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PttUg Press COLLEGES Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1993 D3 HU overtakes Fayetteville 91-82 A conference-by-conference look at bowl affiliations: Conference 1st team 2nd team 3rd team 4th team Sthteam Southeastern: Sugar Citrus Gator Peach Carquest ACC: Coalition Coalition Peach Hall of Fame Pac-10: Rose Coalition Freedom Alamo Big Ten: Rose Citrus Holiday Hall of Fame Big Eight: Orange Coalition Aloha Copper Big East: Coalition Coalition Carquest Southwest: Cotton Coalition Alamo Western Holiday Aloha Copper Freedom Bowl coalition causes confusion By Mike Brown Correspondent HAMPTON Hampton University used a one-two combination to post a come-from-behind 91-82 victory against Fayetteville State in CIAA men's basketball Monday night at the HU Convocation Center. After a slow start, the Pirates capitalized on tenacious second-half defense and 22 points and 1 1 rebounds from senior center David Saunders to win. Hampton is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the CIAA, and Fayetteville fell to 1-1 in both. When the Broncos came out and started hitting 3-pointers, it looked like it might be a long night for HU.

"We didn't start out well, but we showed a lot of character," HU head coach Malcolm Avery said. "They were shooting very well in the first half and we had to do something. We had to move our defensive effort to another level and do better in contesting their shots. "What really made the difference was that we began to communicate a little better in the second half so that we could handle the screens, picks and switches," Avery said. The Broncos "must be commended because they came in with 5), HU 19 (Boyd, Gregory 4).

Total fouls Fayetteville St 22, Hampton 24. A 1,423. FSU women 100, HU 89 Fayetteville State's women's team rallied from a 19-point second-half deficit to tie Hampton in regulation, then dominated the Pirates in overtime. It was HU's first loss in its new Convocation Center. FSU went on a 29-10 run to tie the game at 68 with 5:37 left in regulation.

HU went ahead 83-78 with 48 seconds left, but the Broncos' Emita Purnsley hit a 3-pointer and two free throws to force an 83-83 tie at the end of regulation. HU's Wendy Goodwin led all scorers with 22 points, and Pirates Angela Faulk and Thelkla Blue each had 14. FSU put five players in double figures. FAYETTEVILLE ST. 100, HU 89 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (1-1 CI AA): Williams 8-1 3 3-5 19, Justice 4-81-29, Spencer 7-1 02-416, Purnsley 4-15 6-718, Suggs 3-6 0-0 6, Robisch 0-0 04 0, Sharp-less 0-0 0-0 0.

Robinson 04 0-0 0, Strater 0-1 0-0 0, Clayton 04 04 0, Oeloatch 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 54 7-1 4 18, Hollins 1-5 12-19 14. Totals 32-65 31-51 100. HAMPTON (1-1, 0-1): Goodwin 6-18 10-11 22, Bauldrick 2-9 1-4 5, Faulk 6-152-3 14, Blue 6-162-4 14, Redcross 2-4 04 4, Chaffer 3-5 3-410, Shackleton 1-3 04 3, Everett 1-1 04 2, Young 04 2-3 2, Allen 14 2-2 4. Strawter 34 1-4 9. Totals 31-83 23-35 89.

Halftime HU 49-32. End of regulation 8343. 3-point goals FSU 5-13 (Purnsley 4-11, Johnson 1-2), HU 4-1 0 (Blue 0-1 Chaffer 1 -2, Shackleton 1 -2, Strawter 2-5). Fouled out Goodwin, Faulk, Redcross, Strawter. Rebounds FSU 48 (Hollins 11), HU 61 (three with 9).

Assists FSU 16 (Suggs 7), HU 15 (Blue 6). Total foul-s FSU 25, HU 37. A 1 ,223. a lot of confidence. Then we started to play good defense and we got the big game from Saunders, our lone senior.

He sat for a while with foul trouble, then came off the bench cold and got right in the mix. He had some key free throws and rebounds to put this game away." Avery also praised the efforts of HU's Jafonde Williams and Kevin Gregory. "Williams is a sophomore who's a prime-time player, and he made some big plays tonight," Avery said. "He and Gregory complement each other very well. Since he's a captain, we expected some leadership from him, and that's just what he gave us tonight." FSU came out in the first half and hit eight 3-pointers, shooting better than 50 percent en route to a 46-37 halftime lead.

The Broncos' balanced scoring was led by guard Jerome Oliver with 1 1 points. Derrick Hawkins, Carl Chasten and Harvey Petty each had nine in the first half for the Broncos. Saunders scored 11 in the first half and forward Gregory added 10 in trying to keep the Pirates close. HU extended its defense in the second half and slowly climbed back in the game. The Pirates' defense took them on a 13-7 run to pull to within 53-50 with 14:20 left, but Oliver made it 56-50 with a 3-pointer.

Hampton's rebounding tenacity, coupled with some key steals, got Fayetteville in foul trouble. The Pirates outrebounded FSU 43-28, including a 25-17 margin on the defensive glass. Gregory hit two free throws with 8:29 left for a 68-67 Hampton lead. With Fayetteville over the foul limit, Hampton hit 12 of 18 free throws to build on the lead. During that stretch, Saunders had nine points, including two dunks.

Gregory scored 20 for the Pirates, and Derett Boyd added 14 points and nine rebounds. Oliver led FSU with a game-high 23 points, including four 3-pointers. Chasten added 15 points, Petty 13. The Broncos finished 13 of 25 (52 percent) from 3-point range. HU 91, FAYETTEVILLE STATE 82 FAYETTEVILLE STATE (1-1, 1-1): Petty 5-14 2-4 13, Chasten 5-10 1-1 15, Hawkins 3-8 1-2 10, Oliver 9-15 1-2 23.

Gilliam 5-8 1 2, Williamson 0-0 04 0, Baskerville 0- 1 0-0 0, Arts 0-0 0-0 0, Petree 3-3 3-5 9, Hartsfield 0-10-00. Totals 28-58 1 3-22 82. HAMPTON (2-0, 14): Boyd 3-5 8-12 14, Gregory 7-12 5-8 20, Saunders 9-17 4-5 22, Spence 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 3-10 2-2 9, James 54 3-4 15, Gholson 1-1 2-3 4, Jenkins 1-20-02, Witherspoon 0-2 0-0 0, Chaney 2-2 1-2 5. Totals 31-60 25-36 91. Halffime-FSU 46-37.

3-point goals FSU 13-25 (Petty 1- 3, Chasten 4-7, Hawkins 3-6, Oliver 4-6, Gilliam 1-2, Hartsfield 0-1), HU 4-1 1 (Gregory 1-2, Williams 1-4, James 2- 5). Fouled out Hawkins, Petree. Rebounds FSU 28 (Oliver 5), HU 43 (Saunders 1 1). Assists FSU 17 (Gilliam tion process occurs if a combination of Notre Dame and the ACC and Big East champions is 1-2 in the polls after the regular season. Then those teams play in the Fiesta Bowl.

If that scenario does not occur, the Fiesta fills its two open slots from among the non-champions of the ACC, Big East, Pac-10, Big Eight and Southwest. SEC teams are not eligible for the Fiesta because the Florida Citrus Bowl, which is not affiliated with the coalition, has a contract guaranteeing it second choice of SEC teams after the Sugar Bowl. After the Orange, Sugar, Cotton and Fiesta bowls complete their selections, a second tier of the coalition kicks in involving the Gator and Hancock bowls. The Gator, which has a separate contract to take the SEC's third team, picks one team, and the Hancock picks two. The Gator and Hancock's selections can not conflict with other bowl-conference arrangements.

Agreements such as the Peach Badgers in poll; Cavs hold at 16th The Associated Press WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Apprentice gym, 39th and Marshall Newport News RECORDS: North Carolina Wesleyan 0-1 Apprentice 1-1. ANALYSIS: The Builders dropped an 88-71 decision to Hampden-Sydney over the weekend in H-SC's Tipoff Classic, but came back to beat Wesley (Del.) 74-47 in the consolation game. Johnifer Cox carries a 13.0 scoring average Into the game. He and Bobby Gibbs are two of the Builders' top rebounders.

In two games, Andre Ross has 1 2 assists and Tegerio McRae has connected on four of five 3-pointers. Coach Bill Chambers' Bishops opened their season last week with a 93-67 loss to Wofford. Forward Robert Bland, a senior, had a 1 7.0 scoring average a year ago. RADIO: None. mm ma games are really true indicators as to how good a team is at this time," Coach Stu Jackson said.

"I appreciate the recognition, but in my mind we are a long way away." The first five from the preseason poll remained the same: North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Duke and Michigan. The Tar Heels, who easily won their two Preseason NTT games so far, had 61 of the 65 first-place votes. Kentucky was No. 1 on two ballots, and Arkansas and No. 6 Kansas each had one first-place vote.

The Badgers' entrance to the Top 25 broke the tie between the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference for most ranked teams. The Big Ten has six Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Purdue and Wisconsin. Florida State's departure leaves the ACC with North Carolina, Duke, Georgia Tech and Virginia in the poll. Exhibition games apparently mean more than just getting a team ready for the regular season. Wisconsin's men's basketball team, which won its two preseason games by an average of 50 points, moved into The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, its first appearance in the rankings since 1973-74.

The team the Badgers replaced, Florida State, hasn't played a regular-season game yet either. Virginia, which also has yet to open its season, held at No. 16. Wisconsin, which was 26th in the preseason poll, beat the Slovakia Under-22 team 99-20 and then defeated Marathon Basketball 106-84. Those results were enough to impress some members of the nationwide media panel that the Badgers should be among the Top 25.

"I don't think exhibition WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Cunningham Gymnasium, Virginia Beach. RECORDS: Christopher Newport 1-0, Virginia Wesleyan 1-0. ANALYSIS: Both teams are coming off victories against Mary Washington; CNU's was 101-94 Friday, Virginia Wesleyan's was 81-51 Saturday. The Captains are as talented a team as there is in the Dixie Conference, but while they break in a couple of new point guards, expect them to see junk defenses geared toward Ted Berry and JoJo Chambers.

Mary Washington overcame CNU's 14-point halftime lead and made the game closer than it should have been by slowing the tempo. Berry scored all 24 of his points in the first half. Chambers had 31 points and 13 rebounds in his CNU debut, and he and Terry Thomas bailed out the Captains in the second half when it got close. VWC suffered a blow last week when 6-7 Rick Chalk, its leading returning scorer, went down indefinitely with a knee injury. The Marlins, 19-9 a year ago when they won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and went to the NCAA Division III Tournament, still have a solid group.

Senior David Alston and sophomore Rob Reich had 17 points apiece against Mary Washington. Freshman point guard Bernie Hynson added 10 points. RADIO: None. From staff reports Traditional ties to 4 games still apply By David Teel Daily Press The College Football Bowl Coalition may be the most misunderstood concept in sports since the infield fly rule. No one, it seems, is immune.

Reporters, coaches, administrators, players and fans all voice confusion over the process that determines the major bowl pairings. The coalition media guide takes six full pages to explain how bowls will select their teams Dec. 5. But it's really not that difficult if you remember these basics: Traditional bowl ties still apply. Champions of the Southeastern, Big Eight and Southwest conferences receive automatic bids to the Sugar, Orange and Cotton bowls respectively.

No exceptions. Since the Rose Bowl still matches the Big Ten and Pacific-10 champs, the Rose is not part of the coalition. The visiting slots in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton bowls are filled by Notre Dame and the champions from the Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference. They are placed in the bowls by a draft. The bowl with the highest-rated conference champion selects first, and so on.

For example, the Orange Bowl picks first if the Big Eight winner is ranked ahead of the SEC and Southwest Conference champs. The rankings are determined by the combined point totals from the Associated Press media poll and USA Today-CNN coaches poll after the regular season. Hence, the coalition prohibits teams and bowls from cutting deals in early November, a common practice before the coalition went into effect last season. The only change in the selec Arkansas at home Saturday to be the Southeastern Conference's fifth qualifier and make the Carquest. If not, the Fort Lauderdale-based bowl will be searching for an opponent to face the Big East's third team.

"If LSU loses, Virginia is the most attractive team out there," Carquest executive vice president Brian Fla-jole said. The Liberty has an open slot against Louisville, but has all but said it will invite Michigan State. The Hall of Fame considered several factors, including conference records, head-to-head competition and how well each school's fans traditionally travel. State finished a game behind the Cavs in the ACC standings at 4-4, but won 34-29 on however, would have made McNeese State face fellow Southland member Stephen F. Austin in the first round.

The winner of the State game will face the Troy State-Stephen F. Austin winner in the quarterfinals. Boone said the committee considered placing William and Mary in another bracket, but doing so could have created either a first- or second-round matchup against Yankee Conference champ Boston University, or a second-round matchup against Delaware, the third team from the Yankee in the field. "It's kind of our policy," Boone said. "We would hate to match up Bowl's to take the third ACC team do not obligate the bowl to follow conference standings.

The Peach can pick any bowl-eligible AC(J team after two others are selected by the coalition. These side deals often weaken the major bowls. For example, the SEC's second team is contracted to the Citrus Bowl, and the Cotton or Fiesta bowl would love a chance to get Tennessee. See, it's not that difficult. But even West Virginia coach Don Nehlen doesn't get it.

He told CNN on Sunday that even if his team finishes third in the coalition poll behind Nebraska and Florida State, the Mountaineers would play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Won't happen, Coach. Read the coalition agreement. Oct. 30 in Raleigh.

The Wolfpack sold approximately 17,000 tickets for the Gator Bowl last year in Jacksonville, about the same number Virginia did for the 1991 Gator. The Independence Bowl will have two ranked teams for the first time in its history. No. 21 Indiana and No. 22 Virginia Tech are both 8-3.

"From a national television stand- i point, this game ought to be a hit," said Independence Bowl chairman Mike McCarthy. "It's a Big 10 school against the Big East." "We are delighted because it is the first time in history for Virginia Tech to play a Big 10 team," said Jack Williams, Virginia Tech director of media relations. "We think it's a per- feet matchup." conference opponents in the early rounds." GETTING THERE. The Ath- letic Education Foundation is attempting to arrange a charter flight for fans to attend Saturday's 8 p.m. playoff game at McNeese State.

The flight would leave Richmond airport at 3 p.m. Saturday and depart Lake Charles, at approximately 1 1 :30 and arrive back in Richmond at 2 a.m. Sunday. One hundred reservations are needed by noon -today to secure the flight. Cost is $365 and can be reserved with either -Visa or Mastercard by calling 221- 3350 or 221-3340.

The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record through Nov. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote, and preseason ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. North Carolina (61) 2-0 1,620 2. Kentucky (2) 3. Arkansas (1) 4.

Duke 0-0 1,465 0-0 1.452 0-p 1,352 00 1,321 2-0 1,183 fM 1,144 04 1,116 2-0 1,025 5. Michigan 6. Kansas (1) 7. Louisville 8. Temple 9.

Minnesota 10. Oklahoma St. 0-0 913 11. Indiana 0-0 844 12. California 1-1 791 13.

Georgia Tech 0-0 761 14. UCLA 0-0 731 15. Georgetown 0-0 710 16. Virginia 04 637 17. Illinois OO 563 18.

Massachusetts 2-0 469 19. Arizona 0-0 403 20. Syracuse 0-0 377 21. Purdue 0-0 363 22. Cincinnati 1-1 276 23.

George Washington 0-0 227 24. Vanderbilt 04 225 25. Wisconsin 0-0 148 Others receiving votes: Florida St. 134, Marquette 1 33, Xavier, Ohio 93, Texas 88, Ohio St. 85, Boston College 73, Connecticut 56, W.

Kentucky 39, Missouri 37, Memphis St. 32, LSU 30, Tulane 27, Nebraska 21 Seton Hall 20, Va. Commonwealth 17, Alabama 16, Pepperdine 16, Georgia 15, New Mexico St 14, Southern Cal 14, New Orleans 10, NE Louisiana 7, Bngham Young 6, West Virginia 5, Cop-pin St 4, Towson St 4, Arizona St 3, Penn 3, Michigan St. 2, Providence 2, Clemson 1, Tennessee St. 1.UNLV1.

Cavs Continued from D1 The Cavs now have only two bowl possibilities: the Alamo and Carquest, both of which are contracted to conferences that may not have enough qualifiers who win six games against Division I-A teams. The Alamo, which takes the Southwest's third qualifier against a fourth Pacific 10 team, appears the most likely. Unless Texas upsets eighth-ranked Texas on Thanksgiving Day, the Southwest will not have a third qualifier. That open slot likely would go to either Virginia (7-4) or Iowa (6-5). Louisiana State must beat Continued from D1 pie there.

They had a very good season, but there were three other votes besides mine." Boone said a number of factors forced the Tribe to pack its bags, despite winning its last eight games and averaging 44 points and 515 yards per game during the streak: an unusually high number of teams with good records this season; the committee's desire to have higher-seeded teams be the host in first-round games; the committee's desire not to match teams from the same conference until later rounds; the bidding process for home games. Boone said the committee couldn't seed the Tribe among the top eight teams because there were too many other teams seeded higher with records at least as good as William and Mary's. He also pointed out that there were 12 teams with at least eight victories that did not make the playoffs. The selection committee was required to seed only the top team in each four-team sub-bracket. Based strictly on seeding, it appeared the Tribe was the No.

14 seed in the field, since McNeese State was No. 3. But Boone said that wasn't the case, that actually was the No. 10 seed. He said had the committee followed the seedings more closely, it would have had William and Mary play at Troy State, an independent that finished 10-0-1.

That matchup, VIRGINIA. Guard Cory Alexander scored the last of his game-high 26 points on a free throw with one-10th of a second left, giving the 16th-ranked Cavaliers a 76-75 exhibition victory against the Australian National Team at University Hall. It was the Aussies' first loss after four victories on their tour. The Cavaliers led most of the way, but the Aussies tied the game in the final minute. During the final seconds, U.Va.'s Cornel Parker blocked a shot and Junior Burrough found Alexander open on the wing, where he was fouled by Shane Heal to set up a one-and-one situation.

Burrough added 14 points for U.Va., while Parker and freshman Harold Deane had 10 each. OHIO STATE. Big Ten co-champion Ohio State will play in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 30 if Wisconsin beats Michigan State and gains a Rose Bowl berth. The second-place Big Ten team usually would go to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, to face the Southeastern Conference's second-place finisher.

But Mark Rudner, an assistant conference commissioner, said Monday a team could not make a repeat trip to the Citrus Bowl. The Buckeyes lost to Georgia in last year's Citrus Bowl 21-14. The opponent in the Holiday Bowl would be the Western Athletic Conference champion. Fresno State leads the WAC by one-half game over Brigham Young and Wyoming. BYU and, Wyoming have one game remaining.

Steve Snapp, sports information director, said Monday night the agreement by the Big Ten athletic directors is not binding. "We have the option to go to the Citrus Bowl," he said. "There's no doubt in our minds." The Buckeyes could have clinched a Rose Bowl berth with a victory over Michigan on Saturday. Now Ohio state must wait for the outcome of the Wisconsin-Michigan State game on Dec. 4 in Tokyo.

From staff and wire service reports Staub gets top Yankee honor William and Mary defensive tackle Craig Staub was named Yankee Conference Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. Staub, a 6-foot-3, 270-pound senior, was the top tackier among all league defensive linemen with 1 13 total tackles. He also led the Tribe with nine sacks and nine tackles-for-loss. Boston University quarterback Robert Dougherty, a junior college transfer who led the Terriers to an 11-0 record and their first playoff berth since 1984, was named Offensive Player of the Year. BU's Dan Allen was named Coach of the Year.

The right side of offensive line, guard Tom Walters and tackle Wally Vale, also were named to the first team, as was punter Chris Dawson. James Madison's record-setting wide receiver David McLeod also was named to the first team offense. Richmond defensive tackle Matt Joyce and defensive back Maurice Glenn were named to the first team defense. Shawn Knight, who set a national I-AA record for pass efficiency, was the second-team quarterback. He was joined on the second team offense by halfback Derek Fitzgerald and wide receiver Corey Ludwig.

The second-team defense includes Tribe middle linebacker Greg Applewhite and JMU defensive linemen Dion Foxx and Malik Moody. Tony Vinson, a Denbigh High graduate who plays at Tow-son State, was named to the ECAC Division I-AA all-star team as a running back. He also was co-runnerup to Dougherty for Player of the Year. Named to the first team from William and Mary were Vale and Staub, while Walters, linebacker Eric Lambert, Knight and defensive back Marc Richards made the second team. TATUM AWARD.

Tom Burns, a three-year football letterman at STAUB. Player of Year. WALTERS. Guard. VALE.

Tackle. DAWSON. Punter. linebacker for Virginia, has been selected to receive the Jim Tatum Award. The Tatum Award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the Atlantic Coast Conference's football players.

Tatum coached in the 1950s at Maryland and North Carolina. A native of Clinton, Burns has compiled a 3.92 grade point average in nuclear engineering. He received a research grant this past summer from the U.S. Department of Energy and Duke Power Co. to develop non-surgical cancer radiation therapy at the University of Virginia.

CROSS COUNTRY. William and Mary junior Marcie Homan earned All-America honors by placing 1 1th at the NCAA Division I women's meet in Bethlehem, Pa. She ran the 3. 1-mile course in 16 minutes, 58 seconds 28 seconds behind two-time national champion Carole Zajac of Vil-lanova. The top 25 individual finishers receive All-America honors.

Villanova won the team competition with 66 points. Virginia was 17th. In the men's race, Josephat Kapkory of Washington State was the individual winner, while Arkansas earned its fourth consecutive team title. i 1 mmss 'M Come to the Advertisers Trade Showl ADMIRALS vs RICHMOND TONIGHT! 7:30 NORFOLK SCOPE Don't Miss the Trade Show Giveaways, Samples, Prizes! The show opens at 5 and a ticket to the game is a ticket to the show! Ttckrtt i6 St t7 Scope TMwMwer.