TUESDAY,APRIL 8,2003
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 11B
Heard on By Henry C. Jackson cjackson@kansan.com Mass. Street Kansan staff writer
What was the turning point of the national championship game?
"It was those free throws that screwed us up."
Naveen Nelapui, Hyderbad, India, graduate student
"Free throws. All those free throws." Chris Lockard, Overland Park freshman
"They came out shooting the lights out,and we came out scared." Jimmy Dwyer, Overland Park freshman
"Nobody stepped up. It's as simple as that." Cory Fuller, Ottawa senior.
"We didn't have it from the tip. Against Marquette we came out swinging, and we didn't this time." Brendan Donnelly, St. Louis freshman
"When Keith Langford fouled out, we lost one of our key perimeter players." Kolley O'Brien. Overland Park junior
Kelley O'Brien, Overland Park junior
"Losing was pretty intense. There was so much emotion." Erica Harper, Lawrence sophomore
"There were two turning points: the charging call on Aaron Miles and the phantom foul that took Langford out of the game." Brian Devine, Olathe sophomore
"When Graves missed his free throws, that was the turning point." Ledell Young, Topeka, fall 2002 graduate
Syracuse celebrates first championship
The Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Words like "destiny" and "due" were thrown around by Syracuse fans who watched the NCAA championship on jumbo television screens inside the Carrier Dome last night.
After the Orangemen defeated Kansas 81-78 for the first national title in school history, the jubilant crowd of 11,068 could finally shout the words they'd been waiting to deliver: "We're No. 1!"
The fans delighted at the smiles of star freshman Carmelo Anthony, who had 20 points,10 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Orangemen and was
named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.
"Can you believe it! Can you believe it! Carmelo couldn't be denied!" yelled Mike Sorvillo, a Syracuse sophomore from Long Island.
"It's been an exciting year. They played like a team of destiny," said Corinne Shutack, a junior from Philadelphia.
A spring snowstorm and subfreezing temperatures couldn't keep fans from gathering under the Carrier Dome's Teflon top. Dressed in orange and blue, they filled three levels of the arena. They began screaming with Syracuse's first basket and never let up.
Outside the arena, celebrations
were energetic but orderly. On campus, the city's block-long entertainment district was packed with about 5,000 cheering fans. Some were swinging from trees, leading a chorus of chants. Police in riot gear stood nearby to keep everything under control.
After the game, a stream of fans emptied from the Carrier Dome, heading off to the center of campus and again chanting "We're No. 1!" Car horns could be heard honking everywhere while students emptied out of dorms and houses, adding to the moving mass of people.
Syracuse University spokesman Kevin Morrow said the school will host a tribute for the team Thursday night in the dome.
Keuka College students Dave Bove and Joe Petrosino and a dozen friends drove nearly 90 minutes to watch the game in the dome.
"We knew it would be a historic night, so we wanted to be with a lot of people," Bove said.
John McGivney of Fulton, N.Y., brought his four teenage sons last night. McGivney and his oldest son saw the Orangemen win the East region a week earlier in Albany.
"I was here in 1996 to watch Syracuse. I went home pretty depressed," McGivney said of that year's loss to Kentucky in the Tile game. "This is a much better feeling."
Phog Allen's son dies Thursday at age 83
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bob Allen, an all-conference player at the University of Kansas in the early 1940s and the son of coach Phog Allen, died Thursday. He was 83.
Allen was a three-time letterman for the Jayhawks and a two-time All-Big Six Conference selection, in 1940 and 1941.
Playing center, Allen scored a team-high 13 points in the championship game of the 1940 NCAA tournament, which Kansas lost to Indiana 60-42. He was named to the all-
tournament team, and still has the distinction of being the only player to lead his team in scoring in an NCAA title game while playing for his father.
After college, Bob Allen became a doctor at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, where he also became chairman of the department of surgery and president of the surgical staff.
The Associated Press
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