Syracuse 79... Auburn 78

East Regional - Sweet Sixteen

It's Anthony in the clutch

Albany, NY - Newspaper Clipping from Chicago Tribune...

by Lew Freedman, Sports Writer: actual Wording as

follows:

Carmelo was too mellow in the first half, but it didn't

matter. He was his usual self in the second half when it did.

Widely regarded as the best freshman in the nation,

Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony, a 6-ft-8-inch multitalented

forward from Baltimore, showed off all of his skills at

crunch time as the Orangemen advanced to the East

Regional final of the NCAA tournament Friday night

with a 79-78 victory over hungry Auburn at the Pepsi

Arena.

Syracuse (27-5) was overwhelming at the start, building

a 17-point lead without the help of Anthony, but looking

every bit the No. 3 seed. Anthony, who averages 22 points

a game, scored no points in the first 20 minutes.

In the second half, the Auburn Tigers (22-12), a No. 10 seed,

who many thought did not belong in the tournament,

steadily whittled Syracuse's lead. When guard Derrick

Bird knocked down a three-pointer with just less than

seven minutes to play, Auburn closed to 61-58 and then

hit four more three-pointers as the clock was running

down, including one just before the shot-clock buzzer.

Syracuse made just enough free throws to survive.

The Tigers utilized the creative play of star forward

Marquis Daniels (27 points) slicing into the lane to beat 

Syracuse's zone, to threaten.

But whenever an Auburn player made a big play to give

his team hope, Anthony answered.

Hitting three-pointers, jamming home rebounds and

tossing in the occasional free throw, Anthony was too

much for Auburn. He ended up with 18 points.

Syracuse moves on to the Elite Eight.

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Syracuse 2003 Roster and Stats:

Hakim Warrick, F, 15.0 PPG, 8.9 RPG... Gerry McNamara,

G, 13.3 PPG, 2.4 RPG... Carmelo Anthony, F, 22.9 PPG,

9.9 RPG... Billy Edelin, G, 9.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG...

Keith Duany, G, 11.3 PPG, 3.6 RPG... Josh Pace, F, 3.7

PPG, 2.6 RPG... Andrew Kouwe, G, 1.7 PPG, 0.3 RPG...

Jeremy McNeil, F, 3.5 PPG, 4.2 RPG... Craig Forth, C,

3.9 PPG, 3.4 RPG...

Ronnell Herron, G, 1.2 PPG, 1.0 RPG... Matt Gorman,

F, 2.3 PPG, 2.1 RPG... Gary Hall, F, 0.4 PPG, 0.4 RPG...

Xzavier Gaines, G, 0.3 PPG, 0.3 RPG... Tyrone Albright,

G, 0.0 PPG, 0.3 RPG... Josh Brooks, F, 0.0 PPG, 0.2

RPG...

Auburn 2003 Roster and Stats:

Marquis Daniels, F, 18.1 PPG, 6.1 RPG... Marco

Killingsworth, F, 13.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG... Troy Gaines, G,

4.9 PPG, 1.1 RPG... Derrick Bird, G, 9.7 PPG, 2.9 RPG...

Brandon Robinson, F, 8.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG... Lewis

Monroe, G, 6.0 PPG, 2.4 RPG... Nathan Watson, G,

5.5 PPG, 3.3 RPG... Dan Wicke, G, 1.0 PPG, 0.4 RPG...

Jamaal Arnold, G, 0.4 PPG, 0.4 RPG...

Rodney Tucker, F, 1.8 PPG, 1.2 RPG... Donny Calton,

F, 2.4 PPG, 1.7 RPG... Kyle Davis, C, 6.5 PPG, 5.9

RPG... Chris Lollar, G, 1.0 PPG, 0.7 RPG... John

Lewis, G, 0.6 PPG, 0.3 RPG...

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Bulter beats Louisville NCAA 2003 Tourney
Men's College Hoops

Men's College Basketball 2003 NCAA Tourney

Bulter beats Louisville 79-71

The 12th seeded Bulldogs from Butler outside shooting

game chewed up the defense of the 4th seeded Louisville

Cardinals raining three-point hoops and advanced in the

East Regional section in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday -

March 23, 2003. And, much to the delight of Butler's fans,

the Bulldogs canned 14-of-22 three-point attempts.

Darnell Archey poured in 26 points on eight 3-pointers

and two free throws. "I was in the zone," he said...

Indeed he was. His compelling performance helped

the Bulldogs turn around a 24-9 Louisville lead after

ten minutes of play. And, reeking with confidence

Archey's two free throws with only 12 seconds to play,

clinched Butler's first Sweet Sixteen trip in 40-odd years

- since back in 1962.  

At the get-go, Louisville (25-7) appeared unbeatable

behind Reece Gaines who canned 26 points for the

Cardinals. However, a 25-9 first-half comeback put Butler

ahead 34-33 at half-time.

One of the highlights of the game came with 3:32 left

in the game: - Bulter's center Joel Cornette leaped over

after the Bulldogs bench to try and grab a loose ball

and had two coolers of Gatorade tip over his feet. With

his shoes soaked, assistant coach Mike Marshall yelled,

"We need some 15s right now"... coming to the rescue

was reserve forward Rob Wells... "I realized I wear size 15.

I got my shoes off as soon as I could."

Scoring:

Butler 79... Archey 26 points... Monserez 14 points...

Cornette 14 points... Lightfoot 14 points... Curry

5 points... Miller 3 points... Sheets 3 points...

Louisville 71... Gaines 26 points... Garcia 16 points...

Whitehead 14 points... Brown 8 points... Dean 3 points...

Stone 2 points... George 2 points... Mohammed 0 points...

Northern 0 points... Dartez 0 points...

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Oklahoma defeats Bulter March 2003 NCAA
Albany, NY - March 28, 2003

Oklahoma thwarts Butler's magic ride - March 2003

The mighty Oklahoma Sooners powered by its swift

moving guard, Hollis Price and Ebi Ere, came out shooting

and stopped the upset minded Butler Bulldogs 65-54. The

6-ft, 1-inch Price scored 10 points in the first 10 minutes of

play as Oklahoma, the Number 1 seed, advanced to the Elite

Eight.

The Sooners, who made the Final Four last year, parlayed

the hot-start by Price with a sterling performance by Ere,

who played with his broken left wrist heavily taped up. Ere

softly dropped in a game-high 25 points, including a

resounding 11 baskets on 19 attempts from the field, mostly

medium range jump shoots.   

Butler's star Joel Cornette turned in enough eye catching

performance. He finished with 21 points, grabbed eight

rebounds before getting his fourth foul with more than

eight minutes to play. Junior forward Duanne Lightfoot

Jr. scored 8 points, guard Mike Monserez had 7 points

and 5 assists, senior guard Darnell Archey finished

with 6 points and senior forward Lewis Curry scored 5

points.

Oklahoma ran its season record to 27-6 and the losing

Butler Bulldogs also finished at 27-6.

Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma's head-coach in his 9th season

with the squad. He credited team work for his team's

success in 2003. Senior Quannas White, Hoolis backcourt

partner, had 4 points, five clutch assists, and 6 rebounds.

Center Jabahri Brown pulled down 11 rebounds and had 4

points.  

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2003 Oklahoma Roster:

Ebi Ere, Guard, Sr., ... Ezra Zoschke, Guard, Jr., ...

Quannas White, Guard, Sr., ... Hollis Price, Guard Sr., ...

Blake Johnston, Guard, So., ... DeAngelo Alexander,

Guard, Fr., ...

Jabahri Brown, Center, Jr., ... Larry Turner, Center, Fr., ...

Jozsef Szendrei, Center, Sr.,...

Matt Gipson, Forward, Fr., Johnnie Gilbert, Forward, So., ...

Kevin Bookout, Forward, Fr., ... Mike Leggett, Forward,

So., ...

2003 Butler Roster:

Brandon Miller, Guard, Sr., ... Darnell Archey, Guard, Sr., ...

Ryan Reynolds, Guard, Jr., ... Bruce Horan, Guard, Fr., ...

Avery Sheets, Guard, Fr., ... Mike Monserez, Guard, Jr., ...

Nick Gardner, Guard, Jr., ...

Joel Cornette, Center, Sr., ... Ben Grunst, Center, Jr., ...

Mike Moore, Center, Sr., ...

Duanne Lightfoot, Forward, Jr. Rob Walls, Forward, Sr., ...

Andy Grunst, Forward, Fr., ... Jeff James, Forward, Fr., ...

Lewis Curry, Forward, Sr

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