ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO STOP KENTUCKY?Byline: Owen Canfield Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Utah coach Rick Majerus Rick Majerus (born February 17 1948 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is the men's basketball head coach at Saint Louis University. He has coached at Marquette University from 1983 to 1986, Ball State University from 1987 to 1989, and University of Utah from 1989-2004. thinks he knows how to combat Kentucky's depth. "Food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that ," he said. The coach who's always quick with a one-liner wasn't joking however when he really assessed the Wildcats, the top seeds in the Midwest Regional and strong favorites to reach the Final Four. "We have a good team. We've played a good schedule," Majerus said Wednesday. "But we've not played the likes of these guys." Kentucky (30-2) went through the Southeastern Conference regular season undefeated, something that hadn't been done in 40 years. The Wildcats have good size, great quickness, can shoot the 3-pointer and have more quality depth than anybody around. "If anyone beats them this year, they will have earned their title," said Louisville coach Denny Crum Denzil E. "Denny" Crum (born March 2, 1937 in San Fernando, California) is a former college men's basketball coach. He is well-known for coaching the University of Louisville between 1971 and 2001, compiling a 675-295 record. , whose team could wind up facing Kentucky in the regional finals, "because I still think they are by far the best team." Utah (27-6) will counter Thursday night with one excellent player in forward Keith Van Horn For the American football player, see . Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23 1975, in Fullerton, California) is an American basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn graduated from Diamond Bar High School and played for the University of Utah. , plus a solid group of supporting players. Van Horn is a second-team All-American and two-time Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack") was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Player of the Year who is healthy this week - last weekend, he missed the first-round game due to the flu. In Brandon Jessie and Michael Doleac, the Utes have enough size and strength to present problems for Kentucky's frontline. The unknown - as it is with just about everyone who plays Kentucky - is whether Utah will be able to handle the Wildcats' pressure and get good shots. Virginia Tech did a good job against the press in a second-round game last week, but got worn out by Kentucky's parade of players and wound up losing by 24. TODAY'S NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association GAMES EAST SEMIFINAL Georgetown vs. Texas Tech, 4:30 p.m., Ch. 2. UMass vs. Arkansas, 7 p.m. x MIDWEST REGIONAL Kentucky vs. Utah, 5 p.m. Wake Forest vs. Louisville, 7:30 p.m. x x -- time approximate CAPTION(S): PHOTO[ordinal indicator, masculine]CHART Photo Utah coach Rick Majerus is laughing now, but he finds the thought of facing Kentucky is anything but humorous. Associated Press Box TODAY'S NCAA GAMES (see text) |
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