European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes thursday March 22200 hornets take first step toward a playoff run by beating celtics Page 28 Back on the flight plan after Mcaa Bubble burst air Force is enjoying nit Romp by Arnie Stapleton the associated press air Force Academy Colo so faulty in their final four regular season games that Cost them an Mcaa bid the air Force Falcons have been close to perfect in the nit for the first 13 minutes of their 8352 Blowout of geor Gia on monday night the Falcons had no fouls no turn overs and not a single thing for their coach to complain about i always look for something to yell at them about fal cons coach Jeff Bzdelik said i find it there for a while when the Buzzer sounded on their second straight blow out they beat Austin Peay by 24 in the first round Bzdelik had precious few objections to anything his team did in winning its school record 25th game behind Jacob Burtschin 21 Points and Dan new alleles 19 air Force the top seed in the West advanced to the semifinals wednesday night against Depaul at Chine Arena where the Falcons have won 56 of their last 58 games there clearly one of the Best 20 teams in the country i think its a major mistake that there not in the Mcaa tournament bulldogs coach Dennis Felton said not Only do they belong but in quite certain that they would have advanced i questioned whether they merited being in last year but this year they had a much better resume maybe felons dissing them last year had something to do with the score on this night Bzdelik would Only say the Falcons had plenty of motivation to take it to the bulldogs but he go into any detail certain things stay within our family and Well keep them there he said after air Force lost to Wyoming in the first round of the Mountain West tournament last week Bzdelik gathered his players and admonished them not to hang their Heads what happens to teams like us is there hungover with depression for not making the Mcaa tournament that they wind up getting beat their first round Bzdelik said but to me i said do we have any not banners in Clune this is a wonderful thing you look at the not Media guide and its filled with Dean Smith Lou Carnesecca people like that theres great tradition and history Jack air Force Center Nick Welch pops his Jersey while celebrating the 8352 Victory Over Georgia during a second round nit game at air Force Academy Colo on monday the Falcons have recovered from a lat season swoon so we have this Opportunity to erase this feeling of straight losses to end the season surpassed last years win in run too f i t in 1 f1 numbness inside of us lets embrace this Opportunity and go and see what we can do clearly the Falcons eagerly accepted their coach Chal Lenge the Falcons whose Mcaa Bubble burst with four total in surprisingly easy fashion against a More athletic team that was bothered by the Altitude and air forces relentless zone defense and precision motion offence see flight on Page 29 this years Mason no 13 Marist reaches Sweet 16 after knocking off Middle Tennessee flu also pulls off women upset Page 28 Zama american girls soccer team might be Young but dont bother telling its players they cant contend Page 27 Joey Porter Levi Jones Battle extends off Field 6iii154260ii00101iiii9
