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MONDAY,MARCH 24,2003
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Wild weekend in college basketball sets up Sweet16
The Associated Press
WEST
Arizona 96, Gonzaga 95, 2OT
SALT LAKE CITY—Arizona moves on, but not before a double-overtime thriller that ranks with the best in NCAA tournament history.
Gonzaga 96-95 Saturday.
S a l i m Stoudamire, quiet most of the intense evening, scored 5 points in the second overtime as the Wildcats, the West's No.1 seed, held off ninth-seeded
Stoudamire's floater in the lane with 2:03 left in the second overtime were the game's final points. Gonzaga had numerous chances to take the lead but failed.
Tony Skinner, whose career-high 25 points included 5-of-11 shooting on three-pointers, missed an open three with four seconds to play for the Zags.
Blake Stepp, who scored 19 of his 25 points after halftime, missed a 5-foot follow-up bank shot just before the buzzer sounded.
Gonzaga (24-9) nearly pulled off an upset that would have dwarfed anything the Bulldogs did during their exhilarating tournament runs in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
They collapsed to the floor in disappointment and Arizona (27-3) advanced to a regional semifinal against Notre Dame.
Jason Gardner scored 22 for the Wildcats, Channing Frye had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Rick Anderson added 17 points and 11 rebounds. Luke Walton 16 points, nine assists, two blocked shots and three steals. His basket with 4.1 seconds to go forced the second overtime.
Duke 86, Central Michigan 60
SALT LAKE CITY — Dahntay Jones scored a career-high 28 points and J.J. Redick added 26 as the third-seeded Devils ran past the No. 11 Chippewas Saturday.
Duke (26-6) gave coach Mike Krzyzewski his 60th NCAA tournament victory, second only to Dean Smith's 65. The Blue Devils
advanced to the regional semifinals for the sixth year in a row and the 20th time in their 28 NCAA appearances.
After struggling to beat No. 14 seed Colorado State 67-57 on Thursday, Duke came out strong and never let up against the outmanned, slower champions of the Mid-American Conference. The only lead Central Michigan (25-7) had was 2-0.
Chris Kaman scored 25 points and added 10 rebounds for the Chippewas, but teammate Mike Manciel managed just 5 points on 1-for-9 shooting.
Notre Dame 68. Illinois 60
INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Miller matched a career high with 23 points as Notre Dame advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time in 16 years
yesterday.
Chris Thomas added 17 points for the Fighting Irish (24-9), who had not advanced this far in the NCAAs since 1987 under coach Digger Phelps.
That year, they were eliminated in the regional semifinals by North Carolina.
It was a disappointing secondround exit for Illinois (25-7), the Big Ten tournament champions. Conference player of the year Brian Cook had 19 points and 16 rebounds.
Notre Dame shot 13-for-24 from three-point range, including 11-of-16 in the first half. Miller sank his first five threes and finished 5-for-7. Thomas and Matt Carroll each hit three from beyond the arc.
MIDWEST
championship.
Marquette 101, Missouri 92, OT
INDIANAPOLIS — Fresh man Steve Novak made three three-pointers and the Golden Eagles made all of their shots in overtime to pull away from Mis
souri and into the regional semifinals on Saturday.
Travis Diener led the third-seeded Golden Eagles (25-5) with 26 points, while Dwyane Wade added 24 points and eight rebounds.
It is Marquette's first trip to the round of 16 since 1994 and only its second since coach Al McGuire and the 1977 team won the national
Marquette made six straight baskets and all six free throws in overtime, advancing to play Pittsburgh on Thursday in Minneapolis.
Rickey Paulding scored 36 points and made nine three-pointers, both career highs, for the sixth-seeded Tigers (22-11) who had reached the regional semifinals the last two years. Arthur Johnson added 28 points and 18 rebounds.
Wisconsin 61, Tulsa 60
SPOKANE, Wash. — Freddie Owens, playing on a sprained right ankle, hit a 3-pointer with one second left to cap a late rally
and lift fifth-seeded Wisconsin over No. 13 Tulsa.
The Badgers (23-7), making a school-record fifth straight NCAA appearance, advanced to the regional semifinals and will play Kentucky.
Owens was injured in Wisconsin's opening-round victory over Weber State and his status was unclear until tipoff.
Mike Wilkinson had 18 points and eight rebounds for Wisconsin, while Devin Harris scored 12 and Alando Tucker 10. The Badgers survived despite a 6-point effort by their best player, Kirk Penney.
Kevin Johnson scored 23 points and Jason Parker had 17 for Tulsa (23-10), the lowest-seeded team to advance past the first round.
The Golden Hurricane were in control, leading 58-45 with 4:08 to play before the Badgers rallied with an 11-0 run.
Pittsburgh 74, Indiana 52
BOSTON — Pittsburgh's defense put the Panthers in the round of 16 for the second consecutive year and ended Indiana's hopes of back-to-back trips to the NCAA title game.
Jaron Brown scored 20 points, and Brandin Knight added 17 points, seven assists and five steals for second-seeded Pittsburgh (28-4), which has won 11 straight. The Panthers will play No. 3 Marquette in Minneapolis
George Leach scored 15 points for the seventh-seeded Hoosiers (21-13), who lost to Maryland in the championship game last year.
on Thursday
Kentucky 74, Utah 54
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Keith Bogans and Marquis Estill scored 18 points apiece and top-seeded Kentucky cruised into the round of 16 for the ninth time in 11
years.
Kentucky (31-3) stretched its winning streak to 25 games, a run sparked by an 18-point loss to rival Louisville on Dec. 28.
No. 9 Utah (25-8) had its season end at the hands of Kentucky. The teams were meeting in the tournament for the fifth time in 11 years — the Wildcats have won each time, including a victory in the 1998 championship game.
It wasn't a shock at all that
Kentucky advanced to meet Wisconsin in the regional semifinals at Minneapolis on Thursday. The Wildcats were knocked out in the round of 16 the last two years, but it will take a major upset by the Badgers to make it three in a row.
Marc Jackson led Utah with 19 points.
SOUTH
Connecticut 85, Stanford 74
SPOKANE, Wash. — Ben Gordon scored 29 points, and Emeka Okafor added 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead fifth-seeded Connecticut (23-9) into
the round of 16.
Gordon, held to 14 points in an opening win over BYU, shot 8-for-14 and made all nine of his free-throw attempts.
Julius Barnes had 23 points, and Justin Davis bounced back from a scoreless
opener to score 21 for Stanford (24-9).
Texas 77, Purdue 67
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Triple-threat T.J. Ford and his Texas teammates are going home to keep playing in the NCAA
tournament, that is.
Considered by some to be the best guard in college basketball, Ford scored 21 points and added nine rebounds
and eight assists
Now, he and the top-seeded Longhorns (24-6) can take their traveling party back to Texas. They're headed to San Antonio, where they'll take on fifth-seeded Connecticut on Friday at the Alamodome.
James Thomas contributed 11 points and 12 rebounds and Royal Ivey had 14 points as Texas reached the round of 16 for the second straight year, a first for the program.
Willie Deane scored 13 points for ninth-seeded Purdue (19-11), which fell short of the round of 16 for the fourth time in six seasons.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No need to beat the bounce this time.
Maryland 77, Xavier 64
Maryland jumped ahead of Xavier right from the start.
Drew Nicholas in the most exciting finish of the first round, shut down David West early and beat the Musketeers to reach the round of 16 for the third straight year.
The defending national champion Terrapins, who got a game-winning three-pointer from
Nicholas and Ryan Randle scored 17 points apiece for sixth-seeded Maryland (21-9).
West, the three-time Atlantic 10 player of the year, finished with 22 points and nine rebounds for No.3 seed Xavier (26-6), but most of it came way too late.
Michigan State 68, Florida 46
Getting playing time that might have otherwise gone to Roberson, freshman guard Mau
TAMPA, Fla. — Michigan State, stung and shocked when Anthony Roberson chose Florida over the home-state Spartans, held the freshman guard scoreless as part of a stunningly easy victory over the Gators.
rice Ager scored 16 points to help the seventh-seeded Spartans (22-11) victory in a rematch of the 2000 title game, also a Michigan State victory.
Tom Izzo's
team advanced to play defending champion Maryland in the South Regional semifinals next week in San Antonio.
The second-seeded Gators (25-8) failed to get past the first weekend of the tournament for the third straight year and failed to break 50 points for the first time in coach Billy Donovan's seven years. David Lee finished with 16 points and four rebounds.
EAST
Oklahoma 74, California 65
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Bookout scored a career-high 22 points and fellow freshman De'Angelo Alexander added 15 as the angeloid Sooners (26-6) cruised into
the regional semifinals.
Brian Wethers matched his career high with 27 points and Joe Shipp scored 20 for the eighth-seeded Golden Bears (22-9), but
they didn't get much help.
Oklahoma star Hollis Price the Big 12 player of the year, was still bothered by a left groin injury. He played 30 minutes but scored just five points.
Butler 79, Louisville 71
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A team of blue-collar kids with crew cuts from a tiny Indiana school beat a powerhouse in the big tournament.
Sound vaguely familiar?
Darnell Archey's brilliant shooting and Brandon Miller's deft ball-handling Sunday swept 12th-seeded Butler into the round of
16 for the first time with a 79-71 stunner over Rick Pitino and Louisville in the East Regional.
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