European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes tuesday March 272007 sports i after lapse in third Quarter Mavericks Roar past Hawks for sixth straight Victory Page 27 Mcaa tournament East regional hoyas Complete final four of win sends Georgetown to Atlanta with Florida Ohio St Urcla by Ben Walker the associated press East Rutherford no Twentyfive years later Georgetown got even for a coach named Thompson and a player named Ewing in an Mcaa tournament full of tremendous rallies it was the hoyas turn against North Carolina of All teams Georgetown overcame an 11point Defi Cit in the second half then ripped off 14 straight Points in overtime to stun the to seeded tar heels 9684 in the East regional final sunday for their first trip to the final four since 1985 when the coach was John Thompsonjr and the Star was Patrick Ewing the hoyas 306 did it this time with coach John Thompson Iii calling the Back door plays he Learned at Princeton and Patrick Ewing or making key contributions they were helped by an amazing col lapse by Carolina which made Only one of 23 Field goal attempts including its first 12 in overtime Over a 15minute Span the tar heels actually had a Chance to win in regulation but freshman Wayne Ellington missed an open jumper from the Wing right before the Buzzer Ewing grabbed the rebound prompting his pop to High five everyone sitting near him in the stands so this time there would be no Gam winning shot for the tar heels a la 1982 when freshman Michael Jordans 17foot jumper with 17 seconds left ended one of the most thrilling games in College basketball history and lifted Carolina Over Georgetown 6362 for the National championship the hoyas waited a Long time to avenge that defeat when they did they celebrated the Thompsons became the first Fatherson duo to reach the final four much less with the same school and they enjoyed a huge embrace at court Side been complaining about the bus being rickety but the ride Home is going to be Good tonight Thompson the father told his son Bill Georgetown Jeff Green right drives past North Carolinas Brandan Wright during the East regional final sunday in East Rutherford no Georgetown won 9684 in overtime int it Thompson the son said the hoyas will play Ohio state 343 in the National semifinals next saturday at the Georgia dome in Atlanta Urcla takes on defending Champion Florida in the other game while the hoyas celebrated Carolina coach Roy Williams could Only sit in disbelief with the score tied 8181 he watched Georgetown score 14 straight Points in overtime before to Lawson hit a meaning less three in the closing seconds the tar heels the 2005 champions had won seven straight regional finals they seemed to be on their Way this time too leading 6958 with to go Jeff Green led Georgetown with 22 Points and freshman Dajuan Summers added 20 Tyler Hansbrough had 26 Points and 11 rebounds for the tar heels held to a Ca re Erlow five Points in Friday nights 7464 Victory Over Southern California he exceeded that total in the first minutes of this game giving away 5 inches to Georgetown 7foot2 Roy Hibbert Hansbrough still banged away he even elbowed his own Guy during a scramble under the Basket no one on his Side minded Lawson ran the fast break at dazzling Speed while Friday night Star Brandan Wright cleaned up Down Low Wright kept scoring off offensive rebounds exactly what he did in leading Carolinas come Back from a 16point deficit in the second half against Southern Cal despite their efforts Georgetown took a 2217 behind Summers three Point shoot ing North Carolina chipped away then momentum turned when Thompson was whistled for a technical foul As Georgetown walked the Ball up court moments before the sudden Call official Curtis Shaw shouted three times at Thompson to get Back in the coaching Box Danny Green made both technical foul shots tying it at 22 and two baskets by Deon Thompson put the tar heels ahead they eventually stretched the Lead to 10 Carolina led 5044 at the break ducks Stop Here defending National Champion Florida defeats Oregon earns return trip to real four rematch with Urcla Page 31 Woods completes masters Warmup with two stroke Victory Over Wetterich in wac event at doral Page 28 Tennessee women race to Early Lead deny Marist another upset in Caas Page 30 Kyle Busch wins As car of tomorrow makes debut 29