COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
NCAA Tournament
FINAL FOUR
At Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis
Championship (last night)
North Carolina 75, Illinois 70
NCAA Championship Scores
2005 North Carolina 75, Illinois 70
2004 Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73
2003 Syracuse 81, Kansas 78
2002 Maryland 64, Indiana 52
2001 Duke 82, Arizona 72
2000 Michigan State 89, Florida 76
1999 Connecticut 77, Duke 74
1998 Kentucky 78, Utah 69
1997 Arizona 84, Kentucky 79, OT
1996 Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67
1995 UCLA 89, Arkansas 78
1994 Arkansas 76, Duke 72
1993 North Carolina 77, Michigan 71
1992 Duke 71, Michigan 51
1991 Duke 72, Kansas 65
1990 UNLV 103, Duke 73
1989 Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79, OT
1988 Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79
1987 Indiana 74, Syracuse 73
1986 Louisville 72, Duke 69
1985 Villanova 66, Georgetown 64
1984 Georgetown 84, Houston 75
1983 North Car. State 54, Houston 52
1982 North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62
1981 Indiana 63, North Carolina 50
1980 Louisville 59, UCLA 54
1979 Michigan State 75, Indiana State 64
1978 Kentucky 94, Duke 88
1977 Marquette 67, North Carolina 59
1976 Indiana 86, Michigan 68
1975 UCLA 92, Kentucky 85
1974 North Car. State 76, Marquette 64
1973 UCLA 87, Memphis State 66
1972 UCLA 81, Florida State 76
1971 UCLA 68, Villanova 62
1970 UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69
1969 UCLA 92, Purdue 72
1968 UCLA 78, North Carolina 55
1967 UCLA 79, Dayton 64
1966 Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65
1965 UCLA 91, Michigan 80
1964 UCLA 98, Duke 83
1963 Loyola, Ill. 60, Cincinnati 58, OT
1962 Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59
1961 Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65, OT
1960 Ohio State 75, California 55
1959 California 71, West Virginia 70
1958 Kentucky 84, Seattle 72
1957 North Carolina 54, Kansas 53, 3OT
1956 San Francisco 83, Iowa 71
1955 San Francisco 77, La Salle 63
1954 La Salle 92, Bradley 76
1953 Indiana 69, Kansas 68
1952 Kansas 80, St. John s 63
1951 Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58
1950 CCNY 71, Bradley 68
1949 Kentucky 46, Oklahoma State 36
1948 Kentucky 58, Baylor 42
1947 Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47
1946 Okla. A&M 43, North Carolina 40
1945 Oklahoma A&M 49, NYU 45
1944 Utah 42, Dartmouth 40, OT
1943 Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34
1942 Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38
1941 Wisconsin 39, Washington State 34
1940 Indiana 60, Kansas 42
1939 Oregon 46, Ohio State 34
NCAA Tournament MVPs
2004 Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
2003 Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
2002 Juan Dixon, Maryland
2001 Shane Battier, Duke
2000 Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
1999 Richard Hamilton, Connecticut
1998 Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
1997 Miles Simon, Arizona
1996 Tony Delk, Kentucky
1995 Ed O Bannon, UCLA
1994 Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
1993 Donald Williams, North Carolina
1992 Bobby Hurley, Duke
1991 Christian Laettner, Duke
1990 Anderson Hunt, UNLV
1989 Glen Rice, Michigan
1988 Danny Manning, Kansas
1987 Keith Smart, Indiana
1986 Pervis Ellison, Louisville
1985 Ed Pinckney, Villanova
1984 Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1983 Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
1982 James Worthy, North Carolina
1981 Isiah Thomas, Indiana
1980 Darrell Griffith, Louisville
1979 Magic Johnson, Michigan State
1978 Jack Givens, Kentucky
1977 Butch Lee, Marquette
1976 Kent Benson, Indiana
1975 Richard Washington, UCLA
1974 David Thompson, N. Carolina State
1973 Bill Walton, UCLA
1972 Bill Walton, UCLA
1971 x-Howard Porter, Villanova
1970 Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1968 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966 Jerry Chambers, Utah
1965 Bill Bradley, Princeton
1964 Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1963 Art Heyman, Duke
1962 Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
1961 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1959 Jerry West, West Virginia
1958 Elgin Baylor, Seattle
1957 Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
1956 Hal Lear, Temple
1955 Bill Russell, San Francisco
1954 Tom Gola, La Salle
1953 B.H. Born, Kansas
1952 Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
1951 None selected
1950 Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
1949 Alex Groza, Kentucky
1948 Alex Groza, Kentucky
1947 George Kaftan, Holy Cross
1946 Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
1945 Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
1944 Arnold Ferrin, Utah
1943 Ken Sailors, Wyoming
1942 Howie Dallmar, Stanford
1941 John Kotz, Wisconsin
1940 Marvin Huffman, Indiana
1939 None selected
x-subsequently ruled ineligible
Women
NCAA TOURNAMENT
At RCA Dome, Indianapolis
Championship (tonight)
Baylor (32-3) vs. Michigan State (33-3), 8:30 p.m.
ECHL
YESTERDAY
No games scheduled
SUNDAY
Toledo 3, Dayton 2
Reading 2, Peoria 1
Johnstown 6, Wheeling 4
Gwinnett 3, Pee Dee 2
Augusta 4, Mississippi 3, SO
Pensacola 5, Texas 2
Long Beach 7, Fresno 0
TODAY
S. Carolina at Augusta
Peoria at Reading
Columbia at Greenville
Charlotte at Gwinnett
Texas at Mississippi
Trenton at Dayton
Alaska at Las Vegas
FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
FRIDAY
Austin at Georgia, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Las Vegas, 10 p.m.
SATURDAY
Orlando at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
San Jose at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 1 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SATURDAY, April 9
CD Chivas USA at San Jose, 4
Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30
Columbus at New England, 7:30
FC Dallas at Colorado, 9
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 10
PREP BASEBALL
Anthony Wayne 300 000 0 - 3 6 2
Napoleon 000 000 0 - 0 3 0
WP-Bergfeld. LP-Layton. Sherman (AW), 2-3.
Hicksville 011 210 2 7 13 2
Edon 200 000 x 2 5 5
WP Headley. LP Fritch. Jones (H), 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI.
Wauseon 002 011 0 4 7 1
Stryker 020 010 0 3 3 3
WP Reckner. LP Bernath. Unger (W), 2-3.
Clay 602 010 0 9 13 2
Findlay 100 030 0 4 5 2
WP Zenk. LP Raymond. Graham (C), 4-5, RBI.
Defiance 480 19 22 19 0
Delta 001 00 1 5 4
WP Niese. LP Williams. Bostelman (Def), 3-4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI.
Liberty Center 000 004 1--5 4 2
Continental 302 000 1--6 7 0
WP - Brown. LP - Tiplady.
Mohler (LC) 1-2, Grand Slam, 4 RBI.
Hilltop 121 004 0 - 8 13 2
Evergreen 220 020 3 - 9 12 3
WP-M. Pinkelman. LP-Miller. Miller (H) 3-4, 3B, 3 RBI.
Gibsonburg 000 01 - 1 5 2
Cardinal Stritch 125 03 - 11 7 1
WP-Rupp. LP-Black. Wilber (CS) 3-3, 4 RBI.
Edgerton 000 100 0 - 1 5 1
Bryan 412 300 x - 10 13 2
WP-K. Vitek. LP-Coburn. G. Vitek (B) 4-4, 3 RBI.
Ottawa Hills 000 000 1 - 1 4 3
Start 001 003 x - 4 5 2
WP-Moulton. LP-Brewster. Gillespie (S) 2-2.
Montpelier 010 203 0 - 6 11 0
Tinora 002 100 0 - 3 5 3
WP-Henry. LP-Meyer. S. Thorp (M) 3-4, 3 RBI.
Fostoria 015 000 0 - 6 9 4
Eastwood 002 010 2 - 5 6 3
WP-Hyde. LP-Loomis. A. Munoz (F) 2-5.
Dundee 300 005 0 - 8 7 2
Whiteford 420 003 x - 9 9 2
WP-Gust. LP-Ostrowski. Frazier (W) 3-4, RBI.
Rogers 000 110 - 2 4 0
Otsego 003 072 - 12 13 0
WP-Queen. LP-Lewis. Meyers (O) 3-3, 3 RBI.
Ayersville 010 002 1 - 4 10 4
Patrick Henry 120 011 x - 5 5 0
WP-Imselmann. LP-Wolfrum. Krauss (PH) 3B, HR, 2 RBI.
Maumee 000 120 1 - 4 6 0
Waite 001 101 0 - 3 8 1
WP-Sigg. LP-Evans. Schultz (M) 2 2B, RBI.
Pettisville 003 011 3 - 8 7 3
Toledo Christian 120 321 x - 9 7 4
WP-Barnes. LP-Givenhagen. A. Yunker (TC) 2-2, 4 RBI.
Lake 000 001 0 - 1 5 2
Perrysburg 002 030 x - 5 6 0
WP-Allesse. LP-Conley. Nunn (P) 2B, 2 RBI.
Liberty Center 000 004 1 - 5 4 2
Continental 302 000 1 - 6 7 0
WP-Brown. LP-Tiplady. Wilson (C) GW RBI.
AUTO RACING
Sharpie Professional 250
NASCAR Busch
At Bristol, Tenn.
Lap length: .533 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (38) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 256 laps, 59.534 mph, $43,686. 2. (2) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 256, $35,010. 3. (6) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 256, $46,488. 4. (36) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 256, $25,835. 5. (31) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 256, $22,460.
6. (7) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 256, $20,735. 7. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 256, $20,195. 8. (8) Ashton Lewis Jr., Ford, 256, $33,455. 9. (10) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 256, $32,265. 10. (14) Greg Biffle, Ford, 256, $20,965.
11. (16) Jon Wood, Ford, 256, $27,290. 12. (13) Shane Hmiel, Chevrolet, 256, $24,220. 13. (3) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 256, $29,928. 14. (9) Kenny Wallace, Ford, 256, $24,035. 15. (21) David Green, Ford, 256, $24,515.
16. (24) Stacy Compton, Ford, 256, $23,920. 17. (5) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 256, $20,675. 18. (17) Johnny Sauter, Dodge, 256, $23,825. 19. (19) Jason Keller, Ford, 256, $22,560. 20. (35) Jeff Green, Dodge, 256, $19,345.
21. (33) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 256, $22,040. 22. (28) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 256, $22,405. 23. (43) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 256, $18,643. 24. (39) Steve Grissom, Ford, 253, $18,260. 25. (22) Tim Fedewa, Dodge, 251, $22,245.
26. (42) Kertus Davis, Chevrolet, 251, $18,245. 27. (20) Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 250, $22,130. 28. (15) Blake Feese, Chevrolet, 249, $20,060. 29. (40) Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 249, $17,995. 30. (26) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 247, accident, $17,700.
31. (4) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 241, accident, $31,870. 32. (25) Michel Jourdain Jr., Ford, 234, accident, $26,860. 33. (29) Ryan Hemphill, Dodge, 226, $26,550. 34. (27) Mike Wallace, Dodge, 217, $19,000. 35. (11) Tyler Walker, Dodge, 211, $18,970.
36. (34) Brent Sherman, Dodge, 204, accident, $18,960. 37. (30) Stanton Barrett, Chevrolet, 195, accident, $20,930. 38. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 182, accident, $18,865. 39. (41) Shawna Robinson, Chevrolet, 175, accident, $16,830. 40. (18) Justin Labonte, Chevrolet, 161, accident, $24,310.
41. (32) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 153, accident, $16,790. 42. (37) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 113, engine failure, $16,760. 43. (23) Derrike Cope, Ford, 84, engine failure, $18,722.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 17 minutes, 31 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.159 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 14 for 102 laps.
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: C. Edwards 1-11; J. Burton 12-42; C. Edwards 43-46; J. Burton 47-79; C. Edwards 80; M. Wallace 81-85; M. Kenseth 86-95; J. Burton 96-124; M. Truex Jr. 125-166; S. Marlin 167-180; K. Harvick 181-256.
Top 10 in Points: C. Edwards, 1,106; R. Sorenson, 1,025; C. Bowyer, 955; K. Harvick, 875; M. Truex Jr., 864; A. Lewis Jr., 863; K. Wallace, 835; D. Hamlin, 814; S. Hmiel, 774; J. Wood, 726.
PREP TENNIS
MAUMEE 5, ROGERS 0: Kurtz d. Fletcher, 6-3, 6-2; James d. Tulak, 6-0, 6-0; Ziss d. Lamonds, 6-0, 6-0; B. Buschmann-Leach d. Sullivan-Martin, 6-0, 6-0; A. Buschmann-Frankhouse d. Richardson-Hines, 6-0, 6-0.
ANTHONY WAYNE 4, WHITMER 1: Doyle (AW) d. Welly, 6-1, 7-5, Sanford (AW) d. Columbo, 7-6, 6-4; Smith (AW) d. Fairchild, 6-1, 7-5; Kaighim-Roser (W) d. Lauer-Kuck, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Hohl-Kapelski (AW) d. Weslowski-Finch, 6-3, 6-1.
BOWSHER 4, ROSSFORD 1: Baird (R) d. McCarthy 6-3, 6-2; Gephardt (B) d. Kanary 6-4, 6-2; Dodenhoff (B) d. Craig 6-1, 7-5. Linares-Thornton (B) d. Saleh-DeLucia 7-5, 2-6, 7-5; Keil-Henry (B) d. Seman-Wainright 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
CENTRAL 3, NORTHVIEW 2: Amato (C) d. Kallile, 6-1, 6-0; Butcher (N) d. Balogh, 6-0, 6-1; Dever (C) d. Rentner, 7-6, 6-2; Piazza/McBride (N) d. Garrity/Sullivan, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Brown/Schneider (C) d. Kaser/Powlesland, 6-4, 6-1.
ARCHBOLD 3, FREMONT ROSS 2: Redd (A) d. Parker, 6-0, 6-2; Laurer (FR) d. Moody, 6-4, 6-1; Will (FR) d. Manahan, 6-1, 6-4; Sanford/Wyse (A) d. Damschoder/Hollis, 6-0, 6-1; Redd/King (A) d. Groot/Vestal, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX Placed 1B Frank Thomas on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contracts of RHP Pablo Ozuna and C Chris Widger from Birmingham of the IL. Optioned LHP Kevin Walker to Birmingham.
DETROIT TIGERS Placed RHP Colby Lewis on the 15-day DL.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS Named Webster Garrison hitting coach for Midland of the Texas League; Juan Navarrete manager for Vancouver of the Northwest League and Raymond Abreu director of Latin American operations.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS Agreed to terms with C Charles Johnson on a one-year contract. Recalled OF Joey Gathright from Durham of the IL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS Purchased the contract of RHP Pete Walker from Syracuse of the IL.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS Agreed to terms with 3B Aramis Ramirez on a four-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Placed LHP Sean Burnett on the 60-day DL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Placed RHP Mike Lincoln on the 15-day DL.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Placed RHP Francis Beltran on the 15-day DL.
BASKETBALL
Women s National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA LYNX Re-signed F Svetlana Abrosimova.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
GREEN BAY PACKERS Re-signed TE Ben Steele.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed RB David Allen. Released DE Lionel Barnes.
MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed CB Mario Edwards to a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
NORFOLK ADMIRALS Reassigned G Mike Brodeur to Greenville of the ECHL.
ECHL
ECHL Suspended Reading D Adam Borzecki for five games for his actions in an April 1 game against Atlantic City. Suspended South Carolina LW Robin Gomez for three games and Florida C Matt Hendricks one game for their actions in an April 1 game. Suspended Pee Dee D Jan Vodrazka for one game for his actions in an April 1 game at Columbia.
COLLEGE
CHATTANOOGA Announced the resignation of Terry Brands, wrestling coach, to take a job as national freestyle resident coach for USA Wrestling.
COLGATE Named Steve Chouinard trainer and Marty Erb coordinator for sports medicine services, effective July 1.
DESALES Named Michele Ide volleyball coach.
JAMES MADISON Named Sam Cameron men s assistant soccer coach.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS Announced the resignation of Frank Horvat, women s soccer coach.
PITTSBURGH Announced sophomore C Chris Taft will forego his final two seasons and enter the NBA draft.
BOWLING HONOR ROLL
300 game
Ronnie Beale, Jug s 265-233-300-798
High Series
Men (750 or better)
Chris Troup, Toledo SC 814
Howard Bills, Westland 801
Steve Alexander, Jugs 781
Richard Jones, Jr., Toledo SC 771
Jeffrey Mayberry, Toledo SC 771
Chad McKay, Toledo SC 761
Kevin Braswell, Imperial 758
Chuck Reynolds Jr., Toledo SC 756
Greg Cox, Toledo SC 752
Jeff Fisher, Imperial 751
Women (650 or better)
Kerri Russell, Jugs 705
Stacy Mock, Jugs 702
PREP SOFTBALL
Ayersville 000 200 0 - 2 6 0
Patrick Henry 000 130 x - 4 7 2
WP-Phillips. LP-McCoy. Carrizales (PH), 2B, RBI, 2-2.
Swanton 015 112 - 10 14 1
Pettisville 000 000- 0 3 2
WP-Chapman. LP-Lovins. T. Wilson (S), 3-5, 3 RBI.
Whitmer 000 001 0 - 1 6 0
Maumee 001 002 x - 3 8 1
WP-Robinson. Diegel (M), 2-3, RBI.
Stritch 000 000 0 - 0 2 1
Gibsonburg 010 000 x - 1 4 2
WP-Warren. LP-Henning. Brandt (S), 2-2 2B.
Old Fort 000 000 2 - 2 4 5
Calvert 410 121 x - 9 10 1
WP-Somers. LP-Nye. Ritzler (C), 3-3, 2 RBI.
Archbold 001 011 0 - 3 3 1
Central 000 000 0 - 0 0 1
WP-Sevey (9K, 1W). LP-Kelly.
Delta 000 000 1 - 1 9 3
Eastwood 000 000 0 - 0 1 0
WP-Mattin. LP-Jacoby. Davis (D) 2 2B, RBI.
Genoa 200 030 0 - 5 9 1
Northwood 100 000 0 - 1 1 1
WP-Borowske. LP-Tornow. Kontak (G) 2-3, 2 RBI.
Rogers 201 000 0 - 3 2 3
Emmanuel Baptist 120 010 x - 4 7 0
WP-Buck. LP-Childress. Mundy (EB) 2-3, 2B, RBI.
Fremont Ross 100 00 - 1 4 1
Elmwood 229 00 - 13 18 0
WP-Chapman. LP-Hiestand. Barry (E) 4-4, 2B.
Southview 003 000 2 - 5 7 1
Bowsher 200 000 0 - 2 1 2
WP-Murphy. LP-Farringer. Snyder (S) HR, 3 RBI.
TENNIS
Bausch & Lomb Champ.
Amelia Island, Florida
Women s singles, first round
Shinobu Asagoe (15) d. Mashona Washington 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (11) d. Vera Douchevina 6-2, 6-2; Conchita Martinez d. Marissa Irvin 7-6 (4), 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (13) d. Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-1, 7-6 (8); Denisa Chladkova d. Nicole Pratt 6-1, 7-6 (7); Virginie Razzano d. Emilie Loit 7-5, retired; Eleni Daniilidou d. Jelena Kostanic 6-4, 6-4; Shahar Peer d. Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-3; Dally Randriantefy, Madagascar, d. Marta Marrero 6-2, 7-5; Martina Sucha d. Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-4, 6-2; Kristina Brandi, Puerto Rico, d. Maria Elena Camerin 6-1, 6-0; Gisela Dulko d. Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues d. Evgenia Linetskaya 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Barbora Strycova d. Katerina Bondarenko 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Mary Pierce (14) d. Daja Bedanova 6-3, 6-0.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
NCAA Tournament
THE FROZEN FOUR
At The Schottenstein Center
Semifinals (Thursday)
Denver (30-9-2) vs. Colorado College (31-8-3), 2 p.m.
North Dakota (24-14-5) vs. Minnesota (28-14-1), 7 p.m.
Championship (Saturday)
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Ball State 000 000 1 - 1 3 0
Toledo 210 000 x - 3 7 2
WP-Moore (8-7). LP-Hellem (4-7). SV-Pettitt (1). UT leaders: Stong 2-2, HR; Shultz HR; Robbins HR.
Bowling Green 001 003 1 - 5 10 1
Valparaiso 000 000 1 - 1 5 1
WP-Gouge (2-2). LP-Halstead (0-12). Baca (BG) 4-4, 2 3B, RBI; Vallas (BG) 1-3, 3 RBI.