European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes sunday March 18 2007 Jackson fined slumping lakers lose seventh straight Page 40 living up to the hype Cinderella favorite Winthrop takes first step knocking off and by Gregg Bell the associated press Spokane Wash when Craig Bradshaw arrived at tiny Winthrop four years ago fellow freshman Torrell Martin told his new Sealander teammate he needed a Les son on How to dance i told him this was America get a Little swagger mar tin said laughing the Winthrop Guys All have it now they beat notre Dame Bradshaw scored 24 Points and mar tin added 20 and a career High 11 re Bounds Winthrop beat the Irish 7464 Friday in the first round of the Mcaa tournament the let seeded eagles who had been 06 in previous tournament tries blew All of their 20point Lead in the second half before surging in the final two minutes to end notre Dames first Mcaa appearance since 2003 weve been trying to get this for the last three years Bradshaw said in his Kiwi accent Winthrop the Little school from Rock Hill so and the unheralded big South conference lost in the final seconds to Tennessee last year in the tournament this year the eagles survived a frenetic Irish rally to Advance in the Midwest regional when this Victory finally came Winthrop play ers leaped up and Down and pounded their chests winthrops Only losses this season Are to North Carolina and fellow ranked tournament teams Wisconsin in Maryland and Texas in still in Awe Martin said about 30 min utes after the game in on Cloud 10 on the bus ride to the Arena Martin had told his teammates in an impassioned Impromptu speech we As Winthrop cannot lose again and be considered a Good mid major team wed be a Fluke team that can Only win its weak conference no flukes no More winthrops Torrell Martin celebrates after his teams 7464 Victory Over notre Dame on Friday in Spokane Wash in an Mcaa Midwest regional mens first round basketball game Martin scored 20 Points and grabbed a career High 11 rebounds in the Victory Winthrop advanced to face Oregon in the second round Rick Tiger stumbles As mediate surges at Bay the Victory want so much an upset As a Long awaited next step in the maturation of coach Gregg marshalls nine year basketball revival at the school last june Marshall accepted the College of Charles tons offer to become its head almost twice his Winthrop salary of about but 24 hours later he changed his mind Good move Charleston is Home never even made it into the tournament after a 2211 season and mar shall is one win from the Mcaa regional semifinals with a team starting three seniors and two juniors its huge for me personally Marshall said while his players fielded congratulatory phone Calls and text messages in the locker room its huge for these players its huge for our league huge for the state of South Carolina its nine years of putting your heart and soul into something and being close in the past the Irish led by 14 Points from Colin Falls stormed Back from 5434 Down to take a 6362 Lead with left but then it was All Winthrop my season is Over my career is Over were done Russell Carter said inside the Irish locker room notre Dame 248 won its most games since 1974 Carter an Al big East player and the Irish leading scorer shot just 6for15 including ofor6 from three Point Range coach Mike Brey lamented a 3710 run by Winthrop from the end of the first half into the second that erased notre Dames 2417 Lead in that Span Bradshaw at 6foot10 taller than any notre Dame player moved wherever he pleased inside Many of his 24 Points came within eight feet of the Basket we were Back on our heels Brey said we looked Young they looked old but Winthrop made just three free throws Over eight minutes and the Irish closed to within 5756 on a Putback by Carter off an air balled three notre Dame took the Lead on Luke Harangody turn around he was fouled on the play but missed the ensuing free throw then the eagles soared again and scored eight of the next 10 Points univ Virginia score victories to break Mcaa tournament droughts Duke Falls in first round for first time since 1996 year after loss to George Mason Michigan state advances pages 4547 Hill Page 42 Iii Willil i i him Iii 54260n00707