European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 stars and stripes monday March 192007 a Salute to capt clutch Texas Law hits the shots to beat Louisville by will Graves the associated press Lexington by a hostile crowd a big shot a season on the line All in a Days work for Acie Law the Texas Point guard whose Cool Demeanour earned him the nickname Captain clutch did it again Law took Over late and led the aggie past Louisville 7269 on saturday in the second round of the Mcaa tournaments South regional the third seeded aggie 276 reached the round of 16 for the first time in 27 years surviving a raucous pro Louisville crowd in Rupp Arena coach Rick Kitinos cardinals had their chances too especially Edgar Sosa Sosa scored 31 Points but after going 15for15 from the foul line he missed two free throws with 30 seconds left and Louisville trailing by a Point the sixth seeded cardinals 2410 caught a break when Texas Joseph Jones missed two free throws at the other end Sosa got another Chance but hit the Back of the rim on a Long three Point attempt facing the screams of a Large sea of re Clad Louisville fans who made the Short trip to Lexing ton Law made two free throws with 17 seconds to go giving him 26 Points and Texas a Victory sosas Hal court heave bounced off the top of the backboard at the Buzzer setting off a jubilant Cele bration by the aggie in the end Law and the aggie were simply too Tough too poised and too ready to make the next step under third year coach Billy Gillispie the hugs for the aggie were we Learned after a physical matchup Between two of the bet Ter defensive teams in the tournament Field a game that featured 70 free throws and 51 fouls Louisville did its Best to frus trate the aggie with their full court pressure but Texas handled it easily even with Law frequently bouncing from the Bench to the floor after pick ing up his second foul about half Way through the first half the aggie said before the game they  be bothered by the hostile atmosphere which featured thousands of Louisville fans who made the 80mile trip East for the game while they were clearly rattled at times the aggie turned the Ball Over just three times in the second half while Louisville and its roster packed with underclass men finally ran out of magic the Victory gives the aggie some validation for their Rise under Gillispie who has turned the aggie from a big 12 also ran into an emerging National Power in just three years still for awhile in the second half it appeared the aggie sea son would end with a Sec Ond round disappointment at the hands of a quickly improving team for the second straight sea son last year it was Louisiana state and Glen Davis who sent the a Gies Home on saturday it was Sosa the new York City Point guard whose dynamic play helped Lead Louis Villes remarkable turnaround season while Louisville centers David Padgett and Derrick Caracter struggled to stay out of foul Trou ble Sosa threw his 6foot1 Frame into the breach attacking the Bas Ket again and again often draw ing fouls or twisting in for a Layup but Sosa faltered just enough in the final seconds for Law and the aggie to move on Al  Texas guard Acie Law drives around Louisville Terrence will iams during the first half of an Mcaa tournament South regional Ond round game at Lexington keys Rupp Arena on saturday Mcaa Hotnit amenite inside dig games Mcaa tourney no 5 seeds have reason to celebrate by Jim Oconnell the associated press the no 5 seeds can finally share some High fives for the first time since 2000 and two of those games went Over time the no 5 seeds swept the 12s in the first round of the Mcaa tournament the 12s had Man aged at least one Victory in 17 of the last 18 years Tennessee Southern California and Virginia tech won on Friday to Complete the sweep after but Ler won on thursday night Virginia tech barely made it 4for4 scoring the games final 12 Points to beat Illinois 5452 last year Texas and Mon Tana won As no 12 seeds conference glance none of the six conferences with More than three teams in the tournament went unbeaten in the first round although three came close the big ten went 51 Illinois was the Only while the Southeastern conference went 41 the big 12 had three of four Advance with Texas tech the Only team to lose the big East had the most los ing teams in the first round As it went 33 with Villanova notre Dame and Marquette going out big win Winthrop ended its Mcaa tournament wingless Streak As Well As the big souths drought the let seeded eagles beat notre Dame 7464 in the first round for their first Victory in their seventh Mcaa tournament appearance the Victory was the first for a team from the big South in 16 first round games North Caroli Naa Sheville beat Texas Southern 9284 in overtime in the open i ground game in 2003 but the league was ofor15 in the first round until the eagles beat the fighting Irish winthrops six first round losses were by far the most by a Mem Ber of the big South coastal Caro Lina and Liberty were the Only other schools with More than one having lost twice each the other league members to lose a first round game were Campbell North Caroli Nagreen Sboro Radford Charles ton Southern and North Caroli Naa Sheville its huge for Rne personally Winthrop coach Gregg Marshall said its huge for these players its huge for our league huge for the state of South Carolina sorry coach this Mcaa tournament was a Tough one for col lege basketballs winning est Active coaches Bob Knight of Texas tech Lute Olson of Arizona and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke nos 13 on the Victory list among Active coaches All lost their first round games the first time that has happened to those three in the same year the next two coaches on the list Jim Calhoun of Connecticut and Jim Boeheim of Syracuse didst make the tournament this year Lotta wins Kentucky 6758 Victory Over Villanova moved the wildcats into the second round against to seeded Kansas which beat Niagara 10767 it will be a matchup of the firsthand  programs in col lege basketball history Kentucky is no 1 with 1948 victories North Carolina has 1912 and Kansas 1904 sundays game will also be a matchup of two former Tulsa coaches As both Tubby Smith of Kentucky and Kansas Bill self once led the Golden Hurricane Kentucky won a first round game for the 16th straight season the longest current Streak ret min rebels in los 6763 Victory Over Georgia tech was the Runnin rebels first in the Mcaa tournament since 1991 when they beat Seton Hall in the regional finals to Advance to the final four As defending champions that team which lost to Duke in the semifinals was coached by Jerry Tarkanian current univ coach Lon Kruger won seven Mcaa tournament games since the Runnin rebels last Victory he led Florida to the final four in 1994 and won one game each year with Illi Nois in 19971998 and 2000 Good Points Tennessee sin Glen Anderly ended this tournaments offensive slump with its 12186 Victory Over Long Beach state the volunteers outburst matched the sixth highest Points total in tournament history and tied for the most scored in a first round game univ beat san Francisco 12195 in the first round in 1977 the most Points scored in a tournament game were the 149 by Loyola Mary mount in a 34point Victory Over Michigan in the second round in 1990 Tennessee was the first team to score 100 Points in regulation since Kansas beat lab 10074 in the regional semifinal in 2004 we put the fast Back in fast break Tennessee guard Chris Lofton said Cavalier debut Virginias Back court of Sean Singletary and or Reynolds is rated among the Best in the country and they were even More impressive in their first Mcaa tournament game Singletary had 28 Points on 9for13 for shooting including 5for7 from three Point Range and grabbed seven rebounds in the fourth seeded Cavaliers 8457 Victory Over Albany Singletary had 23 Points on 9for15 shooting including half of his four three Point attempts he had nine assists and one turn Over i 33 minutes their guards were terrific Albany coach will Brown said As Good As advertised three and out notre Dame came into the Mcaa tournament shooting 397 percent from three Point Range the 20thbest Mark in division i the fighting Irish 7464 loss to Winthrop came with its worst three Point Effort of the season notre Dame made one of its first 15 three Point attempts against the eagles and finished 4for22 from beyond the arc no foul Wisconsin had some foul trouble in its 7663 Victory Over Texas Christi but the badgers overcame it As usual Jason Chappell and Alando Tucker both had four fouls against the islanders a first for Tucker this season and Only the 28th time for any Wisconsin player no badgers fouled out this sea son Dammron Taylor who leads the team in minutes has commit Ted Only 21 fouls or one every minutes the last Badger to foul out was Brian Butch and that was in the badgers loss to Arizona in the first round of last years Mcaa tournament Twenty four opponents have fouled out against Wisconsin in that Span