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Show Fridiy, March 28, 2003, THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HarkTheHeiald.com), Provo, Utah GOLF NCAA n, MEfj'S BASKETBALL TO URIiAMEIIT Page B3 , urn vsuu Arizona, Kentucky botfcmoving on 1. 0 MINNEAPOLIS i OSCAR SOSAAP photo third-seede- 77-7- Thursday night at the Players bunched near ton Metrodome. "He has the ability to take over the game at any time," teammate Travis Diener said. "That's what makes him probably the best player in the nation." Chevon Troutman scored seven of his 15 points in the final 2:56 to lead a furious Panthers rally, but Marquette hung on and Pittsburgh was eliminated in the round of 16 for the second straight season. "It's like the same feeling," Troutman Baid. "It's just a bad feeling for the seniors." The lovable McGuire retired after coaching Marquette to the 1977 national title, and the Golden Eagles hadn't been to a regional final since. He died in 2001. will Marquette (26-5- ) Kentucky play on Saturday, with the winner advancing to the Final Four in New Orleans. The Wildcats beat Wisconsin 7 earlier.. "Our goal all year was to make it to the Final Four and win the national championship," Diener said. "Kentucky's probably the hottest team. It's a difficult challenge, but if we play the way we have been we have a chance to win." JL The Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Tiger Woods hit tee shots to the left, approach shots to the right and eventually moved out of the way for an older generation of leaders at The Players Championships. That's Players plural.' Jay Haas, Rocco Mediate - op i way, au in tneir 40s, showed there was more than one player in The Plavers Chamtrionshio on Thursday, sharing the clubhouse lead at 68 in top-seed- ed first round at golfs first big event of the year. Also at 68 was Skip Kendall, the youngster in the group. He's 38. Woods was a appearing on the "Mike Douthe rain-delay- ed 63-5- glas Show" when Haas competed in his first Players Championship in 1977. In swirling winds and under the threat of rain, Haas showed no signs that he was one year away from joining the Chammons Tour. He might change his mind.- i "I guess Brandin Pittsburgh ' if I've played this ii-ouu- ac v; " in the final group with ' Woods last week at Bay Hill, had a 69, while John Daly was in the group atO. LPGA TOUR: At Raticho Mirage, Calif., AnnikaSorenstamifegan the day thinking even par would, be a very good score. Then the wirxr died down, the birdies started coromg and she found herself in a " familiar dace at the Kraft Nabisco. 68 Sorenstam shot a lead aver Tnusday to take a Kafrie Webb and three others after one round in the first LPGA Tour major championship of the year. Trying to become the first woman to win the same major championship three years in a row in 64 years, Sorenstam birdied the final two holes in a rouna max was ernaem even uy uic standards of the most dominant player five-ho- ur 1-- , free-thro- w 75-7- 4. 77-7- wtf 77-7- ; ' 5 all-arou- , -, 15-1- 1 double-overti- 52-5- n nt 0 : - . ( f 60-5- -- 240-poun-d nt unselfish, and he's been7 doing it all year." Later, Merritt poked a ball away from Pitt to a streaking Wade, who threw 63, . Minneapolis, with Keith Bogans watching helplessly from the bench in the second half, Kentucky turned to the power of Marquis Estill to ward off when Harris hit a and Wilkinson drove for a basket with 1:33 remaining. But Erik Daniels tipped in a miss by Estill with 1:03 left to give Kentucky a Fellow senior Jason Gardner added 19 points in his school-recor- d 134th career start Channing Frye had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Hassan Adams added 14 points. Kansas is the best among active coaches with six or more years of ever. experience and third-beincludKrzyzewski is 5 in 23 years at Duke. ing The game didn't reflect the fact that the Kansas entered averaging 83 and Duke almost 82, making them two of the six highest-scorin- g teams in the country. Aaron Miles scored with 52.7 seconds left to put Kansas ahead and Michael Lee added a free throw with 34.1 seconds to lead. play for a seven-poiJones made two baskets for Duke before Miles made a free throw with 16.8 seconds left to complete the scoring. "We shot our bullets, we couldn't get anything to go down tonight," said Duhon, who like Collison played all 40 minutes. Duke shot 44.8 percent to 43.3 for Kansas, but the Eercentoutrebounded the Blue Devils Keith Langford added 13 points for the Jayhawks. Kirk Hrnrich, averaging 17.5 points, shot for two points, but it didn't matter. And Williams praised Hinrich's defensive effort. Jones scored five points to spark a 1 run to start the second half to But the put Duke on top Jayhawks scored the next nine four by Collison for a points lead. st 663-27- 4, 590-17- fifth-seede-d 91-7- v " " e o 67-6- 1, nt : 0-- 72-6- a North 58-5- career-hig- h 20-min- Wildcats (28-beat 1 Notre Dame earlier ThursV day at Anaheim Arena. Kansas led Arizona by as many as 20 points before losing a 4 decision to the Wildcats in Lawrence, Kan., on Jan. 25. "We're going to enjoy the dickens out of this one tonight," Williams said. "Well start working on Arizona tomorrow." Williams, in his 15th year as coach of the Jayhawks, was 3 in matchups with Krzyzewski, including a 5 defeat in the national championship game 12 years ago. Williams played at North Carolina and was an assistant coach under longtime Tar Heels coach Dean Smith before taking the job at Kansas in 1988. "The fact that you beat Duke doesn't make it any better because I'm yf gold-cla- 88-7- ck Stewart Cink, who playela 75-7- n 3) two-tim- . . Continued from Bl drenched the TPC at Saw-gra-ss, and a batch of afternoon thunderstorms finally suspended the first round with 68 players still on the , course. They will return at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Kevin Sutherland was at 4 under par through 16 holes. Others who didn't finish include Fred Couples, e winner at The a Players Championship. He was the only player to get to 5 under par, but bogeys dropped him to 3 under with four holes to back-to-ba- 70-5- 9. . KANSAS showers Overnight led Knight (28-5with 16 ) attempt points. His with, about four seconds to go could have tied it, but he came up short. ; Diener, who scored 55 points in the Golden Eagles' first two victories over Holy Cross and Missouri, was held' to four shooting. points on Trailing by 10 with 3:56 to go, the Panthers scored well for the whole year, I might think differently,'' Haas said. It s a nice problem to have." Woods had his own problems. vuuiiug vxx cull victory at Bay Hill last week, he spent most of the from morning playing ankle-dee- p grass. Woods rallied over the final few 72. holes for an even-pa- r "Just trying to get to even par would have been a heck of an accomplishment considering the way I was hitting it today" Woods said. "I'm very happy to end up where! was." play. Mar- McGuire,. Dwyane Wade scored 20 of his 22 points in the secd ond half to lead the Golden Eagles to a 4 victory over No. 2 seed Pittsburgh in the Midwest Regional semifinals Tiger Woods reacts after missing a putt on the 11th hole at the TPC. ana - 'down a tomahawk dunk on the other end with 4:49 ' remaining to give Marnine straight points seven by Troutman to quette its biggest lead, ; pull within one three times. Diener and grinned But Wade made sure Mar- raised his arms time every lose didn't the lead. quette Wade scored. With the shot clock runMarquette didn't have as drove the loud ning down, he a crowd as Wisconsin lane and sank a twisting did in the first game, but off the glass to fans of the Golden layup high Eagles 2 make it with 23.4 who made the seconds remaining. west from Milwaukee "I used a move I hadn't trip on far outnumbered used all year," Wade said. the Panthers' backers. to "It just came me at that relied on a Pittsburgh moment." balanced attack as much as a 53 percent Knight did on defense this year, shooter for his it the lack of a dominant but made two foul career scorer might have hurt the shots to cut the lead to Panthers in this one. They 'were from Scott Merritt - who had range. 17 points hit a pair of Donatas Zavackas, the, free throws on the other shootPanthers' top end, bumping it back to 4 foul his third er, picked up with 11.4 seconds to go. second half. He the in early Knight dribbled down sat on the floor by himself Wade the floor, pump-fake- d at the end of Pitt's bench in the air and launched a 3, with a scowl on his face for but it banged off the run. much of the half refusing Todd Townsend grabbed to into the and the rebound and passed to wasgo scolded game in late the Diener, who was fouled. Krauser. by game foul Diener missed both When the game ended, tfr wii. shots with 2.3 seconds left, Zavackas , sat on the end of t- - . i but Carl Krauser's attempt the bench without ANN HEISENFELTThe Associated Press shaking from halfcourt at the Tom Crean and players on the bench ' hand. coach anyone's Marquette buzzer sailed over the bas"He's his own man," to celebrate near the end of their 4 victory over d ket as Marquette Troutman said. "If he does- begin Pittsburgh in an NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal game. students stormed the court. n't want to we ean't play, Wade, the Conference force him to." lead. And after a traveling call Estill scored a 28 USA player of the year, Zavackas did not comon Wilkinson with 49 seconds remainand the Wildcats ran their winpoints offered a glimpse ment after the game in a ning streak to 26 games, holding off ing, Estill made one of two foul shots of his skills after dejected Panthers locker the scrappy Badgers to advance to the with 32 seconds left, pushing the lead a quiet first half room. Ontario Lett was flat regional final, where they will meet back to four. With 9:55 reniaining, he After Wilkinson missed twice, from on the floor with his face ' Marquette. sliced to the basket and line with 23 seconds remaining, Wildcats' top scorer the the Bogans, on arms. his . was fouled by Jaron Brown resting floor leader, sprained his left ankle hit four free throws in the and Kentucky Wade has led Marwith 3:32 left in the first half when Wiswith the ball below his closing seconds. waist. Wade, somehow, quette's resurgence in consin's Kirk Penney committed a ARIZONA 88, NOTRE DAME 71: At hoisted a shot as he fell to coach Tom Crean,'s fourth turnover, turned around to run back After a 4 mark in down the floor and fell over the Ken- Anaheim, Calif., Arizona took all the the floor and after hear- year. each of Crean's first two star. drama out of this one early. ing the cheers when the seasons, the Golden Eagles tuckyMike After beating Gonzaga by one point Wilkinson had a layup and ball went in popped to went 26-- 7 last in a Devin Harris made two spectacular classic, the and year and a his feet with grin Wildcats rolled right over Notre USA won driving baskets to pull the Badgers the (Conference pointed to the crowd. Dame to advance to the West Regional with just under seven regular-seasotitle this within The three-poifinal. Arizona will face Kansas in the play minutes to go. ". .:, :, regional final. The Wildcats went inside to the gave the Golden Eagles a year. - "We know there's more Luke Walton, last seen sprawled in 1 lead. Estill, who made ahead," freshman Steve exhaustion on the floor in Salt Lake shots. He muscled in for "Yes, Dwyane was unbeNovak said. "And we have another basket and then hit two free City after grabbing the final rebound in lievable," said Robert Jack- to throws as the Wildcats regained a the second round, had 16 points, get back to work." 16 who for had son, points seven boards and eight assists for Arlead. the Golden Eagles. "He's, KENTUCKY WISCONSIN 57: At Wisconsin rallied to within one izona. . quette is back where it hasn't been since the days ofAl ! I Inn The Associated Press 0 O O 47-3- . KEVOKK DJANSEZIANI he Associated Press Carolina guy," Williams said. "When you're play- Duke players watch from the bench ing Duke, you always have this feeling that something's going to happen because of how successful they've been, and rightfully so." y It wasn't to be on this night. d Dahntay Jones led Duke (26-7- ) with 23 points and seven rebounds. Daniel Ewing added 13 points and Chris Duhon as their team loses scored 12. Freshman J.J. Redick shot in scoring only five points. The game matched two of college basketball's top,' coaches and elite programs. Duke has been to third-seede- 13 nine under Final Fours and Kansas to 11 Krzyzewski to Kansas. 69-6-5 -9 three under Williams. Krzyzewski's 60 NCAA tourna- 7 ment wins are the second-moever behind the 65 of the Smith. Williams has st now-retire- 3. d 9-- 44-3- a record in the tournament. His .806 winning in 15 years at percentage (416-1032-1- 3 0) one-poi- 6. nt two-sh- in women's golf. V'Now I feel comfortable,' Sorenstam said. 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