European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Expected 16 getting Down to business Mcaa men by Hal Bock the associated press All the critics of the Mcaa tournament committee were quiet As the Sweet 16 got Down to business last night. The committees seeding of the 64-team Field was close to perfect a if you re willing to Overlook the carnage in the Midwest regional. The regional final at Kansas City tonight is Longshot heaven a no. 4 Cincinnati is. No. 9 Texas i paso and no. 6 Memphis state is. No. 7 Georgia tech. The tournament began the regional finals last night after this edition of the stars and stripes went to press thursday night with its top four seeds intact in the East _ Duke Kentucky Massachusetts and Seton Hall. Three of the four were secure in the West where Urcla Indiana and Florida state advanced and the Southeast where Ohio state Oklahoma state and North Carolina moved ahead. Of the 12 top seeds in those regions 10 arrived safely at the next plateau. Only no. 4 Oklahoma came up Short in the West and no. 3 Arizona fell in the Southeast. Then there a the Midwest where Texas i paso led the upset Parade by toppling prohibitive favorite and top seeded Kansas. It Eph a next Challenge is tonight a Date with Cincinnati which held onto its Lead Over Michigan state and became the highest seed to escape the Midwest. Memphis state and Georgia tech Are the other two Midwest survivors. None of those teams was As Long a shot however As no. 12 new Mexico state the stars and stripes March 27,1992 b Page 28 which surfaced in the West. In the tournament As the big West representative instead of perennial univ the aggie earned a Date with top seeded Urcla last night by dispatching no. 5 Depaul and no. 13 southwestern Louisiana. The Urcla game was in the pit in Albuquerque about 200 Miles North of new Mexico states Campus in Las Cruces. The other half of thursdays West regional doubleheader had no. 2 seed Indiana against no. 3 Florida state. The final will be tomorrow. The other thursday saturday sequence was in the East with no. 1 Duke is. No. 4 Seton Hall and no. 2 Kentucky against no. 3 Massachusetts at the spectrum in Philadelphia. In the Southeast at Lexington ky., it will be no. 1 Ohio state is. No. 4 North Carolina and no. 2 Oklahoma state is. No. 6 Michigan tonight with the winners playing sunday. Bob Knight shows his hoosiers the whip at practice wednesday in Albuquerque n.m., where Indiana was to lace Florida state on thursday night see tomorrows paper for the  talks skirt heart of matter Toronto a they re not ready to pull the goalie yet. A a it a very Early in the first period a Veteran goaltender Mike list of the Washington capitals said wednesday night after the second consecutive Day of talks Between nil owners and the players Union. A there is a lot to be discussed Quot said list who is not playing because of a Back injury. A Etnere is a ton of material 1 remember �?T86 and we went Long into the  the two sides resumed talks at 10 . Est thursday. On tuesday the two sides appeared to be building Trust by working on minor issues before getting Down to the sensitive topics of free Agency and revenues. A we have not got to the difficult issues a said list who helped negotiate the 1986 collective bargaining agreement which expired sept. 15. A we Are building some momentum. But we still have to proceed  Irish gators gain Garden South Bend ind. Apr notre Dames turnaround season has the Irish heading to new York two victories shy of the National invitation tournament title. The Irish who opened the season by losing five of their first six games earned a trip to Madison Square Garden by defeating Manhattan 74-58 in the nit quarterfinals wednesday night. In another quarterfinal wednesday night Florida raced past Purdue 74-67 at Indianapolis. The fighting Irish 17-14 led by eight at halftime started the second half with an 8-2 spurt to open a 39-25 advantage and the jaspers never Drew closer than 10 Points again. A we had a lot of adversity Early on but they kept their Heads up and kept plugging along a said notre Dame coach John Macleod who will be returning to where he coached the new York kicks before taking the notre Dame Job this season. Notre Dame which has won six of its last eight games wont learn its semifinal opponent until the final two quarterfinal games Are played Friday. The inside game of Laphonso Ellis and the outside shooting of Daimon Sweet was More than Manhattan could handle. Ellis scored 25 Points and Sweet had 22, including six 3-pointers. A coach Macleod wants us to shoot 3s. That opens up the inside for Phons a Sweet said. Sweet hit three 3-pointers during an 11-2 first half run that gave notre Dame the Lead for Good. He added three More Long distance shots in the second half to set the school record for 3-pointers in the game As the Irish pulled away. Keith Bullock led Manhattan 25-9 with 16 Points. A fatigue was a Factor a Bullock said. A a they be got two inside players who Are a lot bigger than 1 am. It was Tough with one guarding me and one helping  the loss ended Manhattan a first nit appearance in 17 years after victories Over Wisconsin Green Bay and Rutgers. Notre Dame which played All three of its games at Home beat Western Michigan and Kansas state in the first two rounds. A your Guys did what they could a Manhattan coach Steve Lappas said. A we did no to shoot Well but they had a lot to do with that. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that we would lose to notre Dame in the nit i probably would have taken  Ellis had six Points in the Irish spurt to open the second half. A 15-footer by Carey Wilson left Manhattan trailing 4232 with 14 31 to play and the Irish responded with their second 8-2 spurt of the half to Lead 51-34 with 11 44 to play. The Irish shot 35 percent ll-of-31 in the first half and missed Only eight of 26 shots in the second  74, Purdue 67 Indianapolis Reserve Brian Hogan a native of Indiana matched his career High with 18 Points to Lead Florida Over Purdue. Hogan a senior averaging 4.1 Points per game made three 3-pointers to increase his school record to 117. The gators 19-12who led 39-35 at halftime outscored Purdue 18-15 12-6 to Start the second half and opened their biggest Lead when Hogan hit a 3-Pointer for a 59-44 advantage. Purdue Cut the deficit to 67-59 with 1 56 left but  draw any closer than the final margin. Woody Austin Purdue a leading scorer finished with 25 Points most of it coming after Florida took  sports on the links its airhead Jordan a Page 22 salaries have Philst prexy talking doom a Page 25 Olajuwon files grievance on rockets a Page 26 sex Knick coach settles on Wisconsin a Page 27