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Monday, March 9,1987/The Battalion/Page 7 Sports ICAA announces 64-team field for richest tournament in history ■ KANSAS CITY (AP) — Indiana, Sorth Carolina, Georgetown and top-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas were Biade the top four seeds Sunday as the 64-team bracket was announced t>r the richest-ever NCAA Basket- 11 Tournament. They were joined by third-ranked Jurdue, fifth-ranked DePaul and |lo. 6 Iowa as the nine-man selection immittee’s actions declared that Siost of the best college teams are in ■te eastern United States. I But Louisville and Villanova, the ■st two NCAA tournament winners, |j lere excluded from the tourna- Rl< !.! Ullt 1 Virginia, Pittsburgh and Georgia ■ere among the eastern teams jhipped to the western regional, 3j§here UNLV ’s 33-1 Running Re- * b< is are seeded No. 1. 3 1/ » Four conferences placed a total of d/V 1(3 teams in the tournament. The At lantic Coast, Big Ten and Southeast ern conferences had six teams each in the tournament; the Big East had five. Georgetown was made the top seed in the Southeast regional while North Carolina, an upset victim to North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Tournament, was the No. 1 seed in the East. Coach Bob Knight’s fourth-ranked Indiana Hoosiers are No. 1 in the Midwest. First and second round competi tion will be held at eight sites around the nation beginning Thursday. Re gional competition the following weekend will be held at Louisville in the Southeast; East Rutherford, N J., in the East regional; Cincinnati in the Midwest; and Seattle in the West. One bit of controversy immedi ately arose when the Metro Confer ence was denied its automatic bid be- »WC lands 3 teams in NCAA tournament ■ DALLAS (AP) — Three South- niest Conference teams earned bids on Sunday to the NCAA Basketball ■ournament after concern there Bight just be one. B Texas Christian won the SWC Bgular season crown by a runaway it Cento four-game edge, and it had been yy- questionable whether anyone else "Ijjjould be invited if the Horned Bogs won the league’s post-season Burnament. I But TCU lost in the First round to Texas A&M, which won the confer ence’s automatic bid into the NCAA Burnament with its 71-46 victory over Baylor in the championship me Sunday afternoon. The Aggies 17-13) will play Duke (22-8) on Thursday in the Midwest Regionals at Indianapolis. 1 TCU, as expected, still was invited as an at-large team, and Houston — which lost to Baylor by two points in a SWC tournament semifinal game — also got an at-large bid. TCU (23-6) will meet Marshall (25-5) on Thursday in a first-round game of the East Regional at Char lotte, N.C. The Cougars were invited after UCLA wrapped up the Pacific Ten automatic NCAA hid with a 76-64 victory over Washington. Had Washington won, 18th-ranked UCLA would have gotten the last at- large invitation instead of Houston. Houston (18-11) will play Kansas (23-9) in the Southeast Regional on Friday at the Omni in Atlanta. Texas-El Paso (24-6), winner of the Western Athletic Conference, will meet Arizona (18-11) in the West regional Friday at Tucson, Ariz. cause its tournament champion, Memphis State, is on probation and ineligible for post-season action. Memphis State defeated defending national champion Louisville in the tournament final Sunday, but the Cardinals, whose record was 18-14, weren’t chosen for the field. The four regional winners will gather at the Superdome in New Or leans at the end of March for the first $1 million final four. A record payout of almost $25 million is pro jected. Each final four team will receive a shade more than $1 million accord ing to NCAA projections. The mini mum payout will be $200,000 for the 32 first round losers. Second round losers will receive about $400,000, third round losers about $600,000 and losers in the regional finals about $800,000. A&M netters grab 2 wins The Texas A&M men’s tennis team picked up two wins in the Cor pus Cnristi Team Tournament over the weekend, defeating Maryland and Mississippi. The Aggies were led by Marcel Vos and Dean Goldfine, who were unbeaten in both singles and dou bles matches. The two wins im proved A&M’s record to 11-2. A&M beat Maryland 5-2 as No. 2 singles player Vos beat James Schor 6-4, 6-4, and No. 3 Goldfine won 6- 2, 6-0 over Harold Castillo. No. 1 player Dean Johnson lost 7-6, 6-3 to Carlos Claverie. A&M topped Mississippi 6-2 as both Johnson and Goldfine won hard-fought three-set matches. No. 1 Johnson came back to defeat Jim Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and No. 2 Golfine won 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 over Aaron Barrick. Vos topped Joey Johnson 6- 3, 6-0. veek H A D E 8 I G n 8 -4 ^if BACKPACKING PEDERNALES FALLS STATE PARK MARCH 27 - 29 .In BNJOY A WEEKEND IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRYI11 r * The $35 fee includes camping equipment, backpacks, food, permits, transportation costs, and experienced guides. Limited to 14. ROCK CLIMBING & RAPPELLING CLINIC SATURDAY, MARCH 28 9 AM- 4 PM AT SUGAR LOAF We're offering this one day clinic to intro duce beginners to the exciting sport of rock climbing/rappellingI The $8 fee includes equipment and experienced instruction. Limited to 12. Sign up for both of these adventures in the Intramural-Recreational Sports Office in 159 Read until March 23. For more information please call Patsy at 845-7826. Texas A&M right fielder Don Wren slides head first back to first base as Central Michigan’s Doug Photo by Tracy Staton Noch prepares for the pickoff attempt. A&M swept the Chippewas to up its record to 19-2-1. Taylor's, Byington's grand slam home runs lift Aggies to sweep of Central Michigan By Doug Hall Sports Writer Prior to the beginning of the 1987 baseball season, one of Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson’s main worries was the Aggies’ ability to play together as a team. In other words, to have “team chemistry.” This chemistry is usually devel oped, he said, from playing in close, pressure-packed ball games. Well if that’s the case, then fol lowing this weekend’s three-game sweep of Central Michigan, the Aggies should have no trouble making an A in Chemistry 101. A&M, led by game-winning grand slams by freshmen John Byington (to win Friday’s game 6- 3) and Terry Taylor (to win Sat urday’s second game 10-6) im proved its season record to 19-2-1 and sent a tough Central Michi gan team back north with some tough memories. “Central Michigan is a very good team,” Johnson said. “They’ve got five people back from last year’s team that were drafted. Their outfield made some great plays this weekend. So my hat goes off to them for really playing well.” Much like Friday’s opening game where Byington’s homer erased a 3-2 Chippewa lead, Tay lor’s shot over the right-field fence enabled the Aggies to over come five defensive errors and numerous base-running mis takes. After spotting the Chippewas a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the second game on Rick Seller’s home run, Sean Snedeker settled down and allowed ]ust one run on three hits over the next five in nings. Meanwhile, the Aggies were battling back to a 3-3 tie, thanks in part to 12 bases on balls from Central Michigan. In the bottom of the ninth, right fielder Don Wren walked to start the inning and was sacrificed to second by Ever Magallanes. Chippewa Head Coach Don Kreiner then elected to walk the Aggies’ leading hitter Scott Liv ingstone and designated hitter Byington, setting the stage for Taylor’s heroics. In the first game, Tim Her rmann held the Chippewas to three hits and no runs as the Ag gies used two first-inning runs to defeat Central Michigan 2-0. 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