The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from March 2005

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from March 2005

New top cop likely from ranks.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Several names surface - but no single favorite It didn't take long for the rumor mill to begin sputtering out names of those who might next take the helm of the...

Stoic chief resigns with badge of pride.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 He didn't fidget, flinch or cry. But who would have expected him to; he had been a cop for almost 40 years. Besides, others were crying as Albuquerque Police Chief Gilbert...

Test site invites visitors Saturday.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Scientist remembers creating, detonating the first atomic bomb at White Sands Hidden under the grass and yucca of the New Mexico desert is a place that altered world history...

HEAVY MANTLE OVER ALBUQUERQUE.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Clouds blot out the horizon as a storm moves into Albuquerque from the east. The vista from Coors Boulevard and Montano Road Northwest on Wednesday...

Team delivers mental care.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 The University of New Mexico Psychiatric Center has done well when working with the severely mentally ill, its director said. "But there has been a segment of the population we...

Rumblings continue over control, timing.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 As a current politician and a former cop, City Councilor Craig Loy has no doubt Albuquerque Police Chief Gilbert Gallegos had to go. "I think that Gil's resignation overall is the...

Interim boss fought chaos and cancer.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Those who know former Bernalillo County Sheriff Joe Bowdich say he's the perfect man to bring stability and sensibility to a law enforcement agency reeling from scandal and...

Self-preservation.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Staff members say UNM's oldest documents, objects and buildings need to be cherished. With funds from the Getty foundation, they have been labeling what should be saved as the...

neighborhood NEWS.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... STREET SMARTS LUCCA AVENUE A short street broken into three blocks just south of Central Avenue on the West Side, Lucca Avenue commemorates a long journey. It was named for a city in Italy by Hugo Giomi, who came to Albuquerque from...

Survivor of Bataan recalls raid.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jan Jonas JAN'S CLAN The colonel told his men to dispose of the flag in a "proper" manner. The Japanese were coming fast. Pvt. Ralph Rodriguez, now 86 and living in Albuquerque, and the men of the 515th Coastal...

Jan's Mailbox.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jan Jonas The following students were included in the National Dean's List for 2003-04. *From Bernalillo: Rachel Brenneman, Harding University, Searcy, Ark. Jennifer Chavez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque ...

NOMINATIONS, CONTESTS, ETC.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... The Amy Biehl Youth Spirit Award: New Mexico Voices for Children is accepting nominations through April 15 of New Mexico youth, ages 13-26, who have volunteered in some type of community service or outreach effort within the past 12 months....

Wet winter readies soil for planting.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Mike Tumolillo mtumolillo@abqtrib.com/823-3636 As the last vestiges of cold fade into spring's warm embrace, local nurseries are poised to reap the benefits of Albuquerque's third-wettest winter ever. "This is probably going...

Politics rock the helm of Police Department.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... EDITORIAL When Albuquerque Police Chief Gilbert Gallegos was pitched over the prow of the S.S. Martin Chavez, done in by a roiling evidence room controversy that wouldn't go away, the first temptation was to think: At least there will be...

Stepping up to the plate.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Sports Extra Albuquerque stakes its claim as a major player in the region by drawing three big league teams to town for their final spring tuneups PHOENIX - Picture a card...

Asst. coach after top job.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Flanagan aide wants San Diego State post Yvonne Sanchez, an assistant coach with the New Mexico women's basketball team, said she has applied for the...

Gonzalez eager to showcase talent as Ranger.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 SURPRISE, Ariz. - Adrian Gonzalez once was described as a can't-miss prospect. But fans at Isotopes Park in 2003 easily could have missed the Albuquerque Isotopes' top prospect....

Many three-team players will visit city for the first time.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 SURPRISE, Ariz. - Beyond the Cy Young Award, World Series ring and illustrious career, Orel Hershiser still keeps a warm place in his heart for Kirtland Air Force Base, Central Avenue...

Walters has back surgery.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 UNM MEN'S BASKETBALL Guard hopes tending to disk will improve his senior season Minor back surgery will sideline guard Mark Walters for the next six weeks. Walters, a...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
March 31, 2005... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com Well, I'll be danged. Look what fab show is getting a second chance. "Tru Calling" (7 p.m., KASA-Channel 2) is beginning a second season. How coo-el is that? The show stars Eliza Dushku as a...

Albuquerque not alone on evidence room woes.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Internal control, training emerge as pivotal issues, says consultant with U.S. group The Albuquerque Police Department evidence room isn't the only one in the nation prompting...

NEW TEACHER RECRUITS.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 State program puts new faces in classrooms quickly and is especially proud of its higher-than-usual percentage of male educators His fifth-graders call him Mr. D or Mr. Doyle. New...

Physicians find a new way to study their patients' pain.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Doctors at the University of New Mexico don't have to feel their patients' pain anymore. They can see it. Physicians at UNM's MIND Imaging Center have discovered that the...

2 possible candidates for mayor emerge.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 Officially, it's still just Eric Griego running for mayor. But there are a few more candidates in the "just exploring" or "I'm 50/50" category. Joining Mayor Martin Chavez as...

Mental care coming to streets.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 Mayor Martin Chavez this morning unveiled a $4 million program to take mental health treatment directly to people who need it acutely some members of the homeless community. "This...

Military postpones Iraq deployments.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Mike Tumolillo mtumolillo@abqtrib.com/823-3636 Servicemen remain on base while Army reviews their case Two members of the military stationed in New Mexico who asked to be discharged as conscientious objectors won't have to go...

68 and counting.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Bears could set a record of their own during Saturday's doubleheader against Highland It's not easy to win a record 68 baseball games in a row La Cueva...

La Cueva win streak has no end in sight.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary To put La Cueva High Bears' baseball win streak into perspective, you have to touch on so many elements and so many players, and then try not to sound all gushy about this mighty three-year run. But...

Junior college transfers vie for vacant safety position.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM FOOTBALL Spring football is a rush for Aleem Harris, a chance to achieve a lifelong dream and prove he can play Division I football. Harris, a junior college transfer...

TRIB TAKES.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Back off Federal law protects National Guard and Reserve troops against foreclosures, evictions, repossessions and default judgments and caps the interest on their debts at 6 percent. It's fair, because call-up to active duty often means...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com Tim Daly's back on the Tube of Life, and he's sexier than ever. In the new series "Eyes" (9 p.m., KOAT-Channel 7), the "Wings" veteran makes a yummy comeback as a smooth, brash and impulsive...

Bouquets & brickbats.(Evening)
March 30, 2005... EDITORIAL Bouquet: open space Some, understandably, will wail and grind their teeth at The Tribune's report Monday, "Development erupting in volcano country" so here's a salve for the news. Yes, the roads and new subdivisions...

Lawyer's connection with New Mexico dates to '96.(Evening)(Obituary)
March 30, 2005... Byline: Jan Jonas Johnnie Cochran had a connection to New Mexico that began in 1996 when University of New Mexico law professor Sherri Burr introduced herself to him at a conference in Orlando, Fla. "He said, 'I didn't know they had...

Deputy credited with rescue.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Michael Kelly MKELLY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3661 Cibola officer pulled vehicle off girl, 4, after fatal crash on I-40 A Cibola County sheriff's deputy is being credited with risking his life this morning to save a girl involved...

Bears out to snare national record.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Joe DiMaggio got a hit in 56 consecutive big-league baseball games. Barry Bonds bombed 73 home runs in a season. And then there's the La Cueva Bears baseball team 67 straight...

Survey: Nation split on body art.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Tattoos, big hair and piercings might matter in the workplace. It all depends on the employer. You've seen them. You can't help but notice them. Maybe it's the...

Investment deals turn out to be fraud.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Mike Tumolillo mtumolillo@abqtrib.com/823-3636 We've all heard it before: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Officials said that cliche took on new significance for investors this month when a man was...

High Tech High at home on Yale.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Students will travel to UNM for P.E. classes High Tech High Albuquerque has a home at last. The charter school adopted by the University of New Mexico will be on Yale Boulevard...

Mayor begins to paint city green.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 City officials weren't talking about St. Patrick's Day or Kermit the Frog when they said the city is going green. Mayor Martin Chavez declared Monday that all new city buildings...

Group: Question chief on evidence.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 A social justice advocacy group has filed ethics and misconduct complaints against Albuquerque police Chief Gilbert Gallegos. New Mexico Vecinos United filed the complaints with...

Police say woman ran over boyfriend.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 After a run-in with security guards at a Walgreens, an Albuquerque man got into a fight with his girlfriend and was run over by a car, leaving him seriously injured, police said this...

Jail director will ask for purchases refund.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Federal reimbursement programs and several vacant positions have left the Metropolitan Detention Center's 2004 budget in the black. Jail Director Harry Tipton is set to ask the...

Rains bring (yes) fire worries.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: James W. Brosnan brosnanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2701 WASHINGTON - The good news is all the winter snow and rain in the Southwest should ease the danger from wildfires this summer in the mountains and upland forests. The bad...

On deck: new legends of spring.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL La Cueva, coach streak to dominance When taking over the La Cueva job seven years ago, baseball coach Stan McKeever envisioned his team maturing,...

Moore confident of rehab in time for start of season.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM FOOTBALL DonTrell Moore watched New Mexico's spring football workouts from the sidelines, but he was upbeat as he lifted weights facing the practice field. "I feel good and...

Minnesota junior commits to Lobos.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Guard Amy Beggin, a junior at Roseville High in Minnesota, has orally committed to play for the New Mexico women's basketball team. She is slated to...

Aide crops up in head coach rumors.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM WOMEN Yvonne Sanchez's name has been tied to two head coaching vacancies, but the New Mexico assistant women's basketball coach said she hasn't applied for the jobs. ...

Midland forward puts Lobos on his itinerary.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 UNM MEN Basketball recruit Ivory Clark said he plans to visit the University of New Mexico next week. The 6-foot-6 sophomore forward at Midland College in Texas said UNM...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com William Shatner is very good at playing himself. And he's even better at playing the over-the-top version of himself for kicks. Well, over the next few nights, he's gonna have what he has called...

It's still no sale for Bush's pitch for private accounts.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... EDITORIAL New Mexicans shouldn't be fooled by presidential flimflam. They should demand an honest fix for Social Security. President Bush's proposal to substantially alter Social Security, by allowing private investment accounts for...

Raging radio host returns to Albuquerque's airwaves.(Evening)
March 29, 2005... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 Ask Chris Jackson what the hubbub was about during his former reign on Albuquerque talk radio six years ago and he won't deny the backlash over political bashing and racial slurs....

Hoops, hoopla net big bucks for city.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ilimon@abqtrib.com / u23-3632 The hoopla may have left town, but hotels and restaurants throughout the city are still counting the happy returns. The Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau will spend the...

Carving escarpment for coming growth.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 Development erupting in volcano country Pressure is building near the volcanoes of the West Mesa. While the five stoic landmarks that dot the city's western landscape remain...

Lab finds elusive fingerprints.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 BRIGHT IDEA You can't hide your fingerprints from Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists. They have found a technique to see fingerprints on surfaces where they are...

Wary gardeners emerge for peek at possibilities.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Gardeners in Albuquerque have the fever but not without the chills. This year's sneaky, late-season bouts of winter left buyers at local nurseries a little leery Sunday, despite...

Bald FOR A battle.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Maggie Shepard mshepard@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Real-life*Role*Models Lynn Reule is spearheading the Albuquerque Fire Department's participation in St. Baldrick's Day, a head-shaving campaign to raise money to fight...

10 THINGS TO KNOW.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3675 1. Au revoir: Chef Jennifer James has closed her signature restaurant on San Mateo to focus on her Nob Hill eatery, Graze, and its bar, Gulp. She opened Restaurant Jennifer James in 2001...

Sign of change.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Mike Tumolillo mtumolillo@abqtrib.com/823-3636 Business leaders rang up victories with the Legislature, but hold off celebration until Richardson lends his John Hancock Business leaders said this year's rumble at the...

Event will honor state's top women TOP 25.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 Twelve years ago, publisher Jill Duval put out a special edition of her magazine, Albuquerque Woman. She called it New Mexico Woman, and it featured the top 25 woman-owned businesses in...

ShopTalk.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Nancy Salem An up-close look at Albuquerque's small-business owners Jim Key (left), Judy Donahue and Randy Bennett Title: Co-owners. Company: Advantage Barricade and Roadmarks LLC, 2231 Phoenix Ave. N.E. The...

Almanac.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... ENGINEERING Mark Murphy has joined the Albuquerque office of Parametrix as senior scientist. Murphy has more than 28 years of experience in environmental and earth sciences, working throughout the western United States, Alaska and...

Aggies introduce coach Theus.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Reggie Theus has little head coaching experience, but his time as an NBA All-Star and TV analyst gives him the credibility to take over the New Mexico State men's basketball program,...

REEL CLASSIC.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary What can you call the gem that was Louisville's win? 'Rocky'? 'Anything Goes'? 'Cardinals Courageous'? The NCAA March Madness archives were handed a few classics over the weekend tapes for the...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
March 28, 2005... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com Kirstie Alley is the greatest thing to happen to TV since HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and Fox's "Arrested Development." It's ripe. Tonight on "Fat Actress" (9 p.m., Showtime) Alley's diet...

Aggies to introduce Theus today.(Afternoon)
March 28, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Louisville assistant coach Reggie Theus said he will be back in New Mexico today. But he didn't want to say why. Good thing Louisville forward Ellis Myles can say it for him. ...

Sending a message.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Mayor: Officers' dedication to protect tourney fans is evident A police-involved shooting that left a man dead on a Downtown street Friday couldn't have come at a worse time...

REBORN.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Tamara N. Shope TCASIAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3637 Two years ago, at 43, a tragedy robbed her of her life. Today, she has a new life and has created two more. Tammy Fuller Meng knows the valleys. She has plodded through them,...

One, two and maybe three.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: Color Louisville coach Rick Pitino could become the first coach to lead three different teams to the Final Four if his Cardinals beat West Virginia in...

Multiple problems listed at hospital.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Albuquerque Regional Medical Center officials say they have taken steps to improve deficiencies. The Albuquerque Regional Medical Center says it has taken steps to...

Crier, crier, pants on fire: the Bush smoke screen.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary By the way he's trying to inflame a few Social Security worries into a full-blown calamity, President Bush must already consider the program a smoldering stack of ruins. Which it's not. But on a...

Silver Avenue sprouts new look.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 When Michelle Baldwin moved into the Silver Hill neighborhood four years ago, there was a canopy of stately elms, but they were dying. Today, the elms are gone, but new hope is...

Recreation breathes easy with rain, snow.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Every time it snows, Joseph Quintana breathes a bigger sigh of relief. The owner of Native Sons Adventures, a Taos white-water rafting company, has been through some lean...

Feds stay out of evidence probe.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Federal officials will not conduct their own investigation into allegations of evidence mishandling within the Albuquerque Police Department, a U.S. Attorney's Office...

Aggies expected to name Theus.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 NMSU BASKETBALL It's looking more and more like Reggie Theus will be the new men's basketball coach for New Mexico State. New Mexico State Athletics Director McKinley Boston...

Mountaineer hoop heroes.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT West Virginia is trying to climb to the NCAA mountaintop of the Final Four Big sister helped hone star's game Kevin Pittsnogle's big sister can't...

Team could use boost in Big East.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The signal fire the West Virginia Mountaineers want to send out to the world of college basketball has nothing to do with the couches being torched back home. But the Mountaineers do want, and...

Lobos' journey to redemption starts with spring ball.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 UNM FOOTBALL The New Mexico football team's quest for an elusive bowl win continues Monday. Next year's Lobos will take over UNM practice fields, kicking off spring workouts...

QUICK SHOTS.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Victory salute The Mountaineers are in a regional final for the first time since 1959 the year Jerry West led them to the national championship game. "It's just huge for our state and huge for our program" said Kevin Pittsnogle. ...

Garcia jumps at chance to leave college, play in NBA.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Louisville's NCAA Tournament hopes were nearly thwarted by players leaving early for the NBA, but coach Rick Pitino isn't complaining. Pitino has seen it all. He is on the...

Playing hardball, you can't slip it past McGwire.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Dan Shingler Commentary Apparently, baseball in Washington doesn't have homers. Congress made pitch after pitch to Mark McGwire last week, but every time a good pitch was coming, he stepped out of the box. Did ya see it?...

Toyota gains edge as Japan's big boys slug it out.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... Byline: Charles Googe Commentary Toyota vs. Honda isn't life or death. No, it's more important than that. The Japanese really love to beat each other. Take last weekend. Honda, which won 14 of 16 races during the 2004 Indy...

It's still a beauty, but Pit could use a makeover.(Weekend)
March 26, 2005... TODAY'S EDITORIAL The aging queen of Albuquerque sports venues The Pit needs a makeover. It's a preventative prescription, understand. The nationally renowned venue is still good-looking enough to attract thunderous crowds for...

TV Queen.(TV Week)
March 26, 2005... Byline: M.J. Wilde "You shouldn't have. It's just what I've always wanted. My own little house on the prairie to slave away in for the rest of my born days while you work yourself to death to earn a meager living as a farmer." ...

Holler in The Pit.(Special Section)
March 25, 2005... ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL Surprising West Virginia Mountaineers scrape by Texas Tech, and Louisville stampedes Washington to set up Saturday's final INSIDE THIS FOUR-PAGE SPECIAL SECTION No. 1 seed Washington falls to hot Louisville....