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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 28 2007 stars an stripes Page 29 heels cruise then crumble Georgetown takes advantage to wrest a berth in final four by Ben Walker the associated press East Rutherford no John Thompson Iii and Patrick Ewing or could Only Hope the same Way their dads did a Genera Tion ago on this night it was different a North Carolina freshman missed Twentyfive years later Georgetown had gotten even in an Mcaa tournament full of incredible rallies it was the hoyas turn they rallied from 11 Down 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 the hoyas Are headed Back to the final four for the first time since 1985 taking on Ohio state next saturday in Atlanta the comparisons to pops teams much like the talk about big Pat Little Pat big John Little John you Guys can do that Little John said for us to figure out How to hold on and pull away with a win against that team is special especially because of what happened on March 29 1982 when John Thompsonjr was the coach and Patrick Ewing was the fran Chise facing those same tar heels they were denied a nation Al championship when a North Carolina freshman named Michael Jordan made the godhead jumper these hoyas 306 won with Thompson calling the backdoor plays he Learned at Princeton and Young Ewing making key contributions they were helped by an amazing collapse Over the final 15 minutes by Carolina which made Only one of its last 23 shots missing its first 12 in Over time this is an extremely disappointing time for our team its not the Way you want your season to end tar heels coach Roy will iams said congratulations to Georgetown and Young John Young John is like family to me its a family like none other in College basketball the first father and son to coach teams into the final four when it was Over Thompson Shook hands with Williams and everyone else on the North Carolina Side never showing a smile then it was time to walk across the court to the biggest Bear hug he could imagine youve been complaining about the bus being rickety but the ride Home is going to be Good tonight his dad told him int it the son said after Georgetown Jonathan Wallace hit a three that tied it 8181 with 31 seconds left in regu lation the tar heels had a Chance to win it but freshman Wayne Ellington missed an open jumper from the Wing right be fore the Buzzer and Ewing grabbed the rebound prompting his famous fatties to High five everyone near him in the stands there would be no game win Ning shot for the tar heels a la 1982 when the Jordan legend was born with a 17foot jumper with 17 seconds left lifting Carolina Over Georgetown 6362 the hoyas waited a Long time to avenge that defeat and when they did it unleashed a Celebration a Quarter of a Century in the making every Georgetown player crossed the court to hug the elder Thompson who did the National radio broadcast while the hoyas celebrated Williams could Only sit in disbelief in overtime it was Over in a hurry Wallace scored inside fresh Man Dajuan Summers dunked a minute later and Jeff Green added a Layup to make it 8781 with Carolina Rushing bad shots Georgetown jammed it inside and Drew fouls Summers made four free throws Jessie Sapp two Star Ledger Noah k Georgetown Jonathan Wallace hits a three Pointer with 31 seconds left to tie sundays Mcaa East regional final and Force an overtime the hoyas dominated in beating to seeded North Carolina 9684 Summers Dunk extended the Lead to 9581 before to Lawson broke the Streak with a meaning less three in the closing seconds Sapp finished it off with one last free throw we just tried to get an Early Start on it Green said if we let them get an Early Start they would have had the momentum coming in we got Lucky the tar heels the 2005 Cham pions had won seven straight regional finals and were trying to reach their 17th final four which would have tied Duclas record after overcoming a 16point deficit in the second half to beat Southern California on Friday night they seemed to be on their Way this time too leading 6958 with to go and still up 7565 with to play that when Georgetown took Over a foul shot by Green a Layup by Sapp another Layup by Green and a Dunk by 7foot2 Roy Hibbert and it was 7572 and a game again i think the momentum its sort of fleeting you dont know when its going where its going when its going to come Back Williams said the hoyas did an even better Job on defense with an Active zone that flummoxed Carolina and once it went to overtime it was a bad Omen for the tar heels they have now lost seven straight games in overtime since 2000 Green led Georgetown with 22 Points and Summers added 20 Tyler Hansbrough had 26 Points and 11 rebounds for the tar heels opening round March 13 Niagara 77 Florida 69 East regional first round March 1516 Boston College 84 Texas tech 75 Georgetown 80 Belmont 55 Michigan state 61 Marquette 49 North Carolina 86 Eastern Kentucky 65 Washington state 70 Oral Roberts 54 Vanderbilt 77 George Washington 44 Texas 79 new Mexico state 67 Southern California 77 Arkansas 60 second round March 1718 Georgetown 62 Boston College 55 North Carolina 81 Michigan state 67 Vanderbilt 78 Washington state 7420t Southern California 87 Texas 68 regional semifinals March 23 Georgetown 66 Vanderbilt 65 North Carolina 74 Southern California 64 regional championship March 25 Georgetown 96 North Carolina 84 of South regional first round March 1516 Louisville 78 Stanford 58 Texas 68 Pennsylvania 52 Ohio state 78 Central Conn state 57 Xavier 79 Brigham Young 77 Virginia 84 Albany by 57 Tennessee 121 Long Beach state 86 Memphis 73 North Texas 58 Nevada 77 Creighton 71 of second round March 1718 Ohio state 78 Xavier 71 of Texas 72 Louisville 69 Tennessee 77 Virginia 74 Memphis 78 Nevada 62 regional semifinals March 22 Memphis 65 Texas 64 Ohio state 85 Tennessee 84 regional championship March 24 Ohio state 92 Memphis 76 Midwest regional first round March 1516 Maryland 82 Davidson 70 Butler 57 old Dominion 46 univ 67 Georgia tech 63 Wisconsin 76 Texas 63 Winthrop 74 notre Dame 64 Oregon 58 Miami Ohio 56 Purdue 72 Arizona 63 Florida 112 Jackson state 69 second round March 1718 Butler 62 Maryland 59 univ 74 Wisconsin 68 Oregon 75 Winthrop 61 Florida 74 Purdue 67 regional Semff Timte March 23 Florida 65 Butler 57 Oregon 76 univ 72 regional championship Florida 85 Oregon 77 West regional first round March 1516 Virginia Commonwealth 79 Duke 77 Pittsburgh 79 Wright state 58 Urcla 70 Weber state 42 Indiana 70 Gonzaga 57 Kansas 107 Niagara 67 Kentucky 67 Villanova 58 Virginia tech 54 Illinois 52 Southern Illinois 61 holy Cross 51 second round March 1718 Pittsburgh 84 a Commonwealth 79 of Urcla 54 Indiana 49 Southern Illinois 63 Virginia tech 48 Kansas 88 Kentucky 76 regional semifinals March 22 Kansas 61 Southern Illinois 58 Urcla 64 Pittsburgh 55 regional championship March 24 Urcla 68 Kansas 55 final four at Atlanta National semifinals saturday March 31 Ohio state 343 is Georgetown 306 Florida 335 is Urcla 305 National championship monday april 2 2007 vow Rabbit 2dr base Hatchback manual Only per military 2007 Vejetta Sedan 4dr base manual your Volkswagen Headquarters Check out these visit  today Only per m  
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