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Solid defense gets Syracuse to Final Four
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ALBANY, N.Y. — Carmelo Anthony stepped up from the start and Syracuse's zone defense did the rest.
Next stop for the Orangemen: New Orleans.
Anthony scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds to lead coach Jim Boeheim and Syracuse back to the Final Four for the first time in seven years with a 63-47 victory over top-seeded Oklahoma in the East Regional final yesterday.
After slow starts in the first three games of the NCAA tournament Anthony came out strong. The 6-foot-8 freshman star scored 10 points in the opening 12 minutes.
The third-seeded Orangemen (28-5) will face the winner of the South Regional final between Texas and Michigan State next weekend.
Syracuse's 2-3 zone took over from there, causing the Sooners (27-7) fits inside and outside. The Sooners managed just three points over the final 81/2 minutes of the first half as Syracuse took a 30-20 lead.
Things got worse for Oklahoma.
Syracuse scored the first eight points of the second half to take its biggest lead on a 3-pointer by freshman Gerry McNamara with 15:35 to play that capped a 22-3 run.
The last time Syracuse was in the Final Four was 1996 when it lost to Kentucky in the national championship game.
The last time the Orangemen were in New Orleans for a Final Four they lost to Indiana in the 1987 championship.
Now, Boeheim gets another chance at that elusive national title.
As the final seconds ticked off, Anthony finally looked like a freshman as he stood near midcourt jumping up and down before flensing the ball high toward the roof of Pepsi Arena.
When he was announced as the regional MVP, the partisan sellout crowd of 15,207 started chanting "One more year," hoping that this wouldn't be his first and last NCAA tournament.
Hakim Warrick had 13 points and nine rebounds for Syracuse, which was playing just 21/2 hours from its campus.
After the Kansas softball team finished a doubleheader at Iowa State yesterday, the Jayhawks found themselves in a good news-bad news situation.
The good news was that the they had finally earned their first Big 12 conference win by beating the Cyclones 7-0 in the first game. The bad news was that Kansas fell to the ISU in the next game,3-1.
With the home run, Moppin made it into the school record book by breaking.
In the first game, familiar faces got the hits for Kansas (21-9 overall, 1-5 Big 12 conference). Freshman second baseman Jessica Moppin continued to be red-hot at the plate, crushing a two-run home run in the first inning, her ninth of the year. The blast was part of a three-run first inning, as the 'Hawks jumped out of the gates early.
the current freshman home run record of eight set by Keli May in 1980. Moppin tied the record in the second game of a doubleheader with Oklahoma City University on Tuesday.
Junior outfielder Sylvia Pfeiffer also homered later in the game, part of a three-run fifth inning for Kansas.
On the pitching side, junior Kara Pierce recorded her fifth shutout on the season by striking out six batters and only allowing two hits. The win improved her record to 13-7.
The Cyclones (13-18, 1-3) were able to switch roles with the Jayhawks and grab an early 2-0 lead in the first inning of the second game. Kansas managed to get the game to 2-1, after Moppin scored from a sacrifice fly from freshman third baseman Nettie Fierros.
But that was it for the 'Hawks as far as scoring. Iowa State freshman pitcher Kristen Karanzias was able to hold the high-scoring Kansas offense at bay, only allowing three runs off while striking out six.
The two squads were originally scheduled to play one game on Saturday and another yesterday, but inclement weather on Saturday forced yesterday's doubleheader.
Senior pitcher Kirsten Milhoan suffered the loss for Kansas, dropping her record to 8-3.
Kansas will next head down Interstate 35 to take on the Shockers of Wichita State in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
— Steve Schmidt
Track team marks nine top finishes
MONDAY,MARCH 31,2003
For Kansas track and field high jumper Sondra Rauterkus, there is something about the first meet of the season.
The sophomore began the indoor season by provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championship at the KSU Invitational on Jan. 10. On Thursday she started the outdoor season by winning the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 7 inches at the Vortex ESU Spring Twlight in Emporia.
"I was just ready to go." Rauterkus said. "I hadn't competed in a while, and I was excited to jump."
Rauterkus said vertical jumps coach Brian Ferry changed her approach and that might have contributed to her success. She said she wanted to build on this
performance for the rest of the season.
"I think sometimes I peak too early in the season, but hopefully this year will be different," she said.
Rauterkus' performance was one of the team's nine first-place finishes in the meet. The winners included junior Monique Peters in the long jump (19'2.75"), sophomore Lauren Brown-rigg in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12.07.9), freshman Abby Emsick in the shot put (45'6.25") and the discus (159'4"), freshman Jenna Bimbi in the 1,500-meter run (45:1.8), junior Laura Lavoie (10:02.9) in the 3,000-meter run, sophomore Brandon Hodges in the 1,500-meter run (40:3.5) and freshman Cameron Schwehr in the 5000-meter run
(15;11,3).
Rauterkus, Emsick, and senior pole vaulter Vadim Gvozdetskiy all regionally qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. This is the first year that the outdoor track season will have regional championships. Athletes must qualify for the regional meet where they will then compete to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
"The mark to get in was not that high, so I knew I could do it," Rauterkus said. "It is nice to get it out of the way in case I get injured or something."
Kansas will travel to Austin, Texas this weekend to compete at the Texas Relays.
Chris Wintering
Royals confident after good spring
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With 1999 still fresh on their minds, nobody knows better than Kansas City fans how cruelly deceptive spring training records can be.
A young Royals team that appeared to offer great potential came out of Florida four years ago with a major league-best 22-9 exhibition record and said it was brimming with newfound confidence. Kansas City then went out and lost 97 games.
Chicago White Soxwith, well, confidence.
This year the Royals went 19-10 during their first spring training in Arizona and head into today's opener against the
"For us to put up that record in spring training, we had to do a lot of things right," new manager Tony Pena said. "And we did things right. It was not only about winning. It was about playing the game the right way. We did that. And good things will come from that."
good things
Coming off the first 100-loss season in franchise history, the Royals will start right-hander Runvelys Hernandez, 4-4 as a rookie last year, against Chicago left-hander Mark Buhrle (19-12).
Hernandez is part of a five-man rotation that has just 21 career major league victories.
"These guys are just puppies, but it's very, very exciting to see how much potential there is in those young arms," said Pena.
While the Royals would consider a 500 record a major breakthrough, the White Sox acquired veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon and reliever Billy Koch in hopes of improving last year's 81-81 finish. Colon was 20-8 with Cleveland and Montreal last year, while Koch had 44 saves and 11 wins with Oakland.
The White Sox are also hoping for a comeback season from Frank Thomas, who hit .221 in 2001 and .252 last year.
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Softball at Wichita State, Wichita, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY
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SATURDAY
Basketball vs Marquette, Louisiana Superdome, 6 p.m.
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Tennis vs Tulsa, Robinson Outdoor Tennis Courts, noon
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Tennis vs Colorado, Robinson Outdoor Tennis Courts, 11 a.m.
Softball at Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas, 5 p.m.
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Mizzou sucks.
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Yeah, can someone explain to me why Quin Snyder is on CBS doing sports commentary?
I played basketball with Ryan Greene just before spring break, and he is the second-worst basketball player in the world. The worst basketball player in the world is Stephen Hawking, but not by much.
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Did I just see Graves actually make a slam dunk as the first points of the game?
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Can someone please tell Jeff Graves that fouls are a bad thing?
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Isn't Duke short for Dukesucks?
Nick Collison for president! Yeah!!!
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Hey Ryan Greene, did you cry? Poor, precious Duke.
Screw Saddam. Nuke Duke!
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Rock Chalk Jayhawk, go home, Duke!
I just saw Quin Snyder as a commentator on the Sweet 16 halftime show, and this proves two things. One, KU is the main event. Two, Quin Snyder is Sideshow Bob.
I love Nick Collison.
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We should have dropped Nick Collison on Iraq, because he's the bomb.
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Our father, who art a badass, Collison be thy name.
We were driving on campus, and I think we just saw Yao Ming. What's up, Yao? Welcome to KUI
Arizona's going down like Baghdad.
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Yeah, this is the basketball band and we just wanted to tell Duke that we hope they made it home safe.
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Final Four, here we come. Hello, Bourbon Street!
Back-to-back Final Fours, baby!
It looks like the Wildcats just drowned in the Pond!
It was beautiful to see Luke Walton crying. I bet his dad's real proud.
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So it's 3:15 a.m. and I'm sitting in the parking lot in McCollum because of a fire alarm, but it's okay because we're going to the Final Four. New Orleans, baby, yeah!
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To all the fat chicks flashing me on Mass Street last night, you ruined my Final Four celebration. Come on, ladies, hit the gym.
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