what we heard "He's stepping down, definitely, at the end of the season." Utah spokesman Mike Lageschute said after Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus was hospitalized with heart problems thursday, january 29, 2004 off the bench the university daily kansan 9A Assistant coach leads Louisville to victory The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville didn't miss Rick Pitino in its first game without its alling coach. With assistant Kevin Willard in charge, the fourth-ranked Cardinals beat Houston 64-48 yesterday for their 16th consecutive victory. Larry O'Bannon and Nate Daniels scored 17 points apiece to lead Louisville (16-1, 6-0 Conference USA). No.4 Louisville 64, Houston 48 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Erik Daniels scored a career-high 24 points and reserve Antwain Barbour hit four three-pointers to lift Kentucky past Mississippi. Barbour paced Kentucky (14-2, 4-1 SEC) from the outside as the Wildcats held off a several comebacks in the second half. Aaron Harper led Mississippi (10-7, 2-4) with 19 points. No. 5 Kentucky 71 Mississippi 61 No.5 Kentucky 71, Mississippi 61 BLACKSBURG, Va. — Rashad Anderson hit six three-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points and Ben Gordon added 22 for the Connecticut Huskies (16-3, 4-1 Big East). Bryant Matthews scored 25 points for Virginia Tech (8-9, 1-5). No. 6 Connecticut 96, Virginia Tech 60 PITTSBURGH — Chris Taft led a midgame 14-0 run and Carl Krauser had five key points down the stretch to help Pittsburgh run their Division I-leading home-court winning streak to 38 games. Jaron Brown had 18 points, with Taft adding 14, Krauser 12 and Julius Page 10. Uka Agbai led Boston College (13-6, 2-4) with 17. No. 7 Pittsburgh 68, Boston College $^{50}$ CINCINNATI — Tony Bobbitt made a pair of three-pointers in the span of half a minute to spark Cincinnati past East Carolina. Carolina. The Pirates (8-8, 0-6 Conference USA) took advantage of Cincinnati's slow start to stay within 10 points until Bobbitt's three-pointers gave Cincinnati (15-1, 6-1) a 26-13 lead with 8:08 left in the half. No. 8 Cincinnati 90 East Carolina 57 Einnati 80, East Carolina 57 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Lawrence Roberts scored 20 points and Timmy Bowers had 18 to lead Mississippi State to its fourth straight double-digit victory Tennessee (10-6, 2-4) has lost four straight and five of six. No. 51 Minnesota State 92 Tennessee 50 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Raymond Felton scored 14 points and Rashad McCants added 13 to lift North Carolina past North Carolina State. Sean May had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels (13-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Marcus Melvin scored 15 points for the Wolfpack (11-5,4-2) and Julius Hodge added 12. No 89 No. 12 North Carolina 68, N.C. State 66 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Devin Harris made five of seven three-pointers and scored 29 points to lead Wisconsin over Ohio State. The Badgers (14-3,5-1) are off to their best start in conference play since 1962. Ohio State (9-10, 1-5) has lost its last three games and six of the last seven. No.17 Wisconsin 69, Ohio St. 57 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kerrebell Brown tapped in Josh Gonner's miss with 1.9 seconds left and lifted South Carolina over Vanderbilt for the Game-cocks' first straight win. South Carolina (18-2, 5-1) remained atop the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division with the victory. Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-4) had one last chance, but Freije's desperation heave from just past midcourt never came near the basket. No.24 S.Carolina 57,Vanderbilt 55 WACO, Texas Jason Detrick had 15 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and Oklahoma beat Baylor for the 19th straight time. Detrick and Lawrence McKenzie led a decisive 14-2 run early in the second half for the Sooners (12-4, 2-3 Big 12), who have consecutive wins after a fourgame losing streak that almost knocked them out of the Top 25. The Bears (6-12, 1-4) have lost six of seven games. No. 25 Oklahoma 78, Baylor 67 Elevated elegance Terri Pohl, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, and E'Boni Clay, Topeka sophomore, each performed a Jeté during last night's University Dance Company tryouts in Robinson Center. The group will perform on April 22 and 23 at the Lied Center. Amanda Kim Stairret/Kansan CORRECTION Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Kansas battles defensive woes," stated Saturday's women's basketball game has a start- 12 n m. The game begins at 7 n m. women's basketball game has a starttime of 3 p.m. The game begins at 7 p.m. Kansas athletics calendar TOMORROW Track and Field hosts 2004 Jayhawk Invitational, 11 a.m. Baseball at Texas Southern University, 3 p.m. Women's basketball hosts 2004 Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. Track and Field hosts 2004 Jayhawk Invitational,11 a.m. SUNDAY SATURDAY Bassell学院 Mississippi Southern University, 1 a.m. tennis hosts Mississippi, 12-30 p.m. Free for All FOOTBALL As long as we are getting rid of the sports editorial commentary, why don't we get rid of the Free For All, too, because it doesn't say any facts. Please bring back the sports commentary. Call 864-0500 Chiefs hire ex-Raider Pagac as new linebackers coach KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs said yesterday they have hired Fred Pagac as linebackers coach. Pagac spent the past three seasons coaching linebackers for the Oakland Raiders. 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