not bad in a conference that had michael jordan, and tim duncan to name a few. >> winning the award, only myself, and the people around me. so, you know, i'm really happy. >> baseball news today, the o's picking up julio from the cardinals for the ever popular future considerations. lugo, who won a world series will have his $9 million contract. most of it picked up by the cards. he will be at insurance. >> after waiting 51 years to get back to the final four, west virginia fans plan to enjoy these next five days. the team held it first practice, there is one lingering controversy surrounding the mountaineers and it is a fashion issue. namely, should head coach bob huggins ditch what some called his track suit for the final four? and spruce it up with jacket and tie? the charleston, west virginia daily mail polled the readers and fans say stick with the track suit, bob, don't break the mojo now that you are in the final four. only 10% want him to wear a tie. should wear the basketball net after he cuts it down on monday night, which would mean they won the national championship. what

that's tim duncan. averaging 26 points and almost 13 rebounds in this series.irk has eight points in earlt going. back the other way. san antonio and tony parker the floater in the lane. so dangerous. he's got six points at last. where we stand now, the spurs up by a buck in the second quarter. the mavericks, five turnovers in the first quarter alone. not exactly what rick carlisle was hoping for. san antonio, a blistering 56% shooting in that opening frame. winner of game number three going on to win 75.9% of the time. >> with a chance to close on out the sabres in five games. van he can out for buffalo, even without their leading scorer, the sabres had no trouble getting to rast early. scored on the wraparound here. buffalo scored in every game in this series. unlike the previous games they've been able to hold the lead. set up nicely here by derek roy. through the second period. off the face-off. mike grier scores. sabres win 4-1, game six monday in boston. all right, canadiens and capitals. alexander ovechkin and company leading the series 3-1. first period