The Michigan Daily - Sports Monday - March 26, 1990 - Page 3 Richard Eisen Loyola Marymount fans look for their Lions to defeat UNLV before yesterday's West Regional final. However, the Runnin' Rebels shut down the explosive Lion team to advance to their third Final Four. U spFinLal Four teams set TUNLV stops Loyola's emotional ran All right, I'm not going to be embarrassed about it, so I'm just going to come out and say it. Here it is: My NCAA pool is shot to pieces. And may it rest in pieces all over my floor. Why, oh why were there so many upsets in this year's tournament? Does it just seem like there were an incredible amount of them or were there truly a boat load of upsets this year? Because I want to know. What an exciting tournament we've had so far. Some folks even say it's the most exciting sporting event on the face of the planet. After this year's World Series and Super Bowl was brought to us by Sleepinol, I'd have to agree that the tourney delivers the most emotional, action-packed sporting events that money can buy. So, if this is true, how come all I worry about is my damn pool? Because the tournament is also the best sporting event that can bring me money? Possibly. All these upsets and heart-stopping buzzer beaters have destroyed my beloved picks; one by one, the favorites fell, leaving my pool flapping in the wind. When Duke beat Connecticut Saturday, I didn't think of how bad I truly feel for Huskie coach Jim Calhoun, whose lifelong dream is to coach in a Final Four game, or senior guard Tate George, who spent years of futility in Connecticut only to see his hopes of a title spill away from him in the form of a Christian Laettner jump shot. No. All I thought was, "Jeez, my pool is shot." Is this in the spirit of the tournament? Should I feel guilty? Who the hell wins these pools anyway? I can't pick these upsets anymore; there are too many of them. How can anyone win this year's tournament pool with all these no-name teams advancing to the round of eight? What was Texas doing in the final eight? Didn't they know I had them losing in the first round to Georgia? Am I asking too many questions? Regardless, Longhorn coach Tom Penders did a tremen- dous job bringing his team from out of left field and into national prominence. Too bad he did it at the expense of my pool. Penders Now, let's get to Xavier, which knocked out Georgetown, the team I picked to reach Denver from the Midwest Region. They cost me major, major points and because of it, I rooted against them. Is this sick? Someone help me out. I might be in dire men- tal straights here and not know it. Muskateer coach Pete Gillen, like Penders, told his team they could achieve the impossible and they Upsets abound in LMarch Madness believed him. One of the hottest coaches around, Gillen was up for Michigan's position last year and now seems headed for Miami, FL. Gillen, however, must work on his appearance as he looks like what my mom would call a "schme'n- drick." His jacket sleeves end at his elbows and his hair looks like it was cut by Stooge Moe's barber. Alas, this is petty; I'm only saying this because he cost me 28 beloved points. UCLA cost me the most points of any team in the tournament when they knocked out Kansas, which r' picked to lose to UNLV in the final game April 2. With time running out, the Bruins, one point downi, sent first-year player Tracy Murray to the line to shoot two free throws. What a nice story, a first-year player with the opportunity to restore respectability to UCLA and send them to the Final 16 for the fitst time in 10 years. I, however, didn't see it this way. I mean 60 pool points hung in the balance here. In fact, I was reduced to the state of screaming "Noonan! Noonan!" at the television when Murray calmly corded those two free - throws. Some teams, however, helped me out. Like Mich- igan State, for instance. The key to picking pools is not only to guess upsets but to also pick correctly which highly ranked team will choke. Enter Michigan State. To be fair about it, however, the Spartans got robbed. Kenny Anderson's shot at the end of regula- tion left his hand after the buzzer sounded. Poor State. But, the more I thought about it, the happier I became. They were lucky to have advanced that far in the first place. Kirk "I look like Boo Radley" Manns' reverse layup against Mur- ray State could be filed away in the "Happy Birthday" drawer. Plus, they looked poor against UCSB and luckily, for the Spartans, the Gau- chos looked worse. And to hell with rooting for the Big Ten in the tourney; we're talking State here. Thanks to State, one of my two remaining Final Four teams, Georgia Tech, ad- vanced. A heart-wrenching, unfair, last second, overtime Michigan State tournament loss combined with a team advancing in my popl - it doesn't get much better than that. UNLV still remains alive and I picked them to win it all. Loyola-Marymount stood in my way for the second straight week. Thus, it was the pool vs. Hank Gathers. The ultimate confrontation. Greed and callousness or Winning One for the Gipper in its purest form. For whom did I root? The pool. The tournament. What a sporting event. 4 i i b *1by the Associated Press OAKLAND - UNLV outraced sentimental favorite Loyola Mary- mount for a spot in the Final Four on Sunday, getting 24 first-half points from Stacey Augmon in a 131-101 victory that ended the Lions' remarkable run in the NCAA tournament. UNLV (33-5) scored its most .'points of the season and held the * nation's highest-scoring team well under its 124-point average. The Runnin' Rebels sprinted out of reach for good by reeling off 13 straight points late in the first half of the West Regional final. Augmon, one of four Rebels with at least 20 points, finished with 33. Anderson Hunt had 30, Greg An- thony 21 and Larry Johnson 20. The victory sends the Rebels into their third Final Four, against Southeast region champion Georgia Tech next weekend in Denver. Loyola, meanwhile, headed home a winner in its mission to honor the memory of Hank Gathers, who collapsed in a game and died March 4. The Lions won three emotional victories in advancing the furthest ever in the tournament. Bo Kimble, the nation's top scorer, had 42 points before leaving to a thunderous ovation from the Oakland Coliseum crowd with a minute left. But he couldn't do it alone, and the Lions couldn't overcome the loss of Gathers, last year's No. 1 scorer. Jeff Fryer scored 21 points for Loyola. A 49 percent shooter from 3-point rage in the tourney, he was only 1-for-9 on the long shots in the first half. 'Lethal 3' helps Georgia Tech reach first Final Four NEW ORLEANS - Dennis Scott, Kenny Anderson and Brian Oliver scored all but four of Georgia Tech's points Sunday as the Yellow Jackets beat Minnesota 93-91 in the Southeast Regional final and earned their first trip to the Final Four. Scott scored 40 points, Anderson 30 and Oliver 19 to give the Atlantic toast Conference its second team in the Final Four at Denver next weekend. Georgia Tech (28-6) will meet UNLV on Saturday in one of the national semifinal games. Duke, the East Regional cham- pion and the other ACC team still live in the tournament, will meet "Arkansas, the Midwest Regional champion in the other semifinal. Sixth-seeded Minnesota (23-9) was the last of a record seven Big Ten in the field of 64, but the Golden Gophers fell short in their first appearance in the round of eight. Minnesota had a chance to win but Kevin Lynch's 3-point attempt from the side missed at the buzzer. Georgia Tech, the region's fourth seed, took the lead for good at 84-83 with 3:50 to play on two free throws by Oliver. Scott added two free throws 15 seconds later. Lynch made one free throw for Minnesota before Anderson hit a 3- pointer with 2:55 left and Georgia Tech led 89-84. Anderson kept the Yellow Jackets alive Friday with a disputed jumper at the buzzer to force Michigan State into overtime. Willie Burton, who led the Gol- den Gophers with 35 points, hit a 3- pointer to get Minnesota within two with 2:19 left. Oliver was called for an offensive foul to give Minnesota the ball back with 58 seconds to play. Lynch was fouled with 35 sec- onds to play and made just one. Oliver made two free throws with 31 seconds left and Anderson made two more for a 93-88 lead with 20 seconds left. 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