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Section Business News9C Comics14C ScorePhone (704) 379-6535 ffhc (Charlotte (Tbserrer Saturday March 19 1988 NCAA TOURNAMENT NC State Shocked In First Rowed Tn NCAA UPDATE Murray State Seeded No 14 Holds Off Pack By LEONARD LAVE Sports Editor LINCOLN Neb It was Jim worst nightmare: A regular season of success unmatched in his seven previous years as head coach and a postseason that ended almost as soon as it began The season came crashing to a halt Friday night the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional basketball tournament Murray State the No 14 seeded team seized control late in the first half and held on for a 78-75 victory State had its chances including a three-point attempt by Vinny Del Negro with three seconds left But the performance had few similarities to the play that carved a 24-8 record The Wolfpack split two games in the ACC tournament The loss was the second straight in the NCAA first round for State which won the 1983 national championship under Valvano and twice reached the final eight in seasons since Murray State (22-8) goes on to second round to meet Kansas an 85-72 winner over Xavier (Ohio) in Friday's final first-round game at Bob Devaney Sports Center would have preferred to not play as well the regular season and play better in the See WOLFPACK Page 7C Richmond Stuns Indiana Associated Press HARTFORD Conn Keith Smart the hero of last NCAA championship game watched his jump shot and chances to repeat bounce off the nm with 20 seconds left Friday hit one to win it all last year and I took one to lose it all this Smart said after 72-69 upset of the Hoosiers in a first-round NCAA tournament East Regional game Rodney jumper just inside the three-point line 34 seconds before Smart missed the 1 2-footer put Richmond ahead Rice who scored 2 1 points grabbed the rebound of shot and threw the ball down the court to start a three-on-one break that resulted a layup by Ken Atkinson Joe Hillman missed one final desperation three-pointer from the comer with two seconds left ending unlikely dream of two consecutive championships said before the game that we were evenly Hoosiers coach Bob Knight said not surprised that we The victory eighth straight sends the See Page 7C Results East Regional Hartford Civic Center Hartford Conn Georgia Tech 90 Iowa State 78 Richmond 72 Indiana 69 Temple 87 Lehigh 73 Georgetown 66 Louisiana State 63 Southeast Regional Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati Vltlanova 82 Arkansas 74 Illinois 81 Texas-San Antonio 72 Maryland 92 Califomla-Santa Barbara 82 Kentucky 99 Southern 84 Midwest Regional Devaney Sports Center Lincoln Neb Pittsburgh 108 Eastern Michigan 90 Vanderbilt 80 Utah State 77 Murray State 78 State 75 Kansas 85 Xavier (Ohio) 72 West Regional Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Arizona 90 Cornell 50 Set on Hall 80 Texas-EI Paso 64 Iowa 102 Florida State 98 Nev-Las Vegas 54 Southwest Missouri St 50 Games East Regional Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill 1220 pm: Rhode Island (27-6) vs Syracuse (26-8) TV: CBS WBTV channel 3 In Charlotte 2:40 pm: Duke (25-6) vs So Methodist (28-6) TV: CBS WBTV channel 3 in Charlotte Southeast Regional The Omni Atlanta 5 pm: Oklahoma (31-3) vs Auburn (19-10) 720 pm: Louisville (23-10) vs BYU (26-5) Midwest Regional Convocation Center South Bend Ind 225 pm: Purdue (28-3) vs Memphis St (20-11) 455 pm: DePaul (22-7) vs Kansas St (23-8) West Regional Huntsman Center Salt Lake City 220 pm: Florida (18-11) vs Michigan (25-7) 4:40 pm: Carolina (25-6) vs Loyola Mrmnt (28-3) TV: CBS WBTV channel 3 In Charlotte The second game In each session begins 30 minutes after the first game Times listed for second games are approximate JIM GUNDStalf NC Chucky Brown kneels to the court 78-75 NCAA tournament upset victory as Murray State players and fans celebrate the Friday at Lincoln Neb Run For Cover: Here Comes Loyola Marymount Terrible Billy Tubbs? Columnist Tom Sorensen takes a look at not-well-llked Oklahoma basketball coach Billy Tubbs and his not-well-llked Sooners Page 7C The Brethren Two disciples of Indiana coach Bobby Knight square off today when Duke faces Southern Methodist Page 7C UNCC Looks Ahead The season is over for UNCC but then again it as the expectations rise for 1988-89 Page 3C INSIDE Only once or twice in his career has Smith shown his team film of an opponent He usually prepare for the other team just prepares his own But he said he would like to have a week to get ready for this one and planned to show the Tar Heels film of the Lions to let them see how quickly they must get back on defense If he simply told them they probably believe him How quickly9 Well Westhead likes his team to launch a shot within seven seconds after it gains possession And the Lions usually oblige They will put it up any time players have no conscience when it comes to said Westhead a See RUN Page 7C the clown who gets shot out of the cannon at the he said Loyola situated in Los Angeles broke into the Top 20 late in the season as its winning streak which now measures 25 games grew But the Lions still counted among the serious contendere for the national championship Count Their tournament theme is The When they beat Wyoming 119-115 Thursday they may not have shocked Tar Heels coach Dean Smith but they certainly got his attention After watching that game Smith asked his assistants for thoughts about game (about 440 WBTV channel 3) told me they sure wished we were playing said Smith SALT LAKE CITY How best to tell you about Loyola Marymount the team North Carolina faces in the second round of the NCAA college hoops playoffs today? How do you describe a team that against Pepperdme yielded 127 points allowed 86 shots permitted Pepperdme to shoot 593 was outrebounded by 23 and still won by 1 5 points? A team that scored only 1 2 points the first eight minutes against Wyoming -Thursday in a first-round game then rang up 51 in the next 12 minutes eight the last 43 seconds of the half? A team whose second-leading scorer Bo Kimble scored 1 9 in one five-minute span this season A team that averages 1 10 points (more than several pro teams who play longer games) and gives up 96 and thinks anything inside the arena is a good shot? Well the own coach Paul West-head calls them a circus only question is are we the Great Wallendas or 6C Notebook 6C 3C Region-By-Region 6C NCAA Bracket NITNAIA mm-wyiWYylr a r3 iiiuji jl i j-i i -1 1 KattALteAh Shinn In Nebraska Meets With Brown jonty owner Neither Shinn nor Scheer the NBA vice president gave more details of the meeting Brown said before the Kansas game he would not discuss his future until the end of the season The Jayhawks were to play Xavier (Ohio) at 10 30 pm in a first-round Midwest Regional game at Bob Devaney Sports Center Shinn and Scheer attended that game and the one that preceded it Murray 78-75 victory over State Officials of several NBA teams are in See SHINN Page 4C By LFONARD LAE Sports Editor LINCOLN Neb George Shinn and Carl Scheer of the Charlotte Hornets were in Lincoln on Friday to watch an NCAA tournament game involving Kansas coach Larry Brown and according to one source meet with Brown about the NBA expansion coachingjob The two met with Brown eariy in the afternoon a source close to the Jayhawks said has known Larry for years and we did go by his hotel to say hello and speak to him said Shinn the ma- Bears Concede Marshall Going To Washington Associated Press CHICAGO Linebacker Wilber Marshall became the first major NFL player to change teams as a free agent Friday when the Chicago Bears let him go to the Redskins by refusing to match five-year $6 million offer was a tough Bears President Michael McCaskey said we looked carefully at our options and are unified in our As compensation the Bears will get two No 1 draft picks from Washington this year and in 1989 Marshall 25 signed an offer sheet from the Redskins for a guaranteed $6 million over five years in addition to a $500000 signing bonus and no-trade clause for the first year He will earn a base salary of $900000 1988 increasing by $100000 until 1992 Unsigned Philadelphia quarterback Randall Cunningham wants to remain with the Eagles but is pursuing offers from other clubs while negotiations continue Rumors spread at the NFL meeting in Phoenix that Raiders owner A1 Davis encouraged agent to submit a contract proposal Burch Leads West Charlotte To 4 A Regional Title Game Burch whose quick penetrating drives and deadly shooting touch sparked the Lions for much of this 21-8 season went down with a severe ankle sprain in a home loss to North Mecklenburg on February 23 the two games before he got said West Charlotte coach Charlie McCullough had scored 27 and 26 points and he had 31 points with about four See BURCH Page 4C By JOHN EDWARDS Special Correspondent ICARD Dwight Burch is back And just in time as the senior guard broke open a close game with three three-point jumpers in the second quarter lifting West Charlotte to a 75-55 Western 4A regional win over Greensboro Dudley on Fnday The Lions will face Asheville Reynolds a 98-97 overtime winner over North Mecklenburg for the regional title tonight at 8 30 West Charlotte also will face Freedom at 7 for the girls championship DON WILLIAMSONStaff Race Trials Postponed With trials rained out Friday at Atlanta Raceway Morgan Shepherd is a hot subject Page 5C Volleyball Olympic Style Keba Phipps (left) of the US Olympic volleyball team dinks the ball over the block of a Japanese defender in exhibition game at the Charlotte Coliseum The US swept 3-0 Page 4C North MeMenburg Jails in overtime Page 4C iS.