European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes Friday March 16 2007 losses by rangers islanders tighten Eastern conference playoff race Page 28 Mcaa tournament on an fridays games game times Are Japan and Korea Standard Only Ita games feted Midwest Region Buffalo by 4 Maryland is 13 Davidson 1am of extra 5 Butler is 12 old Dominion am of extra South Region Lexington 5 Louisville is 11 Stanford 1am of sports 3 Texas is 14 Penn am of sports East Region Winston Safe no 8 Marquette is 9 Michigan state 8am of extra l North Carolina is 1l l Kentucky 10 am of sports West Region Buffalo by 6 Duke is 11 ecu 8 am of sports 3 Pittsburgh is 14 Wright state am of sports Sacramento Calif 2 Urcla is 15 Weber state 8 am of Atlantic 7 Indiana is 10 Gonzaga am of Atlantic photos by a fan carries a sign saying Bury Kansas through a Section of Niagara students in the closing minutes of the Mcaa tournament playing basketball game against Florida tuesday in Dayton Ohio Niagara and for Ward Clif Brown left advanced with a 7769 Victory and will take on to seeded Kansas on Friday is this the year Princeton came close 18 years ago what will it take for a 16 seed to Knock off a no 1 by Adam Kilgore the Washington Post Washington eighteen years ago it appeared it actually was going to happen Bob Scrabis the Princeton Captain lined up the shot that would topple big bad Georgetown the Best mens Basket Ball in team the country eight seconds remained the hoyas led by a Point Scrabis had taken this shot hundreds of times before in his drive Way As a kid always the last shot he took before his Mother called him in Side Scrabis always made sure he made it at least once before head ing for dinner but in that Case Scrabis said you dont have a 610 Guy blocking your shot seemingly from nowhere came Alonzo mourning who swatted Scrabis would be game Winner out of Bounds he did the same thing on the next play to kit Mueller time ran out the hoyas advanced 5049 and Princeton headed Back Home with newfound Fame but no Victory and 18 years later a no 16 seed still Hast beaten a no 1 seed in the Mcaa mens basketball tournament parity has invaded College Basket Ball George Mason can make the final four programs such As Gonzaga and South Ern Illinois can ascend to perennial Power status but no 16 seeds Are 088 since the Mcaa tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 its been grass is a Lawnmower David without the Slingshot when the Mcaa tournament begins thursday Jackson state Eastern Kentucky Central connect Cut state and Niagara which Defeated Florida in the playing game tuesday night will be come the latest no 16 seeds to try to become the first to win a tournament game despite the Bleak history there is a growing sense that one of them could win this season and if not but no 16 seeds Are 088 since the Mcaa tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 its been grass is a Lawnmower David without the Slingshot them then a team like them in a season to come the 16 is 1 game May be the final vestige of Domi Nance the haves of College basketball can cling to As the Haven ots storm the Castle Gates but How much longer can they hold on to it its going to happen at some Point said Scrabis now a financial adviser in new Jersey its gotta happen Maryland coach Gary Williams i dont think its Here yet but i would say within five years Albany coach will Brown its going to happen its just a matter of time Brown almost made it happen last season when his great Danes led to seeded Connecticut by 12 in the second half before the huskies turned it on Albany Point guard Jamar Wilson said such is the Chal Lenge for a no 16 seed no matter How Well it plays the disparity in Tal ent can strike at any moment there is always a 6foot10 Guy waiting to Block a shot when or if it finally happens the upset will take a combination of Strat egy contrasting Karma the right bounces for the 16 seed and perhaps incompetence the commit tee slotting the wrong teams in the but first the most important aspect and also the toughest could be the coach task Between Selec Tion sunday and game Day convincing his team it can do something no one else Ever has a psychology game is what it becomes Brown said i think you almost need to brainwash your kids that it can be done some coaches attack the history minutes after Al Bany discovered it would be playing Connecticut the no 1 Overall team Brown gathered his team in the room where they had watched the selection show see Mcaa on Page 30 wac looking into police report on Nevada coach 6llli54260ll001011111 9