European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 18 2007 stars and stripes Page 47 Mcaa tournament South Reginai Ohio state 78 cent connect Cut 57 at Lexington by Greg Oden had 19 Points and 10 re Bounds in his first Mcaa tournament game and Jamar Butler scored 17 for the to seeded Buck eyes Oden earned his 12th Dou ble double of the season Ron Lewis added 13 As Ohio state 313 quickly dispatched the game but ultimately Over matched the Blue devils Xavier 79 Brigham Young 77 Drew Lavender a 5foot7 trans Fer from Oklahoma made two floaters in the Lane then grabbed a crucial rebound and Sank two free throws with 11 seconds left to help the ninth seeded Muske Teers beat eight seeded Brigham Young Justin Deuman scored 23 Points and Lavender finished with 17 to help Xavier the Atlantic 10 co regular season champions will face Ohio state and former musketeers coach Thad Malta in the second round Texas 68 Penn 52 at Lexington Acie Law scored 20 Points and the third seeded a Gies got two key dunks from Joseph Jones and a game clinching three Pointer from Dominique Kirk to Advance Jones tied the game at 39 with a thundering Dunk at the 11minute Mark then added another Dunk less than a minute later to give Texas 266 the Lead for Good Penn 229 opened the second half with a 216 run Tennessee 121 Long Beach St 86 at Columbus Ohio with Chris Lofton leading the Way with 25 Points the volunteers set off some offensive fireworks to beat the 49ers Friday in an Mcaa first round shootout the Point total matched the most in a first round game set by univ in 1977 against san fran Cisco it was the most Points Ever scored in the tournament by ten Nessee and its most in 18 seasons in any game it was also the most lopsided Mcaa Victory for the volunteers the associated press Memphis survives scare tigers pull away in second half after slow Start Bill North Texas Kendrick Davis front drives against Memphis Pierre Niles on Friday by Jaime Aron the associated press new Orleans say what you want about Memphis not beating anyone John Cali Paris team just keeps winning with the shooting of Chris Douglas Roberts and the inside presence of Joey Dorsey and Robert Dozier the tigers made it 23 straight victories Friday by beating North Texas 7358 in the first round of the Mcaa tournament Douglas Roberts had 16 Points Dozier had 11 and seven rebounds and Dorsey had nine Points and 15 rebounds Andre Allen added 14 Points As Memphis overcame a slow Start to grab control late in the first half and hardly let up against its Sun Belt foe the tigers 313 Are a different club from last years squad mat made the regional finals but they expect to get at least that far after All they Haven lost since dec 20 and Are seeded second in the South regional the Knock is that North Texas 2311 is the Caliper of team Memphis usually beats the tigers beat Only three teams that made the Caas none seeded higher than eighth North Texas was 15th Memphis will be at it again sunday playing a second round game against the Neva Dac Reighton Winner the mean Green put up a Good fight Early taking a six Point Lead with baskets inside and out they were still up four when Dou Gla sroberts an Al conference Usa pick and Memphis leading scorer got his third foul More than nine minutes before halftime Dorsey and Dozier made sure he want missed hunkering Down near the rim on both ends they loaded up on rebounds tipped in some misses by teammates and kept North Texas fron getting any easy baskets the tigers got the Lead Back quickly then used a 122 run at the end of the half to Lead by nine at the break a 13point turnaround after Douglas Rob erts foul North Texas pushed again Early in the Sec Ond half but  keep it up after Calvin Watson blew a fast break Dunk that woul Dve gotten the mean Green within four the tigers stretched their Lead to 17 Reynolds Virginia pounce on Albany by Joe Kay the associated press Columbus Ohio the next time or Reynolds insists Hes feeling Fine believe him the High scoring guard with a Balky hip regained his shooting touch Friday leading Virginia to an 8457 Victory Over Albany in the first round of the Mcaa tournament the Cavaliers 2110 advanced in the South regional with their first tournament Victory since 1995 when they reached the final eight they also answered their big Gest question for March could half of a dangerous guard tandem deliver when it matters most Reynolds responded emphatically scoring 28 Points by hitting shots from every spot on the floor behind the arc off the base line Flat on his Back yes even on his Back the senior went Down hard after he was fouled while driving to the Basket with left in the first half and the game already Well in hand about 10 feet from the hoop he decided to let one Fly for fun and banked it in cleanly Albany 2310 had never seen anything like it for the last three games neither had the Cavaliers Reynolds 178 Points per game and Sean Singletary 189 per game form one of the nations most prolific backcourt lately things Haven been so smooth a sore hip knocked Rey nolds out of his shooting rhythm As the season wound Down and threw the Cavaliers for a Loop in his last three games Rey nolds went 3for15 3for14 and 3for15 from the Field no coincidence that Virginia lost two of the three leaving the Cavaliers unsure what to expect in the tournament a Day earlier Reynolds declined to say exactly what was wrong with the hip or exactly How he Felt other than to assure every one that he would be Fine Friday one pretty shot proved him Hon est the first time he was in Posi Tion to shoot he took a Baseline jumper that cleared a defenders hand and swished at that moment the Cavaliers Felt a lot bet Ter his next three shots were three pointers two of them rat tied and went Down followed by a driving Bank shot another Long three a driving left handed Layup a Short jumper he was on a Roll the Cavaliers who pulled ahead 192 were never seriously threatened they led by As Many As 22 in the first half Reynolds made his first seven shots four of them from behind the arc and went seven of nine Overall in the first half piling up 23 Points in Only 17 minutes he finished nine of 13 from the Field five of seven from behind the arc Mcaa tournament Midwest regional univ holds off Georgia tech for first tourney win since 91 by Andrew Seligman the associated press Chicago shades of the shark maybe if nothing else univ took a big step Back toward the top the Runnin rebels won their first Mcaa tournament game in 16 years beating Georgia tech 6763 Friday behind 19 Points each from Michael Umeh and Wendell White the last time the Runnin rebels won in the Mcaa tournament was under Jerry Tarkanian who led them to the 1991 final four now under coach Lon Kruger univ 296 has an eight game win Streak Overall everybody knows that this was a great win for Las vegas for univ and the Mountain West conference Junior Curtis Terry said but were not done yet Umeh hit two free throws with 235 seconds left to give Sev ent seeded univ a 6561 Lead Joel Anthony then blocked a drive by Javaris Crittenton Umeh hit four of eight three pointers while White hit eight of 12 shots and grabbed eight rebounds he suffered bruised ribs with left in the game but said hell be Fine Anthony Morrow and Alade amino scored 11 each for geor Gia tech this want the sort of performance that would spark memo Ries of the univ team that won it All in 1990 with Larry Johnson Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony nor did anyone deliver the sort of performance that conjured images of Michael Jordan who watched this Midwest regional matchup from a suite the Runnin rebels were just 19for60 from the Field and geor Gia tech want much better at 25of61 Kevin Kruger the coach son who transferred in and helped spark in los turnaround missed All eight of his shots and finished with five Points i want going to quit just be cause i haunt made a shot he said Ive watched a lot of games in the United Center growing up but some nights its not going to fall some nights it is theres nothing i can do but get up a lot of shots tomorrow and before the game on sunday he want the Only one to Strug Gle Wink Adams 13 Points was just 3for13 but he came up with a key defensive play in the final minute when he harassed Critten ton into a 5second violation Crit Tenton a freshman missed his first four shots and finished with eight Points univ beat Georgia tech in the 1990 final four on the Way to the championship both programs endured Down periods in the interim Georgia tech reached the final four in 2004 but missed the postseason last year the yellow jackets were 138 after a fou game losing Streak in late january an there was Specula Tion that coach Paul Hewitt Job was in jeopardy they turned it around in the final month though winning seven of the final nine regular sea son games before losing in double overtime to Wake Forest in the acc tournament in los troubles Are Wel Docu rented the Runnin rebels beat Seton Hall in the 1991 West regional final before the program Crum bled under the weight of penal ties for Mcaa infractions and they made just two Mcaa appear ances Between now and then los ing to Tulsa in the first round in 2000 Brian in los Michael Umeh reacts after a Runnin rebels spurt prompted a Georgia tech timeout in the first round game Between the schools on Friday