The NCAA News - News and Features

March 23, 1998

Championships summaries

Division I men's basketball

First round: Midwest region -- Kansas 110, Prairie View 52; Rhode Island 97, Murray St. 74; Florida St. 96, Texas Christian 87; Valparaiso 70, Mississippi 69; Western Mich. 75, Clemson 72; Stanford 67, Col. of Charleston 57; Detroit 66, St. John's (N.Y.) 64; Purdue 95, Delaware 56.

South region -- Duke 99, Radford 63; Oklahoma St. 74, Geo. Washington 59; Syracuse 63, Iona 61; New Mexico 79, Butler 62; UCLA 65, Miami (Fla.) 62; Michigan 80, Davidson 61; St. Louis 51, Massachusetts 46; Kentucky 82, South Caro. St. 67.

East region -- North Caro. 88, Navy 52; N.C.-Charlotte 77, Ill.-Chicago 62; Princeton 69, UNLV 57; Michigan St. 83, Eastern Mich. 71; Washington 69, Xavier 68; Richmond 62, South Caro. 61; Indiana 94, Oklahoma 87 (ot); Connecticut 93, Fairleigh Dickinson 85.

West region -- Arizona 99, Nicholls St. 60; Illinois St. 82, Tennessee 81 (ot); Illinois 64, South Ala. 51; Maryland 82, Utah St. 68; Arkansas 74, Nebraska 65; Utah 85, San Francisco 68; West Va. 82, Temple 52; Cincinnati 65, Northern Ariz. 62.

Second round: Midwest region -- Rhode Island 80, Kansas 75; Valparaiso 83, Florida St. 77 (ot); Stanford 83, Western Mich. 65; Purdue 80, Detroit 65.

South region -- Duke 79, Oklahoma St. 73; Syracuse 56, New Mexico 46; UCLA 85, Michigan 82; Kentucky 88, St. Louis 61.

East region -- North Caro. 93, N.C.-Charlotte 83 (ot); Michigan St. 63, Princeton 56; Washington 81, Richmond 66; Connecticut 78, Indiana 68.

West region -- Arizona 82, Illinois St. 49; Maryland 67, Illinois 61; Utah 75, Arkansas 69; West Va. 75, Cincinnati 74.

Regionals: Midwest regional (March 20 and 22 at St. Louis) -- Rhode Island (24-8) vs. Valparaiso (23-9); Stanford (28-4) vs. Purdue (28-7). South regional (March 20 and 22 at St. Petersburg, Florida) -- Duke (31-3) vs. Syracuse (26-8); UCLA (24-8) vs. Kentucky (31-4). East regional (March 19 and 21 at Greensboro, North Carolina) -- North Caro. (32-3) vs. Michigan St. (22-7); Washington (20-9) vs. Connecticut (31-4). West regional (March 19 and 21 at Anaheim, California) -- Arizona (29-4) vs. Maryland (21-10); Utah (27-3) vs. West Va. (24-8).

Semifinals and final: March 28 and 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Division I women's basketball

First round: Mideast region -- Tennessee 108, Liberty, 58; Western Kentucky 88, Stephen F. Austin 76; Rutgers 79, Oregon 76; Iowa St. 79, Kent 76; UC Santa Barb. 76, Vanderbilt 71 (ot); Illinois 82, Wis.-Green Bay 58; Florida Int'l 59, Marquette 45; North Caro. 91, Howard 71.

West region -- Harvard 71, Stanford 67; Arkansas 76, Hawaii 70; Kansas 72, Tulane 68; Iowa 77, Massachusetts 59; Virginia Tech 75, Wisconsin 64; Florida 85, Montana 64; Louisville 69, Utah 61; Duke 92, Middle Tenn. St. 67.

East region -- Old Dominion 92, St. Francis (Pa.) 39; Nebraska 76, New Mexico 59; Youngstown St. 91, Memphis 80; North Caro. St. 89, Maine 64; Virginia 77, Southern Methodist 68; Arizona 75, Santa Clara 63; Geo. Washington 74, Georgia 72; Connecticut 93, Fairfield 52.

Midwest region -- Texas Tech 87, Grambling 75; Notre Dame 78, Southwest Mo. St. 64; Colorado St. 81, Drake 75; Purdue 88, Washington 71; Clemson 60, Miami (Fla.) 49; Louisiana Tech 86, Holy Cross 58; UCLA 65, Michigan 58; Alabama 94, N.C. Greensboro 46.

Second round: Mideast region -- Tennessee 82, Western Kentucky 62; Rutgers 62, Iowa St. 61; Illinois 69, UC Santa Barb. 65; North Carolina 85, Florida Int'l 72.

West region -- Arkansas 82, Harvard 64; Kansas 62, Iowa 58; Florida 89, Virginia Tech 57; Duke 69, Louisville 53.

East region -- Old Dominion 75, Nebraska 60; North Caro. St. 88, Youngstown St. 61; Arizona 94, Virginia 77; Connecticut 75, George Washington 67.

Midwest region -- Notre Dame 74, Texas Tech 59; Purdue 77, Colorado St. 63; Louisiana Tech 74, Clemson 52; Alabama 75, UCLA 74.

Regionals: Midwest regional (March 21 and 23 at Lubbock, Texas) -- Notre Dame (22-9) vs. Purdue (22-9); Louisiana Tech (28-3) vs. Alabama (24-9). West regional (March 21 and 23 at Oakland, California) -- Arkansas (20-10) vs. Kansas (23-8); Florida (23-8) vs. Duke (23-7). East regional (March 21 and 23 at Dayton, Ohio) -- Old Dominion (29-2) vs. North Caro. St. (23-6); Arizona (23-6) vs. Connecticut (33-2). Mideast regional (March 21 and 23 at Nashville, Tennessee) -- Tennessee (35-0) vs. Rutgers (22-9); Illinois (20-9) vs. North Caro. (26-6).

Semifinals and final: March 27 and 29 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

Division III men's basketball

East sectional: Williams 90, Hamilton 69; St. Lawrence 94, Connecticut Col. 77; Williams 100, St. Lawrence 82.

West sectional: Gust. Adolphus 67, Ill. Wesleyan 61; Wis.-Platteville 78, Chicago 63; Wis.-Platteville 78, Gust. Adolphus 71.

Middle Atlantic sectional: Hunter 84, Catholic 82 (2 ot); Wilkes 83, Rowan 80 (2 ot); Wilkes 58, Hunter 55.

Great Lakes sectional: Hope 81, Chris. Newport 64; John Carroll 77, Hampden-Sydney 71; Hope 84, John Carroll 66.

Semifinals and final (March 20-21 at the Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia): Williams (25-3) vs. Wis.-Platteville (28-0); Wilkes (26-3) vs. Hope (25-4).

Division III women's basketball

Northeast sectional: John's Hopkins 69, Bates 56; Southern Maine 76, Scranton 72; Southern Maine 81, John's Hopkins 72.

West sectional: Mt. Union 79, St. Benedict (Minn.) 74; St. Thomas (Minn.) 80, DePauw 61; Mt. Union 67, St.Thomas (Minn.) 63.

Atlantic sectional: William Patterson 60, Elmira 48; Rowan 57, New York U. 52; Rowan 66, William Patterson 43.

South sectional: Wis.-Oshkosh 57, Austin 44; Washington (Mo.) 82, Bridgewater 36; Washington (Mo.) 53, Wis.-Oshkosh 45.

Semifinals and final (March 20-21 at Southern Maine): Southern Maine (28-2) vs. Mt. Union (28-20); Rowan (27-2) vs. Washington (Mo.) (26-2).

Division III men's ice hockey

First round: At St. Norbert: St. Norbert 3, Wis.-Stevens Point 1; Wis.-Stevens Point 2, St. Norbert 1; Wis.-Stevens Point 2, St. Norbert 0 (minigame) (Wis.-Stevens Point advances). At Wis.-River Falls: Augsburg 3, Wis.-River Falls 2; Augsburg 4, Wis.-River Falls 3 (Augsburg advances). At Middlebury: Middlebury 5, Oswego St. 1; Middlebury 6, Oswego St. 3 (Middlebury advances). At Rochester Inst.: Plattsburgh St. 6, Rochester Inst. 3; Rochester Inst. 3, Plattsburgh St. 2; Plattsburgh St. 2, Rochester Inst. 0 (minigame) (Plattsburgh St. advances).

Semifinals and final (March 20-21 at Plattsburgh St.): Augsburg (21-6-4) vs. Middlebury (22-2-2); Wis.-Stevens Point (22-10) vs. Plattsburgh St. (25-7-1). Third-place and championship games will be March 21 at Plattsburgh St.