European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 t a r s and stripes saturday March 17 Georgetown takes a big first step by Joedy Mccreary the associated press Winston Salem other John Thompson is hoping for a championship run unlike his famous father the son has a team that relies on patience not Power Jessie Sapp scored a Ca ree High 20 Points and led the second seeded hoyas to an 8055 Victory Over 15thseeded Belmont in the first round of the Mcaa tournament East regional on thursday Jeff Green added 15 Points and Sapp made a career High four three pointers for the hoyas who advanced to the Sec Ond round for the second straight year and will renew a onetime big East rivalry saturday when they face seventh seeded Boston College Roy Hibbert added 10 Points and 13 rebounds for Georgetown which won its 16th in 17 games by snapping Belmont seven game winning Streak arid dealing the Bruins their second straight lop sided loss in the tournament a Quarte Century ago Thomp sons father led a physical intimidating Georgetown team to the final four his sons team is showing flashes of similar Suc Cess even if the styles Are Noth ing alike John Thompson i led George town to its highest seed since Allen Ive Sori and the coach father led the hoyas to a no 2 seed in 1996 the hoyas improved to 171 in their last 18 first round games with a lineup that included Green the big easts player of the year and the 7foot2 hib Bert the hoyas showed plenty of reasons Why they deserve consideration As a trendy pick to and Vance from a difficult East regional bracket that includes pow ers North Carolina and Texas and reach their first final four in 22 years Sapp matched his previous Ca reer High from three Point Range by halftime hitting three threes in a 4minute Span to give the hoyas More than enough breath ing room Belmont got no closer than 11 in the second half and the hoyas were Content to spend the final 20 minutes patiently working the clock while running the younger Thompsons Princeton style of sense Andrew Preston had 14 Points and Justin Hare added 10 for Bel Mont which looked Early on like it might threaten to pull off the tournaments first big upset the Bruins raced out to an 114 Lead behind Matthew Dotson three off the Glass and surprisingly Strong inside play against hib Bert that All changed when Green and the rest of Georgetown sup porting cast dashed those dreams the hoyas reeled off 11 straight Points As part of a 204 run holding the Bruins without a Field goal for 8 minutes and Tak ing the Lead for Good when greens Layup made it 1311 with until halftime it was a second straight Quick exit from the tournament for Bel Mont which also was a no 15 seed last year in its first Ever appearance in the Field of 65 but was routed by Urcla Butler shakes free behind Campbell by John Keels the associated press Buffalo by when but Ler needed a spark Pete Camp Bell delivered Campbell hit three three Point ers his Only baskets of the game to spark a 170 run in the Bull dogs 5746 Victory Over old do minion in a first round matchup thursday of two of the six mid majors in this years Mcaa tournament Butler the fifth seed in the Midwest and tournament test de with six appearances in 11 years set a school record for Vic tories in a season the bulldogs will meet fourth seeded Maryland in the second round saturday the terms 258 beat 13thseeded Davidson 8270 earlier thursday the bulldogs have become one of the nations Model mid major programs they had equated the team record set four years ago when they pulled off two big up sets As a 12th seed to make it to the round of 16 and they were determined not to become a victim of a 12th seed old Dominion 249 had won 12 of 13 games and even posted an Early season Victory Over even Tual big East Champion George town a second seed in the Mcaa tournament it was anybody game until the bulldogs finally found their Range trailing 3229 after Valdas Basylius hit a three Pointer with remaining Butler tied it with a j Graves three from right Wing and then Campbell found Bis Range Graves led Butler with 18 Points Mike Green had 14 and Brandon Crone 12 the monarchs featured three senior starters Basylius Drew Williamson and Arnaud Dahi who put together the winning est fou year class in school history with 93 victories on this Day they struggled going a combined 7for28 Dahi had 10 Points but the 6foot7 Basylius the teams leading scorer at nearly 16 Points per game missed All four of his shots in the first half and finished with 10 Points on 3for12 shooting Williamson who didst score until he converted his own steal with a fast break Layup with left in the game finished with two Points before fouling out in the final minute Brandon Johnson led old do minion with 11 Points and Gerald Lee had 10 a Large contingent of fans were seated behind the Butler Bench ready to cheer the bulldogs every move there want much to cheer about until Campbell took Over Campbell who was 62for109 in the previous 19 games on threes for an impressive 569 per cent accuracy rate missed his first two from Long Range before connecting twice in a 54second Span to break the 32all tie he nailed his first three from the right Wing at and after Brandon Johnson missed a three for old Dominion followed with a three from left Wing for a 3832 Lead with left Campbell made his third three from the left Side missed another then watched Green make one from the top of the key and follow that with a driving Layup to boost the Lead to 4632 with left Butler ranked in the top 20 for 15 weeks held old Dominion scoreless for 7 minutes 24 seconds during its decisive run a 12th seed has beaten a no 5 in each of the last six years Butler did it in 2003 and this year had landed the highest seed in school history prompting Many experts to pick old Domin Ion for an upset but Butler has become accustomed to confounding the experts four years ago As a 12th seed the bulldogs upset Mississippi state and Louisville before falling to Oklahoma in the round of 16 foreshadowing George masons stunning run to the final four a year ago this year Butler started Mak ing a statement in november the bulldogs began the season with a 40point rout at Tulane then won the not season Tipoff posting victories Over four teams selected for the Mcaa tournament notre Dame Indiana Tennessee and Gonzaga Pearl wants More than Mcaa invite for vols by Elizabeth a Davis the associated press Knoxville Tenn at ten Nessee Early March usually Sig nals the Start of Spring football and another run by the women basketball team in the Mcaa tournament its almost always Means the end of the season for mens basketball second year coach Bruce Pearl has the volunteers in the Mcaa tournament for the 15th time in school history aside from the invitations to the tourney that about where the history stops Tennessee is 915 in the Mcaa tournament winning two games in a Row Only once the vols a no 5 seed play 12thseeded Long Beach state in Columbus Ohio on Friday Pearl has brought renewed enthusiasm about mens basketball to Rocky top with big victories Over big rivals Florida and Ken Tucky Hes created a Buzz with antics such As wearing a Bright Orange Blazer and painting his Chest Orange while cheering for the women team his goal in the Mcaa tournament is simple we need to Advance we need to take advantage of our seed we need to get to the Sweet 16 and be Able to see the final four Pearl said you cant see the final four from the opening rounds but when you get to the Sweet 16 you can at least see it last season the vols won the Southeastern conference East after sweeping eventual National Champion Florida and earned a no 2 seed the highest in school history in the first round in greens Boro no Tennessee squeaked by 15thseeded Winthrop 6361 on Chris Loftonsr falling Down jumper with 29 seconds left the vols then lost 8073 to Wichita state in the second round continuing the programs penchant for Early exits i always want our team to play up to its ability ill Tell you right now we didst take advantage of our seed last year but we didst play badly in Greensboro Pearl said we had to play really Well to beat Winthrop we didst play badly against Wichita state and got beat by a pretty Good team but we didst play special and that what its going to require before last season Tennessee had not been to the Mcaa tournament since 2001 when the vols lost in the first round to Charlotte despite Tennessee Success in the regular season under the coach Jerry Green the vols mostly faltered in March Tennessee Best run was to the round of 16 in 2000 with victories Over Louisiana Lafayette and Connecticut before losing to North Carolina Mcaa scoreboard tournament glance opening round at Dayton Ohio tuesday March 13 Niagara 77 Florida 69 East regional first round thursday March 15 at Winston Stem no Boston College 84 Texas tech 75 Georgetown 80 Belmont 55 Marquette 249 is Michigan St 2211 n Carolina 286 is e Kentucky 2111 at Sacramento Calif Washington state 70 Oral Roberts 54 Vanderbilt 2011 is George Washington 238 Friday March 16 at Spokane Wash Texas 249 is new Mexico state 258 Sou California 2311 is Arkansas 2113 second round saturday March 17 at Winston Stem no Georgetown 276 is Boston College 2111 n Kentucky is Marque state at Sacramento Calif Washington state 267 is Vander Washington sunday March 18 at Spokane Wash Mexico state is Southern Cali regional semifinals at East Rutherford no Friday March 23 regional championship sunday March 25 South regional first round thursday March 15 at Lexington by Louisville 78 Stanford 58 Texas 68 Penn 52 Ohio St 303 is Central Conn St 2211 Brigham Young 258 is Xavier 248 Friday March 16 at Columbus Ohio Virginia 2010 is Albany 239 Tennessee 2210 is Long Beach St 247 at new Orleans Memphis 303 is North Texas 2310 Nevada 284 is Creighton 2210 second round saturday March 17 at Lexington by Ohio St Central Conn St is Texas 266 is Louisville 249 sunday March 18 at Columbus Ohio is Beach at new Orleans Texas is regional semifinals at san Antonio thursday March 22 regional championship saturday March 24 Midwest regional first round thursday March 15 at Buffalo by Maryland 82 Davidson 70 Butler 57 old Dominion 46 Friday March 16 at Chicago univ 286 is Georgia tech 2011 Wisconsin 295 is Texas 266 at Spokane Wash notre Dame 247 is Winthrop 284 Oregon 267 is Miami Ohio 1814 at new Orleans Arizona 2010 is Purdue 2111 Florida 295 is Jackson state 2113 second round saturday March 17 at Buffalo by Maryland 258 is Butler 286 sunday March 18 at Chicago is Gia tech at Spokane Wash Ohio is notre Throp at new Orleans state is regional semifinals at so Louis Friday March 23 regional championship sunday March 25 West regional first round thursday March 15 at Buffalo by Duke 2210 is a Commonwealth 276 Pittsburgh 277 is Wright state 239 at Sacramento Calif Urcla 265 is Weber state 2011 Indiana 2010 is Gonzaga 2310 Friday March 16 at Chicago Kansas 304 is Niagara 2311 Kentucky 2111 is Villanova 2210 at Columbus Ohio Virginia tech 2111 is Illinois 2311 s Illinois 276 is holy Cross 258 second round saturday March 17 at Buffalo by St is Commonwealth at Sacramento Calif state is sunday March 18 at Columbus Ohio s Cross is a at Chicago is regional semifinals at san Jose Calif thursday March 22 regional championship saturday March 24 final four at Atlanta National semifinals saturday March 31 East Champion is South Champion Midwest Champion is West Champion National championship monday april 2