20A -- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 12, 1998 It's that time of year again -- the time when classes take a backseat and college basketball fever infects more than just hoop junkies and former auto workers turned program boosters. The Michigan Daily presents all you need to know about.. rc nes 1998 AP First-Team All-Americans a Numbers Game O ... times all four No. I seeds have advanced to the Final [our O .., combined career points scored in the NCAA Tournamnent by Michigan center Robert Traylor and forward Jerod Ward 3 ... total games ever won by No. 1 5 seeds (('oppin State over South Carolina in 1997, Santa Clara over Arizona in 1993 and Richmond over Syracuse in 1991 ) 4 ...teams making their first NCAA TLIIrnament appearance 0 - Illinois-Chicago, Northern Arizona, Prairie View and Radford 83 ... schools from last year's Sweet Sixteen that are not among this year's field of 64 8 ..the lowest seeding of a national champion (Villanova in 1985) 9 . ,. No. 1 seeds that have gone on to winl the national chanmpionship since 1979 I 4 ...teams with- losing records that have played in the NCAA 'Tournament. Prairie View joins that group this year. 2d3... years that men have been allowed to attend No. 16 seed Radford 2A044 .. consecutive tournament appearances by North tarolina, extending its own record. Arizona and (Georgetown are next with 14. 36G... teams in this field that have never played in the Final Four 52 ... wins by No. 1 seeds over No. 16 seeds in as many meetings .1,478 ... miles from Ann Arbor to San Antonio, the site of this year's Final Four 1,6 0 .. students, approximately, enrolled at 14th-seeded Davidson, Michigan's first- round opponent 2. , 800... students, approximately, enrolld in Michigan s Chemn 130 this semester 2,000 ...,the best odds, to 1, given for No. 16 seed Radford to win the national champi- onsh ip The ,Kentuckv7 Kernel contriburted to this report. Miles Simon Mike Bibby G Arizona G Arizona Play today vs. Nicholls State, 10:07 p.m., Arco Arena Raef LaFrentz C Kansas Paul Pierce F Kansas 4Antawn Jamison F N. Carolina Plays today vs. Navy, 12:20 p.m., Hartford Civic Center Play tomorrow vs. Prarie View A&M, 10:07 p.m., The Myriad Today's NCAA Tournament Action EAST REGION At the Hartford Civic Center, Hlartford, Conn. -North Carolina (30-3) vs. Navy (19-10), 12:20 p.m. -North Carolina Charlotte (19-10) vs. Illinois- Chicago (22-5), 30 minutes after previous game -Princeton (26-1) vs. UNLV (20-12), 7:40 p.m. -Michigan State (20-7) vs. Eastern Michigan (20-9), 30 minutes after previous game At the MCI Center, Washington D.C. -Xavier (22-7) vs. Washington (18-9), 12:25 p.m. South Carolina (23-7) vs. Richmond (22-7), 30 minutes after previous game -Indiana (19-11) vs. Oklahoma (22-10), 7:40 p.m. -Connecticut (29-4) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (23-0), 30 minutes after previous game WEST REGION At Arco Arena, Sacramento, Calif. -Maryland (19-10) vs. Utah State (25-7), 2:42 p.m. -Illinois (22-9) vs. South Alabama (2 1-6), 30 minutes after previous game -TIepnessee (20-8) vs. Illinois State (24-5), 7:50 p im. -Arizona (27-4) vs. Nicholls State (19-9), 30 minutes after previous game At BSUJ Pavilion, Boise, Idaho -temple (21-8) vs. West Virginia (22-8), 12:40 p.m. -Cincinnati (26-5) vs. Northern Arizona (21-7), 30 minutes after previous game -Utah (25-3) vs. San Francisco (19-10), 7:55 p.m. -Arkansas (23-8) vs. Nebraska (20-11), 30 minutes after previous gamie a- AP PHOTO All-American Miles Simon leads top-seeded Arizona into the NCAA Tournament, where it will defend its national champi- onship. Dance Fever! As the Big Dance gets underway, the best dancers - such as Robert Traylor and Dick Vitale - soak up all the spotlight. But we wouldn't want to forget some other famous dancers that we love: Michael Jackson (Captain EO)W' John Travolta (Greased Lightning) Michigan hockey band director Jamie Nix (you know, 'Dancer - < . sieve!') Fred Astaire (with or without Ginger Rogers)> Ally McBeal's Ooga-chocka babys Madonna (Our Material Girl)' Jessie Mae Carter (Traylor's grand- mor Muhammad Ali ('Float like a butter- fly, sting like a bee.') DOC's Richard Golden (of 'Sexy r Specs' fame) > Daily Basketball Writers' Postseason Picks JA GO Preseason Final Four (Champion in bold) N West Regional East RegionalN South Regional Midwest Regional Finalists Champion Most Valuable Player Mk! Preseason surprise team Postseason surprise team Preseason NIT champion Postseason NIT champion Michigan will lose to... iLDSTEIN .ROSE SNYDER STILLMAN Arizona N4orth Carolina Duke UCLA Arizona North Carolina Duke Stanford Arizona North Carolina Arizona ike Bibby, Arizona Minnesota Mississippi Syracuse Georgia Kentucky Arizona Indiana South Carolina George Washington Arizona North Carolina Kentucky Stanford Arizona Kentucky Arizona B ibby 'Michigan George Washington Michigan State Minnesota Kentucky Arizona North Carolina South Carolina Kansas Arizona North Carolina Kentucky Kansas Kansas North Carolina Kansas Paul Pierce, Kansas Rhode Island St. John's Missouri Penn State Kentucky Duke North Carolina South Carolina Kansas Utah North Carolina Michigan Kansas Kansas North Carolina Kansas Raef Lafrentz, Kansas Maryland Richmond N.C. State Wake Forest Kansas p 1 S.. p n Ui 1998 'EA. SPOSpi11/2PAGE, NIKE ." 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