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Show DAILY HI I 0 ft A 2000 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT UCLA nlilies nasi A&M in NCAA thriller second-roun- d Tournament schedule Opening Round Those Brums kwp finding more drama and ways lo win in the dusing seconds, Darren Collison scored the basket on a one handed lay in with 9.5 seconds remaining, josh Shipp blocked Donald Sloan's final drive and the West Region's No. seed held on for a victory over Texas A& M in the second round of the NCAA tournament Saturday night. The Bruias (33-3- ) won their 12th in a row and will face Western Kentucky or San next week in Phoenix. "That was reminiscent of a lot of games we seem to be in lately, where we're having to make dramatic comebacks in the last few minutes," UCLA coach Ben Howland said. "But the one thing that I love about our team is that they know in A NAM KIM. Calif.- VtIA 1 53-4- 9 SI V lW with double-doubl- 0 against UCLA. "I thought we were in total control, always one step ahead," first year A&M coach Mark Turgeon said. "I thought we were going to win." Collison led UCLA with 21 points, including 14 in the first half when he didn't miss a shot from the field, line or -- range. Love, the newcomer to NCAA tourney pressure, and Collison, the wily veteran of consecutive Final Four appearances, dominated the final 3 minutes. Love converted consecutive turnaround jumpers one tied it at 45 and the other gave the Bruins their first lead since late in the first half. "Kevin's two little fallaways were incredible shots," How-lan- d said. "Those are like little shot plays, unbelievable with that kind of stuff on the line. Your season's on the line and he could step up and make those plays. That's why he's a great player." But Joseph Jones, who bumped and clawed with Love in the post most of the game, got in front of the Pac-1- 0 Player of the Year and scored A&M's first field goal in nearly 10 minutes to tie it at 47. The first of Collison's two layins put the Bruins back in front by two with 55 seconds left. Sloan tied it for the final time at 49 before Collison floated in another furiously pounding his chest as the crowd exploded with 9 Va seconds left. one-hand- r, 5:51 Xavier 8S, Purdue 78: At Washington, C.J. Anderson and Drew Lavender each scored 18 points and Josh Duncan had 16, and Xavier was surprisingly efficient on offense. The Musketeers (29-6- shot 54 percent in breaking the school record for wins, going at the free throw line and from the floor against a team that led the Big Ten in field-gopercentage defense. Their 85 points were the most allowed by Purdue this season. Keat on Grant scored 19 for the Boilermakers (25-9- who d have won 10 straight games but have exited without another win in half those tournaments t- including two in a row. Lavender, guard, had nine assists and provided Xavier with a pivotal basket after the Musketeers frittered away an almost insurmountable lead in this defensive struggle. ) . ), first-roun- - Midwest Regional I Wisconsin 72, Kansas State 55: At Omaha, Neb., Trevon Hughes matched his career high with 25 points, and the d Badgers shut down Kansas State freshman star Michael Beasley in the second half. Beasley had 23 points d for the Wildcats, but just six after halftime. third-seede- i FnOjf March M The R8C CIW RMngtt N C. North 113, Moonl St Mary 'I. 86, Hirjrarw 72 At BJCC Arena Cjrotirn Arkansas 74 MrJ Birmingham, am. 72, American 57 South Alabama 61 Oklahoma 72 Saint Joseph's 64 Louisville 79. Boise State 61 ... Tennessee Butler 81 Second Round Saturday, March 22 Pepsi Center At The Notre Dame 41 State 61 Washington Today, March 23 At The R8C Center Raleigh, N.C. vs. Arkansas At BJCC Arena Birmingham, Ala. North Carolina )X: a A JUL 12:30 p.m. vs. Butler i LUiiiaviue following 3:15p.m. ) Tennessee remaining. Even as the Bruins were scratching their way back, they were missing shots and committing some of their 14 turnovers. But the Aggies had their own problems, with Jordan and Carter picking up their third fouls at the same time. 40 50 WMfiTOton State 71 Winmcop Notre Daw 66 George Mason to. uiunituiiia it inniutM Regional Semifinals' At Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, N.C. Thursday, March 27 vs. North ) State . pro-UCL- ON Hot Round Thureday Men 10 A! Tlx Center .'" 36-2- Urged on by a crowd that made it seem like a home game, the Bruins rallied from a deficit in the second half. Freshman Kevin Love had 19 points and 1 1 rebounds e and his 2 1st UCLA overcame the combined shorting of Shipp and Russell West brook. Love had seven of UCLA's 11 blocked shots. Sloan led the Aggies (25-1with 12 points and Josh Carter added 10. A&M was trying to get back to the final 16 for the second'straighf year. Instead, the Aggies fell to in NCAA Arm Km It UMStrt60 East Region 7-- their heart they're always going to win the game. They're going to find a way." 0-- 4 Mount TuMMf Merys Mo Wi 27-1- 1 o tourney games and At UO OtVtoA "Once the time tkn k Zero, we'll stop playing.' Collison said, "We've been through that all season. We knew what we had to do; we knew who was going to win, and all the coaches said we just had to do tlx; right things to win the game," Shipp was credited with the bkjck on Sloan's desperate drive, and Westbrook punctuated the comeback with a fastbreak dunk at the buzzer that triggered a huge celebration on one bench and sadness on the other. The Aggies outscored the Bruins over both halves, runs, for a including 80 and 6 lead. Carter opened the second half with a er, then his jumper hit the side of the backboard and went in before Jones scored around Love to give the Aggies their largest lead. That's when UCLA rallied with a 17-- 8 run. Love scored seven, Collison hit his fifth DeAndre over Jordan and Westbrook scored four in a row his first points of the game to cut it to 4443 Washington TBA winner, winner Tennessee-Butle- r vs. TBA wmner, Regional Championship At Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, N.C. Saturday, March 29 Semifinal winners South Region LY Tjr.W" :ll K- - J-- - - - -s te KEVORK DJANSEZIANAssociated . .- Press Josh Shipp right blocks a shot by Texas A&M's Donald Sloan center in the final minute of NCAA West Regional game Saturday in Anaheim, Calif. Below, UCLA's Darren their second-rounCollison 8 celebrates scoring to put his team ahead of Texas A&M in the final minute of the game. UCLA's d Wildcats who were (21-12- ), from f range. East Regional I Washington State 61, Notre Dame 41: At Denver, Derrick Low scored 18 points and Kyle Weaver added 15, and the Cougars won a clash of styles by shutting down Luke Harangody g and the Fighting Irish. Washington State held the Big East's Player of the Year to 10 points, half his average, and limited the Irish (253) to half their scoring average, too. Harangody did have 22 rebounds. Robbie Cowgill added 12 points for the fourth-seede- d who won a secCougars (26-8ond game in the tournament for the first time since 1941, when they lost to Wisconsin in the national championship game. First Round Thursday, March 20 At The Pepsi Center Denver Michigan State 72, Temple 61 Pittsburgh 82, Oral Roberts 63 At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Marquette 7l, Kentucky 66 Stanford 77, Cornell 53 Friday, March 21 At Alltel Arena North UMe Rock, Ark. Miami 78, saint Mary s, taiit M Texas 74, Austin Peay 54 Mississippi State 76, Oregon 69 63 Memphis 87, Second Round Saturday, March 22 At The Pepsi Center Denver State 65 Pittsburgh Michigan At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Stanford 82, Marquette 81 0T Today At Alltel Arena North Little Rock, Ark. Texas r- State TBA First Round Thursday, March 20 Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Neb. Kansas 85, Portland State 61 UNtV 71, Kent State 58 Kansas State 80, Southern Caf 67 Wisconsin 71, Cai State Fullerton 56 Friday, March 21 At The RBC Center Raleigh, N.C At Davidson 76 82, Gonzaga 66, At The St. County Georgetown M 47 Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Siena 83, Vanderbitt 62 Villanova 75, Clemson 69 Second Round Saturday, March 22 At Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Neb. Wisconsin 72. Kansas State 55 IS Kansas 56 UNLV 75, Today The RBC Center Raleigh, N.C. At Georgetown llth-seede- d Michigan winner vs. Stanford Regional Championship At Reliant Stadium Houston Sunday, March 30 winners Midwest Region South Regional d 30 TBA Semifinal . third-seede- state Regional Semifinals At Reliant Stadium Houston Friday, March 28 State winner vs. high-flyin- Stanford 82, Marquette 81, OT: At Anaheim, Calif., ejected for unsportsmanlike behavior in Michael Flowers had 15 points the first half, Stanford coach Trent Johnson wasn't around to and Greg Stiemsma 14 for the Badgers (314), who set a school see Brook Lopez make a baserecord for wins in a season and line leaner with 1.3 seconds left Cardithat sent the head to the round of 16 in Denal to the round of 16. troit with 12 straight wins and 25 victories in the last 27 games. Lopez, one of the Cardinal's in the scored eight of twin Beasley, just their 11 points in overtime and second half, hugged teamfinished with 30, one shy of a camates and coaches when he bucket left the game with 53.9 seconds reer high. The came on Mitch Johnson's career-hig- h left. Many expect him to de16th assist, and sent Stanclare for the NBA draft. Bill Walker added 18 for the ford (28-7- ) to play the winner of 12:15 p.m. vs. Miami ) vs. Mississippi ) Memphis minutes following 12:40 p.m. vs. Davidson ) At The St Pete Times Forum Tampa, Ha. Siena Miami-Texa- s game. Sunday's Lopez was an effective counter to Marquette sharpshooter Jerel McNeal, who scored a 30 points, and hit three er-high in overtime for the No. 6 seed Golden Eagles But McNeal misfired on a with 15 seconds left, setting up Lopez's winner. care- (25-10- ). I Michigan State 65, Pittsburgh 54: At Denver, Drew Neitzel and Kalin Lucas went on a late ballhandling and scoring spree to help Michigan State pull away from Pittsburgh. Regional Semifinals At Ford Field Detroit Friday, March 28 Kansas fifth-seede- d Spartans to help them win a battle of the bullies a game between two Rust Belt teams who brought their show to the Rocky Mountains. Neitzel led the Spartans with 21 points. vs. ) winner 4), winner. TBA vs. Wisconsin (31- TBA Lucas and Neitzel combined for 21 of the final 25 points for the a.m. 10:10 vs. villanova Semifinal Regional Championship At Ford Field Detroit Sunday, March 30 winners West Region rough-and-tumb- First Round Thursday, March 20 The Verizon Center Washington At Xavier 73, Georgia 61 Purdue 90, Baylor 79 Duke 71, Belmont 70 West Virginia 75, Arizona 65 The Honda Center Anaheim, CalH. 67, BYU 62 At Texas A&M UCLA 70. Mississippi NCAA Continued from Dl With just more than 15 min- utes left in the game, WVU guard Alex Ruoff attempted a over Scheyer's outstretched arms with the shot clock ticking down from 1 to 0. "I didn't care if the shot clock ran off in the second half, I was still going to follow through and get my shot up," Ruoff said, remembering one he had rushed when WVU trailed in the first half. "It felt good." That 3 cut Duke at the knees. WVU star Joe Alexander dropped a 3 about two minutes later. Alexander's trey, for three of his 22 points, gave the Mountaineers the lead for good at 4340. Duke, a team that had feast Rebels ed on open 3s this season, kept shooting them and kept missing them, trying to get back in the game. The Devils missed seven in a row before Duke guard Gerald Henderson hit one with 1:55 left to cut WVLTs lead from 14 to 11 points. There was no way the Blue Devils, who have wanted to play fast all year long, were going to be able to get that precious half step on the Mountaineers -- to break toward their own goal without rebounding the ball. Duke scored zero fastbreak points in the game, and West Virginia grabbed 47 rebounds to Duke's 27, including 19 on the offensive glass. "It was a physical game, but we couldn't go quick because we couldn't secure the ball," said Henderson, who led Duke with 18 points and 39 in two NCAA games. "We're not going to fast- - second year in a row. The first half was close Kansas led by only five midContinued from Dl way through but that was six games, and there was no just putting off the inevitable. The Jayhawks are off the chance for a buzzer-beate- r unless the NCAA changed the round of 16 for the sixth time in eight years. shot. rules to allow a "We hung in there a while The closest margin in Omaha was 13, and the Jayhawks (33-3- ) against a very good Kansas sure did their part to make club," UNLV coach Lon Kru-ge- r said. "They're not just a sure everyone could get a head talented group. They play well, start on their partying in the Old Market. They blew out they play unselfishly, they play No. 16 Portland State in hard. They're very deserving of that 1 seed." the opener, then handled the The Runnin' Rebels barely eighth-seede- d Runnin' Rebels (27-8- ) with nearly as much ease had enough personnel to finish to reach the round of 16 for the the game. With only 10 players 85-6- 1 I i' break just off the score." There was no clearer sign that the Devils were playing on borrowed time and tired legs than the fact that they shot from range, and the misses often hit the front end of the rim. Duke played fine in tiie first half, leading although the Mountaineers had 11 more shots in the half. Duke junior Greg Paulus, who finished with 13 points, and Scheyer combined for 16 points in the opening half. No one was in foul trouble, and Duke was getting key minutes and defense on Alexander from junior David McClure. The real problem was that the Devils weren't connecting on offense, assisting on just four of 10 buckets. Duke needed to move the ball to force the Mountaineers to move. Instead, the Devils had to attack off the dribble and 34-2- in uniform to begin with, they had one starter, Joe Darger, foul out with more than 9 12 minutes remaining; another, Rene Rougeau quickly followed him to the bench with create their own shots. Duke shot from the field, and there was no following their own shots against a taller WVU lineup. Duke also had trouble pushing the pace because WVU coach Bob Huggins also de- cided to play two point guards in Darris Nichols and Joe a move that Duke Mazzulla coach Mike Krzyzewski would to handle Duke's later praise tight perimeter defense. Duke forced 17 WVU turnovers, but Mazzulla stayed active all game long, scoring 13 points with 11 rebounds and eight assists. It was too obvious in the second half that Krzyzewski, sick himself with some sort of cold-fl- u bug, also was tapping a dry well. To a man, the Devils denied being tired or sick, but Kyle by a Kansas opponent this season and were outrebounded Kansas made 58 percent on a performance that included plenty of dunks and layups. his fifth. The Jayhawks advanced to UNLV's offense basically the regional semifinals at Deconsisted of Wink troit's Ford Field, where they d Adams driving the lane against will face either the taller Jayhawks, looking Villanova or No. .13 Siena, who to draw a foul and hit the free meet Sunday in Tampa after throws. He scored a career-hig- h pulling off two of the four 25 points hitting 15 upsets on the Sunshine State's of 17 at the line but Curtis opening day. By contrast, the average marTerry was the only other teammate in double figures with 12. gin in Omaha was 17 points. The Rebels shot under 27 Kansas reached the regional percent (12 of 45) the worst final last year before losing , t - 36-2- 0 Singler, a talented offensive player who was the ACC Rookie of the Year, faded late in the season after months of guarding the biggest opposing post player. "Yeah I feel like I could have contributed to the team a lot more," said Singler, who averaged double figures in scoring but shot just three times on Saturday. "That's one of the reasons I feel the way I do (right now)." Nelson definitively said he was not ill on Saturday. The coughing he's been doing for inside-out-sid- the past three weeks suggested otherwise, though Paulus said, "he'd never use that as a crutch or an excuse." Nelson hasn't been the same player since a loss to North Carolina on March 8. He exited the college stage quietly, scoring 10 points in two NCAA games. to UCLA, one win short of the Final Four. The Jayhawks haven't won a national championship since 1988, but they've got a reminder right on the bench. Danny Manning, who led the last title team almost is now an assistant coach to Bill Self. UNLV came up short in its bid to reach the round of 16 for the second year in a row. The Jayhawks stretched their lead to double figures for the first time on Robinson's lay-i- n just over 3 minutes into the second half. UNLV got it back to five, but Robinson put it away with a from single-handedl- At e Valley State 29 Friday, March 21 The St Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Western San Kentucky 101 Drake 99, Diego 70, Connecticut 69, 0T OT Second Round Saturday, March 22 At The Verizon Center Washington 73, Duke 67 West Virginia Xavier 85, Purdue 78 At The UCLA Honda Center Anaheim, CalH. 49 Today The St Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. 53, Texas A&M At San Diego 12:40 p.m. vs. Western Kentucky (28-- Regional Semifinals At US Airways Center Thursday, March San ) ner. TBA West Virginia UCLA Semifinal 27 Kentucky vs. Xavier win- TBA Regional Championship At US Airways Center Phoenix Saturday, March 29 winners Final Four The Alamodome SanAntonio National Semifinals Saturday, April At i East champion vs. Midwest champion South champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners the corner with 10 minutes remaining. Robinson also did plenty of damage penetrating the lane. "We wanted to relieve some of the pressure, and that was driving the basketball," Robinson said. "I was able to get to the rim and get easy baskets." Kansas started slow, missing its first three shots and turning it over twice. But Jackson broke the Jayhawks drought with a jumper about 3 12 minutes into the game, the first of nine straight points by the Jayhawks. Kansas got on the same sort of roll it had in the blowout of Portland State. I |