Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.sports From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: sports Thu, Mar 5 1992 Date: Thu, 5 Mar 92 05:55:52 EST Message-ID: 03-05 0000 DECISIONLINE: Sports USA TODAY Update March 5, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network DUKE, INDIANA ESCAPE WITH WINS: No. 1 Duke and No. 2 Indiana barely avoided upset in college basketball Thursday, but No. 3 Kansas wasn't so lucky. Duke trailed by as many as 19 before beating Clemson 98-97 in the ACC. Indiana got past Iowa 64-60 in the Big Ten. Kansas lost a Big Eight game at Iowa State 70-66, but still clinched the conference title when No. 24 Oklahoma surprised No. 8 Missouri 81-67 in Columbia, Mo. FLORIDA UPSETS KENTUCKY: Florida surprised No. 9 Kentucky 79-62 in a Southeastern Conference college basketball Wednesday. In other games: No. 11 Oklahoma State 69, Colorado 63; No. 13 North Carolina 79, Georgia Tech 75; Marquette 73, No. 19 DePaul 65; No. 17 Alabama 84, Mississippi 83; Connecticut 85, No. 21 Syracuse 78; No. 22 Seton Hall 90, Miami 82, OT; Memphis State 68, No. 20 Tulane 67. TARKANIAN PONDERS FUTURE: Wednesday, after ending his 19-year career as coach of UNLV Tuesday night, Jerry Tarkanian speculated about his future. He suggested he could: Run for a seat on UNLV's board of regents, which he insisted he's seriously considering; move to television, as an analyst, though "I don't know how good I'd be at it"; coach again, or scout, but not in the college game. WHITE SOX WORRIED ABOUT BO: The Chicago White Sox, concerned about the ability of Bo Jackson to run due to the hip injury he suffered playing football, have contacted free agent Dave Parker. In an intrasquad game Wednesday, Jackson ran out a single tentatively. "Sometimes I think he has enough to get by, but other days I don't think he has enough," said trainer Herm Schneider. CUBS CAST KEY VOTE: The Chicago Cubs cast the key dissenting vote as National League owners defeated a realignment proposal. The plan would have put the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in the West and moved Atlanta and Cincinnati to the East. Also, baseball's ownership committee said it needs more information before acting on the proposed sale of the Seattle Mariners to a group led by the president of Nintendo. SANTOS WINS 200-METERS: Roque Santos edged world record-holder Mike Barrowman in the 200-meter breaststroke Wednesday at swimming's Olympic Trials. Santos finished in 2 minutes, 13.50 seconds, Barrowman in 2:13.54. Also, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, of Tucson, Ariz., swam the second-fastest time in history, 58.61 seconds, to win the 100-meter butterfly and Anita Nall won the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.29. 76ERS DOWN HAWKS: Hersey Hawkins hit a three-point shot with 35 seconds left and finished with 31 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Atlanta Hawks 107-102 Wednesday. In other games: Boston 125, Orlando 100; Detroit 110, Indiana 107, OT; Charlotte 119, Milwaukee 110; Portland 129, Denver 100; Utah 102, San Antonio 93; LA Lakers 101, New Jersey 92; Cleveland 109, Sacramento 108. DEVILS BEAT RANGERS: The New Jersey Devils topped the first-place New York Rangers 5-4 Thursday. The Devils moved within 11 points of the Rangers and three behind idle Washington in winning for only the second time in eight games. It was the Rangers' first loss in their last six games. In other NHL games: Toronto 5, Edmonton 2; Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3. STICH TOPS CONNORS: Michael Stich of Germany beat Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of the Newsweek Champions Cup at Indian Wells, Calif. In other matches: No. 4 Guy Forget of France fell 6-4, 6-0 to Andrei Cherkasov; No. 9 David Wheaton lost 6-2, 6-3 to Spain's Francisco Clavet; and No. 10 seed Andre Agassi beat Bernd Carbacher 6-1, 1-6, 7-5. No. 1 Jim Courier and No. 2 Pete Sampras also won. SABATINI, GRAF WIN MATCHES: No. 2 seed Gabriela Sabatini won her opening match by beating Jo Durie of England 6-2, 6-0 in 57 minutes Wednesday in the Virginia Slims of Florida at Boca Raton. Also, top-seed Steffi Graf won her second match in 24 hours, downing 14th-seeded Naoko Sawamatsu of Japan 6-0, 6-1 in 48 minutes. STARS & STRIPES PREVAILS: Team Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes beat America 3's Defiant by 2 minutes, 15 seconds in Wednesday's America's Cup defender trials matchup off San Diego. The win was Conner's third in a row against Defiant. Thursday, syndicate mates America 3 and Defiant face off. RUNYAN RUNS WITH LEAD: Joe Runyan remained in the lead of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race Wednesday, as he passed through two more checkpoints in the 1,163-mile race. Runyan said he didn't plan to take his mandatory 24-hour break, which most mushers have already taken, until Kaltag, another five checkpoints. Race officials said that might be the longest anyone has waited to take the layover. 24-HOUR TELEPHONE INFORMATION: USA TODAY Sports Hot Line. 95 cents a minute. 1-900-555-5555. Sports Editor: Jason P. Smith. (919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM