NCAA and WNIT Field Set

#4 posting 3.18.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
Here are the teams with area connections headed to the NCAA tournament
GREENSBORO REGION
#6 George Washington (Stefani Munro, Mt. Clemens, MI)

#7 Iowa State (7 Iowans, 1 Minnesotan)

#9 Minnesota (6 Minnesotans)

NEW ORLEANS REGION
#2 LSU (1 Michigander)

#4 Louisville (2 Michiganders)

#6 Ohio State (2 Michiganders)

#9 Iowa (5 Iowans, 2 Minnesotans, 1 Michigander)

OKLAHOMA CITY REGION
#9 Purdue (Lakisha Freeman, Saginaw Arthur Hill, Keisha Mosley, Detroit Community)

#11 Temple (Shenita Landry, Milwaukee King)

#13 Illinois State (1 Iowan, 1 Wisonsiner)

SPOKANE REGION
#4 Vanderbilt (Amy Malo, Fairmont)

#7 UTEP (4 Michiganders)

#8 Nebraska (1 Iowan, 1 Minnesotan)

#12 New Mexico (Amy Beggin, Roseville; Jessica Kielpinski, Mandan, ND)

#15 Cleveland State (3 Wisconsiners)

Final count
Iowa 14, Michigan 13, Minnesota 12, Wisconsin 5, North Dakota 1

WNIT
Prairie View A&M (1 Minnesotan) is at Texas State (Marie Moser, Cedar Rapids Jefferson)

Dartmouth (Kristen Craft, Marshalltown, IA) at Vermont

American (Talicia Jackson, DeLaSalle) at Villanova.

Idaho State (Ally Sisal, Luxemburg-Casco, WI) at Boise State (Sierra Moeller, Pierre SD)

UW Green Bay (9 Wisconsiners, 2 Minnesotans, 1 Michigander) is at Drake (3 Iowans, 2 Minnesotans, 1 Wisconsiner)

Dayton (Brittany Holterman, Racine Prairie) is at Bowling Green.

Creighton (4 Iowans, 2 Minnesotans) is at South Dakota State (6 South Dakotans, 5 Minnesotans, 3 Wisconsiners).

Colorado (Hannah Skildum, Mounds View) gets a bye

Illinois (Jenna Smith, Bloomington Kennedy, Lori Bjork, Johnston, IA, Steph Chelleen, Des Moines Lincoln) gets a bye.

Indiana (Jamie Braun, Marshfield, WI; Haylie Linn, Madison Edgewood) gets a bye.

Wisconsin (7 Wisconsinites 3, Minnesotans, 1 Iowan on the roster) gets a bye.

Kansas (1 Iowan, 1 North Dakotan, 1 Michigander) gets a bye.

Marquette (3 Wisconsiners, 3 Michiganders, 1 Minnesotan) gets a bye.

Michigan (8 Michiganders) gets a bye.

Michigan State (5 Michiganders, 1 Minnesotan) gets a bye.

Kentucky (2 Michiganders) gets a bye.

Here is the entire WNIT bracket.

FINAL COUNT
Wisconsin 27, Michigan 20, Minnesota 20, Iowa 13, South Dakota 7, North Dakota 1

Grand Total involved in D1 post season.
Michigan 33, Minnesota 32, Wisconsin 32, Iowa 27, South Dakota 7, North Dakota 2

COACHING NEWS
Ron Stewart will not be back at Western Michigan. His contract wasn't renewed.

D2
NORTH CENTRAL REGION FINAL
South Dakota beat MSU Mankato 61-49 to move on to the Elite 8. Shannon Daly (Groton, SD) had 21 for USD. Alex Andrews (Triton), Tiffany Moe (Brookings, SD) and Heather Johnson (JWP) each had 11 for Mankato. The Mankato Free Press has an article on the contest too.
Here is the North Central All Tournament Team.

Next up: A message from coach Teas.