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Inside: (Classified Ads Page 10B) Inside: (CIaE For Scores Call Score Phone (704) 379-6535 ammo umplumemonone GOrge-to4'L09als- 0-)7C--AA Opening tec By DAN LOHWASSER Staff Writer With top-ranked Georgetown casting an ominous shadow over the field of 64 teams the NCAA basketball tournament gets underway today with 32 teams including two from North Carolina playing first-round games in four cities It shapes up as David vs Goliath as tournament seedings match teams with little in common except that they're among the newly expanded 64-team field Nowhere is that more the case than with the defending champion Hoyas who are 30-2 champions of the Big East and by some accounts 100000-to-1 favorites to whip tiny Lehigh (12-18) tonight in Hart By DAN With top-ranke an ominous shado teams the NCAA gets underway to cluding two from first-round games It shapes up tournament seedii little in commor among the newly 1 Nowhere is that the defending cha 30-2 champions some accounts IC whip tiny Lehigh I The remaining 32 NCAK teams play their first-round games Friday That includes sixth-ranked Georgia Tech vs Mercer 10th-ranked Duke vs Pepperdine 16th-ranked NC State vs Nevada-Reno and Maryland vs Miami (Ohio) Winners of today's games play Saturday Friday's winners meet Sunday The Tar Heels who are 24-8 and lost in the ACC tournament championship game to Georgia Tech face a team that went 17-13 and won the Ohio Valley Tournament But it's a game the Raiders played in the 1982 NCAA tournament when they upset Kentucky that concerns Tar Heel coach Dean Smith "1 think that's a good indication they are capable" said Smith 17-13 and won the Ohio Valley Touimad- to Georgia Tech face a team that went etnhte But it's AA en itN'scagatmoeurtnhaemRaitdwerhsepn tlaye in coach ups they Dean Smith et Kentucky that concerns Tar Heel "I think that's a good indication they are capable" said Smith ford Conn Regionally No 7 North Carolina makes its 1 ith consecutive NCAA appearance taking on Middle Tennessee State tonight at Notre Dame NC AU the champion of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is making its fourth straight trip and faces No 4 Oklahoma in Tulsa Okla The National Invitation Tournament continues today with Wake Forest headed into first-round action against South Florida in Tampa At Kansas City the second day of opening-round games in the NAIA will be played with Pfeiffer (22-8) champion of District 26 and regular-season Carolinas Conference winner playing Southwestern (24-8) Tex ato tirst-rouna action against rida in Tampa asas City the second day be ound games in the NAIA will 6 and regular-season Carolinas ith Pfeiffer (22-8) champion al winner Playing Southwestern In Tulsa this afternoon NC (19-9) meets a 28-5 Oklahoma team that won the Big Eight Conference's regular-season and postseason tournament champions and Is top-seeded in the Midwest Other first-round action in the Midwest pits Southern Cal (19-9) against Illinois State (21-7) Ohio State (19-9) faces Iowa State (21-12) and Louisiana Tech (27-2) meets Pittsburgh (17-11) In the West at Salt Lake City No 3 St John's (27-3) takes on Southern (19-9) Iowa (21-10) faces Arkansas (21-12) Washington (22-9) faces Kentucky (16-12) and ninth-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas (27-3) meets San Diego State (27-3) In the NIT Wake Forest (15-13) will be takes on Southern (19-9) Iowa Jo Iniftshe(2W7e3s)t at Salt Lake City No 3 St 21-10) faces Arkansas (2t1- 12) Washington (22-9) faces Kentucky v(le6g-als2)(2a7n3d) nintht-aranskaned DNieegvna as-tate ys Forest (27I-n3t)h NIT Wake ores without leading scorer and rebounder Kenny Green when the Deacons meet the 17-11 Bulls Coach Carl Tacy suspended the 6-7 junior from the opening game because he missed Monday's practice Virginia (15-15) is at West Virginia in another NIT first-round contest while Clemson plays Friday at Tennessee-Chattanooga Pfeiffer will be trying to continue a surprising success story The Falcons under second-year coach John Lentz were picked fifth in the conference and seventh in the district But they used tough defense to win a succession of close games then beat Belmont Abbey in the final regular-season game to qualify for the district tournament ear coach John Lentz were der story The Falcons un- picked fifth in the conference and seven succession of close games then beat Belmont Abbey in the final at But they used tough de- regular-season game to qualify for the fipuentsheetodiwstirnie '4 March Of Tournaments On TV Noon Georgetown vs Lehigh (ESPN) 2:30 pm Purdue vs Auburn (ESPN) 4:30 pm Iowa vs Arkansas (ESPN) 7:00 pm North Carolina vs Middle Tennessee State (Channel 3 ESPN) 9:30 pm Notre Dame vs Oregon State (ESPN) 11:30 pm Washington vs Kentucky (3) Noon George 2:30 pm NI 4:30 pm by 7:00 pm see State (Charm( 9:30 pm (ESPN) 11:30 pm NA 1983 NC State 54 Houston 52 1982 North Carolina 63 Georgetown 62 1984 Georgetown 84 Houston 75 Mystery Awaiting JrpI c- '4e1) f5- It 'it ias 1111' 4' li14N' IPIk'- j'ik Ron 4 iv ') Green -11t oY4A 11 :7407 e7S1 zt11 4' 0 j) If it ilii21 0 pligintimisiti iFoLINA 211 A Alvatttng -2- 'ii i Av i pia 'i 13 2-- igly a 4: i -4fili lw-liall' I 63 Georgetown 62 1982 North Carolina Carolina 50 Caroli I 1981 Indiana 63 North -1i '''---y- 1011501 -c'-'-' f- -'-Ig 11) ''''-f' --'-7C d' 4' n' -1 41' 'f' iol'et lk i- ic i -1: 4 vfitt ii ge 1 will''''' -yik -r''' i'- l'' 71 t' '4' 1 4 4 '1' i -i i iii kenff 1 1 1 1-F 'AA -Tu762'1'n 1: ti ''-'1' ''''''''141414111111' 11 1983 NC State 54 Houston 52 1984 Georgetown 84 Houston 75 al 98 Schedule NCAA East NCAA Ea GEORGETOWN (30-2) vs LEHIGH (12-18) at Hartford Conn The Hoyas open their championship defense against the East Coast Conferences sixth-place team TEMPLE (24-5) VS VIRGINIA TECH (20-8) at Hartford Conn Owls coach John Chaney relies on balanced scoring The Hokies like to fastbreak SOUTHERN METHODIST (22-9) vs OLD DOMINION (19-11) at Hartford Conn With Olympian Jon Koncak at center SMU is stronger across the front line LOYOLA (ILL) (25-5) vs IONA (26-4) at Hartford Conn The Ramblers' Alf redick Hughes Is a scoring threat within 30 feet of the basket GEORGETOWN ford Conn The Hoyc the East Coast Confo TEMPLE (24-5 ford Conn Owls scoring The Hokies I SOUTHERN (19-11) at Hartfor center SMU is strono LOYOLA (ILL) Conn The Ramblers' 30 feet of the baske Foe Carolina' 'y Foe 1 rtg iolttta Foe Carolina' NOTRE DAME Ind Chances are you didn't know that Middle Tennessee State is located in Murfreesboro Or that the Blue Raiders won the Ohio Valley Conference championship Bet you can't name one player on the team Bet you didn't know Middle Tennessee won 17 games and lost 13 this season But you know about as much about the Blue Raiders as the North Carolina Tar Heels will know when they tangle at 7 pm today in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament Southeast Regional They'll be strangers when they meet and that's the way Tar Heel coach Dean Smith wants it "I'll see three films of Middle Tennessee games" Smith said Wednesday "but the team won't see them If they see the films they might do their own scouting reports They might see a player miss six shots in a row and say he can't shoot when actually he's a good shooter" Smith said he's never let one of his teams watch films of a team they were going to play except once That was a movie of one of the great UCLA teams and he figured there was no chance his team would get any false impressions about that one "I've never believed in giving the players a lot to think about like hey watch this guy he can go to his left" said Smith "What we do is concentrate on one or two things and tell them we must do this to win "If we were playing (No I) Georgetown we'd do the same thing" One thing all of us know is that among the 61 teams starting the See MYSTERY Page 6B Ind Chances ow that Middle located in Blue Raiders Hey Conference ame one player 'ou didn't know won 17 games ason about as much Raiders as the lar Heels will tangle at 7 pm round of the II tournament gers when they le way Tar Heel wants it films of Middle Smith said the team won't see the films ir own scouting ht see a player row and say he actually he's a never let one of 'ilms of a team to play except movie of one of ams and he fig-chance his team Ise impressions eyed in giving to think about Ms guy he can i Smith "What rate on one or I them we must laying (No I) I do the same us know is that ms starting the Page 6B didn't know that Middle Tennessee State is located in Mur- 0y1011RE DAME Ind Chances championship farreeNe'sboro Or that the Blue Raiders won tt he i oa Vt an emye Coon ne erp Middle Tennes aaboBuutt Ythc'eu on the team Bseeteyowundnidin7'tgkanmoews nd lost 13 this seaso SNorth a Cs ta rRoeklgi a Tar Heels sasasmuvI NCAA bas know when they tangle at 7 pm today in the first round of the coach Dean Smith wants it They'll be sitotrbnaaanliglerstowuhrnenamtheenyt meeItllansedeththatr'esethfeilmwsayofTawiriHddee1 eam won't Wednesday "but the films see them If they see the 'r own scouting Tennessee games" Smith said miss six 0 ts in a row and say he can't shoot when actually he's a rts They might see a player good shooter" of Smith said he's never let one of his teams watch films of a thnecye movie of one the great UCLA teams an am he fig- ured there was no chance his were was goinag to play except would get any false impressions about that one "I've never believed in giving watch this guy like hey "What he can go to his left said Smith a the players a lot to think about we do is concentrate on one or do this to win (No "If we were playing 1) two things and tell them we must Georgetown we 'd do the same hi NCAA West NCAA Ad 111 ow NIT NAIA i 1 I I 1 I i 6 di da 16 i''' 46 A it okdoo6 'Today 'Today's NIT NAIA 1Y' Today Today's ST JOHNS (27-3) vs SOUTHERN (19-9) at Salt Lake City Southern is the underdog but the Jaguars average 850 points a game IOWA (21-10) vs ARKANSAS (21-12) at Salt Lake City Greg Stokes leads the slumping Hawkeyes who have lost six of their last eight WASHINGTON (22-9) vs KENTUCKY (16-12) at Salt Lake City Washington has a strong front line with Detief Schrempf but a weak backcourt NEVADA-LAS VEGAS (27-3) vs SAN DIEGO ST 23-7) at Salt lake City The Runnin' Rebels and the Aztecs both prefer an uptempo game ST JOHNS (2 City Southern is the points a game IOWA (21-10' City Greg Stokes le six of their last eight WASHINGTOIN Lake City Washing Schrempf but a wea NEVADA-LAS 22-7) at Salt lake prefer an uptempo i NCAA Midwest NCAA OKLAHOMA (28-5) vs NC (19-9) at Tulsa Okla NC lacks the depth to seriously challenge the Sooners SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (19-9) vs ILLINOIS ST (21-7) at Tulsa Okla The Trojans are led by the school's all-time leading scorer in Wayne Car fonder OHIO ST (19-9) vs IOWA ST (21-12) at Tulsa Okla Ohio State coach Eldon Miller and Iowa State coach Johnny Orr coached against each other when Orr coached at Michigan LOUISIANA TECH (27-2) vs PITTSBURGH (17-11) at Tulsa Okla Pitt's 6-10 freshmen Charlie Smith has been compared to Georgetown's Pat Ewing OKLAHOMA Okla NC AV la Sooners SOUTHERN (21-7) at Tulsa 01 all-time leading scoro OHIO ST (19- Ohio State coach El Orr coached against LOUISIANA TE Tulsa Okla Pitt's compared to Georgt Staff Illustration By AL PHILLIPS year belonged to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown The '85 NCAA field is profiled on Page 7B The 1981 championship belonged to Isiah Thomas and Indiana In '82 Michael Jordan gave the title to North Carolina Lorenzo Charles's stuff ended NC State's miracle season with the '83 crown Last NCAA Southeast NCAA Sc Boyd's Ready To End Aggies' NCAA Tournament Frustrations PURDUE (20-8) vs AUBURN (20-11) at Notre Dome Ind Auburn is playing under lame-duck coach Sonny Smith who will resign at the end of the season OHIO (22-7) vs KANSAS (24-7) at Notre Dome Ind Ron Kellogg and freshman Danny Manning lead the Jayhawks NOIRE DAME (20-8) vs OREGON ST at Notre Dame Ind The Fighting Irish have won six of their last seven games and are led by freshman Dave Rivers NORTH CAROLINA (24-8) vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST (17-13) at Notre Dome Ind The underdog Blue Raiders beat Kentucky in the 1982 NCAA's PURDUE (20-8 Ind Auburn is playi who will resign at tho OHIO (22-7) Ron Kellogg and fres NOIRE DAME Ind The Fighting Iris and are led by fresh! NORTH CAROL (17-13) at Notre Dc Kentucky in the 1982 By ORLANDO LEDBETTER Staff Writer mok :454 titl 4o NW 't 1 4:1: i-p: 4 kiN 1 St 1) 0 0 0 4 ki tj I talco 115 a 4 ilk it Iktp tp 04 6 WAKE FOREST (15-13) vs SOUTH FLORIDA (17-11) at Tampa The Deacons will depend more on Mark Cline and Delaney Rudd with Kenny Green suspended from the team VIRGINIA (15-15) vs WEST VIRGINIA (20-8) at Morgantown Va The Mountaineers are furious about not getting an NCAA bid after winning the Atlantic 10 regular-season title WAKE FOREST at Tampa The Deac Delaney Rudd with VIRGINIA (15 Morgantown Va getting an NCAA bid son title even though it's in their backyard" said Boyd 6-4 who also was named the MEAC tournament's outstanding player three of the last four years "We're going out there to win control their team and their best man We've got to get the crowd out of the game You know how those folks like to scream out there" Few players make it to the NCAA tournament four straight years But Boyd who has started since the fourth game of his freshmen season is one Last season the Aggies came within a Boyd jump shot of advancing past the first round With Morehead State ahead 70-69 and three seconds remaining Boyd shot from near the top of the key over 6-11 Jeff Tipton but it rimmed out In the 1983 tournament Princeton downed MET 53-41 in Philadelphia West Virginia routed the AgSee BOYD'S Page 6B GREENSBORO In the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference which is top-heavy with quick backcourt men and small forwards point guard Eric Boyd of NC MET has stood a cut above the rest for four years Boyd a senior who played high school basketball and football at Charlotte's Independence High will lead the Aggies (19-9) in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament Midwest Regional against No 1 seed Oklahoma (28-5) at 8 pm today in Tulsa Okla Boyd who averages 169 points a game and was named the MEAC's player of the year isn't awed by Oklahoma the Sooners' Olympian Wayman Tisdale or their screaming fans "We don't want to give them too much respect SOUTHWESTERN (24-8) vs PFEIFFER (22-8) at Kansas City Mo The Falcons have been a surprise this season under second-year coach John Lentz SOUTHWESTER City Mo The Falcon second-year coach ic 0 Atotel1 NC Eric Boyd 3 Speedway Would Build Emory Sues East Carolina For $1 Million In Damages Emory For $1 Not Pay For Stadium 11 11Pial-11' i mor lit olos 1 1:11: 4 tek 1i :77 1 -40 Aittris i II Aw :4:: A AI '''''''c' 0 04a t' i''' fit 'fi 7 i4'02es $'e i 44:4 v''''' 'iiv-- 11'''1: i It 1 la 1'' S1-'1'''''''''' 5 Ao -4 i i '''''''S: -'0-''' to 2-9 last year In five seasons Emory's record was 26-29 He was replaced by one-time assistant Art Baker Emory rejected a lump-sum offer to settle his contract for $50000 In the weeks since Emory and his attorney Marvin Blount of Greenville NC have tried to negotiate a settlement with university officials "They (university officials) really gave us no choice other than to file a lawsuit" said Blount "We will rely on 12 people in Pitt County to set an amount of money we think will adequately compen By DAN LOHWASSER Staff Writer Charlotte Motor Speedway chairman Bruton Smith proposed Wednesday that the speedway be adapted to seat 76000 people for football and other athletic events If local governments or private Investors come forward with $10 million to pay for it Smith at a press conference attended by business civic and governmental leaders presented the idea as a test of public and private support for such a venture He said it was an alternative to spending $70 to $90 million for a new By DAN LOHWASSER And ORLANDO LEDBETTER Staff Writers Former East Carolina football coach Ed Emory filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday seeking $1 million in compensation for lost income and punitive damages The suit filed in Pitt County Superior Court claimed Emory was "summarily fired in complete disregard of both promises and a written contract" Emory was dismissed Dec 10 1984 with three years remaining on his contract and after the team skidded from an 8-3 record in 1983 By DAN LOB And ORLAND( Staff Wril Former East Ca coach Ed Emory I against the schol seeking $1 million tion for lost incom damages The suit filed I Superior Court was "summarily fir disregard of both 1 written contract" Emory was disrr 1984 with three yl on his contract and skidded from an 8-3 "With roads water sewage facilities parking and other fundamental and necessary conveniences already in place at the speedway facilities that already handle more than 125000 fans who attend our races we can trim millions of dollars from this football stadium cost" Smith said The project would involve construction of moveable seating in front of the speedway's main grandstand and surrounding a 6- acre grassy area that would become the playing surface The seating opposite the main grand-See SPEEDWAY Page 411 ty in 6- UPI Photo Home Free: Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt slides home safely Wednesday under Minnesota's Dave 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