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North Carolina gets past Cincinnati in OT FAST RUTHERFORD. N.|. (AF) — A dunk didn't do it in regulation, but three-pointers in overtime did And now. North Carolina is going to the Final Four for the ninth time under couch Dean Smith. The top-seeded Tar Heels (32 4) had a chance to beat second seeded Cincinnati (27-5) at the regulation buzzer Sunday .'•but Brian Reese missed a dunk after taking an inhounds pass with eight-tenths of a second to play. Donald Williams took care of things in overtime from beyond 19 feet. 9 inches, making con secutive three-pointers .is North Carolina heat the Bearcats 7.V(iH and kept them from returning to the Final Four. "Generally, you let down after a missed chance like that.” Smith said. "We regrouped against an excellent basketball team, a difficult team to play against." North Carolina will meet Kansas, winners over Indiana in the Midwest final, in the nation al semifinals next Saturday in New Orleans When the two teams met in the 1991 semifi nals, Roy Williams. Smith's long-time assistant, beat the Tar Heels when Smith was ejected late in the game. "We won a tournament this weekend, and we'll go and try to win another one." Smith said in his usual, low-key way The Tar Heels were in trouble in the first half when Cincinnati guard Nick Van Exel snapped out of a tournament-long snoot ing slump with 21 points, all hut three on three-point field goals The Bearcats led bv as many as 15 points in the opening 20 min utes. But the Tar Heels rallied to take a lead late in the half, and then clamped down on Van Exel. holding him to two points after halftime "We knew they were going to make a run." Van Exel said. "We just didn't expect it in the first half. I knew they wouldn't crash, not with that coach. “They went into their zone, but not because of me." Van Exel said "1 probably wasn't looking for m\ shot in the xei ond half as much ns I should have, but I was trying to get everyone else involved in the senring. Down the streti h, I didn't hit the big ones " Williams believed North Car olina guard Derrick Phelps had a lot to do with it "He got a lot of good open looks at the basket in the first half." Williams said "In the sis ond half, we wanted to make sure we ran at him. but we have to give credit to Derrick Phelps He did an outstanding job on him. wearing him down and get ting him tired." Williams. North Carolina's only legitimate perimeter threat. Turn to CAROLINA. Page 14A NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NCAA Mm i inl«tt>iH CAST M&90NA1. t int laund Tlindiy. Mififc 1$ A! LB fcttJ Maroortal Wmiiw Mm. M.C. S« Mw'I AS. T«*** Tuth 6? Arkanaw 64. Holy Ooa* 64 Rhori* Inland 74. rurdut 66 North i jtrohna 65. CM CaroJina 65 Friday. MviJi 16 At Hv# l-arrtar Dorn* Syratrwaa. N.V h 54. PannayUama 50 Virginia 76. Manhattan 66 Nuw Mwu o SUM* 61. 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