:sday, Mrrh+, 1977 THE M'C"IGAN DAILY rage Nine UPI Top 20 fu!! court Playof f prdeictioris.. « .time mill tell By DON MacLACHLAN, THE 1976-77 college basketball season draws to a close this weekend, but for some teams a "second season" will begin March 12-13 with the opening of the NCAA Basketball Champion- ships at eight regional sites. Twenty-one conference champions will get berths along with eleven at-large teams. If a conference runner-up is selected, it gets placed in the opposite bracket from its conference champion s" that two teams from the same conference cannot meet until the' national finals. If Michigan defeats Illinois Thursday night, the Wolver- ines would clinch a berth in the Mideast Regional as the Big Ten Champion, because second place Minnesota is on proba- tion and ineligible for tournament action. The Wolverines would play an at-large team in Bloomington Sunday, March 13, assuming they win one of two remaining con- ference encounters. The opposition in the opening round could be one of a number of independents and/or conference runner-ups. Here is a sketch of the tournament picture, with a lot oft question marks to be answered on Sunday at three o'clock when the NCAA office releases the names of the at-large institutions receiving invitations to the tournament, along with the first round IOW A CONQUERS HOOSIERS State squeaks by OSU Teu 1. 3. '4. 5 6. 7 8. EAST LANSING - Guard 11:30 left in the game on the Bob Chapman hit a career high free throw shooting of Larry victory over the Hoosiers 11 games stretching hack in to v . ,. ......r...a ..,. .. ... ..,.,. ,,.,. ..b. .. -~ I... - AP Photo MICHIGAN STATE'S James Coutre (45) heads to the hoop, 29 points to lead Michigan State Bolden a to a 80-79 basketball win over ris's sh Ohio State last night invits final Boldenh f home game of the season. and Bur Chapman combined with The Bu forward Greg Kelser, who in one po finished with 20 points and of the gt nine rebounds, to put the last had lost place Buckeyes out of reach Coutre o for most of the contest. Buckey Michigan State improved its pair of fi conference record to 6-10 and' onds left 9-16 overall while Ohio State Ransey h sunk to 4-13 inethe Big Ten and uerkbut i 9-18 on the year.- Bucks s Ohio State was the victim of a,32 per cent shooting average Kn in -the first half while Michiganj KingC State hit nearly 70 per cent of IOWA its shots from the floor. scored 28 Kelser pumped in 17 first rebounds half points to put the Spar- 80-73 bast tans on top 46-31pon the half. dianabhe Ohio State managed to whit- tle the score down to 56-51 with It wa UNBEI Tues.-WE March Our Regular $1.49 Roast I NATUMA r H(OT and forward Terry Bur- ! 1970. 10 )oting from the floor. Indiana led 25-19 midway 12.; finished with 21 points through the first half and 44-41 13 ris 16 cat halftime. But Iowa took the't4 uckeyes closed to with~ lead for good early at 50-48 ear- 164 int in the final minutes ly in the second half on two 17 ame after the Spartans free throws by Dick Peth. 18, Wilson and center Jim Freshman Mike Woodson of 019 n fouls.md ye Larry Bolden sank a Indianathad atgame high 34 Tee throws with 19 sec- points to keep the Hoosiers in and freshmen Kelvin contention. He scored 16 of In-' hit a layup at the buz- diana's 19 points in the first 11 it same too late in theI minutes of the second half. econd half surge. King and Cal Wulfsburg then --UPI combined for 14 points as Iowa M * * took a 79-69 lead and preserved' I controls the victory with a delay game. Ai Iowa moved into- fourth place L CITY - Bruce King in the Big Ten at 8-8 and 16-9 U3 S points and grabbed 15 overall. Indiana fell to 8-9 and to lead Iowa to an 13-13. -AP ci ketball victory over In- - ~e-yeterd - - - is the Hawkeves' first am . San Francisco (34) Kentujcky (4) 1 MICHIGAN (2) 1 UCLA . North Carolina . Nevada-Las Vegas . Arkansas 3 Providence Louisville . Tennessee LSyracuse : Alabama * Minnesota . Wake Forest 3Arizona . Indiana St. . Detroit . Houston . Oral RobErts . Cincinnati SCORESI COLLEGE BASKETRALL iichigan State 80, Ohio Stat7s wa SO, Indiana 73 ;ntuckcy 77, Mississippi St. $4 labama 78, Vanderbilt 71, SU 79, Florida 74 WC-Charlotte 85, Creighton 6 NHL eveland 5, St. Louis 2 dodging the defensive ploys of1 (41) and Fred Poole (31). The win in the contest, 80-79. pairings. MIDEAST REGIONAL BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA Michigan versus at-large team M A C Champion (C e n t r a l Michigan, Northern Illinois, or Miami of Ohio) versus at- large team BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Ohio Valley Champ (probably Austii Peay) versus at-large team SEC Champion (Kentucky or Tennessee) versus at-large team MIDWEST REGIONAL OMAHA, NEBRASKA Metro-Seven champ (Louis- ville or Cincinnati) versus at-large team Missouri Valley champ (prob- ably New Mexico State) ver- sus at-large team NORMAN, OKLAHOMA Big Eight champ (Missouri or Kansas State) versus at- large team; Pohits 2 4 384 2z2 2 325 21-3 294 22-4 224 21-4 193 23-2 184 25-1 140 24-3 64 21.4 63 204 57 23-3 34 20.4 30 22-3 28 26-6 20 21.4 18 23-2 14 24-2 13 24-8 I2 21.5 16 22.4 9 SWC champ (Arkansas or' Houston) versus at-large The Top 2u team WEST REGIONAL POCATELLO, IDAHO UCLA versus at-large team PCAA champ (probably 'Long Beach State) versus Big Sky champ (either Weber State or Idaho State) TUCSONaARIZONA WAC champ (probably Utah) versus at-large team San Francisco versus at-large team EAST REGIONAL RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA VMI or Furman versus Vil- lanova ACC champ (probably North Carolina) versus at-large team PHILADELPHIA, PA. Hofstra versus at-large team Ivy League champ (Princeton or Penn) versus at-large team By The Associated Press 1. San Francisco (50) 29-0 2. Kentucky (7) 22-2 3. MICHIGAN 21-3 4. U.C.L.A. 22-4 5. Nevada-Las Vegas 23-2 6. North Carolina 22-4 7. Arkansas 25-1 {8. Providence 23-3 9. Minnesota 2?-3 10. Louisville 21-5 11. Tennessee 20-5 12. Alabama 20-4 13. Syracuse 23-3 14. Cincinnati 22-4 15. Detroit 24-2 16. Wake Forest 20-6 17. Arizona 21-4 18. Clemson 21-3 19. Marquette 18-6 20. Utah 20-6 1,120 996 790 671 667 616 562 300 259 252 250 205 188 181 169 82 51 40 36 25 Ohio State's Jim Ellinghausen Spartans squeaked by, with a COMMITTEE OPENINGS * Board in Control o.f lntercolleqiate Activities " Advisory Committee for Recreation, Intramurals and Club Sports * Director of Student Crganzations * University Council Applications and Information at MSA 390 Michigan Union) Stop by Today!r Sale begins Friday February 25th 10 A.M. Open Saturday Sunday 12 - 5P.M. 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Providence or Holy Crass will probably win the the New England Regional, while Syracuse and St. John's rate as the favorites in the other two regionals. So much for the 21 conference champs - what about the at-large teams? In the ACC, Southwest and Metro Seven Con- ferences, a tournament is held to establish an NCAA repre- sentative. Thus, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Louisville - the regular season champs - are not assured of a berth in the tournament. However, if they lose in the conference tour- naments, an at-large bid would be possible. Creighton, Detroit, Indiana State, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas, Notre Dame, North Texas State and Oral Roberts are all powerful independents. Oregon, Arizona, Cincinnati and the ACC and SEC runner-ups_ are second place teams that deserve invitations. Purdue, currently in third place in the Big Ten, must win its remaining two games with Michigan State- and Michigan and hope for Wisconsin or Northwestern to upset Minnesota if it is to gain an NCAA berth as the Big Ten runner-up. Key games this weekend are Marquette-Creighton, Notre Dame-San Francisco and Kentucky-Tennessee. Al McGuire and his Warriors must beat Creighton if they are to proceed into the NCAA's. By the time Marquette tips off with Michigan on Sun- day the at-large teams will have been selected. If Tennessee beats Kentucky, the Vols would be placed in the Mideast Regional with the Wolverines - and would prevent Kentucky from grabbing a possible home court ad- vantage in the regional semi-finals - to be held in Rupp Arena on the Kentucky campus. Who will Michigan play? It could be Detroit, Oregon the Pac 8 runner-up, Arizona, the WAC runner-up (a possible con- frontation between Michigan coach Johnny Orr and one of his ex- assistants Fred Snowden), the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame or even Marquette - if theWarriors make it. An ACC representative' is also a possible opponent. The Big Ten winner proceeds to play the winner of the Ohio. Valley - at-large game. In the example, if Michigan wins, it, would face Notre Dame or Austin Peay in Lexington on March 17. There are plenty of alternatives - and the real NCAA pair- ings will be released Sunday at three, during the Michigan- Marquettebgame. Play around w h the pairings a little - some interesting match-ups could come up. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE WITCH- CRAFT THURS., MARCH 3 SWEET CRYSTAL FRI. and SAT. at the SURE THING 327 MICHIGAN Ypsi. 482-7130 The BAGEL factory 306 S. UNIVERSITY OPEN 7 DAYS 8:30 A.M. to 1 1 P.M. WON EAI STMidte JOI N TH E DAITLY STAF F iI Save $10.00 to $59.90 if you act now. 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