European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wildcats slip by Shaw less leu 80-74 k by the associated press without the Shaw Lsuis House came tumbling Down. Playing with suspended Center Sha Quille o Neal on the sidelines no. 23 leu fell Short saturday losing to no. 9 Kentucky 80-74 in the semifinals of the Southeast conference tournament. The wildcats moved into the Sec finals sunday against no. 17 Alabama which Defeated no. 6 Arkansas 90-89 in saturday s other semifinal. Of Neal Drew an automatic one game suspension for his fight with Carlus Groves of Tennessee after an intentional foul in Friday night s game. Leu coach Dale Brown tried to finesse the tigers past Kentucky. Quot had we shot a Little better we win it a he said. Quot wimps Wilt and men stand up and Are counted. This team showed tremendous character and in a extremely proud of  the Effort was doomed As Kentucky exploited the 7-foot-l o Neal s absence in the Middle. The wildcats 25-6 got 43 Points from their front line led by John Euphrey s 18, and put the game away with a 13-0 run Midway through the second half. Meanwhile of Neal a replacements Harold Boudreaux and Geert Hammink see p. 25 for More College basketball produced Only 11 Points and 9 rebounds. Alabama 25-7 joined Kentucky in the Sec finals by edging Arkansas 25-7. Elliot Washington a 3-Pointer with 2 seconds left won it and gave the Crimson tide a shot at its fourth straight Sec tournament title and fifth in six years. Todd Day had 39 Points for Arkansas and James Robinson scored 26 for Alabama a but in the end the Issue was settled by Washington who finished with just 6 Points. Top ranked Duke used 17 Points apiece from Bobby Hurley and Brian Davis to reach the finals or the Atlantic coast conference tournament with an 89-76 hammering of Georgia tech. The defending National Champion Blue devils 27-2 will go after their first acc championship since 1988 on sunday one Field the stars and stripes March 16,1992 a Page 28college tournaments the final minutes to defeat no. 24 Oklahoma 85-67 21-8 and reach the the big eight tournament final. The Jay Hawks were to play no. 11 Oklahoma state for the title on sunday. Tie cowboys 26-6 Defeated Iowa state 69-60. Byron Houston a 18 Points and career Best 19 rebounds keyed Oklahoma state while Darwyn Alexander added 17. Rex Walters led Kansas with 21 Points including 11 for 11 on free throws and the Jay Hawks went on an 18-0 run and opened a 41-25 Lead at the Start of the second half. But the stubborn Sonners Cut the deficit to 66-62 with 5 02 to go before Kansas put the game away. Damon Patterson led Oklahoma with 20 Points. In the big East Syracuse wiped out Seton Halls 10-Point Lead in the second half and beat the 15th-ranked pirates 7066. Michael Edwards who scored All 12 of his Points on 5-for-6 shooting in the second half stole a pass and went the length of the floor for a Layup that put the orangemen 20-9 ahead with 41 seconds remaining. Then Terry Deere who led Seton Hall 21-8 with 18 Points missed a jumper in the Lane with 3 seconds left. St John s Robert Werdann 41 and Georgetown s Alonzo mourning fight for the Ball. Against no. 20 North Carolina 21-8an 80-76 Winner Over no. 18 Florida state 20-9. Duk and limiting tech 21 Duke opened fast firing to a 23-6 Lead id limiting tech 21-11 to Quot a goal in the first 10 minutes. George Lynch had 21 Points 14 in the second Naif and grabbed 14 ii rebounds to Lead North Carolina past Florida state. The Victory set up a rematch of last years acc championship in which the tar heels pummelled Duke 96-74. No. 3 Kansas 25-4 used a 17-4 run in it avid Johnson who led Syracuse with 20, grabbed the rebound and dropped in two clinching foul shots. The Victory moved Syracuse into the big East championship game for a conference record ninth time. The orangemen faced no. 21 Georgetown in sundays title game after the hoyas Defeated no. 25 St. Johns 68-64. Alonzo mourning a 25 Points led Georgetown past St. Johns but the hoyas missed 6 of 12 free throws in the final 35 seconds As the redmen nearly overcame a seven Point deficit in the last minute. By Miami of Ohio and Evansville won their league tournaments to earn automatic bids to the Mcaa tourney. Kevin Nixon hit a desperation 55-foot shot at the Buzzer to give by a 73-71 Victory Over Texas Elpaso in the Western athletic conference tourney final. Marlon Maxey gave step a 71-70 Lead on a follow snot with 2.4 seconds left. But Byus Nathan Call then unbounded the Ball to the 6-foot-8 Nixon who spun and fired a High arcing shot that swished through the net. The Victory gave by 25-6 its second consecutive wac tournament championship. A i done to remember much about it a said Nixon a Junior Forward. Quot i had an idea the Ball might come to me. We just set up a play and fortunately Evert Ning fell into  ironically Nixon had been benched in the first half after scoring Only one Basket a also a 3-Pointer a and was reinserted into the lineup just for the final play of the game. A David Scott scored 18 Points including jumper with 10 seconds left As Miami Brown wants o Neal to turn pro Birmingham Ala. A coach Dale Brown said saturday he will recommend that Shaquille of Neal forego his final year of eligibility at Louisiana state and turn professional rather than risk being injured by an intentional foul in a College game. Brown said of Neal has been fouled intentionally 18 times this season although none were called intentional until Friday night in the Southeast conference tournament. Tennessee a Carlus Groves was called for an intentional foul and that touched off a Bench Clearing Brawl. Brown said of Neal merely tried to get Groves off of him but both players were ejected for fighting. Quot players Are like sons to you after a while. As badly As i hate to say this i am recommending to Shaquille parents that he turn to the Aba a Brown said saturday. Quot i do not want to see this Young Man blatantly fouled and Hurt because of my selfishness to win. He does t play pro Ball. If he a going to get Hurt and people Are going to intentionally foul him he needs to go get Money to get  of Neal surprised Many people by returning to leu this season after being named College basketball a Man of the year. A if it was my son i would want the coach to do the same thing a Brown said. A i am recommending to his family a so that it does not Cost him a pro career and apparently he a not going to be protected from violence in this league a i recommend that he goes to the  23-7 Defeated Ball state 58-57 for the mid american championship. Parrish Casebier scored 39 Points leading Evansville Over Butler 95-76 for the midwestern collegiate title. No. 12 Cincinnati beat Memphis state 75-63 to win the first great Midwest conference tournament. The Champion of the new league does no to get an automatic Mcaa bid but Cincinnati will certainly get invited and so might Memphis state and no. 19 Depaul. Texas and Houston advanced to the championship game in the Southwest conference tournament. Texas beat Texas tech 97-87 and Houston downed Texas Christian 87-84 in double overtime. The metro conference final will pit North Carolina Charlotte against Tulane.  Defeated Southern Mississippi 76-72 and Tulane beat Virginia Commonwealth 87-69 in the semifinals. Pacific beat us Irvine 81-69 and new Mexico state downed Long Beach state 80-72 in the semifinals of the big West  sports couples shoots 65 to grab Lead a Page 21 Arkansas wins Mcaa indoor track a Page 21 Spring baseball action a Page 22 nets nip kicks in overtime a Page 26