European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 0 stars and stripes monday March 19 2007  South regional Fazekas gets another Chance As Kemp paces Nevada in of by Brett Martel the associated press new Orleans Nevada Star Nick Fazekas plans to make his last Mcaa tournament a special one did not include him walk ing off the court dejected after fouling out when his team needed him in overtime hell get his shot to make up for it in Sun Days second round Marcelus Kemp made sure of that Kemp capped a 27point performance with nine Points in overtime in a 7771 Victory Over Creighton in a first round South regional game Friday sparing Nevada another Early exit from the Mcaa tournament on this team we have a lot of different options and everybody plays Well when other Guys Are out Kemp said i knew we could do it without Nick he has Confidence in us to go without him and we did that Ramon sessions scored 16 Points and Kyle Shiloh 10 for the seventh seeded Wolf pack who also out rebounded Creighton 4831 Nevada bounced by Montana in last years opening round needed Kemp to score nine Points above Bis average to move into a second round matchup against second seed de Memphis i just didst want to feel like i Felt last year Kemp said Fazekas the Western athletic conference player of the year had his second worst shoot ing performance of the season and fouled out with left in overtime the senior still finished with 17 Points but was 5for13 from the Field and not his usual dominant self i didst have any doubts at All that Marce Lus and Shiloh and Ramon could take Over Fazekas said its just Good we got one under our Belt How Nate Funk led lot seeded Creighton 2211 with 23 Points but got Only a minute of rest and began to lose his Range late in the game he lost the handle on the Ball As he missed a jumper in the final seconds of Regula Tion that might have won it fellow seniors Nick Porter and Anthony Tol liver each added 15 for the Blue jays playing in a second Mcaa tournament in three years we had a Chance to win at the end of regu lation but it just didst happen Funk said they outplayed us in the overtime period they rebounded and made plays we didst Creighton also struggled from Long Range missing 16 of 19 three pointers Dane Watts who came in averaging 101 Points was ofor8 from Long Range and lfor12 Overall we took a couple of questionable shots and  get a rebound Creighton coach Dana Altman said we didst get the production from our Bench this year that we have had in previous years in not sure if that was the reason we  get a rebound the last three minutes of the game or not Kemp finished with 12 rebounds when Fazekas was in foul trouble in the second half and then left the game in overtime Javale Mcgee came on and asserted himself under Neath he had five rebounds in Only 9 minutes of action Creighton which forced 19 turnovers has relied heavily on defense All season and that Alex nevadas Marcelus Kemp scored nine of his 27 Points in overtime As the Wolf pack beat Creighton 7771 on Friday in new Orleans what had the Blue jays in position to win in regulation the Blue jays converted steals into fast break layups on three consecutive possessions and led 5752 with a Little More than 5 minutes to go Kemp stopped nevadas slide with a Tough leaner off the Glass his jumper pulled the Wolf pack to 5957 and Fazekas tied it with a jumper with left neither team scored again until overtime which Kemp opened with a Basket inside he also had a three Pointer that put Nevada up 6662 and added four free throws after that Mcaa tournament inside the games no 5 seeds have a 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 me 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 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 54v2 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 Lofton vols Are thrilled to run away from lbs by Rusty Miller the associated press Columbus Ohio the ten Nessee volunteers  have been happier when Long Beach state decided to run with them we didst come in with a game plan that says we want to put up 100 on these Guys guard Dane Bradshaw said after ten lessees record setting 12186 first round Mcaa tournament Vic tory Over the 49ers it was just the flow of the game Chris Lofton led the Way with 25 Points As the volunteers matched the most Points scored by a team in a first round Mcaa tournament game it really was Lofton said were used to playing like that when a team plays uptempo like that we get excited it was just a fast paced game we put the fast Back in fast break the Point total equated in los production in a 1977 first round or against san Francisco both teams came in averaging 80 Points a game putting them among the top 11 in the nation so it want a shocker that baskets came in Bunches but the numbers were nonetheless staggering for old timers who believe defense Powers teams into the elite Field i like an identity for a pro Gram this is our identity coach Bruce Pearl said weve never finished second in any league in scoring in 14 or 15 years Ive been a head coach we Pride ourselves on As Chris said putting the fast Back in fast break we do we want to be Able to do that and win i enjoy being uptempo and being aggressive in transition Well put four or five Guys on the floor that can score and Treyve got a lot of Freedom the volunteers 2310 hit Tri ple digits on a Dunk by Duke Crews with More than min utes left and then stepped on the Gas to tie the school Mark for Points they were scoring from All kinds of positions on the court Long Beach state coach Larry Reynolds said Jajuan Smith added 24 Points Ramar Smith 22 Crews 12 and Wayne Chism 10 Points Brad Shaw had a career est 11 assists the volunteers improved to 293 in pearls two years when scoring 80 or More Points a threshold they reached with 13 minutes remaining Kejuan Johnson had 24 Points Aaron Nixon 23 and Kevin hous ton 17 for the 12thseeded 49ers regular season and tournament champs of the big West who were making their first Mcaa appearance in a dozen years Lofton the Southeastern con Ference player of the year led the Way As the volunteers shot 59 per cent from the Field and made 14 of 27 three pointers he hit half of his eight shots behind the arc and Jajuan Smith hit 4of6