The Battalion
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Monday • March 24, 1997
Arizona, N. Carolina
prepare for rematch
(AP) — North Carolina and
Arizona, which met in their season
opener, will play a rematch at the
Final Four.
The top-seeded Tar Heels beat
sixth-seeded Louisville 97-74
Sunday in the East Regional to
advance to their 13th Final Four.
Fourth-seeded Arizona recovered
after blowing a big lead and edged
No. 10 Providence 96-92 in over
time at the Southeast
Regional to reach its
third Final Four in
nine years.
Shammond
Williams scored
22 points for
North Carolina
(28-6), which
will play Arizona
(23-9) in the
national semis
next Saturday in
Indianapolis. The
Wildcats beat the Tar
Heels 83-72 in the Hall of
Fame Tipoff Classic on Nov. 22.
North Carolina, which has won
16 straight, turned around its sea
son following an 0-3 start in the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
“This was a great feeling to cut
down those nets after the way we
started the ACC season,” forward
Antawn Jamison said. “We came
together as a team and put all our
differences aside. It shows how
hard we worked and that hard
work pays off.”
Arizona, which finished fifth in
the Pac-10 with an inexperienced
lineup, squandered a 10-point
deficit in the final 3 1/2 minutes of
regulation before rebounding to
beat Providence. Miles Simon
scored 30 points for the Wildcats,
who knocked off top-ranked
Kansas in the previous round.
“Certainly, this wa£ not expect
ed,” said coach Lute Olson, whose
team began the season with four
new starters and has no seniors in
the playing rotation. “Everybody
kept saying, ‘Next year, they’re
going to be pretty good.’ Well, next
year got here a little early.”
The other Final Four matchup
on Saturday is defending national
champion Kentucky (34-4) vs.
Minnesota (31-3). The semifinal
winners will play for the champi
onship on Monday night.
North Carolina built a 21-point
halftime lead against Louisville,
Furtick
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The Cardinals are good, but
old. This team cannot afford to
lose more than one player, if any,
and Gaetti, Pagnozzi and
Eckersley are three keys who are
getting close to 40.
Projected Record: 84-78
Key Series: Sept. 17-18 @
Chicago Cubs; Sept. 19-22 @
Pittsburgh Pirates; Sept. 23-25 vs.
Cincinnati Reds; Sept. 26-28 vs.
Chicago Cubs: St. Louis closes out
1997 with 12 games in 12 days
against Central Division foes. If
the Cardinals want to make it to
the playoffs again this year they
will have to win at least eight or
nine of these games.
CINCINNATI REDS
At least Marge Schott will not
be around to “entertain” us this
year, but we might miss her. The
Reds, only seven years removed
from a World Series victory, are in
the middle of a decline. They still
have a very good lineup, but their
pitching will be suspect.
The infield is solid with Barry
Larkin and Bret Boone filling the
middle and Hal Morris at first.
Willie Greene at third has a ton of
potential, and he will have a
whole year to develop it. Behind
the plate will be the platoon of Ed
Taubensee and Joe Oliver. If the
Red’s outfield were as good as
their infield, they might be look
ing at a division title. But Ruben
Sierra, Curtis Goodwin, Reggie
Sanders and Deion Sanders may
be the division’s worst, even
behind Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati seemed to pick up
every low-cost free agent pitcher
on the market this offseason. The
five starters will be some combi
nation of Ricky Bones, Kent
Merker, David Nied, Pete
Schourek, John Smiley and Mike
Morgan. Cincinnati needs to get
quality starts out of those guys
because they have the league’s
best set-up man in Jeff Shaw and
one of best closers in Jeff Brantley.
Ray Knight used 147 different
lineups in 162 games last year. He will
probably have a more stable team
this season, but they won’t make very
much noise in the division.
Projected Record: 81-81
Key Series: Sept. 19-22 vs.
Houston Astros: The Reds will
then pulled away again in the sec
ond half after the Cardinals (26-9)
cut the margin to three with 8:19 left.
“That win came over a coura
geous, gutty team that was down
by 21 points and came back,” said
coach Dean Smith, who has guid
ed the Tar Heels to four Final
Fours this decade. “You also have
to hand it to our players for the
way they responded and
played great over the
last seven minutes.
You have to
admire that for
a team that’s
been like that
all year.”
Louisville
star Dejuan
Wheat, play
ing with a
sprained ankle
he injured in his
previous game
against Texas, scored
only six points on 2-for-ll
shooting.
“I just wanted to play,” Wheat
said. “If we were going to lose, I
wanted to be out on the court.”
Alex Sanders scored 20 points
for Louisville, which lost for the
first time in seven regional finals
under Denny Crum.
Providence (24-12), trying to
become the lowest-seeded team
to reach the Final Four since No.
11 LSU in 1986, had a chance to
beat Arizona in the closing sec
onds of regulation after stealing
the ball. But Corey Wright’s 3-
pointer was off target and the
game went to overtime, where the
Friars finally ran out of steam.
“Clearly, it was an uphill battle
the whole game,” said Providence
coach Pete Gillen. “The kids kept
scratching and clawing and with
3.9 seconds left, we had a chance
to steal the game.”
Providence star Austin
Croshere fouled out midway
through the second half with only
12 points, and the Friars then fell
behind by 12 after two of them
were hit with technical fouls. The
Friars still trailed 82-72 with 3 1/2
minutes left before starting their
amazing comeback.
God Shammgod and Jamel
Thomas scored 23 points apiece
for Providence, while Mike Bibby
had 17 for Arizona.
have a chance to play the spoiler
for the Astros in this series while
Chicago and St. Louis are hot on
Houston’s trail. Hopefully Deion
will still be a Cardinal and will be
packed for Dallas.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
When Kevin Elster is boasted as
your team’s biggest free agent
signing of the decade, you know
you’re bad. Flat out, the Pirates
are the worst team in baseball.
Not only are last year’s best
Pirates, Jeff King and Jay Bell,
gone, so is manager Jim Leyland.
Left fielder A1 Martin is the only
respectable star left on the team.
Youngsters Jermaine Allens worth
and Trey Beamon will round out
the Pirates’ outfield. Both of these
players have the potential to be
good major league ballplayers,
but they can’t cany the team. Ask
Jason Kendall, last year’s Rookie
of the Year runner-up, who will be
catching again. Mark Johnson will
play first in an infield where Elster
is the big gun. Another rookie,
Tony Womack, will get the call at
second, and Joe Randa will start at
third. That’s it, no kidding — the
Pirate’s lineup.
The Pirates would have the
best pitching staff in the league if
they were allowed to carry 50
pitchers, and that’s almost what
they will be sorting through in
spring training. The probable
starters are Jason Schmidt and Jon
Lieber — everything else is a mys
tery. But John Ericks will be the
closer, probably, being preceded
by whoever doesn’t make the
starting rotation.
The Bugs are full of potential,
but in this day of the juiced ball, it
will be hard for their pitching staff
to keep them anywhere near their
opponents.
Projected Record: 62-100
Key Series: Late August-early
September: After overtaking
Detroit as baseball’s worst team,
the only thing the Pirates have to
play for will be pride — except
Trey Beamon. In a stretch of
about 30 games the Pirates will be
facing only one notable staff (Los
Angeles Dodgers) and only two
probable playoff teams (Houston,
Los Angeles). Beamon, the Bucs
opening day right fielder, will
have a great opportunity to make
a late-season run at the National
League Rookie of the Year award.
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