or more and 20 had 19 wins.
Roh Fraderlek
Frederick said the work of his colleagues over the weekend was excellent.
Being affiliated with Kansas had no effect on his job as committee chairman, Frederick said. The Jayhawks were selected as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region.
"I was really proud of the committee," he said. "They came to Kansas City extremely well prepared and worked very hard. They were very thorough."
But Frederick was not present for any discussion about their placement.
"Yesterday, after the University of Kansas lost to Iowa State in the second round of the Big Eight tournament, I raised that issue to the committee and excused myself for 45 minutes," he said.
Frederick also noted that he and C.M. Newton, athletic director at Kentucky, were absent for 1 1/2 hours this morning when the seedings of their two schools were discussed.
"There was a lot of pressure in the room," he said. "I didn't have a lot of reaction. I felt good about that process."
When Frederick learned that Kansas had been given a No. 1 seed, his reaction was minimal.
Because he was working all weekend in Kansas City, Frederick was not able to see either the Jayhawks' Big Eight tournament games or watch his son Brad, a senior on the Lawrence High School basketball team, help to win the Kansas 6A State championship in Emporia on Friday and Saturday.
But Frederick's wife, Margey, kept him updated on the Lawrence High game.
"I had a beeper that vibrates," he said. "I would set it on the table and my wife would call after each quarter with the score. Each evening, I would call the local radio station in Lawrence, and I heard the last two minutes of each game."
Frederick said his only contact with Kansas coach Roy Williams was by accident.
"I never talked to Roy, except for yesterday when I ran into him in the lobby," he said. "We shook hands and I told him I was upset about the loss. Even if I had wanted to talk to him, it wouldn't have been right."
Wake Forest snags tournament title from North Carolina
The Associated Press
School wins its first ACC title since 1962
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Randolph Childress said goodbye to the Atlantic Conference with his career signature yesterday — a last-second basket which gave No. 7 Wake Forest an 82-80 victory over No. 4 North Carolina in the tournament's title game.
Childress penetrated the lane from near the center jump circle, dribbled to the right side of the lane
and threw in a 10-footer with 4.6 seconds to go. That gave him a game-high 37 points and 107 for the tournament, the most points by one player since Len Rosenbluth scored 106 in the 1957 tournament.
An inbounds pass from midcourt from Pierce Landry to Jerry Stackhouse on the right wing resulted in an attempt at a three-pointer over Childress that bounced off the rim. Landry tried to tip it in but failed to control the ball as the buzzer sounded.
For Wake Forest (24-5), it was the school's first ACC title since 1962, which was the second of successive seasons in which the Demon Deacons won the crown. With this title comes the league's automatic NCAA berth.
North Carolina (24-5) not only lost the dramatic title game, but it also saw Rasheed Wallace fall with an injury to his left ankle with 7:41 to go in regulation.
North Carolina's route through the NCAA tournament could be a tough one if the 6-foot-10 sophomore doesn't play.
Tim Duncan, who played the final 25 minutes with three fouls, got 16 points and 20 rebounds, the latter tying for fifth-best in ACC tournament history.
Stackhouse got 24 for North Carolina but was 6-for-11 at the freethrow line. Donald Williams scored 20 points.
Wake Forest, which entered the game as one of the ACC's least productive three-point shooting teams, enjoyed an early edge at the beginning of the second half. Four threepointers in the first four minutes helped the Demon Deacons erase their 38-33 halftime deficit and take a 49-42 lead.
The North Carolina offense, which caught fire after a 5-for-18 beginning in the first half, fought back on the strength of Stackhouse. He scored nine points over a five-
minute span, capping the run with a three-point basket at the 9:23 mark, giving the Tar Heels a 56-55 lead.
In the midst of that run, Wallace went down with his ankle injury. He stood up on the North Carolina bench, tested the ankle, then took off his left shoe and tossed it under the bench in frustration.
That is when Wake Forest took its turn on offense.
After a Dante Calabria basket basked North Carolina a 63-57 lead with 6:13 to play, the Demon Deacons had a 14-2 run, topped by a Childress three-pointer at 2:28 for a 71-65 lead.
Then it was North Carolina's turn, and it was Stackhouse who responded.
He followed Williams' two free throws with a dunk at a turnover and then got the first of a two-shot foul with 52.5 seconds to play.
After Rusty LaRue missed a threepointer, Stackhouse responded with the game-tying basket. He stepped around LaRue and shot over Tony Rutland, forcing North Carolina's second overtime in as many days.
Stackhouse's three-pointer in the semifinals led to overture against Maryland on Saturday.
Kansas, Arkansas highlight the Midwest regional
The Jayhawks
The lavhawke The Associated Press
The stywacks could be lucky enough to play in Kansas City, Mo., but they may meet the Razorbacks there.
If Kansas wins its first two games in the Midwest Regional, the top-seeded Jayhawks would then get to play close to home. Trouble is, defending champion Arkansas could be waiting for them.
The regional semifinals will be played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. just 40 minutes or so from the Kansas campus. Kemper has always been a friendly site for the Jayhawks — they won the 1988 national title on that floor and blew out Connecticut there earlier this season.
Kansas (23-5) will play Patriot
Arkansas is the No. 2 seed in the region. The Razorbacks (27-6), who lost to Kentucky yesterday in the Southeastern Conference tournament championship, open play Friday at Austin, Texas, against Texas Southern. The Razorbacks would then meet either Syracuse or Southern Illinois in the second round.
The No. 3 seed in the Midwest is Big Ten champion Purdue. The Boilermakers didn't miss a step this season, winning the conference championship despite losing the 1994
League champion Colgate (17-12) in the first round. Next up will the winner of the Western Kentucky-Michigan game.
player of the year, Glenn Robinson,
to the NBA.
Purdue (24-6) has won eight consecutive and 14 of its last 15. The Boilermakers could get an interesting test from Wisconsin-Green Bay of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Last year, the Phoenix (22-7) upset Jason Kidd and Cal in the first round and gave Syracuse a scare in the second round.
One of the intriguing stories in the Midwest concerns Arizona, the No. 5 seed. The Wildcats don't know for sure whether their star player, Damon Stoudamire, and forward Ben Davis will be with the team for the first-round game against Miami
of Ohio.
Both players were declared ineligible for Saturday's final regular-season game because of alleged NCAA rules violations.
Among the other teams in the Midwest is Michigan (17-13). The Wolverines made trips to the NCAA title game in 1992 and 1993, but only two members of their famous Fab Five still remain — seniors Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Sixth-seeded Memphis (22-9) is back in the tournament after missing it last season. The Tigers reached the finals of the Midwest region in 1993, the last time the regional semifinals and finals were played at Kemper Arena,
35 at large bids were up for grabs yesterday in picking the field for the men's NCAA tournament. These are some teams on the bubble that were left out of the 64-team field.
Team overall conference
Georgia 18-9 9-7
Georgia Tech 18-12 8-8
iowa 19-11 9-8
George Washington 18-13 10-6
Texas Tech 20-9 11-3
These teams made the field.
Indiana 19-11 10-7
Michigan 17-13 11-6
Manhattan 25-4 12-2
Xavier 23-4 14-0
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