Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, April 3, 2015 NCAA Men’s Tournament Kentucky looking to do what UNLV couldn’t Wildcats aiming for first perfect season in 40 years Kentucky’s Trey Lyles waves after the team’s 78-39 win over West Virginia in a college bas- ketball game in the NCAA men’s tournament regional semi- finals, Friday in Cleveland. Ken- tucky advanced to face Notre Dame in the regional finals Saturday. By JIM O’CONNELL Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Twen- ty-four years ago, UNLV arrived in Indianapolis for a coronation dis- guised as a Final Four. The Runnin’ Rebels were a col- lege basketball juggernaut. They hadn’t lost all season. In fact, they hadn’t lost for 45 straight games, a streak that started with a run in the previous season to a national cham- pionship. UNLV, led by Jerry Tarkanian, the towel-chewing defensive genius, arrived in Indianapolis needing two ZLQVWREHFRPHWKH¿UVWXQGHIHDWHG national champion since Indiana in 1976. This week, Kentucky arrived in Indianapolis for a coronation dis- guised as a Final Four. The Wildcats are a college basket- ball juggernaut. They haven’t lost all season. Kentucky, led by John Calipari, a coach who has turned recruiting into an art form, arrived in Indianapolis QHHGLQJWZRZLQVWREHFRPHWKH¿UVW undefeated national champion since Indiana in 1976. The Wildcats face Wisconsin RQ 6DWXUGD\ LQ WKH QDWLRQDO VHPL¿- nals. That was the round in which UNLV’s undefeated dreams were dashed by Duke, a team the Runnin’ Rebels had beaten by 30 points in the championship game a year ear- lier. Duke, which plays Michigan State on Saturday, could get another AP Photo/Aaron Josefczyk chance to ruin a perfect run at the ti- tle, but that is looking way down a three-day road. “I’ll never have a group of play- ers like this again,” Tarkanian, who died on Feb. 11, said the night of the loss to Duke, a result that stunned the sports world. “You only get a team like this once in your career. This was a very special group of kids. “I’m just sick,” he said. “It meant so much to these kids. I’m just hurt- ing inside.” When the game ended, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had his own problem. He had to get his team to settle down after the upset because the Blue Dev- ils still had a game Monday night for the national championship. “I thought all week we had a chance but I wasn’t going to be Joe Namath and say anything like that,” Krzyzewski said 24 years ago. “I WKRXJKWLIZHFRXOG¿JKWIRUPLQ- utes we could win, not knowing if the kids could handle it. UNLV plays with such ease and we play with so much emotion.” UNLV won its games by an av- erage of 26.7 points per game. Only two games were decided by less than 12 points, a 7-point win over Ar- kansas in a 1-vs.-2 matchup and an 8-point victory over Georgetown in the second round of the NCAA Tour- nament. “I remember in practice, Coach . KDG XV SUDFWLFLQJ ¿YH DJDLQVW seven, to get used to their speed and their quickness,” Grant Hill, a freshman starter on that Duke team, said Thursday in Indianapolis where he will serve as a game analyst for CBS. “We had a game plan, we’d been in a number of close games, we won some, some we didn’t, but we had that experience, and they had not been in many close games, so our thing was let’s hit them ear- ly, let them know we’re here, we’re going to play, and let’s just manage the game and keep it close, and if it’s close, the pressure is going to be all on them. That was our comfort zone, how we played all year.” UNLV’s starting lineup included ¿UVWURXQG GUDIW SLFNV /DUU\ -RKQ- son, Stacey Augmon and Greg An- thony. It also had Anderson Hunt and George Ackles. All were upperclass- men. Kentucky’s roster is so deep scu- ba gear is recommended. Nine out- standing underclassmen who have all committed to ignoring minutes for wins and it’s anybody’s guess KRZPDQ\RIWKHPZLOOEH¿UVWURXQG NBA draft picks. Eight of the nine players in the rotation are averag- ing between 5.6 and 11.0 points per game. Eight players have been Ken- tucky’s leading scorer in a game this season. The Wildcats did have three game decided by six or fewer points, but their average margin of victory was almost 21 points per game. HILLMICK: Newest signee will have three years of eligibility Continued from 1B versity, but transferred to EOU after one season. While the school lacked a collegiate soccer program, Hillmick and other EOU stu- dents juggled training and the competitive tournament circuit with school work un- til the school announced the addition of a soccer program this past fall. He also served as an assis- tant for his father Rob Hill- mick on the Pendleton High School varsity team the past two seasons. Head coach Stan Ro- drigues extended Hillmick a roster spot last month after an exhibition match with a group of incoming freshman. “I was partially sought out by him, but also partially promot- ing myself,” Hillmick said. “I’m excited. I feel like I have a good shot to start.” Hillmick is currently one of three goalkeepers on the roster. The physical education student has three years of el- igibility remaining beginning this fall. The inaugural Mounties soccer team will compete in the Cascade Collegiate Con- ference and begin competi- tion in August. TENNIS: Bucks boys and girls defeat Pioneers DOPING: Oregon lives — it was important to get them in Continued from 1B the season and his young career. “He did very well,” Ione coach Mau- reen McElligott said. “It’s nice to see improvement in him.” On the girls side, things were much more even. Both girls lineups were full RI ¿UVW\HDU SOD\HUV FUHDWLQJ HYHQO\ matched play. 6WDQ¿HOG¶V 1R GRXEOHV WHDP Yazzmin Chavez and Guitzel Chavez beat the No. 1 Ione boys team of Tom Gould and Tim Gould 8-1. Playing as the No. 1 girls doubles team, Natalia Es- quivel and Edith Ibarra had a 6-5 lead, but couldn’t hold it and lost to Maia Fuchs and Katelyn Bess 8-6. Fuchs and Bess also took on Melissa Hood and Z. Z. Ruloph and won 8-2. Ione’s Eri- ca Nelson and Kelsey Van Os won an 8-7 nail-biter over Natalie Cornejo and $PDQGD&DULOOR6WDQ¿HOGHDUQHGDZLQ from Brenna Holt and Payton Henning, who beat Reiah Waite and Natalie Grigg 8-3. IN their second match, Flynn and Nelson beat Lanessa Bautista and Bri- anna Carnejo 8-0. In some girls singles matches, Rita McElligott topped Esquivel 8-6, Ione’s Karina Rios knocked off Candida Rojas DQG6WDQ¿HOG¶V1LFROH+RRGVOLSSHG past Ione’s Babali Peterson 8-5. McElligott said many of the matches were much closer than the scores indi- cate, and that’s tough to tell sometimes ZLWKRQHVHW¿UVWWRHLJKWPDWFKHV But the winning and losing wasn’t important to either coach. With so many players new to the game — with some HYHQ SOD\LQJ WKHLU ¿UVW PDWFK RI WKHLU a match to both see where they are as players, but also to have a bit of fun in the process. “My idea is: you do as well as you want to do,” McElligott said. “I can show you and tell you what to do, but I cant do it for you. So, you have to take it that step further and have to want to do it. And I think most of them do, so that’s good. And most of them have fun, so that’s half the battle right there.” 6WDQ¿HOG SOD\V DJDLQ WRGD\ DW &RQ- don at 3 p.m., and Ione heads to Umatil- la on April 7 for a 3:30 p.m. date. Henry Holdamn (PHS) def. Dezan Zerba (MHS)8-4 Lincoln Johnson (PHS) def. Christian Gonzalez (MHS) 8-2 Doubles Pendleton forfeit Zack Lyon and Jose Abrego (MHS) def. Daniel Medina and Isaac Page (PHS) 8-3 Peter Wallace and Silas Johnston (PHS) def. Humberto Villegomez and Carlos Epifanio (MHS) 8-4 Julian Villegas and Ivan Martinez (MHS) def. Josh Mendo- za and Henry Scanlan (PHS) 8-2 GIRLS TENNIS PENDLETON 12, MAC-HI 1 — At Milton-Freewater, the Buckaroos depth overwhelmed the Pioneers, as Pendleton won all but one match in the dual. The Bucks top six singles players and all of their doubles pairings were victorious. Top singles players Matil- BOYS TENNIS de Cittadini, Meagan Flanage and Sam PENDLETON 5, MAC-HI 3 — At Bixler all won with relative ease. Pendleton, the Buckaroos swept Mac- Sisters Keren and Keziah Hampton Hi in four singles matches on its way to defeated Pioneers Anniek Kievtisbosch a 5-3 team victory over the Pioneers. and Sam Tveidt 8-2 in a match of past Gareth Haug, Jeremy Cochrane, state placers. Henray Holdman and Lincoln Johnson The Buckaroos will host La Grande HDFK ZRQ VLQJOHV PDWFKHV IRU WKH ¿UVW Monday. time this season. ——— PENDLETON 12, MAC-HI 1 Mac-Hi took three of four doubles Singles matches versus the undermanned Buck- Matilde Cittadini (PHS) def. Elise Griffin (MHS) 8-3 aroos. With only 10 players, Pendleton Meagan Flanagen (PHS) def. Jacky Reyes (MHS) 8-1 Sam Bixler (PHS) def. Maria Castillo (MHS) 8-4 forced to double up Haug and Cocrhane Hannah Flanagen (PHS) def. Ericka Landa (MHS) 8-0 on the doubles court. The pairing was Brandy Brown (PHS) def. Jessica Ibarra (MHS) 8-6 Jenna Senter (PHS) def. Karen Steele (PHS) 8-0 able to down Mac-Hi top doubles duo Izzy Lepinette (MHS) def. Minnie Seo (PHS) 6-0 Alex Alvarez and Ulysses Zaragoza Doubles EXWWKHPDWFKFRXQWHGRI¿FLDOO\DV Keren Hampton and Keziah Hampton (PHS) def. Anniek and Sam Tveidt (MHS) 8-2 a forfeit, as players cannot compete in Kievitsbosch Kian Sperl and Christina Thompson (PHS) def. Ana Rodri- guez and Emily Cuellar (MHS) 8-3 singles and doubles matches. James and Julia Livingston (PHS) def. Sandra Perey- Pendleton hosts La Grande on Mon- da Anna and Gladys Guiterez (MHS) 8-2 Aleleia Sayre and Isabelle Chapman (PHS) def. Joci Alva- day at 4 p.m. rez and Jennifer Robles (MHS) 8-1 ——— Brooke Lapp and Brooke Marshall (PHS) def. Joulin Puer- PENDLETON 5, MAC-HI 3 Singles Gareth Haug (PHS) def. Allen Ng (MHS) 8-1 Jeremy Cochrane (PHS) def. Rigo Ponce 8-6 co and Ivette Lopez (MHS) 8-2 Abby Williams and Denae Smith (PHS) def. Camille Riley and Stella Lee (MHS) 8-3 SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Riverside at Stanfield (DH), 1/3 p.m. Vale at Umatilla (DH), 1/3 p.m. Pendleton at Walla Walla, 3 p.m. Union at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Hermiston at David Douglas, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mac-Hi at Crook County (DH), 10 a.m./1 p.m. Walla Walla at Pendleton, 11 a.m. Stanfield at Irrigon, 11 a.m. Dufur at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Heppner at Elgin (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Sherman at Weston-McEwen (DH), Noon/2 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Riverside at Echo (DH), 1/3 p.m. Vale at Umatilla (DH), 1/3 p.m. Pendleton at Walla Walla (DH), 2/4 p.m. Reynolds at Hermiston (DH), 3/4:30 p.m. Saturday Weston-McEwen at Union (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Heppner at Irrigon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Mac-Hi at Yamhill-Carlton, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi vs. Banks (at Y-C), 2:30 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Today Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield, Irrigon, Pilot Rock, Weston-McE- wen, Ione and Helix at Mac-Hi Carnival of Speed (Milton-Freewater), 11 a.m. Hermiston at East County Classic (Gresh- am), 4 p.m. Saturday Heppner, Weston-McEwen, Condon/ Wheeler, Ione, Echo, Arlington at Sherman County Invitational (Moro), 11 a.m. Riverside at Madras Invite, 11 a.m. PREP BOYS GOLF Today Hermiston, Pendleton at Eagle Ridge (Redmond), 9 a.m. Echo,Heppner at Pendleton CC, 9 a.m. PREP GIRLS GOLF Today Echo,Heppner at Pendleton CC, 9 a.m. Pendleton, Hermiston at Eagle Ridge (Redmond), 1:30 p.m. PREP BOYS TENNIS Today Riverside at Umatilla, 4 p.m. PREP GIRLS TENNIS Today La Grande at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Stanfield at Condon/Wheeler, 3 p.m. Riverside at Umatilla, 4 p.m. PREP RUGBY Saturday East Oregon Sasqautch at Lentz Park Field (Portland), 1:30 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Today Hermiston at Redmond, 3 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Sisters, Noon COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain (DH), 1 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (DH), 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Corban (DH), 2/4 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at NW Christian (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct z-Atlanta 56 19 .747 x-Cleveland 49 27 .645 y-Toronto 45 30 .600 x-Chicago 45 30 .600 x-Washington 42 33 .560 Milwaukee 37 38 .493 Brooklyn 34 40 .459 Miami 34 41 .453 Boston 34 41 .453 Charlotte 32 42 .432 Indiana 32 43 .427 Detroit 29 46 .387 Orlando 22 53 .293 Philadelphia 18 58 .237 New York 14 61 .187 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct z-Golden State 62 13 .827 x-Houston 52 24 .684 x-Memphis 51 24 .680 x-Portland 48 26 .649 x-L.A. Clippers 50 26 .658 x-San Antonio 49 26 .653 Dallas 46 30 .605 Oklahoma City 42 33 .560 New Orleans 40 34 .541 Phoenix 38 38 .500 Utah 34 41 .453 Denver 28 47 .373 Sacramento 26 48 .351 L.A. Lakers 20 54 .270 Minnesota 16 59 .213 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— GB — 7½ 11 11 14 19 21½ 22 22 23½ 24 27 34 38½ 42 GB — 10½ 11 13½ 12½ 13 16½ 20 21½ 24½ 28 34 35½ 41½ 46 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 114, Miami 88 Houston 108, Dallas 101 Golden State 107, Phoenix 106 Today’s Games New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Men FINAL FOUR Saturday Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), 3:09 p.m. Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-3), 5:49 p.m. Hockey NHL Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Montreal 78 47 22 9 103 207 179 x-Tampa Bay 79 47 24 8 102 251 206 Detroit 77 40 24 13 93 223 211 Boston 78 40 25 13 93 207 200 Ottawa 77 39 26 12 90 222 205 Florida 78 36 27 15 87 198 211 Toronto 78 29 43 6 64 204 249 Buffalo 77 22 47 8 52 152 258 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-N.Y. Rangers 77 49 21 7 105 234 181 Washington 78 43 25 10 96 232 194 N.Y. Islanders 78 45 27 6 96 238 219 Pittsburgh 77 42 24 11 95 211 194 Columbus 77 38 35 4 80 214 237 Philadelphia 77 31 29 17 79 202 220 New Jersey 77 31 33 13 75 170 197 Carolina 77 28 38 11 67 177 214 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Nashville 78 47 22 9 103 224 193 x-St. Louis 77 47 23 7 101 233 191 x-Chicago 77 47 24 6 100 220 177 Minnesota 77 44 26 7 95 221 189 Winnipeg 77 39 26 12 90 217 204 Dallas 77 37 30 10 84 239 248 Colorado 77 35 30 12 82 207 218 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Anaheim 79 50 22 7 107 232 217 Vancouver 78 45 28 5 95 225 211 Calgary 78 42 29 7 91 230 208 Los Angeles 77 38 25 14 90 209 194 San Jose 77 38 30 9 85 217 216 Edmonton 78 23 42 13 59 188 268 Arizona 77 23 46 8 54 161 256 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Games Columbus 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO Washington 5, Montreal 4, SO Ottawa 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Boston 3, Detroit 2 Florida 6, Carolina 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4, Calgary 1 Chicago 3, Vancouver 1 Los Angeles 8, Edmonton 2 Friday’s Games Chicago at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 7 p.m. WHL Playoffs First Round Division Semifinals (Best- of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Brandon vs. Edmonton (Brandon wins series 4-1) Regina vs. Swift Current (Regina wins series 4-0) Thursday’s Game Medicine Hat 5, Red Deer 2 (Medicine Hat leads series 3-1) Today’s Games Kootenay at Calgary (Calgary leads series 3-1), 5 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelowna 5, Tri-City 4 (OT) (Kelowna wins series 4-0) Thursday’s Game Victoria 3, Prince George 0 (Victoria leads series 3-1) Portland 8, Seattle 5 (Series tied at 2-2) Today, Apr. 2 Everett at Spokane (Everett leads series 2-1), 6:05 p.m. Baseball MLB Spring Training Thursday’s Games St. Louis 0, N.Y. Mets 0, tie Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 2 Tampa Bay 10, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6, Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 6, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 10, Chicago White Sox 2 Atlanta 6, Baltimore 5 Boston 8, Minnesota 5 L.A. Angels 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Oakland 8, San Francisco 2 Friday’s Games Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 4:07 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. football impacted Continued from 1B program at Waterloo Uni- versity in Canada when he was athletic director. Copeland is among those who call the lack of a uni- form testing program in col- lege sports a glaring blind spot for the NCAA, which tries to regulate almost ev- erything from recruiting, to paying players, to gambling and more. “How ironic that the NCAA has this TV contract that brings in billions of dol- lars for the tournament, but no consistent rules to protect the integrity of what they’re selling,” said Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Dop- ing Agency. The diffuse policies in play at the Final Four, and around the country, do have a few things in common: —They have relatively limited lists of banned sub- stances. —They don’t test blood for human-growth hormone. —They have no means of dealing with cases that don’t involve a positive test but show other evidence of drug use. That’s how Lance Arm- strong and several athletes implicated in the BALCO scandal lost their records. —Most schools don’t have an independent agency to evaluate results and mete out punishment, which can put administrators at odds with their coaching staffs and athletic departments. The confusion over the wide-ranging drug-testing policies have had an impact RQ KLJKSUR¿OH HYHQWV DQG programs this season. Syracuse was put on SUREDWLRQIRU¿YH\HDUVDQG coach Jim Boeheim was sus- pended for nine games for vi- olations that included failure to adhere to a drug-testing program that was deemed too confusing by school administrators. The NCAA recommends schools adopt their own drug policies but can then sanction schools for not following them. Meanwhile, in January, two Oregon players were left behind for the college football title game after pos- itive drug tests. At least one of those was for marijuana. Shortly after that, an NCAA committee recom- mended an overhaul of some facets of the drug-test- ing policy — most notably that marijuana testing on the national level be scrapped in favor of education and intervention. Alcohol and narcotics would be added to the list of recreational drugs that need to be more closely monitored. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK TONY FLORES Sophomore Stanfield Baseball Flores pitched a complete game one-hitter in a 10-0 six-inning win over Union on Friday. Flores struck out 10 batters and never allowed a runner past second base as the Tigers picked up their first win of the season. P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : • General Orthopedics • Sports Medicine • Arthroscopy• Foot & Ankle • Hand Surgery • Joint Replacement • Workman’s Comp Injuries Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute 620 NW 11th St., Ste. 201, Hermiston www.hermistonortho.com 541-289-7075