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The Des Moines Register Sati'rdav, March 20, 1999 3 NCAA Wrestling Tournament Women's Basketball Drake hopes to stand tall in WNIT semifinal game Women's MT DRAKE vs. ARKANSAS 4 The Bulldogs have the size, but Arkansas has the home floor tonight. A I What Semifinals of WNIT I When 7 p.m. today I Records Drake 21-9; Arkansas A A A A A A Starting Lineups I- I' Ac i 1' No. Name Ht.

Yr. No. Name Ht. Yr. 11 KRISTIN SANTA 5-7 So.

20 WENDI WILLITS 54 So. Avg. 12.0 points, 4.4 assists Avg. 14.4 points, 3.4 rebounds 20 STEPH. SCHMITZ 5-7 Fr.

3 AMY WRIGHT 5-7 Fr. Avg. 7.8 points, 4.5 assists Avg. 3.9 points, 5.1 assists 34 ERIN RICHARDS Fr. 25 LONNIYA BRAGG 5-11 So.

Avg. 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds Avg. 8.4 points, 5.0 rebounds 44 HALEY SAMES 64 Jr. 30 SYTIA MESSER 6-1 So. Avg.

10.6 points, 6.6 rebounds Avg. 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds 4 TAMMI BLACKSTONE 6-5 Jr. 55 BRANDI WHITEHEAD 5-1 1 Jr. Avg. 18.1 points, 7.4 rebounds Avg.

3.5 points, 2.7 rebounds By DAVE STOCKDALE Kf.gistf.r Staff Wkitkr Fayetteville, Ark. Drake has the size advantage, but Arkansas has the home court. Just how those factors will play out will be determined tonight in the Women's National Invitation Tournament semifinal game at 7 tonight at Bud Walton Arena While the teams are a contrast in terms of physical size, they do have something in common. Both lost first-round games in their conference tournaments and are quickly making amends in the second-chance WNIT. But Drake (21-9) will be playing its third consecutive game on the road in the tournament while Arkansas, which reached the NCAA Final Four last season, has been at home for all of its games.

While Drake Coach Lisa Bluder would naturally rather be playing at the Knapp Center, her team has been very proficient on the road. "We're probably playing better on the road than at home right now," Bluder said. "If we can win before 11,000 fans at New Mexico, we can win anywhere." Drake opened the WNIT with a 70-62 victory over Utah at home and then won at Colorado, 82-66, and at New Mexico, 73-60, Thursday night to end a 24-game home Lobo winning streak. Arkansas (18-14) beat Rice, 76-70, Thursday night after beating Oklahoma, 97-93, in overtime and Northwestern State, 78-60, earlier in the C.EORGE WnDMANAssnniATKn Press Iowa State's Cael Sanderson, front, sets up a pin of Michigan's Andy Hrovat at 184 pounds Friday, Outlook Drake will hope its big size advantage will be the difference, but the Bulldogs will have to keep Willits identified from three-point range. Drake went into the WNIT thinking the experience would help for next year.

That 1 may happen after big road victories against Colorado and New Mexico. 'Minnesota i lead; second law Ksin tournament Arkansas' tallest players Lon-niya Bragg and Brandi Whitehead, both 5 feet 1 1 inches will have to contend with Drake's 6-5 Tammi Blackstone and 6-4 Haley Sames. Drake will have to deal with 5-8 sharpshooter Wendi Willits, who has made 100 of 211 three-point attempts. "It's the smallest lineup we'll have faced all year," Bluder said. "We're going have to make sure Willits Tournament Results Where Fayetteville, Ark.

Radio KJJC-FM (107.1) doesn't go on a tear from three-poirjjt range." After Drake was snubbed for thj) NCAA tournament, Bluder saw the WNIT bid as an opportunity to help her team prepare for next year. "The last three games were pressure situations on opponents' courU against teams with tradition," Bluder said. "We've learned a lot from that Reporter Dave Stockdale can be reached at 15 1 5) 284-8284 or stockdalednewsMmreg.com i li'TCki CONNECTICUT Wi HUSKIES' Lj 294 OVERALL No. Name Ht. Yr.

12 MARCI GLENNEY 5-11 Avg. 4.2 points, 1 .8 assists 33 SHEA RALPH 6-0 1 Avg. 17.2 points, 3.1 assists 34 TAMIKA WILLIAMS FrT Avg. 13.4 points, 6.8 rebounds 25 S. ABROSIMOVA 6-2 So Avg.

16.8 points, 6.5 rebounds 15 ASJHA JONES 6-2 Fr, I I 18-14 A A A A A A A A A A A A' A- A' A' A A A A A A A A A A Al A A A 'A A A A A A A Ai A A A A A A A Al A A A A A Al A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 8 A A i 3 I Cyclones have confidence NCAA Mideast Region IOWA STATE CYCLONES 24-7 OVERALL biJ WHEN 11 :07 A.M. WHERE Shoemaker Center, Cincinnati. TV ESPN RADIO KASI-AM (1430), KRNT-AM (1350). TICKETS $25 for two-day session. Starting Lineups No.

Name Ht Yr. 22 TRACY GAHAN 6-1 Fr. Avg. 7.5 points, 5.0 rebounds 4 STACY FRESE 5-8 Jr. Avg.

17.3 points, 4.3 assists 51 MEGAN TAYLOR 5-11 So. Avg. 15.7 points, 8.3 rebounds 45 MONICA HUELMAN 6-2 Jr. Avg. 6.0 points, 5.0 rebounds 32 ANGIE WELLE 64 Fr.

Avg. 11.0 points, 6.8 rebounds isu Continued from I'ufie IS who can score, so I think we'll be fine," Frese said. "I think that we have a lot of weapons on this team if we're all firing right. "If we move the ball inside and outside, it's hard for people to guard us." Iowa State was able to overcome a 13-0 deficit to beat Santa Clara in its opening NCAA victory, but Taylor said the Cyclones can't afford to dig themselves a hole today. "I really think those first 5 or 10 minutes are crucial," Taylor said.

"If we get down, our confidence level is going to drop a little, and with a team like Connecticut we may not be able to come back. "If we stay with them for the first 5 or 10 minutes, our confidence level should go up, and I think we should be able to play with them the whole game." Iowa Stales advantage is its three-point shooting, where it is second in the nation with 7.6 per game, though Connecticut makes a respectable 5.2 three-pointers per game. Frese, who leads the nation by making 49.1 percent of her three- point attempts, is a problem, but not the only one, Auriemma said. Anytime you have a team that has a real, good point guard and handles the ball a lot, you have a good team, Auriemma said. "So, they already start off with that in their favor.

"They're not afraid to take any shot at any time. That's also a benefit at this time of the year. And they spread it around. "It's not like 'We're going to play Stacy Frese, don't worry about anyone There are too many people you have to worry about I think Megan Taylor may be as good of a player as they have in their conference." Both teams are young, with Iowa State having no seniors and Connecticut led by junior Shea Ralph, sophomore Svetlana Aorosimova Avg. 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds Outlook The Cyclones need to be at their best, which means shooting well from the three-point line and not getting worn down by Connecticut press.

Connecticut, which was almost upset by Xavier's three-point barrage on Sunday, figures to harrass Frese with a taller player, so lo wa State will need Taylor, Welle and Desiree Francis to pick up some of the scoring. Williams and Jones are part of the freshman recruiting class that was ranked as the nation's best and Abrosimova is a second-team all-America selection. I By DAN McCOOL Reoistfr Staff Writer 7 State College, Pa. Because Iowa's wrestling fortunes went south Friday, the NCAA Division I wrestling team championship might be going north. Minnesota took an 89'2-86 lead over Iowa after Friday night's semifinals of the 69th annual NCAA Division I Tournament The Gophers, who never have finished higher than second in an NCAA wrestling tourney, advanced three to today's championship round.

Iowa, which has won four consecutive team titles, also had three going to championship competition. Perm State moved ahead of Oklahoma State for third place with points. The Cowboys, who were ranked No. 1 all season, send just Eric Guerrero on a title quest. He will take on Iowa State's Cody Sanderson at 133.

Iowa State was fourth in team scoring with 68 points and also advanced top-seeded Cael Sanderson, Cody's brother, to the championship round where he will be paired against Minnesota's Brandon Eggum at 184 pounds. Oklahoma State trailed the Cyclones by a point. Oklahoma was sixth at 64.5. In Friday's early matches, Iowa started with nine wrestlers and lost four before the quarterfinal session was completed. "It was real damaging because we needed all of the guys in the wrestlebacks to score points," Iowa Coach Jim Zalesky said.

Iowa's Doug Schwab beat Whitey Chlebove of West Virginia, 7-4, at 141 pounds, assuring himself of all-America honors. Schwab defeated second-seeded Chris Marshall of Central Michigan in the semifinals and faces Oklahoma's Michael Lightner for the title. Marshall transferred from Clarion University and wound up at Central Michigan after deciding not to transfer to Iowa State. Cael Sanderson took a 36-0 record into Friday night's triumph of fifth-seeded Brad Vering of Nebraska Sanderson hopes to become the first Iowa State wrestler to finish a season undefeated since Tim Krieger was 30-0 at 150 pounds in 1989. Cody Sanderson, a junior who is the eldest of the three Sanderson brothers in Iowa State's lineup, earned his first all-America honor with an 8-1 victory over Roman Fleszar of Hofstra in the quarterfinals.

Cole Sanderson was eliminated from the 1 19-pound competition Friday when Troy Marr of Minnesota escaped with 1 second left in the second overtime for a 3-2 victory. Northern Iowa had a three-year all-America drought ended when 149-pounder Tony Davis beat Marc Hoffer of American University, 11-5, in the quarterfinal round. Davis won against Adam Tirapelle of Illinois in the semifinals and enters today's championship match against Iowa's TJ. Williams. Davis and Williams were teammates at Mt.

Carmel High School in Chicago. Davis has championship experience, winning two junior college national titles for Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge prior to joining Northern Iowa's program. Northern Iowa has not had a Division I national champion since Bill Dotson won at 137 pounds in the 1963 tournament. Oklahoma State, pinned Jeremy Sluyter, East Stroudsburg, Shane Valdez, Oklahoma, won by technical fall over Russ Witt, Bloomsburg, 18-2, Moses Delfm, Cal beat Trap McCormack, Lock Haven, 8-6 (OT); Chuckie Connor, North Carolina, pinned Leroy Vega, Minnesota, Jeremy Hunter, Penn State, beat Phil Mansueto, Cleveland State, 18-5. 133 POUNDS Eric Guerrero, Oklahoma State, won by technical fall over David Yi, Cal Davis, 18-2, Eric Keller, Northern Iowa, beat Bobby Hanson, Chattanooga, 1 1-5; Stan Greene, Fresno State, beat Joe Warren, Michigan, fr5; Pat McNamara, Michigan State, beat Zach Zimmerer, Stanford, 9-7; Enc larkin, Arizona State, beat Dane Valdez, Oklahoma, 84; Eric Juer-gens, Iowa, beat Robert Sessley, Ohio State.

3-2 (OT); Roman Fleszar, Hofstra, beat Dave Vollmer, James Madison, 1 5-6; Cody Sanderson, Iowa State, beat Shawn Amistade, Pittsburgh, 3-1. 141 POUNDS Mark Angle, Clanon, beat Ben New, Cornell, 10-3; Carl Perry, Illinois, beat Scott Schatzman, Northwestern, 6-3; Damion Logan, Michigan, beat Brett Tullo, Bloomsburg. 10-5; Michael Lightner, Oklahoma, beat Issac Miller, Michigan State, 4-1; Doug Schwab. Iowa, beat Jeremy Hart, Appalachian 13-5; Whitey Chlebove, West Virginia, beat Jason Debruin, Hofstra. 3-1 (OT); Jose Deanda, Nebraska, beat Dustin DeNuzio, Harvard, 5-3; Chris Marshall, Cent.

Michigan, pinned Paris Ruiz, Fresno State, 2:59. 149 POUNDS T.J. Williams, towa, beat Joe Carr, West Virginia, 13-3; Shawn Bradley, Cornell, beat Greg Mayer, Cent. Michigan, 12-6; Brett Matter, Penn, beat Ryan Shapert, Edinboro, 4-1; Eric Schmiesing, Hofstra, beat Mike Mendoza, Cal 54; Marc Hoffer, American, beat Oscar Wood, Oregon 64; Tony Davis, N. Iowa, beat Ryan Bernholz, Lehigh, 1 1-2; Adam Tirapelle, Illinois, beat Cole Sanderson, Iowa State, 12-3; Reggie Wright, Oklahoma State, beat Chad Jesko, Pittsburgh, 64.

157 POUNDS Casey Cunningham, Cent. Michigan, beat Zachary Miller, Hofstra, 12-0. Willie Wineberg, Purdue, beat David Maldonado, Iowa State, 5-3 (OT) bebreaker; Bryan Snyder, Nebraska, beat Ben Boozer, Edinboro, 4-2 (OT); Mike Ziska, Pittsburgh, beat Corey Wallman, Wisconsin, 2-1 (OT) tiebreaker: Clint Musser, Penn State, beat David Kjeldgaard, Oklahoma, 84; Chris Ayres, Lehigh, beat Jamie Heidt, towa, 7-6; Beau Werner, Stanford, beat Jimmy Anas, Oklahoma State, 3-1 (OT); Chad Kraft, Minnesota, beat Matt Winninger, Wyoming, 5-3. 165 POUNDS Joe Heskett, Iowa State, pinned Brian Pitzer, Bucknell, Steven Blackford, Arizona State, beat Richard Taylor, West Virginia, 10-1; Rodney Jones, Oklahoma, beat Bill Zeman, Illinois, 3-1 (OT); Josh Holiday, Minnesota, beat Alex Leykikh, Penn State, 7-5 (OT); Don Pritzlaff, Wisconsin, pinned Andy Varner, Cal St -Bakersfield, Mark Samples, Edinboro, beat Jim Harshaw, Virginia, 7-5; Joey Killar, Harvard, beat Rick Springman, Penn, 5-2; Kirk White, Boise beat Ty Wilcox, Oklahoma State, 5-3. 174 POUNDS Kevin Boross, N.

Carolina beat Mark Smith, Oklahoma State, 3-2; Sam Kline, West Virginia, beat Gabe McMahon, Iowa, 9-7; Otto Olson, Michigan, beat Ryan Cunningham, Cent. Michigan, 13-9; Perry Parks, Iowa State, beat Mark Bybee, Northwestern, 7-5 (OT); Leo Giel, Rider, beat Jamie Groudle, North Carolina, 8-0: Will Hill, Michigan State, beat Jason Moanev. Clarion. 13-6: Kole Clauson. Wisconsin.

beat Josh Koscheck, Edinboro, 64; Glenn Pritzlaff, Penn State, beat Nick Mengennk. Pittsburgh, 5-2. 184 POUNDS Cael Sanderson, Iowa State, beat Nate Patrick, Illinois, 18; Andy Hrovat, Michigan, beat Russell Jones, Hofstra, 4-1; Brad Vering, Nebraska, beat Viktor Sveda, Indiana, 54; John Van Doren, Lehigh, beat Tom Grossman, Oklahoma, 101; Vertus Jones, West Virginia, beat Doug Lee, Oregon, 3-2; Ross Thatcher Penn State, beat Casey Strand, Arizona State, 64 (OT): Mike Greenfield, Cent. Michigan, beat Mark Munoz, Oklahoma State, 8-4; Brandon Eggum, Minnesota, beat Ken Bigley, N. Iowa, 1 1-5.

197 POUNDS Tim Hartung, Minnesota, won by technical fall over Wayman May, Oklahoma, 150, Raphael Davis, Cal beat Tony Wieland, N. Iowa, 8-1; Chris Vike, Cent. Michigan, beat Demetnst Huff, Fresno State, 12-3: Zach Thompson, towa State, beat Issac Moore, VMI, 32; Lee Fullhart. towa, beat Damien Craighton, Drexel, 12-1; Sam Neider, Northwestern, pinned Chael Sonnen, Oregon, Nick Muzashvilli, Michigan State, beat Pat Sluirk, Illinois, 6-1; Andrei Rodzianko, Penn, pinned ameel Abdullah, Boston 1:40. HEAVYWEIGHT Stephen Neal, Cal pinned Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State, Matt Kenny, North Carolina, beat Wes Hand, Iowa, 3-1; Karl Roesler.

Illinois, beat Mike Russow, E. Illinois, 50; Mat Ordorff, Oregon beat Mark Janus. Penn State, 10-1; Leslie Apedoe, VMI, beat David Pierce, Purdue, 64 (OT); John Henry Ward, Oklahoma, beat Rusty Cook, Boise 7-2; Derek Delporto, Slippery Rock, beat Bandele Adeniyi-Bada, Penn, 2-1; Brock Lesnar, Minnesota, pinned Bronson Lingamfelter, Brown, 0:22. Consolation Round 165 POUNDS Ben Uker, Iowa, beat Brian Wood, Wyoming, 16-7; Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa, beat Gerald Harris, Cleveland State, 9-5. 174 POUNDS Randy Pugh, Northern towa, beat Joe Tucceri, Cornell, 4-0.

184 POUNDS Paul Jenn, Iowa, beat Nick Preston, Ohio State, 11-6. HEAVYWEIGHT Antonio Garay, Boston College, beat Mark Knau-er, Iowa State, 13-6. BORTELL'S RANCH BOYS GIRLS 8-16 YRS a SKIER ftAMa St. Charles, IA S024O 515-396-2414 www.bortelisranch.com 1 Send Free Information To: NAME ADDRESS ZIP Team Scoring 1. Minnesota 50; 2.

Iowa 49W; 3. Oklahoma State 47; 4. tie, Penn State, Oklahoma 43; 6. Cent, Michf gan 42; 7. Iowa State, 36; 8.

West Virginia 34; 9. Cal StateBakersfteld 33; 10. Illinois 32; 11. Arizona State 30; 12. Penn 29tt; 13.

Nebraska 14. Michigan 21; 15. Fresno State m. 16 tie, Boise State, Northern Iowa 18; 18. Hofstra 16V; 19.

Wisconsin 15W: 20. tie. Michigan State, Oregon, Oregon State 15; 23. Virginia 14V: 24. Indiana 14; 25.

Edin-boro 13V; 26. tie, Lehigh, Rider 11V4; 28. North Carolina 11; 29. Northwestern 10V; 30. tie, E.

Illinois, VMI 10; 32. tie, Clarion, Cornell 9V; 34. Purdue 35. Harvard 36. tie, American, Pittsburgh, Stanford, 7V; 39.

Chattanooga 40. tie, Blooms-burg, Ohio State 42, tie, Bngham Young, Brown, Cal Poly, Lock Haven 4V; 46. tie, Appalacian State, Boston Bucknell, Cleveland State, East Strouds-burg. Northern Illinois, North Carolina State, 53. tie, Uuquesne, E.

Michigan 3V; 55. be, George Mason, Slippery Rock, Wyoming 58. Cal State-Fullerton 2v: 59. be, Drexel, Navy, Old Dominion 62. tie, Buffalo, James Madison IV; 64.

be. Air Force, Boston College, Cal Davis, Portland State, North CarolinhGreensboro 1. 69 tie, Marquette, Kent 0V4. Quarterfinal Round 125 POUNDS Stephen Abas, Fresno beat Pat Cassidy, Indiana, 1 5-2; Teague Moore, Oklahoma beat Jason Sitverstein, Purdue, 124; Shane Valdez, Oklahoma, beat Moses Delfm, Cal 10-5; Jeremy Hunter, Penn State, beat Chuckie Connor, Nortti Carolina, 7-2. 133 POUNDS Eric Guerrero, Oklahoma beat Eric Keller, Northern Iowa, 10-2; Stan Greene, Fresno beat Pat McNamara, Michigan 3-1 OT; Eric Larkin, Arizona State, beat Enc Juergent, Iowa, f3; Cody Sanderson, Iowa State, beat Roman Fleszar, Hofstra, 8-1.

141 POUNDS Mark Angle, Clarion, beat Cart Perry, Illinois, 84; Michael Lightner, Oklahoma, beat Damion Logan, Michigan, 6-3; Doug Schwab, Iowa, beat Whitey Chlebove, West Virginia, 74- Chris Marshall, Cent. Michigan, beat Jose Deanda, Nebraska, 4-2. 149 POUNDS T.J. Williamt, towa, beat Shawn Bradley, Cornell, 18-7; Brett Matter, Penn, beat Enc Schmiesing, Hofstra, 80; Tony Davis, N. towa, beat Marc Hoffer, American, 1 1-5; Adam Tirapelle, Illinois, beat Reggie Wright, Oklahoma 64.

157 POUNDS Casey Cunningham, Cent. Michigan, pinned Willie Wineberg, Purdue, Bryan Snyder, Nebraska, beat Mike Ziska, Pittsburgh, 6-5- Clint Musser, Penn beat Chris Ayres, Lehigh, 5-3; Chad Kraft, Minnesota, beat Beau Werner, Stanford, 4-1. 165 POUNDS Steven Blackford, Anzona beat Joe Heskett, Iowa State, 2-2 (OT) rideout; Rodney Jones, Oklahoma, beat Josh Holiday, Minnesota, 7-5; Don Pritzlaff, Wisconsin, beat Mark Samples, Edinboro, 5-0; Kirk White, Boise beat Joey Killar, Harvard, 12-1 1. 174 POUNDS Sam Kline, West Virginia, beat Kevin Boross, N. Carolina 54; Otto Olson, Michigan, beat Perry Parks, Iowa 110; Leo Giel.

Rider, beat Will Hill, Michigan 74; Glenn Pritzlaff, Penn beat Kole Clauson, Wisconsin, 129 184 POUNDS Cael Sanderson, towa State, pinned Andy Hrovat, Michigan, Brad Vering, Nebraska, beat John Van Doren.Lehigh, 3-2; Vertus Jones, West Virginia, beat Ross Thatcher, Penn 1 14; Brandon Eggum, Minnesota, beat Mike Greenfield, Cent. Michigan, AO. 197 POUNDS Tim Hartung, Minnesota, beat Raphael Davis, Cal 7-3; Chris Vike, Cent. Michigan, beat Zach Thompson, towa State, 3-2 (OT) tiebreaker; Lee Fullnart, towa, beat Sam Neider, Northwestern, 13-1; Nick Muzashvili, Michigan beat Andrei Rod-zianko, Penn, 54. Heavyweight Stephen Neal, Cal won by injury default over Matt Kenny, North Carolina, Karl Roesler, Illinois, beat Mat Ordorff, Oregon 108 (OT); Leslie Apedoe, VMI, beat John Henry Ward, Oklahoma, 2-1 (OT) tiebreaker; Brock Lesnar, Minnesota, beat Derek Delporto, Slippery Rock, 4-0.

Iowans in Consolations Second-Round 149 POUNDS Troy Marr Minnesota, beat Cole Sanderson, Iowa State, 3-2 (OT). 157 POUNDS David Maldonado, towa State, pinned Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion, 4.43: Jamie Heidt, towa, beat Zachary Miller, Hofstra, 19-7. 165 POUNDS Ben Uker, Iowa, pinned Richard Taylor, West Vir- finta. Rick Springman, Penn, beat Nate awrenz, N. Iowa, 9-0.

174 POUNDS Gabe McMahon, Iowa, beat Delany Berger, Minnesota, Josh Koscheck, Edinboro, beat Randy Pugh, N.Iowa, 6-1; 184 POUNDS Russell Jones. Hofstra. beat Paul Jenn. Iowa. 14- Ken Bigley, N.

Iowa, beat Steve Schenk, Wyoming, 94; 197 POUNDS Craig Fenstermaker, Virginia, beat Tony Wieland, N. Iowa, 82. HEAVYWEIGHT Wes Hand, towa, beat John Eschenfelder, Buffalo, 8-5. Third-Round 157 POUNDS David Maldonado, Iowa State, beat Darryl Chns-tian, Oregon, 20; Jaime Heidt, towa, beat Griff Powell, Illinois, 20. 165 POUNDS Sean Morgan, Oregon, beat beat Ben Uker, Iowa, 4-2.

174 POUNDS Mark Smith, Oklahoma State, beat Gabe McMahon, towa, 1 1 2. 184 POUNDS Mark Munoz, Oklahoma State, beat Ken Bigley, N. Iowa, 8-1. HEAVYWEIGHT Dave Anderton, Oklahoma State, pinned Wes Hand, towa, 0:59. Thursday Second Round 125 POUNDS Stephen Abas, Fresno State, beat Matt Azevedo, Arizona State, 114; Pat Cassidy, Indiana, beat Matt Roth, Virginia, 6-3: Jason Silverstem, Purdue, beat Paul Gomez, Nebraska, 53; Teague Moore, and a freshman class that was rated as the nation's best.

Connecticut forward Tamika Williams was last season's high school player of the year at Dayton, Ohio. Auriemma has said that his team is probably a year away from being its best. The Huskies had to rally in the final minute to win Sunday's second-round game against Xavier, 86-84. "Everyone is asking me, 'Does that mean Connecticut's vulnerable or is that a wake-up Fennelly said. "I don't know." Auriemma had a ready answer.

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