European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes saturday March 24200 sports four former coach Esherick sees recruits Lead Georgetown resurgence Page 36 Butler knows underdog role Page 35 new York new York Victory Over Depaul puts air Force in nit semis by Arnie Stapleton the associated press air Force Academy Colo the air Force Falcons have put their Mcaa snub and their senior Day stub behind them it still stinks that we did it a Little too late but you know what its unbelievable Jacob Burtschi said after scoring the Basket that sent air Force to the not semifinals in new York with a 5251 Vic tory Over Depaul on wednesday night i want to go get some pizza from there i hear that where its at the Falcons who will play South Region top seed Clem son in the semifinals on tuesday night at Madison Square Garden saw their Mcaa Bubble burst when they lost their last four games of the season that slide included a 6258 loss to Brigham Young that snapped the longest Home winning Streak in the nation at 30 games and spoiled senior Day for a group that has won 90 games More than any other class in the Academy history now their final memories of Clune Arena where Treyve won 57 of their last 59 will be of their fans storming the court and carry ing them off coach said something that re ally hit Home in life sometimes youre not Given a second Chance said senior Matt my Craw who also scored 13 Points he said this game was our Sec Ond Chance to go out with How our senior night should have been he called it a great feeling to be Able to give military personnel serving overseas something to cheer about Burtschi was ofor7 in the Sec Ond half before scoring the win Ner with 77 seconds left after Tak ing a perfect pass from Tim Anderson and drawing the foul from Wilson Chandler i was excited because we got the Lead Back i was pretty pumped up Burtschi said i was probably too pumped up be cause i missed the free throw but i dont care because we won i was finally Able to make a shot in the second half but hey i dont care if i was ofor8 in the second half the last seven seconds were absolutely the most important we didst give up even if we could have the Blue demons 2410 had David air Force Forward Jacob Burtschi is carried by fans after the Falcons 5251 Victory Over Depaul in an nit quarterfinal at air Force Academy Colo on wednesday air Force has won 57 of its last 59 at Clune Arena one last Chance to earn their fifth trip to the final four of the not which they won in 1945 when the tourney was More prestigious than the Caas Depaus Draylon Burns who scored 18 Points and had five three pointers rimmed out a three Pointer from the right Cor Ner at the Buzzer i thought it was Good it was on line Burns said but the ending want quite like i wanted it to be the normally restrained crowd at Clune Arena stormed the court As Frank Sinatra new York new York serenaded them Over the loud speakers Depaul had been 180 when leading with five minutes left and the Blue demons were up 4643 at that Mark against air Force Anderson scored on a Layup with minutes left to give air Force a 4746 Lead its first since the opening minutes of the Sec Ond half the Lead changed three More times with Chandler put Ting Depaul up 5150 with a three with just under two minutes left see new York on Page 37 source t Smith will leave Kentucky after 10 seasons to take Over at Minnesota Page 38 cardinals manager la Russa arrested on Drunken driving charge in Florida Page 38 Start to finish red sox name new starter Papelbon the teams new closer Page 38