THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ADVANCED TO THE FINALS OF THE EAST REGION OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WITH A 62-60 WIN OVER OVERALL TOP SEED OHIO STATE.  FRESHMAN BRANDON KNIGHT WAS THE HERO FOR THE WILDCATS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, HITTING THE GAME WINNING JUMPER WITH 5.4 SECONDS TO GO. JOSH HARRELSON LED KENTUCKY WITH 17 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS AND DEANDRE LIGGINS ADDED 15 POINTS.  THE WILDCATS WILL FACE NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EAST REGION FINAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 2:30 ON LITE 98.7.

EARLIER FRIDAY NIGHT, NORTH CAROLINA ROUTED MARQUETTE 81-63 IN THE OTHER EAST REGION SEMIFINAL.  IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION SEMIFINALS, TOP SEED KANSAS ROUTED RICHMOND 77-55 AND IT TOOK OVERTIME FOR VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH TO REACH THE ELITE EIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, DEFEATING FLORIDA STATE 72-71. 

BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY MEETS BYU-HAWAII IN THE DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME TODAY IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT NOON ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  FOLLOWING THE GAME, NCAA TOURNAMENT ACTION CONTINUES WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT THREE P-M FOR THE FINALS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST REGIONS.  FLORIDA MEETS BUTLER IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION FINAL IN NEW ORLEANS, FOLLOWED BY CONNECTICUT AND ARIZONA IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.  THOSE GAMES CAN ALSO BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT ALSO CONTINUES TODAY WITH TENNESSEE MEETING OHIO STATE IN THE DAYTON REGION AND LOUISVILLE PLAYING GONZAGA THIS EVENING IN THE SPOKANE REGIONAL.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY GUARD ANTHONY HICKEY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR.  HICKEY WHO WAS NAMED THE M-V-P OF LAST WEEK'S BOYS SWEET 16 WAS JOINED ON THE FIRST TEAM ALL STATE TEAM BY BOWLING GREEN'S CHANE BEHANAN AND WARREN CENTRAL'S GEORGE FANT. FELLOW COLONEL DONOVAN KATES WAS NAMED HONORABLE MENTION.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY COACH KERRY STOVALL WAS NAMED THE A-P BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR. STOVALL LED THE COLONELS TO A 25-9 RECORD AND ITS FIRST STATE TITLE.

MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN AND UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SIGNEE SARA HAMMOND OF ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HAS BEEN NAMED KENTUCKY MISS BASKETBALL.  HAMMOND AVERAGED 16 POINTS AND SEVEN REBOUNDS IN LEADING ROCKCASTLE COUNTY TO ITS FIRST STATE TITLE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.  HAMMOND WILL WEAR THE NUMBER ONE JERSEY IN THE KENTUCKY-INDIANA ALL STAR GAMES JUNE 10-11.

HAMMOND WAS ALSO NAMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WAS JOINED ON THE FIRST TEAM BY REBECCA GREENWELL OF OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND AVEREE FIELDS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY. ROCKCASTLE COUNTY COACH CHRYSTI NOBLE WAS NAMED THE A-P GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR. 

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS PUT THEIR FIVE GAME WIN STREAK ON THE LINE THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET THE DALLAS STARS.  FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

AUSTIN PEAY IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE ITS FIRST FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE OF SPRING PRACTICE THIS MORNING AT GOVERNORS STADIUM, WITH THE SCRIMMAGE BEGINNING AT 9:30 AM.