Regional! Second Round
Firat Round
1 U. Tech (26-2)
16 C. Florida (21-7)
8 Penn State (21-7)
9 Virginia (20-8)
5 Notre Dame (25-4)
12 St Mary's (26-5)
4 LSU (23-7)
13 Evansville (19-10)
6 Kentucky (20-10)
11 Nebraska(21-11)
3 UCLA (23-7)
14 Wis.-GB (19-91
10 UCSB (26-3)
2 Colo. St. (31-2)
15 CS-North (21-7)
1 Purdue (28-1)
9 Kansa?,(22-9i
§ Alabama (19-10)
12 Bramblina (25-4)
6 Arizona (17-101
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3 Rutgers (26-5)
Second Round Regional! Semifinals
1999 NCAA Women's Tournament
Final Four
Los Angeles,
California
March 20 & 22
Z. SW Miss. St. (24-6)
1LMIR06. (17-12)
8 Marquette (21-7)
l.N, Carolina (26-1Q)
13. N.eastern (25-7)
14._B8.dto.QUth (19-8)
7 Mi§?. gtate (17-10)
10 N.C. State (16-11)
2...Iexas Tech (28-3)_
15 S F, Austin (17-11)
San Jose,
California
March 28
Cincinnati,
Ohio
March 20 & 22
San Jose,
California
March 26
Greensboro,
North Carolina
March 20 &22
14 liberty (21-7)
7 Illinois (18-111
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_2 Clernson.(24-5L.
15 Fla. A&M (18-11)
1 Tennessee(28-2)
16 Add. State (14-141
8 Boston College (21-7)
9 Ohio State (17-11)
5 Auburn (19-8)
12 Texas (16-111
4 Va. Tech (26-21
13 St. Peter's (25-51
6 Tulane (24-5)
11 St. Joe's (22-7)
3 Duke(24-6)
14 Holy Cross (21-7)
7 Stanford (18-11)
10 Maine (23-61
2 Old Dominion (26-3)
15Tenn. Tech (21-81
Women
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Colorado State were the only other
schools featured.
In its trip to Ames last year, Ore
gon lost 79-76 in dramatic fashion
to fifth-seeded Rutgers in the
opening round.
Despite the Ducks’ No. 15 rank
ing and the Cyclones’No. 21 rank
ing, Iowa State received a fourth
seed and was chosen to host the
first two rounds.
“Obviously it’s kind of a disap
pointment to not play at home,”
said head coach Jody Runge, who
was named the Pac-lO’s coach of
the year for leading the Ducks to
their sixth straight NCAA Tourna
ment. "We would have really liked
to share this with our fans, but we
have to make the most of it.”
Oregon received a No. 12 seed
last season and a No. 6 seed in
1997. As co-Pac-10 champions
with third-seeded UCLA, which is
hosting first and second-round
games in the West region, Runge
said she thought Oregon would be
at least a fourth seed.
“The bottom line is you have to
win,” Runge said. "I think had we
beat Stanford last weekend, it
might have made a difference.
We’ve been trying to get respect all
year, and now we’re going to go to
Iowa and get some.”
In 1998, Oregon was depleted
with injuries and played Rutgers
without leading scorer Brianne
Meharry or center Jenny Mowe.
This season, the Ducks head to the
tournament sans injuries and look
to reach the third round, something
they have not done in their five pre
vious tournament appearances.
And they have a first-team All
Pac-10 point guard to guide them.
Shaquala Williams was just the
fourth freshman in conference his
tory named to the All-Pac-10 first
team and was also selected as the
conference’s freshman of the year.
Meharry, Mowe and senior
Natasha O’Brien received All-Pac
10 honorable mention votes.
“I’m just excited to be healthy
and able to play in the tourna
ment,” Meharry said. “Right now
it looks pretty good. The first cou
ple of teams we can compete with
and maybe get to the Sweet 16.1
would love to play someone like
Connecticut to get some respect.”
First, Oregon must get past
Cincinnati.
The Bearcats finished the sea
son atop Conference USA but lost
to Tulane in the conference tour
nament last week. This will be the
Bearcats’ first NCAA Tournament
appearance in 10 years.
“I don’t know anything about
Cincinnati,” Williams said. “But
you can’t worry about them. We
have to just do what we do best
and take care of our business. ”
If Oregon does take care of busi
ness, it will face the winner of the
Iowa State-Santa Clara game on
Sunday. The winner of the sec
ond-round game will most likely
face first-seed Connecticut in the
third round in Cincinnati.
If Oregon wins one game in the
tournament, its 25 overall wins
would tie for the most wins by a
women’s team in school history.
Oregon finished with a 9-0 confer
ence record at Mac Court and its 15
3 conference record is the Ducks’
best finish in Runge’s six years.
It has been a banner year for Ore
gon. This season the Ducks defeat
ed Stanford for the first time in 22
games, climbed to No. 15 in the
rankings and led the conference in
points allowed forthe entire season.
In early February, Oregon de
feated UCLA 106-79, which was
the most points scored by any con
ference team this season.
Oregon swept Washington
State, Arizona State, Oregon State,
Southern California, California
and Washington and improved its
record over Northwest schools to
24-0 in the last six years.
While the Ducks were happy to
be back in the postseason, the feel
ing of disappointment was clear.
“There aren’t too many teams
that draw fans like we do,”
Williams said. “I wanted to be in the
room and say, ‘What hurt us?’ It
would have been nice to play at
home because you are not going to
beat us unless we rol 1 over and die.”
But other Ducks are ready for a
change of scenery.
“I’m sure it’s going to help us be
cause we’ve played there,” Oregon
forward Angelina Wolvert said.
“But it’s kind of frustrating. If we’re
going to travel we might as well go
somewhere we haven’t been. ”
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