Eastern Michigan

Marcello Truzzi, 67, an Eastern Michigan University sociology professor known for his studies of the paranormal, died of cancer Feb. 2 in Ann Arbor. Joe Rankin, head of Eastern Michigan's Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, said Mr. Truzzi was respected by scholars, magicians and those who study the paranormal. Most recently, Mr. Truzzi was director of the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research and editor of the academic journal Zetetic Scholar. George Freestone, 104, believed to be the world's oldest Boy Scout, died Saturday in Mesa, Ariz.

EAST REGIONAL SEMIFINALS BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA, THE MEADOWLANDS, N.J. NORTH CAROLINA (27-5) vs. EASTERN MICHIGAN (26-6)* WHEN: Tonight, 7:30, on Ch. 11.* CAROLINA STRENGTHS: The Tar Heels wear down teams with a deep bench and suffocating defense. Opponents are shooting just 42 percent from the field to Carolina's 51. And Carolina has won the battle of the boards in 24 of 32 games. Their plus-seven rebounding margin is the largest since 1961. Rick Fox leads the team with 17.3 points a game, and Hubert Davis has hit 11 of 19 three-point shots in the last five games.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Michigan didn't even get invited to the tournament and Michigan State was eliminated yesterday. So Eastern Michigan would like to introduce itself to the folks back home."

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A team without a nickname, Eastern Michigan was suited to be called Cinderella. But the North Carolina Tar Heels saw to it last night that the glass slipper worn by the surprise team in the round of 16 would step no further.Top-seeded North Carolina broke open a tight game by scorin15 straight points midway through the second half for a 93-67 win that advances the Tar Heels (28-5) to tomorrow's East Regional final.The loss was the worst of the season for Eastern Michigan (26-7and ended the team's 11-game winning streak.

COLLEGE PARK - After Maryland defeated Eastern Michigan, 51-24, on Saturday, Darrius Heyward-Bey took a short victory lap. The wide receiver jogged around the Byrd Stadium field's perimeter, high-fiving students in the first row. But just as quickly as he began his celebration, Heyward-Bey cut it off. With Clemson looming at the beginning of the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule on Saturday, it was time for Heyward-Bey and his teammates to look ahead...

A school-record seven home games, including Atlantic Coast Conference matchups with North Carolina, Clemson, Virginia and Duke, highlight Maryland's 2001 football schedule, announced yesterday by the ACC. The Terrapins also will be host to nonconference games against traditional rival West Virginia, Eastern Michigan and Troy State. All four of Maryland's road games will be against ACC schools: Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Florida State and North Carolina State. The Sept. 1 game at Byrd Stadium against North Carolina marks the earliest ACC opener in school history and will feature a matchup of first-year head coaches Ralph Friedgen of Maryland and John Bunting.

Opponent: Las Vegas Silver BanditsSite: Baltimore ArenaTime: 7Outlook: The BayRunners will be without leading scoring Rodney Elliott, out at least a week with a sprained ankle, joining LaBradford Smith on the injured list. The team signed Lonnie Harrell from Northeastern University and Charles Thomas from Eastern Michigan to replace the two. Las Vegas' J.R. Henderson is third in the league in scoring, averaging 21.8 points. Former Dunbar standout Ernest Hall is averaging 6.5 points a game for the Bandits.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eddie Sutton spoke for NCAA tournament underdogs everywhere yesterday when he assessed the seeming lock North Carolina has in the upset-depleted East Regional.The Oklahoma State coach conceded the favorite's role to Carolina in any East matchup this weekend. But he stopped far short of awarding the fourth-ranked Tar Heels a pass to the Final Four."When you have a one-game shot, anything can happen," Sutton said. "If Temple, Eastern Michigan and our club had to play North Carolina in a series, North Carolina is going to win."

INDIANAPOLIS - Mike Krzyzewski tried to take his Duke basketball team on a trip down memory lane in yesterday's opening round game of the NCAA tournament Southeast Regional at the RCA Dome.But instead of reliving 1991, when a dominant team won here for the first of its back-to-back national championships, the Blue Devils simply relived the final week of their current, injury-battered season.The result was a 75-60 pounding at the hands and feet of Eastern Michigan, which moved into tomorrow's second round against top-seeded Connecticut.

COLLEGE PARK - Overconfident? Not a chance. That pretty much sums up Maryland's 50-3 rout of overmatched Eastern Michigan last night at Byrd Stadium, which was highlighted by three touchdowns and 133 rushing yards from tailback Bruce Perry and another dominating performance by the defense. In blowing out an inferior opponent - the biggest mismatch since a 52-0 Maryland win over Wake Forest in 1996 - Ralph Friedgen's team erased any fears that it would produce a dull performance in the afterglow of its season-opening win over North Carolina.