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SPORTS battalion ;u (Williams seeking first title IPORTS HE BATTALION 3B Thursday, March 28, 2002 ng forward to ^ries is tied 'inning seven ’M matches -vo schools, II try to win consecutive ggies. ave won six ind improved start to 14-2. jndefeated in i up against oners will be trip to Oil’s vhich opened citing to see s,” Kleinede much bette; should havea the all-i )ma, 7-4, seven, will try te nd 5-0 in the is over schools, xt match will y of Houston le Aggies do lege Station ainst Kansas >pes to repre- 104. d in Canada, the fire bum- ay, but it’s in oionships in 11 try to raise mer. Even if catch Texas, dent in the >out Crocker. Crocker." lance to leader board / only .2 ^- 1 No. 15. and arated in the eat up. Both ;ad of them, :ral times in dnning of a ATLANTA (AP) — When Dean Smith ally won his first national championship in 182, no one was happier for him than Roy illiams. The North Carolina assistant told his gs/Tm so glad you won. Maybe this will ut people up." Williams is now the head coach at Kansas and he certainly can relate to the anguish it Smith endured through all those years ien the Tar Heels kept coming up short in : Final Four. “It’ssomething I’ve got to live with it,” said lliams, seeking his first national title with Jayhawks. “If I win one, they’ll move on someone else. If not, they’ll keep coming ;r me.” He is not alone. It seems that every team in iyear’s Final Four has something to prove. Indiana coach Mike Davis is still trying to ape the omnipresent shadow of Bob igtit. Davis admits that he is thought of tting because of the burden placed on his ily the last two seasons. Maryland and Gary Williams overcame an losing barrier last year by making the Final ’or, but nothing less than the school’s first Jonal title will satisfy this time around, two contesis oi^oma has won plenty of champi- hips on the football field, but is eager to lonstrate that the Sooners play some pret- ;ood basketball as well, lack to Roy Williams, who has made the ndof 16 in eight of 13 years and is back le Final Four for the third time. So far, all success has yet to add up to a national impionship. When it comes to perseverance, he was ored by the master. Smith’s first cham- nshipcame in his 21st season at North olina — on his seventh trip to the Four. Mter finally winning. Smith tried not to let rerwhelm his legacy. “I don’t know if I’m better coach than I was 2 1/2 hours ago,” lold Williams. Kansas is back in the Final Four for the time since 1993. The top-seeded hawks will meet fellow No. 1 Maryland Saturday before more than 50,000 fans at Georgia Dome. llahoma, which lost to Kansas (pre in the 1988 national title game, takes ndiana in the other semifinal. file championship will be decided lance io ww r ^ inked No 20 ni8ht - ; Warns wants to savor this Final Four Jfience more than he did the last time. Once I get ticket requests and room “ests all taken care of, it will be a lot fun,” the Kansas coach said hesday. “I’m pushing our team to »y it.” is finally enjoying his rocky tenure at ana. Anyone who succeeded Knight — espe- Hy after the General was forced out ir under nasty circumstances — was going to face resentment in the Hoosier Nation. Still, Davis let the criticism become a little too personal. “I knew it was going to be a tough task,” he said. “I just wasn’t ready for how tough it’s been. Now I understand it’s not about me. It’s about being the guy who followed coach Knight. I don’t like criticism sometimes, but that’s part of it.” Davis guided the Hoosiers to the NCAA tournament in his first season, but they were upset by Kent State in the opening round. The pressure became even greater this season when Knight returned to coaching at Texas Tech, leading a remarkable turn around. But the tide began to turn when Knight’s new team was beaten in the first round. His old team, meanwhile, shocked top-seeded Duke in the regional semifinals — prompting a very un-Knight-like celebration by Davis — on the way to its first Final Four since 1992. “I had a lot of low points this year,” Davis said. “It even got to the point where I thought if I could just leave the program in good shape ... and just move on to somewhere else, I would be happy.” A friend persuaded him to ride out the pessimism. “He told me I should never leave because of the fear of something,” Davis said. “That made sense to me. If you move on, move on because you’ve got something better, not because you fear the criticism from people.” Despite a storied basketball history, Maryland had never been to the Final Four until last season. Gary Williams spent seven futile years chasing the elusive goal, falling short three times in the regional semifinals. Finally, the Terps broke through. “That didn’t bother me much as it bothered our fans,” Williams insisted. “Some years, you’re just not good enough. Other times, it’s a one-game playoff situation and funny things happen. A lot of great coaches have not been to the Final Four.” Kelvin Sampson is there for the first time. In his first seven years at Oklahoma, the Sooners lost five times in the opening round. Making it even tougher to get recognized on campus: the Oklahoma football team fin ished No. 1 in the 2000 season. “There’s a reason why when you think Oklahoma, you think football,” Sampson said. “I’m anxious to see how the fans react to our program now. They’ve always respected us. We’ve always been good. But we’ve taken another step up.” With two more wins, the Sooners will not have anything left to prove. The other three schools feel the same way. 2002 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship Final Four: Hoosiers, Jayhawks, Terps, Sooners Indiana 74-73 j South Kent St. 78-73 OT National Championship Georgia Dome Atlanta April 1 9:18 p.m. Maryland 78-68 East Connecticut 71-59 Indiana 81-69 Maryland 90-82 Semifinals Atlanta March 30 6:07 p.m. T Semifinals Atlanta March 30 40 min. foliowing Oklahoma 81-75 ) Kansas 1 04-86 Missouri 82-73 West Oklahoma 88-67 All times EST jurauK n Kansas 73-69 Midwest [ Oregon 72-70 SOURCE: NCAA AP * T # OF BRAZOS VALLEY tta am led low ^nd •fed WHAT WOULD A REAL MAN DO? 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