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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAIRY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
trivia of the day
Q: What was the most watched NCAA championship game of all time?
A: Duke vs. Michigan in 1992.The Blue Devils pounded the Wolverines,71-51,in front of a television audience of 20,910,000.
NCAA Final Four Record Book
fact of the day
Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco looks at the puck after deflecting a shot from the San Jose Sharks in the third period Sunday in Dallas. Dallas won the game 4-2.
Pucks Gone Wild
If the NCAA wouldn't have changed its pairing rules four years ago, Memphis and Kansas would have played in the semifinal — not the championship. Before 2004, the team to win the Midwest Region (Kansas) would always face the team to win the South Region (Memphis) in the Final Four. The committee decided to change the policy in 2004.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NCAA Final Four Record Book
quote of the day
UCLA coach Ben Howland
"Even though it's disappo- pointing to get here for a third year and not win a championship, I'm still proud of these kids."
ontvtonight
Women's College Basketball:
National Championship: Stanford vs. Tennessee, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
PGA
Wagner earns first tour victory, spot in Masters
HUMBLE, Texas — Johnson Wagner has never played with Tiger Woods. This week, he may get his chance.
Wagner won the Houston Open on Sunday for his first PGA
Tour victory and got the ultimate bonus prize that comes with it — a spot in the Masters.
"I don't care if I shoot 90 both days and miss the cut," Wagner said. "I'm so excited to be there and it's just a dream come true."
Wagner planned to fly to Augusta on Sunday night and go to the course on Monday. He
"He's the man, you know?" Wagner said. "Anything you can do to get close to him and learn from him would be a good thing."
when he gets to Augusta.
played there four years ago, as a guest of his great uncle. This trip will obviously be much different.
The 28-year-old Wagner shot a 1-under 71 on Sunday to finish at 16 under, two shots ahead of Chad Campbell (72) and Geoff Ogilvy (68). Billy Mayfair and Fred Couples shot 66s and finished three shots back. Bob Estes and Charley Hoffman, three behind Wagner at the start of the round, had 72s that left them four behind.
"I think watching it on TV for so many years helps more than anything," Wagner said. "And watching it my whole life, I feel like I know it."
Associated Press
Wagner played with Mark O'Meara at the Buick Invitational in January and O'Meara encouraged Wagner to approach Woods some time and ask to play a practice round with him.
But not as well as Woods, who has won four Masters, including three of the past six.
Wagner just might do that
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The New Jersey Devils wrested home-ice advantage away from the New York Rangers in the first round by beating them for the first time this season, 3-2 in a shoot-out. The Presidents' Trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings tuned up for the playoffs with a 4-3 victory against the also-ran Chicago Blackhawks.
Once the Capitals completed their comeback from oblivion to the division title, all that was left for the NHL on the final day was some housekeeping and seed switching.
The 16 playoff teams were all decided when the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers at home on Saturday. That got Washington into the postseason party for the first time since 2003 and eliminated the Carolina Hurricanes, the team that led the Southeast most of the season.
In other NHL games Sunday, it was Dallas 4, San Jose 2; St. Louis 4, Columbus 1; Colorado 4, Minnesota 3 in a shoot-out; Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 0; and Anaheim 3, Phoenix 2 in a shoot-out.
First in goals, first in points, and most importantly — first in the Southeast Division.
The dynamic forward and the rest of the Washington Capitals took the day off as the rest of the NHL wrapped up the regular season. Washington's work was already done Saturday night, and Ovechkin had everything he could've wanted and more.
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Capitals victory against Panthers decides playoffs
Alex Ovechkin had a Sunday to celebrate without having to lace up his skates.
Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh was blanked along with the rest of his teammates in the Penguins' loss at Philadelphia and finished second with 106 points.
Ovechkin, on the strength of his league-high 65 goals — the most since Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux scored 69 in 1996 — won the scoring title with 112 points.
Associated Press
Women's golf,
Susie Maxwell Berning
Classic, all day, Norman,
Okla.
WEDNESDAY Baseball vs. Northern Colorado, 3 p.m., Lawrence
TODAY Baseball vs. Northern Colorado, 6 p.m., Lawrence
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