European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes sunday March 25200 sports Reid returns to duties with eagles Page 47 David j Ohio states Othello Hunter right defends Tennessee Ramar Smith during the buckeyes 8584 Victory in san Antonio on thursday night still within arms reach Ohio state flirts with disaster survives vols scare by Jaime Aron the associated press san Antonio for a no 1 seed that Hast lost since mid january and boasts one of the most ferocious players in the country the Ohio state buckeyes sure seem to like doing things the hard Way having pulled off a narrow escape in the second round the buckeyes opened their South re Gion semifinal by spotting Tennes see a 20point Lead before half time adding to their degree of difficulty Greg Oden already had three fouls sufficiently challenged at that Point Ohio state battled Back tying it Midway through the Sec Ond half then pulling out an 8584 Victory when Oden Shook off one of the worst games of his career and swatted away the potential Winner for the volunteers As time expired thursday night its hard to think Why we dont come out in the first 20 minutes playing like we did the last 20 said Mike Conley who scored 17 Points including a free throw with 65 seconds left that proved to be the difference in hoping we can learn a lot from this and Start off the first four minutes like we ended the game that definitely would get us out of the situation that we were in tonight Conley might As Well have said again instead of tonight con Memphis Kansas escape with victories Urcla hits free throws Down stretch to hold off Pittsburgh pages 4245 David j Tennessee Duke Crews reacts at the end of an 8584 loss to Ohio state in the Mcaa tournament round of 16 on thursday night the vols led by 20 Points in the first half but could not finish off the buckeyes sideling How their previous game unfolded a missed free throw by Xavier in the closing seconds gave the buckeyes a Chance to tie it with a three Pointer and Ron Lewis came through with a Tough one then Conley led the Way in overtime in this tournament the two most important words Are survive and Advance Ohio state coach Thad Matta said weve been very very fortunate the last couple of games to do those things see alive on Page 44 Minnesota fans fired up hoping Smith can revive struggling hoops program Page 41 red sox move Papelbon Back to bullpen figgins Mauer Furcal injured Page 39 elite company Bryant becomes fourth player to top 50 in three straight games Page 46 6 i154260ii00707i 3
