Purdue Done in NCAAs

#3 posting 3.26.2008
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Tennessee beat Purdue 78-52. Keisha Mosley (Detroit Community) had 14 for Purdue.

Maryland beat Nebraska 76-64. Cory Montgomery (Cannon Falls) had 8 for Nebraska.

Louisville beat Kansas State 80-63. Keshia Hines (Auburn Hills Avondale) had 5 for Louisville.

The Hawkeye seniors are passing the torch. From the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

HIGH FIVE
MICHIGAN--28
Keisha Mosley, Purdue (Detroit Community) 14 vs Tennessee 52-78
Lakisha Freeman, Purdue (Saginaw Arthur Hill) 9 vs Tennessee 52-78
Keshia Hines, Louisville (Auburn Hills Avondale) 5 vs Kansas STate 80-63

MINNESOTA--8
Cory Montgomery, Nebraska (Cannon Falls) 8 vs Maryland 64-76

COACHING NEWS
Santa Clara is not renewing the contract of women's basketball coach Michelle Bento-Jackson. Santa Clara was 20-11 this year.

Lee Piepho will not be returning to Detroit next year. The Livingston Press & Argus examines the tumultous year where he went from assistant to interim coach to out.
Autumn Rademacher, a Detroit alumn, will be the new women's basketball coach. From the Detroit News.

D2
COACHING NEWS
Chad Lavin of South Dakota has been named coach of the year for NCAA D2. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

AWARDS
Hillsdale's Katie Cezat (Plymouth Canton, MI) was named first team All American by the WBCA.

D3
AWARDS
Haley Houghton of UW Stevens Point was named to the D3 honorable mention All-American squad. From the Wausau Daily Herald.

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