Saturday, March 8, 1997
CINCINNATI BEARCATS
Marquette combined astonishing three-point shooting and unyielding hustle to overcome Danny Fortson's 30 points and beat No. 10 UC 91-79 in a Conference USA semifinal.
BEARCATS PAGE
TIM SULLIVAN COLUMN
Friday's shortfall will probably cost the Bearcats a No. 3 seed in the bracket to be announced Sunday, but it should not drop them any further than a No. 4. What matters more is what the defeat does to UC's mindset.
SULLIVAN
XAVIER MUSKETEERS
The 11th-ranked Musketeers were not able to overcome a season-low 36.9 shooting percentage Thursday night. XU is 1-2 when shooting less than 40 percent. That may not matter unless Xavier faces a team in the NCAA Tournament that plays zone.
MUSKETEERS PAGE
KENTUCKY WILDCATS
After warming up with a 92-50 rout of Auburn, No. 6 Kentucky plays at 1 p.m. today (Channel 64) against a Mississippi team that beat it in January. And UK might not have starting forward Allen Edwards, who played just five minutes Friday because of back pains.
STORY
MIAMI REDSKINS
Miami topped Western Michigan 84-67 in Friday's Mid-American Conference tournament semifinal to reach its first championship game since 1994. The Redskins (20-8) meet Eastern Michigan (22-9) in the MAC tournament championship at 11:40 a.m. today (ESPN).
STORY
NORTHERN KENTUCKY NORSE
Second-seeded NKU cruised to an 84-52 victory over Quincy in its first NCAA Division II Tournament game. The Norse play fifth-seeded Oakland, Mich.) at 7:30 tonight in the Regional finals. Oakland upset top-seed and host Indianapolis 75-72.
STORY
THOMAS MORE SAINTS
The eighth-seeded Saints upset No. 1-seed Roanoke College 80-76 in the first round of the NCAA Division III women's tournament.
STORY March 6, 1997
REDS
Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench, among the most powerful symbols of the organization's glory years, has been hired as a special consultant to General Manager Jim Bowden.
REDS PAGE
STADIUM UPDATE March 5, 1997
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
1997 SCHEDULE
BENGALS
Garrison Hearst's departure for the San Francisco 49ers Friday shows what had been expected: The Bengals will rely on Ki-Jana Carter to fill the team's running needs this season.
BENGALS
SEAT SALES ON TARGET Feb. 19, 1997
STADIUM SET Feb. 14, 1997
CYCLONES
When the Cyclones and Grand Rapids Griffins weren't fighting on Friday night at the Cincinnati Gardens, they played hockey. The Griffins earned a 3-2 shootout victory that tied them for third place with the Cyclones.
STORY
GARDENS HOCKEY
A member of the American Hockey League's executive council said his league is headed to the Cincinnati Gardens.
STORY Feb. 26, 1997
