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‘P ortlanb (©bseruer April 03, 2002 Page B3 ortlanò S ports /M ETR O Mariners-Padres Play to Enthusiastic Portland Fans • M ajor League Baseball finally cam e to fans in the Rose City w hen the Seattle M ariners played the San Diego Padres. A sell-out crow d o f 19,778 tu r n e d o u t to w a tc h th e exhibition game that was held at PG E Park last Friday. This w as th e s e c o n d tim e the M ariners played since 1984, w here they beat the Toronto Blue Jays at Civic Stadium. Advertise with diversity in Œl’1 ^Jnvtlanö (Dhsertuu* call 503.288.0033 or email: ads@portlandobserver.com Œ Prudential North wasl P* opsrtess Homes “I ’m on YOUR side.’’ Estate Call or email “Valerie Scott” today 503-256-1234 503-450-9524 vseott (ffipni-nw.com Japanese star attraction Ichiro Suzuki o f the Mariners gets ready to bat. He was last year's reigning American League Most Valuable Player. 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I------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ , Maryland Wins NCAA Championship ’(A P )— M aryland beat Indiana 64-52 M onday night to w in the N C A A m en ’s basketball cham pi onship. M aryland d id n ’t play like M aryland until it m attered. N ow the T errapins are national cham pions. W ith A ll-A m erican guard Juan D ixon snapping out o f a scoring drought ju st in tim e, M aryland ended Ind ian a’s m agical tourna ment run with a64-52 victory. This w as the T errap in s’ first appear ance in a national cham pionship gam e and the senior-laden lineup cam e through over the final 9:42, pulling aw ay from the H oosiers to becom e the fourth straight No. 1 seed and eighth in the last 10 years to w in it all. W hen D ixon and B axter, who finished w ith 15 points and 14 rebounds, stepped up, the long sh o ts stop p ed falling. Indiana m ade ju st tw o o f its 11 shots from behind the arc and its dream o f being the first No. 5 seed to win a national cham pionship and match K ansas in 1988 for the m ost losses by a cham pion started to fade. M a ry la n d w as a m o n g th e co u n try ’s highest scoring team s Juan Dixon, right, gets lost in a sea of Maryland fans after sealing the victory and clinching the Most Valuable Player award. Maryland's Lonny Baxter, right, and Chris Wilcox celebrate their 64-52 victory over Indiana Monday night in the NCAA championship game at Georgia Dome in Atlanta. McKay Bolts for New Mexico O re g o n S ta te c o a c h R itc h ie M cK ay T hursday accepted a five- year deal worth up to $ 500,000a year to take the reins o f the U niversity o f N ew M exico’s basketball program . M cK ay, w ho w as 22-37 in tw o seasons at O regon State, will re place Fran Fraschilla, w ho resigned M arch 17. O regon S tate athletic director M itch B arnhart spoke w ith M cKay fo r ab o u t tw o h o u rs by p hone T hursday. He said that w hile he is 1 happy for M cK ay, h e 's sorry for O regon State. “I thought he did som e things that laid a solid foundation for our program to grow from ," Barnhart said. “I feel bad for the players. It’s a tough transition.’’ U N M officials said M cK ay u n derstands the pressure N ew M exico fans will place on him to lead the L o b o s to a w in n in g s e a s o n . M cK ay’s late father Joe played for the Lobos from 1960-63. at 85 points per gam e, but its third- lowest total o f the season was good enough to m ake it the 33rd school to win the national cham pionship and the second straight from the A tlantic Coast C onfer ence follow ing Duke last season. The loss was the first for Indi ana in six national cham pionship game appearances. The last three titles _ 1976,1981 and 1987 _ were won under K night, w ho w as fired two years ago for violating a zero- tolerance policy. M ike D avis, one of his assistants, w as selected to succeed him and in ju st his sec ond season he alm ost won it all. Dixon d id n 't m iss a shot in the first half, going 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. His last shot cam e with 10:02 left and the baseline ju m p er gave the Terrapins a 21 -11 lead. Indiana’s first 14 points cam e on fo u r 3 - p o in te r s , tw o by Coverdale, and tw o free throw s. The Hoosiers co u ld n ’t get a shot off in the paint and had to settle for outside shots. C o v e r d a le ’s d r iv e a t th e b u zzer b ro u g h t th e H o o sie rs within 31-25. Knee Injury May Sideline Jordan $ 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 A V A IL A B L E For Immediate Funding On: z Commercial z Industrial z Residential Call B & M Brokerage Service 503-422-1623 Big City Produce 722 N. 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