European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Univ Kansas fill half of final four by the associated press Nevada Las vegas and Kansas used second half surges saturday to reach the final four. The defending Champion Runnin rebels scored the first 14 Points after intermission to pull away from Seton. F Lail for a 77-65 Victory in the West regional final at Seattle. Kansas used a pair of 8-0 runs to overcome a 12-Point halftime deficit and beat Arkansas 93-81 in the Southeast championship game at Charlotte . A i can to repeat what coach Roy Williams said at halftime but he told us to come out and do what got us Here and we did Quot said Kansas guard Adonis Jordan in Lvi a Larry Johnson scored 30 Points including a pair of three pointers during the game breaking run that turned the rebels three Point halftime Lead into a 53-36 runaway. Mcaa saturday before the game univ coach Jerry Tarkanian worried about his teams Lack of intensity in the tournament. But the rebels proved his fear was unfounded As they won their 45th straight game the fourth longest Streak in division i history. A we played great in the second half Quot Tarkanian said. A a we were As Good As we could be. I be prouder of the Way we sundays regional finals in the East and Midwest determined the other half of the final four in Indianapolis. Univ 34-0 will play the Duke so Johns Winner and Kansas 26-7 will face the North Carolina Temple Winner. Alonzo Jamison scored a career High 26 Points As Kansas advanced to the final four for the second time in the last four tournaments a the Jay Hawks won the National championship in 1988. A 6-foot-6 Junior Jamison was voted most valuable player of the regional. He made 11 of 14 shots including a 3-Point-cr, and grabbed nine rebounds As Kansas out rebounded Arkansas. 41-38. A we tried everything we could to Stop him a said Arkansas Center Oliver Miller. A the was Kansas entered the tournament with the worst fryc throw accuracy 62 percent of the 64 teams. But the Jay Hawks were deadly against Arkansas making 26 of 33, including 16 of 17 Over the final five minutes. Another key for Kansas was shutting Down Arkansas Star Todd Day in the second half. After scoring 21 Points in the first half Day missed nine of 11 shots and got Only five More Points for the Razorbacks 34-4. A we had to keep fresh bodies on him see saturday on Page 22 monarchs dash Bash loss Mars Galaxy s opener by Blocky Fox staff writer a a a. Frankfurt Germany a Frankfurt threw the longest party London threw the longest touchdown. While 23,169 fans celebrated the first world league of american football game London s monarchs dashed their Bash with a 24-11 Victory Over Frankfurt a Galaxy saturday night. The biggest dash belonged to Jon Horton. The split end from Arizona caught a More on Day 1 on Page 25 96-Yard touchdown pass from Stan gel Baugh giving London a 17-5 Lead. Turn out the lights. The party was Over even if it was just Midway through the third Quarter. A a. A London a defense turned that switch. It held Frankfurt to 186 Yards and 13 first Downs compared to the 346 Yards and 14 first Downs for the Monarch offence. A we did All right a said London linebacker Marlon Brown the former Safe Star out of Ramstein who was Cut by the Cleveland Browns in 1989. A we practice better than that. We were trying to keep them from scoring that last touchdown. Maybe we were feeling sorry for them and let Mem have Brown had one sack and forced a Fum a ble. A the German dominated crowd did no to exactly turn into librarians after Horton a heroics but the Novelty of pro football in Europe had worn off. Frankfurt a big league soccer stadium was sure getting a kick out of football before Kickoff. Fireworks music cheerleaders monster to a everything rained on the place. Even the Olaf president Mike Lynn landed on the Field in a helicopter. Quot i done to think in be Ever been wound so tight Quot said monarchs coach Larry Ken Nan a former assistant with the Indiana. A a. A a. A amps l Emmett Lewis or. Frankfurt s Lee Jones pressures London Abjohn Vitkowski on saturday. Polis Colts. For All the pregame fireworks the game lacked plenty of fire in the first Quarter. Besides the flood of dropped balls overthrows and penalties four to timeouts kept the Pace at a crawl which is exactly what the Olaf promised the avoid. It took Frankfurt s defense and special teams to spark the Pace. Free safety Mark seals of Boston University recovered a Fumble at the London 26, and that nearly produced the a a historical first Points. German kicker Stephan Maslo nearly got the honors. He lined up for a 43-Yard Field goal hut a delay penalty forced him off the Field. Enter Tom Whelihan. The former Missouri Tiger punted deep and Keith Mccoy of Fresno state downed it at the London 3. That set up the very first Points in see Bash on Page 22 the stars and stripes sports March 25,1991 b Page 28 heels owls by Bill Barnard a basketball writer East Rutherford . Through eight years Dean Smith and North Carolina struggled in vain to get Back to the final four. With one last struggle they finally did it tar heels held off upstart Temple 75-72 for the Mcaa East regional championship ending Smiths longest absence from the final four and making him the first coach to get there in four different decades. It was t easy. In fact not until the last shot of Mark Macon a redemption clanged off the front of the rim in the final seconds could Smith raise his arms in Triumph and sigh in Relief. King Rice hit four free throws in the final 22 seconds As Carolina reached the Mcaa sunday National semifinals for the first time since winning it All in 1982. A Macon returning to the site of a humiliating 6-for-29 performance in the 1988 East regional final was Brilliant in defeat scoring 31 Points and earning regional map horrors. His 3-Pointer with 9 seconds left closed the owls to 73-72 before Rice hit two clinching free throws. North Carolina 29-5 will meet Kansas in the National semifinals setting up a matchup of Dean Smith and former assistant Roy Williams. With sundays Victory Smith tied Urcla s John wooden for most career Mcaa tournament coaching victories. Smith is 47-21, wooden 47-18. Smith reached the final four seven times Between 1967 and 1982, but his longest absence before this was his first five years at Chapel Hill 1962-66. The tar heels lost in the regional finals in 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1988. Rick Fox and Hubert Davis led Carolina with 19 Points inside sports lady vols return to Mcaa final four a Page 22 bulls Nab 26th straight Home Victory a Page 26 Kings douse flames take Lead a Page 26 Seles beats Sabatini retains title a Page 27
