European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2g the stars and stripes tuesday March 10,1987 in nit Louisville says no new York a Villanova. College basketball s National Champion in 1985, leads the of iced for the 50lh edition of the National invitation tournament it was announced sunday. The wildcats 15-15 and eliminated i n the quarterfinals or the big East conference tournament were among the 32 teams named to the Field. Missing from the list was Louisville the defending National Champion which was passed Over by the Mcaa Tor its Field of 64 earlier sunday and which spurned All Post season play monday by turning Down a Chance to participate in the National invitation tournament the nit then chose Stephen f. Austin As its 32nd and last team. The coaches fell if in was not a unanimous decision by the players we would not be Able to do our Best Louis Ville coach Denny Crum said Al a news conference. The players split so so on going to the National invitational tournament Crum Saidt a lot of the players need he academic concentration of not going to a tournament and since we can t go to the  said. This will be the first time in Cruft s 16-year tenure at. Louisville that the cardinals have not been in a Post season tournament. The three Yean they did not go to the Mcaa 1973,1976 and 1983 they went to the nit instead. The nit gets underway on wednesday night when Marquette 16-12, visits Nebraska 17-11 Utah 17-12, visits Boise stale 21-7, and Washington 18-14, play sat Montana stale 21.7. On thursday night. La Salte 16-12, travels across Philadelphia to meet Villanova Rhode Island 20-9, goes to Florida state 18-10 Cleveland state 24-7, travels to Tennessee Chattanooga 21-7 Akron is at Illinois state 17-12 Jacksonville. 19-10. Visits Vanderbilt 16-15 and Baylor 18-12, is at Arkansas Little Rock 23-9, the first round continues Friday nigh with scion Ful Turton stale 17-12, facing California 18-14 Arkan Sas state 21-12, visiting Arkansas 18-13, and Oregon slate 18-10, calling on new Mexico. 25-9. Last entry Stephen f. Austin will play James mad Ison 20-9, at a time and site not yet determined. The pairings and Sites for the second round games which will be played March 16 and 17, will be decided after the first round games Are completed. Quarterfinals will be played Al Campus Sites on March 20 and 21. Semifinals and finals will be played at Madison Square Garden on March 24 and March 26. College from Page 21 his winning foul shots after he was fouled by Joe Wolf on a drive to the Basket freshman , Reid Scord 17 Points for North Carolina 29-3.metro final Memphis state forced 24 Louisville turnovers and Center Marvin Alexander scored is Points for the tigers who finished with a 26-8 record that will get them nowhere in the postseason. Memphis took the Lead for Good with a 14-2 Streak that gave the tigers a 33-21 i anime Lead. They held Louisville Center Perns Ellison without a Point a shot from the Field or a rebound in the second half. Alexander and Askew had 10 Points apiece in the final 20 minutes As Mem Phis pulled away. Louisville fished 18-14. Big East final Reggie Williams scored 25 Points including five 3-Point goals As George town beat Syracuse for its fifth big East tournament title. It was Lith straight Victory for the Hayai. 26-4, while Syracuse dropped to 26-6, including three losses to George town. Williams a 6-foot-7 senior also had eight rebounds and was named the tournament s most valuable player. Williams four 3-pointers and 14 Points rallied the hoyas to a 39-32 halftime Lead after the Orange jumped ahead 24-15 after hitting nine of its first 10 shots. Southeast final Terry Caner scored five consecutive Points within a 26-Minutc Span late in the second half As Alabama held off Ltd to add the Sec tournament title to its regu Lar season Crown. Leu playing for the fourth Day in a Row and coming off a two overtime semifinal Victory Over Georgia made it a Battle until coners spurt gave the tide a 56-49 Lead with 5 38 to play.pac-10 final Jerome Pooh Richardson scored 21 Points and Manlel Hatcher added 20 As Urcla qualified for the Mcaa tournament for the first Lime in four years by defeating Washington. The Bruins who will enter the tournament with a 24-6 record grabbed a 50-38 Lead four minutes into the second half with a 12-4 spurt. They extended the margin to 57-42 with 12 34 remaining and the huskies got no closer than seven the rest of the  eight final freshman Lee Coward hit a jump shot from the top of the key with four seconds left 10 give Missouri is two Point Victory Over Kansas. Coward hit the winning shot after teammate Mike Sandbothe missed a free throw. Lynn Hardy picked up the Loose Ball and passed to Coward who scored for Missouri. Derrick Chievous who scared 27 Points for the tigers had tied the score 65-65 with a fad away jumper with 58 seconds left. Danny Manning scored 31 Points in Fito photo Georgetown s Hercle Williams. Scores 25 again so Syracuse eluding the last it for Kansas which still was invited to the Mcaa tourney. Sec final Texas am s defeat of Baylor equated the biggest rout in the 12-year history of the Sec tournament. The aggie 17-13, who had lost twice to Baylor during the regular season had four players in double figures Ted by guards Darryl Mcdonald with 17 Points and Todd Holloway with 16, Forward Winston Crit also had i. Etc final Mark Atkinson had 16 Points and 13 rebounds for Bucknell against Towson state. Mark Allsteadt scored 15 Points. Chris Seneca 14 and to Heiden 13 for the Bison who won their first Etc Basket Ball championship. Bucknell entered the championship game As the first seed for the third Lime in four years having lost the previous two title games in overtime. Bill Leonard had 27 Points for Tow son. No 6 Iowa 81, Wisconsin 71 Roy Marble scored 20 Points As Iowa improved its record to 27-4 with a Victory Over Wisconsin. By. Armstrong s 3-Point goal and Layup gave the Hawk eyes their Bignel Lead at 68 54 with 7 16 left. Mcaa from Pago 21 the first and second rounds and Indiana will play in Indianapolis where it plays in an Early season tournament every year. Dick Schultz the athletic director at Virginia and chairman of the selection committee predicted a wide open tournament. Well have to see How the games play themselves out but because of the 3 Point play and the 45-second Dock we have More parity than we be Ever had in the game of basketball. We think it s going to be a very competitive Field he said. First and second round Competition will be held at eight Sites beginning thursday. Regional Competition the Fol lowing weekend will be held at Louisville in the Southeast East Rutherford n.j., in the East Cincinnati in the Midwest and Seattle in the West the four regional winners Wilt play in the super dome in new Orleans at the end of March for the first $1 million final four. A record payout of almost $25 million is projected the East will play the Southeast and the West Wilt take on the Midwest in the semifinals. Each final four team will receive slightly More than $1 million according to Mcaa projection. The minimum pay out Wol be $200,000 for the 32 first round losers. Second round losers will receive about $400,000, third round los ers about $600,000 and losers in the regional finals about $800,000. Schultz defended the exclusion of the metro conference on the basis of the conference s decision to let Memphis state play in the conference tournament. The metro conference voted unanimously on two occasions to allow Mem Phis state in its tournament in effect this Means since Memphis slate won the tournament there is no automatic bid for the metro Schultz said. Louisville had 14 losses and that s too Many Schultz said. This was a very difficult  first round action will begin in the East regional thursday at Charlotte . Wit i North Carolina 29-3, meeting no. 16 seed Pennsylvania 13-13. Navy 26-5, will go against Michigan 19-11. In the other half of that doubleheader. Later thai Day notre Dame 22-7 and one of three independents in the Field will meet Middle Tennessee stale 22-6 and Marshall 25-5, lakes on Texas Christian 23-6. At Syracuse on Friday the other first round East action will pit Florida 21-10. Against North Carolina state 20-14, and Purdue 24-4, against northeastern 27 6. In the other Friday doubleheader at Syracuse Ecsi Virginia. 23-7, takes on Western Kentucky 28-8, and Syracuse the East s no. 2 seed 26-6, meets Georgia Southern 20-10. Thursday s winners at Charlotte will meet in a doubleheader on saturday and Friday s winners at Syracuse play on sunday. The Southeast regional begins Friday Al Atlanta with two doubleheaders Georgetown 26-4, meets Bucknell 22-8, and Kentucky 18-10, plays Ohio stale 19-12. In the second doubleheader Clemson 25-5, meets Southwest Missouri slate 27-5, and Kansas 23-10. Will ploy Houston 18-11. In the Southeast s other first round games Al Birmingham ala., on thurs Day Providence 21-8, plays Alabama Birmingham 21-10, and Illinois 23-7, meets Austin Peay 9-l 1, in the second double Cadar at Birmingham new or leans 25-3, takes on Brigham Young 21 10, and Alabama 26-4, goes against North Carolina at 24-5. Thursday s winners at Birmingham will play on saturday and Atlanta s win ners will Advance to the second round on sunday. Starting times for first round games will be announced later the Mcaa said. Salt Lake City will be the site of first round games thursday in the West regional with univ putting its tournament Best 33-1 record up against 16th seeded Idaho slate 15-15. Georgia 18 11, will meet Kansas state 19-10, to Complete the doubt header. In the Sec Ond doubleheader at Salt Lake on thurs Day Virginia 21-9, meets Wyoming 22 9, and Urcla 24-6, meets Central Mich Igan 22-7. Al Tucson on Friday Oklahoma 22-9, goes against Tulsa 22-7, and Pittsburgh 24-7, meets Marist 20-9. In the second doubleheader Texas it paso 24-6, plays Arizona 18-11, and second seeded Iowa 27-4, plays Santa Clara 18-13. The four Salt Lake winners will move into the second round on saturday and the Tucson winners will play their Sec Ond round games on sunday. Thursday s first round action at Indi Anapolis will have Indiana 24-3, meeting Fairfield 15-15 and Auburn 17-12, going against san Diego 24-5 in the first Zoub Leader and Duke 22-8, meeting Texas am 17-13, and Missouri 24-9, playing Xavier 18-12, in the second one. The winners will meet in the second round on saturday. At Chicago on Friday St. Johns 20-8, will play Wichita stale 22-10, and de Paul 26-2. Plays Louisiana tech 22-7. Chicago s other first round action sends Georgia tech 16-12, against leu 21 14, and second seeded Temple 31-3,goes against Southern University 19-11. The winners will play sunday in the Sec Ond round. Schultz citing parity in College Basket Ball noted that 17 teams with at least 20 victories were excluded there is not that one dominant big Man in the Field that we be seen in the past like Georgetown s Patrick  he said. I guess David Robinson Proba Bly comes closer Ilton anyone to that but he does not make Navy a  the three .500 trams in the Field Idaho stale Fairfield and Penn Are fighting history As Well As Good teams. Four limes in the tournament s 48-year run there have been .500 teams invited. But none has advanced past the first round