European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Top teams struggle in drive to tourney e stars and stripes h 6,1992 b Page 28 tar Heel George Lynch left strips the Ball from Georgia tech s Malcolm Mackey. By United press International at the conclusion of wednesday nights round of action in the world of College basketball it became a lot easier to forecast the favorite for the upcoming Mcaa tournament. Its everybody. As wednesday evenings results demonstrated this years Mcaa tourney could be one of the most wide open in history. The top ranked Duke Blue devils can hardly be called an overwhelming Choice to win their second straight title sinc College basketball they had to overcome a 19-Point deficit to beat Clemson 98-97 wednesday. No. 2 Indiana lost some of its Luster As a result of a struggling 64-60 win Over Iowa. And the Bottom fell out of Kansas Stock because the no. 3 Jay Hawks fell to Iowa state 70-66. Not Only that no. 8 Missouri was overwhelmed at Home by the 24th-ranked Oklahoma sooner 81-67 no. 9 Kentucky was dubbed on the Road by Florida 79-62 no. 11 Oklahoma state had to fight off an upset bid by Colorado 69-63 no. 15 Alabama survived a scare against Mississippi 84-83 no. 19 depart was downed at Home by Marquette 7365 no. 20 Tulane fell at Home to Memphis state 68-67 no. 21 Seton Hall had to go to overtime to turn Back Miami 90-82 and no. 23 Syracuse lost to Connecticut 85-78. Finally the 13th-ranked North Carolina tar heels avoided the first five game losing Streak Ever under coach Dean Smith by coming from behind to Down Georgia tech 79-75. Georgia tech jumped to an 11-1 Lead and led at the half by six before the tar heels came Back to win their first game since feb. 15. The rash of surprises wednesday night would have been much greater had Clemson been Able to score two More Points than it did. After out playing the Blue devils in the first half Clemson went on a 17-4 run to open the second period and built a 19-Point advantage. J Duke coach Mike Krzyzowski was so upset by the play of his starters that he took All five of them out of the game with 16 minutes remaining and his reserves began a 25-7 run that pulled the Blue devils Back into it. When the starters returned Christian laettner began hitting 3-Point shots. One of them gave Duke its first Lead at 78-77. The Blue devils fell behind by five Points again but eventually regained the advantage and two late free throws by Thomas Hill gave Duke a four Point Cushion and clinched the game. Quot a sensational Effort by Clemson a Krzyzewski said. A they did nothing to lose the game. I inside sports sax wanted to go to Winner a Page 22 nil summaries standings a Page 23 breaststroke Barrowman upset a Page 26 Strawberry gives Gooden a Call a Page 27 was impressed by the fact that once we got a Lead a couple of times Clemson did no to turn. A to give our Guys credit we did Many positive things. But it is a shame Clemson lost. Clemson a Effort should be appreciated and it is appreciated by me. A your Guys hit some big shots. Lacott Ner s threes and our subs got us Back in the game. We played Well the last 16 minutes but we did no to play smart. We must have better discipline and we need to be mentally ready Quot a this was about As Tough a loss As you can have a said Clemson coach Cliff Ellis. A there is no such thing As a moral Victory and we done to accept moral victories. Rosemont 111. A a plan to move the Chicago cubs and the St. Louis cardinals to the National league West in 1993 and shift Atlanta and Cincinnati to the no East was blocked wednesday by the cubs. No president Bill White had pushed for realignment when the league expands to 14 clubs in 1993, but it failed despite a 10-2 vote in favor. A we thought it was very important for the cubs to remain in the East a said Mark Mcguire a cub executive vice but i am extremely proud of this basketball team. A you have to give a lot of credit to Duke. They Are a great basketball team and they found a Way to win. I think the key to the game was Dukes putting some Guys in that had not played that big of a role during the season. When their starters came Back in they decided they were going to win the basketball  with Duke and Indiana holding on for narrow wins the biggest Shock of the night came in Ames Iowa where Julius Michalik scored 17 Points and hit two key baskets in the final minute to bring Iowa state its second big upset win in the last two weeks. President. The no Constitution requires a 75 percent vote for realignment but also requires All clubs involved in switches to approve. White did not announce the voting but several others in the meeting said the new York mets also voted against the proposal. Mets co owner Fred Wilpon declined to discuss his teams vote. White said he was disappointed by the plans failure to gain approval a i think it was a consensus of theroman grabs 34 rebounds Auburn Hills Mich. A Dennis Rodman grabbed 34 rebounds a the highest total in the Aba in nearly four years and a Detroit Piston team record a and Isiah Thomas scored five of his 31 Points in overtime to key a 110-107see other Aba games on Page 26 Victory Over the Indiana pacers on wednesday night. Rodman a rebound total was the most in the Aba since Charles Oakley had 35 for the Chicago bulls on april 22, 1988. The 34 rebounds broke Bob Lanier a Piston record of 33 set in 1972. The total included 18 offensive rebounds for another team record. The old record was 13, set by Earl Williams on Jan. 2, 1976. Rodman fell Short of Moses Malone Saba record of 21, set in 1982. Detroit led 90-82 with five minutes left but the pacers went on a 12-2 run and Micheal Williams breakaway Layup with 1 08 gave Indiana a 94-92 Lead. Williams Chuck person and Dale Davis scored four Points each during the run. Joe Dumars tied the game with two free throws with 18,6 seconds to play and persons Short jumper missed at the Buzzer. The game was tied at 103 when 35 seconds left in overtime when Thomas hit an off balance shot while being fouled by Dale Davis and hit the free throw. Detlef Schrempf hit a Layup to Cut Detroit a Lead to one but Dumars converted two free throws to restore the three Point advantage and person was fouled As he attempted a game tying 3-Pointer. Person made the first missed the second and Dumars grabbed the Loose Ball. Bill Laimbeer then hit two free throws to Clinch the game. Detroit had led 49-45 at halftime but the pacers came Back to tie at 56 behind five Points from Greg Dreiling. Indiana then went on a 9-0 run late in the Quarter highlighted by persons 30-foot 3-Pointer As the shot clock ran out and led 74-71 at the end of three quarters. Scheduling committee that realignment would be beneficial to the National league a he said. The cubs and cardinals insisted on being placed in the East when the league expanded to 12 teams and split into divisions for the 1969 season. However Fred Kuhlmann of the cardinals said St. Louis voted in favor of wednesdays proposal. Mcguire said the cubs voted no because a your fans were opposed to  a move to the West would Nave resulted in More games with 9 30 cd starts on to. Realignment in no voted Down