European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Urcla tops Arizona los Angeles apr Arizona s four year reign atop the pacific10 conference is Over. Don Maclean scored 28 Points and Tracy Murray had 23 Points and nine rebounds As eighth ranked Urcla held off the second ranked wildcats 89-81 thursday night to Clinch at least a tie for the Pac-10 championship. Both the Bruins 24-4 Overall 15-2 Pac-10 and wildcats 24-5, 13-4 com Flete their regular seasons saturday a Ila at Home against Arizona state 18-12, 9-8 and Arizona at loth ranked Southern Cal 22-5,14-3. A Victory by the Bruins Over Asu or a win by Arizona Over Southern Cal will give Urcla the conference Crown and in All likelihood the no. 1 seed in the West regional of the Mcaa tournament which begins next week. A a that a the kind of basketball we played earlier in the year and that a the kind of basketball we Hope to play the rest of the season Kucla coach Jim Harrick said. A a we be got to beat Arizona state we done to want to tie for the Pac-10 title. We cannot tie. We cannot tie. A we be got to get our emotions under tournament results by United Prate International results of College conference tournament quarterfinal games completed Friday afternoon Atlantic coast conference Georgia tech 68, Virginia 56 big East conference Syracuse 55, Villanova 52 big eight conference Oklahoma 107, Nebraska 85 metro conference . Charlotte 70, Virginia tech 52 Southeastern conference Kentucky 76, Vanderbilt 57 Southwest conference thu 62, Baylor 54 Western athletic conference Utah 81, Hawaii 69 control and play another Southern Cal took Over undisputed Possession of second place in the Pac-10 by beating Asu 81-66 thursday night. The wildcats won the Pac-10 Crown outright in three of the last four seasons and tied with Oregon state two years ago. The bruits last won the Crown in 1987. Arizona had won five straight games and 14 of its last 15 before thursday night. Sean Rooks led the wildcats with 23 Points and 10 rebounds and Matt Othick added 17 Points. The Bruins who led nearly All the Way outscored the wildcats 17-6 Over a Span of 4 58 in the second half turning a 49-42 Lead into a 66-48 Edge with 10 47 remaining. The wildcats got Back into Contention with a 17-6 spurt of their own making it 72-65 with 6 23 left. Arizona fell Back by nine before finding its offence again and a 3-Point shot by Othick made it 76-74 with 3 37 to go. However Murray made a jumper with 3 13 left Arizona missed a shot and Tyus Edney hit another with 2 10 remaining to make it 80-74. The wildcats then turned the Ball Over and with it their final shot at Victory. Harrick said after the game that Edney a freshman who finished with a career High 12 Points along with five assists four rebounds and no turnovers in 26 minutes of action will probably be a starter from now on. The stars and stripes March 14,1992 c Page 28inside sports playing time interests Olaf a a Page 22 spurs turn Back rockets a Page 25 Gibson a hit with pirates Page 26 Edberg eager to regain no. 1 spot a Page 27hoosiers tie for big ten Lead Bloomington ind. A fourth ranked Indiana had its worst shooting night of the season but coach Bob Knight found one Bright spot. A we did no to have to have a miraculous finish to win the game a he said. The hoosiers 35 percent Field goal shooting was a season Low but they found their touch at the free throw line hitting 26 of 29 in a 66-41 win Over Wisconsin thursday night. The Victory tied Indiana 23-5 with Ohio state for first place in the big ten at 14-3. Ohio state ends the regular sea son at Minnesota on saturday while the hoosiers conclude against Purdue on sunday. A your shooting remains a tremendous Puzzle for us a Knight said. A a Calburt Cheaney is 4 for 23 in last two games. We can t beat anybody with but it was Good enough against Wisconsin which shot 29 percent 15 of 51 and dropped its fourth straight. The badgers Are 13-17 Overall and 4-13 in the big ten. The loss was Wisconsin a 25th straight to Indiana. Coach Steve Yoder finished 0-20 against the hoosiers in his 10-year career. He announced his resignation 2yi weeks ago effective at the end of the season. Matt Nover led the hoosiers with 16 Points including streaks in both halves on a night when scoring Powers Cheaney and Damon Bailey were ineffective. Cheaney finished with four Points and Bailey five. Senior Eric Anderson scored 15 in his final game at Assembly Hall. Nover a Junior Center had seven straight Points during a 21-8 first half burst when Indiana took the Lead for Good 22-20, on his 11-foot jumper. Indiana led 29-27 at halftime before taking control with a 17-4 run to Start the second half. Nover started the Streak with a free throw. Greg Graham added six Points and Anderson and Bailey five each As Indiana led 46-31 with 7 41 to play. Tracy Webster led the badgers with 14 Points and broke the Sophomore scoring record of 511 Points. The badgers went scoreless in a six minute stretch during Indiana a burst that put the game away. _ Michael Finley scored eight Points including two 3-pointers, As the badgers opened the game with a 15-8 spurt their largest Lead of the game. He was the Only other Badger in double figures with 11. Mcaa automatic bids schools that have received automatic bids to the Mcaa basketball tournament. All bids Are by virtue of conference tournament championships with the exception of Ivy league big ten and Pacific-10 conferences which do not conduct postseason tournaments. The East coast great Midwest and metro conferences do not receive automatic bids. A Campbell big South conference q Delaware North Atlantic conference. A East Tennessee state Southern conference a Eastern Illinois mid continent conference a Fordham Patriot league. Q Georgia Southern trans America athletic conference q Howard mid Eastern athletic conference q la Salle metro Atlantic athletic conference. Q Massachusetts Atlantic 10 conference q Mississippi Valley state southwestern athletic conference a Murray state Ohio amp Ley conference q Northeast Louisiana Southland conference q old Dominion colonial athletic association o Pepperdine West coast conference q Princeton Ivy league a Robert Morris Northeast conference q southwestern Louisiana Sun Belt conference a Southwest Missouri state Missouri Valley conference source aps amps Indiana a Eric Anderson drives against Wisconsin a Carlton Mcgee on thursday
