NCAA Tournament Notes

The Big Ten (11) has 3 teams in the Sweet 16. Purdue, Penn State and Minnesota all advanced. Michigan State and Ohio State both were eliminated. The Big Ten (11) ties the SEC and the Big East for the honor of most conference teams in the Sweet 16 as Tennessee, Georgia and Vandy all made it for the SEC and Notre Dame, UCONN and Boston college represent the Big East. Nine of the 16 are from these 3 power conferences of women's basketball. Here's a link to the updated bracket showing upcoming games and tip off times.

BRACKET

Looking ahead, the Sunday games have more intrigue to me. The Tennessee/Baylor match-up, Duke/LA Tech, and BC/Minnesota are games I am looking forward to watching! Not to say the Saturday games aren't compelling. Texas/LSU and Purdue/Georgia will be very interesting to see.

WNBA Notes

The Fever made a really good acquisition yesterday signing center Astou Ndiaye-Diatta to a 2004 contract. The jury is out on whether she can return to the form she displayed prior to giving birth to triplets, but if she can, she can definitely help this team. STORY

Draft Notes:

Rebecca Lobo has listed her top ten WNBA prospects.

REBECCA LOBO PROSPECT TRACKER

1. Diana Taurasi, UConn
2. Alana Beard, Duke
3. Nicole Powell, Stanford
4. Chandi Jones, Houston
5. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
6. Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
7. Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State
8. Vanessa Hayden, Florida
9. Shemeka Christon, Arkansas
10. Rebekkah Brunson, Georgetown

Stay tuned for my 2004 draft predictions - coming in future posts.

Have a great day! PEACE !