Second Round: Oregon advances to the Sweet 16
Andrew Erickson The Columbus Dispatch @AEricksonCD
LEXINGTON, Ky. A footnote to Ohio States 82-68 win over Kentuckyon Sunday, a victory that vaulted the Buckeyes to the sweet 16 for the second straight year, was junior guard Kelsey Mitchell becoming the Big Tens all-time leader in career three-pointers.
Thank you, Mitchell said multiple times in response to a postgame question about the milestone, before getting into her real answer.
All I can say to that comment is survive and advance, Mitchell said. Its no longer about myself, its about us as a team and I think we want to advance as much as possible in this tournament.
Survive and advance is a common refrain around NCAA Tournament time and a colorful way of explaining winning is more important than passing the eye test. Its one Mitchell has used several times this week to explain her mindset and a line she returned toSundayin the hallway of Kentuckys Memorial Coliseum after the fifth-seeded Buckeyes (28-6) nearly squandered a 19-point lead before pulling away.
As far as surviving and advancing, you have to survive first, right? Mitchell said.
After building a 46-31 lead by halftime, the Buckeyes continued to add to their lead to open the third quarter. Freshman forward Tori McCoy opened the third-quarter scoring with a layup. Another from redshirt sophomore guard Sierra Calhoun less than a minute later gave Ohio State a 50-31 advantage, its largest of the game.
It was a wakeup call for fourth-seeded Kentucky (22-11), which responded by narrowing the gap to eight points by the end of the third quarter, to 62-58 in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter and to 65-64 on a Makayla Epps baseline jumper with6:04to play.
We had dug ourselves a 15-point hole at the half, said Epps, who led Kentucky with 21 points. We might have been a little deflated but we were never defeated going into the break.
Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said his message to his team as a once out-of-reach game began to turn was a simple one.
I just told the team to get back to the things that we were doing, McGuff said. What we talked about in timeouts was getting back to balancing our offense, making sure we get to the free-throw line and get to the rim and then we have to buckle down, get stops and get some tough rebounds.
Junior guard Asia Doss made the first step in slowing Kentuckys momentum with a layup, then McCoy scored the games next six points.
As the crowd was going, I was kind of getting a little bit nervous, said McCoy, who finished with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks. But we made it through.
Senior forward Shayla Cooper finished off the Wildcats with eight points in the final2:28.
Cooper finished with 15 points, Mitchell led Ohio State with 21 points 19 in the first half and Calhoun chipped in with 10 points.
Linnae Harper had 12 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists against Kentucky, where she played two seasons before transferring to Ohio State.
Ohio States reward for back-to-back wins against Kentucky schools in Kentucky is an extra dose of Kentucky.
A Sweet 16 date against the winner of aSundaynight game between No. 1 seed Notre Dame and No. 9 seed Purdue is a ways off on the calendar the Buckeyes will play at a to-be-determined timeFriday but close in proximity.
Ohio States tournament run continues next weekend at Lexingtons Rupp Arena, just over a mile away from where the Buckeyes twice survived and advanced.
The Buckeyes began the second quarter with a 16-6 run and built a 46-31 halftime lead behind Mitchells 19 first-half points.
Nigel Hayes capped off a thrilling Wisconsin comeback as the No. 8 seed badgers ended no. 1 villanovas bid to repeat as national champions with this driving layup with 11.4 seconds left.
Wisconsin erased a 57-50 deficit in the final five minutes, thanks in large part to a pair of clutch threes from Bronson Koenig, who finished the afternoon with 17 points. Hayes led the way with 19 points for the Badgers. Its the fourth straight season that Wisconsin has reached the Sweet 16, the last two of which have come with Greg Gard as head coach. Last season, the Badgers were a No. 7 seed and reached the second weekend of the tournament thanks to a buzzer-beating three from Koenig to knock off No. 2 seed Xavier.
Wisconsin has the horses to keep running in this tournament, too. Hayes and Koenig are the names that every knows and recognizes, but their best player is Ethan Happ. With those three stars and a slew of veteran role players that understand what they are going to be asked to do on a nightly basis, the Badgers are dangerous.
They certainly proved that on Saturday.
Villanova missed three free throws in the final threes minutes of the game, but their issue in the final minute was that Josh Hart, Villanovas all-american guard, came up empty on a pair of drives to the rim, including after Hayes go-ahead layup.
We remember them for their portrayals of favorite characters Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke) and the music that will remain in rotation George Michael, Leonard Cohen, Mose Allison. For the movies they helmed (Garry Marshall), the books they wrote ("The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty) and sports history they made (Muhammad Ali). For the astronomical highs they reached (John Glenn), and the social change they were a part of (Norma McCorvey).
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Michigan vs Michigan State basketball 2017 (Jan. 29)
Michigan State basketballs first-round opponent isnt much different from itself. In fact, from the outside, Miami (FL) is almost a mirror image of what the Spartans have done. While the Hurricanes didnt have as many difficult non-conference games, they lost both of their relevant ones on a neutral court to Iowa State and Florida. Maybe the major difference is that MSU actually had better wins (Wichita State, St. Johns).
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As for conference play, it was more or less the same for both teams. Miami had a four-game winning streak late in the season, but didnt win three in a row at any other time. The Canes lost tough games at home to viable opponents (notre dame, florida state) and really struggled on the road outside of an overtime win at Virginia.
And in the same fashion as Michigan State, they closed the regular season with back-to-back road losses (Virginia Tech, Florida State) to finish 10-8 in the ACC before winning their first conference tournament game (Syracuse) and then losing bad to North Carolina.
So thats how were here. The Hurricanes arguably had better wins this season, which is why they have the better seed. They beat both North Carolina and Duke at home, while also winning at Virginia. Depending how you look at the Wichita State win (KenPom No. 8), those three wins for Miami were all better than anything Michigan State did.
Roster-wise, Miami isnt all that different outside of having slightly more experience and a couple bigger guys. The Canes are led by a trio of guards that can do a little bit of everything. Davon Reed is their leading scorer and best shooter at 6-foot-6 and could cause MSUs perimeter defense some problems. Alvin Ellis will likely have to see the most of him unless Tom Izzo steps out of the box and puts Miles Bridges on him, leaving Ellis on an inferior, but slightly bigger offensive player in Anthony Lawrence. While Lawrence isnt a great offensive option, h**l likely draw the task of defending Bridges with his 6-foot-7 frame.
JaQuan Newton is the type of point guard that can get to the rim whenever he wants, similar to Nate Mason. Conveniently, hes not a great shooter, which could help Cassius Winston stay on the court, as opposed to getting beat off the dribble on every play.
Freshman Bruce Brown does a little bit of everything else for Miami as the teams third-best scorer (11.9 points), second-leading rebounder (5.8 rebounds) and second-best assister (3.2 assists). Hes kind of everything State wanted from Eron Harris this season.
Off the bench, freshman Dejan Vasiljevic will likely be their best shooter in years to come, but hes been off-and-on this season, slightly better than Matt McQuaid. That said, hes averaging just over nine points per game in the last four, so hes more reliable than McQuaid.
Outside of those five players, the Hurricanes really only use three other guys and they are all bigs with two of them (Ebuka Izundu, Dewan Huell) barely playing as Kamari Murphy averages almost 30 minutes per game. Its hard to see Jim Larranaga putting two of those three in at the same time, as those lineups are usually left for bigger teams. Of course, Larranaga could try Murphy on Bridges and then have either Izundu or Huell on Nick Ward, but that wont be the norm.
Luckily for Ward, Miami doesnt exclusively use any of its big guys as go-to offensive weapons, although it wouldnt be surprising if Murphy was made a focal point in this game, especially when Kenny Goins is in.
But similar to Michigan State, the Hurricanes can go on long scoring droughts at a time if no one is hitting shots and Newton cant get good looks near the hoop. Their offense dwindles down to passing around the perimeter and not getting much done and thats exactly why MSU is No. 67 in Adjusted Offensive Efficiency and Miami is No. 69.
The clear edge in this game is for Miami on the defensive end. The Hurricanes are 16-0 when they allow fewer than 65 points and thats definitely a threshold that wont be easy to hit for the Spartans. However, it cant go without saying that theyve also lost four games giving up between 65 and 67 points, so take that stat for what it is.
For MSU, the issue is that Miamis defense is similar to Minnesotas. As long as Murphy can hold his ground against Ward, all of Michigan States perimeter players could struggle again. Between Brown, Reed and Lawrence, they are filled with length and athleticism. If the MSU guards repeat what they did against Minnesota last game, this one may not be worth watching.
But as with any team that struggles to find consistent offense (as weve seen with Michigan State all season), you never know whats going to happen. The Hurricanes shoot 35.9 percent from three-point range as a team and if that percentage shows up in this game, anything can happen. And if Ward finds success against Murphy down low, then the Spartans will be in business.
Granted, these statements can be said about almost every game, but this is an 8-9 matchup for a reason; these teams are incredibly similar no matter how you look at it.
(KMOV/AP) The St. Charles County Police Department has confirmed thatCharles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry has died. He was 90-years-old.
Officials responded to a medical emergency at a home onBuckner Road Saturday afternoon. Inside the home, first responders found Berry unresponsive and immediately administered lifesaving techniques but Berry could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Charles Edward anderson berry was born in St. Louis on Oct. 18, 1926. As a child he practiced a bent-leg stride that enabled him to slip under tables, a prelude to the duck walk of his adult years. His mother, like Johnny B. Goode"s, told him he would make it, and make it big.
A fan of blues, swing and boogie woogie, Berry studied the very mechanics of music and how it was transmitted. As a teenager, he loved to take radios apart and put them back together. Using a Nick Manoloff guitar chord book, he learned how to play the hits of the time. He was fascinated by chord progressions and rhythms, discovering that many songs borrowed heavily from the Gershwins" "I Got Rhythm."
He began his musical career at age 15 when he went on stage at a high school review to do his own version of Jay McShann"s "Confessin" the Blues." Berry would never forget the ovation he received.
"Long did the encouragement of that performance assist me in programming my songs and even their delivery while performing," he wrote in his autobiography. "I added and deleted according to the audiences" response to different gestures, and chose songs to build an act that would constantly stimulate my audience."
Meanwhile, his troubles with the law began, in 1944, when a joy riding trip to Kansas City turned into a crime spree involving armed robberies and car theft. Berry served three years of a 10-year sentence at a reformatory.
A year after his October 1947 release, Berry met and married Themetta Suggs, who stayed by his side despite some of his well-publicized indiscretions. Berry then started sitting in with local bands. By 1950, he had graduated to a six-string electric guitar and was making his own crude recordings on a reel to reel machine.
On New Year"s Eve 1952 at The Cosmopolitan club in East St. Louis, Illinois, Johnson called Berry to fill in for an ailing saxophonist in his Sir John Trio.
"He gave me a break" and his first commercial gig, for $4, Berry later recalled. "I was excited. My best turned into a mess. I stole the group from Johnnie."
Influenced by bandleader Louis Jourdan, blues guitarist T-Bone Walker and jazz man Charlie Christian, but also hip to country music, novelty songs and the emerging teen audiences of the post-World War II era, Berry signed with Chicago"s Chess Records in 1955. "Maybellene" reworked the country song "Ida Red" and rose into the top 10 of the national pop charts, a rare achievement for a black artist at that time. According to Berry, label owner Leonard Chess was taken by the novelty of a "hillbilly song sung by a black man," an inversion of Presley"s covers of blues songs.
Several hits followed, including "Roll Over Beethoven," ""School Day" and "Sweet Little Sixteen." Among his other songs: "Too Much Monkey Business," ""Nadine," ""No Particular Place To Go," ""Almost Grown" and the racy novelty number "My Ding-A-Ling," which topped the charts in 1972.
Berry also appeared in a dozen movies, doing his distinctive bent-legged "duck-walk" in several teen exploitation flicks of the "50s. Richards organized the well-received 1987 documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock "n" Roll," a concert at St. Louis" Fox Theatre to celebrate Berry"s 60th birthday. It featured Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, who recalled being told by his own mother that Berry, not he, was the true king of rock "n" roll.
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The team arrived home early Sunday morning, just hours after the game ended and while they may have lost, they still have plenty to be hopeful about looking to the future.
Despite the loss, the players said they were proud to be a part of the organization and to have made it as far as they did, even if they did not overcome Gonzaga.
"Just kind of the heartbreak and having the season over, we had such an incredible season. For it to come to an end is unfortunate. This is the last thing we wanted to do. We wanted to be practicing tomorrow and getting ready to go to San Jose. All good things come to an end I guess," said guard Bryant McIntosh.
The team arrived back in Evanston at 2 a.m. and seemed in good spirits.
"It"s been an obviously crazy week. We fell a little short today, but it"s been an amazing ride," said senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin.
Alumni cheered on the "Cats at watch parties around the city.
"Kind of a rough call toward the end there, but it was a good season. It was a good game, it was much better than a lot of people expected," said NU alum Brady Edwards.
The Northwestern campus was quieter than usual with students out on spring break.
For the alumni who made the trip to cheer on the "Cats in Utah, the loss doesn"t make them any less proud of their squad.
"Walking around town, everyone was wearing purple and was like "Go "Cats" every time you passed them on the street and it was just so fun," said alum Gina Nolan.
"Being out here in Salt Lake City and seeing two thirds of the gym packed with some purple there, that"s an amazing following. I am sure there was a lot because it was the first time, but it just shows you there is a huge purple nation out here on the West Coast," said former Wildcats football player D"Wayne Bates.
Chuck Berry, rock n rolls founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the musics joy and rebellion in such classics as Johnny B. Goode, Sweet Little Sixteen and Roll Over Beethoven, died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.
Emergency responders summoned to Berrys residence by his caretaker about 12:40 p.m. found him unresponsive, police in Missouris St. Charles County said in a statement. Attempts to revive Berry failed, and he was pronounced dead shortly before 1:30 p.m., police said.
Berrys core repertoire was some three dozen songs, his influence incalculable, from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to virtually any group from garage band to arena act that called itself rock n roll.
R.I .P. And peace and love Chuck Berry Mr. rock n" roll music, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr tweeted in reaction to Berrys passing. Just let me hear some of that rock n" roll music Starr added, quoting from one of Berrys hits.
While Elvis Presley gave rock its libidinous, hip-shaking image, Berry was the auteur, setting the template for a new sound and way of life. Well before the rise of Bob Dylan, Berry wedded social commentary to the beat and rush of popular music.
He was singing good lyrics, and intelligent lyrics, in the 50s when people were singing, Oh, baby, I love you so, John Lennon once observed.
Berry, in his late 20s before his first major hit, crafted lyrics that spoke to the teenagers of the day and remained fresh decades later. Sweet Little Sixteen captured rock n" roll fandom, an early and innocent ode to the young girls later known as groupies. School Day told of the sing-song trials of the classroom (American history and practical math; youre studying hard, hoping to pass) and the liberation of rock n" roll once the days final bell rang.
Roll Over Beethoven was an anthem to rocks history-making power, while Rock and Roll Music was a guidebook for all bands that followed (Its got a back beat, you cant lose it). Back in the U.S.A. was a black mans straight-faced tribute to his country at a time there was no guarantee Berry would be served at the drive-ins and corner cafes he was celebrating.
Everything I wrote about wasnt about me, but about the people listening, he once said.
Johnny B. Goode, the tale of a guitar-playing country boy whose mother tells him he"ll be a star, was Berrys signature song, the archetypal narrative for would-be rockers and among the most ecstatic recordings in the musics history. Berry can hardly contain himself as the words hurry out (Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans/Way back up in the woods among the evergreens) and the downpour of guitar, drums and keyboards amplifies every call of Go, Johnny Go!
The song was inspired in part by Johnnie Johnson, the boogie-woogie piano master who collaborated on many Berry hits, but the story could have easily been Berrys, Presleys or countless others. Commercial calculation made the song universal: Berry had meant to call Johnny a colored boy, but changed colored to country, enabling not only radio play, but musicians of any color to imagine themselves as stars.
Chances are you have talent, Berry later wrote of the song. But will the name and the light come to you? No! You have to go!
Johnny B. Goode could have only been a guitarist. The guitar was rock n" rolls signature instrument and Berrys clarion sound, a melting pot of country flash and rhythm n blues drive, turned on at least a generation of musicians, among them the Rolling Stones Keith Richards, who once acknowledged he had lifted every lick from his hero; the Beatles George Harrison; Bruce Springsteen; and the Whos Pete Townshend.
When NASA launched the unmanned Voyager I in 1977, an album was stored on the craft that would explain music on Earth to extraterrestrials. The one rock song included was Johnny B. Goode.
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was born in St. Louis on Oct. 18, 1926. As a child he practiced a bent-leg stride that enabled him to slip under tables, a prelude to the duck walk of his adult years. His mother, like Johnny B. Goodes, told him he would make it, and make it big.
A fan of blues, swing and boogie woogie, Berry studied the very mechanics of music and how it was transmitted. As a teenager, he loved to take radios apart and put them back together. Using a Nick Manoloff guitar chord book, he learned how to play the hits of the time. He was fascinated by chord progressions and rhythms, discovering that many songs borrowed heavily from the Gershwins I Got Rhythm.
He began his musical career at age 15 when he went on stage at a high school review to do his own version of Jay McShanns Confessin" the Blues. Berry would never forget the ovation he received.
Long did the encouragement of that performance assist me in programming my songs and even their delivery while performing, he wrote in his autobiography. I added and deleted according to the audiences response to different gestures, and chose songs to build an act that would constantly stimulate my audience.
Meanwhile, his troubles with the law began, in 1944, when a joy riding trip to Kansas City turned into a crime spree involving armed robberies and car theft. Berry served three years of a 10-year sentence at a reformatory.
A year after his October 1947 release, Berry met and married Themetta Suggs, who stayed by his side despite some of his well-publicized indiscretions. Berry then started sitting in with local bands. By 1950, he had graduated to a six-string electric guitar and was making his own crude recordings on a reel to reel machine.
On New Years Eve 1952 at The Cosmopolitan club in East St. Louis, Illinois, Johnson called Berry to fill in for an ailing saxophonist in his Sir John Trio.
He gave me a break and his first commercial gig, for $4, Berry later recalled. I was excited. My best turned into a mess. I stole the group from Johnnie.
Influenced by bandleader Louis Jourdan, blues guitarist T-Bone Walker and jazz man Charlie Christian, but also hip to country music, novelty songs and the emerging teen audiences of the post-World War II era, Berry signed with Chicagos Chess Records in 1955. Maybellene reworked the country song Ida Red and rose into the top 10 of the national pop charts, a rare achievement for a black artist at that time. According to Berry, label owner Leonard Chess was taken by the novelty of a hillbilly song sung by a black man, an inversion of Presleys covers of blues songs.
Several hits followed, including Roll Over Beethoven, School Day and Sweet Little Sixteen. Among his other songs: Too Much Monkey Business, Nadine, No Particular Place To Go, Almost Grown and the racy novelty number My Ding-A-Ling, which topped the charts in 1972.
Berry also appeared in a dozen movies, doing his distinctive bent-legged duck-walk in several teen exploitation flicks of the 50s. Richards organized the well-received 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock n" Roll, a concert at St. Louis Fox Theatre to celebrate Berrys 60th birthday. It featured Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, who recalled being told by his own mother that Berry, not he, was the true king of rock n" roll.
Berry was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1986. If Elvis Presley cracked open the door for rock & roll, Chuck Berry kicked it wide open and did his signature duck walk over it for good measure, according to his Hall of Fame biography page. Rolling Stone named Berry as the No. 5 artist of all time in its 2010 rankings. He ranked only behind The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.
Country, pop and rock artists have recorded Berry songs, including the Beatles (Roll Over Beethoven), Emmylou Harris (You Never Can Tell), Buck Owens (Johnny B. Goode) and AC/DC (School Days). The Rolling Stones first single was a cover of Berrys Come On and they went on to perform and record Around and Around, Let it Rock and others. Berry riffs pop up in countless songs, from the Stones ravenous Brown Sugar to the Eagles mellow country-rock ballad Peaceful Easy Feeling.
Some stars covered him too well. The Beach Boys borrowed the melody of Sweet Little Sixteen for their surf anthem Surfin" U.S.A. without initially crediting Berry. The Beatles Come Together, written by John Lennon, was close enough to Berrys You Cant Catch Me to inspire a lawsuit by music publisher Morris Levy. In an out of court settlement, Lennon agreed to record You Cant Catch Me for his 1975 Rock n" Roll album.
Berry himself was accused of theft. In 2000, Johnson sued Berry over royalties and credit he believed he was due for the songs they composed together over more than 20 years of collaboration. The lawsuit was dismissed two years later, but Richards was among those who believed Johnson had been cheated, writing in his memoir Life that Johnson set up the arrangements for Berry and was so essential to the music that many of Berrys songs were recorded in keys more suited for the piano.
Openly money-minded, Berry was an entrepreneur with a St. Louis nightclub and, in a small town west of there, property he dubbed Berry Park, which included a home, guitar-shaped swimming pool, restaurant, cottages and concert venue. He declined to have a regular band and instead used local musicians, willing to work cheap. Springsteen was among those who had an early gig backing Berry.
Burned by an industry that demanded a share of his songwriting credits, Berry was deeply suspicious of even his admirers, as anybody could tell from watching him give Richards the business in Hail! Hail! Rock n" Roll. For the movies concerts, he confounded Richards by playing songs in different keys and tempos than they had been in rehearsal. Richards would recall turning to his fellow musicians and shrugging, Wing it, boys.
His career nearly ended decades earlier, when he was indicted for violating the Mann Act, which barred transportation of a minor across state lines for immoral purposes. An all-white jury found him guilty in 1960, but the charges were vacated after the judge made racist comments. A trial in 1961 led to his serving 1 1/2 years of a three-year term. Berry continued to record after getting out, and his legacy was duly honored by the Beatles and the Stones, but his hit-making days were essentially over.
Down from stardom/then I fell/to this lowly prison cell, Berry wrote as his jail time began.
Tax charges came in 1979, and another three-year prison sentence, all but 120 days of which was suspended. Some former female employees later sued him for allegedly videotaping them in the bathroom of his restaurant. The cases were settled in 1994, after Berry paid $1.3 million.
Still, echoing the lyrics of Back in the U.S.A., he said: Theres no other place I would rather live, including Africa, than America. I believe in the system.
