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2010 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Recap: UNI Wins Their First-Ever Ticket to Big Dance
By Sharon Crowson
Correspondent
The Creighton women’s basketball team can be forgiven if they decide to sit out the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in the future. In the last four seasons, the Bluejays have advanced to the final game three times. They have lost all three championship games, but it how they lost them that has broken their hearts. They have lost the three games by a combined total of four points, and one of those games went to overtime.
Their latest disappointment came at the hands of a surprising University of Northern Iowa team (17-15) who ignored their number-five seed to take the Missouri Valley Tournament title game by a single point, 54-53, and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.
2010 Horizon League Tournament Wrap: Cleveland State Upsets the Phoenix to Head to NCAA Tourney
By Sharon Crowson
Correspondent
The news coming out of most conference tournaments involves who wins. In the Horizon League women’s basketball, the news is who didn’t win. Green Bay’s domination of the league has been so long-standing that it is a surprise when they aren’t the team holding the championship trophy at tournament’s end.
The Phoenix has won 12 straight regular-season championships, the longest streak in the nation. They have also won nine of the last 11 Horizon League tournament championships. But, when all was said and done this weekend, it was Cleveland State that was left standing. For the second time in three years the Vikings were the upset winners of the championship and received the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
March Madness 2010: Scoping Out the NCAA Tournament Selections
By Christopher Thompson
Correspondent
The field is now set, as the final selections, seedings and brackets for the 2010 NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament were announced Monday night. Sixty-four teams remain to battle for the Championship over the next three weeks. Many story lines have developed since the brackets were revealed. Here, we’ll address just a few of them: Which teams were included and excluded and why? What are the toughest regions? What are the best first and second-round games? Who are the most likely teams to make it to San Antonio.
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