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by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
UT finally in Final Four
Western Kentucky next step for Lady Horns
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Associated Press
■AUSTIN — Alter three years of
frustrating tournament losses on the
road, the Texas Lady Longhorns
have earned their First trip to the
NCAA women’s Final Four.
| “Home, sweet home,” Coach Jody
Conradt said after her top-ranked,
32-0 squad edged Mississippi 66-63
■ the Midwest Regional finals at
H”s Special
Events Center.
But Ole Miss
threatened to
Women’s
Basketball
"■JFIIItum the Saturday night game into
I Jj^the fourth annual regional tourna
ment disappointment for Texas. It
was, as Coradt said, not a pretty
game.
fniversiffl"! told them I didn’t care if we
j., . won this ugly,” said, calling ugly wins
lalloriU" ■•jyjaj k of a very good team.”
■The Lady Rebels, 24-8, built a
^ three-point halftime lead on the
stregnth of center Jennifer Gillom’s
powerful inside game and a tight
zone that shut down Texas’ fast-
paced offense.
I But Texas used its superior depth
and 61 percent second-half shooting
to pull out the win. Guard Beverly
Williams, whose 12 First-half points
kept Texas in the game, finished
with 20 points and eight rebounds.
Texas’ Jody Conradt
The 6-3 Gillom put in 25 points
and collected 10 rebounds. Alisa
Scott added 16 for Ole Miss.
The win sends Texas to Lexing
ton, Ky., for a national semifinal
game with Western Kentucky, the
last team to beat the Longhorns. The
Lady Hilltoppers used a last-second
shot to upset Texas 92-90 in, the
Mideast Regionals last year.
That loss denied Texas a trip to
last year’s Final Four, which was
played in Austin.
In 1983 and 1984 Texas lost re
gional tournament games to Loui
siana Tech at the winner’s arena.
Conradt said her team was on the
brink of elimination several times
Saturday night.
“We almost fefll apart. It’s been
awhile since we played a team that
stayed with us and didn’t crack un
der the pressure,” she said.
Ole Miss Coach Van Chancellor
said he was proud that his team did
not fold under the pressure of Texas
and the noisy crowd of 10,064, a re
cord for an NCAA women’s regional
game.
“We had about 10,000 times to
quit during the game and we didn’t,”
he said.
In the other Final Four game, it
will be Southern Cal (30-4) against
Tennessee (24-9).
The Women from Troy cruised
by Louisiana Tech 80-64 Saturday
night in the West Regional in Long
Beach, Calif.
Meanwhile, the Lady Volunteers
disposed of the other Louisiana
squad. Tennessee sent LSU back to
Baton Rouge, La., dropping the Ti
gers 67-65 in the Mideast Regional
in Iowa City, Iowa.
Ohio State
wants title
for coach
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Ohio State
basketball team is making it very dif
ficult for Coach Eldon Miller to
leave.
Miller was fired Feb. 3, effective at
the end of the season.
The Buckeyes ended their regular
season March 8, but Miller is still
c °t o n® g h t, NIT Basketball
Ohio state, i7- Tourney
14, will meet
19-13 Louisiana Tech in the second
semifinal game of the National Invi
tation Tournament at Madison
Square Garden. In the opening
game, Wyoming, 22-13, faces Flor
ida, 19-12. The winners play
Wednesday night for the
championship.
The semifinal favorites are Ohio
State, by four points, and Florida, by
three.
“The day I got fired, they started
playing hard,” Miller said about his
young 15-man squad, which in
cludes six freshmen and four sopho
mores.
Miller, who has signed a five-year
contract to coach at the University of
Northern Iowa, considers himself
very fortunate.
“I’m one of the few coaches in
America to have two jobs at the same
time — at least for the next 4V2
days,” he said Saturday at a press
luncheon. “I’m enjoying this mo
ment. What can I be upset about? ...
A lot of people are pulling for us.”
Miller was cheered loudly last Fri
day night, when he coached his final
game at Ohio State’s St. John Arena,
before a capacity crowd of 13,591, as
the Buckeyes beat Brigham Young
79-68 in a quarterfinal NIT game.
“It was the best crowd we had in
10 years,” he said. “When I heard
them (cheering), I said, ‘There’s no
way we can lose tonight.’ ”
Miller, who has coached for 10
years at Ohio State, said he was sur
prised by his firing, “because we
were not under .500.”
“But,” he said, “there were some
things I didn’t like about the job.”
The .Buckeyes are on a modest
three-game winning streak, having
beaten Ohio University 65-62, Texas
71-65 and Brigham Young.
Their opponent, Louisiana Tech,
also has won three straight in NIT
competition, defeating Northern
Arizona 67-61, McNeese State 77-61
and Providence 64-63.
“We’re playing with a lot of confi
dence, intensity and enthusiasm,”
said Tommy Joe Eagles, in his first
season as coach at Louisiana Tech.
“But we’ve been on an emotional rol
lercoaster all season. ...”
Florida and Wyoming also are rid
ing three-game winning streaks in
NIT competition. In reaching the
semifinals, the Gators beat Southern
Mississippi 81-71, Texas Christian
77-75 and Southwest Missouri State
54-53, and Wyoming defeated
Texas A&M 79-70, Loyola
Marymount 99-90 and Clemson 62-
57.
“Our team is good, but we’re aw
fully little, so we’ll have to do a lot of
things on defense to be in it,” Florida
Coach Norm Sloan said.
“It (the NIT) has a lot of glamour
for us,” Wyoming Coach Jim Bran
denburg said. “We’re going to be up
for the NIT; we want the NIT to be
up for us.”
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