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Sl)c Uffl flloincs iicqislcr DAVID WITKE, Executive Sports Editor, 515-284-8130 Who Will Win, When? Complete schedules, previews of NCAA tournament games provide some of the answers. Page4S Friday, March 20, 1902 1 taras hoc MM starting guards B.J. Tyler and Terrence Rencher. Tyler made six three-pointers, Rencher five. Forward Dexter Cambridge added 16 points.

Rencher and Cambridge both missed three-pointers in the final 20 seconds that would have tied the score. "It was a great game," Penders said. "We just couldn't get over the IOWA Please turn to Page 4S on 11 -for-17 shooting. Like junior guard Val Barnes, who had 21 points and five assists. Like sophomore forward Chris Street, who had 16 points and nine rebounds.

Efforts like that, as well as 71.4 percent shooting in the second half and 59.1 percent in the game, punched Iowa's ticket to a second-round game Saturday morning against top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Duke. The Blue Devils defeated Iowa in the second round of the Midwest Regional last season, 85-70. "We put every ounce of energy into getting ready for Texas," Davis said. "Now we can't celebrate after a terrific win. We have to start refocusing, on Duke." On this night, the fifth-place team from the Big Ten was better than the Southwest Conference regular-season co-champion.

Iowa advances with a 19-10 record. Texas' season ended at 23-12 despite 26 points apiece from. "There aren't many tricks. It goes back to the players and the program." The good players were plentiful against the Longhorns. Like senior forward James Moses, who had 21 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and a career-high seven assists.

"The guy who killed us was Moses," Texas Coach Tom Penders said. Like all-Big Ten Conference center Acie Earl, who had 25 points By RICK BROWN Rkgistkk Staff Writf.r Greensboro, N.C. Iowa basketball coach Tom Davis rolled a lucky seven Thursday night. His Hawkeyes defeated Texas, 98-92, in an NCAA East Regional game at the Greensboro Coliseum to give Davis a 7-0 career record in first-round games. His secret? "Good players," Davis said.

Williams: 'I Don't Ever Lose' Star of ISU's foe boasts of talent Marc Hansen We want Duke! No you don't! reensboro, N.C. With fl. 11 seconds left in the game Thursday night and Acie Earl standing on the free-throw line clutch ing the victory-to-be in his giant hands, the Iowa followers began looking ahead. "We want Duke!" they chanted. "We want Duke! The Hawkeye fans smiled when they said it.

They may be crazy, but they aren't stupid. In their heart of hearts, they want Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament the way a free-throw shooter wants a pair of cataracts. Nobody wants Duke. At least no body with a healthy sense of self-pres ervation. The Dookies in the crowd did their best to drive the point home.

"No you don't'" the Dookies sang as the Hawkeyes wrapped up their 98-92 victory. No you don As the owners of lofty ACT scores, they made a lot of sense. Iowa-Duke will come soon enough. Brunch hour Saturday will roll around before we know it. In the meantime, all Hawkeyes, in uniform and out, ought to roll this one around in their mouths for a day- before spitting it out to make room for the Blue Devils.

Take some time to think about this Nobody wants Duke. At least nobody with a healthy sense of self-preservation. free-flowing, fast-breaking first- rounder. It would have been a great game for national television, Tom Penders kept telling anyone who would listen. The Texas coach was right.

The Hawkeyes led almost from wire to wire, but the victory never felt secure until the time clock had shrunk to low double digits. The scoring margin bounced around like the stock ticker on the day options a- i 'i Johnston's Bobby Pate loses a Christian's Kyle Van Zee I ISUvs.N.C.-CHARLOTTE N.C.-CHRL0TTE(23-8) No. Starter 4 DeVaull 21 Wylie 43 Odom 34 Williams 12 Terrell Ht Yr. PU. Rb.

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matched by Jeff Mullins, North Carolina-Charlotte's coach. He indicated the 49ers feel pretty good about themselves. "This is like taking a child to Disney World," Mullins said. "We're riding the rides. "I think the team is really ready for this ride.

Maybe it's because it's the second time I've taken a team to the NCAA. Maybe it's something I sense about the team. "They don't want to be here for one game. Nobody does, I understand that. But I think there's something about this team that can carry us beyond this round." North Carolina-Charlotte, won the Metro Conference tournament title in its first season as a member, and has a 23-8 record.

Iowa State comes into the game with a 20-12 record. Although the Cyclones are the SU Please turntoPage 4S Report expire. One minute the Hawkeyes rebound to Pella Christian won the Class 2-A semifinal, 43-39, Thursday. Pella and will play Cedar Rapids Regis in the final. were up 1 1 points in the second half.

The next, Texas had cut it to two. Iowa back up by 12, Texas cuts it to two again. No time to take a deep breath. No time to feel at ease. Not until Earl popped in that free throw with 11 seconds left and got set to try an other.

"If we could have gotten the lead," Penders said, "maybe we could have pulled it out. Maybe a play here or there or a traveling call in the middle of the floor end the whole thing goes our way. We almost stole it. "But Iowa answered everything. They were on fire offensively.

They knocked down some big-time shots." They knocked down 71 percent of their shots, big time and little, in the second half. Surely that qualifies for on-fire status. "The guy who killed us was Moses," Penders went on. "He was outstanding. Thirteen defensive rebounds.

North Carolina-Charlotte guard says he's unbeatable in one-on-one matchups. He'll be paired against Iowa State's Bayless today. ByRONMALY Register Staff Writer Worcester, Mass. Inspiration. It was there Thursday for Iowa State guard Ron Bayless.

If Bayless needed anything to get emotionally prepared for today's NCAA East Regional basketball game, he got it Thursday. Henry Williams, an old friend from Indianapolis, provided it. Bayless and his Cyclones' teammates already had left The Centrum after their early afternoon practice. Williams, the leading scorer for North Carolina-Charlotte with a 20.8 average, made a comment that could get Bayless' attention. "To give you something to write about, I don't ever lose one-on-one matchups," Williams told report ers.

Williams, a senior who is North Carolina-Charlotte's career scoring leader with 2,362 points, will be guarded by Bayless today in a first-round game at 2 p.m. CST. His duel with Bayless figures to be a key to the game. Bayless is as good a defensive player as I've ever had," Iowa State Coach Johnny Orr said. Williams confidence was Morning Urfck is finalist Michigan State has chesen six finalists, including Iowa State's Max Urick, in its search for an athletic director.

The candidates were chosen after off-campus interviews hv rhp uni versity's 11 mittee. Urick Other fi- Chip nf sir nalists being considered are Merrily Dean Baker, assistant executive director at the NCAA; James Liv-engood, athletic director at Washington State; Gene Smith, director of intercollegiate athletics at Eastern Michigan; Clarence Underwood, associate athletic director at Michigan State; and Deborah Yow, athletic director at St. Louis. Urick also interviewed for similar posts at Luther College, Minnesota and Florida. Michigan State is searching for a replacement for George Perles, who was forced last year to choose between athletic director and football coach.

He chose to be coach because of its longer contract. Jordan settles spat Michael Jordan has ended his differences with USA Basketball and will play in the Summer Olympics at Barcelona. The participation of Jordan, Patrick Ewing and John Stockton had been in doubt because their likenesses, set to appear on Olympic souvenirs, are exclusive property of Nike. It was agreed Jordan's face will not be used and his royalties 111 go to USA Basketball. 1 1 St Johnston falls just short That really killed us." Thirteen defensive rebounds? From James Moses? Not to be confused with Moses Malone, rebounder supreme? Johnston, 43-39, in a state Class 2-A boys' basketball tournament semifinal Thursday night.

The Eagles will play Cedar Rapids Regis at 6:35 Saturday night with a chance to win their second championship in three seasons. The Dragons had the ball and trailed, 41-39, after Pella Christian's Eric Pothoven, an 85 percent free-throw shooter, made one of two free throws. "What I was trying to do is get the ball inside, hopefully to Bobby (Pate)," Sanders said. "Let him take his man one-on-one to score the basket or get a foul. We weren't going to take a three-point shot unless we were forced to." Pate touched the ball in the deliberate rotation, but Pella Christian's Pella Christian holds off Dragons, 43-39, and will play Cedar Rapids Regis for the Class 2-A boys' championship.

By SUSAN HARMAN Register Staff Writer Johnston senior point guard Kyle Sanders brought the ball down court against Pella Christian with 27 seconds left, looking for the Dragons' money man inside. This time, the Eagles closed the bank. Pella Christian rallied from a 10-point first-half deficit to beat haul Kl-XIISTKR zone never let him operate low where he had scored 1 9 points. Jeremy Heinen was forced to take a desperation three-point attempt from the top of the key, but it bounced away. Pothoven was fouled with 1 second left and made both free throws for the four-point margin.

"Basically they just wore us down," Johnston Coach Frank Sanders said. "They didn't do anything differently. We might not have been as quick off the ball. They just really beat on us. At the end of the game, we were worn down." Johnston built a 10-point lead in the second quarter with a box-and- LL A Please turn to Page 2 0 start seeking his third straight NCAA title, had a pin and a major decision.

After the Hawks completed their clean sweep Thursday night, Gable was asked if the showing proved he might have the most dominant team ever. "It's too early to say that." he replied, "but we certainly didn't do anything to take away from it." Iowa took the early lead with 34 points in quest of its 1 1 th team title in Gable's 16 years. Oklahoma State was second with 234 points, but had only five quar-terfinalists. Surprising Penn State sent eight to the quarterfinals and WRESTLE Please turn to Page 2S iiili Scores NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL Duke 82 Campbell 56 Iowa 98 Texas 92 Missouri 89 West Virginia 78 SetonHall 78 LaSalle 76 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Alabama 80 Stanford 75 Connecticut 86 Nebraska 65 North Carolina 68 Miami (Ohio) 63 Ohio State 83 Miss. Valley St.

56 MIDWEST REGIONAL Arkansas 80 Murray State 69 Georgia Tech 65 Houston 60 Memphis State 80 Pepperdine 70 S. California 84 N.E.Louisiana 54 WEST REGIONAL Florida State 78 Montana 68 Georgetown 75 South Florida 60 Indiana 94 Eastern Illinois 55 Louisiana State 94 Brigham Young 83 NTT Arizona State 71 Santa Barbara 65 Boston College 78 Illinois 69 Florida 66 Richmond 52 Manhattan 67 Wis. -Green Bay 65 New Mexico 90 Louisiana Tech 84 Purdue 82 Butler 56 Rhode Island 68 VanderbHt 63 Texas Christian 73 Long Beach St. 61 Utah 72 Ball State 57 NBA Charlotte 123 Philadelphia 116 Chicago 106 Washington 100 New York Milwaukee 92 Seattle 112 Houston 91 Utah 115 Denver 100 NHL Buffalo 8 LosAngeles Cagary 3 San Jose Chicago 4 Minnesota I Edmonton 5 New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 6 Quebec Ji Louis 4 Boston Todays TV Best 1 Hawkeyes off to 20 James Moses had a phenomenal game," Tom Davis said, resting a hand on Moses' shoulder, True. The book on Moses is quite simple.

If his shooting is on, you have an all-conference player on your hands. If his shooting is off, you might as well give him a scorebook and a pencil and let him keep track of put-backs. Not Thursday night. Despite missing all six of his three-point tries, Moses was the runaway MVP. Despite Earl's 26 points, despite the 26 points 1 apiece from B.J.

Tyler and Terrence Rencher, Moses was the star. Even if he'd been clanking his shots instead of hitting 10 of 20, he would have been the hero. Against Texas, Moses went against the book, which prompted a question from the media for Davis. Is this the James Moses you've been waiting for lo these four years, someone wanted to know, as opposed to the one you yell at all the time in practice? Good question. If the Iowa coach has a whipping boy, it is James.

Moses can drive you batty with a move so raggety-tag wild it howls at the moon. Then just as easily he can thrill you with a three-pointer that arcs through the hoop sweet as cider. In practice, his long-range artistry can be breathtaking. In games, something occasionally gets lost in the THE LEADERS Team Points Adv. Cons.

Iowa 34 10 0 Okla State 23W 5 2 Peon State 23 8 1 Iowa State 22 5 3 Ohio State 16 5 0 Arizona State 14 3 Northern Iowa 1 1 2 3 By BUCK TURNBULL Register Staff Writer Oklahoma City, Okla. Defending champion Iowa did nothing Thursday to diminish the talk that its 10-man lineup might be the best college wrestling team of all time. Coach Dan Gable's Hawkeyes had 20 matches and won them all in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. It may have been the first time in the 62-year history of the meet that any team wrestled a perfect opening day to produce 10 quarterfinal-ists. Not only did they go through unscathed, the Hawks also picked up Jbonus points in 14 of the matches rOWANS' RESULTS: PAGE 2S four pins, six technical falls, one injury default and three major decisions.

Unbeaten Terry Brands led the way with one of the pins and a technical fall. His brother, Tom, CoJteg Baskttbatk 2 p.rru, KCO Iowa State vs. N.C-Charlotte More Listings: Page 2S HANSEN Please turn to Page 4S I.