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Freddie Owens' ankle was sore, but his shooting hand was just fine. The Wisconsin Badgers' guard swished a three-point shot with one second to play, capping a late rally and lifting fifth-seeded Wisconsin to a 61-60 victory over No. 13 Tulsa to move the Badgers into the Midwest Regional semifinals. "When I let it go, I couldn't see the basket," Owens said. "I saw it go in. You work on those shots and things like that every day, and this is the payoff."

Todd Graham agreed Monday to leave Tulsa and become Pittsburgh's third football coach in a month, a move designed to quickly bring stability to a program rocked by former coach Mike Haywood's arrest last month. Graham told his Tulsa players of the move at a meeting Monday night, and Pittsburgh made the hiring official shortly after that. Graham had a 36-17 record in four seasons at Tulsa, including a 10-3 record this season that included a 28-27 upset win at Notre Dame — where Pittsburgh lost under coach Dave Wannstedt . Wannstedt was forced to resign last month following a disappointing 7-5 regular season and repeated failures to win an outright Big East Conference title.

Kellen Moore threw two short touchdown passes to Tommy Gallarda , and No. 5 Boise State survived a late scare from Tulsa to escape with a 28-21 victory Wednesday night at Tulsa, Okla., in one of the last road tests standing between the undefeated Broncos and a possible Bowl Championship Series berth. With Boise State (6-0) trailing for the first time all season, Moore was perfect on two scoring drives to put the Broncos ahead to stay. Tulsa (4-2) got to within 28-21 in the fourth quarter when G.J. Kinne and Slick Shelley connected on consecutive passes for 91 yards, including a 55-yarder for a touchdown.

Dozens of Oklahoma dental patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and at least one case of HIV, state health officials said Thursday, four weeks after finding a multitude of health code violations, including rusty tools, at a dental practice in Tulsa. Authorities said they were still determining whether the infections were connected with unsanitary practices at W. Scott Harrington's two offices in Tulsa and a Tulsa suburb, which prompted officials to notify 7,000 of the dentist's patients.

Defending national champion Tulsa held first place at 294 after the opening round of the NCAA Division I women's golf championships at Stanford. Tulsa, which was seeded fourth, was six strokes ahead of second-place Florida. Arizona, Minnesota and San Jose State rounded out the top five. San Jose's Pat Hurst, ranked third in the country, had a three-under-par 70. Cathy Mockett of Tulsa finished second at 71.

Miss Casey Layne Hammer, daughter of Julian Hammer of Bel-Air and Sue Kane of San Marcos, exchanged marriage vows Sunday with Victor Jeffrey Swab, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Vaughan of Tulsa. The evening ceremony was conducted by Dr. James Lockwood Stewart at Westwood United Methodist Church and was followed by a reception in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire. The bride, a graduate of Pepperdine University and a fashion merchandiser, is the only granddaughter of Dr.

San Diego State (8-3-1) vs. Tulsa (9-2) HIGHLIGHT MARSHALL FAULK The freshman from New Orleans came into fall camp like any other rookie--anonymous and expected to redshirt. But in San Diego State's second game of the season, Marshall Faulk caught the wind and never stopped. Against Pacific on Sept. 14, he rushed for an NCAA single-game record 386 yards (since broken). He gained 114 yards the next week against Air Force . . . 212 two weeks later against Hawaii . . .

If Oral Roberts needs money, why doesn't he sell his Beverly Hills and Palm Springs homes? Why does a preacher from Tulsa need a Beverly Hills address? LEN ZIRALDO Canoga Park

A Map of Tulsa A Novel Benjamin Lytal Penguin: 272 pp., $15 paper -- Jim Praley is a young man entering that stage of adulthood when life-defining romances unfold. It's the summer after his first year of college back east, and his romantic yearnings have brought him to a most unlikely place -- the center of Tulsa. The biggest city in Oklahoma is both a hometown and the center of the known universe to Jim, the protagonist of Benjamin Lytal's tender and engaging debut novel, "A Map of Tulsa.

UC Irvine's Pat Douglass has been named District 15 coach of the year by the National Assn. of Basketball Coaches. Douglass, in his fourth year at Irvine, led the Anteaters to a school-record 25 victories and the school's first Big West Conference regular-season championship. Irvine advanced to the NIT, losing at Tulsa, 75-71, Wednesday.