Tigers Extend Nation’s Longest Winnning Streak

“NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John Calipari’s Memphis Tigers finally have a victory worth bragging about in their run of 24 straight.

They also have a spot in the regional semifinals.

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 16 points before leaving with a sprained ankle and his high-flying, versatile teammates took over from there for a 78-62 victory over Nick Fazekas and Nevada on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The second-seeded Tigers (32-3) hadn’t played a team as good as the Wolf Pack (29-5) since their last loss, back on Dec. 20. They showed they were up to the task by never trailing after going down 2-0, and shutting out the Wolf Pack the final 6:17 _ after Nevada had gotten within two and Douglas-Roberts was in the locker room.

The biggest surprise wasn’t that the Tigers won, but that foul shooting was a big reason for it. They came in making only 61 percent _ worst among all tournament teams and near the bottom of all 336 Division I schools. It was such a problem Calipari stopped practicing foul shots and told guys to visualize swishes instead. The Tigers went 26-of-34 from the line Sunday, so chalk one up for visualization.

Douglas-Roberts led the way from the line at 10-of-12. Joey Dorsey, who shoots 46.5 percent, was 4-of-6.

Jeremy Hunt scored 16 and Antonio Anderson added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis. Andre Allen had yet another bigger-than-usual game in the NCAA tournament with 10 points and four assists, and Robert Dozier had nine points, eight rebounds and most of the good defense on Fazekas.

Fazekas, the three-time Western Athletic Conference player of the year, missed his first six shots but finished 7-of-18 for 20 points with seven rebounds.”

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Vols Advance to Sweet 16

Another round of “Rocky Top!”

“COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Go ahead, Tennessee fans. Break out the orange paint and slather up.

It sure seems to work for the head coach.

JaJuan Smith led a second-half comeback, Chris Lofton made one free throw after another in the final seconds and the Volunteers held off Virginia 77-74 Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Fifth-seeded Tennessee (24-10) reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 under second-year coach Bruce Pearl, who painted himself orange before a Lady Vols’ game last month to show some spirit.

Now, his team is showing some staying power.

“When you reach the Sweet 16 at the University of Tennessee with the way we’ve had to rebuild, you’ve made a special place in history for yourself,” point guard Dane Bradshaw said.

A certain shade of history, no less.

Pearl took off his shirt and painted his torso orange to support the Lady Vols at one of their January games. The sight of his brightly colored belly was shown repeatedly on basketball highlight shows, bringing him some grief.

On Sunday, Pearl wore a conservative white shirt and did some of his most creative coaching, bringing down a Virginia team that couldn’t get one more basket out of its fabulous guard tandem. “

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Lady Vols Victorious in Tournament

Lady Vols start with 34-0 run en route to second round victory.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The final score made it appear Tennessee had it easy. For a half, the Lady Vols found Drake to be anything but a pushover.

Tennessee limited the Bulldogs to two points in the opening 10 minutes of each half and Alexis Hornbuckle led a late surge in the first half that broke open a tight game, carrying the Lady Vols to a 76-37 victory Sunday night in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament.

The Vols (29-3), the top seed in the Dayton Regional, didn’t expect much trouble with the 16th-seeded Bulldogs (14-19) but got exactly that for most of the first half – leading only 13-9 nearly 12 minutes into the game and 21-14 with 2:21 remaining before halftime.

Tennessee then went on a remarkable 34-0 run that lasted nearly 13 minutes and didn’t end until midway through the second half, time enough for the Vols to push their lead to 55-14 before Drake’s Monique Jones made two free throws with 10:36 remaining.

Hornbuckle scored 14 points, Candace Parker added 13 points and six rebounds, Shannon Bobbitt scored 11 and Dominique Redding finished with 10. No Drake player reached double figures as the Bulldogs shot 21.4 percent (12-of-56), with their starters a combined 9-of-49.

Vols coach Pat Summitt probably couldn’t choose between being pleased with her team’s shutdown defense or being exasperated with the long delay it took to generate any offense. Tennessee, No. 3 in the final Associated Press regular-season poll, hadn’t played since a 63-54 loss to LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament on March 3.

Earlier Sunday, North Carolina – the top seed in its region – needed fewer than 5 minutes to seize a 24-4 lead over another No. 16 seed, Prairie View A&M, in winning 95-38 in Pittsburgh. But Tennessee didn’t reach double figures until well past the midway point of the first half and was visibly struggling against the smaller and less athletic Bulldogs until Hornbuckle and Parker took over late in the first half.

Parker scored on a spin-move layup with her left hand to make it 23-14, and Hornbuckle finished off the half with a fast-break layup, a shot off the glass and a 3-pointer as the Vols took a 30-14 halftime lead.

With Drake’s shooting percentage hovering in the 14 percent range until late in the game, the Vols scored the first 25 points of the second half against a tiring opponent that was 10-18 until winning four games in four days on its home court to take the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Parker scored the first two baskets of the half before Bobbitt, 0-of-4 in the first half, got going with a pair of 3-pointers, a driving layup and a basket following a steal.

Tennessee, a six-time national champion looking for its first title since 1998, is the top seed in its region for the 18th time. The Vols play the winner of the Pitt-James Madison game on Tuesday night – setting up the possibility they may have to play a much lower-seeded Pitt team on its home court.

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Tigers Extend Nation’s Longest Winnning Streak

“NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John Calipari’s Memphis Tigers finally have a victory worth bragging about in their run of 24 straight.

They also have a spot in the regional semifinals.

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 16 points before leaving with a sprained ankle and his high-flying, versatile teammates took over from there for a 78-62 victory over Nick Fazekas and Nevada on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The second-seeded Tigers (32-3) hadn’t played a team as good as the Wolf Pack (29-5) since their last loss, back on Dec. 20. They showed they were up to the task by never trailing after going down 2-0, and shutting out the Wolf Pack the final 6:17 _ after Nevada had gotten within two and Douglas-Roberts was in the locker room.

The biggest surprise wasn’t that the Tigers won, but that foul shooting was a big reason for it. They came in making only 61 percent _ worst among all tournament teams and near the bottom of all 336 Division I schools. It was such a problem Calipari stopped practicing foul shots and told guys to visualize swishes instead. The Tigers went 26-of-34 from the line Sunday, so chalk one up for visualization.

Douglas-Roberts led the way from the line at 10-of-12. Joey Dorsey, who shoots 46.5 percent, was 4-of-6.

Jeremy Hunt scored 16 and Antonio Anderson added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis. Andre Allen had yet another bigger-than-usual game in the NCAA tournament with 10 points and four assists, and Robert Dozier had nine points, eight rebounds and most of the good defense on Fazekas.

Fazekas, the three-time Western Athletic Conference player of the year, missed his first six shots but finished 7-of-18 for 20 points with seven rebounds.”

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Vols Advance to Sweet 16

Another round of “Rocky Top!”

“COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Go ahead, Tennessee fans. Break out the orange paint and slather up.

It sure seems to work for the head coach.

JaJuan Smith led a second-half comeback, Chris Lofton made one free throw after another in the final seconds and the Volunteers held off Virginia 77-74 Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Fifth-seeded Tennessee (24-10) reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2000 under second-year coach Bruce Pearl, who painted himself orange before a Lady Vols’ game last month to show some spirit.

Now, his team is showing some staying power.

“When you reach the Sweet 16 at the University of Tennessee with the way we’ve had to rebuild, you’ve made a special place in history for yourself,” point guard Dane Bradshaw said.

A certain shade of history, no less.

Pearl took off his shirt and painted his torso orange to support the Lady Vols at one of their January games. The sight of his brightly colored belly was shown repeatedly on basketball highlight shows, bringing him some grief.

On Sunday, Pearl wore a conservative white shirt and did some of his most creative coaching, bringing down a Virginia team that couldn’t get one more basket out of its fabulous guard tandem. “

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Lady Vols Victorious in Tournament

Lady Vols start with 34-0 run en route to second round victory.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The final score made it appear Tennessee had it easy. For a half, the Lady Vols found Drake to be anything but a pushover.

Tennessee limited the Bulldogs to two points in the opening 10 minutes of each half and Alexis Hornbuckle led a late surge in the first half that broke open a tight game, carrying the Lady Vols to a 76-37 victory Sunday night in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament.

The Vols (29-3), the top seed in the Dayton Regional, didn’t expect much trouble with the 16th-seeded Bulldogs (14-19) but got exactly that for most of the first half – leading only 13-9 nearly 12 minutes into the game and 21-14 with 2:21 remaining before halftime.

Tennessee then went on a remarkable 34-0 run that lasted nearly 13 minutes and didn’t end until midway through the second half, time enough for the Vols to push their lead to 55-14 before Drake’s Monique Jones made two free throws with 10:36 remaining.

Hornbuckle scored 14 points, Candace Parker added 13 points and six rebounds, Shannon Bobbitt scored 11 and Dominique Redding finished with 10. No Drake player reached double figures as the Bulldogs shot 21.4 percent (12-of-56), with their starters a combined 9-of-49.

Vols coach Pat Summitt probably couldn’t choose between being pleased with her team’s shutdown defense or being exasperated with the long delay it took to generate any offense. Tennessee, No. 3 in the final Associated Press regular-season poll, hadn’t played since a 63-54 loss to LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament on March 3.

Earlier Sunday, North Carolina – the top seed in its region – needed fewer than 5 minutes to seize a 24-4 lead over another No. 16 seed, Prairie View A&M, in winning 95-38 in Pittsburgh. But Tennessee didn’t reach double figures until well past the midway point of the first half and was visibly struggling against the smaller and less athletic Bulldogs until Hornbuckle and Parker took over late in the first half.

Parker scored on a spin-move layup with her left hand to make it 23-14, and Hornbuckle finished off the half with a fast-break layup, a shot off the glass and a 3-pointer as the Vols took a 30-14 halftime lead.

With Drake’s shooting percentage hovering in the 14 percent range until late in the game, the Vols scored the first 25 points of the second half against a tiring opponent that was 10-18 until winning four games in four days on its home court to take the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Parker scored the first two baskets of the half before Bobbitt, 0-of-4 in the first half, got going with a pair of 3-pointers, a driving layup and a basket following a steal.

Tennessee, a six-time national champion looking for its first title since 1998, is the top seed in its region for the 18th time. The Vols play the winner of the Pitt-James Madison game on Tuesday night – setting up the possibility they may have to play a much lower-seeded Pitt team on its home court.

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Watch for Smear of Hillary

They’ll tell you that Senator Clinton refuses to directly contradict General Pace’s view that homosexuality is immoral. When they do, tell them to read TMP Election Central:

“”I do not think homosexuality is immoral . . . let’s not be eliminating people because of who they are or who they love.”"

The Mighty Wurlitzer doesn’t want you to know this. But you know it now; right?

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Watch for Smear of Hillary

They’ll tell you that Senator Clinton refuses to directly contradict General Pace’s view that homosexuality is immoral. When they do, tell them to read TMP Election Central:

“”I do not think homosexuality is immoral . . . let’s not be eliminating people because of who they are or who they love.”"

The Mighty Wurlitzer doesn’t want you to know this. But you know it now; right?

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WSJ: DOJ Tales Don’t Add Up

Even the Wall Street Journal can no longer ignore the lying done by the Bush DOJ:

“WASHINGTON — Emails between White House aides and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s chief of staff show an orchestrated effort to fire several U.S. attorneys, counter to Mr. Gonzales’s previous assertions that the firings weren’t instigated by the White House.”

They appear to contradict testimony offered by Gonzales and other top DOJ officials.

Tick, tick, tick…….

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Now Republican Joins Call for AG to Resign

It’s growing, folks. Now Republican Sen. John Sununu has joined the Democrats in turning up the heat on Gonzales.

“WASHINGTON – Sen. John Sununu (news, bio, voting record) of New Hampshire on Wednesday became the first Republican in Congress to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ dismissal, hours after President Bush expressed confidence in his embattled Cabinet officer.

“I think the president should replace him,” Sununu said in an interview with The Associated Press.”

Tick, tick, tick….. Time is running out on the G man

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