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Show DAILY Sunday, March19,206 HERALD NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT onzaga triumphs,seals spot in Sweet 16 Skyler Bell SALT LAKE CITY — Gon- zaga owned a 38-31 halftime advantageover Indiana on Saturday. but the Bulldogs huddled in the tunnel before taking the floorfor the secondhalf to make sure they weren't taking anything for granted. “Twenty minutesto the Sweet 16!" Despite anoff night for the Bulldogs’ potential national player of the year, Adam Morrison(14 points and nine re- bounds), No. 3 seed:Gonzaga held onto defeat No..6 seed Indiana 90-80 at the Huntsman Centerin Salt LakeCity to earn a trip to the Sweet 16 “We felt like we had nothing to lose andif you're going to pickustolose, we're just going to-comeout and say, hell.” for each team was five and SALT LAKE CITY ROUNDUP ‘Whatthe We're going to win,” Morrisonsaid. Although Morrisonfailed to hit a field goal for Gonzaga untilthe 5:05 markofthe first half the Bulldogs rodeJ.P. Batista’s 20 points and nine rebounds to thevictory “| wastrying to be aggres- the heroof Indiana’sfirst-round win, to make the score 38-37 Morrison and Roderick 16 points and 11 rebounds in the first 20 minutes. Indiana’s Marco Killingsworth there,” BC head coach Al Skin- The Hoosiers were led by 3-pointers. Vadenscored 20 points for Indiana, while Marshall Strickland added 18. Trailing by seven going into the secondhalf, Indiana used perimeter shooting to close the gaptoone. MarshallStricklandhit a 3-pointer.which was quicklyfollowed by a three from Vaden, Shockers Continuedfrom D1 interior. That is what a senior their lead, but Indianahit crucial 3-pointersto stay in the game. The Hoosiers’ A.J. Ratliff failed to complete a four-point play to make it a one-point Montana kept the game close byhitting four 3-point shots and forcing BC to shoot 34.2 percent fromthefield. Using a systemof cutters and slashers, the Grizzlies scored 14 points in game when hemissed a free thepaint. throw after Morrison fouled him-on a shot from the corner. Sophomore AndrewStrait led the Grizzlies with 10points, through the middle of the key and put down astrong one-hand- followed by freshman Jordan ThenErroll Knight slashed Hasquet with nine ed jam, slamming the momentum firmly on Gonzaga’s side On the next Gonzaga possession, Knight scored again, this time onatip-in off a Bulldog DOUGLAS C. PIZAC /AssociatedPress bring the score to 54-51 to make it a one-possession game, but guard David Pendergraft hit twofree throws to give Gon- zagaa five-pointlead. With less than five minutes to play, the Hoosiers continued to whittle down what wasa 15pointdeficit. Ratliff, Strickland and Vaden kept the Hoosiersin the gamebycontinuingto hit Vadenhit two more 3-pointers and Strickland added one of his own,butsolid free-throw shooting downthe stretch by the Bulldogs ended coach Davis’ career as a Hoosier. Davis resignedearlier this year, but decided to stayon until the end of the season. Gonzagawill face No, 2 seed UCLA in Oakland on Thursday. » Boston College 69, Mon- from outside. A 3 from Strickland made the tana 56: At Salt Lake City, score 74-69, but Morrison drove win against Pacific must have finally taught Boston College how to keep a lead. Despite winning the major- to the basket and scored on a layup to make it 76-69. In the final two minutes, Sean Ogirri, the Shockers’ first-roundleaders.Miller, the MVC'splayerof the year, shot1-for-9 after scoring 15 But the balanced Shockers Montana spotted Boston College two points tostart the secondhalf, 32-30, but the early BC n 11-point Eagles Gonzaga's Adam Morrison,right, fights for theball against Indiana’s A.J. Ratliff in the second half of a NCAA Tournament second-round gamein Salt LakeCity on Saturday. SIX. his third 3-pointerof the half to first half after finishing with 23 against Seton Hall. “This is one of those moments I’m nevergoing to hardin defending him on the does. He puts you on his back andcarries you.” drought through an 18-year NCAA made them work extremely Gonzaga tookcontrolusing a balanced attacktore-establish imagine while languishing March magic they could only ting offensive rebounds. Craig him down. against the.Pirates. Ogirri scored 12 points and didn't get his first basket until late in the are experiencingall the and three guys onhis back get- Mike Davis was forced to sit Vaden tried to bring his team backinto the game whenhehit Robert Vaden’s six second-half ner said. “He was carrying two wasgiven a technical for arguing a personal foul call. The two fouls broughthis total to four onthe night and Indiana coach one and J had the greenlight to goto work andtryand gettheir big fellowin foul trouble.” had nine points and nine rebounds in thefirst half, finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds to record a double-double. “He (Smith) wasa beast in Just’a fewpossessioris later, miss to extend the lead back to The Zags’ Sean Mallon, who paint. Smith led the Eagles with Wilmontgot intoa scuffle and both received a technicalfoul. sive,” Batista said. “It seemed like theywere trying toplay one-on- there were six ties and six lead changes. Boston College pounded the ball downlow, with 22 ofits 32 first-half points coming in the Thursday's double-overtime ityof their last 10victories by less than five points, the No. 4 seed Eagles defeated No.12 see d Montana by 13. “It's big,” Boston College forward Craig Smith said.“The last two years we fell off in the secondround. This year, we really tried to focus ongetting past this. Nowthat we're past this. we feel the sky’s thelimit.” Once the secondhalf of the Eagles’ second-round matchup with Montanastarted, BCleft up 46-35. From that pointon, the lead neverfell beloweight. Smith, an All-ACCfirst-team selection,led all scorers with 22 points and 16 rebounds, Jared Dudley added 20 points and stretched the lead from eight to 14 points when hehit two consecutive 3s, Although forward Sean Wil- * liamsfailed to score,his five blocksled the Eagles on defense seven rebounds for Boston Col- andhelped pushthe BC lead as lege. Louis Hinnant and Tyrese high as 21 Ricealso finished in doublefigures, scoring 10 and 14 points. respectively Freshman Jordan Hasquet scored13 points to lead the Grizzlies, followed by Andrew noquestion as to who would be moving onto the Sweet16. Strait and Matt Martin, who each added11. ton College used a 14-5 run to go point window. The largest lead After owning a two-pointlead at the endofthefirst half, Bos- Montana's Matt Dlouhyhit a 3-pointerto bring his club within eight, but Tyrese Rice The Eagles andGrizzlies playedthefirst half in a 10- “Wehaven't seen a shot blockerlike that,” Montana coach Larry Krystkowiak said. “Theyhad nine blocksin the gameandobviouslythat leads into our somewhat miserable shooting percentage.” The Eagleswill play in Min- neapolis on Friday against face the winnerof today’s VillanovaArizonagame. Huskies come from behindto edgeIllinois ROUNDUP SAN DIEGO — The Washington Huskies Mitchell's long 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds cappeda wild finish and gavethe fourth- somehowgot labeled as being soft while on their wayto finishing secondin the Pac-10 got contributions throughout the lineup. Couisnard went 4-for4 from 3-point range, Wilsonhit three 3s and Ryan Martin scored 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting, including a back from-an 11-point deficit in the second slam with 5.2 secondsleft to start the celebration half and the Huskies beat Dee Brown and the Illinois Fighting Illini 67-64 on Saturday over Mitchell's outstretched arms with 19.3 secondsleft. ina second-round NCAA tournament game that featured wild scoring swings. Roy, the Pac-10 player df the year, is tak- gional semifinals against top-seed Duke(32- a partof it means a lot. “It’s been that storyall year,” Wilson said. “It’s rare that the same personis our leading scorerin the next ing the West Coast's Washington (266)to weekend. Thisis myall-time game. It shows we have op- the Washington Regional, whereit will face forget.” said Paul Miller, who had 10 points and eight re- bounds. “It’s just something that you never understand until you're actuallythere. Yousee it on TVand you see teams going to the Sweet 16 and winning big gamesin the NCAA tournament, and to be “It’s just been an amazing favorite moment, right here.” Wichita State (26-8) opened the tournamentwith an 86-66 win overSeton Hall, silencing those who wondered whythe MVC gotfour tournament bids. But beating the Volun- teers (22-8), the Southeastern Conference's East division champion, means so much more. Couisnard finished with 20 points on 6-for-7 shooting for Wichita State, which used a late 7-0 spurt to break a 65-all tie and advanceto face the winner of Sunday's George Mason-North Carolina game. When the horn finally sounded, coach Mark Tur- geon pumpedhis rightfist in the air while fans began comings“MVC!” and “Sweet tions on the offensive end and it makes us a hard team to guard. Chris Lofton — whohit a last-second shot to beat Winthrop 63-61 in the first round —and C.J. Watson each Conference. ’ No one would dare saythat to the Huskies now. Brandon Royhelped bring Washington “It’s a special feeling,” said Roy, whose sure defense.Still, it was a significant step forward for a program that had gone 6159 in four seasonssincelast making the NCAAsin 2001. “We'll be back,” Pearl said. “I'm very, very proud of these LSUwith 16. winning.“A lot of people wouldn't have guessedthat we could makeitthis far. Minneapolis Regional I think we're just comingtogether as a regionals for Washington,andits fourth an up-tempo attack and pres- trip to the regional semifinals since 2000. Law led the 12th-seeded Aggies (22-9) with 15 points. Antanas Kavaliauskas added 12. Mitchell joined Davis in doublefigures for fameis sure to growif the Huskies keep finished with 15 points, seven reboundsandfive blocks. The Volunteers ended their first season under coach expectations all year behind Thevictory sends LSU (25-8) to the re-_ 3) on Thursday night. It's the Tigers’first the winnerof Sunday’s game between Ken- scored 20 points to lead the Bruce Pearl ona disappointing note after exceeding basket in the final minute. Butit was Mitch- ell who savedtheday after Texas A&M snapped a 55-55 tie with Acie Law’s jumper tucky and top-seeded Connecticut te Volunteers. Major Wingate seededTigers the victory. Glen “Big Baby” Davis scored21 points, including a key This will be the secondstraighttrip to the overall. The only problem is, they’ve never wononcethey gotthere. Last year they werea No.| seed butlost to Louisville in the regional semifinals. They're a No. 5 seed this time. WhileIllini star guard Dee Brown had his career end, Roy continued to pad his resume,scoring 2] points and grabbing seven rebounds. He mightnot be quite the national name as Brown andother guards, but has the chanceto be. “Brandon Roy's namehas to be associated with winning,” coach Lorenzo Romar said. “He hasraised everyone's understand- DENIS POROY/Associated Press, Washington's BrandonRoy,right, shoots against the defenseofIllinois’ Warren Carter during thefirst half of a second- round NCAA Tournament game on they went to the championship game before losing to Michigan State: Adrian Tigert carried the Panthers (22-9) Atlanta Regional » Duke 74, George Washington 61: At young men.I can'ttell you how manypeople have writ- ing and awareness of how good of a basketball playerheis.” Greensboro, N.C., J.J. Redick had 20 points, Shelden Williams added 17 points and 14 reboundsand the No. | overall seed easily advanced to the roundof 16. much they enjoyed this bas- ter Brown missed 3-pointerat the buzzer, double of the season with 14 points and Kyle Wilson added 17 points to help make up for somestruggles by Miller and as oneoftheall-time best, and better.” ketball team. This Tennessee basketball team will go down this was the group thatgotit started.” Royended upwith theball in his hands af- setting off a wild Washington celebration. “Man,I'm glad he missed it,” Romar said. Brown and the fourth-seeded Fighting Illini (26-7) cameupshort of making the regionals for the third straight year. Illinois reached the national championship game last year beforelosing to North Carolina. The Huskies won despite shooting 38 Register Now Olympic Savings!! Children with Dreams, Our Greatest et ae Skating Lessons Yepeices ray you ss Peaks Arena ~ (801)377-8777 percentfrom the floor. They madeupforit by making28 of 39 free throws. Roy was 11-of-14 from theline. Backto that toughness thing — Romar said the only two times the Huskies weren't the tougher team this season werein losses at WashingtonState on Feb.4 andin an upset loss to Oregonin the Pac-10 tournament. In between, the Huskies woneight straight, including the secondoftheir two wins over UCLA,which won the Pac-10's regular-season andconferencetitles. Minneapolis Regional, thefirst time the team has escaped the opening weekendof the tourney since 2000. Thelast time the Gators (29-6) advanced to the roundof16, Saturdayin SanDiego. a kept saying we weren't any good whenpractice started, and now we're part ofthe Sweet 16,” Turgeonsaid. “We just keep gettingalittle bit ten orcalled and said how } Florida 82, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 60: At Jacksonville, Fla., Corey Brewerscored 23 points, Joakim Noah added 17 andthethirdseeded Gators routed 1Ith-seeded Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Florida advancedto the semifinals of the danFarmarscored 18 points, including five 3-pointers, Arron Afflalo had 13 points and Ryan Hollins 12, sending the Bruins to their first NCAA tournamentregional since a career-high 13 rebounds,while fellow freshman Greg Paulus never got frazzled against the ever-changing,trapping de- fense usedby the Colonials (27-3). He had six assists to go with 10 point No,2 seed UCLA (29-6) will play third- on the court scored for the Blue Devils (32-3), who are trying to reach theFinal Fourfor the secondtimein three.years. They shot 52 percentin thefirst half to take control and never werethreatened afterthat. Williams had 14 points for the eighth-seeded Colonials, and Mike Hall added 13. Duke next plays LSU on Thursdaynight. D LSU 58, Texas A&M 57: At Jacksonville, Fla., with the clock running out on LSU's hopes, Darrel Mitchell oo up and made thebi biggest shot ofhis life. 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