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Western Ker;
irst round i
friars’ appearance in Final Four
not big surprise to some coaches
thletic 1
to renew MU From the Associated p ress
il members o!Mf ter a flurry of upsets spiced the
who wereui; j rs i two weekends of action, Provi-
11 a j°^ i S ce ’ ^ghtly regarded when the
isagreed. |pAA picked the 64 teams to vie for
B basketball title, is in the Final
don as ant ; 0l j r
been comic- g ut Providence’s feat was not that
several coad mid) of a surprise to Hugh Durham
• c Bf Georgia and North Carolina
his latherat(» e ’ s ji m Valvano, whose teams
1962, he etm e rhe surprise of the 1983 Final
■xas Westerr.M r w fth the Wolfpack winning the
man coach fotj t i e
Haskins. |“\ye did basically what they did,”
(I as an assistjM|h am said. “We upset two teams
ears beforeJohn’s and North Carolina —
is a head o«| [ 0 do that we had to have a pre-
here his recorMgood team. For (Providence) to
Kvhat they have done, they just
rut it together at the right time.
) NebraskatoiBi hat’s what we did, and back in
Cipriano, iWgg:! when North Carolina State
I Iba becanttyon, they did pretty much the same
anodiedinDpilg. They lost nine. That was a Icxt
retired Iasi 'jf lisses at that time.”
th, alter eighf Valvano remembers and agrees,
rned Frogsks “] still have my slipper,” Valvano
me in the *■. “On my mantle. Size 11.
\\ playoffs.
“I think right now they (Provi
dence) are the only legitimate Cin
derella team. ... A legitimate Cinder
ella has to have more losses in a
weekend than most of those (other
teams in the Final Four) have in a
year.
“You have (Providence Coach)
Rick Pitino, who’s only in his second
year,” Valvano said. “They certainly
were ugly when he got there and
now they’re beautiful, so they are the
Cinderella.”
A preseason pick to finish about
fourth in the Big East Conference,
Providence, 25-8, built its early sea
son record with victories over teams
like Rhode Island, Brown, Siena,
Rider, Howard, Maine and Hofstra
— not exactly basketball powers.
But the Friars were ready when
Big East play began, beating Villa-
nova twice, St.John’s twice and split
ting home-and-home games against
Georgetown. In the Big East post
season tournament, Providence
stopped St. John’s for a third time
before losing to Georgetown.
And it was Georgetown standing
in the way of a Final Four spot when
Providence gained the Southeast Re
gional title game. This time it was
Providence 88-73.
“We probably saw Providence one
too many times this season,” George
town Coach John Thompson said.
“They play with the kind of intensity
I respect.”
According to the seedings. Provi
dence wasn’t supposed to be around
to beat Georgetown. The Friars were
supposed to be second-round losers
to third-seeded Illinois.
But Illinois was upset in the first
round by Austin Peay, a team Provi
dence nipped 90-87 in overtime.
Then came Alabama, seeded second
behind Georgetown in the regional.
Bombing from the outside with 3-
pointers, Providence stopped Ala
bama 103-82, then toppled George
town.
“They only lost five games (actu
ally eight), so you know they played
real good all year,” Durham said.
“They are not a surprise team.’
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Blackman powers Dallas to first victory ever
in Philadelphia as Mavericks edge 76ers
ti a run put a / a p\ i a i
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ro
lando Blackman scored 38 points
Monday night as the Dallas Mav
ericks won in Philadelphia for the
lirst time ever, defeating the
|6ers 103-100.
Dallas had lost all six games in
Philadelphia since entering the
IBA in 1980-81.
The Mavericks led 98-93 on
two free throws by Blackman with
Jwo minutes remaining. Steve
)olter then hit a jump shot and
David Wingate’s steal and
with 51 seconds to go cut the Dal
las lead to 98-97.
But Blackman made a 14-
footer with 33 seconds remaining
and his two free throws 15 sec
onds later sealed Dallas’ victory.
Philadelphia took its first lead
of the second half 85-83 on a
layup by Wingate with 8:17 to
play. After another field goal by
Wingate, the Mavericks scored
eight straight points and led 91-
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87 on Derek Harper’s layup with
4:44 remaining.
Sam Perkins added 14 points
and Roy Tarpley and Harper 13
each for Dallas, which won its
sixth game in its last seven out
ings. Charles Barkley had 24
points and Tim McCormick 22
for Philadelphia, which had a
three-game winning streak
ended. Wingate added 18 points
and a career-high 13 assists.
istons slide by Rockets 114-110
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Aguirre Itlu
iud b‘ m from the free-throw line with
l< ^ 8 seconds left to seal a 114-110 win
(AP) — Detroit
lid Isiah Thomas hit two of his 21
, - Monday night over the Houston
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ip the ramp•h ornas also added 12 assists,
■ . . . He Adrian Dantley scored 18 of
111 5 ^l! 1 tis|25 points in the first per iod and
enter Bill Laimbeer contributed 17
oUav ' a roiius and 19 rebounds for the 45-
u Aguirre, • lb istons
other ™?E| ol , s ton, now 36-33, lost the sev-
,(t,| intli of its last nine games despite
Vkyem OVajuwon's 38 points and 14
back.
rebounds. Six Rockets were in dou
ble Figures.
Detroit was ahead only 93-92
going into the final period when a
10-2 surge was fueled by three bas
kets from Vinnie Johnson, who
came off the bench to finish with 16
points.
The game started off with Dantley
scoring 18 of Detroit’s first 40
points, while Olajuwon contributed
11 for Houston in the first period.
During the second period, the Pis
tons fell to 50-44 but rebounded on
a 22-9 run and took a 66-59 advan
tage on Laimbeer’s layup. Detroit
had a 68-62 halftime edge.
With seven minutes remaining in
the third period, Jim Petersen
pulled the Rockets even at 76 on a
10-foot corner shot. Houston led
briefly 92-91 on two free throws by
Robert Reid with a minute left in the
third period.
It was the Rockets only lead in the
second half.
Detroit’s Sidney Green and Olaju-
own each had 10 points in the third
quarter.
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Chemistry
fuels UNLV
to Final Four
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Two
weeks ago, Nevada-Las Vegas Coach
Jerry Tarkanian paced nervously
among his players and talked about
heart. He said it was a key ingredient
they would need to advance through
the NCAA basketball playoffs.
It took a lot of heart to rally and
beat Iowa Sunday, and Tarkanian
said his Runnin’ Rebels will need
more of the same when they meet
Indiana Saturday in the Final Four
at New Orleans.
“We’ve got to play well, we’ve got
to play with heart, and we’ve got to
be lucky,” Tarkanian said Monday in
assessing his team’s chances against
the Hoosiers. “We’ve got to get the
best bounce of the ball.”
The Rebels overcame a 19-point
deficit to edge Iowa 84-81, relying
on the 3-point field goals that have
helped carry the club to a 37-1 re
cord. The Rebels ended the season
ranked No. 1 in The Associated
Press poll, a position they held for 12
weeks.
“I think this is without a doubt the
best team we’ve ever had,” said Tar
kanian, in his 14th season with the
Rebels. “What makes them so good
is their chemistry, their work ethic,
their heart. We’ve had other teams
with more raw talent. But these kids
ust work so hard and want to win so
ad.”
Tarkanian’s last trip to the Final
Four came in 1977 when his club lost
to North Carolina 84-83 in the semi
finals. His roster that season in
cluded eight players who eventually
played professionally.
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‘87, but the determination is there.
“Our kids have just played their
hearts out all year,” Tarkanian said.
“They’ve got the ability to (play)
pressure (defense) and when they
get behind, they can revert to that.
They’ve got more mental toughness,
more heart, they work harder than
any team I’ve ever had.”
The Rebels demonstrated their
defensive tenacity in Sunday’s
comeback, holding Iowa to 23 points
in the second half after giving up 58
in the first half because “we got a
little tricky, instead of sticking to the
basics,” Tarkanian said.
The Rebels’ record is their best
ever and ties the record for the most
wins in a season, set last year by
Duke. The record year represents a
mix of talent, luck and determin
ation, Tarkanian said.
“We were lucky . . . yesterday
(Sunday), but most of the season we
were just better than most of the
teams we played,” he said.
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