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Daily Trivia: What is the lowest-seeded team to ever win
the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament since the field
expanded to 64 teams in 1984-85?
Yesterday's Question: To whom did the Penn State men's
basketball team lose in the 1954 Final Four?
Answer: The Nittany Lions were defeated in the semifinal
by eventual national champion LaSalle. 69-54.
Sunday's game
Chattanooga Regional, College Park, Md.
No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 13 Überty
Team statistics
Through March 12
Penn State Category Überty
2006 Scoring 2120
69.2 Points per game 70.7
+6.4 Scoring margin +18.3
715-1693 Field goals-attempts 790-1678
.422 Field-goal percentage .471
127-376 3-point FG-attempts 125-350
.338 3-point FG percentage .357
4.4 3-point FG made per game 4.2
449-578 Free throws attempts 415-599
.777 Free-throw pct. .693
1063 Rebounds 1353
36.7 Rebounds per game 45.1
+1.2 Rebounding margin +15.0
380 Assists 475
13.1 Assists per game 15.8
409 Turnovers 587
14.1
+2.1
0.9
285
9.8
Turnovers per game
Turnover margin
Assist/turnover ratio
Steals
Steals per game
Blocks
Blocks per game
Ist 2nd OT
915 1079 12
975 1145
individual statistics
Through March 12
Penn State (19-10, 13-3 Big Ten)
PPG RPG APG Stl
Tallish:: Wright 19.3 4.4 3.6 57
Jess Strom 15.6 4.7 4.6 84
Jennifer Harris 10.7 2.6 1.4 37
Amanda Brown 7.1 6.2 0.4 25
Ashli Schwab 6.3 6.3 0.7 16
Jennifer Brenden 5.1 3.4 1.1 24
Amber Bland 3.6 2.0 0.6 38
Adrienne Squire 1.9 0.8 0.4 7
Hazel Joseph 0.6 2.5 0.4 7
Lisa Etienne 0.5 0.6 0.5 0
R. Vynuchalova 0.2 0.3 0.0 0
Total 69.2 36.7 13.1 285
Oppcnents 62.7 35.5 12.8 209
Liberty (24-6, 13-1 Blg South)
PPG RPG APG Sti
Katie Feenstra 17.6 10.2 0.8 13
Kristal Tharp 11.5 4.8 1.8 37
Rima Margeviciute 9.2 4.9 1.4 15
Daina Staugaitiene 8.4 4.5 3.5 30
Karol' Piotrkiewicz 3.8 3.1 0.3 9
Egle Smigelskaite 3.8 2.7 0.2 7
R. Nikagbatse 3.6 3.3 1.2 28
Allyson Fasnacht 3.5 1.4 2.8 21
Michelle Parker 3.0 1.3 1.9 30
Courtney Watkins 3.0 1.8 0.9 19
Jamie Feagin 2.4 3.0 0.8 15
Stephanie Walker 2.4 1.6 0.7 4
Leslie Jones 2.4 0.8 0.2 4
Total 70.7 45.1 15.8 232
Opponents 52.4 30.1 11.0 270
NCAA tournament schedule
CHATTANOOGA REGIONAL
First Round
Tomorrow at Reunion Arena, Dallas
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Rice, 9:50 p.m.
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 14 Oral Roberts, noon
3.1
Score by periods
Penn State
Liberty
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Sunday at Thompson•Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 16 Stetson. 2:30 p.m.
No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Arizona, noon
Sunday at Comcast Center, College Park, Md.
No. 5 DePaul vs. No. 12 Va. Tech, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 13 Liberty, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday at Dean E. Smith Center, Chapel HIII, N.O
No. 7 Boston College vs. No. 10 Houston, 2:30 p.m.
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Canisius, noon
THE FINAL FOUR
Sunday, April 3, at RCA Dome, Indianapolis
Chattanooga, Tempe region champions.
Philadelphia, Kansas City region champions.
Tuesday, April 5, at RCA Dome
National championship
NCAA tournament
Yesterday's results
CHICAGO REGIONAL
No. 12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83, No. 5 Alabama 73
No. 4 Boston College 85. No. 13 Pennsylvania 65
No. 9 Nevada 61. No. 8 Texas 57
No. 3 Arizona 66, No. 14 Utah State 53
No. 1 Illinois vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson. late
No. 6 LSU vs. No. 11 UAB, late
ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL
No. 8 Pacific 79. No 9 Pittsburgh 71
No. 1 Washington 88, No. 16 Montana 77
No. 2 Wake Forest 70, No. 15 Chattanooga 54
No. 3 Gonzaga 74, No. 14 Winthrop 64
No. 7 West Virginia vs. No. 10 Creighton, late
No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 UCLA, late
AUSTIN REGIONAL
No. 2 Kentucky 72, No. 15 Eastern Kentucky 64
No. 3 Oklahoma 84. No. 14 Niagara 67
SCOREBOARD
No 7 Cincinnati 76, No. 10 lowa 64
No. 6 Utah 60. No. 11 UTEP 54
Today's first-round games
SYRACUSE REGIONAL
DCU Center, Worcester, Mass.
No. 2 Connecticut vs. No. 15 Central Florida, 2:45 p.m
No. 7 Charlotte vs. No. 10 N. C. State. 12:15 p.m.
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Oakland, 3 p.m.
No. 8 Minnesota vs. No. 9 lowa State, 12:30 p.m.
Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn.
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 13 Ohio. 12:25 p.m.
No. 5 Villanova vs. No. 12 New Mexico, 2:55 p.m.
The Ford Center, Oklahoma City
No. 3 Kansas vs. No. 14 Bucknell. 9:50 p.m.
No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 11 Northern lowa. 7:20 p.m
CHICAGO REGIONAL
The Ford Center, Oklahoma City
No. 2 Okla. State vs. No. 15 SE Louisiana 12:30 p.m
No. 7 Southern Illinois vs. No. 10 Saint Mary's. 3 p.m.
AUSTIN REGIONAL
DCU Center, Worcester, Mass.
No. 4 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Vermont. 7:10 p
No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Old Dominion. 9:40 p.m
Charlotte Coliseum. Charlotte, N.C.
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Delaware State. 7:25 p m.
No. 8 Stanford vs. No. 9 Mississippi State, 9:55 p.m.
ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL
Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tenn.
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Louisiana Lafayette. 7:10 p.m.
No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. No. 12 Geo. Washington, 9 40 p.m
THE FINAL FOUR
At Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis
Saturday, April 2
Chicago, Albuquerque region champions.
Syracuse, Austin region champions.
Monday, April 4
National championship
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Student bus available
for PSU baseball game
The Penn State baseball team will
renew its 108-year rivalry with in-state
foe Pittsburgh during the Keystone
Classic at 7 p.m. on April 6 at Blair
County Ballpark, and the Nittany Lions
are inviting Penn State students to ride
a bus to the game for just $4.
Penn State students can ride the bus
for $4, which includes round-trip trans
portation to Blair County Ballpark, plus
a hot dog, chips and a soda at the game.
Signups are taking place in the Bryce
Jordan Center ticket office or at the
HUB-Robeson Center Information
Desk. The BJC Athletic Ticket Office is
open 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and students can sign
up at the athletic ticket office with a
valid student ID. The HUB Information
Desk will have a sign-up sheet Monday
through Friday from noon until 4 p.m.
Payment will be expected upon signing
up, or a space will not be reserved.
The buses will leave at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6, from outside the
Bryce Jordan Center Ticket Office
along Curtin Road.
6 MLB players testify
on steroids to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) Retired slug
ger Mark McGwire told Congress'
investigation of drugs in baseball that
he would not "participate in naming
names" of players who used steroids.
McGwire, one of
six current and for-
mer stars appearing
yesterday before the
House Government
Reform Committee,
did not say whether
he used steroids. He
said his lawyers
advised him not to
answer certain ques-
"If a player answers, 'No,' he simply
will not be believed," McGwire said. "If
he answers, 'Yes,' he risks public scorn
and endless government investiga
tions."
Two current players, Sammy Sosa
and Rafael Palmeiro, said they never
had used steroids. McGwire and
Palmeiro were accused of using per
formance-enhancing drugs by Jose
Canseco in a best-selling book that
helped prompt the daylong hearing.
Two top sluggers who were not pres
ent testified in 2003 to a San Francisco
grand jury investigating a steroid-distri
bution ring: Barry Bonds of the San
Francisco Giants and Jason Giambi of
the New York Yankees.
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In a tense scene, Canseco sat at the
same table as. the other players as he
told the Lawmakers that he could not
fully answer their questions because Of
concerns his testimony could be used
against hint
McGwire, choking back tears, said he
knew that steroid use could be danger
ous.and would do whatever he could tp
discourage young athletes from using
them.
"What I will not do, however, is partic
ipate in naming names and implicating
my friends and teammates," said McG
wire, who ranks sixth in major league
history with 583 homers.
NHL proposes 2 deals;
union shows no interest
NEW YORK (AP) The NHL gave
the players' association a choice of pro
posals yesterday: one with a link
between league revenues and player
costs or one without.
So far, the union
doesn't appear too
interested in either.
The sides met yes
terday in New York,
the second'negotiat
ing session in a week
and the third since
commissioner Gary
Bettman canceled Bettman
the season Feb. 16.
"The first proposal was based on the
'de-linked' salary cap framework that
was on the table when the season was
canceled in mid-February," NHL chief
legal officer Bill Daly said after the
meeting.
"We indicated that to the extent this
was a framework that the union
remained interested in pursuing, the
league would be prepared to continue
negotiations provided an agreement
could be achieved within the next sever-'
al weeks."
Magic fire head coach
after six straight losses
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The Orlando'
Magic decided it was time for a shake
up.
Coach Johnny Davis was fired yester-,
day, shortly after the Magic lost their
sixth straight game and moved closer to
falling out of playoff contention. Assis- '
tant Chris Jent was named interim
coach.
Davis was dismissed along with assis
tant coach Ron Ekker hours after
Wednesday night's 110-102 road loss to
the Los Angeles Clippers, dropping the
Magic to 31-33 and leaving them tied
with Philadelphia for the final Eastern
Conference playoff spot.
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