Monday, March 24, 1986 Sports University Daily Kansan 11 Kemper nets fall to Kansas again After coming down with an offensive rebound, Kansas center Greg Dreiling goes over North Carolina State center Chris Washburn for a basket. Dreiling had 19 points and 12 rebounds yesterday in the Jayhawks' 75-67 NCAA Midwest Regional victory. By Frank Hansel Associate sports editor KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas forward Danny Manning scored 22 points and the No. 2 Jayhawks rallied from a five-point second-half deficit in Oklahoma State State 75-67 yesterday at Kemper Park to earn a berth in the Final Four. Duke defeated Kansas 92-66 in the finals of the Big Apple NIT in The victory, the Jayhawks' 35th of the year against three losses, gives Kansas a rematch against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday at Dallas in one of the NCAA semifinal games. The other game pits Louisiana State against Louisville. Men's Basketball Kansas will be making its seventh appearance in the Final Four, but its first since 1974 when it lost to both Marquette and UCLA. "I told the kids before we came out tonight that we didn't want them to think it was any small accomplishment to get there," Kansas head coach Larry Brown said after the game. "We can celebrate for about 30 seconds but we can't be satisfied if we get hurt there. We need to try to win it all." With 8 minutes, 53 seconds left, Kansas found itself down by five, 57-52, after Wolfpack guard Ernie Meyers scored on a break away layup. "When Ernie Meyers put us up 57-52. I felt very confident," N.C. State head coach Jim Valano said. After Mammign's scoring spurt, Kansas center Greg Dreiling gave stretched his team's lead to six points with a follow shot. Manning's play earned him the tournament's Most Outstanding Player award. Manning was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammate Calvin Thompson, who scored nine points yesterday and 26 against Michigan State in N.C. State. She skifflered and center Chris Washburn and Michigan State guard Skillies also made the team. Valvano's confidence quickly faded when Manning ran off eight unanswered points and Kansas took a 60-57 lead. Manning scored 12 straight points for Kansas and the Jayhawks had the lead for good with 6-27 remaining. The Wolfpack then made its final run at Kansas. Washburn, who scored 17 points, hit two free throws and Shackleford scored two of his team-high 20 points on a layup, cutting the Jahvah lead to 64-62. Kansas put the game out of reach by outsourcing N.C. State 10-1 to take a 74-63 lead. This time Dreiling did the work. He scored seven of his 19 points in the minute and a half stretch. Danny Manning on the baseline," Washburn said. "You go out and get Manning, and you have to worry about Dreiling on the tap shot. You go out and get Dreiling and you have to worry about Manning." The Manning and Dreiling scoring sprees also awoke the crowd of 16,800 which had fallen into a lull when the Wolfnack grabbed the lead. "It's hard to play Dreiling and Kansas fans was a big help. Chris Maerl/KANSAN Brown said playing in front of the Kansas, which defeated the Wolfpack 71-56 in December at Greensboro, N.C., led for most of the first half but wasn't able to pull away. The two teams traded baskets for most of the half. "At times, I thought we might not be able to hang on." Brown said. "Our fans were great and they kept us in the game." Kansas led 33-29 when N.C. State's Benny Bolton scored on a jump shot but Kansas forward Archie Marshall answered with a layup after an assist from guard Cedric Hunter. Washburn hit a layup to close the gap to 38-33 with 106 left and then he intercepted an inbounds pass from Kansas forward Chris Piper. But Washburn's 18-foot jump shot was short as the horn sounded. Kansas guard Cedric Hunter applies pressure to North Carolina State's Nate McMillan. Hunter had two steals in yesterday's game to help the Jayhawks advance to the Final Four. Dreiling rebounds kevs Jayhawk win By Frank Hansel! Dreiling's follow tip and four-foot shot hook shot the Jayhawks a 68-63 Associate sports editor KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas center Greg Dreilong shook off the effects of a late season slump in the Jayhawks' 75-67 win over the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the finals of the Midwest Region yesterday at Kemper Arena. "I didn't think I lost confidence going into the tournament." Dreiling said. "There were just a few technical things I had to work on. I worked with Coach Manning on some positive moves." "I was proud of Greg," coach Larry Brown said after the game. "I thought he had his finest moment." Dreiling converted those moves into points against the Wolfpack. He took control of the game with two minutes, five seconds left and Kansas clinging to a 64-62 lead. It was Dreiling's most productive game of the tournament. In addition to his 19 points, he had 12 rebounds while playing 33 minutes. Dreling, a 61 percent field goal shooter this season, made only one of five shots against Temple and three of ten shots against Michigan State on Friday, but rebounded with a 19-point performance on seven of 11 shooting. Dreiling also scored seven straight points late in the second half that capped a 10-1 Jayhawk run and sealed the win and a trip to the Final Four. lead. He then grabbed back-to-back defensive rebounds and was fouled on both plays. He made three of the four free throws to put the game out of reach 71-63 with 43 seconds remaining. Kansas 75 N. Carolina State 67 N. C.State | | M | FG | FT | O | R | A | T | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Bolton | 38 | 6-12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 31 | | Shacklitt | 40 | 8-13 | 4-5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | | Washburn | 40 | 5-11 | 7-10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 27 | | McMillan | 40 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | | Myers | 30 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 6 | | Olmsted | 7 | 0-14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Brown | 1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | | 25-50 | 17-25 | 26-18 | 16 | 19 | 87 | Percentages: FG, 500, FT, 680. Blocked Shots: 2 (McMilan II), Turnovers: 4 (Washburn, McMilan, Myers 3). Steals: 3 (McMilan II), Technicals: None. Kaneae Manning M FG FT FO R A G F T TP Kellogg 32 11-17 0 1 6 1 4 22 Dreiling 34 5-9 2-4 5 3 2 2 12 Dreiling 33 7-11 2-4 1 2 1 12 Thompany 37 3-7 3-4 4 1 1 2 9 Marshall 12 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 4 Turgeon 1 0-0 2-2 2-2 0 0 2 Piper 10 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 Cambell 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 10-52 16-21 30-16 20-10 75 Percentages: FG, 577, FT, 714. Blocked Shots: (Manning 1) Turnovers: 13 (Manning 4). Steals: 5 (Hunter, Manning 2). Technicals: Nope. Half: Kansas 35-33. Officials: Silvester, Galvan, Pavia. *** *** *** --will put their 20-game winning streak — the longest in the country — on the line against No. 2 Kansas, Kansas in the final game of the day in the Midwest Regional championship in Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo. Duke sinks Navy in regional final Topranked Duke, which hadn't played a ranked team or one with a dominating big man in three previous NCAA tournament games, took on Navy and 6-foot-11 David Robinson yesterday and demolished the Midshipmen 71-50 to earn a berth in the Final Four. The Associated Press Robinson scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds for the 17-ranked Middles — but Johnny Dawkins had 28 points and seven rebounds and Mark Alarie added 18 points for the Blue Devils. Duke raised its record to 36-2 and left Navy at 30-5. When they get to Dallas for the semifinals Saturday, the Blue Devils "North Carolina State would be tougher for us on the boards," Duke coach Mike Kryzezewski said. "Kansas, I think, has like a team. They can hurt you in so many different ways. We're just happy to be going there. We're going to enjoy this right now." will put their 20-game winning streal In the other semifinal at Dallas Reunion Arena, sevent-hranked West champion Louisville, an 84-76 winner over unranked Auburn, will face unranked Louisiana State. Louisiana State upset third-ranked Kentucky 59-57 for the Southeast title. The national championship will be decided March 31. Duke secured its victory by inter- mission, turning a 20-18 deficit into a 3-0 victory. Dawkins hit only four of 15 shots in the first half, then canned his first seven in the second half as Duke kept Navy from getting no closer than 10 points. Louisville Coach Denny Crum, celebrating the 30-7 Cardinals' trip — his sixth — to the Final Four, said. "We've had to work very hard to get to this point. We played a tough schedule, but now it's paid for us." Faulty clock sparks controversy By Matt Tidwell KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Much of the attention given to the Kansas Jayhawks after winning a semifinal game in the Midwest Regional wasn't about the possibility of going to the Final Four in Dallas, it was about whether the Jayhawks got there with the help of a malfunctioning game clock in their 96-86 overtime win Friday against Michigan State. This time, the controversy was on the basketball court. With two minutes and 20 seconds left in regulation play, the Kemper Arena clock failed to start while Kansas ran off 15 seconds and Ron Kellogg tipped in a missed shot. After the play, the clock still read 2:30 By Matt Tidwell Sports writer "The saddest thing about the whole game was a malfunction of the game clock," Heathcote said. "If that clock ticks those 10 or 11 seconds, Kansas wouldn't have had enough time to tie Jud Heathcote, Michigan State head coach, was fuming. The last time Kansas City had seen this much controversy was in the sixth game of the 1985 World Series when umpire Don Denkinger made his now-famous "call" that St. Louis fans still sav lost the series for them. Kansas head coach Larry Brown said, "The thing that upset me is they ignored it. I think that at the time it happened there was 2:20 left. That is time for a lot of things to happen and not sure it made a difference." it down the stretch. "To have a clock malfunction in an NCAA game is extremely disappointing. The officials wouldn't even talk to me about it." The Jayhawks were down by four, 80-76, with 1:08 remaining in the game before Kansas forward Calvin Thompson hit a 15-foot jump shot. Guard Mark Turgeon then fouled Spartan freshman Mark Brown who missed the first shot of a one-and-one. The Jayhawks rebounded, Thompson_missed a baseline jumper, but reserve forward Archie Marshall followed with a tip-in with five seconds left that sent the game into overtime. Indeed the clock issue overshadowed what was perhaps Kansas' best comeback effort of the year. Thompson scored eight in the extra period and led Kansas to the win. The Jayhawks performed at their best when things looked dim. Two of "We beat as difficult a team as I've ever coached against," Brown said. "I'm as proud of our team as I can be. We overcame a lot of adversity with the foul trouble and my technical." Kansas pulled it out of the hat against a team to which Larry Brown, the Jayhawks' head coach, paid a big compliment. Thompson said the team pulled together after Marshall's tip-in of the missed shot. their best players, Kellogg and forward Danny Manning, sat on the bench, both fouled out. Kansas 96, Michigan State 86 Carr '16' 7-12; Polec '6' 4-5.6 (16-1) 1-3, 15; Skates '8' 6-10; Valencia '20' 10, Wade '12' 8, Brown '12' 8, Lowry '12' 8 Manning 7.3-1.71 Kellogg 7.0-0.14 Drilling 3.4-1.70 Hunter 7.2-1.62 Kellogg 7.0-0.14 Turgens 8.9-1.50 Hunter 7.2-1.62 Kellogg 7.0-0.14 Turgens 8.9-1.50 Huffamte—Kansas 46-37 Regulation 80-60 Total fouls—Michigan State 20, Kansas 21, Pouled Toughness 32 (Pole) 11, Kansas 38 (Marshall 13) Soles 32 (Pole) 11, Kansas 38 (Marshall 13) (Hunter 10) Technique—Kansas coach Brown NIT is Miller's finale as coach United Press International NEW YORK — Jim Brandenburg, Tommy Joe Eagles and Norm Sloan want to spoil Eldon Miller's going away party. Miller was fired from Ohio State effective after the season and hired by Northern Iowa as its head coach next month. The Buckeyes have advanced to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament, and have become the sentimental favorite to win the championship. The Buckeyes are 17-14, and looking for two more victories for Miller. Brandenburg, Eagles and Sloan do not share the sentiment. They coach Wyoming, Louisiana Tech and Florida, the other three semifinalists. "We're not just going to show up for the NIT, we want to see the NIT show up for us," said Brandenburg, whose Cowboys have the best record of the final four at 23-11. "We want to get something done here." Wvoming, which has six sophomores among its first seven players, has shot 55 percent since the end of the regular season, according to their coach. If they can cope with Florida as well as Brandenburg has with the culture shock of New York, they stand a good chance of advancing to the final against the winner of the Ohio State-Louisiana Tech game. "I finally said to myself, 'The Empire State Building is Elk Mountain, and the World Trade Center is Laramie Peak,'" Brandonburg said. "Then I felt a lot better."