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SYRACUSE POST-STANDARD, March Orange Joins in NCAA Field of 16 i i * * King's Bl Hoosiers Roll On By HERSCHEL NISSENSON San Diego State 90-80. Connor and Kevin Grevey, AP Sports Writer —At Pullman, Wash., Mon- charged from behind at the out- Led by unbeaten In- tana got by Utah State 69-63 set of the second half and Crowner diana ... easily... and re- and UCLA erupted with a 16-4 swamped Marquette. '' Ken- venge-bent UCLA ... which did overtime burst that eliminated tucky is a much better team By TOM BATZOLD it the hard way... the nation's determined Michigan 103-91. than a lot of people think they top four teams are still in the Although Indiana, 30-0, placed are," said Marquette Coach Al four men in double figures, it PHILADELPHIA-While most of the Syracuse University running for college basketball's 1 McGuir$. i players were yelling, laughing and slapping palms, Kevin King top prize—the National Colle- was the Hoosiers sticky de- North Carolina ble+ w out New slipped into the back corner of the cramped locker room, away giate championship. fense that put the clamps on UTEP. Steve Green and Quinn Mexico State with a 17-2 burst from the hero's spotlight. Top-ranked Indiana, runner- in a SVz-minute span early in Syracuse had just defeated LaSalle, 87-83, in overtime Satur- up UCLA, third-rated Louisville Buckner led a charge that turned a 29-24 lead just before the second half that opened a day night at the Palestra to earn a spot in the Eastern Regional and No. 4 Maryland came 66-47 bulge. Arizona State semifinals. The close, tense, emotional game was one of the through Saturday with victories halftime into a 60-36 rout with 9:17 left. guards Lionel Hollins and Rudy sweetest to win but also the toughest kind to lose, and King felt that sent them to the various White wrecked Alabama in the some compassion for the other guys. NCAA regionals next Thursday * There's no question that our defense is the most important early going with stolen passes "I kind of feel sorry for them," King said. "It's tough to beat and Saturday. and scored 17 points apiece. your friends. But I tried to treat it like just another game." Joining them in the winner's part of our game/' said Coach Bobby Knight. "It was tough The Sun Devils saw a 22-point King, a 6-4 junior forward, began bis college career at LaSalle circle were three other mem- spread dwindle to seven with four years ago. After less than three months in the City of Broth- bers of The Associated Press for them to try to come from behind against us." eight minutes left but Alabama erly Love, be decided Philadelphia wasn't his style and ended up Top Ten—No. 6 Kentucky, sev- got no closer until the final at Syracuse the following January. He came back again Saturday enth-ranked North Carolina and UTEP Coach Don Haskins half-minute. night to make the play that broke LaSalle's back. No. 8 Arizona State. The only said his Miners "went wrong With the score tied at 81 and only 38 seconds left in overtime, Top Ten losers were No. 5 Mar- when we missed the first easy Chuckie Williams and Carl the ball went to Syracuse All-America Rudy Hackett stationed at quette and No. 10 Alabama and lay-up. We have to hit all our Gerlach scored 20 points apiece the high post, then quickly back to King, who broke past his man they bowed to Kentucky and shots in close... and we to lead Kansas State over llth- !and headed for the basket on an old-fashioned back-door play. Arizona State respectively. missed a bunch." ranked Penn. Kevin King's lay- "Nobody had to call that play or anything like that—it was just Marques Johnson and Rich- up and two free throws each by (( North Carolina State, last an automatic thing," King said. We use it late in the game in year's champion and the na- ard Washington hit for six Jim Lee and Ross Kindel in the that situation because they were overplaying our forwards." tion's ninth-ranked team, failed quick points in overtime as final 37 seconds of overtime After King's bucket, senior guard Jimmy Lee demonstrated to win the Atlantic Coast Con- UCLA beat back Michigan. sparked Syracuse over La his 85 per cent career foul shooting form by calmly dropping in ference Tournament and was Regulation play ended at 87-all Salle. both ends of a one-and-one situation with 26 seconds left. Fresh- not selected to defend its after Michigan's Wayman Britt Wil Morrison scored 14 of his man Ross Kindel hit two more from the line with 12 seconds left crown. hit two free thows with 1:23 re- 20 points in the second half, before SU let LaSalle have an uncontested layup as the buzzer This is the line-up for the re- maining. UCLA, seeking its leading Boston College past went off. gionals, with the four eventual 10th national title in 12 years, Furman. Oregon State, paced "Man, that really took a lot out of me," said Syracuse coach winners.advancing to the finals scored six points in the first 1 Vz by Lonnie Shelton's 23 points, Roy Danforth after the dramatic victory. "I wanted to win this at San Diego March 29-31. minutes of the overtime to ice took an 11-point lead over game so bad. It really means a lot to be in those Eastern Region* East Regional at Providence, the game. Middle Tennessee late in the als in Providence. Now, no matter what anybody says, we're one R. I.—North Carolina vs. Syr- Louisville trailed Rutgers by first half and breezed home.- of the top 16 teams in the country." as many as eight points in the acuse and Boston College vs. Cincinnati freshman Steve This game however, proved the margin between the top 16 and Kansas State. early going—it was 46-44 at the also-rans can be razor thin. Syracuse, now 21-7, had many op- halftime—but Allen Murphy hit Collier .negated a second-half Mideast at Dayton, Ohio—In- Texas A&M rally with four con- portunities to win and an equal number of chances to lose but diana vs. Oregon State and three straight baskets to start came back like a cat with nine lives. the second half and the Cardi- secutive baskets and scored 14 Kentucky vs. Central Michigan. of his 20 points after the inter- It looked bad for the Orange when Chris Sease, the Syracuse Midwest at Las Cruces, nals were off and running. Jun- "Rocket Man" who had a red-hot hand worth 18 points, fouled ior Bridgeman took scoring mission. Adrian Dantley went N. M.—Louisville vs. Cincinnati on a scoring binge midway out with 1:57 left in regulation. But the SU players weren't wor- and Maryland vs. Notre Dame. honors with a career high 36 ried. points. through the second half and Next Stop—Against Syracuse West at Portland, Ore.— paced Notre Dame over Kan- "We missed Chris and all but we've got other guys who can do Marylanb d relied on the out- UCLA vs. Montana and Arizona sas. Beginning with a lay-up things for us," said Lee, who finished with 20 points. "Kevin New Mexico State's Richard Robinson son, and with good reason as the Tar Heels State vs. Nevada-Las Vegas. side shooting of John Lucas and (King) and Stevie (Shaw) came in and did the job ." (45) lets out a groan as he battles North routed New Mexico State, 93-69, and will freshman Brad Davis to over- with 10:49 left after Kansas had This is how they did it:, pulled with 4846, Dantley The teams traded baskets before LaSalle ran the clock down in Carolina's Mitch Kupchak (background) meet Syracuse Thursday night in Provi- —At Philadelphia, Kansas come Creighton's zone defense. the final minute. With five seconds left, the Explorers got the Lucas scored 19 points and scored 19 second-half points to for a rebound Saturday in Charlotte in the dence in the first round of the Eastern Re- State upset Penn 69-62 and Syr- finish with 33. ball into 6-10 Joe Bryant, the man wbo did most of the damage first round of their NCAA game. Kupchak gionals. (UPI) Davis 14, a number coming against SU's zone, scoring 25 points. acuse shaded La Salle 87-83 in 1 doesn't look nearly as worried as Robin- overtime. from the top of the key against Ricky Sobers scored 13 of his "We got the exact play we wanted/ LaSalle coach Paul West- —At Charlotte, N. C, North the zone. Doug Brookins. who 21 points in the second half as head said. " Bryant gets the ball six feet from the basket, he Carolina trounced New Mexico scored 25 points, led a late Nevada-Las Vegas unleashed a takes his turnaround shot. It was perfectly shot with a soft deliv- State 93-69 and Boston College charge that brought Creighton fast-break attack that buried ery. We've done the same thing a million times before." within 82-79, but Lucas clinched San Diego State. Eric Hays and But this one wasn't quite perfect. The ball kissed off the front Nort inn Nex t downed Furman 82-76.