Time: 04-04-2012 20:55 User: cdye PubDate: 04-05-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: A6 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack A6 | THURSDAY,APRIL 5, 2012 | THE COURIER-JOURNAL NATION | courier-journal.com KY COLLECT BOTH UK FRONT PAGE COVER POSTERS Each of these 12” x19” collectible posters are printed on high gloss paper suitable for framing and are only $20 EACH OR An artist’sconcept shows the newly unearthed tyrannosaur species Y. huali. The meat-eating giant, which would have reached T. rex’schest, had adowny coat. AP BOTH FOR $25 KY K1 Featheryfossil flies in TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 »SECTION C Sports face of T. rextradition RETUTUESDAY,APRIL 3, 2012 |USPS 135560RN By Alicia Chang ry Museum of Los Angeles touching “long, thick fur,” TO GLORY Associated Press County,who was not part of co-author Corwin Sullivan the discovery team. of the Chinese Academy of WILDCATS BEATKANSAS FOR 8TH NCAA TITLE NEWORLEANS on and done. The University of LOS ANGELES — The dis- Much smaller dinosaurs Sciences said. Another sci- Kentucky is NCAA men’sbasketball Wchampion for the eighth time and Wildcats coach John Calipari for the first after beating covery of agiant meat-eat- with primitive feathers entist, Thomas Holtz Jr.at Kansas 67-59 before acrowd of 70,913 Monday night in the Mer- cedes-Benz Superdome. After aseason in which this young team that Eric started three fresh- ing dinosaur sporting a have been excavated in re- the University of Mary- men and two sopho- Crawford mores was debated and discussed be- cause of its youth (and because at least downy coat has some scien- cent years, but this is the land, compared it to emu two of those fresh- men are expected to be NBA draft lottery picks), there can be no discussion about this: tists re-imagining the look first direct sign of ahuge, feathers. The Wildcats were the best team all season, they were the best team in the NCAA Tournament and they played like the best team in the na- tion on the sport’sbiggest stage of Tyrannosaurus rex. shaggy dinosaur.Scientists The creature lived Monday night. “I’m so proud of these young men,” Calipari said. “This is not about me, it’sabout these 13 players, this is about the Big Blue Nation. I’ve With akiller jaw and have long debated whether about125million years ago. never had any team that has sacri- ficed for each other like this team. They deserve this win, they really do.” University of Kentucky players break out in celebration after leading the school to its first men’sbasketball national championship since 1998. SAM UPSHAWJR./THE COURIER-JOURNAL UK led by as many as 18 in the first half, but the game was within sharp claws, T. rex has long gigantic dinosaurs lost At 30 feet long and weigh- six in the final minute before Antho- ny Davis, the NCAA’sall-time fresh- man leader in blocked shots, skied KENTUCKY 67, KANSAS 59 out to go after an Elijah Johnson 3- point try that would’ve cut the lead in been depicted in movies their feathers the bigger ing aton, Y. huali would half. Johnson saw him in the air, pulled the ball down, and traveled. Acouple of free throws later,iT was over.Calipari turned to his and popular culture as hav- they got or were just not as have reached T. rex’schest. See CRAWFORD, Page A6 NO.1 AND DONE ON THEWEB Enjoymore stories, photos and ing scaly skin. But the dis- extensively covered. The dino-fuzz likely pro- videos at www.courier-jour- nal.com/ncaa Even without scoring, EIGHTH WONDER Calipari’syoung Cats refuse BIG TIME IN BIG EASY It has been 14 years since Kentucky University of Kentucky fans enjoy won its last NCAA title. Here's alook to be denied anational title covery of an earlier rela- The new tyrannosaur vided insulation, though the big day and the big game in Davis ahugeplaymaker at all eight championships: the Big Easy. A6 By Kyle Tucker Rick NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis’ 1948 1978 [email protected] ACAT-ACLYSMIC SEASON Bozich amazing freshman season ended with his Kentucky 58, Kentucky 94, The Courier-Journal Read more aboutthe stories be- most spectacular stunt yet: He dictated Baylor 42 Duke 88 tive suggests the king of di- species, Yutyrannus huali, camouflage or showing it hind the stats for the Kentucky Kentucky’s67-59 NCAA championship NEW ORLEANS — University of Kentucky basketball fans Wildcats. 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