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A p ril 2. 2008
S PORTS
Showtime for the NCAA
A look at the Final Four
NtIR I IK AROI.INA
Record: 36-2.
Who's hot: Junior forward T yle r Hansbrough is
averaging 21 points and 9.5 rebounds in the N C A A
tournament, and lie's scored in double figures in
every game this season.
Pivotal player: Even though they kept w inning,
the Tar Heels weren't the same team when T y Law son
missed six games in February w ith an injury.
Best in the clutch: T yle r Hansbrough's a force on
the glass and is shooting 80.6 percent from the foul
stripe.
Analysis: The Tar Heels averaged 93 points in
their first four N C A A tournament games, which should
make fo ra fun match-up against Kansas, a team that
thrives in an up-tempo game.
For the first time in NCAA history, all fo u r
No. 1 -ranked’ teams advanced to college
basketball's most-anticipated weekend.
Memphis will take on UCLA in the first
semifinal this Saturday, April 5, followed that
night by Kansas and North Carolina, with the
winners facing o ff on Monday, April 7 fo r the
national championship.
The Final Four teams have an unbeliev
able combined record o f ¡43-9, and here’s a
look at each:
KANSAS
Record: 35-3.
Who's hot: Sasha Kaun scored 13 points o ff the
UCLA
Record: .35-3
bench against Davidson on Sunday and has been the
Jayhawks’ best and most consistent post player over
the past three weeks.
Most pivotal player: Kansas is a different team
when Brandon Rush is at his best. He made ju st four
Who's hot: Y o u ’ d be hard-pressed to find many
players that have had a better N C A A tournament
than 6-foot-9 freshman K evin Love, averaging 21.8
points and 11 rebounds in the B ig Dance.
Pivotal player: D on’ t be surprised i f Russell
Westbrook bolts fo r the N B A . His athleticism gives
opponents fits on the defensive end and often leads
to some easy buckets in transition.
Best in the clutch: No Bruin makes bigger shots
than ju n io r guard Darren C ollison, who kept his team
alive in the N C A A tournament by making a high layup
o ff the glass in the closing seconds o f a tw o-point,
second-round victo ry over Texas A & M .
Fast fact: T his w ill be the third consecutive Final
Four appearance fo r U C L A , w hich hasn't won a
national championship since 1995.
Analysis: Even up-tempo, high-scoring teams such
UCLA Bruins players Russell Westbrook, left,
and Kevin Love react to a basket against Xavier
with Josh Shipp last Saturday.
Four field.
Pivotal player: No Mem phis player w ill be as
im portant against U C L A as Joey Dorsey, whose
match-up w ith Bruins forw ard Kevin Love w ill make
fo r one o f the more com pelling semifinal story lines.
Best in the clutch: The guy who time and tim e
again has made the big play down the stretch, guard
Chris Douglas-Roberts d id n ’ t earn A ll-A m e rica n
honors fo r nothing.
Analysis: So much fo r that notion that M em phis
was the weakest No. I seed in this year’ s tournament.
The Tigers defeated their previous tw o opponents
(M ichigan State and Texas) by 18 points each.
as M em phis struggle to put the ball in the basket
against U C L A .
MEMPHIS
Record: 37-1.
Who's hot: M em phis' freshman point guard Der
rick Rose is com ing into his own at the right time. He
averaged 20.5 points in his first four N C A A tourna
ment games and may be the best player in the Final
Kansas players hoist the trophy after beating
Davidson 59-57 in the NCAA Midwest Regional
basketball final last Sunday.
Memphis toward Joey Dorsey holds the trophy
to fans after defeating Texas, 85-67, in the
NCAA South Regional basketball final last
weekend.
Timbers Sign Japanese Star
The Portland Timbers last week signed
Japanese forward and 2002 World Cup
participant Takayuki Suzuki, who has
made 55 appearances and scored 11
goals as a member of Japan's National
Team.
“Takayuki is probably one of the big
gest, if not the biggest, signing the Tim
bers have made since joining the USL
First Division,” said Gavin Wilkinson,
Timbers head coach and general man
ager.
A native of Hitachi, the left-footed
Suzuki will be available for the Timbers
North Carolina players, from left, Jack Wooten,
Deon Thompson and Quentin Thomas cel
ebrate Saturday's victory over Louisville.
preseason matches, next a game against
University of Portland April 11 in north
Portland.
“It's an honor to be playing for the
Timbers,” said Suzuki. “I’m looking for
ward to the opportunity to come in, con
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this team win a championship.”
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