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The University Daily Kansan
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Fighting Irish duke out NCAA title
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Purdue falters in last-minute comeback
The Irish clawed and scratched their way back from deficits time after time and beat Purdue 68-66 on Ruth Riley's two free throws with 5.8 seconds left to win their first national championship.
Notre Dame trailed by 12 points in the first half and was down 66-64 with a little more than a minute to play when Riley, the team's unanimous All-American and national player of the year, came through
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Notre Dame pulled off yet another comeback, this one for the biggest prize of all.
NCAA Women's basketball Championship
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First, she scored in the lane to tie it at 66 with 1:01 remaining. Then, she rebounded a miss by Purdue's Shereka Wright, enabling the Irish to set up a late shot.
They got the ball to Riley, and she was fouled by Wright. She made
the first throw, returned to the line after a Purdue timeout and calmly made the second.
Purdue's All-American, Katie Douglas, missed an 18-foot shot at the buzzer, the ball hitting the front of the rim and bouncing off the backboard as the game ended, touching off a wild celebration at
Riley, who had only one point in the first 8-23, finished with 28 to lead all scorers and grabbed 13 rebounds. Erika Haney, St. Louis native Niele Ivey and Kelley Siemon also scored in double figures for the Irish.
In the first one, the Irish were just happy to be there. They came determined to win this time after being ranked No. 1 for five weeks this season — and they got it done.
So now add the names Muffet McGraw, Riley and Ivey to those of Rocke, Leahy and Montana in Notre Dame's rich athletic lore. The title came in McGraw's 14th season as coach and in her second trip to the Final Four. She also got Notre Dame there in 1997.
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Haney finished with 13 points for Notre Dame, Ivey scored 12 and Siemon had 10.
When the going gets tough, Arizona gets going
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — The Arizona Wildcats are coffee beans, definitely coffee beans.
In a parable team leader Eugene Edgerson used to inspire the players, a coffee bean grows richer and stronger
when thrown in boiling water.
The Wildcats are on the brink of a national championship after enduring a season of sorrow.
The coach's wife died, and the basketball office secretary was diagnosed with a brain tumor. There were problems on the court, too; the star center was suspended for six
It was no surprise this assemblage of remarkable talent was the preseason No. 1. All five starters were nominated for the John Wooden player of the year award.
"This year, I've learned more about life than I have about basketball," said reserve forward Justin Wessel.
Their preseason cockiness is gone now, replaced by a cool confidence born of adversity. They play Duke for the title tonight.
"We have such a calm about us," said junior forward Richard Jefferson. "We've been through everything we could possibly go through."
accepting improper benefits from a family friend. Jefferson was suspended for one game for accepting a plane ticket to San Diego and a ticket to Game 7 of the NBA Finals from Bill Walton, whose son Luke is Jefferson's best friend.
During the Christmas holidays, basketball secretary Monica Armenta had a seizure as a result of a brain tumor. Then, on Jan. 1, Bobbi Olson died of ovarian cancer.
Her death shook the team, then fueled its run toward the title.
"That her spirit is affecting the team is obvious," Olson said.
The NCAA suspended Woods for the first six games of the season for
games and a team ranked No.1 in the country started an awful 8-5.
Outgoing and good-natured, Mrs. Olson offset her husband's sometimes stern demeanor. She would wink at players after her husband had berated them, then mention
what a bear he could be.
"When Mrs. O passed away, we lost a part of our family because she was the mother to us," Jefferson said.
The McKale Center court was renamed Lute and Bobbi Olson Court. Jefferson and Wessel were among the speakers at her funeral.
"Everything now seems easy compared to that," Jefferson said. "Playing in a national championship has special meaning, but it doesn't have the same importance as speaking at Mrs. O's funeral."
But now the Wildcats are in Minneapolis, one victory away from a championship.
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"It would be so sweet for us to finally get that trophy," Edgerson said. "We can all just be at peace after that."
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