European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes wednesday March 28 2007 co Woods gets ready for masters by winning in dominant fashion at Ca championship Page 28 four with familiar ring teams followed big footsteps to Atlanta by Rachel Cohen the Dallas morning news Call it the Good genes final four it seems that almost everybody on the remaining quartet of teams has a famous father expect lots of camera shots of the celebrity parents sitting in the stands during the broadcast of the semifinals it All starts with Georgetown coach John Thompson Iii Restor ing the program to the glory Days built by his dad his players in clude freshman guard Jeremiah Rivers son of Doc and the Selex plan Atory Patrick Ewing or the father of Ohio state fresh Man guard Mike Conley or was an olympic Gold medal winning triple jumper during last years final four we Learned All about the families of Florida stars Taurean Green and Al Hor Ford whose dads played in the Aba and Joakim Noah son of former Tennis Star Yannick Florida the defending champs have displayed their balance in the Sweet 16 against Butler big Man Al Hor Ford had 16 Points while three Point specialist Lee Humphrey had just six in the elite eight against Ore gon it was Hor Ford with Only six Points but Humphrey broke free for 23 Points making seven of 13 three pointers four gators scored in double figures in each of the regional games the starters with their experience and inside outside capabilities Are obviously their strength though those players Are also hav ing to play a lot of minutes each was on the court for at least 30 minutes in Florida last two games senior Chris Richard provided some solid contributions in the elite eight with six offensive rebounds in 22 minutes the gators Haven been Domi Nant in any of their last three wins but Treyve shown the ability to shift into another gear and pull away late leading by three with less than two minutes left in the second round against Purdue they scored six straight Points Down one to Butler with 3vz min utes remaining they went on a 101 run Urcla the Bruins return to the final four for the second straight season for a rematch of last sea sons title game which they lost 7357 to Florida in last years meeting Urcla shot 361 percent from the floor missed 14 of 17 three Point attempts and Stop the gators Interior players Star Arron Afflalo in particular will be looking for redemption he managed just 10 Points on 3for10 shooting making baskets want a prob Lem for the Bruins in the elite eight against Kansas normally stingy defense they made 533 percent of their Fiel goal at tempts Afflalo had 24 Points on 10for15 shooting Urcla committed 25 turnovers against Kansas but otherwise Tak ing care of the Ball has not been much of a problem the 21 turn overs the Bruins forced saturday were More characteristic they average 75 steals per game in taking Over for Jordan far mar As Duclas starting Point guard Sophomore Darren Colli son has increased his scoring from 55 Points per game last year to 128 this season Ohio state coach Thad Matta is 8021 in three seasons at the school the buckeyes owners of a 21game winning Streak proved they could pull out tight contests in the second round and Sweet 16 see Mcaa on Page 30 All games on of sports National semifinals sunday april 1 Georgetown 306 is Ohio state 7 am Florida 335 is Urcla am National championship tuesday april 3 semifinal winners 10 am left Duclas Lorenzo Mata uses his fingers to make the letter a for Atlanta where the Mcaa final four will take place after the Bruins 6855 Victory Over Kansas in the West regional final on Satur Day below former George town player Patrick Ewing smiles after the hoyas beat North Carolina 9684 in the East regional final on Sun Day the final four will be a Homecoming for both the Bruins who earned a rematch of last years National championship game with Florida and Ewing who was a member of the last Georgetown team to go to the final four in 1985 ewings son Patrick Ewing or is a member of this years Georgetown squad Marcio Jose Sanchez left and Winslow Kyle Busch wins As car of tomorrow debuts
