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Weekend Baseball — Red Bluff at Alhambra Easter Tournament Sat — Track — Red Bluff at Hornet Invite, 9:30 a.m. Sat — NCAA— Final Four, 3 p.m., ESPN Sat — NBA — Trail Blazers at Kings, 7 p.m., CSNCA Sun — NBA — Warriors at Raptors, 3 p.m., CSNBA Sun — MLB— Yankees at Red Sox, 2 p.m., ESPN2 Sports 1B Final Four invades Indy Red Bluff Round-Up officials announced Friday that defending and seven- time World Champion All-Around Cowboy Trevor Brazile will be entering in this year’s 89th Red Bluff Round-Up. Brazile will be entering the tie-down roping and team roping competitions taking place April 16-18 in Red Bluff. Brazile added two gold buckles to his trophy case at the 51st Wrangler National Final Rodeo, including his seventh all- around championship to tie him for the all-time lead with Ty Murray. Murray attributes much of Brazile’s success to his strong Trevor Brazile work ethic, dedication to the sport and achieving his goals. Yet another way the two cowboys mirror each other. Round-Up officials expect even more of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's top cowboys to enter this year’s field. Tickets are still available for all three performances with a Friday night special of four tickets for $24. Tickets can be ordered by calling 527-1000, online at redbluffroundup.com or at the Red Bluff Round-Up office at 670 Antelope Boule- vard, Suite 1. MCT photos Among the stars in action Saturday will be (from top left): Michigan State’s Raymar Morgan, Butler’s Gordon Hayward, Duke’s Nolan Smith and West Virginia’s Da’Sean Butler. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A look at Saturday’s games at the Final Four: MICHIGAN STATE (28-8) vs. BUTLER (32-4) MICHIGAN STATE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR —No. 5 Michigan State beat No. 12 New Mexico State 70-67; No. 4 Mary- land 85-83; No. 9 Northern Iowa 59- 52; No. 6 Tennessee 70-69. STAR—The best of the Spartans will be watching from the bench. Kalin Lucas, the 2008-09 Big Ten Player of the Year and Michigan State’s leading scorer (15.2) and playmaker (3.9 assists) rup- tured an Achilles’ tendon in the win over Maryland. The focus now turns to Raymar Morgan, who has averaged 15.6 points over the last seven games, and Korie Lucious, who has taken over the point guard duties and managed to hit the game-winning 3-pointer against Maryland. COACH —Tom Izzo has become this generation’s Final Four coach with his sixth appearance in 12 years — just the fourth school to ever accomplish that — and second straight. His teams are known for defense and rebounding, and this one also has shown the ability to handle a major injury. He is the winningest coach in school history (364) and is second among Big Ten coaches with at least 10 years’ service in winning percentage (.696) behind former Indiana coach Bob Knight (.700). KEY POINT —The Spartans just know how to win. Their total margin of victory of 13 points is the lowest of any team to reach the Final Four since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. They have improved in almost every key sta- tistic from the regular season: 3-pointers 7.5 per game from 4.8; free throws 73.6 percent from 68.1, 3-point percentage 41.1 from 33.3. Michigan State leads the country in rebound margin (8.7) and it is 23-4 when outrebounding an opponent. BUTLER ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR —No. 5 Butler beat No. 12 UTEP 77-59; No. 13 Murray State 54-52; No. 1 Syracuse 63-59; No. 2 Kansas State 63-56. STAR — The biggest of the starters is 6-foot-9 Gordon Hayward. A versatile player who fits the swingman mold nicely, he leads the Bulldogs in scoring (15.5) and rebounding (8.2), and he was third in assists. Hayward was chosen the Most Outstanding Player of the West Regional after getting 22 points in nine rebounds in the win over Kansas State and is shooting 80.6 percent from the free throw line for the tournament (25 of 31). COACH— Brad Stevens is one of the youngest coach- es in Final Four history, and the 33-year-old has the most wins (88) after three seasons. He has led Butler to its only two 30-win seasons, and the Bulldogs are on the longest winning streak in Division I at 24 games. Stevens started his career as an assistant at Butler. Since he joined the staff But- ler has had its top six season win totals. KEY POINT — Butler has to handle playing ‘‘home’’ games in the Final Four considering its campus is 5.6 miles from Lucas Oil Stadium. The Bulldogs are the only new- comer to the Final Four and also represent the mid-majors, even though Butler was ranked just outside the top 10 all sea- son. The one constant is defense — no team scored 60 points against the Bulldogs in the tournament. THE SKINNY — They won’t have to change the bulbs in the scoreboard with defense the major focus of both teams. Michigan State must keep its run going without Lucas, and Butler must focus on the court rather than all the local hoopla. Butler has to make sure it stays on the boards with Michigan State, something it struggled with against Murray State and Syracuse before getting 41 to Kansas State’s 29. THE PICK Michigan State has the Final Four pedigree, and Butler has the domecourt advantage. Lucas’ injury has to catch up with the Spartans sooner or later. Butler 57-53. DUKE (33-5) vs. WEST VIRGINIA(31-6) DUKE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR — No. 1 Duke beat No. 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73- 44; No. 8 California 68- 53; No. 4 Purdue 70-57; No. 3 Baylor 78-71. STAR Duke has had a three- headed ‘‘S’’ monster lead- ing the way all season, and Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith and Jon Scheyer have kept it up during the tournament. Smith is averaging 18.5 points, including a career-high 29 points in the regional final. Scheyer, who is averaging 18.2 points and has an almost 3:1 assist-turnover ratio, is the man run- ning the offense. Singler, who struggled against Baylor, going 0 of 10 from the field, averages 17.6 points. COACH — Mike Krzyzewski tied Dean Smith with his 11th Final Four appearance, one behind all-time leader John Wooden. You know you are a successful NCAA tournament coach when people call six years without a Final Four appearance a drought. His 75 NCAA tourna- ment wins are 10 more than runner-up Smith. Another national championship would be his fourth, tying him with Adolph Rupp for second place behind John Wood- en’s 10. KEY POINT — The Blue Devils have one thing no other team in this Final Four has: a true center. Seven-foot- 1 Brian Zoubek has become a force in the middle over the last 14 games, averaging 6.6 points and 10.1 rebounds in that span. He has been the reason Duke has outrebounded opponents by 8.3 over the last eight games and the 6.5 advantage over the season is the second-best in Krzyzews- ki’s 30 seasons. WESTVIRGINIA ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR — No. 2 West Virginia beat No. 15 Morgan State 77-50; No. 10 Missouri 68-59; No. 11 Washington 69-56; No. 1 Kentucky 73-66. STAR —Da’Sean Butler is a lot more than a team-leading 17.4 points and 3.2 assists while grab- bing 6.3 rebounds. The senior swingman has hit six game- winning shots this season including two in the Big East tournament, the second of which was a jumper with 4 sec- onds left in the championship game against Georgetown. No player has been a part of more wins that Butler’s 107. COACH —Bob Huggins returned to his alma mater with the Final Four as his goal, and the Mountaineers are back in for the first time since 1959. Huggins took Cincin- nati to the Final Four in 1992. His 670 wins are fourth among active Division I coaches. He’ll be easy to pick out on the sideline since he’s the only coach wearing a sweat suit. KEY POINT —The Mountaineers were able to sur- vive the loss of starting point guard Darryl ‘‘Truck’’ Bryant to a broken foot before the regional semifinals. Joe Mazzulla stepped in and did such a great job that he was chosen the Most Outstanding Player of the East Regional. Defense is the key for a Huggins team, and nothing was more impressive than the 1-3-1 zone holding Kentucky to 4-of-32 shooting from 3-point range. THE SKINNY —Both teams play excellent defense and both are solid on the boards, although Duke is a big- ger team. Bryant’s absence could hurt West Virginia in the depth department. Even though Duke has been a regular in the Final Four over the years, none of the current players have been here. THE PICK As good as West Virginia’s defense was against Ken- tucky, stopping a team with three perimeter players who can score is a whole other deal. Figure two of the ‘‘Ss’’ will come through in a 64-61 Duke victory. Tehama Tracker Cardinals baseball Corning dropped their first Northern Athletic League game of the season, Thursday, in a 7-5 loss to Yreka. The game was tied 4-4 headed into the seventh when Yreka bust- ed out for three runs. Michael Garcia and Caleb Johnson each drove in two runs for the Cardinals and Casey Cle- land had a double. Corning fell to 7-2-1 overall and 2-1 in the NAL. Cardinals softball The Lady Cardinals opened up league play with a 10-8 win over Yreka behind six runs in the top of the fourth inning. Karlie Jennings drove in three runs and had a pair of hits for Corning. Anna Curry had a triple and a single and Vada Bree Sutfin and Angelica Ramos each had a single and a double. Morgan Parker and Sonya Scott each drove in a run. Corning is 6-4-1 overall. Spartans soccer Red Bluff earned a 0-0 tie with Shasta thanks to a strong defensive effort from Red Bluff’s back four. Spartan defenders Jessica Rabalais, Rachel Ward, Miran- da Clawson and Sam Massa led the Red Bluff defense as they only allowed two corner kicks for the game. Red Bluff pressed hard during the final 15 minutes look- ing for the winning goal. Scoreboard MLB Regular Season Sunday’s game N.Y.Yankees at Boston, 5:05 p.m., ESPN2 Spring Training Friday’s results San Francisco 2, Oakland 1 Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Boston 7, Washington 2 Chicago White Sox 7, Atlanta 2 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 4 Colorado 11, Seattle 11, tie Houston 3, Toronto 3, tie, 10 innings L.A. Angels 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Milwaukee 3, Detroit 2 N.Y.Yankees 6, Baltimore 6, tie Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 8, Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y.Mets 2 Texas 2, Kansas City 1 Saturday’s games San Francisco at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Atlanta, 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. Kansas City vs Texas, 11:05 a.m. Toronto at Houston, 11:05 a.m. Colorado vs Seattle, 11:05 a.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Cleveland vs Cincinnati, 1:05 p.m. Boston vs Washington, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 1:10 p.m., WGN Sunday’s games Seattle at San Francisco, 12:05 p.m. NBA Friday’s results Golden State 128, New York 117 Charlotte 87, Milwaukee 86, TO Chicago 95, Washington 87 Cleveland 93, Atlanta 88 Houston 119, Boston 114, TO L.A. Lakers 106, Utah 92 Memphis 107, New Orleans 96 Miami 105, Indiana 96, TO Phoenix 109, Detroit 94 San Antonio 112, Orlando 100 Saturday’s games Portland at Sacramento, 7 p.m.,MNT-21 Toronto at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 4 p.m. New Orleans at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Chicago, 5 p.m., WGN Miami at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 6 p.m. Sunday’s games Golden State at Toronto, 3 p.m.,CSNBA Cleveland at Boston, 10 a.m., ABC Thursday’s late result Denver 109, Portland 92 FINALFOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis National Semifinals — Saturday,CBS Michigan State vs. Butler, 3:07 p.m. West Virginia vs.Duke, 40 minutes following WOMEN’S At Alamodome, San Antonio National Semifinals — Sunday,ESPN Stanford vs. Oklahoma, 4 p.m. Connecticut vs.Baylor, 6:30 p.m. NHL Friday’s results San Jose 3, Minnesota 2 Calgary 2, Colorado 1 Chicago 2, New Jersey 1, SO Dallas 6, Edmonton 3 Montreal 1, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 0 Vancouver 5, Anaheim 4, SO Saturday’s games Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Nashville at Detroit, 11 a.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 4 p.m. Washington at Columbus, 4 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s games San Jose at Colorado, 5 p.m.,CSNCA Detroit at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Calgary at Chicago, Noon Minnesota at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Thursday’s late result Los Angeles 8, Vancouver 3 MLS Saturday’s games Chicago at Colorado, 1 p.m. New England at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. New York at Seattle FC, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s late result Los Angeles 2, Chivas USA Weekend April 3, 2010 Brazile to appear at RB Round-up San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 12:30 p.m., ABC Houston at Indiana, 3 p.m. Memphis at Orlando, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New York at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m.