Show —41 Monday March 14 19S3 Standa'd-Examin- er 1 SportsBasketball Denver Key to selection is who you play 5 j By MIKE CLARK Associated Press It’s called a “selection" process this method of filling the 64 berths in the NCAA basketball tournament By definition there victorious is also a “rejection" system There is a method to selecting the field even if those left out think there isn’t And the key is who you play not necessarily who you beat Take for instance Louisiana State which the NCAA did despite the Tigers’ 13 losses “LSU played 14 games against top 50 opponents a very difficult schedule" said Amie Ferrin athletic director of the University of Utah and a member of the selection committee “We base candidacies on won-lorecords strength of schedule strength of opponent schedule And when you’re strength of schedule is that good ” LSU’s schedule was indeed strong featuring the likes of Big Eight champion Oklahoma and Southeastern Conference winner Kentucky LSU played 15 games Associated Press Whatever Denver Coach Doug Moe and Bernie Bickerstaff said at halftime Alex English and Tom Chambers must been listening English made all seven of his shots and I scored 14 of his 36 points in the third peri-0 od of the Nuggets’ NBA victory ' Seattle’s 108-10- over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday “I didn’t shoot well in the first half (2 of 1) because I was getting hit on my shots" English said “By the time the second half rolled around I was getting open shots" Meanwhile Chambers was 6 for 6 from the floor and 7 of 7 from the foul line and scored 19 of his 25 points in the third peri2 od of the SuperSonics’ triumph over the New Jersey Nets “When I have a bigger guy on me I look to drive and I can usually at least get to the foul line" said Chambers who had only five points in the first half on 1 of 4 from the floor and 3 of 6 at the line “Early in the game there were two or three guys in the paint and if you got by your guy they were waiting for you In the third quarter the lane opened up" The Nuggets made 13 of their first 16 shots in the third quarter to take an 0 lead with 2:54 left Indiana which missed its first five shots in the period after going without a field goal in the final three min- -' utes of the second quarter never drew closer than six thereafter at-lar- ge 1 I t t I I I I I I st 115-10- I 84-7- A 'll SuperSonics 115 Nets 102 r ' J: rv rir v ?’ n vv Larry Bird and Danny Ainge combined for 41 first-hapoints as Boston took a halftime lead and coasted to its Terry Cummings scored 27 points and reserve Ricky Pierce added 22 as Milwaukee handed Phoenix its ninth straight de 23-poi- nt NCAA afrom 3B '’University 23-- 7 This is the seventh straight ap- "" pearance for North Carolina A&T Athletic Con- of the Terence which has yet to win a '‘tournament game In the Midwest Regional on Thursday at South Bend Ind Purdue 27-- 3 meets Fairleigh r w Mid-Easte- rn -- and are 23-- 6 and Baylor 1 duels Memphis State Also DePaul 21-- 7 goes against Wichita State 20--9 and Kansas State 22-- 8 plays La Salle 24-- 9 In the West Regional at Salt Lake City on Thursday Florida 1 1 meets St John’s 24-7 Boise and Michigan plays State 24-- 7 Wyoming 26-- 5 meets Loyola Calif 27-- 3 and second-seede- d North Carolina 24-- 6 battles North Texas State 2 in the other games 19-1- 22-1- 17-1- meets 26-1- Trail Blazers 121 Clippers 100 Kevin Duckworth scored 29 points and Clyde Drexler added 22 It was Portland's ‘eighth straight victory and 1 1th in the last 12 games Los Angeles led by Larry Drew’s 22 points lqst its seventh consecutive game and 23rd straight on the road The Clippers haven’t won in Portland since Feb 24 1981 “It just wasn’t a good year We put everybody on an emotional a Tennessee-Chattanoog19-1- 22-1- winners advance to the regionals — at Pontiac 7 in the MidMich March west at East Rutherford NJ March 6 in the East at Seat7 tle March in the West and at Birmingham Ala March 6 in the Southeast In the East on Friday Temple 27-- 1 the team in the nation meets Lehigh 21-- 9 at Hartford Conn Georgetown 19-- 9 3 duels Louisiana State Georgia Tech 21-- 9 meets Io Second-roun- d 25-2- 20-1- Carolina-Charlott- first-roun- 17-1- v -- 24-2- 25-2- 24-2- Temple Arizona Purdue and Oklahoma the top four seeds in '“the NCAA tournament remained " the top four teams in the final " college basketball poll of the sea- son which was released today The four teams have held those spots for the past five weeks Arizona and Purdue Switched places from those polls Temple 29-- 1 previ-jpu- s and Atlantic 10 ISchampions was tabbed top seed UTm the East as well as the top tTMeam in the poll with 51 first-S- : place votes and 1187 points from s ££the nationwide panel of and broadcasters TThe Pac-1- 0 champion Arizona 2 received eight Wildcats e votes and 1123 points in moving up one place in the ! voting Purdue 27-- 3 ! dropped one I place after losing to Ohio State J during the week after clinching sports-writer- 31-- first-plac- points State just four more than Southeastern Conference champion Kentucky 25-- 5 which held sixth place North Carolina which lost in the ACC championship game to Duke and fell to 24-dropped two places to seventh with 734 which points Pittsburgh 23-was eliminated in the semifinals of the Big East tournament dropped from fifth to eighth with 721 points Big East champion Syracuse 25-- 8 jumped from 13th to ninth with 686 points 81 more than 6 6 Iowa Xavier Ohio Young and Kansas Last week’s Second Ten was North Carolina State Bradley Syracuse Wyoming Iowa Loyola Calif Brigham Young Georgia Tech Illinois and Xavier Ohio Georgia Tech dropped from the Top Twenty after falling to 21-- 9 with an ACC quarterfinal loss to Mainland Kansas State was ranked 14th five weeks ago — its only appearance in the poll this season — then fell from the Top Twenty until joining as No 20 this week I Standard-Examin- "500 Clemson Tigers headed for NEW YORK (AP) — The 32- : team National Invitation Touma — ment field includes 14 of the 20 teams with at least 20 victories ST that didn’t make the NCAA ST Tournament Clemson however Isn't one of them The Tigers arc the only team in tourney with a 500 record jftithcr d 4 their log earned them 'thc right to visit defending NIT champion Southern Mississippi 14-1- on Tnday night nence toward next year Wc are “The way we finished the seagoing to play hard and do the son with wins over Duke and best we can" Georgia Tech and the way we The NTT the nation’s oldest played in the ACC Tournament postseason college basketball against North Carolina State certourney gets under way Wednestainly had an effect on us getting day night when Old Dominion into the tournament" Coach C'litT 2 visits Ohio State Ellis said The tournament will be held at “Overall we arc happy to be in campus sites until the semifinals the NIT because we have a young and finals in New York’s Maditeam and we can use more expe- - son Square Garden on March 18-1- 1 16-1- 22-- 7 21-1- as Brigham But for Florida A&M Akron St Peter’s George Mason and Lamar even that wasn’t enough Each of those teams won at least 20 games but couldn’t land even an NIT bid Now that is rejection Texas Southern 19-1- 0 battles Florida State 22-- 9 and Nevada-La- s Vegas plays Southwest Missouri State 22-- 6 At Cincinnati on Friday in the d Southeast Regional action will conclude with 2 Villanova against Arkansas 21-- 8 Illinois 22-- 9 against Texas-Sa- n Antonio 22-- 8 Mary2 land against Barbara 22-- 7 and Kentucky first-roun- 21-1- 17-1- 25-- 5 Rouge Cal-San- ta against 24-- Southern-Bato- n 6 Going Bald? Try This At No Risk Michigan 24-- 7 which remained 10th for the third straight week despite losing to Illinois during the week Bradley the champions of the Missouri Valley Conference led the Second Ten followed by Vegas Wyoming North Carolina State Loyola Calif Illi- nois “It hurt us being a new conference and not having an automatic bid” UNO Coach Art Tolis said “Sometimes you have to pay your dues and it looks like we’re going to have to pay ours” There is some solace for all those teams that failed to make the 64 There were another 32 postseason spots available in the National Invitation Tournament — Advertitammnt — the Big Ten Conference title The Boilermakers received the other e vote and 1059 points six more than Oklahoma 30-- 3 The Sooners champions of the Big Eight will be the top seed in the Southeast Duke jumped from eighth to fifth after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship The Blue Devils 25-- 6 got 919 first-plac- 21-1- 27-- 5 In the West Regional on Friday at Los Angeles Arizona 31-- 2 meets Cornell 17-- 9 Seton Hall 2 plays Texas-E- l Paso 23-- 9 16-1- New Mexico despite losing seven games down the stretch would have gone to the big show had it won the Western Athletic Conference tournament It didn’t “It’s something we brought on ourselves” New Mexico forward Charles Thomas said “The bottom line is you have to win more games” Then there’s the peculiar plight of the University of New Orleans The Privateers went to the NCAA last year as an independent Recognizing the increasing importance of conference affiliation UNO joined the American South this season — and missed an re0 NCAA trip despite a cord In the Midwest Regional at Lincoln Neb on Friday Kansas 1 meets Xavier Ohio 26-- 3 North Carolina State 24-- 7 faces Murray State 21-- 8 Vanderbilt 0 plays Utah State 21-- 9 and Pitt 23-- 6 takes on Eastern Michigan Mar-shal- Tennessee-Chattanoog- Iowa 18-1- top-rank- 3--12 wa State 20-1- 1 and Indiana 19-- 9 plays Richmond 24-- 6 21-1- Top four teams in AP poll stay same in final week Associated Press —-an- Tennessee-Chatta-noog- rt bat0 2 Auburn tles Bradley 26-- 4 Louisville 0 0 meets Oregon State and Brigham Young 25-- 5 meets 22-- 8 e North Second-roun- d action at all sites that begin play on Thursday will be cn Saturday Other d games will be held on Friday with the second round on 20-1- - 12-1- At Atlanta on Thursday in the Southeast Regional Oklahoma 30-- 3 break All-St- ar Akeem Olajuwon scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Sleepy Floyd added 23 points giving Houston a five-gasweep of the Warriors this season Golden State playing without Ralph Sampson and Larry Smith was led by Dave Feitl 19 points with a career-hig- h Houston took control of the game midway through the first quarter Leading 0 the Rockets reeled off 14 of the next 17 3 It was Houston’s points to lead 500th home-couvictory in the club’s history 82-7- 9 since the 4-- 15 Rockets 125 Warriors 112 nt Dickinson 23-- feat Phoenix was led by Armon Gilliam one-ha- lf 2 8-- and Kevin Johnson with 18 points The Suns lost all five games on their road trip 76ers 104 Bullets 96 Bucks 117 Suns 107 lf p fifth consecutive victory In the first half Bird had 23 of his 28 points and Ainge had 18 of his 20 Kevin McHale added 24 The Hawks were led by Dominique Wilkins with 26 On Boston’s first shot of the game Bird for the 14th consecutive hit a game the second longest streak in NBA history Ainge set the record of 23 straight games earlier this season teams NCAA-boun- d which obviously impressed the selectors more than LSLPs record of 7 in those games Consider on the other hand Marshall the Southern Conference regular-seaso- n champion and winner of 24 games in 31 starts Marshall’s schedule was dotted with the likes of Hartford Morehead Virginia Military- The Thundering Herd played — and beat — one NCAA-boun- d team as lost teams such but to Baylor Middle Tennessee and Nevada-Ren- o In that case the few losses mattered more than the 24 victories especially when Marshall a was beaten by in the Southern Conference tournament semifinals “There was a little bit of a sick feeling at first but you have to expect this” Marshall Coach Rick Huckabay said At that Huckabay’s got nothing on New Mexico Coach Gary Colson whose team won 25 games a year ago and 20 this season and wasn’t invited either time The second time was easier for Colsori to take Boston’s Danny Ainge (44) dumps a pass to teammate Kevin McHale (left) as Atlanta’s Tree Rollins (right) attempts to defend Celtics 117 Hawks 100 81-5- against Associated Press Charles Barkley scored 30 of his 42 points in the second half and grabbed 15 rebounds Philadelphia is tied with New York for third place in the Atlantic Division game behind Washington in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference Philadelphia led 8 with 6:42 to go After a three-poiplay by Washington’s Bernard King Barkley scored five points during a 10-- spurt Jeff Malone scored 24 for the Bullets 46-4- 4-- Oft O Chambers’ hot hand paced a 6 burst that boosted Seattle’s lead from 1 with 7 20 seconds gone in third period to with 2:56 left The Nets now 3 under Coach Willis Reed were never able to get closer than 10 points the rest of the way Dale Ellis added 22 points and Xavier McDaniel had 21 for the Sonics who won their third straight game Roy Hinson led New Jersey with 27 points and Buck Williams who missed four games with a strained hamstring added 16 as did Tim McCormick 35-1- d: VV - 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