Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 20, 1990 TAG: 9003202477
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: from Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Madden, a 6-foot-6 senior from Staunton, Va., tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while driving past another player during a one-on-one drill. The injury will have to be repaired surgically, said Dr. Joe DeWalt, North Carolina's team physician.
Madden, averaging 10.1 points and 4.7 rebounds, scored 12 points against Southwest Missouri State and 14 against top-ranked Oklahoma as North Carolina stunned the Sooners 79-77. The Tar Heels advanced to the NCAA final 16 for the 10th straight time.
"Kevin has been important to our chemistry by not hunting his shot, but scoring when he's had the opportunity," said Dean Smith, the Tar Heels' coach. "He's a tremendous leader."
Smith said Madden will accompany the team to Dallas for Thursday's regional semifinal against Arkansas.
\ The Southwest Conference, known more for its football than basketball, has discovered just how financially rewarding it is to get into the NCAA's "Sweet 16."
Arkansas and Texas made it into the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals in Dallas and, along with the University of Houston's losing first-round appearance, will bring some $1.8 million in revenue to the conference.
The real bonanza came when Arkansas edged Dayton 86-84 and Texas nipped Purdue 73-72 to advance to the regional semifinals.
That double victory meant some $1.6 million to the SWC. If either Arkansas or Texas advances to The Final Four in Denver, it could mean another $250,000 to the SWC.
The NCAA pays all expenses and the participating schools get about $90,000 off the top before having to split the rest with the other nine SWC schools.
\ With several Top Ten teams ambushed by "March Madness," No. 2 Nevada-Las Vegas is the highest-ranked team still on the road to Denver.
"It's all luck now," said UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, whose Runnin' Rebels will make their fourth trip to the final 16 in five years. "Most of the teams that were good enough to win the title have gone home."
An NCAA title has eluded Tarkanian, whose major-college record (561-119, .825 percentage) is the best in the nation.
Tarkanian said records mean little now.
"I think we're good enough to go all the way," Tarkanian said Monday as he prepared to run his Rebels through a workout for Friday's West Regional semifinal against Ball State in Oakland, Calif. "But you've got to be lucky from this point on."
\ The records just keep flowing for Loyola Marymount, which has a West Regional semifinal game with an Alabama team also reaching high tide.
The 11th-seeded Lions played in the highest-scoring game in NCAA Tournament history when they beat defending national champion Michigan 149-115 Sunday in the second round.
Alabama (26-8) upset No. 2 seed Arizona 77-55 to reach the final 16 for the fifth time in eight years. And with a fleet front line, led by Robert Horry, the Tide could play run-and-gun with the Lions (25-5). Given a preference, though, a deliberate approach would be fine.
"Anytime you can run up and down the court for 40 minutes and not get tired, that's a tribute to their stamina and conditioning," said Horry's teammate, Keith Askins. "We'll have to be patient and try to hold the ball as much as possible."
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