European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 11, 1986 stars and stripes Page 21 top St. Johns k in 64-Tea sports us be Fem h v tourney Kansas City to. A Duke St. Johns Kansas and Kentucky were Given no. 1 seeds sunday when the Mcaa announced its 64-team Field for the men s col lege basketball championship tournament. Duke 32-2 and the no. 1 team in the associated press top 20, Drew the top seed in the East regional while second ranked Kansas was made no. 1 in the Midwest and third ranked Kentucky was no. 1 in the Southeast. St. Johns ranked no. 5 behind North Carolina in the top 20, was shipped to the West regional As the no. 1 seed. First round games around the country will be played thursday and Friday with second round action saturday and sunday. The Atlantic coast and big ten conferences each landed six teams in the Field expected to have the richest payoff in Mcaa basketball history with More than $800,000 going to the teams that make the final four in Dallas on March 29. The title game will be in March 31. Top ranked Duke will face Mississippi Valley of the southwestern athletic con Ference at Greensboro ., on thursday. Kansas on thursday in Dayton opens the Midwest regional against 16th-seeded North Carolina at. At Long Beach calif., in the West regional St. John s faces 16th-seeded Montana state on Friday. In the Southeast regional Kentucky will meet no. 16 seed Davidson at Charlotte ., on Friday. Each regional was seeded 1 through 16 by the nine Man division i selection com Mittee. We feel very Good about our Field said committee chairman Dick Schultz Virgini a s athletic director. It was not any easier this year than it has been in the past. We spent about three or four hours on the first 55 teams and the rest of the time on the final teams. There is a tremendous amount of parity and you look at Fine minute  Twenty nine bids went to automatic qualifiers As conference regular season or Post season tournament champions. Among the 35 at Large entries were two independents notre Dame and Depaul and Cleveland state whose mid continent conference does not get an automatic birth. Among the teams left out of the 64-team see Mcaa on Page 23 heading Way out West a photo Ron Rowan of St John s gives a whoop of Joy after sinking the is the top seed in the West regional of the Mcaa tournament winning Basket against Syracuse saturday in new York. St. Tournament play gets under Way thursday. The Victory Over John s won 70-69. Rowan hugs teammate Willie Glass. St. John s Syracuse made St. John s big East conference champs. Duke nips tech of capture acc tourney from press dispatches Greensboro  Top ranked Duke led by Mark Salafie and Johnny Dawkins won its first Atlantic coast con Ference tournament in six years sunday with a 68-67 Victory Over sixth ranked Georgia tech. Dawkins who scored 20 Points clinched the Victory for the Blue devils when he converted two free throws with seven seconds to play. A Basket by Alarie at the 44 second Mark had Given Duke a 66-65 Edge m a see saw finish to the 33rd annual tournament. Alarie scored 17 Points for the Blue Dev ils who last won the league title in 1980 by beating Maryland. Duke 32-2, led 37-34 at halftime then scored six Quick Points at the outset of the second half four by Dawkins and two by Alarie to take its biggest Lead at 43-34 with 16 46 left. But Georgia tech 25-6, staged a rally of its own to set up the close finish. Starting with a 15-3 run tech erased the deficit and took a 49-46 Lead on John Sal Ley s Baseline jumper with 10 23 left. College basketball Duke came Back with six straight Points and regained the advantage 52-49. The Blue devils twice held leads of three Points the last at 62-59 on a pair of free throws by Tommy Amaker with 3 45 left. Baskets by Mark Price and Duane Ferrell gave Georgia tech a 63-62 Lead at 1 57. Dawkins tossed in a double pump jumper in the Lane with 1 35 left to give Duke a 64 63 Lead but Craig Neal drove past Amaker for a Layup and a 65-64 Lead with 1 02 remaining. Alarie s Baseline jumper and Dawkins free throws sealed the contest while Price finished the scoring on a jumper with one second left. Price and Ferrell scored 16 Points apiece Tom Hammonds had 14 and Salley 13. In other tournament finals sunday metro conference final Louisville by. Milt Wagner scored 31 Points and freshman Center Pervis Ellison had 21 Points and 13 rebounds As no. 11 Louisville Defeated loth ranked Memphis state 88-79. Louisville 26-7 and the metro regular season Champ receives the league s Auto Matic berth in the Mcaa tournament. Memphis state also the regular season runner up dropped to 27-5. Big eight conference final Kansas City to. Danny Man Ning scored 23 Points and held Kansas to Gether in the final minute sunday As the second ranked Jay Hawks clipped Iowa state 73-71. The cyclones stole the Ball under the Kansas Basket with five seconds left and swept Dow court but officials called a trav Eling violation on Sam Hill at the Buzzer before the Iowa state could put up a shot. Kansas 31-3 and expected to be the no. 1 seed in the Midwest regional of the Mcaa tournament led by As Many As 14 Points in the second half and appeared to be in control when Greg Dreiling banked a Hook shot at the 5 14 Mark for a 69-60 Lead. The cyclones staged a 7-0 comeback capped by Ron Virgil s Basket that made it 69-67 with 2 40 left. Manning the big eight player of the year then rebounded an Iowa state miss and was fouled 36 seconds later by Virgil. The 6-foot-11 Sophomore hit both free throws for a 71-67 Lead before Jeff grayer brought Iowa state again to within two with a Basket at 1 45. It was Manning again for the Jay Hawks. Manning the tournament s most valuable player scored on an eight footer in heavy traffic with 1 26 remaining. Hill then worked free for an uncontested Dunk shot with 49 seconds left. Jeff Hornacek a first team All big eight guard grabbed the Ball away from Kansas Cedric Hunter in the chaotic final seconds. Southwest conference final Dallas Texas tech guard Tony Ben Ford scored 21 Points and Dewayne Chism added 15 to carry the underdog red raiders to a 67-63 Victory Over Texas am. The defending Champion red raiders who finished fifth in the regular season received an automatic bid to the Mcaa tournament with a 17-13 Overall record