European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 13, 1990louisiana tech 29-0 Heads Field for women a Mcaa tournament Kansas City to. Apr unbeaten Louisiana tech Washington Stanford and Tennessee were Given the lop seeds sunday for the 1990 Mcaa division i women s basketball tournament. Louisiana tech 29-0the top seed in the Midwest and Tennessee 25-5the top seed in the Mideast joined Georgia Mississippi and Long Beach state As teams that have made the tournament in each of its nine years. The Southeastern conference led the 48-Tcam Field with six schools receiving berths. The big ten followed with five teams and the Atlantic coast conference and Pacific-10 conference each got four berths two of them regional no. I seeds Washington in the Mideast and Stanford in the West. The lop four regional seeds All received first round byes in the tournament that concludes with the final four at Knoxville Tenn. The first and second rounds will be played at various Campus Sites March 14-18. Four teams will Advance to the regional March 22-24 at Norfolk a. East Iowa City Iowa mide staustin Texas West and Stanford Calif Westin the final four semifinals March 30, the East regional Champion will meet the West and the Mideast Champion will face the Midwest. The championship game will be april 1. In the East top seeded Tennessee will face the old Dominion St. Josephus a Winner. Byes went to Virginia Providence and Connecticut. Other first round games in the East will match Clemson against Manhattan Maryland against appalachian state and Florida state against Penn state. In the Mideast top seeded Washington 26-2 will meet the Depaul Western Kentucky Winner. Auburn Coll Gefrom Page 21 on ship games 18th-ranked Louisville beat Southern Mississippi 83-80 in the metro and Idaho beat Eastern Washington 65-62 in the big sky. Both winners get automatic Mcaa bids. Big East no. 8 Connecticut 78, no. 4 Syracuse 75 guards Tate George Chris Smith and John Gwynn led the Connecticut attack both on offence and defense. George had 22 Points including six straight free throws in the final 30 seconds Smith had 20 Points and earned most valuable player of the tournament and Gwynn had 16 off the Bench. The three also helped Force 20 turnovers. The huskies 28-5 trailed by 12 Points six minutes into the game but outscored the orangemen 40-18 for a 45-35 Lead a minute into the second half. Stephen Thompson led Syracuse 24-6 with 21 Points. Big eight no. 1 Oklahoma 92, Colorado 80 Oklahoma opened a 17-Point second half Lead on the shooting of William Davis and Jackie Jones then held on. Davis and Jones scored 26 Points apiece As Oklahoma 26-4 won the championship for the second time in three years and clinched a High seeding in the Mcaa tournament. The buffaloes 12-18meanwhile saw their remarkable run through the tournament come to an end and bid Farewell to coach Tom Miller who a been told that he wont be Back next year. Oklahoma opened the second half with a 10-2 run that gave the soon cars their widest Lead 51-34. With 16 minutes remaining. 4 Southwest no. 9 Arkansas 96, Houston 84 Arkansas stilled Houston with a full court press and Todd Day scored 22 Points As the Razorbacks beat Houston Lor their second straight tournament title. Arkansas 26-4the regular season Sec Champion turned a 52-50 halftime Lead into a runaway by scoring the first 13 Points of the second half. Arkansas got 22 Points off turnovers against the cougars. Big West no. 3 univ 92, Long Beach St. 74 David Butler scored 19 Points As univ won its sixth big West tournament championship in nine years by beating Long Beach state and spoiling the 49ers�?T Hopes for an Mcaa tournament berth shortly after the game began univ 29-5 was awarded the top seed in the West. The loss broke a nine game winning Streak for the 49ers 22-8who Learned at half Lime that us Santa Barbara of the big West would go to the tournament unless they Defeated univ. The 49ers have not made the Caas since 1977. Pacific-10 no. 15 Arizona 94, Urcla 78 Arizona won its third consecutive Pac-10 tournament As Jud Buechler scored 22 Points. Urcla won the first Pac-10 tournament in 1987 but Arizona won the final three. The Pac-10 will join the big ten and the Ivy league next year As the Only conferences without postseason tournaments. Arizona 24-6 built a 46-32 halftime Lead with a combination of inside shooting 3-pointers and layups off steals. John Gwynn Hooks against Syracuse a David Johnson. Southeastern Alabama 70, Mississippi 51 Alabama went to its inside strength of Melvin Chea Tum David Benoit and Robert Horry to Down Mississippi and capture the conference tournament for the third time in four years. The Crimson tide 24-8 built an 18-Point Lead Early in the second half. Cheatum scored 15 Points and had 10 rebounds Benoit also had 15 Points and Horry turned in an outstanding defensive Effort with nine Points and seven rebounds. Big ten no. 20 Illinois 69, Indiana 63 Kendall Gill scored 23 Points and Illinois gave coach Lou Henson a school record tying 316th Victory. Illinois 21-7 led by As Many As 11 Points Early in the second half before Indiana Cut it to two with less than two minutes to go. But Gill and Marcus Liberty hit baskets to put it out of reach. Iowa and Northwestern Drew byes. In the other games South Carolina will face Bowling Green Vanderbilt will play Rutgers and Richmond will meet Tennessee tech. In the Midwest top seeded Louisiana tech will draw the Southern Mississippi Louisiana slate Winner. North Carolina Texas and Purdue Drew byes. The other midwestern first round contests will match Northern Illinois against Texas tech Ohio state against Southern Illinois and Michigan against Oklahoma state. In the West top seeded Stanford 27-1 will meet the Winner of the Montana Hawaii game. Georgia Stephen f. Austin state and univ received byes. Other first round games in the West include Mississippi against Utah Long Beach state against California and Urcla against  Page 21 was not Only Given the top seed in the East regional but j also will play its sub regional at the Hartford civic Center. Tournament rules dictate that a team cannot play on j its Home floor and define a Home floor As a place where a team played at least half of its Home games. A Conns played eight of its 17 games in Hartford. A in Many ways we forced the committee to play by the Rule Book a Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. A moving the big East Champion  make sense. I done to feel that we will or will not win because we re i playing in  the huskies open against Boston University 17-11. By coach Mike Jarvis was an assistant under Calhoun at northeastern for one year and relations Between the two Are strained. Syracuse 24-6which lost in the tournament final to j Conn was shipped to the Southeast regional and seeded no. 2 behind Michigan state. The orangemen play i mid Eastern athletic conference Champion Coppin state i 26-6 in the first round. Providence 17-11 was seeded no.9 in the West and will play Ohio state 16-12. R notre Dame was Given the most generous invitation of the draw. The Irish 16-12despite Good wins Over Syracuse and Missouri lost late season games to Dayton and Depaul and were thought to be very much on the Edge. Instead they were handed the no. 10 seed in the Southeast. Depaul 18-14which twice beat notre Dame was not invited. Maryland 18-13 also was overlooked despite beating invitees North Carolina and Virginia twice each. A the committee Felt that the Quality of none Dames wins merited their being selected a Delaney said. A there were 20 or 22 teams under consideration for the last seven positions and we had 16 teams Wini 20 victories that did no to get  among those were Southern Illinois 26-7which lost to Illinois state Ini the Missouri Valley conference final and holy Cro 24-5which was upset by Fordham in them tournament semifinals., f. Georgia tech which won the Atlantic coast con a i ence tournament and finished with a 24-6 la co Ai seeded Only fourth in the Southeast. A i Moi i Georgia tech would be a higher seed alter winning a tournament a Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski Sai a think the conference Champion should be a nig seed also maybe a third seed.�?�. Missouri 26-5which spent much of the regular i ranked no. 1 but lost three of its last four games an a beaten in the first round of the big eight ton manic. J seeded third in the Southeast. Oklahoma finished t a son with seven consecutive victories and Delaney i sooner so no. 1 seed was reflective of the committs cent ration on late season games. Vrcic the games in late february and Early Mai j Given a disproportionate Impact Over the g. I 19 con november and december a Delaney said. Kansas 29-4which started the season wit i Secu Tive wins but lost in the semifinals of me g tournament was moved to the East and sus s Ond behind Conn. The Jay Hawks open Aga Ert Morris 22-7. Mini la Salle whose 29-1 record is the Best in is try was made the no. 4 seed in the East. 1 is a \ play no. 13 seed Southern Mississippi flayed Louisville Terence final 83-80. By a or 20-6which nearly beat Georgetown a year a. Seeded no. 13 in the Midwest regional an Southwest conference Champion Arkans thursday in Austin Texas. Or 20-1 Tough before losing the i0. Ivy league champions i i inc