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Sports
March Madness'
64-Team Field Set
The March Madness shootout is to tip-off. The road to Seattle
begins Thiirsday, with 64 - teams vying for a final four berth. That
road m a y be a little rockier for lower seeds like McNeese State,
Princeton., Robert Morris and Fast Tennessee State than for power
houses Illinois, Georgetown, Oklahoma and Arizona - but, as,
previous tourneys have proven, upsets are imminent. Here are the
first round pairings and sites enroute to the Kingdome:
#l. Georgetown (264)' vs.
#4 lowa (22-9)
N. Carolina St. (20-8) vs.
#8 Vanderbilt (19-13) vs.
#2 Duke (24-7)
#3 Stanford (26-6)
#6 Kansas St. (19-10) vs...
#7 W. Virginia (254)
#1 Oklahoma (28-5)
#4 Florida St. (22-7)
#5 Virginia (19-10)
#8 La Salle (26-5)
#2 North Carolina (27-7) vs.
#3 Michigan (24-7)
46 Alabama (23-7)
#7 UCLA (20-9)
#1 Illinois (27-4)
#4 Louisville (22-8)
#5 Arkansas (24-6) P . vs.
#8 Pittsburgh (17-12)
#2 Syracul (27-7)
#3 Missouri (27-7)
#6 Georgia Tech (20-11) vs.
#7 Florida (21-12)
#1 Arizona (27-3)
#4 UNLV (26-7)
#5 Memphis St. (21-10) vs.
#8 St. Mary's (25-4)
#2 Indiana (25-7) )
#3 Seton Hall (26=6)
#6 Oregon St. (22-7) vs.
#7 UTEP (25-6)
- East -
( at Providence; R.I. )
#l6 Princeton (19-7)
vs. #l3 Rutgers (18-12)
#l2 South Carolina (19-10)
#9 Notre Dame (20-8)
f at Greensboroi, N.C. )
#l5 S. Carolina,St. (25-7)
#l4 Siena (24-4)
#ll Minnesota (17-11)
-#lO Tennessee (19-10)
- Southeast" ,-
(' at Nashville,
.Tenn.)
#l6 E. Tennessee St. (20-10)
#l3 Middle Tennessee (22-7)
#l2 Prpvidence (18-10)
#9 Louisiana Tech (22-8)
( at Atlanta, Ga. )
#l5 Southern (20-10)
#l4 Xavier (21-11)
vs. #ll S. Alabama (22-8)
vs. #lO low St. (17-11)
- Midliest -
( at Indianapolis, Ind. )
#l6 McNeese St. (16-13)
#l3 Ark.-Little Rock (23-7)
#l2 Loyola-Mary. (20-10)
#9 Ball St. (28-2)
( at Dallas, Texas)
vs. #l5 Bucknell (23-7)
#l4 Creighton (20-10)
#ll Texas (24-8)
#l7 Colorado'St. (22-9)
- West -
( at Boise, Idaho )
#l6 Robert Morris (21-8)
#l3 Idaho (254
#l2 DePaul-(20-11)
#9 Clemson (18-10)
( at Tucson, Ariz. )
vs.- #l5 George Mason (20710)
vs. #l4 S.W. Missouri St. (21-9)
#ll Evansville (24-5)
'#ICiLSU (20-11)
Panthers -rcli-4,:p..ps
by Rob Prindle
From door-mats in
November to division champs
in March, the once struggling
Erie Panthers clinched the East
Coast Hockey League regular
season title Friday night with
an 8-6 victory over the
Johnstown Chiefs.
The Panthers, who began
their season with a flurry of
one and two goal losses,
remained cellar-dwellers in the
newly formed ECHL for the
first several weeks of the long
season. At their lowest point,
Erie was 21 points out of first
place. The club steadily
improved and finally put things
together to take command of
the league winning 13 out of
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17 games in a 30-day stretch.
The Panthers record now stands
at 36-19-3. •
If it had not been for the
Chiefs the Panthers would have
clinched the title carnet': The
Chiefs had previously owned
the Erie club . having beaten
them nine out of 14 preyious
meetings.
The win Friday was almost
as exciting as the season. The
Panthers tied the score at 1-1 in
the middle of the first period
and the Chiefs returned the
favor knotting things at 2-2 in
the second. The third peried
proved to be wilder.
The Panthers, with a flurry
of strong drives and power play
advantages pulled to a more
than comfortable looking 6-2
lead. This was not the case,
however, as the play got-rough
and the Panthers found
themselves at the wrong end of
a five minute power play. The
Chiefs scored three times
during this lengthy advantage
and eventually tied the, game
with two Panthers - in the box.
With the gathe tied. at six
and - the clock ticking down, it
looked as if the Panthers would
have to wait for another night
to. clinch the, league crown.
However, the: Panthers pulled
not : one but .tvici 'last Minute
gols to ice the limn' at 8-6 and
the championship...
Thy Pordiers finish up the
season at home — this weekend
before heading into the
playoffs.