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By Associated Press
A St. John's victory capped a succcssful
weekend for the Big East Conference, which
will send a record three teams to the Final
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basketball championships in Lexington,
Ky., next weekend.
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IN OTHER ACTION yesterday in Birmingham,
Ala., Fd Pinckney of Villanova was
f named the outstanding player in the NCAA
Southeast regional basketball tournament
yesterday after sparking the Wildcats to the
championship with a 56-44 upset victory over
! North Carolina.
Pinckney had 25 points, 20 rebounds.
three blocked shots and three steals in the
Wildcats' two victories lhat got them a berth
in the finals in Lexington, Ky.
Villanova's trip to the NCAA final fulfills
a four-year pact made by four Wildcat
seniors.
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as freshmen that before we finished, we
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UK SAII) he, Dwaync McClain, Garry
Mcl.ain and Brian Harrington, independent
of each other in the Final Four on their goal
cards.
"We've finally done it." Pinckney said.
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led."
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