European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 26,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23college from Page 21 game s Iasi i 2 Points in Richaid. Who missed eight minutes in the first half with a head injury. Scored 20 Points. Steve Henson scored 21 Points Tor Kansas state which led 57-55 with 3.27 left. No. 6 Connecticut 79, Seton Hall 57 Storrs Conn. A Chris Smith scored 21 Points and Nada Henefeld sparked a 15-0 run to Start the game As Connecticut 24-4. 11-3 broke a 25-Vcar-Uui school record Tor victories in a season and staved one game ahead of Georgetown in the big fast Frant Voles led Seton Hall with 15 Points no. H Georgia tech 88. Notre Dame 8 1 South bind. Ind. A freshman Kenny Anderson matched his season High with 32 Points including five in overtime for Georgia tech 20-5. Which overcame a 14-Point deficit Early in the second half. Notre Dame twice missed the front end of one and ones in the final 27 seconds of regulation. No. 9 Purdue 75, Ohio St 70 West Lafayette. Ind. A Sophomore guard Woody Austin scored a career High 21 Points and Purdue got its final 12 Points from the foul line. The boilermakers made in of 13 free throws in the final 3 54. With Tony Jones making eight straight. He finished with 18 Points. Purdue 20-5 stayed in first place in the big ten 12-3one game ahead of Michigan state. No. 17 Oregon St. 83, Urcla 74 Corvallis. Ore. A Gary Payton emerged from a subpar shooting Day to score 12 consecutive Oregon stale Points in the final six minutes As the beavers rallied to remain in first place in the Pacific-10. Payton playing his final Home game made Only seven of 18 shots but scored 23 Points and had 12 assists As the beavers 21-4, 14-2 took a one game Lead Over an Ona. Lula lb-9, 9-7 dropped its fifth in a Row its longest losing Streak since 1947-48. Don Maclean scored 32 Points for the Bruins. No. 18 Minnesota 102, Iowa 80 Iowa City. Iowa a Richard Coffey scored 18 Points and five teammates also were in double figures As Minnesota used a 21-2 spurt to open the second half. Minnesota 19-6. 10-5 big ten won its third straight game while Iowa dropped its sixth in a Row. No. 19 Xavier Ohio 80, Butler 66 Indianapolis a Tyrone Hill scored 24 Points and Jamal Walker added 23 As Xavier won its Lith straight game. With the game tied 29-29 late in the first half a 3-Pointcr by Walker put Xavier 23-2, 12-2 midwestern collegiate conference ahead for Good. No. 22 Loyola met 117, Santa Clara 81 los Angeles a Hank gathers added 29 Points for the Lions who shot 60.3 percent and finished the Villanova s Marc Dowdell loses control of a rebound against Georgetown s Dike be Mutombo foreground. Regular season 22-5. 13-1 West coast conference. They clinched the acc title Friday night. The Lions who Lead the nation in scoring also Are on Pace to shatter their Mcaa single season record of 112,5 Points a game set last season. They Are averaging 124.9. No. 24 . St. 101, san Jose St. 70 Las Cruces. . A Keith Hill scored 22 Points and Randy Brown had 21. Including eight straight late in the first half As new Mexico state finished the year 16-0 at Home. The aggie 23-3, 14-2 big West have two Road games and the conference tournament investigated 8> the wish Inkton in list North Carolina slate is investigating an allegation that former basketball Plater Charles Shackleford accepted Cash payments during the i9s8 season according to a published report. Shackleford now Voth the new Jersey nets is alleged to have received $ >5,000 from a Man posing As a sports agent l Ive new and t a server of Raleigh reported saturday. University counsel Hecky French said Friday that coach Jim Valvano notified school administrators after Abc sports interviewed him about the allegations last week. She said that the school informed the Mcaa and the Atlantic coast conference. French said that the school had no evidence that the allegation is True. An acc official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Shackleford is alleged to have received payments without the knowledge of Valvano and the University. Schedules impress Mcaa selectors by Doug to Cufr Kansas c Ity to. Apr fans who still believe 20 victories Are an automatic ticket to the Mcaa basketball tournament have fallen seriously behind the times says the Boss of the selection committee. In fact a Dove loss to a highly regarded opponent on the Road counts More on a selection weekend Quot than a Wal through win Over a Patsy at Home a strength of schedule is a More important Factor than total number of Wmk Quot committee chairman Jim do Iny said in a nationwide Telephone Hookup with sports writers and sportscasters. A Twenty years ago. Before we had All this computer data and intersections Competition there May have been a magic he said. A but now. The strength of schedule is the key thing. I be seen teams in the Mcaa tournament with double digit losses. We re really looking for Quality opponents Quality wins. The total number of w ins is something that really does no to enter into our thinking very much. Quot obviously you have to have some Success against Quality opponents Quot Del any said. Quot but its been a Long time since a magic number the selection the 64-team Field will include 30 automatic qualifiers As conference representatives. And a clan conceded that its not even essential for a team to finish in the top division of its own league to get an at Large bid. A was the tournament has expanded the committee has not departed from the concept of trying to select the Best 34 teams in country Quot he said. A it s possible for an institution. To go undefeated against some fairly Good Competition in december then come into a Strong league and be in the Middle of the pack. Its rare that we go below the first division of a conference. It has happened on a couple of Delany said the nine member selection committee which he Heads for the first time has held preliminary discussions on one of the simmering issues facing Mcaa schools a How to Divide the >1 billion tournament television Money. The executive committee will make a decision next summer after taking recommendations from various groups. Quot there will be a Competition of ideas Quot he said. Quot i done to think its going to be an easy thing to do. The concept is not that difficult. The difficulty is coming up with a formula that enjoys wide ranging the contract with lbs that was signed last fall will increase tournament Revenue about 250 percent and potentially coca c an embarrassment of riches. Last year s final four teams received si.374.j24 in addition to expenses and per diem. A simple invitation to the 64-team Field was Worth More than a Quarter million dollars. With revenues jumping almost 300 percent does that mean a visit to the final four should be Worth about $4 million a a it a awfully Early but 1 can Tell you the committee wants to use the Money in such a Way to Send perhaps some Dot Sci ent signals from what we have sent Delany said. Quot we want to get it Back to what reflects Well in higher education. To support Broad based sports programs schools that practice High degrees of integrity within their even the smaller schools in division ii and division Iii which do not parti Ciatu in the division i tournament could come in for a share. Quot we need to be fair and equitable to divisions ii and Iii a Delany said. Quot and some Money needs to be provided to All members of division i. But there is a recognition we need to use the Money to encourage Broad based programs and encourage integrity. How that gets done is up in the air. A
