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2021 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL FOUR SOUTH MIDWEST S S E BAYLOR HOUSTON E E E 1D BIG 12 BEARS 26-22 28-32 COUGARS AAC 2D LUCAS OIL STADIUM | INDIANAPOLIS 2021 APRIL 3 | 4:14 P.M. CT | CBS

Jared Butler JR | G-F

Justin Gorham SR | F

WHY BAYLOR WILL WIN COACH WHY HOUSTON WILL WIN COACH Put simply, Baylor has dominated nearly every time Houston coach Kelvin Sampson has the Cougars it has taken the court. The Bears are averaging peaking at the right time. Stars Quentin Grimes (18 74.5 points per game during the tournament, and points per game), Marcus Sasser (13.5 points per their most challenging contest was a nine-point win game) and DeJon Jarreau (10.8 points per game) have against No. 3 Arkansas. Baylor has only lost twice done their best to put their team within reach of its this season. At 83 points per game, the Bears trail first title in school history. The Cougars have won 11 only Gonzaga nationally in scoring offense among in a row and appear as locked in as any of the four remaining tournament teams. Scott remaining teams. Kelvin Drew Sampson WHY BAYLOR WON’T WIN 18th season WHY HOUSTON WON’T WIN 7th season Rebounding could be the Bears’ demise. Baylor is Much has been made about the Cougars reaching ranked 59th nationally in rebound margin at +3. Baylor’s the Final Four without having played a single-digit Houston will The Cougars, meanwhile, and their +9 margin is the men’s team seed up until this point in the tournament. Houston make its first highest of remaining tournament teams. Houston’s hasn’t been scratched out three-point and six-point wins against appearance skill at rebounding helped secure close wins against to the Final Rutgers and Oregon State, respectively. Lulls like in the Final Rutgers and Oregon State. Gonzaga isn’t far behind Four in 71 that against more talented teams will keep Houston Four since at +8. years. away from the title. 1984.

LUCAS OIL STADIUM, NATIONAL APRIL 5, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS CHAMPIONSHIP 8 P.M. CT

Drew Timme SO | F Johnny Juzang SO | F-G

WHY GONZAGA WILL WIN COACH WHY UCLA WILL WIN COACH Gonzaga is an undefeated team with tons of fire- Head coach Mick Cronin and his UCLA staff have power, led by senior forward Corey Kispert, been uncanny in their ability to make adjustments sophomore forward Drew Timme and freshman throughout the NCAA tournament. Sophomore guard Jalen Suggs. The Zags share the ball as well as swingman Johnny Juzang, a Kentucky transfer, is an any team in college basketball. They are the deepest impact offensive player who is tough to guard. Juzang team in college basketball, with eight to nine differ- is averaging 21.6 points in the tournament. UCLA has ent players capable of scoring in double figures in taken on the personality of Cronin and will fight and any given game. Mark scrap defensively every possession. Mick Few Cronin WHY GONZAGA WON’T WIN 21st season WHY UCLA WON’T WIN 2nd season The pressure of staying unbeaten (and becoming The Bruins, a First Four participant, are worn down the first team since Indiana in 1975-76 to do it) could Gonzaga is physically after playing five games in 12 days to UCLA is take its toll in the Final Four, like it did to UNLV in making its reach the Final Four. UCLA is prone to scoring in its 19th 1991 and Kentucky in 2015. The Zags are prone to second trip droughts. The team’s best inside player, junior Final Four occasional defensive lapses. Gonzaga relies heavily to the Final forward Cody Riley, often gets in foul trouble, and and has won on turnovers and getting in transition for points and Four (2017 the Bruins’ inside scoring and rebounding suffers 11 national could get bogged down in a halfcourt game. was first). without him on the floor. titles.

WEST EAST S S E GONZAGA UCLA E E E 1D WCC ZAGS 30-00 22-92 BRUINS PAC -12 11D LUCAS OIL STADIUM | INDIANAPOLIS 2021 APRIL 3 | 7:34 P.M. CT | CBS

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sreview.com | $1.50 to find out what’s happening SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 | cleburnetime in Johnson County. mits the same month compared to seven the previous December. Aldi’s Grocery Store, are on the To highlight the growth, Eas- way. don displayed a graph of new tic about what 2021 holds and - The pandemic had little effect residential permits issued from feel pretty good about where we - on home building last year, 2016 to 2020. Only 47 were Cleburnespread economy shut downs and a are right good now given the circum despite COVID-19 which, as in recent years past, worldwide pandemic still ongo issued in 2016. BY MATT SMITH stances.” remains robust, Easdon said. [email protected] ing Cleburne fared fairly well “Most of you who were here Easdon delivered his update The city issued 14 new single- all things considered, Easdon - during Tuesday night’s meeting family residential permits in added. , PAGE A2 Cleburne Economic Develop of the Cleburne City Council. 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Statewide, as of now,the vac cine is available only to first responders, Texas residents 6 5 a n d older and/ o r t h o s e older than 1 6 w i t h - u n d e r l y ing medical conditions. M o o r e - g u e s s t i m a t e d Jamie Moore summer as the likely date for wider availability to the general public. “[Dr. Anthony Fauci] was on TV today saying maybe April - or May,” Moore said. “But I Lisa Magers | Cleburne ISD think that may be overly opti - on mistic and it’s probably going work together on their reading skills — in to be mid summer. Consider g kindergartners will be presented virtually ing there are about 34 million students Zoee Vance, left and Aiden Bailon people in Texas, this is going to al Language program for parents of incomin be a long-haul process.” Two-Way Dual Language kindergarten Even with only certain Spanish. Information on the Two-Way Du groups eligible to receive the Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. vaccine shortages continue to pose a challenge, Moore said. - “It’s not a matter of local governments not being proac tive,” Moore said. “It’s a matter - Virtual meeting time of we’re not getting vaccines.” while modeling the Spanish language Johnson County, popula for English students. The program is o used as an enrichment model, allow- , PAGE A8 Two-way dual language kindergarten program meeting Tuesday MOORE ing all participants the opportunity t SEE ES Virtual meeting BY LISA MAGERS acquire a new language from native CISD COMMUNITY SERVIC The virtual meeting for parents of speaking peers in developing fluency - incoming kindergartners for the 2021-22 school year to learn about and literacy in English and Spanish. County dilemma The program’s core content curric Parents of incoming kindergartners the Two-Way Dual Language - Johnson County, population program begins at 6:30 p.m. ulum provides instruction in math, for the 2021-22 school year will have 174,000, only receievd 600 Tuesday. language arts, science and social stud vaccines last week. So far, the opportunity to learn more about ies and is identical to the curriculum seven weeks into the the Two-Way Dual Language program in monolingual classes. The language vaccine roll out, Johnson available at Irving Elementary School process for enrollment will open on the County has only received of instruction changes throughout — if they Zoom in Tuesday evening. ich CISD website at c-isd.com/Page/1059. about 2,5000 doses. A webinar for parents detailing The function and purpose of the , PAGE A8 information on the program, in wh Two-Way Dual Language Program is SEE CISD to engage scholars in both English and students enter at kindergarten, will be n English presented virtually at 6:30 p.m. and Spanish, preparing Spanish-speaking will be led by Cleburne ISD Director English Learners to immerse i 16 pages • Volume 112 • No. 13 of World Languages Christy Burton. After the presentation, the application 115 YEARS! d video from Johnson County. for the latest stories, photos an SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER Visit cleburnetimesreview.com Call or go online to subscribe today!

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