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Show Boston College finally Arkansas edvanceo as only No. 1 in semis drops 74-6- 6 to Gators (N.C) Coliseum. This BY STEVE EESKOWTTZ foul shots with 2:50 remaining to cut Florida's lead to Eisley inter- BY ANT130NY COTTON The Washington Post MIAMI After it was over, and Florida had finally overcome the 16 . I l .1 .1 I -ieau cnanges am una uuwe ura in me ik i ennaiI !! i r eigui minutes; uw giutru urag field goals Brown hit three three-poion three consecutive shots down die stretch to propel the team to a 6 victory over Boston College in the ' ... , taking possession. Curley and Dan Cross each made one of two free throws to make the 1 1 , . score 65-6- 0 with 2:03 remaining. Boston College forced Brown into another turnover, which led to BC nt 74-6- . AthWir Accnriatinn tnnn'c haclrathnll tournament East Region, a group of deliriously happy but fatigued Gators ' players snipped down the net in front of their bench and retreated into their locker room. - Once there, said Brown. "Coach (Lon Kruger) told us that we had for- - gotten to cut down the other net; I told him that we're new to this." season had But the Gators' best-evthem for the splendid 40 prepared . . -- L. ! II nunuies uit uaausiuaii ilmai preceueo. uio uoieuiauuii. ill a iajiiicbi mat oavv Kruger and his counterpart, Boston - er ' lJ ' d Florida that took it was control down the stretch. ' Ae a rourarrl fnr ifc crVinnl.ror-nrr- l 29th victory of the year. Florida must. third-seede- nciuu niaiupiuu Blue Devils' back Duke in the , . ' ;. .'; . yard- ? ;. outstanding player.) Although they never tied the score after Arkansas' early rally, they did have two chances to do so during the games last five minutes. With the score 1 and a little less than five minutes to play. Rose made a steal and took off on a fast break. With open teammates trailing him. he missed an shot from the lane. "I saw my teammate there, but that was a three-foshot I make 99 percent of the time." Rose said. 8 With the score and 36.6 seconds remaining. Robinson missed a But with 22 seconds left. Rose missed a three-poitry. Arkansas's Scotty Thurman grabbed the rebound, was fouled and made both ends of the "I got a good look at the basket and the shot felt good leaving my hand." Rose said. "It just didn't go in." tries on its next two posMichigan missed three-poifree sessions, and Arkansas' Clint McDanicI made throws to finish the game. "We're used to being on the other end. where the other team tried and tried and tried, but couldn't do it." said Fisher, whose teams remain 12-- 0 in NCAA tournament games decided by five points or fewer or in overtime. "It hurts badly." Howard said. "But going to the championship gamo is something we'll always be able to hold in the bank and be proud of. 63-6- said Richardson, who was named Naismith national coach of the year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. "I think that's what it's all about. When you become a Hog a Razorback they can cut you open, and you're going to bleed little pigs. That's just the way it is." This is the way it was Sunday, as Arkansas joined East regional champion Florida in what will be the first Final Four with two Southeastern Conference teams: After missing its first sue shots and falling behind by 1 and the Razorbacks (29-3- ) made another of the lopsided runs that have been carrying them all season. d Michigan 20-- 1 during a They outscored span of a little more than six minutes, building a 23-- 9 lead they managed to defend the rest of the way. It was Arkansas' 13th consecutive victory in this build-- , ing. where it won the 1989. '90 and '91 Southwest Conference tournaments before moving to the SEC as well as the 1990 NCAA tournament Midwest regional championship.. The Razorbacks will play West regional champion Arizona in a national semifinal Saturday at Charlotte ot 71-6- one-and-on- 8-- 3, 6-- one-and-o- third-seede- , .. e. nt top-seed- 71-6- 6 College's Jim O'Brien, match X for O. y'oy guuiucasi was called for an offensive foul after leveling DeClercq. That was the first of four turnovers the Big East Conference team suffered in the final '' minute of play. The third came after Cross hit a free throw to give the Gators a lead with 26.6 seconds left. Rushing the ball up the court. Eisley tripped over his own feet while crossing midcourt, with Cross picking up the loose ball to score a layup and effectively end '. the game. ' (He was named the regional's most minute-and-a-hal- f. President Clinton. , "I think (Clinton) was as proud of his Hogs as I was." , , after committing two fouls during the game's first tournament Midwest regional final before a pro Arkansas-crow- d at Reunion Arena that included remaining. Once again the Eagles went to Curley. once again the center spun into the lane, but this time he 4 . third-seede- 76-6- 8, reserve Kevin Hrobowski being fouled underneath his basket, but Hrobowski made only one of his two free throws aswelL On the next Florida possession, the Eagles forced yet another turnover and called a timeout with 1:03 finals of the National Collegiate " In the morning, you win national coach of honors. the afternoon, your team earns a place in In year the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament Final Four, Then you get to celebrate it all with the pres' ident '. "That's one heck of a day. fellas." Arkansas Coach Nolan Richardson said. "One heck of a day." That it was for Richardson, and for the Razorbacks. who defeated Michigan. Sunday in the NCAA DALLAS 64-5- 9. cepted a bad pass by Brown and seemed to be headed for an easy layup. but DeClercq caught up with him to block his shot, with the Gators is a hard time for Michigan basketball." said Wolverines junior guard Jalen Rose, a part of the Fab Five recruiting class that led Michigan to the last two national championship games only to lose both. "We've been spoiled by making the finals the last two years." d Wolverines (24-6- ) did make a comThe successful comeback. They patiently posedand nearly and repeatedly worked the ball inside to junior center Juwan Howard, who totaled 30 points and 13 rebounds The Washington Post nt uiariuuB, n.j. in uue ui oaiuruay s national semifinals. But Sunday.' Kruger said he was just as enthralled as anyone sitting in by the goings-othe stands. ." I , n . 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