European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes March 19,1992 Page 24fiery Duel looms As regional open inside sports final College basketball statistics a Page 19 Ben Abrams prep pfc King so Page 21 rockets surge past clippers a Page 22 w. Maryland eleven wins in Moscow a Page 23 Tark told he s off Job list san Diego a san Diego state officials told Jerry Tarkanian on monday that he is no longer a candidate for the schools basketball Job a radio station reported tuesday. Extra the schools flagship station also reported that Sysu officials met with Urcla assistant Tony Fuller 33, about filling the coaching vacancy. The station cited Anonymous sources for both report the radio report came the same Day that Tarkanian s former Long time assistant at univ Tim Grgurich was hired As an assistant coach by the a bad a Seattle supersonics. Tarkanian the former univ head coach had said that Grgurich would be part of any package with san Diego state. Fifth year Sysu coach Jim Brandenburg was fired on feb. 11 and replaced on an interim basis by Jim Harrick jr., son of Urcla coach Jim Harrick. Athletic director Fred Miller a longtime Friend of Tarkanian a had reportedly pushed hard to hire Tarkanian. Sources told extra that Sysu president Thomas Day was turned off after Tarkanian a verbal attacks against univ president Robert Maxson and refused to Budge when Miller tried to convince him to hire Tarkanian Miller refused to comment on a tray a report. A a in be heard lots of rumours since in be started this process and that a just what they Are rumours Quot Miller said. Day did not return a phone Call tuesday afternoon. A Secretary said he would not comment on personnel issues. When asked Days role in the hiring process Miller said Quot the president obviously has a right of approval. Ill make a recommendation and be can accept it or not accept it. We re coming toward that Point of submitting the final recommendation. We re not there  by the associated press its a cinch that if Indiana and leu get past their opening opponents in the Mcaa tournament there will be a couple of angry coaches going at each other in the second round of the West regional. Bob Knight of Indiana and Dale Brown of leu done to like each other from the last act a 1987, when Knight staged a Telephone slamming Tantrum at the scorers table that ignited an Indiana comeback to beat leu by one Point in the Mcaa regional. After the episode Brown called Knight a a bully a and their paths have not crossed since. Both coaches arrived in this years tournament in ill humor. Knight was Seething Over Indiana a last game loss to also ran Purdue a defeat that Cost the hoosiers a share of the big ten Crown and almost certainly a no. 1 seed in the tournament. They wound up instead on the Road in Boise Idaho As the no. 2 seed in the West. How angry was Knight angry enough to cancel the teams traditional basketball awards banquet. Quot id like to see banquets reserved for a Celebration when a team really achieves something a he said. A when that happens there la always be time to put one  Brown was so angry Over an intentional foul committed against Shaquille of Neal by Tennessee a Carlus Groves in the semifinals of the Southeastern conference tournament last weekend that he rushed Mcaa basketball Knight Brown onto the floor to confront Groves. The foul led to a Brawl that delayed the game for 20 minutes and led the Sec to reprimand Brown. Indiana 23-6 opens against Eastern Illinois 20-9 in the West regional at Boise thursday night. Leu 20-9 has a first round Date on the same floor against Brigham Young 25-6. There Are 14 other first round games at four Sites that Day. Also scheduled at Boise Are Georgetown 21-9 against South Florida 19-9 and Florida state 20-9 is. Montana 27-3. In the East at Greensboro n.c., Seton Hall 21-8 plays Lasalle 20-10missouri 20-8 faces West Virginia 20-11defending National Champion Duke 282 takes on Campbell 19-11 and Texas 23-11 plays Iowa 18-10. In the Southeast at Cincinnati North Carolina 21-9 meets Miami of Ohio 23-7alabama 25-8 faces Stanford 18-10ohio state 23-5 plays Mississippi Valley state 16-13 and Nebraska 19-9 plays Connecticut 19-19. The Midwest Region opens thursday at Milwaukee with Arkansas 25-7 facing Murray state 17-12memphis state 20-10 against Pepperdine 24-6georgia tech 21-11 against Houston 25-5 and Southern California 23-5 against Northeast Louisiana 19-9. On Friday at Worcester mass., Princeton 22-5 plays Syracuse 21-9 after Massachusetts 28-4 faces Fordham 18-12. In the other half of the Worcester schedule Kentucky 26-6 plays old Dominion 15-14 and North Carolina Charlotte 238 goes against Iowa state 20-12. Fridays Southeast schedule at Atlanta has St. Johns 19-10 against Tulane 218oklahoma state 26-7 against Georgia state 25-5michigan 20-8 plays Temple 17-12and Arizona 24-6 plays East Tennessee state 23-6. In the Midwest at Dayton Ohio it will be Michigan state 21-7 is. Southwest Missouri state 23-7cincinnati 25-4 against Delaware 27-3kansas 26-4 facing Howard 17-13 and Evansville 24-5 against Texas Elpaso 25-6. In the West at Tempe ariz., Depaul 208 plays new Mexico state 23-7oklahoma 21-8 faces southwestern Louisiana 20-10louisville 18-10 goes against Wake Forest 17-11 and Urcla 25-4 takes on Robert Morris 19-11. Laughing legends former baseball greats Stan Musial left and Ted Williams meet before the Start of the annual committee of baseball veterans on tuesday in Tampa Fla. 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