European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ports april 1,1991 b Page 28 Duke places univ out of the Runnin. A a a it. A a a a a a. A a a. A a 4 Blue devils scissor res Streak at 45 Blue devils Bobby Hurley left and Greg Koubek gang up defensively on in los Stacy Augmon on  sports Dodds All stars sweep into semifinals a Page 22 Bell rings again Orlando Routs sky Hawks Page 25 rockets lose bid for. Perfect March a Page 26 Northern Michigan nabs hockey title a Page 26 stars end Black Hawks Streak a Page 27 by Jim of Connell a basketball writer Indianapolis a a second Chance for Duke proved to be the last Chance for univ. Shrugging off a 30-Point loss in last years Mcaa championship game the Blue devils beat top ranked univ 79-77 saturday to end the runner in rebels dream of a repeat title and undefeated season. A i thought All week we had a Chance but i Wasny to going to be Joe Namath and say anything like that a a Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. A i thought if we could fight for 40 minutes we could win not knowing if the kids could handle it. Univ plays with such ease and we play with so much  Bobby Hurley whose health and jump shot were both ill in that loss a year ago said he knew things could be different this time. A a we did no to read the article that said bring on the rebels and Send out the clowns a and we did no to lose by 20 or 30,�?� he said. A. Christian laettner the Only Duke player who played Well in the 103-73 championship game loss last season made two free throws with 12.7 seconds to play to give Duke 317 the final Lead. Univ came Dow court with one last Chance at keeping its dreams alive but Anderson Hunts 3-Pointer with 2 seconds to play bounced off the rim. Hunt got hugs from his teammates. Duke players celebrated. And a clan a 1973 squad stayed the last team to re peat and the 1976 Indiana team remained the last unbeaten Champion. A the running rebels 45-game winning Streak a the fourth longest in division i history a was ended at least two games Short of where they had hoped. A i d rather lose with this team than be with any other a univ guard Greg Anthony said. A i still think we re a part of history. I think we re the greatest team not to win a National  Duke will play Kansas a 79-73 Winner Over North Carolina in monday nights championship game. A a we re concerned right now about Kansas a _ Krzyzewski said. A the investment our team had to make tonight was a monster investment. They will have to avoid a lot of distractions before  the upset by the Blue devils must have been especially Sweet to two coaches a Krzyzewski of course and Indiana coach Bobby Knight his Mentor and close Friend who led the hoosiers to that perfect championship record in 1976. Laettner finished with 28 Points and it was his Yeo see Duke on Page 22 by Gene Wojeieck Zlowski the los Angeles times Indianapolis a it was. A textbook North Carolina Victor but Kansas was the author. In yet another unexpected Mcaa tournament twist the kims is clones Defeated the North Carolina classics 79-73, in saturdays semifinal and a dare anyone say it a the student former tar a decl assistant Roy Williams out coached the Mentor North Carolina legend Dean Smith. Williams and Kansas earned the right to face tar Heel archrival Duke in monday s final. A a. Star struck ref fouls out a Page 25 All it took was one look at the Hoosier dome scoreboard where Kansas Victory against North Carolina glowed brightly to see that Williams had Learned Well. If nothing else he was around at the end of the tune something Smith Wasny to. Witnv35 seconds remaining referee Pete Pavia called a second technical foul on a stunned Smith. That meant an automatic ejection a Only Smith s third in 30 years and 926 games. A at heels the offence according to Smith it was asking Pavia How much time he had left to talk to a substitute player a tasked three times and he did t answer me Quot Smith said. A Well he answered me with a  a Jim Delany chairman 6f the Mcaa tournament basketball committee and a guard for Smiths North Carolina teams in the late iy60s, had a slightly different interpretation. Simply put Smith left the coaches Box a no no. Too bad because Williams deserved to have his old Boss there at games end see Kansas on Page 22