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Tournament committee wants balanced regionals "KANSAS CITY (AP) East is East, ex-, cept in the NCAA basketball tournament. East is West. Pairings for the 1987 championship with the first million-dollar Final Four will be announced Sunday, and some of the best teams in the East were prepared to head crosscountry. "We'regoing to have to move some teams West," said Jim Delaney, Ohio Valley Con-; ference commissioner and member of the nine-man Division I Tournament Committee. "What we're after is a tournament with four brackets of equal strength," he said.

Coach Jerry Tarkanian's team figured to be the No. 1 seed in the West Regional, but several top teams could stand between the Runnin' Rebels and a Final Four berth. "The job of the committee is to select the best possible field and to set up the field to provide for equal competition," said Delaney, a reserve guard on North Carolina's Final Four squads in the late '60s. "We're committed to taking the best 35 teams after the automatic qualifiers are in, and some conferences could get as many as six teams. "We're also committed to keeping teams from replaying conference competition until the regional finals," Delaney added.

"So we may have to ship teams out of their natural geographic region for two reasons: to create balance in the bracket and also to avoid head-to-head competition between teams from the same conference until the regional finals. We might also move lower-seeded teams just because there are too many lower-seeded teams in the same area." The NCAA's tournament field presen tment will be broadcast live Sunday, starting at 4:30 p.m. CST, by CBS. Each of four regionals East, Southeast, West and Midwest will be seeded 1 through 16. Opening-round games will pair No.

1 against No. 16, No. 2 against no. 15, and so forth. First- and second-round games will be held at eight sites starting March 12 through March 15.

Regional semifinals and finals will be held March 19-22, This year's Final Four site is the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Net receipts, swollen by increased television and gate revenues, are expected to hit a record $41.5 million the richest in the event's 48-year history. Teams losing in the first round will get $200,000, while an estimated $400,000 will go to second-round losers. The 16 regional semifinal losers will get roughly $600,000, according to NCAA estimates. Making it to the regional finals will be worth about $800,000.

Each Final Four team is guaranteed just over $1 million about two-thirds of what the entire 32-team field split in 1975. Last year's Final Four teams each received about $890,000. In addition, the NCAA pays travel and per diem expenses for all tournament teams. "Revenue has gone up right along with the increased attendance and interest every year," said Tom Jernstedt, assistant NCAA executive director for championship events. "But it should be pointed out that almost every tournament entry is a member of a conference, and every conference has a revenue-sharing formula to divide the receipts among its members.

For that reason, to say a team is going to make a million dollars if it gets to the Final Four is really somewhat misleading." Meanwhile, the closed meeting to pick the tournament field began in Kansas City Friday morning, under the direction of Dick Schultz, chairman of the Division I basketball committee. Armed with reams of computer printouts and conference and regional reports, the nine-man committee picked 35 at-large entries. There are 29 teams that automatically qualify by winning conference post-season tournaments. Committee members say their toughest job is deciding the last five or so at-large teams. "It's harder now to pick the last few teams than it was when we had a 32-team field, simply because there is a bigger pool of possible choices," said Jernstedt, who has coordinated the tournament for 15 years.

And an impressive won-lass record does not guarantee any thing, he said. "It comes down to splitting hairs we go over a team's schedule, the strength of its schedule, the strength of its opponents' schedules." A major factor is how many Division I teams the borderline squads played. "It surprises me how many institutions still schedule a lot of non-division teams," Jernstedt said. "It does you absolutely no good to beat a Division II team. But losing to a Division II team can hurt you a great deal.

You're better off losing to a good Division I team than putting a Division II team on your schedule." io acmeve inai Daiance, we ll need to move some teams out of the East, which seems to have the heaviest concentration of top programs right now." The powerful Big Ten Conference, which includes No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Indiana and No. 6 Iowa, hoped to put six teams in the field. The Big East and Atlantic Coast Conference are also bulging with tournament-worthy squads, which may not work to the advantage of top-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas.

Cm Van Soelen honored third timepage B2 Area teams prep for state tourneypage B3 Hawkeyes tackle Wisconsinpage B4 March 8, 1987pageB1 The Sioux City Journal Thunder Bay completes sweep of Muskies, 5-3 Bay net off a Flyers' skate. Able to suit up only 14 skaters, the Musketeers appeared to tire late in the period and Thunder Bay was quick to take advantage. However, Ferguson wouldn't offer that as an alibi. "They're just a good team and the guys we had worked very hard." A damaging short-handed goal by Glomba tied the score at 3-3 with just 2:02 left in the stanza. Thunder Bay's SEE MUSKETEERS continued on page B2 By Ron Malchow 'Journal, sports writer I Sioux City closed out its regular season play in the United States Hockey League before a sellout crowd in the Sioux City Auditorium Saturday night, losing to Thunder Bay, 5-3.

i' The-loss was the fourth in four meetings against the Flyers this season. So much for that, you say? not exactly. Sioux. City will open! playoff action later this week against no one else but the Thunder Bay Flyers. While that may be alarming news to fans of the Musketeers, Sioux City Coach Bob Ferguson is not all that dismayed.

"We outshot them. We outplayed them. We made five mistakes and they on all of them for five goals," Ferguson said, looking back on Saturday night's match. have an unwritten rule on this team that we don't give up goals in the first or last minute of a period. So, we give them one to start the game and another to end the second period," said Ferguson.

"You can't do that against a good team and Thunder Bay is a deep, talented team." The Sioux City coach downplayed the fact the Flyers won all four meetings with the Musketeers this winter. "This (the playoffs) will be a brand new season for us. It will be a good character builder for us," he added. Thunder Bay opened the scoring just 37 seconds into the game when Scott Glomba's shot the team's first of the night dented the net behind goalie Rob Davis. But, the Musketeers retaliated in short order.

Steve Bogoyevac, voted the offensive player of the game, slapped home a rebound at 3:05 to deadlock the score. Linemates Tom Jenkinson and Rod Taylor, the league's leading point-maker with 103 points going in and top goal-scorer (66), assisted on the red-lighter. Sioux City took a 2-1 lead at 5:33 of the middle frame when Jenkinson's sharp angle shot caught the upper left corner of the net. However, Thunder Bay again drew even just 58 seconds later when Rob Isbell connected for an unassisted goal when Sioux' City was unable to clear the puck from its end of the ice. Taylor got credit for his 67th goal of the year his 64th had become the league record, an honor for which he was recognized prior to the game at the 8-minute mark when his blast actually rocketed into the Thunder '0') 0:7 r-X tStlf First period: 1, Thunder Bay Scott Glomba (Terry Menard, Ernie Rollason) :37.

2, Sioux City Steve Bogoyevac (Rod Taylor, Tom Jenkinson) 3:05. Penalties: Blazino, TB, Falvo, TB, Hein, SC, 13:58. Second period: 3, Sioux City Jenkinson (Bogoyevac) 5:33. 4, Thunder Bay Rob Isbell (unassisted) 6:31. 5, Sioux City Taylor (Bogoyevac, Jenkinson) 8:00.

6, Thunder Bay Glomba (Jim Mayes) 17:58. 7, Thunder Bay Dwighl DeGiacomo (Menard, Kevin Sopp) 19:35 Penalties: Gherardi, SC. Tremain, SC. Menard, TB, Ferry, SC, 19:57. Third period: 8, Thunder Bay Doug Laprade, TB (Shawn Jourdain, Isbell) 6:43.

Penalties: Glomba, TB, (minor, misconduct) Borina, TB, Ferry, SC, Borina, TB, Campagnolio, SC, 930; Gorham, SC, Martin, TB, Davis, SC, 19:21. Score by periods: Thunder Bay 1 3 1 5 Sioux City 1 2 0 3 Shots on goal: ThunderBay 13 12 13 38 Sioux City 20 12 13 45 Goalies: Rob Davis, Sioux City; Pat Szturm, Thunder Bay. Referee: Ian Campbell; Linesmen: Mark Shook, Jim Hillier. Attendance 2,599. fly Puck by Sioux City Metros goalie Scott Patrick, Mark Montang during the Mohawks' 3-0 win.

but it doesn't go in the net for Mason City's (Staff photo by Gary Anderson) Mason City blanks Metros, faces Columbus for crown State hockey W7' v- Tournament schedule Saturday' (ianicH CONSOLATION ROUND ROBIN Urbandala 1 1 Vallny Dnwling 6 SEMIFINALS Waterloo Columbus 2. Waterloo Public 1 (W) Mason City 3, Sioux City 0 I the Metros Ictd the league in fewest gouls allowed. Sioux City opponents scored just 4(S times In IH league contests, a meager average of 2.55, and Patrick had blanked Valley Uowling of West I)cs Moinen 1-0 in Friday's first round action But the Metros' defense couldn't make ut for their primary shortcoming offense. "We failed to put the puck in the net, it's that simple," said Sioux City (touch Jim Coyle, "Kven when we were 5-on-3, we couldn't score. We had some good opportunities in the SEE URBANDALE'S continued on page B2 till l.

VI Jl Today' Schfdule CONSOLATION ROUND ROBIN Sam Amos vs Urbandala 10 30 Ames vs Valley, bowling THIRD-PLACE GAME 1pm Sioux City vs WntuflVxj PuWie CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 3 30 Mason City vs Waterloo Columbus By Terry Hersom Journal sports editor It will be Mason City and Waterloo Columbus clashing today at Sioux City Auditorium for the championship of Iowa high school hockey. Mason City, regular-season champion of the Iowa High School Hockey League, foiled hopes for a hometown finalist Saturday afternoon, notching a 3-0 victory over the Sioux City Metros, who are hosting the state tournament for the first time. In the other semifinal game, Waterloo Columbus used an overtime goal by Craig Becker to outlast arch-rival Waterloo Public 2-1. The championship game will begin at 3:30 p.m., following a 1 o'clock contest for third-place honors between the Metros and Waterloo Public. Mason City recorded two power play goals and goalie Jeff Curtis chalked up a shutout as the regular-season champs took advantage of an uncustomary rash of penalties for the Metros.

The least penalized team in the league this winter, the Metros were whistled for seven minor infractions plus a misconduct penalty. The first Sioux City penally set the stage for the only goal the victorious Huoitnary root 4 p9fUtd 1. Movjrt City Tino Mum fAitffy lj "il Pmnmllmt (ttlM, SC, I UH Hahwwi Hubtiar MC .4 0I.NV.M SC. 10 Mohawks would need, a power play tally by Tino Muniz with the contest just two minutes and 27 seconds old. Mason City made it 24 at 1:24 of the second period when Jeremy Sheetz, a 5 4, 135-pound sophomore, connected with each team one player short.

Capping the scoring was the Mohawks' Chris Steward, backhan-ding the puck past Sioux City goalie Scott Patrick on a power play breakaway at 12:13 of the middle session. It was a difficult fate for Patrick, a skillful junior whose goaltending tscoftd ptftotf: 2. Muon City Jrrriy (uristftistyjl 24 3. Mason City Ch'S tyaa! (MoWad, Mum) i Pmmllmt Umlmn.W. I on tma'lal SC.

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HuMwd 10 tcora oy partoOa 8o City 0O(J 0 Maaon Crty 1 'i 0 Wiots on foal: SuCny 10 I MaaonCity Jl VI Itnmmt Scott Vmik, Hunt Cy. Jatt Curt Maaon Cify Hataiaas Scott Lloyd, Slav Kaymavar Luiawnan Jm bat 11 i Hansen named most valuable performer high jumper at East with a prep bent of 6 feet, 9 Inches in the V.M Mass 4A slate meet. Hansen alh owns the Ci ty meet high jump record in Sioux Ct tyof6 The Nebraska men cruised to their eighth straight team title and the Nebraska women won their third title in a row. Kansas finished second in both team race, with Iowa State SEE NICK HANSEN continued on page B2 lished Big Eight records in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke. Hansen was clocked in 48.36 in winning the backstroke event.

Hansen also met the NCAA meet qualifying standard by winning his third event of the meet, the 100-yard freestyle in :44.13. Hansen's backstroke time is the seventh fastest ever at 100 yards by an American swimmer. The ISU junior was also a standout LINCOLN Iowa Stale's Erie Hansen, a Junior from Sioux City East, capped a brilliant weekend of competition by being named the most valuable men's performer in the l'JB7 Big Eight Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the Bob Devaney Center here. The 6-foot -6, 185 pound Hansen won his third individual event of the meet Saturday with a :44.I3 clocking in the 100-yard freestyle. Earlier in the meet, Hansen estab Scott Glomba (11) as they meet along the boards in Saturday night's game at the Sioux City Auditorium.

(Staff photo by Gary Anderson) Sioiix City's Rod Taylor (white shirt), named the Most Valuable and Most Popular Player on the team is not so popular with Thunder Bay's.