European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday March 15, 1992 Missouri Depaul eliminated leu wins loses o Neal for semifinal Lsuis Shaquille of Neal wrestles with Tennessee a Carlus Groves 33 in the Sec tournament Friday As vols Jay Price 10 watches. By Rick Warner the associated press Missouri Depaul and Shaquille of Neal have been eliminated from their conference tournaments. Now maybe of Neal a coach is going to take a hike. While 14 other ranked teams advanced Friday no. 13 Missouri and no. 19 de Paul were ousted from their league tourneys. Iowa state upset Missouri 80-75 in the first round of the big eight while Memphis state stunned Depaul 95-75 in the semifinals of the great Midwest. No 23 leu downed Tennessee 99-89 in the Southeastern conference but lost Star Center of Neal and possibly coach Dale Brown for saturday s semifinal against no. 9 Kentucky. Of Neal and nine other players were ejected following a Bench Clearing Brawl against the volunteers. Of Neal and Tennessee a Carlus Groves were thrown out for fighting which carries an automatic one game suspension. Brown was so upset Over of Neal a punishment that he threatened to Boycott saturdays game. A the league should be embarrassed for suspending Shaquille of Neal for one game a Brown said. A a it a a joke. The wrong people on our team were kicked off the leu 20-8 was leading 73-51 with 10 05 remaining in the game at Birmingham ala., when the Brawl broke out. Of Neal who had 16 Points and 16 rebounds before the fight was about to Dunk when he was grabbed around the Waist by Groves. After they started shoving each other the benches emptied and Brown charged at Groves. Brown was not ejected but five players on each team were. In addition to of Neal and Groves four players on each Side were thrown out for leaving their benches. Ron Bayless scored 21 Points and Justus Thigpen had 20 As Iowa state handed Missouri its fourth straight loss before a record big bight tournament crowd of 17,709 in Kansas City to. The Victory probably gained the cyclones 20-11 a spot in the Mcaa tournament even if they done to go on to win the leagues automatic bid. A a we be got a great Chance a Bayless said. A that put us Over the freshman David Vaughn scored 26 Points and Anthony Douglas had 24 As Memphis state upset Depaul at the first great Midwest tournament in Chicago. League map Anfernee Hardaway added 22 Points for the tigers 20-9who took advantage of Depaulos weakened inside game to avenge two narrow regular season losses. The Blue demons 20-8 played without Forward Curtis Price who injured a knee in practice and Center Jen Stern who was booted off the team wednesday for disciplinary reasons. A they were really hurting us inside a Depaul coach Joey Meyer said. Memphis states opponent in the championship game was to be no. 12 Cincinnati which beat Marquette 62-49. In the big Hast quarterfinals no. 15 Seton Hall slipped past Boston College 62-60, Syracuse beat Villanova 55-52, no. 2 Georgetown Defeated Miami 77-64, and no. 25 St. Johns clipped Connecticut 64-59 in overtime. Top ranked Duke beat Maryland 9487, Georgia tech downed Virginia 68-56, no. 18 Florida state beat North Carolina state 93-80, and no. 20 North Carolina Defeated Wake Forest 80-65 to reach the acc semifinals. In the first round of the big bight tournament third ranked Kansas pounded Colorado 84-66, no. 24 Oklahoma routed Nebraska 107-85, and no. 11 Oklahoma state cruised past Kansas state 81-57. Sixth ranked Arkansas Defeated Georgia 73-60, no. 9 Kentucky downed Vanderbilt 76-57, and no. 17 Alabama beat Florida 62-60 to move into the semis of the Sec tournament North Carolina Charlotte beat Virginia tech 70-52, Southern Mississippi nipped South Florida 92-87 in two overtimes and Virginia Commonwealth upset Louisville 74-65 in the metro conference. Texas Christian beat Baylor 62-55, Houston eliminated sum 73-62, Texas Defeated Texas a amp a 88-69, and Texas tech topped Rice 65-62 in the Southwest conference. Pacific beat Utah state 86-69, new Mexico state nipped Fresno state 86-85 in overtime us Irvine ousted us Santa Barbara 88-67 and Long Beach state beat Cal state Fullerton 77-71 in the big West tournament. Miami of Ohio beat Bowling Green 7060, and Ball state Defeated Western Michigan 65-61 to reach the final of the mid american conference tournament. In the semifinals of the midwestern collegiate conference Evansville Defeated Loyola 111., 65-49, and Butler beat Xavier Ohio 78-61. Utah downed Hawaii 81-69 in a Western athletic conference game that was suspended thursday night following the collapse of Hawaii coach Riley Wallace. Wallace was released from a Hospital Friday morning after tests proved negative but did not attend the game on doctors orders. Later in the Day by beat Utah 7562, and Texas i paso downed new Mexico 83-72 to gain the wac final. Nevada was to meet Montana for the big sky championship. Nevada advanced with a 92-83 Victory Over Idaho and Montana beat Weber state 69-52
