European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Purdue s revenge deprives hoosiers of share of Crown tuesday March 17, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 25 by the associated press West Lafayette ind. Six weeks ago Purdue slipped out of Bloomington with the worst defeat in Gene Keady a 12 years As coach. The memory of that humiliation played a big part in the rematch with hated rival Indiana. The 61-59 Victory sunday was one the boilermakers will relish for a Long time and one that Likely will haunt the hoosiers who lost More than a game. That a what made the payback so Sweet. A this was the highlight of my career a senior guard Woody Austin said. A we busted their Hopes to be a no. 1 seed in the Mcaa tournament and be big ten champions. I know coach Bobby Knight was  Indiana which beat Purdue 106-65 in their first meeting this season lost a share of the big ten title and finished a game behind Ohio state. So instead of a no. 1 seed which went to the buckeyes with a first round assignment at nearby Cincinnati in the Mcaa Southeast the hoosiers were seeded no. 2 in the West and will open against Eastern Illinois thursday at Boise Idaho. Purdue 16-14 received a bid to the National invitation tournament and will play at Home thursday against Butler. Austin had 20 Points including 13 in the second half when his six straight baskets erased a 10-Point Indiana Lead. Center Craig Riley scored 15 Points including two free throws in the closing minutes. He also tapped a missed free throw Back to teammate Matt Waddell who was fouled and hit a pair of clinching free throws with 35 seconds remaining. A we knew we had to erase that a Riley said of the 41-Point loss at Indiana in january. A it would be something we would have to live with the rest of our lives if we had lost this one. The score does no to matter. A this win Means More than that loss. Taking the big ten championship away from them Means everything to us. A Indiana finished the regular season at 23-6, including 14-4 in the big ten. All the hoosiers losses were on the Road including two of their last four games. Ove College basketball that Span Indiana shot under 38 percent from the Field and was held under 70 Points for four games in a Row for the first time in nine years. In other top-25 games top ranked Duke won the Atlantic coast conference tournament by beating no. 20 North Carolina 94-74, no. 3 Kansas took the big eight tournament title by beating no. 11 beat no. 17 Alabama 80-54 to win the Southeastern conference tournament no. 16 Michigan state beat Iowa 64-53 and no. 21 Georgetown was a 56-54 loser to Syracuse in the big East tournament championship game. In other conference tournament title games . Charlotte edged Tulane 6463 for the metro conference title new Mexico state held off Pacific 74-73 to win the big West championship and Houston won the Southwest conference by routing Texas 91-72. No. 3 Kansas 66, no. 11 okla. St. 57 Rex Walters and Adonis Jordan led a late 13-3 run that carried the Jay Hawks to their first big eight title since 1986. Kansas 26-4 held the cowboys 26-7 to 38 percent shooting. The Jay Hawks hit 71 percent of their shots in the second half after making just 32 percent in the . 9 Kentucky 80, no. 17 Bama 54 Kentucky returned from a two year exile to win the Sec tournament behind Jamal Mashburne a 28 Points. The wildcats 26-6 completely dominated the second half outs Cong the three time defending Champion Crimson tide 25-8 51-22. Junior guard Dale Brown Hela Alabama a James Robinson the hero in the tides first two tournament wins to just two Points in the first 15 51 of the second half. No. 16 Michigan St. 64, Iowa 53 Anthony Miller scored All of his 15 Points in the second half sunday As Michigan state won to earn a share of third place in the big ten. Michigan state 21-7, 11-7 led 34-26 with 16 28 left before a 10-2 run by Iowa 18-10,10-8. Syracuse freshman Lawrence Moten 21 stuffs Georgetown a Alonzo mourning on sunday As Dave Johnson 4 watches. The orangemen claimed the big East title 56-54.selection chief must prepare to Circle wagons by Jim litre the associated press memo to Roy Kramer chairman of the Mcaa selection committee from a couple of interested observers re filling out the 64-team bracket for the first time Roy. You re probably feeling bad because you had to leave a few deserving schools out and right now it seems like a lot of people hate you. But take our word for it Only a few people hate you. Besides they wont feel that Way forever. Once the tournament ends and your head stops spinning take some time off. Let the phone ring. Maybe go visit a couple of the Garden spots that bombarded your office last week with those four color brochures and the sheaves of statistics. Check out Chattanooga in late Spring. Sample some cheese in Green Bay Over the summer. Try golfing in Tempe next fall. Tour the Bronx anytime. Go see for yourself. Most of the people there wont even remember you. But just in Case done to forget to pack the fake glasses a the ones with the fuzzy eyebrows the big plastic nose and the droopy Mustache. Especially if you re serious about the Bronx a a a you can to walk a single step let alone a mile in Roy Kramer a shoes. But then Why would you want to a because there a not Many things that give you a greater sense of accomplishment a said Wayne Duke the former commissioner of the big ten and big eight who held Kramer a Job from 1978-81. A for the better part of three Days you eat All your meals in one room. You stare at statistics and television sets weigh this commentary Factor and that and. Try to strike this very delicate balance. And when you finally walk out of the committee room to announce the Field a he added a it almost feels like you re walking out into Daylight. Jim Delany the big ten commissioner who stepped Down last season As chairman after six years on the selection committee did no to use such glowing terms to describe his service. He told the Chicago Sun times in a weekend interview that he was More than a ready to give someone else an Opportunity to have their judgment  a but obviously a Delany added a for a person who loves basketball Ana has been a basketball fan his whole life being on the committee is a great  being the chairman of the Mcaa selection on the Day after the draw is announced is a Little like being the chairman of general motors on the Day after layoffs become Public. You spend Long hours closeted with a lot of information and a limited amount of space trying to do what a Best for the business. You can explain the process until you re Blue in the face. Yet no matter How its resolved you Are taking Cash out of somebody a pocket a $250,000 for a first round tourney team a and sticking a pin in their puffed up communal chests. And those same people done to hesitate to get in touch. A a in a sure i heard from plenty of people a Duke recalled. A but in the whole time i was involved i Only had three really memorable run ins. You just can to worry All the time what people Are going to  one time he left Loyola iii., without an invitation and coach Gene Sullivan threatened to meet him at the Airport with something of a Lynch mob in Tow. Duke got around that by sneaking in on an earlier flight. The second time he called current esp broadcaster and former University of Detroit coach Dick Vitale to let him know it was no go and got his ears burned for the Effort. Duke subsequently found out that Vitale put the Call on a speakerphone As a Way of easing his own embarrassment in front of a room full of reporters. The third time involved no less persuasive a talker than famed lawyer Edward Bennett Williams who was pleading Georgetown Scase at the time. A sure i knew his reputation. But frankly 1 done to remember being that impressed. And Heck a Duke said a i done to even remember now whether Georgetown even got  a but i never heard from or. Williams