European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ?4r-Vrrtfarf of in march12, 1991 b Page 28 by Doug Tucker a sports writer Kansas City to. A Nevada Las vegas the Best in the West could run into one of the beasts from the East on its path to a second straight naga title. The top ranked running rebels Are Likely to play Georgetown one of a record tying seven teams from the big East in the second round of the Mcaa tournament. The 64-team Field and pairings were announced sunday. A a we re no. 1 in the country and we get rewarded by playing Georgetown in the second round a said univ coach Jerry Tarkanian. Mcaa pairings a people have been asking me All week who i feared the most am Georgetown was one of the two i feared a added tar Karns an whose team enters the tournament with a 41-Gamc winning Streak a Georgetown is a dangerous team.�?�. Before the matchup is set both teams must win their first round games Friday at the West regional in Tucson Ariz. Top seeded univ 30-0 plays 16th-seeded Montana 23-7 and eighth seeded Georgetown 18-12 meets no. 9 Vanderbilt 17-12. Last week Georgetown was considered a borderline Mcaa tournament a team. Quot. but the hoyas clinched a berth by making it All the Way to the big East tour Diament final where they lost to Hall on sunday. A a a few Days ago we were on the Bubble and today we re the eighth seed in the West a said Georgetown coach John Thompson. A a it a interesting we go from not going to the tournament to eighth seed by winning two basketball Ohio state which shared the big ten title with Indiana got the top seed in the Midwest despite losing its last two games to Purdue and Iowa. The other no. 1 see pairings on Page 22 March 14& 15 univ i Montana 161 Georgetown 8 Vanderbilt 9h Michigan St. 5 Wise go a Utah 4 s. Alabama a 6 Creighton h Seton Hall 3 Pepperd no 14 Virginia -1 a 7 Brig. Young 10 i Arizona a 2 St. Fran. A 1bh Ohio St. 1 Towson St. 16 Georgia St. 8 Depaul 9 h Texas 5 St. Peter s St. John s 4 no. Illinois. 13 leu 6 Connecticut a 11 Nebraska 3 Xavier Ohio 14 Iowa. 7 e. Tenn. St. 11 Duke 2 Northeast la. 15 1 Mcaa men s basketball championship 1991 West j Tucson Arizona March 15-17 a Oattilo. A March 21 &23 Salt Lake City March 14-16 East Indianapolis Midwest Dayton Ohio March 15-17 Pontiac Michigan March 22s24 Minneapolis March 14-16 a. It co t3 c 0 s 1 e co out q. A v c o a e co c o Syracuse new York March 15-17 East Rutherford . March 22&24 College Park Maryland March 15-17 1 1 March 14& 15 Carolina l6 northeastern. 8 Princeton a a Villanova a 5 Mississippi St. La Eastern Mich. A 4 Kucla a penh state / 6 . State he Southern miss. 3 Oklahoma state l4 new Mexico 7 1 Purdue a to a. Temple 2 a a Syracuse. L5 1 Richmond a National semifinals. March 30 Atlanta March 15-17 a Charlotte 21 amp 23 Louisville Kentucky March 14-16 1 a. Arkansas la Georgia St. 8 Arizona St. 1 a Rutgers. 5 Wake Forest. L2 Louisiana tech. 4 Alabama t3 Murray St. 6 Pittsburgh. I Georgia 3 Kansas l4 new Orleans 7 1 Florida state. To Southern Cal 2 a Indiana 15 coastal sports Senna takes Phoenix up wire to wire a Page 25 Galaxy a Baker in running for nil shot a Page 25 celtics douse blazers nil sunday a page26 nit takes seven 20-game winners a Page 27 heels stomp Duke in finale from wire reports Charlotte . The showdown for the 3sth Atlantic coast conference basketball championship turned out. To be just the Blowout experts anticipated a except that North Carolina did the honors routing top seeded Duke %-74. The tar heels shrugging off their two Reg Ulyir Senson losses to the Blue devils took Duke apart. North Carolina dominated front the Start and led by As Many As 26 sunday the Victory a the most one sided acc final since 1968 a gave seventh ranked North Carolina 23-5 its second acc tournament championship in the past three years. It was the 12th Overall Tor the tar heels a 11 under Dean Smith and one of the most shocking. Even the Veteran tar heels Mentor was a Little taken aback.�?o1 saw Duke saturday and i thought they were unbeatable a said Smith whose team parlayed the Victory into the no. I seed of the Mcaa tournaments East regional a this game does strange _ the tar Lledo it la a trip hey. Northeastern on Friday in Syracuse inc. In the first round quickly dismantled sixth ranked Blue devils. North Carolina built a 15-4 Lead less than six minutes into he game led by As see tar a eels on Page 22
