Show ''I ' I rrrrrw MTV The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 11 1998— Page 11 are some By Dan Caesar St Louts But that was an oddity because ’Zona has lost in the first round to loweMeeded teams throe times far the ’90s Maybe you think Arizona win revert to form and lose to a No 16 seed in the first round Post-Otsoet- ch You’ll be hearing the racket about brackets all week At work or school in the paper: oo TV and the radio College March Madaeaa la la full swing and it aeema everybody bu an NCAA Tburnament bracket in hand But bu-ketbal- l’i ' before you scrawl “Nichoili State” onto your sheet think again Since 1985 when the touraa-wa- s currently need m R adopted a Haven’t filled youn out yet? has beaten Or are you part-wa- y through but atop seed pulling your hair out trying to figThe 64 teams are divided into ure out who to pencil in next? four brackets to start the If you’re still trying to decide tournament And in the fint round whether if you have enough guts under the cuneat setup the four No (or btainlock) to pick Prairie' View 1 seeds ere 52-- 0 vs Ko 16 to upset Kansas in the first round (North CwoUaa Duke Kansmmd or are yearning to select a long-shArizona have top seeds this yest) to win the tournament we’ve No IS seeds ate almost as bad as the 16s They play second got a few guidelines to consider — Youknow that — until last aeeded teams and nave won Just year— Arizona had more trouble in three of 52 opening-roun- d games the tournament than CUntao has Iwd under the current format with a guy named Start You know Better think again before taking Arizona won it all in 1997 and is the Me longshot approach the No 1 seed in toe West this year — You want to be different 64-tea- 16th-NEVE- 16-tea- m ot NBA IS points and 10 rebounds for UnattU The Sanies saw a 20point lead after three quarters cut to 10 with 6:12 to go before Baker hit a free throw Dedef Scfatempf made a “Winning would have helped us a lot more than them” Miami and coach Pat Riley said “I don’t free throws Schrempf sank two think they believe anyone is i ' Suns 100 Nuggets 76 going to beat them when it At Denver Antomo McDyess counts" v cored 18 points Jason Kidd had Spurs 79 Nets 78: 17 and Phoenix handed the David Robinson made a layup " as time ran out as San Antonio sent visiting New Jersey to its sixth straight loss foe third when a 0 run The Nets who have lost four of ftieled quarter Kidd and McDyess by those games by three points or Phoenix a 5 lead Den7 lead gave fewer went ahead ver got no closer than 12 points with 77 seconds left on two free the rest of that period and throws by Chris Gatling Phoenix extended its lead to 27 In So if yon have a surprise team you like don't be afraid to pick it to win a game — maybe two — can pick the right “name” teams but not mote to do well and come up with a real - — Actually if you like underlongshot that advances far yon dogs you may be barking up the probably can win your pool even wrong tree if you are competing in an NCAA Tournament pool if the team doesn't go all the way The tourney seeding committee If you want to take this route proceed with extreme caution certainly knows what it's doing Since 1985 onfy 29 teams seeded Seven of the last 13 tournament ninth or lower have advanced winners have been a No 1 seeds beyond the fint weekend That’s two have been seeded second an average of only about two That means there's almost a 70 teams a year in the bottom half of percent chance of a 1 or 2 seed the seedings moving on to the winning the tide It’s best to concentrate oo highregional semifinals from the rest of the entrants in the pool Anybody can pick North Carolina to win it alL But if you : And only one team seeded ninth or lower has advsneed to the Final Four under the current setup seeded 11th and lost to Louisville in the 1986 national semifinals Malone Malone has been the subject of forests before In 1992 whim the Jazz were playing In Chicago not — that was LSU which was Continued Apooi Pngs I mean assigning additional sccuri-t- y personnel to work a game or attend to a certain player among -t other things “We treat each one very seriously" said Brent Allenbach foe vice president of event services at the Delta Center: - received several threats on Malone’s life In response a Main-cloth" police team varied its routine by taking a different route to the arena and Viaw using a different entrance than tf usual emit t 2 2 lUflwnMSUa Common Black Walnut 1 Eastern Cherry ' i ' ' - 1 ' am r ?V: It f&t&GQsffi sera i - -- 0 9©0H3P - Common Cherry 11 s jfo — mu V i IUI It) M an Then k never been a better time to gel a new “99 CaT And If you order befbn March 31 1998 you’ll receive up to $600 in Cat Cash” Come tee us last for guaranteed best prices anywhen! 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Eastern Red Oak glamour teams scrawled in for all die slots in the Final Four — Here are I few more facts to later-roun- and go from there — The has come with fourth-seede- d teams (Michigan State Mary 9-- Spurs rookie Tim Duncan then in die lane missed an but the rebound was knocked out of bounds by New Jersey with 11 ly seeded teams analyze their d matchups possible land Mississippi and New Mexico fit the bill mis yean) Ten No 4s have made it all the way to die regional finals in the fast 13 JT 1 siCtagns its jjc:g uiffl rebounds and six of the Spurs’ 15 Mocks San Antonio won despite scaring just 31 points in dm sech ond halt v KakksSS Magic 78 ' - At New York Charlie Ward reached double figures in points and assists for die secandstraight gone— and only this season1 jit - yi Ward had 10 points and 10 assists as the Knicki completed a e season sweep of the e series and snapped a losing streak that tied their longest of the season “HI probaHy never be a super- star in this league might not be on the team but one four-gam- three-gam- All-St- ar I can do is play hard every ' night and do the best I can!' dung Ward said-V:- : Nick Anderson scored 25 for e the Magic who hnd a three-gam- victory streak stopped as they lost for only the third time in 11 gfemes Johnson led the Knicks and Charles Oak-11- 3 rebounds Wizards 93 Bucks 77 Chris Wbbber scored 24 points and Rod Strickland had 17 points 11 rebounds and 10 assists in Wkshingtonrs victory at Milwau" kee 'V y The Wizards who stopped a road losing streak got in die mat took a 36-1- 7 lead early in second and coasted Bucks to the fifth loss in six games Ray Allen led the Bucks with IS points while Ricky Pierce and Elliot Pttry had 12 each Rockets 97 Mavericks 91 three-gam- e 12 points from Webber cold-shooti- At Houston Clyde Drexler scored 24 points and two players had strong games for the Rockets after returning from l one-ga- Willis had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Hakeem hadJ3 points Olqo-wo- n eight rebounds and four stitches over his right eye after colliding with Cedric Cebsllos at halftime Houston led 60-4-5 and 79-6- 4 going into the fourth ter but almost Mew a 96-7- 6 with 4:53 to play The Rockets were outscored 15--1 the rest of foe game Michael Finley had 25 points ( i1 imihwih IfI m Y$mm and Ceballos added 24 for the Mavericks- SuperSonics 111 Raptors 93 Guy Payton scored 24 points and Dale Ellis 18 as Seattle record to improved its NBA-be- st 25-- 4 at the Key 47-1- 5 including Arena John Wallace had 25 points and Doug Christie 21 for Toronto since foe All-Stwhich is 2-break The Raptors lost their fifth in a row despite grabbing a 19-- 6 lead in the opening quarter: Hersey Hawkins had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Vin Baker 12 UYBWA MUHUCON can cana CEtmm ar UBittoertsn I utrmu r?-zmx- r II AigCTCflfJ£MDIflflS immmm mm |