European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 1994 sports the stars and stapes Page 31 North Carolina is no. I Duke to no. 2 by Jimo Connell a basketball write the run of changing no. Is reached its sixth week and the latest team to move to the top has been there afew times this season. North Carolina which beat Duke in a no. 1 is. No. 2 showdown last week returned to no. 1 monday receiving a convincing 60 first place votes and 1,617 Point from the National Media panel. The tar heels 19-3the preseason no. 1 Corning off their National championship Heuthe spot for the first week of the regular season and have now had it twice in the run of six poll with a different top team. Duke 16-2 switched places with North Carolina receiving three first place vote Sand 1,486 Points. The Blue devils were the record sixth school to be no. 1 this season but like Arkansas North Carolina Kansas and Urcla they were beaten the week they moved to the top. The tar heels have Home games with Maryland and Georgia tech this week As they try for the weekly re peat. Georgia tech beat North Carolina earlier in the season. Arkansas which had one first place vote arid Ken Tucky each moved up three spots to third and fourth. They meet wednesday night at Lexington by. Kansas the first team to win 20 games this season dropped from third to fifth after losing to Missouri last week and was followed by Connecticut Louisville Temple which had a first place vote Urcla and Pur due " Michigan led the second ten followed by Indiana Massachusetts Syracuse Missouri Arizona Saint Louis California Alabama Birmingham and Florida. The last five ranked teams were Wisconsin mar Quette Minnesota Illinois and  new teams were Marquette Illinois and Xavier. They replaced no. 21 Maryland no. 23 new Mexico state and no. 25 Cincinnati. Maryland 12-6 lost to Virginia and Georgia tech and had its three week run in the rankings ended. New Mexico state 16-3which also dropped two games Las week Nevada Ana Utah stat had been ranked for two weeks. Cincinnati 15-6 continued its up and Down season last week beating Memphis state and los ing decisively to Alabama Birmingham. The bearcats who had been ranked As High As 17th this season dropped out after rejoining the poll for one  three new teams had All been ranked earlier in the season. " in ranked Hoy As hold off Syracuse by the associated press Landover my. Jim Jocheim knew what14th-ranked Syracuse was in for when the Orange men took on Georgetown in a big East game. You have to expect to see Tough defense when you play against Georgetown said Boeheim. That s exactly what he got. After scoring 108 Points last week in a Victory College basketball Over big East Leader Connecticut Syracuse was limited to almost half that amount monday night los ing to the a ranked hoyas 60-56 they played very Good defense said Syracuse s Lawrence Moten who scored Only two of his 13 Points in the second half. With 19 seconds left and trailing by one Moten found himself wide open for a. 15-foot jumper. But his wide open shot rimmed out and Georgetown s Othella Harrington pulled Down the rebound the made three free throws in the final 10 seconds to secure the Victory. Elsewhere no. 18 California beat Cal state Northridge 93-63 in the Only other game involving a ranked team. I think i had a Good shot it just did t go Down Moten said. Boeheim added we got the shot we wanted but it just did t go Down. You have to Loo past that and go of to the next  Georgetown 13-6, 7-4 in the big East led 57-54 when Adrian Autry hit a driving Layup to pull Syra Cuse within one Point with 27.4 seconds left to play. The orangemen 15-4, 8-4 got the Ball Back Fol lowing a Georgetown turnover but Moten missed the open 15-footer, and after Harrington made on of two free throws to increase the Lead to 58-56, Moten missed a pair of foul shots with 5.2 seconds left that would have tied the game. Harrington then hit two free throws with 3.9 seconds left to ice the Hoya Victory. Every game is a big game but we really wanted to win this one said Harrington who led the hoyas with 27 Points and 17 rebounds. I m improving As of late i m starting to assert myself More late in the  Syracuse controlled the play Early scoring 12 straight Points in the first half and led 24-13 with6 11 left. Georgetown then held Syracuse without a Field goal for the next 7 50, pulling within two Points 28-26, on Harrington s Basket with 18 15 left Tito Georgetown s Othella Harrington. Hits decisive free throws. In the second half. The teams traded the Lead four times before the hoyas went ahead for Good at 47-45 on a 3-Point Basket by George Butler with 8 02 remaining in the  Churchwell added nine Points for the hoyas who had no other players score in double Fig ures. Autry had 13 Points and John Wallace 12 for Syracuse. No. 18 California 93, is Northridge 63 Jason Kidd scored 24 Points and Camond Murray added 22 to help California overwhelm visiting Cal state Northridge. The game was to have been played on Jan. 22, but the Northridge cantered earthquake on Jan. 17 forced it to be postponed until monday night. Michael Stewart had seven blocked shots and Kidd had five of Cal s 13 steals As the bears forced 25 turnovers by Northridge 4-15. The bears 15-4 played their reserves much of the second half with Murray who scored in double figures for the 41st straight game and Kidd both sit Ting out for the final eight minutes. Toledo Texas am join ranked teams by Mel Greenberg for the associated press when Toledo upset Rutgers in the first round of the 1991 Mcaa tournament the winners were an unknown Force in women s basketball. Now coach Bill Fennelly s squad is nationally ranked. Toledo and Texas am earned first appearances in the associated press poll on monday re placing Ohio state and Southern Mississippi. Toledo 17-1which entered at no. 23, has dominated the mid american conference. Meanwhile unbeaten Penn state 18 0 remained no. 1 for the third straight week with 62 first place votes and 1,766 Points in a nationwide panel of 71 women s coaches. Tennessee 20-1 held second with the nine remaining first place ballots and 1,711 Points. North Carolina 19-1which has an Atlantic coast conference showdown at no. 9 Virginia on wednesday was third. The tar heels Lead the Cavaliers in the poll but Trail them by a game in the acc. Southern Cal 16rl moved up to no. 4, the highest ranking for the Pac-10 Leader Smice finishing third in the 1986 final poll. Southern Cal coach Cheryl Miller was a member of that 1986 team. Colorado 18-3now tied with Kansas for first in the big eight moved up two spots to fifth. Connecticut 18-2which took Over sole Possession of first in the big East by beating no. 18 Seton Hall moved up three spots to a i a. Texas tech 17-3 fell from fourth to seventh while Iowa 14-3had eighth. Virginia 18-2 moved or a spot to ninth while Kansas 16-3which lost twice last weekend fell from sixth to 10th. The second 10 were Purdue Vander bilt Louisiana tech Stanford washing ton Florida International Rutgers Seton Hall Auburn and Alabama. 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