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University Daily Kansan
Sports
Mondav. Feb. 24, 1986
Duke may be next in line for top spot
United Press International
Is Duke the new king of college basketball?
The second-ranked Blue Devils appear to hold the inside track on being named No. 1 this week in the United Press International's Board of Coaches ratings, after a weekend during which top-ranked North Carolina 'tost its second consecutive game and two other top 10 clubs were beaten by unranked teams.
North Carolina, stunned by Maryland earlier in the week, lost its second consecutive game to an Atlantic Coast Conference team Sunday when 17th-ranked North Carolina State topped the Tar Heels 76-65 at Raleigh, N.C.
Center Chris Washburn scored 26 points to help spark North Carolina State's victory. The Wolfpack, 18-9 overall and 7-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, also got a career-high 18 points from junior forward Bennie Bolton. Senior guard Nate McMillan added 10 points and senior guard Ernie Myers had 11.
North Carolina starting guard
Steve Hale miss the game because of a partially collapsed lung, suffered Thursday in the Tar Heels' 77-72 overtime loss to Maryland. Reserve center Warren Martin was out with an ankle injury.
Duke turned in a solid performance on national television Saturday by defeating No. 9 Oklahoma, 93-84, to run its record to 25-2. The Blue Devils and third-ranked Kansas, an 84-69 victor over Kansas State Saturday, figure to get the bulk of support for No. 1 in this week's ratings.
Duke senior forward Mark Alarie said, "We have put ourselves into position to be the No. 1 team."
But Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski doesn't put much stock in being ranked No. 1 at this point.
"This team has been ranked in the top five all year. We have never once discussed national rankings, and there's no reason to change right now," said Krzyzewski.
Fourth-ranked Memphis State and sixth-ranked St. John's missed opportunities to make a claim for No. 1 honors by losing to unranked teams Saturday. Memphis State was
defeated by Florida State, 82-80, and St. John's was turned back by DePaul, 81-72.
Devall, 8.72.
In other games involving the top 10 ranked teams, No. 5 Georgia Tech beat Maryland 77-70, No. 7 Kentucky beat Georgia 89-75, No. 8 Michigan beat Alabama-Birmingham 62-54 and No. 10 Syracuse beat Georgetown 64-63.
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At Tallahassee, Fla., freshman Pat Conner slammed in a missed shot with one second remaining and helped lift Florida State to victory. The Seminoles, last in the Metro Conference and losers of 10 of their last 12 games, led the heavily favored Tigers most of the way. Memphis State, 23-3, tied the score on a 3-point play by Baskerville Holmes with 23 seconds remaining.
second half as the Yellow Jackets held off determined Maryland with 18-for-21 shooting from the field. Georgia Tech, 20-4 overall and 9-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, sho
34-for-48 in the contest.
At Rosemont, III., Dallas Comegys scored 21 points and Rod Strickland contributed 17 and led DePaul to victory. The Blue Demons, 15-10, reeled off 14 points midway through the first half, came back with a 10-point spurt midway through the second half and beat the Redmen, 25-4.
At Athens, Ga., Kenny Walker scored 22 points and Winston Bennett added 20 as Kentucky clinched its 36th Southeastern Conference basketball championship. The Wildcats, under the guidance of first year coach Eddie Sutton, improved to 24-3 overall and 15-1 in the SEC.
At Ann Arbor, Mich., guards Antoine Joubert and Gary Grant combined for 20 second-half points and helped lead Michigan to victory. Joubert, who led all scorers with 20 points, sank the only five field goals Michigan made in the first 10:12 of the second half before turning things over to Grant, who keyed a Michigan defense that limited Alabama-Birmingham to just nine points in the final 10 minutes.
Oklahoma loses to Duke; ISU, OSU win
United Press International
Duke, No. 2, beat No. 9 Oklahoma
93-84 Saturday in a non-conference
game at Durham, N.C.
fought off the Oklahoma charge.
game at Duke. Duke built a 23-point lead 12 minutes into the game but Oklahoma rode the shooting of David Johnson to reduce the lead to 66-65 with $11_{1/2}$ minutes remaining.
But Duke's David Henderson scored eight points in a 13-7 run that
"To show you what I know, I thought in the middle of the first half that we had them on the ropes," said Duke coach Mike Krzewzelski. "They looked tired and we were fast-breaking like crazy. But throughout the rest of the game, they reminded me of a heavyweight championship fighter. They looked tired, but kept delivering knockout blows."
way to a career-high 31 points but his effort wasn't enough to prevent Oklahoma from losing for the third time in four games. The Sooners dropped to 23-5.
Johnson hit 13-of-15 shots on his
In other Big Eight action Saturday, Iowa State defeated Nebraska 82-73 and Oklahoma State downed Colorado 90-85.
Elmer Robinson scored all 16 of his points in the second half, rallying Iowa State from a 38-35 halftime
deficit. The win gave the Cyclones a share of second place along with Oklahoma. Jeff Grayer chipped in 20 points to help offset a 22-point effort by Nebraska guard Brian Carr.
Terry Faggins scored 26 points and Andre Ivy as Oklahoma State dropped Colorado to 0-12 in Big Eight play. Faggins hit 11-of-18 shots from the field and Ivy sank 14-of-19 free throws in helping the Cowboys improve their record to 14-11.
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