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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Prove I'tah, Monday, April Page B2 ' fine. The this hurt (at stage only way you're of the season) is if a bone is stickMassa- ing through your skin." chusetts coach John Calipari about guard Carmelo Travleso. w ho tumbled off a podium at a press conference, then scored 14 points in the Minute-men'- s 3 win over Arkansas in the East regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. 79-6- BASKETBALL Oiem's members of the Four boys' team were inadvertently left oil the list published in Sunday's Daily Herald. The two are Tyler Webb and Shawn Ford. The Herald regrets the omission. Dametri Hill of Florida scored 24 points, including the basket with 2:39 left in the game, to lead the East to a 99-9- 2 w in over the West in the 34th annual NABC All Star game Sunday at Rutgers University. Hill hit of-15 1 from the field and had seven rebounds. Glenn Sekunda of Penn State added 13 points for the East. Jason Sasser of Texas Tech had 15 for the West, which lead in the final blew a nine-poiseven minutes. go-ahe- ad It KEY BISCAYNE. Fla. took Steffi Graf 55 minutes to win her fifth Lipton Championships crown. Andre Agassi's third title came much quicker. Barely breaking a sweat Sunday, Agassi won the men's title when Goran Ivanisevic quit in the fourth game of the final with a stiff neck. Agassi's run at Lipton nearly ended with his opening match, when he survived a scare from Bernd Karbacher before w inning a BASEBALL Lehi defeated Carbon 7 in action over the weekend. The Pioneers outhit the Dinos 7 as well. The University of Utah completed a three-gam- e sweep of Air Force Academy Sunday w ith a 3 v icto-r- y over the Falcons Sunday at Franklin Quest Field. Travis Flint homer in the bottom had a two-ru- n of the 10th to give Utah the win. Utah won 1 and 4 on Saturday, getting a homer and double in the fifth inning from former Mountain View star Casey Child in the 4 in WAC w in. The Utes are Eastern Division play. The Falcons series with opened a three-gam- e BVU today in Provo. Utih Valley Slate College and Colorado Northwestern will play a makeup douhleheader Tuesday beginning at I p.m. The games were weathered out last month. 9-- 9-- 5-- later and had everybody talking about what's the matter with my game," Agassi said. "It's just a 5-- 4 HOCKEY Michigan won its record eighth NCAA title and first since when Brendan Morrison scored off a rebound 3:35 into overtime Saturday for a 2 victory over Colorado College. Mike Legg tied the game on a power play w ith 6:54 left in regulation and Bill Muckalt aUo Colscored for Michigan orado College finished After tying the game with a three goals, the Utah Grizzlies went scoreless in a shootout to fall to Peoria Sunday night in Peoria. It was the final game in a grueling game road swing for the Grizliev Jason Herter. Brett I.ievers and Viktor Fordiuk all scored for Utah in the third period. The Grizzlies return to the Delta Center Wednesday against the l.os Anceles Ice Does. l4 3-- 133-7-2- ). 33-5-- third-perio- d 5-- 4 AUTO RACING England's Damon Hill drove to his second straight Formula One victor. Sunday, finishing nearly 18 seconds ahead of France's Jean Alesi in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. Hill, in a Williams Renault, was flawless in wet and dry conditions, completing 71 laps Jose Carlos around the 2.6S7-mil- e Pace Circuit in hour. 49 minutes. 52.976 seconds. Pole-inner Jimmy Vavser won the Australian IndyCar Grand Prix on Sundav. finishing 7.75 second ahead of American countryman Scott Pruett. Vasser. who also won this year at Miami, led all but five laps in his Target Reynard Honda 181.675-mil- e in the race. 65-la- GYMNASTICS The I'tah State Aggies claimed the Big West gymnastics title Saturday in Logan, scoring 193.65 to runn191.915 Boise State. er-up Three-tim- e defending champion was third at 191 .775. Johanna Evans of Boise State was the champion with a 39.025. Southern Utah University earned 194.20. but the Unia season-hig196.4 versity of Utah's season-higwas much better as the Lady Utes won a dual meet at the Huntsman Center Saturday. Ute sophomore Traci Sommer scored a career-highon39.525 to take ors. The Utes play host to the Midwest Regionals April 13. SUU just missed grabbing the seventh and final spot in the Regional field. h h h FOOTBALL BYU's Bryan Frisch. a redshirt freshman defensive linemen, had surgery over the weekend after he suffered an ankle injury in the e spring game Saturday. He'll be sidelined approximately three months. Blue-Whit- IVjT. 7 pm NCAA bmhMtwD (CBS Channel 2) 7 pm Figu Mating. Wtortd cripKnNp ... Champt-onttv- (ESPN) ( p m OymowtKt. Pac-t- Weman'i Cham-oont(PSP) W 30 p m BaMO femohl (ESPN) W p m NCAA mtr wwmmmg md champxmafrp (ESPN) Im am 1pm. 11 EquMnan cwpamow (PSP) Auto racing (ESPN) Auk) Hang (PSP) 3-- 0. involved in a similar situation two years ago. The start of that match was delayed an hour because finalist Pete Sampras was suffering from nausea. Agassi agreed to the delay even though the rules permitted him to wm in a walkover when Sampias was unable to take the court at the scheduled time. Sampias went on to heat Agassi in three sets. The lS9 title match was canceled w hen finalist Thomas Muster suffered a knee injury in an accident with a drunken driven. "You know, it's happened in Ivanisevic felt fine until he woke up four hours before the match and was unable to turn his head. The tournament doctor said he probably slept wrong and should be fine in a lew days "It's really tough." Ivanisevic said. "I mean, one of the biggest tournaments and just a great day to play and I w as not able ." The outcome had no effect on the rankings of the two players Agassi remains third on the computer and Ivanisevic sixth. "It's a disappointing way to win the title and for the tournament to end." Agassi said. "Today was a big day for me. I really wanted to play top-le- v el tennis and hopefully feel great about where my game is." Coincidentallv, man Butch Buchhol said. "It's the price you pay for an individual spon If Dan M.irino gets hurt, they send in another quarterback. was Acassj chair- other tournaments." Upton J ' ft. -- t five-gam- V 6. A f 4 lls- s k.t : s , .'5- - ' 9 f i ' , - ... s v s - r ( 1 . 1 ... latifflilHIl 115-10- -- ai 1- - 118-10- tti& t. r" , ,S 7. Lakers 111, Raptors 106 Los Angeles, which started its road trip w ith victories at Orlando. Miami and Atlanta, withstood a rally by Toronto to w in its 45th of the season. The Lakers w ill go for five road wins in a row Tuesday night at Charlotte. Vlade Divac had 20 points and rebounds. Anthony Peeler scored 10 points during a late 16-- 4 burst. Magic Johnson scored 19 points and Cedrie Ceballos had 15 off the bench. "The difference in this league is usually the bench." Lakers coach Del Harris said after the Lakers' subs outscored Toronto's 39-"You can sneak up and w in a ballgame with your bench, and that's what we did." "The last four games, we've been playing fantastic." Johnson said. "They just know how to play off each other, and that's what makes this team so danger- ous." Magic 98, Knicks 79 Orlando, the Magic clinched the Atlantic Division At , AP Portland center Arvydas Sabonis, right, and las center Loren Meyer battle for a rebound during from the tool hue title behind a went perforin overtime and 3 of Is overall mance by Shaquille O'Neal. lead "I'm glad we clinched, but it's as they opened a in in the little a Golden State what race over we're toi tryjust step ing to accomplish. There's no the eighth plav off spot in the Dal- - 1 32-poi- -- of-15 twn-gam- room for celebration. They wanted to give us shirts. We don't want no stinking shirt." O'Neal said. Orlando tied the NBA record for fewest turnovers in a game (three) while improving to 34-- 1 at home. Hawks 93. Celtics 92 At Boston. Mookie Blaylock made two shots in the last 26.6 seconds, including the from the top of the game-winnat the as Atlanta came buver. key back from a five-poideficit in the final 52 seconds. The Hawks moved within a half-gam-e of fifth-seede- d Cleve- land and a game of fourth-seede- d New York in the Eastern Conference plav off race. Kings 105. Cavaliers 100. OT At Sacramento, the Kim:s Photo the second pciod of Sunday's game. The Trail Blazers beat the Mavericks e West Brian Grant seered a c.uecr-hig32 points and giablvd Id rebounds and Much Richmond added 30 points. h Trail Blaers 115. Mavericks I IK) 115-10- and finished on their fi vegame tup as they moved within one game Miaim in the tace 1.i the cri''h pl.ivoif s;m in the ! ;sl M.i!t j w'.;:i Cicavi i p. 'led .liU 105 percent." Ivanisevic said, "and I was maybe 2." Steffi Graf won the LqUbn women's title for a record fiTth time Saturday, beating Chanda in 55 minutes. Rubin . 6-- 1 6-- 3 rebounds desp;te plav1) I Glen K:.v me w iih ,i sore back. Pacers US, Nits I - IK) huh. map. lis. Antonio D..iv M.nted in pl.ue ul Dale D.r.is. who si.as vhsciplined lor arming late to a team meeting, t At Dallas. Arvydas Sab. mis scored 21 points ami Clifford Robinson added 17 as the streak ing Trail Blacts eased to then 0th v ictory in games, the best month of Mauh 3). in club history ( The Blaers improved to 36-3surpassing the .5K) point lot the first time since Jan 21. and moved closer to securing a playoff berth for an NBA-bes- t 4th straight year. Hornets 121. Grizzlies SS At Vancouver, the Hornets e snapped a losing streak torn-plelin- g two-gam- an I seated all 21 of lus points ill half as the Pacers prethe tii ,n sweep In the vent, d .i sL Nts. I l When the Utah High School Baseball Coaches first 4A poll came out. four of the six Region Eight teams were ranked in the top five. Tuesday the teams will get their first look at one another. No. 4 Provo will be at No. 5 Spanish Fork in should be the top game of the day. Other league contests include Payson at No. 3 (and champion) Springville and No. 2 Pleasant Grove at Timpview. The Tim-pvicgame is listed as a 3:30 p.m. starter while the other two are scheduled at 4 p.m. On Wednesday. Springville will be at Pleasant Grove at 3:30 p.m. in a rematch of last year's w state championship game. The Vikings will then travel to Las Vegas for Bishop Gorman's Gael Easter Classic. Mountain View will also participate in that tour- nament. In a Region Four contest Tuesday, it's Mountain View at American Fork al 3:30. Other area games include Gunnison at Juab. Emery at Lehi and Park City at Wasatch. All begin al 3 p.m. Friday's games include Wasatch at Uintah and at Park City at 3. Provo at Timpview at 3:30 and Spanish Fork at Payson at 4. Softball games Tuesday include Pleasant Grove at Springville. Timpview al Provo and Payson al Spanish Fork in Region Eight; Ihi Brighton at Mountain View ,uni American Folk at Orem in Region I our and Park City at Wasatch in Region 10. Starting times aie 3 p.m. in regions lour and ten and 4 in Region Eight. Thursday's games include Springville at Timpview. Ptovo at Payson and Pleasant Grove at Spanish Folk in Region Flight and Brighton at American Fork in Region Four. On Friday, it's Lehi at Paik City and Wasatch at Uintah in Region Ten. ( iipju rs no. imhi rwolvis 107 Rodney Minneapolis, 25 Rogeiv had a season-higpoiiits. l.oy Naught had 16 j tints and 13 rebounds, and Slanlev Roberts 15 points and li rebounds lot the Clippers, who broke a it.td losnie tivc-iMiu- areas In soccer. Tuesday's Region Four games, with 3: to .tarts, include Brighton at American I oik and Mountain View at Jordan Region Eight contests, which si.nt at 4, include Payson at Spnnev ille. Piovo at limpvicvv and Pleasant Gtove at Spams!) Folk. Wednesday's Region Ten game i Morgan at Wasatch at 3 30. On Ihuisday, it's American l oik a! Hi Merest and Jordan at Orem in Region Four. iday 's games include Park City at Wasatch and Lehi at Uintah in Region Ten and .Springville at Provo. Spanish I oik at Payson and Ti'iipvicw at Pleasant Grove in Region Flight In li u k. the Utah County Ins is Scheduled at Spanish I oik In.l.iv and Saturday. Friday's action will le.ituie mostly pieliiiiinaiu's beginning at 3 pin. Satin lay competition begins at 8 1 a m lengthy, passionate debate in February when the beloved Wildcats debuted their new uniforms. "There's no escaping it." Pitino sjid of the pressure. Speculation is rampant that if Kentucky wins tonight, as it should. Pitino will escape back to the NBA. where he worked two seasons as an assistant, two as a head coach. Pitino added to the intrigue himself Sunday with this rather cryptic remark: "So far. I've been in the NBA four vears." So far? So far. neither Pitino nor Boe-heihas won a national title. That will change tonight. But will the men change? Will Pitino. the New York native, settle in Kentucky, or will he continue to search for new challenges? Will Bivheim. horn and raised near Syracuse, stay there forever? Perhaps the answer lies in a moment latin a Boeheim-Pitin- o family vacation to IkTimida years ago. Lounging around the rvxim. they all picked the one place they'd like to live. Rick and Joanne Pitino each picked a hip. exotic Uvale. Jim Bochcim picked Syracuse. MAJORS: (Continued from Page Bl) she Hornets Who's best in Region Eight baseball? Four teams ranked in state's top five state The sellout crowd of 14.000. unaware that Ivanisevic was hurting, began to jeer the Croatian. He won only five of 22 points before walking off the court. "To beat Andre you have to be because when you win. great things follow along, as if it's a shadow. "Would I love to win this thing personally? Yes. Just stop the dumb questions about when are you going to win it all." The media aren't the only culprits. Kentucky fans worship the program's five national championship trophies, but only one has arrived since 1958 and the natives are getting restless in this. Piti-noseventh season. Remember, we're talking about a state that has no pro teams, a state in which college football is lame, a state that conducted a 9. defending two-hand- 's meanwhile, on their e moved to 0 road trip by beating the Toronto The Spurs are Raptors the only team to go undefeated on a road trip of four games or longer this season. They did it March 20-2- 5 as part of their current w inning streak. "We did talk about getting a win tonight because it really meant something to be a part of history. Tonight was a challenge for us because we wanted to do something that only one other team in NBA history has done." San Antonio center David Robinson said. Robinson scored 22 points. Avery Johnson had 20. Sean Elliott had 17 points. 10 rebounds and five assists, and Charles Smith scored 12 points for the Spurs, who opened a nine-poilead after one quarter and led the rest of the w ay . , In other games. Orlando beat Atlanta beat New York 98-7Boston 93-9Sacramento beat in overtime. Cleveland 105-10- 0 Portland beat Dallas Charlotte beat Vancouver 121-8Indiana beat New Jersev and the Los Angeles beat Minnesota 110-10Clippers 19 ds "I am not out to prove that I'm Lakers, 111-10- When the players took the court. Ivanisevic was clearly hampered. His first serve was clocked two-thirhis normal at 80 mph he was unable to hit and pace backhand because his he couldn't turn his head. a great coach, good coach, bad coach." Pitino said. "I'm just exit to win for the team, and that's it. The San Antonio Spurs matched an NBA record set 25 years ago by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers matched a feat the Spurs accomplished last week. San Antonio beat Phoenix 97-8- 3 Sunday to finish with a 16-- 0 record in March, the best month by an NBA team since the Lakers went 16-- 0 in December of 1971 en route to the best record in league history (69-13- ). 4-- don't have anybody else to send in." (Continued from Page Bl) By CHRIS SHERIDAN AP Basketball Wnter The We COACHES: purs, Lakers match pair f feats 7-- 7-- te 7-- 4. 1 -- nt Agassi, also the Lipton champion in 1990 and 1995. became the first player to win three men's titles at Key Biscavne. He received $338,000 following the final and Ivanisevic settled for not bad for a pain in $178,000 the neck. An ailment know n as torticollis forced Ivanisevic a stiff neck to quit w ith Agassi leading t tiebreaker "I could have been home a day third-se- Upton championship ti question of stay ing at it and never knowing when things are going to turn around." The title was Agassi's first since August and completed his comeback from a chest injury that sidelined him for several months at the end of last year. "I've just learned the hard way how to persevere." he said. By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Wnter "I thought he would be 5-- 1 Agassi breezes NOTABLE QUOTE ; 1. Wiiifield was throwing out the first ball in Cleveland. Tony La Russa was managing his first game for St. I ouis and Clinton was to see Cal Ripken play consecutive game No. 2.154 tor Baltimore, highlighting some of the openers. Tlie season began Sunday night when Chicago played at Seattle. Tin; March 3 opener was the earliest in major league history never before had a regular-seast- n game been played before April 2 and it Uxtk 4 hiturs. 7 minutes before the Mariners won in 12 innings. For tlte first time in three years, baseball is expecting a full season, the reason for tlx.' early start What baseball isn't sure about is fan reaction attendance was down 20 percent in last year's d seastw. The Braves, despite last year's success, were not assured a sellout for their game against San Francisco. The fans in attendance at 1 3-- 2 strike-skewe- Atlanta-Fulto- County Stadium were to see the World Series banner raised and rings passed out. "After that, it's a whole new season." Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "What we did last year won't mean a thing." In other NL openers, it was lo be St. Louis at New York, Montreal al Cincinnati. San Diego at Chicago, Los Angeles al Houston and Pittsburgh at Florida. In otlwr AL openers. Kansas City was at Baltimore. New Ytrk was at Cleveland, IX'troit was al Minnesota and Boston w as al Texas. Cashman Field has a center-fielfence 433 feet from home plate. But the power alleys arc only 364 feet at the home of the Ls Vegas Stars, the Triple-- affiliate of the San Diego Padres. "It's not a pitcher's park," said Cailos Reyes, who will start ftr d A the A s. |