Calhoun

SAN ANTONIO - Oklahoma State junior point guard John Lucas had made so many clutch plays for the Cowboys throughout this magical season, and the son of the legendary Maryland Terrapins point guard was at it again last night. But after overcoming a mostly ineffective evening by making three huge second-half shots, including the three-pointer that tied the score at 65 with 26.3 seconds left, Lucas lamented his failure at the defensive end of the floor as time was running out in regulation.

Rashad Anderson watched from his rump as the ball settled through the net. He looked at the official, almost on a lark, pleading for a foul but got no satisfaction. His sixth three of the first half would not be a four-point play, but it was the exclamation point of Connecticut's brilliant first half Saturday. The Huskies were going to beat Alabama and make it to the Final Four. Anderson hoisted himself off the floor and began to run back on defense, but as he went he saw some familiar faces watching and turned to them.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The two coaches walked slowly toward each other and hugged at midcourt. Both wanted this game, but neither wanted it to be against the other. This is the cruel justice of the NCAA tournament. Jim Calhoun, upset stomach and all, will go to Phoenix. Dave Leitao, Calhoun's former player and longtime assistant, will go home and think about a season in which he restored the tradition of DePaul basketball. "My hat's off to Dave Leitao," Calhoun said. "He's done a tremendous job. I would love to be going somewhere in our region with Dave going somewhere else but that isn't the way it works.

On February 16, 2004 ERNEST CLYDE CALHOUN, JR., beloved husband of Lola Mary (nee Rice) Calhoun; devoted father of Gayle Wargo; dear grandfather of Thomas C. and Joshua S. Wargo. Friends may call at the family owned Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., 6500 York Road (at Overbrook) on Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held Thursday 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Those desiring may make contributions to Woodbrook Baptist Church, 25 Stevenson Lane, Baltimore, MD 21212.

NEW YORK - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said the rule allowing schools to play exhibition games against Amateur Athletic Union teams and other organizations that fall under the umbrella of USA Basketball should be examined and possibly changed. "I've always felt that this rule is one that should be looked at, and I think the NCAA will look at it, too," Calhoun said. UConn has come under scrutiny for its exhibition game against a team affiliated with the Cecil-Kirk AAU program in Baltimore, though the game was within NCAA rules.

The recruiting battle between Maryland and Connecticut for Archbishop Spalding basketball star Rudy Gay was won last month by the Huskies, but the reverberations and accusations over how the decision was made are still swirling from College Park to Storrs and back to Baltimore. Last week, after an exhibition loss to an NBA minor league team at Comcast Center, Terps coach Gary Williams made an off-the-cuff remark seemingly pointed at Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun. "We could have scheduled an AAU [Amateur Athletic Union]

One person was critically injured in a four-car crash on Route 140 in Westminster yesterday morning. A 1999 Honda CRV being driven west by Diane Carolyn Cole, 40, of Reisterstown crossed in front of a 1984 Chevrolet, also headed west and driven by Constance June Newton, 49, of Hunt Valley, shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Route 140 near Cranberry Road South, according to a state police report. Newton swerved and the front of her car clipped the back of Cole's, which hit the median, became airborne and landed in the eastbound lanes.

Margaret L. Elwell, 83, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her biography of 19th-century Southern politician John C. Calhoun, died Saturday at a nursing home in Amesbury, Mass. Born in Connecticut and reared in North Carolina, Mrs. Elwell became intrigued by Calhoun, a U.S. congressman and vice president under two presidents who became the pre-eminent antebellum political figure of the South and later a symbol of defending slavery. After college at the University of North Carolina, and a decade of researching Calhoun, she wrote John C. Calhoun: American Portrait.

In 1993, Forrest and Elaine Calhoun placed their names and a $1,000 check on a "futures list." Their action was a deposit on a dream lifestyle that they would pursue sometime down the line. While the Calhouns were not entirely sure of the exact home they'd call their own, they knew the retirement community of Charlestown in Catonsville would one day be their stomping ground. This 110-acre campus would provide everything they need. Two years ago, they decided the time was right to claim their condominium and begin living their dream.