European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 202007 Star Sand stripes j Pace 31  tournament glance opening round at Dayton Ohio tuesday March 13 Niagara 77 Florida 69 East regional first round thursday March 15 at Winston Salon no Boston College 84 Texas tech 75 Georgetown 80 Belmont 55 Michigan St 61 Marquette 49 North Carolina 86 e Kentucky 65 at Sacramento Calif Washington state 70 Oral Roberts 54 Vanderbilt 77 George Washington 44 Friday March 16 at Spokane Wash Texas 79 new Mexico state 67 Sou California 77 Arkansas 60 second round saturday March 17 at Winston Salem no Georgetown 62 Boston College 55 North Carolina 81 Michigan state 67 at Sacramento Calif Vanderbilt 78 Washington state 7420t at Spokane Wash us 87 Texas 68 regional semifinals at East Rutherford no Friday March 23 Georgetown 2865 is Vanderbilt 2211 North Carolina 306 is us 2511 regional championship sunday March 25 South regional first round thursday March 15 at Lexington by Louisville 78 Stanford 58 Texas 68 Penn 52 Ohio St 78 Central Connecticut 57 Xavier 79 Brigham Young 77 Friday March 16 at Columbus Ohio Virginia 84 Albany 57 Tennessee 121 Long Beach St 86 at new Orleans Memphis 73 North Texas 58 Nevada 77 Creighton 71 second round saturday March 17 at Lexington by Ohio St 78 Xavier 71 of Texas 72 Louisville 69 sunday March 18 at Columbus Ohio Tennessee 77 Virginia 74 at new Orleans Memphis 78 Nevada 62 regional semifinals at san Antonio thursday March 22 Ohio state 323 is Tennessee 2410 Texas 276 is Memphis 323 regional championship saturday March 24 Midwest regional first round thursday March is at Buffalo by Maryland 82 Davidson 70 Butler 57 old Dominion 46 Friday March 1c at Chicago univ 67 Georgia tech 63 Wisconsin 76 Texas 63 at Spokane Wash Winthrop 74 notre Dame 64 Oregon 58 Miami Ohio 56 at new Orleans Purdue 72 Arizona 63 Florida 112 Jackson St 69 second round saturday March 17 at Buffalo by Butler 62 Maryland 59 sunday March 18 at Chicago univ 74 Wisconsin 68 at Spokane Wash Oregon 75 Winthrop 61 at new Orleans Florida 74 Purdue 67 regional semifinals at St Louis Friday March 23 Butler 296 is Florida 315 univ 306 is Oregon 287 regional championship sunday March 25 West regional first round thursday March 15 at Buffalo nyva Commonwealth 79duke 77 Pittsburgh 79 Wright state 58 at Sacramento Calif Urcla 70 Weber state 42 Indiana 70 Gonzaga 57 Friday March 16 at Chicago Kansas 107 Niagara 67 Kentucky 67 Villanova 58 at Columbus Ohio Virginia tech 54 Illinois 52 s Illinois 61 holy Cross 51 second round saturday March 17 at Buffalo by Pittsburgh 84 a Commonwealth 79 of at Sacramento Calif Urcla 54 Indiana 49 sunday March 18 at Columbus Ohio s Illinois 63 a tech 48 at Chicago Kansas 88 Kentucky 76 regional semifinals at san Jose Calif thursday March 22 Pittsburgh 297 is Urcla 285 Kansas 324 is s Illinois 296 regional championship saturday March 24 final four at Atlanta National semifinals saturday March 31 East Champion is South Champion Midwest Champion is West Champion National championship monday april 2 Mcaa Touni wreck South regional Tennessee rallies to beat Virginia the associated press Columbus Ohio go ahead Tennessee fans break out the Orange paint and slather up it sure seems to work for the head coach Jajuan Smith led a second half comeback Chris Lofton made one free throw after another in the final seconds and the volunteers held off Virginia 7774 sunday in the second round of the Mcaa tournament fifth seeded Tennessee 2410 reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 under second year coach Bruce Pearl who painted himself Orange before a lady vols game last month to show some spirit now his team is showing some staying Power when you reach the Sweet 16 at the University of Tennessee with the Way weve had to rebuild youve made a special place in his tory for yourself Point guard Dane Brad Shaw said a certain Shade of history no less Pearl took off his shirt and painted his Torso Orange to support the lady vols at one of their january games the sight of his brightly col ored belly was shown repeatedly on Basket Ball highlight shows bringing him some grief on sunday Pearl wore a conservative White shirt and did some of his most creative coaching bringing Down a Virginia team that  get one More Basket out of its fabulous guard tandem Point guard Sean Singletary missed an open three Pointer with 1 second left then slumped and rested his forehead on the court in dismay As Virginia 2111 watched its top two scor ers come up empty at the end coach Dave Leitao who has led the Cava Liers through a similar two year revival immediately went to console the Junior we kind of got our heart broken Leitao said i understood at that moment in time be cause Hes so hard on himself that he would immediately take the blame and that the last thing i wanted him to do Tennessee will play no 1 Ohio state in the South regional on thursday in san Antonio the High scoring volunteers lost at Ohio state 6866 in january when 7foot Center Greg Oden was just finding his form Terry Virginia Forward Jamil Tucker 12 and Tennes see Forward Ryan Chidress 34 fight for a rebound during sundays second round game of the South regional in Columbus Ohio Ohio state has changed a lot said Pearl who has taken Wisconsin Milwaukee and ten Nessee to the round of 16 in the last three years there was some uncertainty for them at that time Greg was just starting to come on my guess is Treyve gotten a lot better than we have the buckeyes will face a team determined to press and shoot the three the volunteers set school records for steals and three Point ers this season they put their Mark on the tournament in their opening game Matching the school and Mcaa first round scoring records by piling up 121 Points against Over whelmed Long Beach state in the end sunday the volunteers advanced by having their Best player make the easiest shot of All Lofton the Southeastern conferences player of the year hit All six of his free throws in me last 277 seconds keeping Tennessee ahead Lofton finished with 20 Points Memphis 78 Nevada 62 at new Orleans John Cal Paris Memphis tigers finally have a Victory Worth bragging about in their run of 24 straight they also have a spot in the regional semifinals Chris Douglas Roberts scored 16 Points be fore leaving with a sprained ankle and his High flying versatile teammates took Over from there for a Victory Over Nick Fazekas and Nevada in the second round of the Mcaa tournament the second seeded tigers 323 haunt played a team As Good As the Wolf pack 295 since their last loss Back on dec 20 they showed they were up to the task by never Trail ing after going Down 20 and shutting out the Wolf pack the final after Nevada had gotten within two and Douglas Roberts was in the locker room the biggest Surprise want that the tigers won but mat foul shooting was a big reason for it they came in making Only 61 worst among All tournament teams and near the Bottom of All 336 division i schools it was such a problem Calipari stopped practising foul shots and told Guys to visualize wishes in Stead the tigers went 26for34 from the line Sun Day so Chalk one up for visualization Douglas Roberts led the Way from the line at 10for12 Joey Dorsey who shoots 465 per cent was 4for6 Jeremy Hunt scored 16 and Antonio Ander son added 14 Points and 10 rebounds for Mem Phis Andre Allen had yet another big Gertha usual game in the Mcaa tournament with 10 Points and four assists and Rob Ert Dozier had nine Points eight rebounds and most of the Good defense on Fazekas Fazekas the three time Western athletic conference player of the year missed his first six shots but finished 7for18 for 20 Points with seven rebounds lit i 1 j flan Jutt must Mcaa  regional Southern Illinois suffocates Virginia tech the associated press Columbus Ohio com pared to practice sometimes Southern Illinois games Are Al most like a Day off for the Salukis driven by the tenacious de sense instilled during those work outs and three big three Point ers by Jamaal Tatum Southern Illinois pulled away from Virginia tech 6348 sunday in the second round of the West regional Tatum the Missouri Valley conference player of the year scored 21 Points the Salukis have won 15 of 16 and set a school record for victories in a season this Victory was due to defense which is nothing new for kids who must buy into the concept that defense wins games or else you might want to find another place to play we play so hard in practice that when we go against other teams its almost easier guard Bryan Mullins said the Salukis Advance to meet Kansas 324 in a regional semifinal on thursday night in san Jose Calif a lot of teams go out and say in going to Stop my Man but if we dont Stop our Man we know we have help Tatum said coach talks about not playing selfish defense we know that our teammates will help us out Tony Young added 17 Mullins 11 and Randall Falker 10 Points and 12 rebounds for Southern ill Nois which surpassed the Victory total from the 200001 team that also made it to the round of 16 it want All defense the Salukis matched their season Best with 12 three pointers on 21 at tempts since everyone knows us for our defense and we play so hard on defense people dont realize that we can score Mullins said weve been getting a lot better on offence that showed today Kansas 88 Kentucky 76 at Chicago Chicago native Julian Wright scored 15 of his 21 Points in the second half Brandon Rush added 19 and to seeded Kansas romped past Kentucky in the Sec Ond round of the Mcaa tournament Mario Chalmers added 16 for the Jay Hawks who shot a Blister ing 57 percent to win their 13th in a Row Kansas 324 will play fourth seeded Southern Illinois on thursday in the West regional semifinals in san Jose Calif the rout was a repeat of last years meeting Between the teams in Lawrence Kan Rush led the Way in that one a 7346 Blowout that was Kentucky worst loss in Tubby Smiths 10 years As coach the eight seeded wildcats didst have Randolph Morris in that one As he served out a 14game suspension for entering the 2005 Aba draft but his pres ence sunday made Little differ ence As Kentucky 2212 lost for the seventh time in 11 games Morris finished with 22 Points including 14 from the line Bobby Perry added 21 in a saturday game Urcla 54 Indiana 49 at Sacra mento Calif Indiana game plan hearkened Back to the Days of four Corners offences and set shots and it nearly worked until Urcla punched a Hole in its peach Basket and squeaked into the next round of the Mcaa tournament Darren Louison scored 15 Points hit two late free throws and made the game deciding steal As Urcla survived both the hoosiers stifling defense and their frantic tying rally for a Sec Ond round Victory in the West regional Arron Afflalo managed just 10 Points for second seeded Urcla which led 2013 after a first half dominated by defensive Hustle and downright offensive ineptitude by both teams Indiana tied it at 49 with a minute left after a 163 rally but Afflalo and Collison finished it off with free throws the Bruins Are headed to the round of 16 for the fifth time in eight years and the second straight Campaign under coach Ben Rowland whose team lost the National championship game to Florida last season awaiting Rowland in the next round is a matchup with his old team the Pitt panthers