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M arch 13, 1996 • T he P ori land O bserver
Pilots Earn Spot At NCAA 'Dance'
The brackets are set and the p rep a­
ration is under way for the N CA A
m en s B a s k e tb a ll T o u rn a m e n t.
M arch M adness officially begins
Thursday.
The Selection C om m ittee on S u n ­
day night announced the 64-team
field for the tournam ent and nam ed
M assachusetts. K entucky,C onnecti­
cut and Purdue as the top seeds.
A total o f 30 autom atic berths
were earned by conference ch a m p i­
ons and 34 at-large bids w ere e x ­
tended by the Selection C om m ittee
to com plete the 64-team field.
M assachusetts (31-1), the A tlan ­
tic lO cham pion, is the top seed in the
East regional. M assachusetts will play
Central Florida ( 1 1-18), one o f tw o
sub- 500 team s in the N C A A T o u r­
nam ent. Thursday in the first round
at Providence, R I
Kentucky (28-2), the reg ular-sea­
son Southeastern C onference chain-
Portland Faces Villanova
Portland faces V illanova Friday
in the first round o f the N CA A
tourn am en t’s M idwest Regional in
M ilw aukee, W ise. T eam s capsules
o f both team s are as follows:
University Of Portland
C oach: R ob C havez (2nd year)
N icknam e: Pilots
Record and conference finish: 19-
10, 5th, W est C oast Seed, Region
and Bid: 14, M idw est, A utom atic
Total N C A A appearances: 2
NCAA T ournam ent Record: 0-1
Last N CA A appearance: 1959, lost
to D ePaul, 57-56, first round, M id­
west Regional
Best N C A A T ournam ent finish:
1959, first round
Starters:
F - L e m o n t D a n ie ls (6 -4 , S r.,
12.1 p p g , 5 .9 rp g )
F - R ick B ra in a rd (6 -6 , S r.,
10.9 p p g , 3.5 rp g )
C - G re g K lo ste rm a n (6 -1 1 ,
J r ., 9 .6 p p g , 5 .5 rp g )
G - C h iv o A n d e rso n (6 -5 , S o.,
9 . 1 p p g , 1.4 a p g )
G - D io n n H o lto n (5 -1 0 , S o .,
6 .8 p p g , 3 .6 ap g )
O u tlo o k Finished fifth in the
W est C oast C onference during the
regular season at 7-7. H ow ever, in
the conference tournam ent, top-seed
Santa C lara was upset in the first
round and Portland cruised through
and beat G onzaga in the final to
qualify for the
“Big D an ce.” The team has bal­
anced scoring and som e size in
K losterm an, w hocould neutralize
V illanova’s Jason Law son. H ow ­
ever,
n Friday
Villanova
Coach: Steve Lappas (5th year)
N icknam e: W ildcats
Record and conference finish: 25-
6, 3rd, Big East Seed. Region and
Bid. 3, M idw est, A t-Large
Total NCAA appearances: 23
NCAA Tournament Record: 35-22
Last NCAA appearance: 1995, lost
to Old D om inion, 89-81 in three
overtim es, first round, East Regional
Best NCAA T ournam ent finish:
1985, National C ham pions
Starters:
F
6 .2
F
ppg,
C
I 2 .0
G
- C h u c k K o rn e g a y (6 -9 , Jr.,
p p g , 4 .6 rp g )
- E ric E b e rz (6 -7 , S r., 13.6
3 .9 rp g )
- Ja so n L a w so n ( 6 -1 1 , Jr.,
p p g , 6 .6 rp g )
- A lv in W illia m s (6 -4 , Jr.,
11.3 p p g , 5 .4 a p g )
G - K erry K ittle s (6 -5 , S r.,
2 0 .5 p p g , 3 .6 a p g )
Outlook: W ith an opening round
gam e against Portland, w hich has not
made the N CA A T ournam ent since
1959, V illanova may use the oppor­
tunity to get back in sync with Kerry
K ittles in the lineup. The W ildcats
lost tw o o f three w ithout their star
player and after beating Providence
in the opener of the Big E ast T ourna­
ment, were run ragged by G eorge­
town in the sem ifinals.
The W ildcats m ust try and forget
their first-round disaster in last y ear's
tournament in which they were shocked
by Old Dominion. Should they win the
Wildcats face the possibility of a second-
round meeting with Louisville and a
Sw eet-16 gam e against W ake Forest.
pion w ith a perfect 16-0 record, is the
top seed in the M idw est regional
Big East cham pion C onnecticut
(30-2) is the top seed in the Southeast
regional. The Huskies will play P a­
triot League cham pion C olgate (15-
14) Thursday in the first round at
Indianapolis.
Big Ten cham pion Purdue is the
top seed in the W est regional. Purdue
plays Southern C onference ch am ­
p io n W e ste rn C a ro lin a (1 7 -1 2 )
Thursday in the first round at A lbu­
querque, N.M.
A nine-m an selection com m ittee
began meeting T hursday night in
K ansas City to determ ine the 34 at-
large teams and set the regional brack­
ets and matchups for the NCAA T our­
nament.
V illanova meets W est C oastC on-
ference cham pion Portland (19-10)
in the first round Friday at M ilw au­
kee.
Wilson Comes Up Short At State
lb E ric N oon
T h e P o rtla n d In te r s c h o la s tic
League only gets one team as auto­
matic seed in the boys 4A basketball
tournam ent, and the num ber one team
in the PIL W ilson T rojans took this
years honors. C leveland, Jefferson,
and second ranked Benson failed to
qualify for the sixteen team boys 4A
basketball State C ham pionship at the
M emorial C oliseum and the Rose
G arden.
The T rojans (22-2), who beat out
Benson (20-4) in their gym for the
league title drew a tough m atch'up
with T hurston (20-5) in the first
round. The Colts cam e right at the
T rojans and led by eight at half, but
W ilson outscored the feisty Colts 16-
Bruno Gets
Motivated
For Tyson
As if defending the W orld Boxing
Council heavyw eight cham pionship
and "Hying the flag for E ngland”
w eren't enough, Frank Bruno has
found som ething else to fire him up
for Ins light Saturday against Mike
Tyson.
It is som ething Tyson said: that he
felt Bruno "in his heart” did not be­
lieve he could knock Tyson out.
"He’s on adilferent planet," Bruno
said angrily at a news conference
Monday after a public w orkout in
preparation for his scheduled 12-
round W BC title defense. "W hodoes
Tyson think he is?” Bruno got in a
lew shots o f his own.
"Deep, deep down, I d o n ’t think
Iy so n ’s ready and he has now here to
2 in the crucial third quarter. The
gam e went dow n to the wire and
D avid Jackson found a seam and
drove for the w inning lay-up as the
C olt defense had a breakdow n with
4.6 seconds left. Basil D uncantell
then tied up the C olts and closed the
barn door by forcing a ju m p ball and
giving the T rojans the ball and the
win on a fine defensive play.
T he T rojans then advanced to face
eventual State C ham pion South S a­
lem (21-8) in the quarterfinals on
T hursday. South Salem com ing off
and im pressive rout o f La G rande
77-49 looked to be peaking at ju st the
right time going in. The Saxons record
w as a bit deceiving as their point
guard M ike M cShane, who will play
run,” said Bruno. “T y so n ’s been in
prison for three years and has only
had 10 m inutes in the ring. It c a n ’t be
beneficial for him. It can be benefi­
cial for me.
“I d o n 't know about his prepara­
tion lor this fight, but in prison you
have tim e to be positive. He seem s to
have got worse and th at’s good for
m e.”
A s for his ow n p rep ared n ess,
Bruno said: "I feel nice. I’m ready to
rum ble. Though I may have em b ar­
rassed m yself in the past, this time
I'm flying the (lag for E ngland.”
T he 34-year-old from Brentwood,
E ssex, has a record o f 40-4 with 38
knockouts.
H ow ever, all four losses w ere in­
side the distance and three cam e in
w orld title bouts, including one on
Feb. 25. 1989, in Las V egas when he
was stopped in the fifth round by
Tyson, then the undisputed world
heavyw eight cham pion.
In the past tw o and a h alf years
Bruno has won all four o f his fights
including his last one on Sept. 2
for Oregon next year, was out the
first ten gam es.
The Saxons got o ff to another hot
start and led by nine after one q u ar­
ter, but W ilson bounced back in the
second period with a 13-6 run to
narrow the m argin to I w oat the break.
W ilson kept up the hot shooting in
the third out-scoring the Saxons 15-
8 and taking a five p oint edge going
into the final q u arter. T he State
C ham ps really took it to the favored
T rojans in the forth quarter as the
T halo G reen and M ike M cShane
sh o w o v e rw h e lm e d the talen ted
sq u a d 49-47. The Trojans d id n ’t have
any answ ers for the 6 ’7" center
headed for the U niversity o f W ash­
ington. G reen poured in a gam e high
22 points, nabbed six rebounds and
added three blocks in a spectacular
performance. M cShane finished with
10 points and six assists, but drew the
questionable offensivecharge against
Tyrone M anlove and m ade a key
steal on an inbound play to seal the
victory M cShane appeared to slide
in late under the basket as M anlove
drove in for the lay-up after he re­
leased the ball, but the call went
against M anlove w ith 1:15 left in the
game.
“ I thought it was a bad call,” said
the senior wing M anlove.
David Jackson w ho finished with
15 points and five assists put the
g a m e in b e tte r p e r s p e c tiv e as
M anlove was understandably to up­
set, to offer much insight. The W il­
son offense ju st went flat in the forth
quarter and the T rojans were out-
rebounded I I -3 on the offensive side
of the ball for the game.
“W e w eren 't w illing to work our
offense through to get the best shot,
we were ju st trying to get any shot,
said the O bserver Player o f the Year
Jackson. “W e battled hard it just
w asn’t enough tonight.”
The T rojans had a great deal of
expectations on them to win the title
this year as nine of their 12 players
are Seniors, including two o f the
states best in M anlove and Jackson.
The T rojans shot 59% from the field
against South Salem as M anlove had
20 points and Jackson added 15 but
the T rojans co u ld n ’t get a bucket
when it counted.
“A nybody can com e out there and
score,” said Jackson after their first
round squeaker over Thurston. “The
worst team s can get lucky and score.”
Jackson w as right when he said his
team needed to focus on defense, but
the T rojans trouble cam e from their
indecisiveness on offense. The T ro ­
jan s also lost the sixth place gam e in
a ugly performance that saw technicals for
unspt xtsmanlike ct induct to players walk­
ing off the court before the game was over.
Understandably it must have been hard for
W ilsontocomeback and play fo rsix th
place, but these kids represent a
school and a city and their show ing in
that final gam e was out o f line.
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a w ider selection o f choices for room
location and size, as well as airline,
bus and train departure tim es and
seating arrangem ents.”
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planning, budgeting and safe travel­
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