European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 23 2007 stars and stripes Page 27 Jeff West Virginias Joe Alexander fouls North Carolina states Gavin Grant during the nit quarterfinals tuesday West Virginia won 7166 Youngs six threes have West Virginia headed for party at the Garden the associated press Morgantown Eva Frank Young scored 25 Points including 14 straight in the second half and West Virginia Defeated North Carolina state 7166 on tuesday night to Advance to the nit semifinals Young set the schools season record with his first three Point or then buried five More including three in the last six minutes to help West Virginia Advance to its first not semifinal since 1981 Young has 107 three pointers for the year eclipsing the Mark of 101 set by Chris Leonard in 1992 the mountaineers the top seed in the East Region beat no state for the second time this season the sixth seeded Wolf pack 2016 had won five of their last six but  contain Young who hit consecutive three pointers to give Wavu a 6462 advantage with left Alex Ruoff followed with another three Pointer As the mountaineers grabbed the Edge for Good at 6765 with left no states Courtney fells missed a three Pointer that would have tied the game with four seconds remaining West Virginias Dasean Butler then made two free throws setting off a Celebration at the coliseum in Morgan nit Roundup town loudspeakers blared John Denver take me Home coun try roads and Frank Sinatra new York new York the mountaineers play South Region top seed Mississippi state in the semifinals on tuesday at Madison Square Garden in new York Ruoff finished with 15 Points and had a career High 11 assists Mississippi state 86 Florida state 71 at Starkville miss a Mont Gordon scored 16 Points and dished out seven assists As the bulldogs beat the seminoles to Advance to the not semifinals the North regions to seeded bulldogs 2113 held Florida state Star Al Thornton to 22 min utes and 16 Points Thornton Drew two personal fouls in the first 4 minutes of the game then two More in the first 5 minutes of the second half without their Star the Sec on seeded seminoles 2213 wilted under Mississippi states bal hawking Mantovan de sense Florida states Isaiah Swan scored 31 Points including nine three pointers to keep the game within reach out to prove a Point Memphis Victory Over Texas might deliver More respect than its previous 24 wins combined by Woody Baird the associated press Memphis Tenn a 24game winning Streak Hast convinced everyone that Mem Phis is a legitimate National championship contender after All the second seeded tigers didst get much of Challenge from their conference Usa rivals none of which made the Mcaa tournament counting North Texas and Nevada the two teams Memphis beat to get to the South regional semifinals the tigers have Defeated five teams that made the Caas Field of 65 its Safe to say that thursdays game in san Antonio against Texas will be the tigers toughest test in months and Memphis could be without leading scorer Chris Dou Gla sroberts who is nursing a sprained left ankle coach John Calipari said he want positive Douglas Roberts would play but i think he will Calipari said after his weekly radio show monday before a packed House of Tiger fans at a Memphis restau rant decked out in Tiger Blue shirts and Caps the fans treated Calipari to a standing ovation As he arrived for the show held in a strip of taverns and restaurants just off the University Campus Douglas Roberts missed the last eight minutes of sundays game but the tigers dominated Down the stretch without him shutting out Nevada for More than six minutes South regional Tex j Opp pig 759 j 593 Fig 4991 it 719 i 709 Ftp 355 j3o7 3pt 424 j 294 2 793 i 622 458 i 384 618 j 674 401 i 343 349 j 314 a lets Hope that Chris is healthy if Hes not Well figure it out and Well play without him Calipari said lets go in with one thing in mind were going after people Memphis 323 is powered by its pressure defense and Transi Tion offence depth is also a strength the tigers have nine players who average at least 10 minutes per game and seven who Are Over 20 Douglas Roberts averages 154 Points per game but Jeremy Hunt Robert Dozier Joey Dorsey 87 and Antonio Anderson 80 can All contribute offensively the tigers ran roughshod Over Cusa teams such As East Carolina Marshall and Rice on their Way to regular season and Confer ence tournament championships they did what they were sup posed to do As far As playing against mediocre Talent said Memphis fan David Harp one of the faithful out to Salute Calipari they won big this is the second season since conference Usa bid Farewell to powerful teams such As Louis Ville Cincinnati and Marquette All of which were scooped up by the big East but Calipari said the league is getting better our league is stronger maybe were just better anybody think of that he said maybe were better than we were a year ago i dont know the tigers other big wins were against Kentucky and Gonzaga neither of which sur Vived the first weekend of the tournament meanwhile the aggie 276 went 133 in the much tougher big 12 conference with signature victories Over Kansas and Texas there the no 3 seed but the Odds makers have made them a three Point favorite Calipari said such talk Doest interest him either any game we lose from Here on out will be because of our league that what everybody will say so it Doest matter Cali Pari said a year ago Memphis had a no 1 seed but lost to Urcla 5045 in the regional finals the tigers Haven been to the final four since 1985 Back when the school was still known As Memphis state but Memphis fans Are ready for a return hoping the tigers can stretch their winning Streak out four More games were in the Sweet 16 that ought to Tell you something were ready longtime fan Caro Lyn Bridges said rematch buckeyes convinced there better than the last time they played Tennessee rematch from Back Page Ohio state is convinced its a far better team than it was the last time it met Tennessee were playing probably 10 times better Lewis said were More confident in ourselves weve got our rhythm our inside outside game is Way better than it was then because now we know How to play off of Greg Oden a lot More and weve been work ing on the press so its helped us a lot in the first meeting the vols press forced 20 turn overs almost double the buckeyes season aver age of just under 12 a game the volunteers know  have to do a better Job thursday of defending 7foot Center Oden in january he had 24 Points and 15 rebounds despite it being just his 10th game he really killed us in the first half Tennessee Dane Bradshaw said we feel like weve gotten bet Ter but the whole country knows How much their Young players have started to work As a team and there definitely better than they were in january on All 2008 super duties arc Ness exclusive ends hurry in to Exchange new car sales to take 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