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Show a DAILY HERALD a PAGE TODAY NCAA Tournament BYU vs. lowa 1:30 p.m. ESPN BYU SPorTS ougar i free throwsbyPeter Prowitt with 10:01 left and exdown Ohio State . ee $ a“ ong journey LONG BEACH. Calif, — Behind a strong overall performance by Iwan Perez. BYU defeated Ohio State 27-30, 30-24, 30-21. 32-30 anthe first match of the Long Beach State Active Ankle Classic on Friday tended the advantageto four points less than 2 minuteslater. ON THE AIR Missouri State (21-8) blewa 21-pointlead in the first half, but used a 1344 run to grab a 66-61 lead with 2:40 remaining. Television NHL Withthe win, the Cougars are 154 overall and 124 TAMPA, Fla. — Rookie Ryan Craig had his first two-goal gamein the NHL, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3'on Friday night in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation while the Buckeves are 15-5 overall and 3-2 in the MIVA. Perezled BYU with matchhighs of 18 kills and 10 digs while adding a teamhigh five blocks. He also hut 375for the match. R Gomes was second on the team witha career-high13kills and Vietor Ba- Vinny Prospal. Fredrik Modin, Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards also scored for the Lightning, who tista and Russell Holmes added 10 kills apiece. Taylor wonforthe third timein nine games. Tampa Bayhas woneight straight against Philadelphia, the team it Evans. filling in for an injured Brian Rowley atlibero. tied Perez for the match lead in digs with 10. The Cougars won despite being out-hit 300 (55-19- defeated in the 2004 Eastern Conference finals. The defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning 120) to 266 (66-32-128). BYU did win the defensive are seventh in the East. They havea three-point lead battle. recording 39 digs to 23 for Ohio State: over eighth-place Montreal and are four ahead of ninth-placeAtlanta. BYU will play against Rutgers-Newarkinits secondandfinal matchof the Active Ankle Classic today at 5:30 p.m. in the Pyramid College Basket bal] » Panthers 4,Islanders 2: At Sunrise. Fla., Juraj Kolnik scored the tiebreaking goalwith 5:07left.‘ifting Florida over New York Cincinnatirolls past Charlotte to 9 Canucks3, Blue Jackets 2: At Columbus.Ohio, Brendan Morrison's pass struck Columbus forward Manny Malhotra and caromed into the net, snapping a thirdperiod tie and ending Vancouver's season-high,fivegamelosing streak. advancein NIT CINCINNATI — Eric Hicks scored 23 points and Cincinnati shookoff the disappointment of not making the NCAA tournamentby beating Charlotte 86-80 inthefirst round of the NationalInvitation Tourna- » Mighty Ducks 2, Blackhawks 1: At Chicago, Andy ment on Friday Cedric McGowan added 20points for Cincinnati McDonald scored twice and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 22 saves to lead Anaheim past Chicago. Tuesday Cincinnati (20-12) is making its ninth appearance in UVSCSport's whichwill host Minnesota in the second round on the NIT andfirst since 1991 whenit lost to Oklahoma in the second round, Mickolio dominates in complete-game The Bearcats had been idlesince losing to Syracuse on March 8 in the opening roundofthe Big East tournament. That loss contributed to Cincinnati being deniedits 15th consecutive NCAA Tournamentberth SACRAMENTO,Calif. — UVSC senior Kam Mickolio was brilliant on Friday, pitchinga five-hit shutout in an 8-0 win over SacramentoState for the first shutoutofhis career. despite being ranked No, 40in the RPIandplaying thefifth-strongest schedulein the country The Wolverine (5-11) hitters were equally as impressive as they pounded out17 hits and have now ) Fiorida St. 67, Butler 63: At Tallahassee, Fla., Alexander Johnson made two basketsin the final minuteto lift Florida State tothe win in the first round-of the NIT. wonthree out of four games. “Kam was just dominantthrough the whole game,” said Wolverine baseball head coach Steve Gardner. “Hejust worked aheadthe wholetime.This is definitely the best outing he’s had.” Mickolio (2-4) struck out fourhitters on the day as he wonhis second straight start and has allowed just Johnson's jump-hook put the Seminoles ahead 6463 with 51 seconds left. He also had a putback on a missed free throwby Ralph Sims with 19.4 seconds to playto help Florida State hold on. Avery Sheets’ 3-pointer with 2:22 left gave Butler a tworuns over 17 inningsin the two outings. 63-61 lead D Louisville 71, Delaware St. 54: At Louisville, Ky., Taquan Dean scored 21 points and Louisville opened with a 12-)runonits wayto the winin the first roundof the NIT. BrandonJenkins scored 13 points for the Cardinals (1912). whoshot 50 percent from thefloor for just thefifth time this season. Louisville placedfive play) Missouri State 76, Stanford 67: At Springfield, Mo., Blake Ahearn and Deke Thompsonscored 19 points round NIT game Stanford (16-13)tookits first lead at 55-53 on two. Golf TCL Classic s_s_5 Bay Hill Invitational_ Toshiba Classic_ SafewayInternational yam: -- - Pete » DiPrimio LIMBO EXCEP1 FOR?NEXT GAME SALT LAKE CITY hat do you do if you're an Indiana basketball player and you don't know who your newcoach will be or when he'll be named or what approach he'll take? If you're sophomore guard A.J. Ratliff, you sweat. If you're sophomore swingman Robert Vaden, yeuchill. “I'm kind of nervous that somebody could comein and change up everything andclear everything out,” Ratliff said. “Right now, I ‘don't care,” Va- sieSox vs. Cubs 's College Basketball nr eae at Mary. 9am. _ESPN. densaid, “We're trying to win. That's all we ‘re focused on, We're not worried about who's going to be the next coach. Coach (Mike) aecoverage Second round, at Greensboro, N.! ville, Salt Fla.; Lake City: or San Diego _ 1 Regional coverage 5 p.m. Secondround, at Greensboro, N.C.; Jackson: ville, Fla,; Salt Lake City; or San Diego 1 = Tennis Pacific Life Open Pacific Life Open __12:30 a.m. ESPN: Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament Regional coverage 10am.__ESPN2_ First round, Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. Michigan State at Chicago; Washington vs. Minnesota at Nashville.Tens Regional coverage diam. ESPN2_ First round, Middle Tennesseevs. Utah at Tucson, Ariz.; Pepperdine vs. Oklahomaat Denver. Regional coverage Noon ESPN2_ First round, Chattanooga vs. Kentucky at Chi- cago;FlordaAtlantic vs, LSU at Nashville, Tenn. Regional coverage ip.m. ESPN2 First round, Stephen F. Austin vs. Arizona State at Tucson,Ariz.; lowa vs. BYU at Denver. Regional coverage 6 p.m. ESPN2 First round, UC Riverside vs. North Carolina at Nashville, Tenn.; Northern Arizona vs. Baylor at Tucson, Ariz.; Liberty at DePaul at Chicago; Loui- Davis is our coach now. That'sall that matters.” Junior guard Earl Calloway pushed the same message entering Saturdaynight's Oakland Regional second-round gamewith Gonzaga. ‘mnot worried about a new coach, I'm worried about winning this game. I'll worryabout that whenit comes.” Welcome to IU coaching limbo, where the only certainty is that by this time next month, Davis will be gone and a new coachwill run the Cream ‘n Crimson show. For now,that is overshadowed bythe Gonzagachallenge(IU is 18-11, seeded sixth and has wonsix ofits seven games. Gonzagais 28- eded third and has a nation’s best 19-game winningstreak.), butit remainsin the back of players’ mindsas it has since Davis announcedhis resignation last month. “Whoeverthe coach is,” junior guard Rod Wilmontsaid,“I hope he does the same good job as Coach Davis has done.” siana Tech vs.Florida State at Denver. Regional coverage 8 p.m. ESPN2 First round, Louisville vs. Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn.; New Mexicovs. Florida at Tucson, grams to workonhis golf game), but the players have other con- Ariz.; Tulsa vs. N.C. State at Chicago; South- Killingsworth has shared his expe- grove, Heidi Boyer, Emily Zupan and Jackie Roberts east Missouri State vs. Stanford at Denver. plete game. Radio “Boyer carried us in that second game,” UVSC coach Todd Fairbournesaid. “She is a gamer. She « wanted to win bad. She decided we were going todo it. Wewonthat gamebecauseof Heidi Boyer.” eachtolead Missouri State over Stanfordin a first- World Baseball Classic aT ni Semis, Dom-Rep. vs. Cuba 1p. ESPN Semis,S.Koreavs. Japan_8 p. ESPN CollegeWr cee championshipmatch 5:30 p.m. _ESPN PA , D UVSCsoftballsplits with San Diego: At San Diego, Calif., the UVSC softball team split a double header againstthe University of San Diego on Friday. The Wolverines beat San Diego 3-1 in the second game . andlost 2-0 in the first game. In the 3-1 win, UVSC hadeighthits, Chris Jimenez and Cari Hamilton each had two while Rachel Harteach had one. Boyeralso had two RBIandpitched a four-hit com- ers in double figures. Auto NHRA qualifying10:30 a.m. ESPN2 aig's big game sinks Flyers might at the Pyramid es College Baseball New Mexico State at BYU 1 p.m, 960 AM Women's eas Baseball New Mexico State at BYU In fact, the new coach will have to do better (Davisisn’t leaving one ofthe nation’s premier pro- cerns. Forinstance, senior Marco rience at Auburn, whena coaching change caused him to transfer to Indiana two years ago. “Marco was saying about a new , coach comingin and showinghe's 1 p.m. 960 AM the newboss with a new way and bringing in new players,”Ratliff said. “I worry aboutthat. “At the sametimeit could be a good situation. We couldget a Owens Continuedfrom C1 The addition of Owens should help anoffense that struggled to score touch- downs at timeslast season. Dallasfailed to score more than14 points in six games, losing each of them, With Owensin the lineup drawing double coverage, it should create more one-on-one op- Football Continued from C1 great coach. He could do the samethings with his last two quarterbacks that Parcells can handle Ow— Jeff Garcia and McNabb. ens andprevent him from —and each quarterback had a becoming a problem in the Pro Bow]on his resume. locker room. Owens has thrownsideline Owens’problems in Philadelphia began when hewantone fewer defenderin the run- temper tantrums when he ed his seven-year, $49 million ning gamethat Julius Jones doesn't think he’s getting the contract restructured after ball enough, and those tanhas to be concerned about, he caught 80 passesfor 1,200 which should make him more trums havebeendirected at productive. coaches and teammates. How- yards and 14 touchdownsto Owens will be playing for ever, there has never been help Philadelphia reach the Super BowIin thefirst year of his third team in four seasons any question about his work the deal. becausehe canbetoxic within ethic or production. a locker room. Hehas feuded The Cowboysarebetting Owens becamePublic portunities for receiver Terry Glennandtight end Jason Witten. And with Owens occunying at least one safety, that means X ner. the fourth potential rusher can come from a variety of spots on thefield, thus influencing and sometimes confusing the quarterback’s pre-snap defensive read. xX X » WEAKNESS:Withouta fourth linemanto take onthe offenxX xX try). Hill, a 42-year-old native of sive blockers and close the runninglane, both the defensive linemen and the linebackers can be overwhelmedby blocking schemesin the running game. Therefore, 3-4 linebackers must be very athletic and strong enough to shed blocksbyfullbacks, tight ends andoffensive linemento get to the running back. 3-3-5 defense San Diego, comes to Provo after three seasons:as an as- sistant coach in the Canadian xX Football League.including the past twoseasonsas the co-defensive coordinator for the Ottawa Renegades. He secondary and formersafe- ties coach Barry Lamb will moveto outsidelinebacker coach. Paul Tidwell will take theinsidelinebackers and Steve Kaufusiwill handle the defensiveline. Hill will arrive D STRENGTH:The 3-3-5 defenseis designed to confuse opposing quarterbacks, especially in pass coverage. With five defensive backs, the defense can maskits coverage until the last possible second, makingit difficult for the opposing quar- xX has accumulated an extensive * resumewith over 20 years of Mendenhall said. “He has coaching experienceat every level, including the past two seasonsasa defensive coordinator in the Canadian Football League. Hil replaces Mitchell, who, left BYU in February for MikéLeach’sstaff at Texas Tech.Hill will coach theentire mansearchwiththe kind of ferring, the wait is agonizing. Monday Night Football. D STRENGTH:In a standard 4-3 alignment, the four pass rushers are usually the four downlinemen. But in a 3-4, the last season. giving up 269 yards per game(104th in the coun- expertise to our secondary,” IU athletic director Rick Greenspanhastreated his one-* secrecy usually reservedfor a Dick Cheney hunting mishap. For fourth rusherisa linebacker. Since there are fourlinebackers, game) in Mendenhall’sfirst yearas defensive coordinator in 2003, But the Cougarsfell and with the NFL, y “CoachHill brings a great dealof technical and schematic our freedom.It could be a win-win situation, but you won't knowuntil the end of the season when they choose who the coachis.” yardsin a 49-21 victory on touchdowns of59, 27 and 16 3-4 defense “xX BYU'sdefense ranked 14th in the nation (307 yards per coaching experience. including stints in college football the tournamentandlet us have six passes for 134 yards and FOOTBALL 101 0N DEFENSIVE SCHEMES Kehl andsenior Aaron Wag- aryin particular wasexploited Coach Davis is doing — getus into Ratliff, who has considered trans- “T hope (Greenspan) makesa decision quick so we know what we haveto do, I wantto be at Indiana, period. The coach will help me decideif I want to stay at Indiana, Markell Staffieri and Bryan to 59th in 2004 (377 yardsper game) and 91stin 2005 (417 yards per game). The second- Enemy No. 1 to many Cow- boys fans in 2000, when as a memberof the San Francisco 49ers,he sprinted to midfield andcelebrated a touchdown onthestar at Texas Stadium. In 2004, Owens turned in oneofthe finest performances by a receiver against the Cowboys, when he caught terback to read the defense. » WEAKNESS:As we've seen with BYU, a weak pass rush xX xX xX ? X X ; ‘ in Provo this weekend and be onthefield for spring practice whenit begins on Monday. “I'm very excited to work with coach Mendenhall andhis staff,” Hill said. “I think they have this program heading in the right direction andthis is a train | want to be aboard when it comes into the station.” Priorto his three years in Canada,Hill aveas the defensive coordinatorat Humboldt State University in Arcata,Calif. In the XFL, exposes poor coverageskills. The more time the quarter- back hasto throw, the more likely he'll find an open target. Also, the safeties have to be very good in run support and poortackling can leadto big Bains on runs orshort passes. \ Hill served as the secondary coach with the San Francisco Demons in 2001. Hehas also worked with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, working as a oeteaiv assistant and secey A atteof San Francisco State University with a degree in psychology,Hill was a first team all-conference wide receiver in 1984 and 1985. Hewasalso an Academic All-American andfirst-team all-league performer at Gross- montJunior College. the defensive coordinator for After a year as a student four seasons. assistant coach athis alma Hill and his wife, LaShanda, mater, Hill was hired as the havethree children,includgraduate assistant coach at ing twin girls Brianna and UTEPfor the 1988 season. A Tichelle and a son, Marcquet. year later, he moved to Northern Arizona where he coached D Daily Herald Sports the receivers andtight ends. In Editor Darnell Dickson 1991 and 1992, Hill coached the ~cart’be reached at 344secondary at Sonoma State. 2555 or by e-mail at In 1993, Hill served as the ddickson@heraldextra.com. defensive coordinatorat the Readhis blog during spring. University of Chicago before football practiceat blogs. movingto Portland State as heraldextra.com/Darnell. but right now I'm thinking I'll be at Indiana.no matter who it is.” Vadenatfirst said he'd join Davis at his next’school, but has since backed off. On Friday he said he'd address that after the season. Sophomore forward D.J. White also said he'd waituntil after the season and would do what was *best for him after consulting with Davis, his family and others. Elevenof the 16 roster players have remainingeligibility. Of those, the only onecertain to leave is Mike Davis Jr., the coach’s son. “I'm coming back regardless,” Wilmontsaid. “Whoever the coach is, Fj nies ay my game and everythingwill be cool.” We'll know later how cool everythingis. For now,there's a postseason runto achieve. Davis sayshisresignation has improved his coachingandhis players’performances. There’s less pressure, better focus and more winning.If there had been moreofthat earlier, coaching limbo would have beenreserved for,say, Ball State. But that would be boring. AtIndiana,it's never boring. » Pete DiPrimio is a sports columnist for The NewsSentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Thelatest in BYU Sports online wwww.heraldextra.com aah bt |