Show ¥ ' : The Herald Journal Logan Tuesday April 3 2001 Utah- Sports snapshot PageR NCAAChampionshipGame kies it (dl(Q) AP photo Tiger Woods drives on the ninth tee while playing a practice round at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Ga Monday for which begins Thursday Sports briefs Strawberry arrested TAMPA Fla (AP) — Darryl Strawberry's latest absence from a drug treatment center ended with him in a hospital and under arrest It remains to be seen if prison time is next for the former New York Yankees slugger Strawberry was arrested at St Joseph's Hospital on Monday night four days after he left the Health Care Connection a drug treatment center in Tampa He was charged with violating a probation warrant AP photos ' Hillsborough County Sheriff's Debbie Carter Office spokeswoman said Above! Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his players hoist the championship trophy after beating ' Arizona 82-7- 2 in the finals Monday in Minneapolis Left: With his back to the basket Duke forward Shane Battier tips in a miss by one of his teammates during the second half First word that Strawberry was safe came from Kay Negron a Cleveland Indians consultant who advised the former player when he played for the Yankees "The search is over and Darryl is OK" Negron said about two hours before Strawberry was arrested “We've piit him in a hospital to make sure he's taken care of He's OK" Further details on Strawberry's leaving the hospital were not known' The Strawberry! also being treated for colon cancer was wearing an electronic monitor as a sentence for his 1999 arrest on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges The monitor showed he had left but did not indicate where he had gonePolice said Monday they were investigating an unconfirmed report that Strawberry was kidnapped and being held in Orlando where his captors were reportedly demanding $50000 Prosecutors said they would seek a prison sentence for Strawberry once he was located Strawberry also disappeared from the center in October He left with a friend for an overnight drug binge but turned himself in the next day Blue Devils beat Wildcats for national title MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski didn't want to let go of Shane Battier Coach K hugged him for what seemed to be an eternity a farewell embrace for his national player of the year and team leader Bather's work is done "It's Complete" Duke's senior forward said: “All that's left for me is (o ride off into the sun- shot but he comes up with two amazing offensive rebounds said He was referring to two plays in the Final 4 12 minutes when Battier the national player of the year scored after Arizona had closied within three points Battier played all 40 minutes scoring 18 points with' 'll rebounds and 22-poi- nt The-las- an beating three No NCAA ap photo Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski left hugs Shane Battier while the Blue Devils celebrate their win over Arizona Monday champion In his final game as a collegian Battier added the sweetest entry of all to his sterling resume dominating the final five minutes of the national title game Monday night to lift Duke to ah 82-7- 2 victory over Arizona Battier and coach Mike Krzyzewski shared a long hug on the court after the game The embrace spoke of a bond that began when Bat: tier was a prep star and was capped by a victory : MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pushed around and put down for much of the season Loren Woods ended his college career by standing' as tall as a (renter can Woods did everything he' could to write a storybook ending for a season Stained by' sorrow to put a championship smile on the face of a roach who lost his wife to cancer three months ago It wasn’t enoujgh not with guards Jason Gardner and Gilbert Arenas missing 22 of 28 shots including all 12 they ' MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ' : NBA - TBS — LA- - Lakers at Utah KJZZ — LA Lakers at Utah V NHL 5:30 — Florida at Philadelphia pm-ESPN- '' 8:30pm ESRN2 — Los Angeles at Phoenix' Wednesday SOCCER 12:30pm ’ - UEFA Champions League quarterfinals first leg teams Snd site TBA ESPN2 V- See TITLE on Page 9 ’ 4) 10-poi- nt See BATTIER oh Page 9 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They had been through so - 6pm n Loss of Olson 's wife was tough to overcome : but poor guard play kills Cats’ chances - On television - was-wo- on college basketball's biggest night “It’s my goihg-awa- y present to hiim” Rattier said “Coach is the best He’s a mentor! He’s a friend He’s a coach He's a brother” Battier ’s dunk with less than four minutes to performance down play was part of a the stretch that helped the Blue Devils (35-hold off the last of several Arizona rallies He finished with 18 points 11 rebounds and six assists and played the entire 40 minutes 'Sophomore Mike Dunleavy led the Blue Dev: ils with 21 points including three in lead in the 46 seconds to give Duke a second half that Arizona couldn't overcome an Woods dominates : ' seeds in the - season NY Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 1 Calgary 4 Dallas-- tie Colorado 5 Edmonton 3 Los Angeles 3 Vancouver 1 San’ Jose' 4 Minnesota 2 TBS — NY Metsaf Atlanta 1 NCAA tournament which they did when they won'it all in 1997 Loren Woods had 22 points and 11 grabbed the hall with two hands and slammed it on the hoop for a satisfying through hanging second or two ' Just like that the became a Buffalo 6 Florida 3 pm bittersweet MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The shotbounced Bostpn 3Montreal2 OT New Jersey 4 Chicago 3 1 t season and kept the Wildcats (28-8- ) from matching their own record of off the rim and Shane Battier swooped in NL '' - Battier saves id Cincinnati 4 72- izona's Someone’s got to lose' it Duke is We gave them a good run and couldn't get it done” Duke’s other titles came in consecutive years and the second in 1992 in this building after thb same' tiip through the tournament — Greensboro NC Philadelphia and Minneapolis for the Final Four Dunleavy playing in front of his father Portland Trail Blazers coach Mike Dunleavy led Duke with 21 points 18 in the second half five Dunleavy hit a career-hig- h while Boozer who just deserving won it all it was by 20 points over Michigan The loss ended Ar- ‘The thing with With Battier and Duke's other Duke you pick Jason Williams! coming your poison" Ari-- : up big down the stretch and sopho- -' zona coach Lute Olson said! “Somemores Mike Dunleavy and Carlos times it's going to be one guy another time it's going to be someone Boozer playing key roles Krzyzewski moved into impressive coaching else The one consistent thing is that Shane Battier is going to have a gpeat company “Shane wasn't hitting his jump' g'ame because he just makes things night- : Duke 82 Arizona game’’ Olson'said “It’s tough deficit in Saturday's semifinal win over Maryland! time the- Blue Devils top-rank- ed NY Yankees 7 Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 2 Boston 111 ' Seattle 5 Oakland 4 NHL college coach Bob Knight who won three at Indiana To get to this game Duke (35-4- ) had to overcome a set on a white horse" With a national tiller in his hand victories tying The Blue Devifs won Kentucky's Wayne Turner who played their third championship — and secfor ond in the Metrodome — with an 82-7- 2 "from 1996-9- 9 the NCAA record victory over Arizona on Monday AL Montreal 5 Chicago Cubs 4' 10 ' Colorado 8 St! Louis 0 San Franciscq 3 San Diego 2 ' Philadelphia 6 Florida 513 Los Angeles 1 Milwaukee 0 tucky's Adolph Rupp and tied his ' He finished his career with 131 Monday's scores Afianta rebounds to lead Arizona the team that rebounded from a poor start and overcame the death of Olson’s wife Bobbi on Jan 1 to reach the championship game “All the emotions they had to go through and they withstood them and did a great job to get to the final happen I don’t think there’s been any question in anyone’s mind about him being player of the year’’ Still trailing UCLA’s John Wooden's 10 national championships Krzyzewski moved one behind Ken- Today's quote “The thing with Duke you pick your poison Sometimes it’s going to be one guy another time it’s Arigoing to be someone else” zona Wildcats head coach Lute' Olson after the Blue Devils beta his team for the national championship h much together that in the of their'NCAA champi- oriship loss to Duke Monday night the Arizona Wildcats after-mat- seemed drained! ' The death 82-7- won the Lute with the season oyer Olson reflected on his loss and the ' players spoke about what they took! Duke with player of the year Shane Batti- er’s relentlessness and Mike Dunleavy’s barrage of coach Olson’s wife Bobbi on Jan 1 had hung like a ckxid over the Wildcats for three months Now learned by how he handled it “All of us have things hap-pe- n national to us that we have to be Monday night championship “We played a great game” Woods said! AP photo’ “We just lost to another great team” ' Arizona's Loren Woods shoots over Duke's : In a display of heart and effort that belied his image Woods had 22 points and 11 Shane Battier during the first half rebounds His four blocked shots all in the huge performance” second half were a championship game ' Woods didn’t make the team ! record' but he was on the Four team His ’! " “I was really proud of the way that fAxen 24 NCAA tournament blocked shots broke competed” coach Lute Olson Said: “This is the record of 23 set by David Robinson in a huge game and he came out arid gave a 1986' ' 2 10 all-Fin- i i al willing accept” Olson said “I don’t know how many people that I’ve heard from that have tost life partners Arid they said those memories are going to be there all your life and the pain will start diminishing eventually not totally but v‘So it’s a fact of life So it’s there And like I’ve said thank goodness for family and great ' ' friends” Center Loren Woods said he admired his coach’s strength in the face of personal tragedy ! : “Coach Olson has taught us iso much since we’ve been in the program and we all have learned as much as we could learn frOm him” he said “He’s taught us courage patience dignity for the program arid dignity for your- selves and your families "That’s riot about coach Olson It’s just about growing up All of us seniors came to college as boys and we’re ' leaving as men" Richard Jefferson said he had learned from Olson how impor- tant family is in time of crisis' ’ y' ! ' - "He went through somi very tough times this year and his family was really there for him You see his family and how close-kn- it they are” Jet fersori said “That’s how you warn to raise your family “That’s something when you see you’re a 19- boy going into die world you need an Tbis year J example like thaL learned so much about life and so much about how I need to be for the rest of my life” " |