‘Big Dance’
selections
not logical
Many question*
came to mind
when the IK
team field for the
NCAA basketball imims
men! was announced last
Sunday Most notably was
the curious snubbing of car
tain team* that deservedly
merited a bid to the ~ Big
Dance" but failed to get one
Teams like Fresno State,
Davidson. Minnesota and
Providence had all met the
necessary qualification*, but
were overlooked in favor of
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Clrnion,
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and (Cana**
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easily understood nor all
that familiar to anyone out
side the committee s tittle
group, which meets to
decide the fate of the teems
on the "bubble." But what »*
easily understood is that
there are flaws in the selec
tion system.
Compare Ciemson and
Davidson Ciemson heads to
the tournament with a
respectable 18-10 overall
record, but its Atlantic Coast
Conference record is 7-8.
Davidson, on the other
hand, is 25-4. including a
remarkable undefeated con
ference record Granted.
Davidson doesn't have to go
up against Wake Forest or
Maryland on any given
night, but neither duet Wis
consin Green Bay 125-3J or
Santa Clara (to 8)
Ciemson s big win over
North Carolina in the AOC
tournament is what most
likely parlayed the team into
the tournament A big win
against a big team will make
a good team look great But
this is exactly why it was
shocking that Fresno State
didn't make it In.
The Bulldog* wen! 20-10
on the year including two
wins against too ranked
Utah and a triple overtime
loas to New Mexico in the
Western Athletic Conference
tournament Both Utah and
New Mexico received high
seeds in the tournament
Another oddity is found
when filling out the tourna
ment brackets After going
beck and forth between first
and second place in the
national polls. UMasa and
Kentucky are pitied to meet
each other no higher than
the Final Four.
I 'Mast has the No 1 seed
in the East bracket, while
Kentucky has the No 1 seed
in the Midwest bracket The
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Tftj* Waalurun San Crarta lad tha Oragon Graan taam at tha Ouch Invi
tational on Monday and Tuaaday by Wring an avan combhnad acorn of
21i. Trua fraahmao Andraw Tradway ptayad Oragon • Yallow lawn
and also notched a 21« In tha toumamant
Ducks’ first team
falters at Duck Invite
■ MEN'S COtE: Oregon's
second team finishes
ahead of its counting team
By Trwvor Kearney
%i*s* fdmt
1C* not loo often that a »««
ond siring squad outplay* a
fir** suing squad
Bui that i* asm llv what hap
parwd a* the two day the k litv t
tat tuna I played at the Shadow
Hill* Country Club in funt lion
City, spelling doom for the Ore
gon men * gulf team, a* the
thick* placed nth In the 15
team field, an even 10 »Uuke*
behind first place San (nee State
THe the ks *(awm“ first team,
composed of the golfers who
had the best score* in last
week's pra< lice, had a sub par
first day of golf on Monday,
shoot ing a combined V*.
Two of the thicks’ top golfers.
Jeff Barney and Chrt* Cone, bed
off day* on Monday, as Harney
shot an eight over par 152 and
Cone shot a I l over par IS?.
The Duck* were led by true
freshman lien Crane, who *hot a
one under par 14 I
But the Oregon “Yellow”
team, composed of the five
golfer* who didn't make the first
leant, shot a combined SM. good
fur a fir*!day wvirnlh place ll«
Redshift freshman Adrian Burt
net led the wav with a one
under par UJ. while true
freshman Andrew Tredway was
one itrob back with a ton
httmd w ore of )44
The "Green" team ftnbhed
the tmirnament in sole posses
•ton of 14th place with a com
bined wore of a»4, hut the
"Yellow’* team finished In a
UMh plat e tie with Portland
State with a team score of UK
Unfortunately for Oregon
though, the ■Yellow" team's
placing doesn’t count in the
standing*, as she second team
was added only to let more Or*
Ron players play In the bucks'
sole home tournament
Cn»a# paced the first team
with an men wore of 2 IB. good
for a five way tie for eighth
place (he of those other eighth
place golfer* was Tredway. who
shot an even 72 In the com lud
ing round of golf
San lose State < cmc back from
a fourth-place finish on Monday
to lieat ! begem Stale, whose two
teams dominated the first two
rounds. In a tie breaker round
San lose State shot a team sccsre
of MU
Camby just misses unanimous selection
■ ALL-AMERICA: Ray Alton. Tim
Duncan, Allan Iverson and Kerry
Kilties join the UMass star on the
Associated Press first team
{API Marco* Camby came within one vale
of being a unanimous selection i». The Ajmo
1 tand Pteaa' At! America team Tuesday ami
the Big East became the first conference ever
to have three player* selected to the first
team
Camby. the ft-foot it junior center who
drew a* much attention this season for col
lapsing before a game a* for what he did on
the court, ia the first player from Massachu
setts to be selected to the Ron team
He was joined on ihe firat learn by Ray
Allen of Connecticut. Allen Iverson of
fieorgetuwn. Kerry Kittle* — all from the Big
East - and Wake Purest center Tim Duncan
All but on# voter on the ftt> memlwr nation
at media panel had Camby on the first team
Camby received 328 point* in the 5-3-1 vot
ing. edging out Allen, the junior twingman
who had 324.
Iverson, the sophomore guard who may be
the quickest player in ihe game, rec eives! 311)
points — four more than Duncan, a junior
who play* the more traditional center role
than Camby'* open-court style Kiltie*. the
only senior on the firs! team, bed 24ft paints
Duncan and Kittle* both ended long
drought* for firat team honor* for their
achuoU Wake Por«Mi‘t last fust team selec
tion was lam Chappell in 1362; for Villanova,
it wa» Howard Poster in 1971
Camby averaged 20.7 point*, ft rebound*
and 3.8 blocks this season a* the Minuiemen
went 31-1 and held the No 1 ranking for 10
weeks, longer than any other teem.
There are some terrific players around the
country, but with Marcus I don't have to do
any (maturing.' Ma**« husett* < oat h John
Cali part said Tuesday "Other people say he
1* the best player in the country; I don't have
to Good players put up number* Special
player* make everyone around them better
Marcus Cambv t* a special player **
< ambv. an honorable mention All-America
a* a sophomore, i ntlap*ed before the St
Bonaventure game in lanuary. missed four
game* and returned to tear! the Mmuternen to
thetr fifth straight Atlantic 10 regular-season
and tournament championship*
The Individual honor* are nice, but I
would trade them all if it meant we would
win the national championship.*' Gamby said
Allen, a 8-5 junior, made the jump from
third team to fir*! team by averaging 23.3
point* and 8 4 rebound* while leading the
Huskies to the Big East regular season and
tournament titles, the former with a league
record |7*1 mark
"Thi* i* a high honor that I'll cherish." he
•aid 1 felt this season would be a challenge
because other teems would be gunning for us
because of our success in the past. Our lur
c«*» a* a team unit ha* allowed me to reap
this special individual honor "
The only sophomore on the first team. 8 I
Iverson was a highlight dip waiting to hap
pen thi* season feu the Hayes, averaging 24.7
Kunis. 3.8 rebounds. 4 assists and 3.4 steals
* was selected the Big East defensive player
of the year for the second time and was an
honorable mention All-America last season
"It's a great honor." ha said "It's something
1 always wanted to be."
The 8-10 Duncan pul up consistent number*
as the Demon Deacons became the first team
to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference tour
nament champions in 14 yean. A third team
•election last veer as a sophomore, he avenged
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