European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm 30 stars and stripes Friday March 16 2007 Butch Jackson states Trey Johnson 24 averages 271 Points per game he and the tigers face Steep Odds in seeking to upset top seed Florida Mcaa underdogs need to look to defense in Hope of upsets Mcaa from Back Page you see that sign Brown said motioning to a door the team turned their Heads and looked Brown was pointing at an exit sign if one of you Guys does not think we can beat Conn i love you Guys to death but if you dont truly believe it walk out that exit Brown told them we need to realize were going to win if you dont think you can win that game you can get up and leave and leave Quick Brown adopted a motto Why not us and repeated it like a preacher he made sure he said the word win around his team As often he could others coaches ignore history Eastern Kentucky coach Jeff Neubauer has not mentioned his teams seed yet and he wont were not going to address that with our team at All Neubauer said were going to prepare like any other game and go out there and play basketball holy Cross coach Ralph Wil lard took a similar tack in 2002 when the no 16 crusaders led Kansas at halftime before falling by 11 during the intermission Wil lard eschewed an emotional half time speech he never addressed the historical possibility the crusaders had created he Only reiterated the game plan make Kan Sas work in the half court that had worked so Well for one half because the Jay Hawks then coached by Roy Williams and averaging 93 Points that sea son haunt confronted anything like the grueling matchup zone defense Willard threw at them because of the nature of the tournament Kansas didst have enough time to prepare for it either you could see there was an in comfortable Ness on their faces on the offensive end of the floor Willard said a team that just plays a regular defense is not going to beat a 1 seed its just not upset hopefuls Jac non state 2111 ppm cafe they a our we 6foot5 guard Trey Johnson May be one of the Best players in the tournament he averages 271 Points per game that said the de fending champs pose a giant obstacle old Oteliu Kif Tsas Why tiny coup Whit Forward Clif Brown has the size and inside outside ability to create matchup problems Pur ple eagles who have won 12 straight also boast five players averaging Dou ble figures Kansas might be weakest no l seed they beat Only one Tournai men bound team however Central  state 2211 opponent Ohio state Why they could wire undersized Blue devils have won 17 of last 18 and can shoot from Long Range three players have at least 60 three pointers this sea son Eastern Kentucky 2141 opponent Carolina Why they could win the classic match up problem they shoot a ton of threes and play a 131 zone a defense the tar heels might not have seen the whole season sources esp com the Washington Post going to happening but because we were Able to give them some thing they haunt been familiar with and didst have a lot of time to prepare for we were Able to come close this season Neubauer pre sents a similar Challenge a former assistant to West Virginia coach John Beilein Neubauer uti Lizes the same patient  offence and he mixes it with a Funky 131 zone defense the style directly contrasts the colonels foe North Carolina which is coached by Williams shortly after Eastern Kentucky freshman Point guard Adamle Onard discovered hed be playing North Carolina he called his father they talked about playing against Williams the coach Leonard idolized growing up about an hour from the Kansas Campus then leonards father brought up the colonels seed if you lose he said no problem youre sup posed to lose if you win he said you make history Drexel still hurting no state adds to woes of team snubbed by Mcaa the associated press pm Ladelphia with Sid Ney Lowes snazzy red jacket left behind North Carolina state showed it could win without the coach Goodluck threads or even a Good nights sleep Engin Assur scored 18 Points and Ben Mccauley had 16 Points and 12 rebounds to Lead weary no state to a 6356 Victory Over Mcaa tournament snub Drexel on tuesday night in the first round of the nit Brandon Cost hers three Point play late in the game sealed the win for the Wolf pack who advanced to play Marist the lot seeded Wolf pack knocked off three higher seeds in the Atlantic coast conference tournament before losing to North Carolina in the Champion ship game sunday four exhilarating games in four Days and their Reward was a plane trip to Phila Delphia no wonder the Wolf pack were fatigued Early it was expected said Lowe who wore a Standard pinstriped suit after the four straight games we played we knew Drexel would come out with a lot of Energy and they did the Guys did a Good Job keeping their Compo sure Lowe wore the Stop sign red Blazer throughout the Wolf packs improbable run in the acc tour Ney but they didst need it in this one not with the dragons 239 miserable shooting from the foul line Down the stretch Frank Elegar scored 24 Points on 10for12 shooting but that was overshadowed by a string of Cru Cial misses from the line in the second half Elegar missed eight of 12 Overall including two that could have put the dragons ahead with left instead Mccauley Sank a free throw that made it 5454 and Cost Ner followed with his Baseline Layup and the free throw and the Wolf packs lat season surge continued Dominick Mejia added 11 Points for the dragons still an gered Over being snubbed by the Mcaa tournament selection com Mittee its Tough the Way it ended Flint said i feel sorry for my Guys it was a Tough two or three Days Florida state 77 Toledo 61 at Tallahassee Fla Al Thornton scored 24 Points to Lead the Semi noles past the rockets tuesday the second seeded seminoles 2112 will Host Michigan in a North regional second round game thursday Florida state led 3923 at half time behind 15 Points from Thorn ton who went scoreless the first of the game before breaking Loose in a Span of just Thornton scored four baskets assisted on another blocked a shot and grabbed a pair of rebounds As the seminoles took a 2013 Lead mid Way through the first half nit Roundup Thornton first Basket a Layup gave Florida state the Lead for Good at 98 Justin Ingrams 17 Points led Toledo the mid Ameri can conference regular season champions Keonta Howell and florentine Valencia added 13 apiece for the rockets Michigan 68 Utah state 58 at Ann Arbor Mich Jerret Smith scored 15 Points and fresh Man Deshawn Sims had a Ca ree High 14 to Lead the Wolver Ines past the aggie Jaycee Carroll had 22 Points and Kris Clark and Durrall Peter son added nine apiece for Utah state which was playing in its second not in four years Michigan 2212 is making its third appearance in the not in the last four years West Virginia 74 Delaware state so at Morgantown Eva Frank Young scored 17 Points and Alex Ruoff added 14 to help the to seeded mountaineers and Vance West Virginia 239 will Host Massachusetts in the second round of the East regional on thursday night Jahshan Bluntt led eight seed de Delaware state 2113 with 19 Points Aaron Fleetwood added 14 Massachusetts 89 Alabama 87 at Amherst mass Chris Lowes pull up jumper with 16 seconds left in overtime gave the minutemen a wild Victory Over the tide Stephane lame led fourth seeded mass 248 with 21 Points and nine blocked shots while Lowe added 19 Points the Crimson tide 2012 took an 8584 Lead Early in the extra session but Gary Forbes converted a three Point play to put the minutemen ahead 8785 with to go Marist 67 Oklahoma state 64 at Stillwater okla will Whittington scored 31 Points and the red foxes upset the cowboys for its first Victory Ever in the nit or Mcaa tournament seventh seeded Marist 258 became Only the third no Confer ence opponent to win at Ballagh Erica Arena in the cowboys last 140 games against such teams no 2 seed Oklahoma state which opened 151 this season finished with a 2213 record Marist trailed for Only the first 3 minutes the red foxes matched their largest Lead at 5235 with left before okla homa state rallied behind the three Point shooting of Terrel Harris Mississippi state 82 missis Sippi Valley state 63 at Starkville miss Charles Rhodes had 21 Points and four blocks to help the to seeded bulldogs beat Mississippi Valley state Mississippi state 1913 set a school record with their 14th Vic tory of the season at Home and advanced to the second round of the North regional where  face the Winner of wednesdays Providence Bradley game Tom North Carolina states Gavin Grant left puts an Arm around Drexel Frank Elegar after fouling him during an nit first round game on tues Day North Carolina state ended Drexel season with a 6356 Victory