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' fc' ryjf-? - : ' : ' ! t Pag 6 1998 31 ' - Cate otae I Jill© UK comeback spoils Utah’s run for the title SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Plan A for blowout Kentucky: a Plan B: a furious comeback Tubby Smith turned to Plan B once again Monday night and it worted to perfection m Kentucky mounted the bigge APphoto - Jonnifor Capriati ratuma a shot loaa to Lori Monday In har thraa-aMcNaU during tha drat round at tha fast-breaki-ng at - Famfy Chris Clip ' Oporto brlofi Wilcock earns honorable mention All-Ameri- A A GbNmIBjnIIHD KHDB JiLilA jtleraawMMWeflSkXew Malay to winks seventh tide tmasecood vODKOBCK ID in dne years 78-6- 9 over Utah Plan B carried Kentucky past Duke in die South Regional final and past Stan- can ford in the Sky View graduate Juitin Wilcock earned honorable mention itatui In two events at the NCAA Diving Championships this past weekend in national ca Auburn Alabama The Brigham Young freshman finished board with a score 15th on the 42380 and he placed 19th in the board with a scare of 47733 The top eight finishm are recognized as sod divers placing ninth through 19th earn hirauhle mention Wilcock who was recently named die Western Athletic Conference’s Diver of the Year alter winning all dune events at the WAC Championships finished 21st out of the nation’s top 34 divers on the board semifinal it and brought the Wildcat! back from a er After a stellar freshman campaign break from Wilcock will take a two-yeas is an LDS he expecting competition mission call this week ar Tanner tied for sixth Inv&rtioiudbatkfiDrsbdiacK'' USU is in 11th place m the 20-tea- m tournament after cutting 11 shots off its first route score with a 298 on Monday afternoon UCLA leads die event at 573 whileCalifbrma'is' second t 583Stfenfordfourtfa if 591 mgton-dardaand Utah fifth at 596 USU has a 607 total UCLA’s Jason Semdibetger leads the 'tournament with a 141 total while five -- In addition to' Tanner who is three shots off the pace at 144 Mitch Harris shot a 72 in the afternoon and is tied for 30th at 150 Other USU scores include Chris Moody tied for 70th at 156 Casey Beck tied for 76th at 157 and Mike Haws in 101st at 168 Kentucky 78 Utah 69 1 IHL Utah 5 Chicago 2 Sun Venal NHL Hockey Chicago at WnF — NBA Baakrifaal Detroit at Chicago 7un USA — Boxing heavyweights Boris Powril (25-1-vs Robert Hawkins (15-2-vs champion Tony Marshall (27-7-Anthony Jones (367--2 for NABF junior middleweight championship: women's box-invs Lena Akseson l(athy Long vacant USAlFBA junior light-- wetgm cnampionsnip 0) 0) 6) gi 0) (7HD-Q):f- of - pm ESPN — Major League Baseball orado at Arizona FSR Major League Baseball orado at Arizona ColCol- NBA Basketball Utah at Seattle KJZZ— NBA Basketbel Utah at Seattle TNT 11:30 am E8PN2 — Soccer UEFA Champions League semifinal 1 JIV Borussia Real Madrid at Madrid Spain - Dort-vmund- vs -- ? IMaMr ESPN2J--:SoCcerU- — : EFA Champions League :aemifihaJ 2 AS Monaco vs Juven-Tu- s FC id Turin Italy (samday tape) 'iuiC- 1 ": ' ESP- N- Golf ProAm round of The at Soottsdale Adz Trt-dW- All those days in the cym s plays with the clock tiding down and pushing through extra minutes when legs were sore and arms weary paid off for Kentucky when it counted most " “At the end of practice i last couple of months we i taking pride in die shooting are red tired’’ MVP Jdf! “That’s when we pull together remarkaMe 35-- 4 season when Kentucky won with Plan A games when they ran away from their opponents from die start and never looked bade But in the cauldron of the NCAA tournament when Duke was bearing them by 17 with 9 12 minutes to go when Stanford was pounding them by 10 in die second hair whpn Utfb ia3Biti!Ug&atgeg a Nothing about Plan A worked in die first half Kentucky missed all six of its Utah outrebounded the Wildcats 24-- 6 When the buzzer sounded the No team in NCAA hisUtes led 41-3- 1 tory had ever come back to win from such a Mg halftime deficit Vi Then again how many teams made it a point to pneto comebacks? KfnUfsky dtNkrfHMljSMthj the final last year There’s not an Antoine Walker Ron Mercer or Derek Anderson in this bunch M ““ — Jbew inpnp-- wh K i ' 1 pente situations And against Utah Kentucky was “I thought ail along that we would be the national champions This team has worked too hard not to wear the crown I said we would win and we did”— Kn-tuck- y rtttrvt Jamaal Magloirt who titd a champkmshhhgam record with three Mocked thots In die WHdcate' win over we talk about is yon have to have longevity patience never retlow We ting too emotionally high a talk about that all the time “I tell diem if yon are 19 by 10 20 you are not as good as you think you are And you are not as brel as you look sometimes It is a mental approach to the game the way we work in practice We do a lot of situations where practice coming back That’s a big We teach hem now to come back' late-ga- n ore bebuni’rl3 have ter you players intelligent players players can ptey with poise” SmMi said " ' See CATS bn Page 8 was safe Sacrifice pays off for No 15 aid Monday night following die Wildcats’ 78-6- 9 victory over Utah in die NCAA title game “I’m just Messed I don’t even know how blessed I am" The shooting guard was in street clothes during Kentucky's ran to the NCAA title game last year after being convinced to redshiit by then-coaRick Pitino because his playing time would be curtailed behind Derek Anderson But hia weren’t limited tins time around as he led Kentucky to its seventh national tide and second in die last three years Sheppard won die Final Four’s most outstanding player award with 16 points and a pair of clutch plays down the stretch Sheppard said his career flashed in front of Mm as he stood at die foul line in die final seconds ‘I almost had to get my eyes straight for the teres up because you realize you have a chance to win a championship R’a jut pure emotion” he said Sheppard said he grew as a person and player during nU 1997 redahut season VI teamed a lot about coaches and where they come from with their criticisms’ Sheppard laid “It’s hard to completely understand a coach but : you get to understand them a little more “I also learned to never get down keep a positive attitude with your teammates the whole time — and just play There is only so much you can do to pre- - APphoto - of the ing more or calling on reserves Maybe it was all that Smith knew what he had and he knew what he didn’t have He didn’t have a as his team filled with NBA blue-chi- ps predecessor Rick Pitino did when he won die tide two yean ago and reached mostdes-- Maybe it was a matter of digging concentnt- deeper to find die desire ''v Vi: team aflar cutting down ttw net Monday night The Wildcats Kentucky coach Tubby Smith Is carried off the court by his downed Utah 78-6- 9 to win the national championship — be remem Inevitably they’ll Smith said “That’s thebig key We teach' them how to S ANANTOftlO(AP) bend as he Comeback ’Cats For he final three games of die NCAA tournament Ken- tucky fell behind by deficit! 'GaMbadcV v In two breathless spurts in he straight points to take he lead for he first time since the early minutes Then 1 j: hat would wilt other teams The Wildcats fought back from 17 down with 9 12 minafter six points by Utah the utes left against Duke in the ? Wildcats fahioned a 10-- 1 ran regional finals They raced : to aurga ahead for good 7049 ahead from All the pressing and chasing deficit in he second half against Stan- and subatimting Kentucky did ford in the national aemifiiials ' in he second half after 41-3- 1 And with he NCAA cfaam- at piooship on the fine and Utah off in he finali Michael Dofeac looked leading by 10 at he half fend seven with 10 minutes to go fes if he were running in mud Monday night Kentucky sim- - fend guard Andre Miller was ply forced ua will ra the tag- - breaming heavily “We don’t have an athletic to puU away ) ging weary-Ute- s body guy other than Doleac” Utah coach Rick Mineral said “They did a good job of wearing Mike down banging him Andre quite frankly just got won down Andre’s in the left comer and he’a like a punch-drun- k fighter standing on rubbery legs But without Mm we i 10-poi- nt 1 APphoto Kentucky's Jeff 8heppaid was ranted the MVP at ttw Final Four In San Antonio pare for a game yon just have to go out and play because you love the game” And not many love he game in Kentucky more than Sheppard ' “I could hardly steep (Sunday night)’’ he said when asked if he visuahred winning the crown “I woke up at 4 in the morning and didn't get back to steep until 7:30 Things were just tunning through nd- - R ia kind of my just a ihock right now R’l notrinkteginyeL’’ Sheppard joini two other Wildcat! who won Final four MVP awards — Jack Givens (1978) and Trey Delk (1996) The Wildcat! won time r ' ts ' i See SACRIFICE on Pate a halftime l 12 timet and won Down 58-5- 1 Allen Edwards drove hard to he hoop to start Mahore “We practice how to come back” Kentucky coach Thbby daft get here' 'i’ V-- i' See LEAD re Page 8 Utes just rim out of gas SAN ANTONIO (AP) — 35-min- If basketball was a game they’d be celebrating an NCAA basketball chamnionsMp on die campus of the University of Utah today The Ramin Utes ran out of gas fegainat Kentucky in the final five minutes and the accumulated fatigue added up to a 78-6- 9 victory for he Wildcats Utah drowned in a sea of late inisaed free throws missed ahoti and missed opportn-niti- es that it converted throughout an improbable postseason run Andre Milter the tough point guard and Todqyyg quoto Utah nlti- - ch On tolovislon - in the “Not many kids can fulfill their childhood dreams to win a national championship for die team you want to play for’’ die Kentucky senior NHL ESPN2 against SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jeff Sheppard’s story is one of patience and sacrifice — rad of satisfied dreams NCAA Championship SdOpjn deficit Utah Sheppard named tourney MVP Monday's scotch CorN — land at nt There were plenty of times in this Utah State golfer Tbdd Tsnner shot a 73 in the mosning and a'71 in die afternoon round to head into Tuesday's final round of play at hp Uf Irvine Anteater Boston 4 Colorado 1 Tampa Bay 3 NY Rangers Los Angeles 3 Toronto 2 St Louis 6 San Joee 2 Edmonton 3 Calgary 1 10-poi- halftime Michael Doleac the big man underneath tried vainly to pufi he Utes through But hey were running on empty and coach luck Mfejenia knew fi “I probably should have cultivated he bench more’’ Mieras said “I drink Mike wore down If Andre is na fatigued I hink he does a better job” Doleac and Miller were not baying the frtigueffecta “I'm not sure we got worn out” said Doleac fimht with IS points and 10 rebounds but scored just three points in the second half “I was tired but we’re playing for he national championship You push yourself” Then he puised thinking about those last five minutes and how the Utes had ran out of steam ' ' “Maybe that was it” he sighed He seemed out of steam at halftime when Utah’s players trotted off the court and he trailed the team walking slowly to the dressing room If he was tired then it wu only going to who ‘ ’ get worse against Kentucky Milter wLo scored 16 points bat had eight turnovers wouldn’t talk about being tired bat Britton Johnsen did “I know Andre wu fstigued’ he said “We were probably one of the hardest-work-iteams in he tournament in 1998“ Milter sate “Nobody gave us a chance and we proved ' ng See GAS on Page 8 ' ' f ' APphoto Utah coach Rick Mfelenie right and Ute center Mtahaal Deieno apeak at bring to Kantuctcy I turv— — - J POOR |