KANSAS' EYES RIVETED ON WALLACE.Byline: 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. To Scot Pollard Scot L. Pollard (born February 12 1975, in Murray, Utah) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. In a nine-year NBA career, he has played for four teams, spending the bulk of his career with the Sacramento Kings and the , he's "Mr. Wallace," the only Syracuse player he could readily name. To the other Kansas players, John Wallace John Wallace may refer to:
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The rest of the Syracuse team might as well not exist, judging from the attention Kansas players are paying to stopping Wallace in today's West Regional final. "Our whole team is going to have to focus on him," said Kansas forward Raef LaFrentz Raef Andrew LaFrentz (born May 29 1976, in Hampton, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. LaFrentz is a power forward and occasionally plays at center. , who drew the job of defending Wallace. "He's a great player and I'm going to have to do something to hold him down. The key to this game is trying to do the best job defensively on John Wallace, stop him or at least contain him." Wallace was the talk of most of the Kansas players Saturday, despite efforts by coach Roy Williams Roy Williams may refer to any of several individuals: Sports
"John's going to be a focus but it is going to be Kansas against Syracuse," protested Williams. The message didn't quite filter down to some players, though, who took notice of the 30 points and 15 rebounds collected by the second-team All-American against Georgia and the buzzer-beating 3-pointer he hit to win the game in overtime. "Raef will be guarding Mr. Wallace and I'll be guarding the other big guy," Pollard said. "I forgot his name. But I'll remember it tonight when coach goes over the game plan." For the record, the other big guy is Otis Hill Otis Hill (born 31 March 1974) is a basketball player playing as a power forward on the KK Split team in Croatia. He is a graduate of Pleasantville High School in NY, played basketball there, won many awards there. Went on to Syracuse, played basketball there, then went to Croatia. , who had a decent night of 19 points and 11 rebounds against Georgia but was overshadowed when Wallace scored the last 10 points in overtime to win the game. Wallace and Hill anchor the inside for fourth-seeded Syracuse (27-8), while point guard Lazarus Sims makes the team run and Jason Cipolla adds a potent shooting touch. "If we win it's because those other guys play well," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "John cannot carry us. He had his two biggest games against West Virginia and Connecticut and we lost both games." CAPTION(S): CHART Box Coaches' Corner |
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