Gator bait Jason Williams and Duke fell victim to Florida's press and were knocked out of the NCAAs. THE CHRONICLE See additional coverage in SPORTSWRAP SWAMPED IN SYRACUSE Florida ousts No. 1 Duke with a late 13-0 run By NEAL MORGAN The Chronicle j SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The early exit was disappointing, the season was not. Poor outside shooting doomed the Blue Devils in an 87-78 upset loss to fifth-seed Florida Friday night in the Carrier Dome. But minutes after­ wards, coach Mike Krzyzewski was all smiles. Moments after embracing Chris Carrawell, Duke's lone senior who walked off the court with 8.1 seconds left sob­ bing hysterically, Krzyzewski could sing nothing but prais­ es for his team. The group exceeded all expectations by claiming the nation's top ranking one year after losing four players to the first round ofthe NBA Draft. "Look, if you expect me to feel bad tonight, you're crazy," the coach said. "I feel great. I feel bad about the end of the journey, but what a journey my kids have given me. It's been spectacular." But Krzyzewski's words were not enough to change the mood in Duke's locker room. Some cried. Others just stared at the floor. Mike Dunleavy sat inside of his locker. The Blue Devils (29-5) were not expecting to leave the dance this early. Duke's season came to an abrupt end at the hands of the Gators (27-7), who closed the game on a 13-0 run spanning the game's final three minutes. Late in the con­ test, Florida coach Billy Donovan threw a changeup, switching to a zone defense, and the move worked. The Blue Devils failed to score a single point over the final four minutes, and their final seven shots were missed three-pointers. All total, Duke finished just 3-of- ALI-.G0L0MAN. H. CHRONICLE 19 behind the arc. SENIOR CHRIS CARRAWELL walks off the floor after his final game for Duke, a disappointing loss fo Florida Friday night. See FLORIDA on page II, SPORTSWRAP • Just out of reach LSU halts the Blue Devils' run at a second Final Four By VICTOR ZHAO rs' face wasn't one of frustration or anger. Instead, The Chronicle she bore the look of a satisfied general whose only RICHMOND, Va. — It took Gail disappointment came because she would lead this Goestenkors a few hundred hours particular cast of characters no longer. I in. a sweaty, empty gym to patch Perhaps that's because she realized although together a rag-tag team torn by graduation into the epilogue to the season could have been a bit an ACC championship team that stood just two different or a bit sweeter, the story of this sea­ wins away from a return trip to the Final Four. son would undoubtedly become one of her fa­ But in a blinding whir not more than five min­ vorite tales. utes long, LSU tore Duke apart with a formula as "I'm so proud of this team," Goestenkors said. synonymous with Duke basketball as Cameron. "I've told everyone I've enjoyed this season more Relying on a smoothly run motion offense and than any other, and that's the truth. They exceed­ a suffocating defense, third-seeded LSU (25-6) ed many people's expectations because of their ended Duke's run at a second straight Final Four character. We have maximized our potential." with a 79-66 victory Saturday at Alltel Pavilion A pair of free throws from Sheana Mosch at at the Siegel Center. the 12:56 mark of the second half gave Duke a 47- JENNIFER WJDERSON/THE CHRONICLE But as LSU's Katrina Hibbert dribbled out the 42 lead, but the freebies marked the beginning of GEORGIA SCHWEITZER and the Blue Devils couldn't stop LSU's Marie Ferdi­ final seconds, the look that swept over Goestenko­ See LSU on page 10, SPORTSWRAP • nand, who led the Lady Tigers with 22 points. RECORD CROWD ATTENDS BLACK STUDENT RECRUITMENT WEEKEND, PAGE 4 • JUNIORS WIN AWARD, PAGE 6 THE CHRONICLE • PAGE 2 WORLD & NATIONAL MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2000 NEWSFILE FROM WIRE REPORTS Putin secures narrow win in Russia OPEC nears agreement US Airways, flight to increase production attendents make deal The Organization of US Airways and the As­ The acting president and his communist rival both fell short of expectations Petroleum Exporting sociation of Flight Atten­ had begun to surface in the cam­ of respondents, who said that they Countries is on the verge dants agreed Saturday paign's final days, about the depth of intended to vote. of an agreement to in­ on a tentative five-year MOSCOW — Acting president Putin's popular support. In a postmidnight news confer­ crease its oil production contract that keeps Vladimir Putin held a narrow ma­ With 84 percent of the ballots ence, Putin seemed to give a nod limits by about 1.7 mil­ planes flying and pro­ jority of the vote early Sunday in counted by early Monday morning, to the narrowness of his majority, lion barrels a day. vides raises for the Russia's presidential election, Putin had captured 51.9 percent of noting that with a potential elec­ union's 10,000 members. torate of 108 million, "even a half Ugandan official poised for the victory that the the vote, compared with 29.97 per­ suspects cult leaders U.S. officials consider Kremlin had pursued with grow­ cent for Zyuganov. The head of the percentage point is a huge credit The investigation into lifting Libyan ban ing desperation to avoid a runoff liberal Yabloko party, the legislator from the population." the suspicious deaths of at In a rare move, four next month. Grigory Yavlinsky, was in a remote He seemed to suggest that he least 490 members of a U.S. State Department Although Putin's anticlimactic third place with 5.8 percent. might invite political rivals into gov­ Ugandan doomsday sect officials held talks with triumph was huge in absolute Russian television stations pro­ ernment in an effort to build political was tangled in logistical Libyan - officials in terms—some 20 percentage points claimed Putin the victor, saying support for his programs. confusion Sunday as a Tripoli Sunday, dis­ ahead of his closest rival, the Com­ that a runoff would be unnecessary. Putin was especially solicitous of leading legislator specu­ cussing whether to lift munist leader Gennady Zyuganov— The final pre-election polls, re­ Zyuganov, whose support appeared lated that sect leaders the U.S. ban on Ameri­ it also appeared likely to fall consid­ leased a week before Sunday's almost one-fifth greater than poll­ were behind the deaths. cans visiting the north erably short of expectations. And election, indicated that Putin was sters had intended. African state. that further elevated doubts, which backed by as many as 57 percent See RUSSIA on page 17 *• Air-pollution law failed to reduce acidification Demonstrators protest A landmark air-pollu­ genetic engineering tion law enacted a decade In what organizers Life is beautiful for American Beauty ago to reduce acid rain called the largest Amer­ By BOB THOMAS a man in Boys Don't Cry, won as best actress. "Every­ has failed to, slow the ican demonstration Associated Press one put their heart and their soul into this movie," acidification of lakes and against genetically en­ LOS ANGELES — American Beauty, a dark com­ Swank said. streams in the Adiron- gineered food, more edy about suburban alienation and family dysfunc­ She thanked the real-life inspiration for her role, dacks, many of which are than 1,500 protesters tion, won five Academy Awards Sunday night, in­ Brandon Teena, saying: "His legacy lives on through rapidly losing the ability marched through down­ cluding best picture, director Sam Mendes and actor our movie to remind us to always be ourselves, to fol­ to sustain life. town Boston Sunday. Kevin Spacey. low our hearts, to not conform. I pray for the day when WEATHER "This is the highlight of my day. I hope it is not all we not only accept our differences but we actually cel­ downhiil from here," Spacey said jokingly, a racy ref­ ebrate our diversity." TODAY: TOMORROW: erence to the film's opening. It was his second Oscar: Michael Caine, the kindly orphanage headmaster in THUNDERSTORMS, ^ PARTLY CLOUDY He won for best supporting actor of 1995 for The The Oder House Rules, won his second best supporting High: 70 • m High: 63 Usual Suspects. actor Oscar. Angelina Jolie, the disruptive mental pa­ Low: 43 _• Low: 33 Alan Ball picked up the Oscar for best original screen­ tient in Girl, Interrupted, won for supporting actress—a "When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be ohumble." play, while Conrad Hall won for his cinematography. generation after her father, Jon Voight, won an Oscar. - Muhammad Ali Hilary Swank, who portrayed a woman passing as See OSCARS on page \6> The Mary Lou Williams Center for Morning Glory Black Culture A biography of presents Mary Lou Williams Conversation with Linda Dahl LINDA DAHL AND DR. FRANK TIRRO Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) was an American artist and a pioneer in the jazz tradition. A gifted pianist and a Book Signing to Follow pioneering composer, Mary Lou Williams was respected as one of the most significant artists in the history of this Tuesday, March 28 distinguished musical tradition. 7:30 pm Dr. Frank Tirro is a former Chairman of the Mary Lou Williams Center Duke University Department of Music and as such was instrumental in first bringing 02 West Union Mary Lou Williams into the Duke University Artist-in-Residency program in 1977.