European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 29, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 final four lacks Only an Vang a this year s focus is on basketball and winning by Bruce Lowitt Dallas a what we have Here is a final four with All of the song and dance and no theme no Angle. The Mcaa basketball championships of recent years have become like the super bowl a four letter word hype. More a pageant than a sporting event. There s plenty of that Here too but what s missing Here with Duke Kansas Louisville and Louisiana state is a com Mon denominator the kind of Story that binds teams or players together. Last year in Lexington ky., it was the big East feast with Georgetown St. John s and Villanova. This year s four teams represent four conferences. Last year had the possibility of a repeat Champion. Georgetown missed by one Victory losing to Villanova. This year Villanova did t make it past the second round. Two years ago in Seattle it was the Bat the of the big men Georgetown s Patrick Ewing against Houston s Akeem Olajuwon. This year s big Man Danny Manning of Kansas is measured More by reputation than by his 6-foot-11 Frame. Three years ago Houston s Phi Slama Jama fraternity owned the headlines. This year there s More dunking going on in the Coffee shops. Four years ago North Carolina coach Dean Smith came to the final four bearing a Monkey on his Back. In six tries he had never won a championship. Would he finally succeed he did. This year neither Kansas coach Larry Brown nor Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski nor Louisville s Denny Crum nor leu s Dale Brown wears anything resembling a Millstone about the neck. The Only Angle to All of this therefore is this question who will win the National championship there is none of the fabricated foolishness that so often pervades these events. No headbands. No refrigerators. Just basketball. And Money. This is of course Dallas. But it could just As Well be Lexington or Seattle or any other City fortunate enough to become the College basketball capital of the nation for a few Days each March. On saturday and monday night in reunion Arena More than 16,000 spectators won t have so much As one thought about the Texas longhorns i formation about the Dallas cowboys super bowl chances. This May be football country but for now basketball is King. Duke Champion of the East comes Here hoping to prove that its no. 1 ranking is justified and 6-2 guard Johnny Dawkins seeks to Cement his position As one of the top two or three draft choices next june. Standing in their Way saturday is Sec Ond ranked Kansas which overtime Mich Igan state in the controversial clock game getting 10 to 15 precious extra seconds and then beat North Carolina state to take the Midwest title. Ron Kellogg slowed by a sprained left Arch says he will play along Side Manning. In the first game saturday Louisville the seventh ranked champs of the West regional will play leu the Surprise entry this year a ranked As Villanova was a year ago. None of these youngsters Dawkins Manning and the rest will be making a dime off the extended weekend s proceed Ings according to the dictates of the Mcaa. Their time will come later when agents and pro teams discuss seven figure contracts. For now it is the teams which reap the benefits of the players stardom. The final four and the final two Means Money in the Bank for the teams which get this far and the City which wins their presence. Each team receives $835,300 to be shared by their respective conferences. And it is expected that the 20,000 or so visitors who come to Sec them will leave behind something like $6 million in restaurants and hotels and other tourist related businesses. To own a ticket to saturday s and Mon Day night s games is to be wealthy one Way or another. There Are those who simply must be wherever the action is. They Are the chosen few. Those who purchased their ducats a year or so ago As a $46-pcr-seat investment but can just As Well watch the game on television can achieve a return that would make even . Hutton Stop and listen. The asking Price Here where scalping is Legal ranges anywhere from $650 to $1,500. Ticket orders for next year s final four in new Orleans have been in the mail for several weeks now. Kansas City Seattle and Denver await their windfalls in succeeding years. It has not always been so. Barely a generation ago when Larry Brown was a Point guard at North Carolina when Krzyzewski was pronouncing his name differently and was learning the ropes As a player at Weber High in Chicago when Crum was coaching his Alma mater at Pierce Junior col lege and when Dale Brown was coaching High school wrestling track football and Basket Ball much of this generation of dribbles and dunkers had not yet been born. Neither had the Glamour which now sur rounds this tournament. In fact it shared Bil Ling with the National invitation tournament see final four on Page 26 mavs Clinch playoff spot by the associated press new York when Mark Aguirre gets hot he believes he can score from anywhere. On thursday night he almost did. Aguirre scored 21 of his 38 Points in less than 10 min utes of the first Quarter As Dallas outscored the injury jinxed new York kicks 37-26 and held on for a 110-105 Victory that clinched a National basketball association playoff berth for the Mavericks. In the first period Aguirre was eight for 11, including three three Point goals the last of which was a 30-footer Well behind the three Point Circle. I Felt real Good in warmups and after i hit a couple of threes i said Why not keep shooting them " Aguirre said. After you get in a Groove it does t matter How far away you Are from the  new York which already had five players sidelined for the season because of injuries suffered another setback when guard Rory Sparrow broke his left ankle in a Colli Sion with Derek Harper less than five minutes into the game. He will be in a cast for six weeks. The kicks with Center Ken Bannister scoring 35 Points 11 More than his previous career High stayed in the game despite Dallas efforts to turn it into a rout. Aguirre and Harper scored six Points each during a 14-2 run that turned a 61-54 halftime Edge into a 75-56 Lead. But a 17-5 spurt for the kicks with Bannister scoring six and Trent Tucker seven of his 19 Points narrowed the deficit to 80-73 in the third period. A 10-2 run in the  fourth Quarter helped the kicks get within four Points on two occasions but that was As close As they got As Aguirre hit three key baskets Down the stretch. In other Aba action warriors 121, spurs 118 Oakland Calif. Terry Teagle scored a season High 33 Points As Golden state beat san Antonio to climb out of last place in the Pacific division. San Antonio which trailed by 20 Points in the first Quarter and by 14 Early in the final period pulled within one Point of the warriors with three seconds remaining when Alvin Robertson stole an inbound pass and scored. Teagle was fouled with no time showing on the clock and made two free throws for the final three Point margin. Mike Mitchell of san Antonio scored a season High 44 Points including 20 in the second period. Golden state Center Joe Barry Carroll scored 26 Points As the team won for the sixth time in its last seven games. Kings 103, supersonics 101 Seattle Eddie Johnson Sank two free throws with one second left on the clock to give Sacramento a Victory Over Seattle. The sonics led by Ricky Sobers rallied from a 16-Point deficit with eight minutes to play and tied the game on an 18-foot jumper by Sobers with two seconds to go. Sobers scored 13 Points in the final eight minutes. A photo Mavericks Mark Aguirre. 38 Points against kicks Young goalie sparkles As devils Edge blues by the associated press East Rutherford . Greg Adams scored a Power play goal with 2 18 to play and Sam St. Laurent making his first National hockey league Start in goal stopped 24 shots As the new Jersey devils edged the St. Louis blues 1-0 thursday night. Adams 35th goal of the season ended a devils scoreless Streak of 132 minutes and 14 seconds. It came just 38 seconds after St. Louis was penalized for having too Many men on the ice. St. Laurent making just his second nil appearance since being recalled from nil Roundup the Maine mariners of the american hockey league on wednesday was outstanding in the opening two periods making 21 saves including a great Stop against Mark Hunter from in close. The 27-year-old Goa lie faced just three shots in the final period none a serious threat. The loss snapped the blues three game winning Streak. In other nil action canadians 3, Bruins 3 Boston Bob Gainey tapped in a rebound of Guy Carbonneau s soft shot at 5 59 of the third period giving Montreal a 3-3 tie with Boston and breaking the Ca Nadies six game nil losing Streak. The Bruins had the Best scoring Chance in overtime when Ray Bourque fired a 30 foot slap shot from the left. It hit the Post to goalie Patrick Roy s right and stayed put of the net. Boston out shot Montreal 2-0 in the extra period. Boston is now 2-3-11 in overtime games while Montreal is 1-6-7. Gainey tied the game when he got his stick on the puck and pushed it by Boston goalie Pat Riggin after Riggin stopped car Bonneau s 25-foot shot. Gainey s 19th goal of the season erased a 3-2 Lead Boston had taken when Geoff Courtnell got his 19th goal at 10 23 of the second period. Sabres 1, flyers 0 Philadelphia Gil Perreault scored the game s Only goal and Jacques Cloutier recorded his first career shutout As Buffalo Defeated Philadelphia. Perreault scored at 12 13 of the first period picking up a Loose puck and firing a 30 foot snapshot through the pads of Phila Delphia goaltender Glenn Resch. Philadelphia s starting goalie Bob Froese left the game after being hit above his right Collarbone with a slap shot by Buffalo Wing Paul Cyr at 10 41