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Show mm SECTION SPORTS EDITOR Darnell Dickson vsuo is, IVIHtV.n I ddicksonSheraldextra com 344 2S55 UTAH JAZZ MWC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT DEPARTMENT OF "ill m,, ,V " f ' '! rrnrriTVTinTTi H Ln JU1 kJJLJ H H JJL J As reigning MWC regular-seaso- n Garnett (5) and Paul Pierce during the second quarter of Utah's Celtics' have 10-ga- team San nship me winning streak 63-5- 4 game is at 5p.m.MT on Versus. Jimmy Golen BYU, which is while owning 27-- 6 THE streak, won 63 its semifinal in totally op- posite fashion from Thursday's blowout of Colorado State. It trudged through a rugged game in which defensive stops and rebounds were at a premium. Even with another title-gammatchup with the second-seedeRebels UNLV won in the finals last year, the Cougars feel awfully good about another shot at a postseason title, which hasn't been accomplished since 2001. "Really, it feels similar to last the title year when we got game," senior Sam Burgess said. "We had a lot of confidence last we're year, and we feel playing great. We'll be in the NCAA tournament likely, but this (MWC tournament) is one of our goals. We're playing well, and we're playing right." f rt bj (v. ASSOCIATED Williams. The Jazz guard scored 32 points 13 of them in the fourth quarter and seven during a .10-- 78-7- 0 winning streak. tried to take over a little bit," said Williams, who was icing his head afterward. "It was time for me to assert myself a little more." Carlos Boozer had 17 points "I like LAURA A See left, JAZZ, C3 C4 REBEL YELL v RAUCHAssociated Press BYU's Chris Miles, 2 Celtics' to BYU, 110-9- 110 92 UTAH BOSTON run when 0 Utah turned back Boston's last chance to on win Friday night and snap the d See PRESS BOSTON The Utah Jazz admitted that they were looking forward to playing the top team in the NBA. And no one more than Deron six-gam- e winning BYU win. 110-9- 2 Jazz snap It's SAN DIEGO ST. 54 k Utah Jazz' Andrei Kirilenko puts in a lay up past Boston Celtics' Kevin called LAS VEGAS -going to the 'ship by some of BYLTs players. And the Cougars such a would love to not sinking feeling today when it faces UNLV. The Mountain assured West Conference their second consecutive year on board at the Thomas & Mack Center with a Friday night win against No. 4 Diego State. Tipoff for the champio- a J-- ' HERALD :. X U WINSLOW TOWNSONAP Franchuk DAILY - ' b ; champs, BYU gets in title game again Jason v4 OS guards San Diego State's Lorrenzo Wade in the MWC men's basketball tournament semifinals in Las XX Vegas on Friday. i Fair or not, this is a pretty entertaining tourney West been easy MWC fans, especially since, well, Lon Kruger is a coach and the Rebels There's the bungled telev- are really good. Getting the ision deal The constant lack home court for the tourney for respect. Commissioner just seems unfair. It is. Craig Thompson's But give the MWC credit (which most of you would kill for, admit it). finally, for one thing: There's a heck of a tournament going on in the audacity of choosing Las Vegas as the site for the Las Vegas and the Thomas and Mack Center. MWC Tournament. So maybe BYLTs 4 That last one has been a of sticking point for a yawner over San Diego State The Mountain has pick on. er hair And 63-5- lot in Friday's semifinals isn't a good example. At times, that game was as boring as watching an empty fish tank. The Aztecs, looking to take advantage of a few matchups and hide its lack of depth (and health), slowed the game to a crawl. It almost looked like Air Force out there, running the Princeton offense. BYU managed to hammer out a victory against a team that was play my ing for its NCAA life. And that's what gave Thursday's quarterfinals so k much zip. Colorado State, which hadn't won a game all year the conference yet clipped Wyoming in the play-i- n game, could only hang with BYU for a half. But the other three quarterfinal games were amazingly competitive and compelling. in See , ., isk it LAURA Darnell Dickson DICKSON, C4 On BYU Basketball RAUCHAP tries to shoot around Utah's Shaun Green, left, during the MWC men's semifinals on Friday. For more the Rebels' win, see C5. UNLV's Wink Adams COLLEGE BASKETBALL Clegg named PacWest Freshman of the Year Beky Beaton DAILY w;v, Rex Former Lone Peak Knight Freshman of the Yea r Landon Clegg for the Dixie Winlerlon photography (30) was named PacWest State Rebels. HERALD campaign by averaging 6.3 points per game while shooting 47.2 percent from the field (59 for 125). Former Lone Peak standout Landon Clegg of Cedar He made Hills has been named Pacific attempts (42.1 percent), was West Conference Freshman from the line (81.4 of the Year as a percent) and aver member of the aged more than 22 mens basketball minutes per game as the sixth man team at Dixie State for the Rebels this College. The PacWest season. DIXIE STATE Office made the Of the team's COLLEGE UFL'TAIl announcement on principle players, Clegg ranked third Thursday from its location in Queen Creek, in and perAriz. centage as well as offensive Clegg completed his rookie rebounds. He was also fourth ""fWmWflTOEnX free-thro- TO SUBSCRIBE " made, steals and blocked shots, and fifth in rebound average and field goals made. Senior teammate Kasey Winters was named Newcomer of the Year and also made the first team, while junior Ryan Sanchez was named to the second team. "We did well to get four awards," said Dixie head coach Jon Judkins. "That felt in pretty good for our first year in conference play, especially considering we got no preseason mentions. "Our team finished very strong and Landon was a big part of that," the coach continued. "He started for us two of those last three games in Hawaii and just tore it up." Clegg was called on to replace teammates who were absent due to the birth of a child and injury. He earned a top-1- 0 mention in the PacWest for that week in Hawaii (announced Feb. 28), when he led the team in scoring for three straight games, averaging 18.3 points, along with 1.67 steals and 2.67 made per three-pointe- game. See CLEGG, C3 |