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Fab Five earn trip to Final Four SEATTLE (API — Michigan, perhaps the best team in thi» country at playing half of a game, is going truck to the Final Four a flora show of bruin pow er and rav talent overcame a big deficit against Temple The Wolverine*, aided hv a key technical against Temple's coach, danced on the court and donned Final Four shirts at the end of their 77-72 victory Sun day. looking ahead to a meeting with Kentucky In New Orleans For the third straight game. Michigan played one dismal half and one superb half Fortu nately for the Wolverines, they put together their best play in the second half against the Owls. ( Owing back after trailing by 10 points Jalen Rose led Michigan with 17 point*, 13 in the second half, as he took control of the offense along with off-guard limmy King, who hod H points Chris Webber, who survived a beating under tho boards, hud 13 points and 12 rebounds. Ku k Brunson led Temple (20 13) with 21 points, and Eddie Jones scored 1H Mu higan (30-4) was aided in the final minutes by a technical i all against Temple coach John Chaney. Tho Owls trailed only 67-62 with 1 t<» left when Chaney complained about a call. That allowed Michigan to pull away with five free throws — one on the technical, two on the tall and two more on another ploy on Michigan's regaining of possession. From the first bump of the game — Webber landing hard on his butt on the opening tap — Temple took charge, controlling the ball and the tempo to grab a 35-27 halftime lead. Webber spent almost as much tune sprawled on the floor as he did running in the opening half And when he wasn't falling, he was getting the hall picked from his hands or he was throwing away (losses Once, he slammed the side of his head on the paint after a scoop lay-up. and moments later he tumbled onto his back when his arm was yanked by little guard Vic Carstarphun. This game wasn't rough only on the court. The coaches got into the ai t, verbally. Michigan i oac.h Steve Fisher complained to officials at half time that C.arstarphen should have been hit with a "flagrant foul." which would have given Webber two free throws and Michigan possession Hut while Fisher argued in vain. Chaney shouted at him. "Shut the (blank) up!" Temple stole the hall eight times in the first half, leading to easy baskets, but its five for 10 shooting on three-pointers made the difference with Michigan going Iwo-for-t) from the same distance. Jones, Temple's leading scorer through the tournament, was confined to onlv 11 minutes in the first half after picking up his se< ond foul with Temple I wad ing 1817 Bui that didn't slow Temple. whn:h scored the next six points ns forward Derrick Battie and point guard Hie k Brunson took over Brunson ran Temple's offense much more smoothly than |a!en Rose ran Michigan’s in the first half. Brunson seemed to he everywhere, stealing the ball three times, handing off six assists, scoring nine points and setting up Aaron McKie. who scored 13 points in thefieriod. Webber hit the floor again ear ly in the second half, but now he gave as mu< h as he got. dunking and tapping in offensive rebounds to lead Mu higan on a 15-4 run that gave the Wolver ines their first lead. 42-41 with 14 23 left Michigan pulled ahead 50-44. but Temple's three-point shoot ing — two Brunson and one by Jones inside a minute — brought the Owls ba< k even after 6-foot 11 center William Cunningham fouled out with 9:t5 left Temple's defense, so tough hi the first half, weakened as Mu lligan asserted its strength under the boards on both ends Temple last held the lead 56-55 with 5 47 to go. then Michigan ran off seven points for a 62-56 lead More than |>ower alone, it was Michigan's man-lo-man defense that also stopped Temple, leav ing the Owls without a field goal from Mil in the se< opd half to the 1 56 mark CAROLINA Continued from Page 13A finished with 20 points, but the big six came on the overtime three-pointers, which gave the Tar Heels a 74-68 lend with 1:53 to play. "I didn't get any shots at the end of regulation because they were expecting me to." Williams said. "In the overtime, as soon as I crossed midcourt I could hear Coach yelling 'Knock it down."' Smith, the winningest coach in NCAA tournament history with a 53-23 record, has won just one national championship — 1082 in New Orleans, when freshman Michael Jordan hit his famous jumper Television replays showed Reese's dunk would have been too late, but referee Jody Silvester said the basket would have counted if it hod gone in. "J probably think it shouldn't have counted." Smith said I really shouldn't talk about that unless you want to pay the fine," Cincinnati coach Bob Hoggins said. Reese was laughing about the play in the locker room. "It was a set play and I was supposed to tap the ball." he said. "I was so open it threw me off and instead of tapping the'ball I caught it, gathered myself, went up and missed the dunk. Everything was happening pretty fast, but I'm surprised I had so much time in eight-tenths of a second." Cincinnati tied the game 66-66 with 36 seconds to play when Tarrance Gibson went the length of the court with a loose ball after North Carolina was charged with a 45-second shot clock violation. George Lym h missed a turnaround jumper with two seconds left and the ball went out of bounds to North Carolina, setting up the play that Reese failed to finish. I was more impressed with the pass Reese made to Lynch for the lay-up with two seconds left." Smith said. "We got two good looks and couldn't convert." Cincinnati took a quick lend in overtime, but Lynch tied it and the Bearcats missed their last eight shots from the field, and Williams started hitting his shots. "The play of the game was when we stopped them defen sively w ith the si ore tied," Huggins said. "They got an offen sive rebound, we had to play defense for another 45 seconds, and then Williams hit the big shot." 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