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... Ventura County Star: College Get Local News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Business Opinion - Announcements -> Obits SPORTS VCPreps.com Youth College Golf MLB NBA NFL NHL Tennis Outdoors Other Sports Columnists PRINT THIS STORY | E-MAIL THIS STORY Thomas more than proving his pointBy Blair Kerkhoff, Knight Ridder NewspapersMarch 30, 2006If 310-pound Glen "Big Baby" Davis is the smiling face of LSU hoops, Tyrus Thomas is the scowl.

Davis often waggles his tongue and sometimes looks up and speaks to the heavens during the action.

Thomas swats a shot, then snarls and barks at his opponent.

After dominating Duke and Josh McRoberts, Thomas spoke of not just outplaying his man but "taking an opponent's soul." Proving is a big thing with Thomas, who bristled when he was asked during the regional about his unheralded start to the season.

"You said I was on nobody's radar," said Thomas, a freshman forward.

"That's other people's fault.

I knew what I could do.

Coaches knew what I could do." And now we all know what he can do.

Thomas, the regional's most outstanding player, is headed for the Final Four.

From under the radar to off the charts, Thomas has come that far so soon, all the way to a meeting with UCLA on Saturday in Indianapolis.

It's not the 12.6 points or the 61 percent shooting grabbing attention as much as the 9.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocked shots.

Those numbers are a...

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