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1.9% for 48 Mos. 2.9% for 60 Mos. or FACTORY REBATE ALL NEW 2008TUNDRAs 3 000 3 000 Tyler Hansbrough, North junior center, and Candace Parker, junior forward, were named winners of the 2008 John R. Wooden Award as college male and female players of the year at a ceremony hosted by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday night. Parker led Tennessee to its second straight national title Tuesday and then was made the No.

1 overall pick by the Sparks in the WNBA draft Wednesday. Parker also won the Wooden Award last year. She averaged 20.6 points and 8.8 rebounds a game and finished her career with 44 consecutive double-doubles. She is also expected to play for the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing in August.

Hansbrough led the Tar Heels to the Final Four. He averaged 22.6 points and 10.6 rebounds a game and shot from the field. Voting was conducted through the weekend of the NCAA Elite Eight. Players had to maintain a 2.0 grade-point average to be eligible. Joining Hansbrough in the top five of the voting were UCLA freshman Kevin Love, Kansas State freshman Michael Beasley, Davidson sophomore Stephen Curry and Texas sophomore D.J.

Augustin. Also making the Wooden All-America team were Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose of Memphis, Luke Harangody of Notre Dame, Chris Lofton of Tennessee and Brandon Rush of Kansas. The other four finalists were Courtney Paris of Oklahoma, Candice Wiggins of Stanford, Sylvia Fowles of Louisiana State and Maya Moore of Connecticut. Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt received the John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching honor.

She is the first female coach to be honored. Diane Pucin Hansbrough, Parker win Wooden Awards Nikki Caldwell, a Tennessee assistant basketball coach who helped guide the Lady Vols to their second con- secutivenational championship this week, met with UCLA officials Friday in Dallas to discuss the head coaching job, she said. had an opportunity to sit down for a little while and share my passion and dedication and my commitment to taking UCLA to that next she said by phone. a gold Kathy Olivier, who coached the Bruins for 15 seasons, resigned last month after the team finished a disappointing 16-15 and tied for fourth in the Pacific 10 Conference. Yet the Bruins posted one of the biggest upsets in the history when they knocked off then-No.

2 Stanford this season only to be beaten by Pepperdine (10-18) and San Diego (7-7 in the West Coast Conference). Olivier was 232-208 overall, but 117-123 during the last six seasons and led UCLA to only one 20-win season since 1998-99. Caldwell, who completed her sixth season as an assistant under Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt with Tuesday title win, said she met with UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero and Associated Athletic Director Petrina Long to discuss the job. When asked whether Caldwell would be hired, Marc Dellins, sports information director, would say only that it is the policy to not discuss possible candidates to protect their privacy. Aformer standout guard at Tennessee from 1990to Caldwell began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at her alma mater during the 1998-99 season, then worked as an assistant at Virginia from 1999to2002.

Summitt hired her in the spring of 2002. Caldwell has an overall record of 286-63 as an assistant coach and 118-13 as a player. She is known for her ability to recruit high-profile players and design game plans. Summittcredited Caldwell for much of the success at the recent Final Four. When the Lady Vols defeated Louisiana State with a last-second basket in semifinal, Summitt said it was Caldwell who persuaded her to let 6-foot-4 forward Candace Parker dribble the ball up the floor and create the game-winning play.

Caldwell also helped design the stifling defense that shut down high-scoring Stanford in NCAA final. one of the best Xs and coaches out there and agreat said Parker, the No. 1 overall draft pick who was introduced to the Los Angeles media Friday. Caldwell said she has been in contact with athletic officials from Memphis, which also is looking for a new head coach. But she said she would prefer to coach in Westwood, citing the academics, its history of winning championships, the ability to recruit top players locally and even the Southern California weather.

Caldwell said salary was not discussed but believe that would get in the way. She said she hopes to have an answer from UCLA officials sometime next week. hope good she said. dan.arritt@latimes.com UCLA interviews Lady Vols assistant Caldwell talks to Bruins about replacing Olivier as basketball coach. By Dan Arritt Times Staff Writer The Clippers have had a chance to be spoilers.

But it worked out that way. They have lost four consecutive games and three to playoff- hunting teams. Their season ends with another trio of daunting road opponents tonight against the Golden State Warriors, followed by the New Orleans Hornets and Houston Rockets. In their latest loss, manhandling by the Lakers, Elton Brand and Al Thornton combined to make 19 shots. The rest of the team converted only 11 of 46 shots.

Still Brand sees potential in his team. In his fifth game of the season, he jumped out of the gate quickly with 15 points in the first quarter but tired as the game progressed. was good to go out there and play against one of the upper-echelon teams, fighting for No. 1 in the he said. wish we had our full complement so we could really see where we are.

what I was coming back for, expecting to have Corey Maggette Chris Kaman and then our bench could have fared a little better. disappointing, but glad I came back and just got to play with these guys a little Maggette, who sat out his second game because of a strained right hamstring, is probable against the Warriors. Guard Quinton Ross is doubtful after bumping his left leg against the Lakers. Thursday marked the first time the Clippers were on TNT. Their analysts keyed in on Thornton, who earned Kenny team is whack but Award.

one knows who is, but athletic and he he said. Added Reggie Miller on odds of landing on the all-rookie team: got off to a slow start this year, but come a long way. got to put Al Horford and Kevin Durant on there and I like Thaddeus Young has played well, played steady with all the injuries out and he does things for this Clipper team, outside and inside. say make the first TONIGHT at Golden State, 7:30, Ch. 5 Site Oracle Arena.

Radio 710. Records Clippers 23-56, Warriors 47-32. Record vs. Warriors 1-2. Update The Warriors may be on the outside looking in on the playoff hunt after losing to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday.

jonathan.abrams@latimes.com CLIPPERS REPORT Brand still glad for test on road of contenders By Jonathan Abrams Times Staff Writer award, but the Lakers were nonetheless relieved to eke out the victory, which looked like a breeze until it blew back at them forcefully. The Lakers took a stunning 63-33 lead on 19-footer with 3:53 left in the second quarter, but Peja three-pointer pulled the Hornets to within 96-95 with 3:57 left to play, turning a celebrating crowd into surprising silence. The Lakers, however, plowed ahead. Ronny Turiaf made two free throws and Derek Fisher hit a three-pointer from the left corner to put the Lakers back up, 101-95. They never led by fewer than five the rest of the way until Jannero three-pointer as time expired.

Bryant finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. He made nine of 17 shots. Paul, who battled foul trouble at times, had 15 points, 17 assists and four steals. He made four of 13 shots. think great for us in terms of taking significant Bryant said.

was the first step. We want to take another one on Sunday San It just feels good to be No. 1, and what we want to Of the two, Bryant had the flashier play, a double-clutch reverse dunk in the fourth quarter that started shortly after he corralled a long rebound. The crowd jumped to its feet, remained standing during a Hornets timeout, and showered Bryant with chants as the players returned to the court. nowadays is not an individual Bryant said.

really have to make your teammates better and elevate your ballclub. For me to be nominated in that race is a tremendous really been one of the criticisms that people have had of me, is how well do I make my teammates better. From that standpoint, I feel like already It took all of four minutes for tempers to appear, the first sign that the game be ascones-and-latte event. Vladimir Radmanovic was hit with a flagrant foul for shoving New Orleans center Tyson Chandler to the court, a retaliatory strike after Chandler lost his balance at the other end and pushed Radmanovic down. Less than a minute later, Chandler had to sit down after picking up his second personal foulleaving the middle exposed.

Pau Gasol was practically unstoppable in the first quarter, when hehad 11 pointsand the Lakers tied their best first- quarter output this season, taking a 39-20 lead. Gasol finished with 25 points. Lamar Odom had 13 points and 16 rebounds. talk about the conference outright, or anything Coach Phil Jackson said. just talked about that a long way to go, still a lot of games.

We still need to stay very focused about what we are mike.bresnahan@latimes.com Lakers hold on for win PageD1 GOING TO GREAT HEIGHTS: The Luke Walton (4) tries to block a shot by New Melvin Ely during the first half. Richard Hartog Los Angeles Times bounds, eight assists, nine for 17 from the floor) while Paul started slowly but wound up with 15 points and 17 assists. Feature angles notwithstanding, the most valuable player is a season-long award and usually evaluated on agame-to-game sentiment already seemed to be running toward Bryant. Aweek ago, a Times poll of 21 writers gave Bryant 10 first- place votes, Paul eight, Kevin Garnett two and LeBron James one. Another poll of 17 writers this weekend showed Bryant with 10 first-place votes, Paul with five and Garnett with two.

Look at it this way as many voters must be: Paul is 22 and has many years to win MVPs. Bryant is in his 12th season, and it may be getting embarrassing to explain why the best player has never come closer than two third- placefinishes. (In 2005-6, Bryant get asingle vote, which meant he finished behind New P.J. Brown, who got one 10th- place vote.) think the most remarkable stat of all, that been in the league 12 years and won said Hornets Coach Byron Scott of Bryant before the game. think been runner-up.

I think come in third. I think remarkable that he and for the past five or six years, been the best player in this Scott, a star on the Show- time Lakers in the was a mentor to Bryant as teammates in second stint in L.A. in the 1996-97 season. Now Scott is this presumptive coach of the year after taking the Hornets, who make the playoffs last season and expected to this season, this close to winning the West. determination and alot of people telling us we do said Scott, explaining his secret.

probably had a lot to do with it because we heard itfrom All- Star break on. All-Star break, we had the best yeah, fall off, the pressure will get to them, the schedule will get to them when they go on this road trip in March. was always something and I think that motivated our guys to go out and prove people Motivation helps a lot, especially when good enough. To the utter amazement of all, Paul was not only ready for prime time in the West race in his third season, he was neck- and-neck in the MVP race with Bryant. The Hornets got Paul, whom they considered the top pick in the 2005 draft, with the fourth pick.

However, not even Scott dreamed Paul would be this far within three years. this said Scott. never would have thought that he would be this good this soon and be getting the type of praise getting this early in his career. he deserves Scott added. put in a lot of work.

been a tremendous leader to this team and the things we talked about this summer that he had to improve, he went out and improved them. thing scary is, 22 and going to get good enough now. Ask the Lakers who had better gear up for next season when Paul is 23. mark.heisler@latimes.com MVP void may weigh on voters Heisler, from PageD1 ON LATIMES.COM CP vs. Kobe for MVP think it should have some importance, but I think it should be all about this one game.

But obviously when playing against CP, playing so great this year, and you have Kobe, played so well this year there is some importance to that said Byron Scott. Read more from the Kamenetzky brothers at lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/ Site Staples Center. Radio 570. Records Avengers 2-4, Blaze 0-6. Record vs.

Blaze (2007) 1-1. Update After starting the season with two victories, the Avengers have lost four games in a row, including a 67-54 defeat at Colorado last week. For the season, the Avengers have been outscored, 280-181. In 2007, the Avengers ended the regular season with a 47-37 loss to Utah and then defeated the Blaze in the playoffs, 64-42. White AVENGERS TONIGHT vs.

Utah, 7:30, FSN Prime Site Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio. Radio 690 (Spanish) Records Chivas 1-0-1; Crew 1-1-0. Record vs. Crew 1-0-1 (last season). Update Forward Ante Razov (left calf strain), forward Alecko Eskandarian (left groin strain), midfielder Raphael Wicky (back spasms) and defender Lawson Vaughn (left hamstring) all did not travel with Chivas.

unclear how much forward MaykelGalindo (groin strain) will play. Jaime Cardenas CHIVAS USA TONIGHT at Columbus, 4:30 PDT, FSN Prime.

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