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Michigan State Heads to Final Four Again
(AP) - Michigan State re­
covered from K entucky’s
3-point prayer that sent the
game into overtime, taking
over in the second extra ses­
sion and pulling away for a
94-88 victory Sunday to cap a
weekend filled with heart­
stopping finishes. The Spar­
tans are headed to their fourth
Final Four in seven years, and
will face North Carolina on
Saturday.
The other two teams in the
finals are Louisville and Illi­
nois.
The trip to St. Louis will be
sweet vindication for Michi­
gan State’s upperclassmen, a
group that’s been chided for
being soft, weak and under­ M ichigan S ta te 's S h a nnon Brown, right, re a c ts with te a m m a te Alan
achieving. Kelvin Torbert, A nd erso n (15) a s th e e n d o f a win over K entucky in th e NCAA A ustin
Alan Anderson and Chris Hill R egion final a t th e Frank Erwin C enter in A ustin, Texas, on Sunday,
- seniors who were so close to March 2 7 . (AP Photo)
breaking the chain of Final
Fours begun by their predecessors while the referees reviewed the re­ go!” - and they did, not even allow­
from 1999-2001 - simply wouldn’t play over and over at the scorer’s ing a last shot.
Torbert went 5-of-6 from the foul
table. It was a 3-pointer, all right,
let it happen.
line
in the second overtime and
Patrick Sparks’ desperation 3 at forcing overtime.
Anderson
was4-of-4, keeping Ken­
Yet even with the wind knocked
the end of regulation danced oh-so
tucky
from
ever leading again.
softly on the rim, bouncing four out of them, the Spartans refused to
“
It
will
go
down in history as a
times before falling through for Ken­ fold. As the final seconds of the
great
college
basketball gam e,”
tucky. But wait - was his right toe on first overtime ticked away, Torbert
K
entucky
coach
Tubby Sm ith
stood near halfcourt, smiled at his
the line?
said.
“
It
hurts
right
now, but some
Five minutes o f tension passed teammates and screamed, “L et's
o f our guys will appreciate it
later on.”
After Louisville and Illinois
both advanced Saturday with
improbable comebacks that
ended in overtime, this was
the first time in NCAA tourna­
ment in history that three re­
gional finals went to an extra
period. And only once before
had it happened in two of the
four games, in 1992.
Fueled by Sparks’ longball
at the end of regulation, the
se c o n d -se e d e d W ild c a ts
jumped to a 79-75 lead at the
start of the first extra period.
But they never led again and
Smith remains without a trip
back to the Final Four since
winning it all in 1998. They’ve
gone down in the regional
finals three times, twice now
to the Spartans.
The loss also deprived the
B luegrass state o f having two
teams in the Final Four; only Lou­
isville will be there now.
Instead, th ere’s the chance for
a title-gam e m atchup betw een a
different set o f regional rivals:
M ichigan State and Illinois, the
only team that finished ahead of
the Spartans (26-6) in the Big Ten
this season.
Bonds Returns to San Francisco for Rehab
(AP) — A mental break away from every­
body might be just what Barry Bonds needs
right now. Exhausted and testy, the San Fran­
cisco slugger returned to the Bay Area on
Thursday to continue rehabilitating his surgi­
cally repaired right knee because the Giants
believe SBC Park is better suited for him than the
team ’s spring complex.
There is no timetable for Bonds’ return. The
seven-time NL MVP said Tuesday he could
miss half or all this season while recovering from
the surgery, though the Giants are hoping he’ll
be coming back sooner.
“Anybody who thinks Barry Bonds is going
to quit doesn’t know Barry Bonds. There’s no
way,” trainer Stan Conte said. “W hen some­
body has a second surgery, it's a little discour­
aging. And that’s called being a human being.”
Bonds, who has had two operations on his
right knee in the last two months and also had
surgery on his left knee in October, flew back to
San Francisco with assistant trainer Dave
Groeschner.
Bonds, at the center of the steroids scandal,
said earlier this spring it was frustrating not to
be with his teammates and on their schedule. On
Tuesday, he blamed media scrutiny for his
problems.
Bonds is third on the career home run list with
703, trailing only Babe Ruth (714) and Hank
S a n Francisco G ia n ts' Barry B o nds returns
to spring training ca m p Tuesday, March
2 2 , 2 0 0 5 , in S c o ttsd a le , Ariz. B onds
returned to th e S a n Francisco Bay area
Thursday to continue rehabilitating his
surgically repaired right k n e e b e c a u s e the
G iants believe th e te a m 's SBC Park is
b e tte r s u ite d for the slugger than the
spring com plex in Arizona. (AP Photo)
Aaron (755).
“Barry really didn’t want to leave his team­
mates,” Conte said. “He was very much more
upbeat yesterday being around the guys.”
Bonds will work in a therapeutic pool at SBC
Park that will allow him to do cardiovascular
training without putting pressure on the knee.
He w asn’t scheduled to do any rehab Thurs­
day.
“You have to appreciate the fact he’s had
three knee surgeries since the end of last season
and two in the last seven weeks. That takes a lot
out of you,” Conte said. “Usually it’s a little
slower process to begin with. That’s also the
reason we really have no timetable on this
thing.”
Conte said he’s not yet sure whether Bonds
will travel with the team once the season begins
April 5.
The Giants took into consideration that with
40 players packed into the tight quarters at
Scottsdale Stadium and many needing treat­
ment, Bonds could get more personal attention
elsewhere.
"B arry’s kind of an important person on this
team,” Conte said. “We think that he deserves
that concentration level of being up there and
the utilization of state-of-the-art equipment at
SBC Park.”
Bonds was defiant the day he arrived at
spring training Feb. 22, calling reporters liars
and saying “I don’t know what cheating is”
when responding to a flurry of questions re­
lated to the steroids controversy.
Summer Street
Jam to Return
Event expected to
draw 30,000 people
The Portland Trail Blazers,
Special Olympics Oregon, and
Nike are teaming up to present
the country’s leading outdoor
3-on-3 basketball experience
thisJuly.
The 2nd Annual Trail Blaz­
ers Street Jam promises to be
the one of the largest 3-on-3
basketball festivals in the
United States, serving as an
important economic contribu­
tor to the Portland metropoli­
tan area.
All net proceeds from the
event will benefit Special Olym­
pics Oregon, a statewide year-
round program offering 14 dif­
ferent Olympic-style sports to
athletes with mental disabili­
ties.
Held July 22 through July 24,
the event will provide a fun-
filled weekend for the whole
family with basketball, music,
and festivities throughout this
celebration of athleticism, com-
munity involvement, fairplay,
and O regon's rich basketball
heritage.
A projected attendance of
30,000 athletes and spectators
is expected to gather for the
round robin-style 3-on-3 tour­
nament, slam dunk contest,
three-point competition, free
NikeGO Kids’ Clinic, and ap­
pearances by Trail Blazers
players and local celebrities.
The tournament portion of the
event features five separate
divisions based upon age and
skill level.
Adult teams will be placed
in their choice of either com ­
petitive or recreational divi­
sions and seeded based upon
height and average age. Two
youth divisions have been cre­
ated to accommodate youth
ages and under.
For tournament details and
reg istra tio n , go online to
www.blazersstreetjam .com .
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