European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 202007 stars and stripes Page 31 tournament glance opening round at Dayton Ohio tuesday March 13 Niagara 77 Florida 69 East regional first round thursday March is at Winston satan no Boston College 84 Texas tech 75 Georgetown 80 Belmontes 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  Georgetown 62 Boston College 55 North Carolina 81 Michigan state 67 at Sacramento Calif Vanderbilt 78 Washington state 7420t sunday March 18 at Spokane Wash Texas 259 is us 2411 regional semifinals at East Rutherford no Friday March 23 Georgetown 286 is Vanderbilt 2211 North Carolina 306 is regional championship sunday March 25 regional first round thursday March is 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 313 is Nevada 294 regional semifinals at san Antonio thursday March 22 Ohio state 323 is Tennessee 2410 Texas 276 is regional championship saturday March 24 Midwest regional first round thursday March 15 at Buffalo by Maryland 82 Davidson 70 Butler 57 old Dominion 46 Friday March 16 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 79 Duke 77 Pittsburgh 79 Wright 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 314 is Kentucky 2211 regional semifinals at san Jose Calif thursday March 22 Pittsburgh 297 is Urcla 285 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 Tennessee rallies to beat Virginia the associated press Columbus Ohio now the whole state of Tennessee can paint itself Orange 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 Sec Ond round of the Mcaa Tournai  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 his spirit Pearl did some of his Best coaching on Sun Day bringing Down a Virginia team that  get one More shot out of its fabulous guard tandem at the end Point guard Sean Singletary missed a 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 Tennessee will play no 1 Ohio state in the South regional on thursday in san Antonio the High scoring volunteers lost 6866 at Ohio state in january Tennessee put its Mark on the tournament in its opening game Matching the school and first round scoring records by piling up 121 Points against discouraged Long Beach state the volunteers advanced on sunday by Mak ing the easiest shot of All Lofton hit All six of his free throws in the last 277 seconds keeping Tennessee ahead Lofton finished with 20 Points and the Volun Teers went 22for32 Overall from the free throw line it was a numbing finish for Virginia which got another big game from its guard tandem of or Reynolds 26 Points and Singletary 19 it want enough to get the Cava Liers into the round of 16 for the first time since 1995 instead Tennessee got the better of one of the tournaments most colourful matchup the color Orange of course Reynolds donned Bright Orange shoes for the Cavaliers first round game against Alba Terry Virginia Forward Jamil Tucker 12 and Tennes see Forward Ryan Childress 34 fight for a rebound during sundays second round game of the South regional in Columbus Ohio by and immediately broke out of his shooting slump by making his first seven shots and scoring 28 Points Overall not surprisingly Reynolds Orange shoes were Back his teammates stuck with their More conservative Blacka Edwhite footwear for the second round game against a coach known for his Orange Chest Pearl took off his shirt and painted his Torso to support the lady vols for one of their january games in the opening minute Reynolds and Lofton turned it into a game of h0rse Reynolds hit a three from the top of the key on Virgin is first Possession and Lofton responded with a longer three a minute later the Challenge was on and Reynolds was on his game Tennessee repeatedly switched defenders but none could Stop Reynolds who made five of his first seven shots he was at his Best Dur ing an 183 spurt that gave Virginia a 3625 Lead scoring 12 Points on assorted shots then it was Tennessee turn the volunteers slowly Cut into the Lead and Smith had a three Point play and a Sealan Layup during a 152 spurt Early in the second half that put Tennessee ahead to stay 5444 Smith finished with 16 Points at that Point Singletary tried to bring Vir Ginia Back he got a rebound while falling and while on his Chest passed to Adrian Joseph for a Layup that Cut it to 6159 Smith ended the comeback there by hitting a three Pointer then taking a charge from Singletary Lofton an 805 percent free throw shooter finished it off by going 6for6 from the line in saturdays game Texas 72 Louisville 69 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 de Meanor earned him the nickname Captain clutch did it again Law took Over late and led the aggie past Louisville the third seeded aggie 276 reached the round of 16 for the first time in 27 years surviving a raucous Rupp Arena crowd to face the Winner of Nevada and Memphis Rick Kitinos cardinals had their chances too especially Edgar Sosa Sosa scored 31 Points but after going 15for15 from the foul line 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 ignoring a screaming sea of re Clad Louis Ville fans who made the Short trip to Rupp Law made two free throws with 17 seconds to go giving him 26 Points Southern Illinois suffocates Virginia tech the associated press Columbus team that no one wants to play is still playing thanks to its suffocating defense Southern Illinois got three big three pointers from Jamaal Tatum and pulled away to beat Virginia tech 6348 on sunday in a second round game in the Mcaa tournaments West Region Al 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 they Advance to meet the Kan Sas Kentucky Winner in a Region Al semifinal on thursday night in san Jose Calif rest assured that neither team wants to face a team so dedicated to floor Burns and Gritty defense Tony Young added 17 Bryan Mullins 11 and Randall Falker 10 for Southern Illinois which surpassed the Victory total of the 200001 team that also made it to the round of 16 Jamon Gordon had 16 Points and Deron Washington added 15 for fifth seeded Virginia tech which haunt been held to fewer Man 54 Points this season Zabian Dowdell a firs team Allacc Choice who came in aver aging 18 a game had just seven Tatum had hit the decisive three to break a late tie when the teams met Back in november in a tournament in Florida a game the Salukis won 6964 Virginia tech piled up a season High 19 turnovers in that game they did better holding onto the Ball this time around but were unable to solve the Salukis pressure defense 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 Collison 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 Howland whose team lost the National championship game to Florida last season awaiting Howland in the next round is a matchup with his old team the Pitt panthers do White and Earl Calloway scored 12 Points apiece for Indi Ana which finished its encouraging first season under coach Kelvin Sampson with a tournament game that should have a place in the schools Rich history even if it wont win any Beauty contests Urcla won without making a Field goal in the final but in Diana  score at All in the final minute Indiana trailed 4633 with to play before Lance Stemler led the comeback which Urcla helped with a shot clock violation and two missed free throws Stem lers three Pointer and Roderick Wilmont running jumper with left Cut the Bruins Lead to 4745 Afflalo the pac10 player of the year hit two free throws for his first Points in 17 minutes but Stemler was fouled on another three Point attempt the Junior re serve hit two free throws but Indi Ana rebounded the third and galloways diving Layup tied it with a minute left Afflalo hit two More free throws with 38 seconds left be fore Collison alertly swiped the in Bounds pass away from Calloway who was forced to commit his fifth foul Collison added two More free throws and Shipp sealed it with one last free throw with 10 seconds left