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Michigan State loses balance in finale
Apr 5 2005 11:08PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michigan State advanced to its first championship game with a balanced team, getting contributions from up and down the lineup.
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Mulkey-Robertson leads Baylor to top
Apr 5 2005 11:01PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - As she walked toward her bench before tipoff, Kim Mulkey-Robertson, forever the fiery little point guard, clenched her fist and saluted thousands of Baylor's adoring fans.
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Spartans dig themselves too big a hole
Apr 5 2005 10:42PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The comeback kids finally found a deficit they couldn't overcome. Michigan State, which tied a women's Final Four record by rallying from 16 points down against Tennessee in the semifinals, trailed by more than 20 but couldn't come back to win its first national championship Tuesday night.
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Baylor beats Michigan State for NCAA title
Apr 5 2005 10:35PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Baylor Lady Bears simply wanted to be a shining light for a university that needed something to applaud. One dazzling national championship ought to do.
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Arizona coach says Adams likely to return
Apr 5 2005 6:42PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Even though junior forward Hassan Adams has declared for the NBA draft, Arizona coach Lute Olson expects to have him back next season.
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Fans welcome home champion Tar Heels
Apr 5 2005 6:17PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - With thousands of Carolina blue-clad fans cheering in the Smith Center, Rashad McCants rested his left arm on the NCAA championship trophy and gave it a glance. The North Carolina junior then looked up at the crowd and smiled. He didn't have to say a word. The Tar Heels returned home Tuesday to celebrate the program's fourth national title with about 15,000 frenzied fans _ less than 24 hours after closing the season with a 75-70 win over Illinois in St. Louis.
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Carolina coach expects McCants to leave
Apr 5 2005 5:40PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina coach Roy Williams expects guard Rashad McCants to forgo his senior season to enter the NBA draft.
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Ex-Arizona State football player indicted
Apr 5 2005 3:41PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Former Arizona State running back Loren Wade was indicted Tuesday for first-degree murder in the death of another former player.
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Illini look to the future after loss
Apr 5 2005 3:11PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - One by one, Illinois crossed off the goals it had set months earlier. A No. 1 ranking. The Big Ten regular-season and conference titles. A top seed in the NCAA tournament. A spot in the Final Four. But the only thing the Illini couldn't accomplish was the one goal they really wanted, what they said out loud after every practice: a national championship.
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Ex-Syracuse guard Eddie Moss dies at 45
Apr 5 2005 11:49AM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Edwin "Eddie" Moss, who played point guard for Syracuse from 1977 to 1981, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 45.
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N. Carolina beats Illinois for NCAA title
Apr 5 2005 10:32AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Finally, Roy Williams had a good reason to cry. Stymied so many times before in his pursuit of a title, the longtime coach broke through Monday night. The tears this time were tears of joy, the result of North Carolina's 75-70 victory over Illinois that finally gave Williams the national championship that was missing from his otherwise stellar 17-year career.
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Shooting woes cost Illini national title
Apr 5 2005 10:24AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Illinois had the right play, and the right person taking the shot. Down 73-70 with less than 20 seconds remaining, Luther Head darted behind the 3-point line and waited for someone to get him the ball. He put up a wide-open shot and then watched helplessly as the ball bounced off the rim and Sean May snatched it up.
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UNC fans fete title with cheers, bonfires
Apr 5 2005 7:09AM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Thousands of University of North Carolina fans streamed onto the main drag near campus after the Tar Heels won the NCAA basketball championship, screaming and cheering, tugging on street signs and tossing furniture into bonfires.
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Emotional ride ends for Illinois' Weber
Apr 5 2005 6:59AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bruce Weber didn't want it to end for Illinois, not like this. As the final seconds slipped away on a season that was exhilarating, poignant and one victory short of the ultimate goal, the coach with the scratchy voice couldn't do anything but reflect on the journey. What a ride it was.
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Felton carries Tar Heels in final minute
Apr 5 2005 6:53AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - In one spectacular final minute, Raymond Felton outplayed Illinois' talented trio of guards all by himself. The North Carolina junior stole a pass, then sank three free throws in the last 25.8 seconds of Monday night's championship game, securing the Tar Heels' 75-70 win.
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May matches father's title 29 years later
Apr 5 2005 6:50AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sean May no longer needs to carry around that old videotape of his father's national championship game. Now he has one of his own.
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Sportsview: Williams finally wins big one
Apr 5 2005 1:37AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Roy Williams started walking slowly up the sideline as the longest three seconds of his life ticked off the clock. Instead of jumping, shouting or even pumping a fist, he calmly reached up to make sure his glasses sat squarely on the bridge of his nose.
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Illinois can't get 3-pointers to fall
Apr 5 2005 12:41AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - When Deron Williams put up what would have been the go-ahead 3-pointer, the entire Illinois bench jumped to its feet, certain another amazing comeback was in the making.
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