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Daily %la: To whom did the Penn State men's basketball
team lose in the 1954 Final Four?
Yestoiday's Question: What was the Penn State women's
basketball team seeded in its first NCAA Tournament
appearance?
Amen Penn State was seeded fourth in the Mideast
Region in the first NCAA Tournament in 1982.
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NCAA Tournament
Today's opening round matchups
All times EST
Chicago Regional
The Wolstein Center, Cleveland
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 12 Wisc.-Milwaukee, 12:25 p.m.
No. 4 Boston College vs. No. 13 Pennsylvania 2:55 p.m
The RCA Dome, Indianapolis
No. 8 Texas vs. No. 9 Nevada. 7:10 p.m.
No. 1 Illinois vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson. 9:40 p.m
Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
No. 3 Arizona vs. No. 14 Utah. State, 7:20 p.m.
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 Alabama-Birmingham, 9:50 p.m
Austin Regional
The RCA Dome, Indianapolis
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Eastern Kentucky, 12:20 p.m
No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 10 lowa, 2:50 p.m.
The McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Niagara, 12:45 p.m.
No. 6 Utah vs. No. 11 Texas-El Paso, 3:15 p.m.
Albuquerque Regional
The Wolsteln Center, Cleveland
No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 15 Chattanooga, 7:10 p.m
No. 7 West Virginia vs. No. 10 Creighton, 9:40 p.m.
Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
No. 8 Pacific vs. No. 9 Pittsburgh, 12:40 p.m.
No. 1 Washington vs. No. 16 Montana, 3:10 p.m
The McKale Center, Tucson, Ariz.
No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Winthrop. 7:25 p.m.
No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 UCLA. 9:55 p.m.
N CAA L. A D
NCAA men's basketball
Division I
Individual leaders
Scoring
I.Keydren Clark, St. Peter's
2.Taylor Coppenrath, VMT
3.Juan Mendez, Niagara
4J.J. Redick, Duke
s.Rob Monroe, Quinnipiac
6.80 McCalebb, NO
7.lke Diogu, ASU.
B.Tim Smith, ETSU.
9Jose Juan Barea, Ntheastn
10. Ryan Gomes, Prvdnce
Assists
I.Marcus Williams, Connecticut 29
2.Damitrius Coleman, Mercer 28
2.Wi1l Funn, Portland St. 28
4.Aaron Miles, Kansas 29
s.Filiberto Rivera, UTEP 31
6.Walker Russell, Jacksonville St. 29
7.Jose Juan Barea, Northeastern 30
B.Javier Mendiburu. Wis.-Green Bay 26
9.Travis Diener. Marquette 23
10. Raymond Felton, North Carolina 30
Field goal percentage
G FGM
I.Bruce Brown, Hampton 30 178
2.Nate Harris, Utah St. 31 166
3.Chad McKnight, Mrhd St. 27 155
4.Andrew Bogut, Utah 32 260
s.Aaron Andrews, Mrgn St. 28 140
6.Michael Haney. Eastern Ky.3o 168
7.Eric Williams, WF 31 186
NOT INVITED TEAMS
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8 Kyle Hines, UNC Grnsboro 30 175
9.Carl Landry, Purdue 25 160
10 Quincy Davis, Tulane 28 153
Rebounding
I.Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech 29
2.Andrew Bogut, Utah 32
3 Lance Allred, Weber St. 29
4.Michael Harris, Rice 30
5 Dwayne Jones, St. Joseph's 30
6 She!den Williams, Duke 30
7 Wayne &mien, Kansas 25
B.Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi St. 30
9.Sean May, North Carolina 31
10.1uan Mendez, Niagara 29
Free-throw percentage
G FTM
I.Blake Ahearn, SWMS 30 86
2 J.J. Redick. Duke 30 186
3 Chris McCray, Maryland 27 87
4 Vince Greene. Illinois St. 30 81
5 Jamaal Hilliard, Lafayette 28 91
6.Salim Stuudamire. Ariz. 32 106
7 Steve Novak. Marquette 30 76
8 Derek Raivio, Gonzaga 29 100
9 David Doubley, Pacific 29 85
10 Jerry Johnson. Rider 30 107
3-point shooting
1 Pat Carroll. St. Joseph's 29
2 Keydren Clark, St. Peter's 28
2.Brendan Plavich, Charlotte 28
4 J.J. Redick, Duke 30
5 T.J Sorrentine, Vermont 29
6.Wi1l Whittington, Marist 28
7.Jerry Johnson, Rider 30
8 Salim Stoudamire. Ariz. 32
9.Erik Benzel. Denver 30
SCOREBOARD
10Ed McCants, Wis.-Milwaukee 29
Steals
1 Obte Trotter. Alabama A&M 31
2 ChakotAby Hicks, Norfolk St. 27
3 Keydren Clark. St. Peter's 23
4.Eddie Basden. Charlotte
4 Hosea Butler. Mississippi Val. 8
6 Kevin Hamilton. Holy Cross 30
7 Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn 28
8 Mardy Collins. Temple 29
9.DaShawn Freeman, Sacrament:: St.2B
10.Damarius Coleman. Mercer 78
Blocks
1 Deng Gal. Fairfield 30
2.Shawn James. Northeastern 2 , 1
3 Shelden Williams, Duke 30
4 Kyle Hines. UNC Greensboro 00
s.Yemi Nicholson, Denver 30
6.Chaz Crawford. Drexel )R
7 Josh Boone. Connecticut 29
8 Anthony King. Miami (Fll.l 28
9.Ronald Alexander, Nlissrssipp 2. i
10 Justin Williams, Wyoming 28
Major League Baseball
Spring training scores
Dodgers 3
Red Sox 6
Twins 2
Cardinals 5
Nationals (ss) 4
Mets
Yankees 11
Mariners 11
Rangers (ss) I
Cubs 6
White Sox 8
USBWA selects Wright
for All-America squad
Penn State's Tanisha Wright added to
her growing list of accolades when she
was named a first-team All-American by
the United States Basketball Writers
Association.
Wright was one of 10 players selected
to the prestigious team, which was
announced yesterday.
Already this season Wright has
brought home a variety of honors. An
All-Big Ten pick,
Wright also garnered
her third consecutive
Big Ten Defensive
Player of the Year
Award, and is the
only player ever to
win the award more
than once. On the
other end, she fin-
ished the regular W right
season as the Big
Ten's leading scorer, averaging 19.6
points per game.
She also ranked among the league's
best in assists and steals during the
season. Penn State's senior guard is
currently averaging 19.3 points per
game, and is closing in on the 2,000-
point plateau with 1,976 points to her
credit entering Sunday's NCAA Cham
pionship first round game versus Liber
ty.
The Lady Lions face Liberty at 9:30
p.m. on Sunday in College Park, Md.
The game will air live on ESPN2 and
ESPNU and on the radio on the Penn
State Sports Network and www.GoPSUs
ports.com. Should Penn State win, the
Lady Lions will face either Virginia
Tech or DePaul on Tuesday at 7 or 9:30
p.m.
Palmer learns to adjust
to life without Masters
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Arnold
Palmer is going to the Masters without
his golf clubs. "I'm not going to play in
anything at Augusta this year," Palmer
said yesterday. "I'm going to say hello to
my friends and do a couple functions
that I would like to do, and then come
back home."
Palmer played in his 50th consecutive
Masters last year and said he would no
longer compete in the major champi
onship he helped put on the map with
charisma and four green jackets. But as
the Masters approaches, Palmer real
izes he will have to adjust to being at
Augusta National without having a spot
in the field.
3. 10 Innings
De,ll Rays 5
2. 11 innings
Orioles 4
Indians (us) 3
ndians (s.s) 5
Martins (us) 5
Athletics 4
Rockies 0, 10 innings
Royals 1
Angels 5
That means no practice rounds, not
even the Par 3 Tournament.
And while Palmer said he might con-
sider becoming an honorary starter, it
won't be this year.
Instead, he'll attend the Champions
Dinner on Tuesday night and chairman
Hootie Johnson's buffet on Wednesday,
and spend time in between chatting
with his legion of friends and fans.
"I have no intentions of going on the
golf course," Palmer said.
"I'm just going to socialize. I may
change that in years to come. But at the
moment, I just feel like I want to get my
feel for not playing in Augusta. l'or 511
straight years, I played and I loved it.
And I would still enjoy it.
"But I just want to get the feel for not
doing anything."
This could be the first year without
Palmer or Jack Nicklaus, a six 4
Masters champion, since 1954. Nicklaus
had planned to play, but he said chances
were between "slim and none" that he
would play the tournament because he
wants to spend time with a family still
grieving over the recent drowning of hi;
17-month-old grandson.
Nicklaus said he would be at the
Champions Dinner and probably would
play a practice round, perhaps even the
Par 3 Tournament. And he did not rule
out playing Thursday if he felt up to it.
O'Neal likely to sit out
rest of Pacers' season
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Pacers for
ward Jermaine O'Neal likely will not
play again this season because of a
shoulder injury he
sustained nearly two
weeks ago.
Pacers coach Rick
Carlisle said that
doctors are still wait
ing for the swelling
to subside and that,
no decision has been.
made on whether the'
All-Star forward will'
need surgery
O'Neal
"We have to go on the idea that he's
not going to be here," Carlisle said
Tuesday. "That's how we have to'
approach it. We can't be hanging our,
hopes on his return. It's going to be
awhile if he comes back at all."
O'Neal, who is averaging a career
high 24.8 points, was hurt March 3 when
his right arm was pulled back by Den
ver's Francisco Elson on a drive.
He has not played since, and will miss
his sixth straight game when Indiana
meets Utah on last night. While the Pac
ers have won three of the five games;
since the injury, they went 5-10 during ,
O'Neal's 15-game suspension for his
role in the November brawl at Detroit.
If they struggle the same way over
the season's final 20 games, the Pacers
(31-31) could slip out of the playoff race. '
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