European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 in route to Victory a photo Georgia tech s Bruce Dalrymple drives for he Basket against Villanova s Harold Jen sen left photo and guard Johnny Dawkins of Duke completes a slam Dunk against old Dominion in second round Mcaa tournament action. Georgia tech won 66 61 and meets leu in a Southeast Region Al game thursday. Duke won 89-61. Only St. John s has been eliminated 3 of 4 top seeds among Sweet 16 by Hal Bock a sports writer the Mcaa basketball tournament now Down to the Sweet 16," still has an inter Esting mix of favourites and Lon shots As the Road to Dallas weaves through four More regional Sites this weekend. Three of the four top seeds survived the sub regional rounds. Only St. Johns As signed the no. 1 Slot in the West was knocked out of the tournament. The other top seeds Duke in the East Kentucky in the Southeast and Kansas in the Midwest All remain in business and Are favored in their next games. Also still alive Are Lon shots like Depaul and Cleveland state no. 12 and no. 14, respectively in the East regional Louisi Ana state no. 11 in the Southeast Michi Gan state North Carolina state and Iowa state which were ranked fifth through seventh in the Midwest and Auburn which went in As no. 8 in the West. Tournament action resumes thursday. West regional games will match Auburn against Nevada Las vegas and North car Olina against Louisville at Houston. Ken Tucky plays Alabama and leu. Faces Georgia tech at Atlanta in the Southeast regional matchup. Friday the East regional at East re inca tourney Thetford n.j., has Duke against Depaul and Cleveland state playing Navy. At Kan Sas City that night the Midwest pairings Are Kansas against Michigan state and . State against Iowa state. The betting line runs from Duke As a 9 /2 Point Choice Over Depaul to Auburn and Nevada Las vegas listed As a pick pm game. Georgia tech is favored by eight Kansas by seven Kentucky and Navy each by three . State by 2vi and North car Olina by one. Some of the survivors beat tournament heavyweights to reach this stage. Two of the major upsets came in the Carrier dome at Syracuse n.y., where unheralded Cleveland state a 125-1 shot before the tournament began Tom hawked Indiana then Navy surprised Syracuse. Also in the East regional Depaul whipped Virginia and Oklahoma. Navy Center David Robinson who wrecked Syracuse with 35 Points including a regional tournament record 21 from the foul line recalled that before leaving the Campus for his team s first round game he peeked at the tournament picks of his friends. They were not supportive of the midshipmen who had lost by 22 Points to Syracuse earlier in the season. They were picking Syracuse he said. They All said we know you Guys can win but hey this is our Money " Kevin Mackey Cleveland state s Young coach never had met Indiana coach Bobby Knight before the tournament. When they Shook hands Mackey said go easy on  even though Knight knew better than to be Sweet talked into complacency it did t help the hoosiers avoid the upset. When Cleveland state beat St. Joseph a pa., in the second round 20-year-old fresh Man mouse Mcfadden the team s High scorer exulted that s for All you doubt ers All you people who give everybody else the pub publicity Depaul s publicity had been mostly bad during a 12-loss season. But the Blue de Mons sprang consecutive surprises on Vir Ginia and Oklahoma. Our kids Are playing confident and be Lieve they re going to win the games de Paul coach Joey Meyer said. We be been Able to get the big Basket or baskets when people have made a run at  had the West seeds held form Nevada Las vegas would have played St. John s next. Instead the Runnin rebels will get a physical Auburn team which eliminated the redmen. Coach Jerry Tarkanian was t complaining though. I m just glad we re playing he said. In the Southeast leu which benefited from playing the sub regional round at Home in Baton Rouge faces a role reversal against Georgia tech. Its next round is in the Omni at Atlanta about 15 minutes from the tech Campus and where the Engi neers have played a half dozen games this season. I know a lot of people Are going to say. They be got a great advantage,1 but it s not the same As leu playing Here in Baton Rouge Georgia tech coach Bobby Cre mins said. The other Southeast pairing sends Ken Tucky against Alabama for the fourth time this season. The wildcats have won the first three and advanced with the hottest shoot ing performance of the tournament a perfect 11-for-l 1 Field goal show by All Amer ican Kenny Walker that bested Western Kentucky. . State advanced in the Midwest with a 14-Point Victory Over Arkansas Little Rock but it took two overtimes. Wolf pack coach Jimmy Valvano had an interesting thought about How Tough the game had been. I Don t like playing teams with hyphens he explained. They re always playing for causes playing for missions playing for All the third world  that explains that