European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday March 13, 1986 Flat round March 13-14 1 Kentucky 16 Davidson 8 w. Kentucky 9 Nebraska 5 Alabama 12 Xavier 4 Illinois 13 Fairfield 6 Purdue 11 leu 3 Memphis St 14 Ball St. 7 Virginia tech 10 via Nova 2 a. Tech. 15 Marist 1 St. John s 16 Montana St. 8 Auburn 9 Arizona 5 Maryland 12 Pepperdine 4 univ 13 . La. 6 Ala. Birm. 11 Missouri 3 n. Carolina 14 Utah 7 Bradley 10 step 2 Louisville 15 Drexel second round March 15-16 a Charlotte "1j "1j Charlotte "1j 1j Baton Rouge to Baton Rouge Vij 1j Long Beach 1 a Long Beach in a Ogden 1r 1f Ogden 1j j 0 regional seeding regional Saml Fanala National championship men s basketball Southeast Atlanta a March 20 & 22 Dallas March 29 Dallas Texas March 31 West Houston Texas March 20 & 22 Mississippi Valley state Tiffin i \ 1109 Ivr Larch 3 rank a East Ruth March As Midge Kansas i March 21 Nal second round March 15-16 St Ermord no. 21 &23 St Tymo &23 i i Greensboro Greensboro 1 1 Syracuse f1 f Syracuse Dayton re re Dayton Fri Minneapolis Al f Minneapolis Al fir to round March 13-14 Duke 1 miss. Vaj. St. 16 6kt Dominion 8 w. Virginia 9 Virginia 6 Depaul 12 Oklahoma 4 northeastern 13 St. Joseph s 6 Richmond 11 Indiana 3 Cleveland St. 14 Navy 7 Tulea 10 Syracuse 2 Brown 15 Kansas 1 . A a t 16 Jacksonville 8 Temple 9 Michigan St. 5 Washington 12 Georgetown 4 Texas tech. 13 , St. 6 Iowa 11 notre Dame 3 Ark. Or 14 Iowa St. 7 Miami of 10 Michigan 2 Akron 15 up graphic Duke s Mcaa toe unknown Quantity by Jody Taylor Durham . A thanks to Uil ional exposure Mississippi Valley state could be a walking encyclopedia on its opponent in the first round of the Mcaa East regional. But when it comes to knowledge about the Delta devils Duke is an empty vessel. We re learning about our first round opponent right now and i really can t give you any specific comments about them be cause i Haven t seen them Duke coach Mike Krzyewski said tuesday. But i do know from what i be heard that they arc a very Quick team a team that can cause us some problems. We can t look past any  Mississippi Valley state coach Lafayette Stribling knows exactly what he s getting into when he puts his team on the court in the Mcaa tournament for the first time in the school s history. If you face the no. I team there s going to be More exposure National to and All the hype. That will give us More expo sure Stribling said. We re not going in there with the attitude that we can t win. Everybody is on Cloud nine Here. And we respect All but fear none. We re excited i think the whole state should be on Cloud about playing the no. I team. Nine for us because of the Success we be there Are Many obstacles in our path Nad " said Joe Boyer the school s president but i think All these things have helped us. Duke meanwhile is making its third i be always said that before you can be consecutive trip to the Mcaa. The 32-2 Blue devils lost to Washington in the first successful you have to overcome obstacles. Well hang in there. We Are not coming in with a defeatist attitude. We have one kid Vincent Ballard on our team who is a preacher Stribling said. Well Pray a  the coach of the 64th-ranked team in the tournament with a record of 20-10, found out at halftime of the southwestern athletic conference tournament championship round of the tournament in 1984 and fell to Boston College 74-73 in the second round last year. Both times the Blue devils were far from Home. But this year they la be playing Only an hour from the Campus in Greensboro ., on the same court where they won the Atlantic coast conference tournament championship sunday. We Are a Veteran team and the chances did t pass that information along to his players. You Don t think i m crazy do you he said. The tournament appearance is a shot in of recovery Are a lot better than they were for our team two years ago when we got to the acc finals and had to travel to pull Man wash.," Krzyzewski said. Being in Greensboro also Means we can go to class for three Days Krzyzewski said. The Arm for the embattled school of 2,200, Duke Center Jay Bilas compared the mis which is in danger of being closed for eco Sis Sippi Valley state game to the Blue Dev nomic reasons. Jas first round game against eighth seeded file photo Mike Krzyzewski. Can t look past anybody Wake Forest in the acc tournament. He remembers the game was t easy. I think these games Are almost As difficult to get up for As some big games Bilas said. We knew against Wake Forest we could win playing less than our Best. That s a dangerous situation. I Don t think we were As ready to play that game As we should have  Duke no. 1 in final a College Cage poll by the associated press Duke Kansas Kentucky and St. Johns the top seeds in the Mcaa tournament finished that Way in the final associated press College basketball poll released tuesday. Duke the regular season and tournament champions of the Atlantic coast con Ference missed being a unanimous Choice for the top spot in the poll by one vote in the nationwide balloting of sportswriters and broadcasters. The Blue devils 32-2, the top seed in the East regional and the no. I team for the past two weeks finished with 63 first place votes and 1,279 Points. Kansas 31-3 and the top seed in the Midwest regional garnered the other first place vote and 1,213 Points. The Jay Hawks won both the regular season and tournament titles in the big eight conference. Kentucky 29-3, the regular season and tournament champions of the Southeastern conference finished with 1,123 Points and is the top seed in the Southeast regional. St. Johns 30-4, will travel to the West regional As the top seed after winning both the regular season and tournament titles in the big East conference. Michigan was fifth in the balloting with 995 Points As the big ten Champion wolverines 27-4, improved two places from last week s voting. Georgia tech losers to Duke in the acc title game was sixth with 958 Points followed by Louisville North Carolina Syra Cuse and notre Dame in the top ten. The United press International final poll released monday had Duke no. I and Kansas no. 2, followed by St. Johns Ken Tucky Michigan Georgia tech Louisville North Carolina Syracuse and Nevada la vegas