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Show TTxfp'TTrnfn SECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 6, SPORTS EDITOR I Darnell Dickson 2008 iTCilA r.ssn's piital pour TP1 HI T T1 2008 ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 er - ft v (-- ( Its J .. 1 SHANE KEYSERKansas City Star , TED RICHARDSONRaleigh News & Observer Memphis' Antonio Anderson celebrates a bucket against UCLA during the first half UCLA. Memphis defeated UCLA 3 on Saturday. , Kansas guard Brandon Rush celebrates during the first half against UNC. The Jayhawks in Final Four action at the Alamodome on Saturday. defeated the Tar Heels 78-6- 84-6- 6 1 against What a Rush: Kansas Jayhawks No title chance for UCLA Bruins; advance to championship game Memphis to play for NCAA crown THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Associated Press columnist SAN ANTONIO What RoyWilliams needed' was a - ' THE ASSOCIATED Tim SAN ANTONIO Dahl-ber- g gives his take on the Jayhawks' victhe Tar Heels, See D6. ' I A look at both of the Final Four match- ups, See D7. tory over , KANSAS UNC of payback for the ages. What he 84 got was a 66 disappoint ing dose a chance to see what it feels like when Kansas breaks his heart. The Jayhawks left their old coach in the dust Saturday night, getting 25 points and seven rebounds from Brandon Rush to stave off a ferocious comeback by North Carolina for an 6 victory in the national semifinals. 84-6- See JAYHAWKS, D6 PRESS I Associated Press columnist Jim Litke As hard givestiis take on Memphis coach John as it is to Calipari, See D6. imagine, I A look at both of the Final Four matchMemphis keeps ting better just when it matters the most. L r Moroinsido Ben Walker r.Ioroinsido Eddie Pells MEMPHIS 78 The UCLA 63 Tigers claimed ups, See D7. the NCAA men's semifinals to become at 38-- 1 the winningest team ever in a single seasoa Now they have a chance to do teams what the other Duke, Illinois and UNLV couldn't da cap it off with 37-w- in their piece of history Saturday, beating UCLA 7&3 in a national championship. With Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Robertaking turns at basketball acrobatics, it's certainly imaginable. ts See MEMPHIS, D6 COLLEGE BASEBALL seventh powers Cougars to series win over UNLV Eight-ru- n . DAILY HERALD 21-1- " There were 66 runs scored on the baseball dia mond in the and UtatvUVSC games on Saturday afternoon. BYU-UNL- "We started out slow and sluggish. When we fell behind, I knew six runs An eight run LAS VEGAS seventh inning lifted BYU to a 2 victory Saturday over UNLV. wasn't going to beat us." The victory gave BYU the series advantage over the Rebels Vance Law and improved its overall record to BYU head coach 7 and tied the two teams with 54 marks in the Mountain West Conference. Four UNLV pitchers faced BYU ond of the day. d Parker also hit a three-ru- n in that seventh inning that homer in the sixth to boost BYU home runs from Sean Mc up . blast) and Naughton (a three-ru- n "I knew I got it right off the and Dan Vargas (a two-ru- n shot) doubles from J.T; Musso, Kent See COUGARS, D2 Walton and Steve Parker, his sec- -- isti-iJtScrTcoS- 11-6- pitchers, including eight by Utah Valley. The Wolverines were ted by After falling behind early, Scott Croshaw, who was Utah Valley nearly erased a on the day with a triple, double deficit before falllate eight-ru- n and four runs batted in. Ryan ing 6 to Utah in a 4 hour, 6 and Jones was a perfect minute slugfest on Saturday in scored four times while Jace Orem. The Utes (12-1jumped out to Brinkerhof f had a triple and a lead after two innings and double as part of a three-h- it day. a a 17-- 9 advantage after seven, but Cole Anderson also had three hits, home run in scored . including a two-ru- n the Wolverines the eighth, his first of the year. , six runs in both the third and Kevin Arendse and Kai Hatch eighth innings to make a game both drove in three runs apiece. of it. For Utah, Cooper Blanc had a The game featured a combined 33 runs on 36 hits as the teams See UTAH, D2 also combined to use 13 different DAILY HERALD 21 14-1- fea-.ture- i Utes jump out early then hold on to win 12 17-1- 7-- 0 (0 |