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Big Ten 1st round
Michigan 64
Penn State 54

Illinois 73
Wisconsin 58

Indiana 74
Northwestern 52

ACC 1st round
Clemson 65
NC State 60

Boston College 57
Virginia Tech 47

SEC 1st round
Georgia 71
Alabama 62

Florida 71
South Carolina 57

Mississippi 54
Mississippi State 49

Mid-Atlantic 1st round
Loyola 57
Rider 49

Canisius 63
Niagra 51

Conference-USA 1st round
Tulsa 85
Memphis 63

Marshall 65
Tulane 58

Southern Miss 74
Central Florida 72

Atlantic Sun quarterfinals
Gardner-Webb 57
Campbell 56

Lipscomb 73
Belmont 72

Southern Conference 1st round
Wofford 57
Furman 50

UNC Greensboro 62
Appalachian State 44

West Coast 1st round
Gonzaga 74
Pepperdine 64

Santa Clara 89
San Francisco 84

ACC First Round

Georgia Tech 76
Miami 49

Tech lead 39-26 at half.
Tech scoring:

• Janie Mitchell 17 points
• Jacqua Williams 15 points
• Alex Montgomery 15 points
• Iasia Hemingway 12 points

Georgia Tech will play Virginia tomorrow at 11am.
Congratulations Jackets.

Currently, Clemson is leading NC State 46-44 with 10 and a half minutes left to play.

Women's Basketball Coaches Poll

1. Connecticut
2. North Carolina
3. Tennessee
4. Maryland
5. Rutgers
6. LSU
7. Stanford
8. Baylor
9. California
10. Oklahoma
11. Duke
12. George Washington
13. Old Dominion
14. Utah
15. Notre Dame
16. Texas A&M
17. Kansas State
18. West Virginia
19. Oklahoma State
20. Marist
21. Georiga
22. Vanderbilt
23. Ohio State
24. Texas-El Paso
25. Virginia

#1

Two big upsets in the Big East did little to lessen UConn's grip on the conference. Over 15,000 people attended the season finale showdown between #1 UConn and #4 Rutgers. Home court advantage goes a long way in a rivalry game and UConn absorbed every bit of energy from their home fans to unleash a lightening storm on the visiting Scarlet Knights. During the last fifteen seasons, UConn has won 13 Big East regular season conference titles. Defense, defense, defense. The Huskies held the fourth ranked team in the nation to 46 points. Earlier in the season, Epiphanny Prince scored 33 points against UConn. Last night she was held to five points. Rutgers' leading scorer, Essence Carson had 15 points. On offense, Renee Montgomery scored 21 points and freshman phenom Maya Moore added 19. Their combined point totals were six less than Rutgers' entire offensive total for the night.
Connecticut is definitely the best team in the nation at this point. Tennessee can eliminate the Huskies inside game with Candace Parker. Shannon Bobbitt can stop Montgomery, but Tennessee doesn't have an answer for Moore. Who does? North Carolina, that's who. Latoya Pringle can neutralize Moore, but I think UConn can beat the Tar Heels inside with Tina Charles.

St. John's came up big against #9 Notre Dame, beating the fighting Irish 61-51.
Syracuse defeated #14 West Virginia, 73-51.

Magnificent Monday

North Carolina and LSU put exclamation points on their regular season in-conference records yesterday. Both teams finished the season with perfect conference records, fourteen wins, zero losses. Carolina utilized their superior team speed and two dominating senior performances from Latoya Pringle (14 pts, 8 rebs, 6 blocks) and Erlana Larkins (14 pts, 10 rebs) to cruise to an 82-51 win over 12th ranked Duke. It was Duke's worst defeat in fifteen seasons.
Sixth ranked LSU jumped to an 11-0 lead against Mississippi State. After halftime, MSU pulled to within two points of the lead, but never got any closer. MSU couldn't solve the problems presented by Sylvia Fowles (20 pts, 12 rebs). Fowles set a career SEC record with her 79th double-double. LSU's tenacious defense kept away any serious threats from the Bulldogs in the 64-49 win.

Candace Parker scored 30 points in her final college regular season game as #3 Tennessee defeated #22 Georgia, 72-63. Parker has decided not to play out her final season of eligibility at Tennessee. She was redshirted her freshman year. I really hope that she gets drafted by Atlanta in the WNBA draft. She is a delight to watch on a basketball court.

Don't miss the Big East showdown tonight between #1 UConn and #4 Rutgers. Both have 14-1 conference records.

Tourney Time

Some of the most exciting times in my athletic experiences were basketball tournaments. Once the sub-region and region tournaments were done, we moved on to face teams that we didn't usually see during the regular season. I never played college basketball, so maybe I get more excited about college basketball tourneys than they are due. On the other hand, what could be more exciting than having the entire season hinge on the game currently being played during a tourney.


March 5-8
Atlantic Sun
Nashville, TN

March 6-9
ACC
Greensboro, NC

Conference USA
Orlando, FL

Big Ten
Indianapolis, IN

Metro Atlantic
Albany, NY

SEC
Nashville, TN

March 7-10
Atlantic Ten
Philadelphia, PA

Pac 10
San Jose, CA

March 8-11
Big East
Hartford, CT

March 9-15
Mid-Atlantic
Cleveland, OH

March 10-16
Horizon League
yet to be determined

Mid-Eastern
Raleigh, NC

March 11-15
Big XII
Kansas City, MO

Mountain West
Las Vegas

WAC
Las Cruces, NM

March 12-15
Big West
Anaheim, CA

March 13-15,16
America East
Boston, MA

Big Sky*
Missoula, MT

Big South
Nashville, TN

Colonial Athletic
Newark, DE

Missouri Valley
St. Charles, MO

*The Big Sky tourney is hosted by the regular season champion. I'm guessing that Montana is going to be the winner and thus hosting.

Women's Basketball AP Top 25

1. Connecticut
2. North Carolina
3. Tennessee
4. Rutgers
5. Maryland
6. LSU
7. Stanford
8. Baylor
9. California
10. Oklahoma
11. Old Dominion
12. Duke
13. West Virginia
14. Notre Dame
15. George Washington
16. Utah
17. Oklahoma State
18. Ohio State
19. Texas-El Paso
20. Texas A&M
21. Kansas State
22. Georgia
23. Vanderbilt
24. Wyoming
25. Marist

Rutgers is currently playing Syracuse.
2pm today:
George Washington vs Fordham
Notre Dame vs Seton Hall
Baylor vs Texas A&M
West Virginia vs Louisiville
3pm today:
Kansas State vs Missouri
Texas-El Paso vs Tulsa
7pm today:
Oklahoma State vs Texas Tech
7:30pm today:
Marist vs St Peter's
8pm today:
Connecticut vs DePaul

later that day
Rutgers 63 Syracuse 49
GW 66 Fordham 27
ND 70 Seton Hall 55
Texas A&M 72 Baylor 53
West VA 78 Louisville 70
K State 81 Missouri 52
UTEP 65 Tulsa 50
OSU 73 Texas Tech 54
Marist 71 St Peter's 58
UConn 77 DePaul 76