European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                College basketball Michigan tops Indiana 68-60 by the associated press the new kids tied the big ten Block with a week to go. Michigan again starting its five Man freshman class beat no. 2 Indiana 68-60 sunday to drop the hoosiers into a first place tie in the conference with Ohio state with 13-3 records. The 18th-ranked wolverines 18-8, 9-7 were As inconsistent against Indiana As they have been All season. They opened a 20-6 Lead on the Way to a 37-29 halftime advantage Only to see Indiana score the first 11 Points of the second half. They righted themselves and took advantage of poor free throw shooting by the hoosiers to Lead by eight with three minutes to play. A we have a very Young team and they Are just starting to scratch the potential they think they have a Michigan coach Steve Fisher said. A we Are starting to  the win probably seals an Mcaa tournament at Large berth for Michigan while Indiana 22-5 and Ohio state have two games left a one Home and one Road a to Settle the matter of the league championship and the automatic berth which accompanies that. A this is Only one Victory but it is a huge one a Fisher said. A it gives us a Quality win Over a top opponent. Now i think we Are in the tournament. Before i Wasny to too  four teams earned automatic berths to the Mcaa Field of 64 on sunday a Murray state of the Ohio Val Ley conference East Tennessee state of the top 25 _ Southern conference Northeast Louisiana of the Southland and southwestern Louisiana of the Sun Belt. Two were earned on saturday a Campbell in the big South and Howard in the mid Eastern athletic conference. Jimmy King had 18 Points for Michigan while Jalen Rose added 15 and Chris Webber had 11 Points and a career High 18 rebounds. They Are three fifths of the Rookie starters. A it Wasny to just the a fab five today a said Webber referring to the groups Media nickname. A everybody contributed  Indiana shot just 36 percent and made one of eight free throws Over the final seven minutes. A we Are very dependent of our shooting and we did no to shoot Well a hoosiers coach Bob Knight said. A without Alan Henderson we were 13 of 44, and you wont beat anyone shooting like  Henderson a freshman led the hoosiers with 19 Points. Indiana which swept the season series with Ohio state has games left with Wisconsin and at Purdue while the buckeyes face Illinois and go to Minnesota. In other games sunday no. 3 Kansas 97, no. 11 Missouri 89 the Jay Hawks 23-4,11-3who had already clinched the big eight regular season title had a season Best 31-for-36 Effort from the free throw line to offset an outstanding performance by Anthony Peeler who had 43 Points. Peelers fifth 3-Pointer of the game cat Kansas Lead to 91-89 with 45 seconds to play but the Jay Hawks the conferences worst free throw shooting team made four of four and added a Layup to Send the tigers 20-7, 8-6 to their third straight loss. Washington St. 82, no. 8 us 68 the cougars 20-10, 8-9 went outside a 11 for 18 from 3-Point Range a and held Harold Miner eight Points below his Pac-10 leading scoring average and without a Field goal in the second half. Bennie Seltzer scored All but three of his 18 Points on 3-pointers As he went 5 for 7 from beyond 19 feet 9 inches. The trojans 21-5, 13-3 had started the Day tied for the conference Lead but were outscored 21-7 Over the games final 6 45. No. 9 Urcla 80, Washington 79 the Bruins 23-4, 14-2 took Over first place in the Villanova a Calvin Mccarthy snares a rebound under the Syracuse bucket sunday during their big East contest Pac-10 with the Road Victory. Tracy Murray who had 25 Points for Urcla made two free throws with 1 41 to play for the games final Points. Washington 12-16, 5-12 had two chances for the win but it turned the Ball Over both times the second with six seconds left. Don Maclean had 26 Points for Urcla which was tied with Southern Cal to Start the Day while Rich Manning led the huskies with 17 Points. To win the title in the league which does not have a postseason tournament the Bruins 23-4, 14-2 have to Jeat Arizona on thursday night. The wildcats Are tied for second in the conference with Southern Cal at 13-3. They close the season with Arizona state saturday. Villanova 76, no. 24 Syracuse 56 the wildcats 14-13, 11-7 won their sixth straight in e a meeting of teams which will play in the big East quarterfinals on Friday. Villanova used a 17-0 run to take a 44-18 Lead on the Way to the Road Victory. The orangemen 18-9, 10-8 shot 22 percent in the first half and went scoreless for More than eight minutes. They have lost six of eight. No. 25 mass 106, Rutgers 94 Jim Mccoy had 24 Points and Tony Barbee added 21 As the minutemen 26-4 won their 10th straight advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. Massachusetts was to play Rhode Island monday night. Rutgers 15-14 closed within 63-58 with 17 41 to play when Mccoy scored eight Points in a 10-2 run that put the game away. Steve worthy had a career High 32 Points for the Scarlet knights. Us s Thompson was oblivious to 3-Point Mark Portland Ore. A Tomas Thompson had no idea of the record he was setting for the University of san Francisco dons but the crowd was ecstatic each time he handled the Ball outside the 3-Point perimeter. Thompson a Reserve Junior guard came off the Bench saturday night to connect on eight of eight 3-Point baskets and score 29 Points in leading the dons past Loyola Mary mount 100-85 in an opening round game of the West coast conference tournament. In the process the 6-foot-5 Thompson erased the Mcaa division i three Point accuracy record of seven for seven shared by three others. The All division record is nine for nine set by Jim Durrell of Colby Sawyer an Mcaa division Iii school. Thompson scored 20 Points sunday night including six 3-pointers, but the dons bowed to Pepperdine in a acc semifinal. A the shots were there and i was taking them a Thompson said before after saturdays game. Thompson a native of Santa Cruz calif., no came from West Valley Junior College where he averaged 20 Points and had a game High 33 last season canned six of six first half 3-pointers in a 1 38 Span Midway through the opening stanza. A i Felt in rhythm it was a dream a Thompson said. A we were beating them leu on the break and got wide open shots. . Darryl Johnson and Amin Brown were kicking the Ball Back out and i was just shooting  during the season Thompson was Only 13 of 37 in 3-pointers and collected Only 20 Points in his first 20 games with the dons. In fact he was 11 of 23 in the last seven games of the season meaning he hit Only two of 14 prior to that season ending run. A we recruited him for this 3-Point shooting and that a exactly what he a doing a san Francisco coach Jim Brovelli said. A a in a really Happy for