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8 THE NCAA NEWS/March 11,1992 Championship previews Division I men’s basketball Defending champion Duke overcomes injury, losses Event: 1992 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Overview: Defending champion Duke has maintained its position atop the wire-service rankings all season despite two conference defeats and the temporary loss of point guard Bobby Hurley to an inJury. Field: The Division I Men’s Basketball Championship provides for a field of 64 teams. Thirty conferences recrivc automatic qualification. Dates and sites: First-round games will be played March 19-20 with second-round action following March 21-22. Regional semifinals will he March 26-27. The regional championship games will occur March 28-29. All preliminary-round and regional games will be played at predetermined sites. The national semifinals and final will be played April 4 and 6 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Results: Scores and pairings from first- ana second- round action will appear in the March 25 issue of The NCAA News. Scores from regional competition will be published April I Results from the Final Four will appear April 8. Television coverage: A11 games during the tournament will be broadcast live by CBS Sports. Champlonship notes: Basketball celebrates its 100th anniversary during the 199 1-92 season’. Men’s and women’s fencing Usual contenders, but no clear favorite Event: 1992 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships. Overview: The balance of power has not changed; perennial contenders Penn State, Columbia/Columbia-Barnard, Notre Dame and Yale will he in the hunt for the overall championship. Hut no team can be considered the odds-on favorite. It should come down to the final event 01 the championships the men’s cpce team competition ~~~ which generally is considered to be up for grabs. The surprise team of the tournament could be Stanford, which competes in relative obscurity in the West but has had strong showings against limited Eastern competition. ‘l‘he Wayne State (Michigan) women’s squad appears ready to return to its prominence of the late 1980s. Defending men’s foil champion Ben Atkins of ColumbJa will compete in epce this year. Field: Eight three-man teams will compete for team titles in each of three men’s weapon events: foil. epee and sahre. Twelve four-woman teams will compete for the team title in womcn’sfoil. Minimum fields of 24 fencers will compete for individual tJtlcs in women’s foil and men’s foil, epee and sabre. The NCAA Executive Corn- mittec has authorircd a maximum of I54 fencers to compete in the combJn&scar- ing championships. Dates and sites: Notre Dame will host the championships March 20-24. Results:
Division I women’s basketball Virginia contends again, but newcomers gain attention Event: 1992 Division I Women’s Basketball Champion- ship. Overview: Vlrgima, with only one loss, has been ranked first most of the season. Three relative newcomers to the top 25 poll are Southwest Missouri State, George Washing- ton and Vermont. Field: The Division I Women’s Basketball Championship provides for a field of48 teams. Automatic qualification has been granted to 23 conferences. The remaining 25 teams will be selected at large from the East, Mideast, Midwest and West regions. Dates and sites: First-round games will he played at on- campus sites March 18. Second-round action is March 21- 22 on the campuses of competing schools. Regional games will hc played March 26 and 2X at prcdctermined sites. The semifinals and final will be played April 4 and 5 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California. Results: Scores and pairings from first- and second- round games will appear in the March 25 issue of The NC-AA News. Reglonal scores will he published April I. Championship results will appear in the April 8 issue of the News. Television coverage: NCAA Productions will broadcast four regional semifinal games (double-hcadcrs m the East and West regions). ESPN will carry all four regional champlonship games. The semifinals and final will he t&vised live by CBS Sports. The starting time for the semifinal games is 1230 p.m. l:astcrn time. The final begins at 4 p.m. Eastern. Championship notes: Last year’s 70-67 overtime win by Tennessee was the tournament’s first overtime championship final. Division I women’s swimminq Dominance of ‘Big Three’ threatened Event: 1992 Division I Women’s Swim- ming and Diving Championships. Overview: Texas, Stanford and Florida have dominated the meet since its inception IO years ago, claiming the top three spots at each of the past nine meets. That could change. A greatly improved field. led by Arlrona, Southern Methodist and Cali- fornia, are capable of ending the trio’s dominance. Texas vies for its eighth title in nine years. Field: The maximum number of partic- ipants allowed is 230. All qualifiers who have met the “A” time standard in an individual event will be admitted into the meet; those who have met the “B” time standard in an individual event will be considered until the event is filled. No team shall hc allowed more than I8 actual competitors (Note: An entrant who swims counts as WC competitor; an entrant who swims and dives counts as one competitor, and an entrant who dives only will be counted as one-half a competitor in the total team limit). Dates and sites: The championships will be March 19-21 at Austin, TKX~S. Results: Championship results will appear in The NCAA NKWS March 25. Championships notes: Texas has hosted two previous meets (1988 and 1990). Both times, the Longhorns claimed the title .The Big Three have won 168 of the 210 individual titles awarded. Florida leads the way with 66 titles. Cheryl Burnett, head coach Southwest Missouri State “I,ast year WC had a t&t-round game at home, then wc went to the University of Tennessee. I think it just proved to our team that we could play with some of the top teams in the country. It didn’t change our work hahits, but it changed our mentality. We hecamc a little more focused as to where WC were in the national picture.” Joe McKeown, head coach George Washington “I,ast year in the tournament, WC won the first game against Kichmond and then lost to North Carolina State. I think that was great inccntivc for our players to want more not only to get hack to the tournament but to advance. What will help us is that WC played a national schedule in the nonconfcrcncc season.” Cathy Inglese, head coach Vermont “We’re kind of new at this as far as having a winning record. I.ast year was the first tirnc in a long time that Vermont has had a team above SOO. We’ve taken a lot of people by surprise. What pcoplc need to understand is that the kids have always worked hard here, but WC just hadn’t been winning. A lot of people have been talking to us, saving -pi -~-cc thev ~~2 (the I NCAA Division I Women’s Baskethall THE NCAA NEWS/March 11,1992 9 Tanya Baucom (No. 43) of Southwest MissoutiState Committee) have to let us in (the tournament). WK realize and her teammates have found a place in the we’re new, and it takes time to get there.” national picture Richard Quick, head coach Stanford “It’s a littlc hard to figure bccausc WC arc just now cntcring the meet. Quite a few of our swirnmcrs arc on the huhhlc. I feel real good about the top I2 or I3 swimmers on our squad. But I am conccrncd about the remaining spots. We had three swimmers qualily for the Olympics (Summer Sanders, Jenny Thompson and LK;~ LOVK~KSS). Along with Jancll Jor- gKnsKI1. Lori Hrisick UId dlVKr hlKKII Richetclli, they will provide the strength lor our team.” Mitch Ivey, head coach Florida “I think (the Olympic year) throws the meet open to a lot of new faces and a lot of letdown-type performances. It’s tough to survive the season, go to (Olympic) trials and perform at NCAAs. It will definitely hc interesting.” Steve Collins, head coach Southern Methodist “Our goal is to try to improve on last year’s performance (the Mustangs finished sixth). Obviously, we’d like to challenge for a spot in the top five. As for the top three, I really don’t KXpeCt a change. It’s going to be awfully tough for anybody to unseat any of those teams.” Dorsey Tierney of Texas will try to become the first swimmer to win consecutive titles in the ZOO-yard breaststroke pivision III men’s swimming Kenyon favored for 13th straight Event: 1992 Division III Mm’s Swim- ming and Diving (‘hampionships. Overview: A year ago, coach .Jim StKen’S Kenyon I.ords crushed the field, lrcgistel~ing a 3 131/T-point triumph over runner-up Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in earning their 12th consecutive team title. I his yca~-‘s championship may not pravc so lopsided, hut all indications are that the I .ords should have little trouble in claiming tltlt. No. 13. IUC‘ San Diego, Dcnison and Hope are solid contcndcrs for a top-five llnlshes. Field: ‘l‘hc maxnnum number 01 partic- Ipants allowed is 239. All qualifiers who have met the “A” time standard will be admitted; those who have met the “B” time standard will be considered for the field. No team shall he allowed more than IX competitors (an entrant who swims counts as one competitor; an entrant who swims and dives counts as one competitor, and an entrant who dives only will be counted as one-third of a competitor in the total team limit). Dates and sites: March 19-21 at Buf- falo, New York. Results: Championships results will appear in The NCAA News March 25. Championships notes: Kenyon has claimed 12 ot a possible 17 team championships .Johns Hopkins (three titles), St. Lawrence (one) and Cal State Chico (one) are the only institutions aside from Kenyon to win a Division Ill men’s tl- tie .
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