European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 4, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 25 sooner coach wanted Kansas for finals foe by John Nelson Kansas City. To. A Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs Hopes he in t misunderstood but he warned in play Kansas instead of Duke for the National College basketball title. Fourth ranked Oklahoma and a ranked Kansas will Mel in an All big eight conference Mcaa final Mon Day night i j Only the third time to learns from the same conference have met in the last game of the sea son. "1 was pulling far  Tubby said and i Don l want you All la late it to mean that we thought Kansas was the easier learn. We re just a Little partial to  s great Tor our  Oklahoma Gal to inc final by beating no. 2 Arizona 86-78 saturday in the second of the two semifinals. In the other game Kansas upset no 5 Duke 66-59. The other one conference final games were in 1985 when Villanova beat Georgetown in an Alt gig East affair and in 1976 when Indiana Defeated Michigan in a big ten Battle. The title game will match Oklahoma s full court pressing defense and running offence which averaged pm paints per game. A gains i h More deliberate style Kansas offence built around two Lime All american Danny Manning both learns however have proved they can  ran quite bit in beating Duke one of the Best defensive learns in the country while Oklahoma worked Down Low to its two fron court men Slack King and Harvey Grant in its Hal coun offence against Arizona. Those Ems ure horses inside ari7ona All Macri Tan scan t Llin i Aid. We Haven t faced to Guys like i hit All  against Ari Ona Oklahoma started the 6-foot-id King 6-8 Oral and 6-5 Dave Sieger on the font line Mill -0 Mikk Blaylock and 61 Ricky Grace ate ads. Kansas started the 6-10 Manning. 6-8 Chris Piper and 6-4 Milt Newton in i he from court with the guard tandem of 6-3 Kevin pril Diard and 6-5 Jeff Gull diet. Height Wise i he two teams matchup Well on the front line although Grunt and King Are considered two of tin quickest most Mobile inside men in the game. Arizona used a Rone defense much of the Tim against Oklahoma. Kansas probably will use More Man to Man and Manning and i incr will draw the Wagnr nuni son in and Grant. Manning and Piper shared july against Duke a Danny ferry saturday. Ferry scored 19 Points but Only six in the Fin half us kania.5 built a big Early Lead. Oklahoma s press also will Pul pressure on Kansas bail handler. Pitchard. Blaylock. Who led the nation in steals this year most Likely will harass Pritchard for 40minutes. They nut on tremendous full Nurt pressure Arjona coach Lute Olson said of Oklahoma. And it inca tourney Oklahoma s Date Sieger right reaches Tut the Ball as1 a Fonna s Joe Turner fills Down during first hair Aci Iun. Does t end Oitice you get past mid court. They Chal Lenge every  Sla Loek s incessant defensive pressure helped keep Arizona s 1-Point guard Steve Kerr olt balance most of the game Kerr hit just 2-for-l 3, including 2-for-l 2from 3-Poinl Range with Blalock in his face. Elliou meanwhile was Able to score 31 Points against Oklahoma and that bodes Well far Manning. M to had 35 Aga inst Duke. The two Leams met twice during Ibe season. Oklahoma won 73-65 at Kansas Ihnn ital the Jai Hawls 05. 87 in Norman okla. The teams did not meet in the big tight tournament he Cav Kansas Insi to Kansas stale in tic second round. Subj Oklahoma is Lakin nothing for granted. We re looking Forward to playing Kaunas Grace Aid. They re on a High right now. They think they an do it. We re All aware of what Villanova did in what North Carolina stale did in 1911a we re not overlooking  Duke was bedevilled for first 61/2 minutes Kansas City to. A Duke was Liri shed from the Start. Llrsen limes in the first 6 30 of sat urday s semifinal Chr Lilue drs ils brought the Hall up against Kansas. Ten of those times Chi might As Well have saved themselves the proud a in the blink of Aneja i was 1-1-0, there were five in inst a shots and la Al Murnu Vars fur the acc clump Nivins. A Lio Suc veiled in dig Jini a Hue Hole Orihue miscues that helped Nuran Kyj Kansas to my Victory and a ticket to Mon  night s no championship game.  unit Duke miss d a coring Chen a Kansas seemed in eap Itah a thu re were a pair of 3-Poiut baskets by Mih Nekton of Jenny aning1 who would finish Imit i Points hit on a Layup and a tip in and Ihnn a Dunk after Newton s during Finger roil. Tic first seven Points in the 14-0 Kan Sas run came after Duke turnovers. The a Hawks a minded the Lead to 16 Points 31 ib-2 before the Blue devils were Able to put Conse cultic baskets  it had Kepi going the Way it was it probably would have Coda 82-20." Duke Oeh Mike Kra eve ski said. They came oui and attacked us really Well f wish we gut off to a belter Start. We were Ier Tunu Sivc Early. You can t be Lenta Tivi and pm i . I e a re and it opened a me passing lanes for  the irony of Hal is being tentative was exactly what Duke wanted to avoid. We talked about it before  said Duke s Danny Terry but we did play Strong and  did t play smart for the first to or 15 minutes. I u can t Diga Hole Linc  the first time these teams met Kansas charged oui to a 2i-8 Lead but Duie Cuttle margin to one print at halftime and eventually won 7j-70 in overtime. This Lime Duke Cut the Kansas Lead to three with four minutes to play but never overtook the Jay Hawks. La As really important to get off to a Enod Slart Kansas c each Larry Brown win. Milt Fame out on Fin. The a Chi nor forced some Murnu ices and we got   Kansas Side of the scoreboard to Al d like a pinball machine for awhile. It s definitely disheartening to  happening ferry said. We were spread out 3 bit and when you re down1-0, you know Usu re in fora Bailie. We fought it. To did t win  Chris Piper spent an exhausting  defensive duty a Gajni Hitt Wanh Manning. The 6-h senior int chit i Enship for hip and was a big reason Zhc Dike Junior Deonly 7 of22 shuts. He s real Gri Al. Lie knows How to get away with things in  a per d. "1 Learned a flu moves from him sums of  am sports i . Psi on Haske Bill Nav  pin help Kansas to i. Oklahoma 3 . Lut Jbv. Radio baseball major league Utmer St i opis at Cincinnati 8 . Monday. College Bast Bill n Caa Chanpi-. Tuesday