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Lopez twin 7-footers decide to leave Stanford, enter NBA draftthe associated press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.01.2008
The Lopez twins are going pro together.
Stanford sophomore Robin Lopez is joining his 7-foot brother, Brook, in entering the NBA draft.
The brothers made their announcement to The Associated Press on Monday through mother, Deborah Ledford.
It was expected that Brook would declare himself eligible for the NBA, but Robin was not so certain. They were prep stars in Fresno, Calif., and went to Stanford together. Now they will depart as a tandem, too.
Brook Lopez, a third-team All-American and a first-team Pac-10 selection this season, averaged 19.3 points and 8.2 rebounds to go with 56 blocks this season. Robin averaged 10.2 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Also in college basketball:
● North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press' All-America team Monday.
For the first time, no senior was chosen.
Beasley and Kevin Love of UCLA made it two straight years there were two freshmen chosen. Sophomore D.J. Augustin of Texas and junior Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis rounded out the selections, shutting out the seniors. Hansbrough is a junior.
● Western Kentucky coach Darrin Horn is leaving for South Carolina after the Hilltoppers' best finish in the NCAA tournament in 15 years.
● Jerome Jordan scored 18 points, including two clinching free throws, to help lead Tulsa to a 73-68 victory over Bradley in the first game of a best-of-three series in the College Basketball Invitational finals Monday in Tulsa, Okla.
olympics
Torch-lighting ceremony in China goes smoothly
BEIJING — The elaborate ceremony to rekindle the Olympic torch went off without a hitch Monday in closely guarded Tiananmen Square — with hundreds of cheering women in brightly colored T-shirts, flower-toting children and confetti.
There were no protests in Beijing, although some are expected during the 85,000-mile world tour.
● In Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics following China's crackdown on protesters in Tibet.
NHL
Pens fall to Rangers, fail to clinch division title
NEW YORK — Chris Drury scored a power-play goal 1:46 into overtime, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Monday night that kept the Penguins from clinching their first division title in 10 years.
● Ilya Kovalchuk scored two third-period goals, and Kari Lehtonen stopped 36 shots for his fourth shutout as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Lightning 2-0 in Tampa, Fla.
miscellaneous
UA falls in baseball polls
● The UA baseball team fell from sixth to 18th in Baseball America's poll and from eighth to 18th in ESPN/USA Today's poll this week. In the Collegiate Baseball poll, the Cats are not ranked in the Top 30.
● The Indianapolis Colts will open Lucas Oil Stadium with a prime-time game against the Bears on Sept. 7 during the NFL's opening weekend.
● Hugo Sanchez was fired as coach of Mexico's national team on Monday, two weeks after El Tri was eliminated from Olympic qualifying.
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