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LSU player, Mich. State coach win AP award
Apr 2 2005 11:45PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Seimone Augustus used to play all the sports _ soccer, golf, volleyball, you name it. Once she got her hands on a basketball, though, she was hooked.
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Illinois' Williams plays big defense
Apr 2 2005 11:30PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The point guards of the country's top two teams did what they were supposed to do _ and now they're playing for a national championship.
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Inside game carries Carolina to title match
Apr 2 2005 11:27PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - North Carolina needed some time to establish control of the paint. Once the Tar Heels got it, Michigan State had no chance. Sean May had 18 of his 22 points in the second half and Jawad Williams broke out of a long scoring slump to finish with 20, helping North Carolina to a sizable inside advantage in an 87-71 victory over the Spartans on Saturday night.
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Sportsview: Illinois shoots by Louisville
Apr 2 2005 11:05PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Anytime. Anywhere. Against any opponent. In any situation. By anyone on the floor. There was no way to watch Illinois throw everything but the scoreboard at Louisville without asking Bruce Weber whether he had any rules about his players taking 3-point shots. It's not hard to see where his kids' let-if-fly attitude comes from. Weber had barely set his feet on the podium when he launched his answer.
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Illinois' big guys do have some game
Apr 2 2005 11:02PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Roger Powell Jr. darted in from the top of the key, grabbed the rebound from his own missed 3-pointer and screamed as he slammed the ball through the hoop. The Illini's big guys DO have some game.
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North Carolina clips Michigan State 87-71
Apr 2 2005 10:31PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Roy Williams has another chance to win that elusive national championship. Maybe he just needed to come home. North Carolina showed off a dizzying display of weapons in the Final Four, blowing out Michigan State in the second half on the way to an 87-71 victory Saturday night that sent the Tar Heels to the title game against top-ranked Illinois.
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Michigan State's seniors fall short
Apr 2 2005 10:15PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - With his arms extended and palms facing the ceiling, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo looked into Alan Anderson's eyes.
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Illini top Louisville 72-57 in NCAA semis
Apr 2 2005 10:07PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The best season in a century of Illinois basketball just got better. The Illini moved one win from the first championship in their 100-year history Saturday thanks to Roger Powell Jr. and Luther Head, who scored 20 points each to spark a 72-57 victory over Louisville and keep coach Bruce Weber's magical bus ride going straight through the title game.
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Illinois fans celebrate team's victory
Apr 2 2005 9:36PM (CT)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Thousands of orange-clad Illinois fans and students celebrated the Illini's victory over Louisville in the Final Four on Saturday night by converging on an intersection near campus.
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Michigan State leads N. Carolina at half
Apr 2 2005 9:11PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Shannon Brown scored 12 points, Michigan State shut down North Carolina star Sean May and the Spartans led the favored Tar Heels 38-33 at halftime of the Final Four on Saturday night.
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Oklahoma AD says NCAA looking at calls
Apr 2 2005 7:58PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The NCAA is investigating whether Oklahoma's men's basketball program made too many phone calls to potential recruits in the past, athletic director Joe Castiglione said Saturday.
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Michigan State unfazed by Tennessee
Apr 2 2005 5:52PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tennessee has it all: a gym full of trophies, rafters crawling with NCAA championship banners, the winningest coach in history and All-Americans who could line the highway halfway back to Knoxville.
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Michigan State has insights on Tennessee
Apr 2 2005 4:49PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michigan State has the inside edge. Maybe not on the court, but certainly in the scouting room. Spartans coach Joanne P. McCallie has two assistants, Al Brown and Semeka Randall, who will provide insight into what coach Pat Summitt might do Sunday when Michigan State faces Tennessee in the second national semifinal game. Brown served as Summitt's assistant for seven seasons, while Randall played on Summitt's last national championship team in 1998.
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Louisville goes for upset against Illinois
Apr 2 2005 4:33PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - They are circling in opposite spheres this week, at least so far. Roy Williams seeks the only win he needs to make his resume complete. Rick Pitino goes for another national title to solidify his standing among the greats. The two Final Four coaches are on opposite sides of the bracket in Saturday's semifinals.
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Baylor, LSU match up for Final Four
Apr 2 2005 2:59PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A stumble, a loose ball, a last-second basket and just like that it was over for Temeka Johnson and LSU, a stunning, gut-wrenching end to the Lady Tigers' first Final Four trip.
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Calhoun, Boeheim elected to Hall of Fame
Apr 2 2005 2:49PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Big East coaching rivals Jim Calhoun and Jim Boeheim, who both passed the 700-victory mark this season, have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Syracuse names scholarships for Brown
Apr 2 2005 7:02AM (CT)
SYRACUSE, New York (AP) - Nearly 50 years after he last played football and lacrosse for Syracuse University, Jim Brown was honored at his alma mater with two scholarships in his name.
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