European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes monday March 192007 i sports Amaker out another nit season is last for Michigan coach Page 25 senior moment saves buckeyes with freshmen getting the Ink senior comes through for Osu by Fred Goodall the associated press Lexington by Ohio state thought Greg Oden was its Best shot at a National Champion ship turns put it was Ron Lewis and in the Nick of time Lewis capped a furious rally by hitting a Long Range three Pointer with two seconds left to Force overtime and the to seeded buckeyes beat Xavier 7871 Satur Day in a second round game in the Mcaa tournaments South regional Ohio state trailed 5544 with minutes left and was still Down 6152 with left when Oden fouled out with a hard shove after several missed shots in the last 10 seconds the Buck eyes looked lost Xaviers Justin Cage then missed the second of two foul shots with 93 seconds leaving the musketeers with a 6259 Lead and giving Ohio state a last Chance Lewis came Down and with two defenders flying at him swished the tying three Pointer from several feet beyond the arc with Oden on the Bench fellow freshman and High school team mate Mike Conley or took Over he scored 11 Points in overtime and the buckeyes 323 we rent threatened again in winning their 19th straight game the buckeyes who finished no 1 in the final associated press poll advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since they went to the final four in 1999 they will play the Winner of sundays game Between Tennessee and Vir Ginia Xavier which has a history of knocking off higher seeds in the Mcaa tournament was in ranked in the final a poll no one had to Tell Ohio state about Xaviers tourney reputation buckeyes coach Thad Matta helped build it in three seasons As tournament coverage gators Jay Hawks look the part of top seeds with dominating victories arizonans Olsen joins Krzyzewski Knight As Spectator after wildcats loss to Purdue pages 2729 the musketeers coach before leaving the Atlantic 10 school in 2004 his Good Friend Sean Miller took Over at Xavier this time Xavier  quite get the Job done Cage who led Xavier with 25 Points had a Chance to All but win the game he made his first foul shot but missed his second and Ohio state had a Chance to save its season Conley dominated the extra period he scored Ohio states first seven Points then four free throws in the final Lewis finished with 27 Points going 4for5 from three Point Range and making All seven of his free throws Conley scored 21 Points and Oden had 14 Points 12 rebounds two blocks and two steals in 35 minutes Matta played Down the significance of facing Miller Cage and Justin Doellman who were fresh men starters on the team Matta led to the final eight three years ago also insisted there were no lingering hard feelings Over the coach departure Xavier fans who made the on hour drive from Cincinnati Haven been As forgiving Many booed Matta when he entered Rupp Arena to watch part of the musketeers first round Victory Over Brigham Young and voiced their displeasure again when the Ohio state coach was introduced before the game two musketeers supporters stood Side beside with signs hoisted above their Heads during a timeout one read a Loyal coach is like a four Leaf clo ver and the other hard to find Lucky to have even though the schools Are Only about two hours apart and both have Strong basketball traditions the buckeyes and Muske Teers met for just the second time in the past 73 years and the fourth time Overall Ohio state leads to the series 31 with Xaviers Only Victory coming in the opening round of the 1984 National invitation tournament de Ohio state guard Ron Lewis hits a three Pointer to tie the game in the closing seconds of the second Naff against Xavier in the second round of the South regional in Lexington by on saturday Lewis three forced overtime and to seeded Ohio state went on to slip past no 9 seed Xavier 7871 in the extra session Freeman helps Kubasak end Streak is Kadena