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Women's Selection Show To Remain on a Monday
At Hoff Theater in College Park, Maryland freshmen Jenna Scultz and Mitch Levine celebrate Tuesday night's NCAA championship victory over Duke.
(By Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post)
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006
BOSTON, April 4 -- Look for the NCAA to continue announcing the women's tournament bracket on Monday -- at least for a while.
The announcement of the 64-team field was moved from Sunday to Monday this year to give the women's tournament its own stage instead of sharing it with the men's announcement. NCAA officials said that while the change was a "calculated risk," they were pleased with the results and with ESPN's telecast. Even so, the Division I women's basketball committee will discuss the matter this summer, said Joni Comstock, the group's outgoing chair and the athletic director at American.
"I think it will be at that point where the committee will decide if . . . it has been a good decision and we're going to keep it or if we do feel like it needs our careful eye," Comstock said. "Then I think we'll probably put a timeline on it and decide what we want to do from there."
Comstock said the ratings for the Monday selection show were down slightly from last year, but she characterized that as a "blip" and added, "We'll see it jump back up."
Reminder of Past Glory
Maryland Coach Brenda Frese has been reminding people all weekend that the Terrapins are not really the newcomer they are portrayed to be. Maryland's rich history in women's basketball includes a national championship appearance in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women tournament (AIAW) in 1978 and two NCAA Final Four appearances, in 1982 and '89.
"Let's not forget the tradition that Maryland has had in the past," she said. "People forget since it was the '80s that Maryland still owns the most ACC titles and has done some pretty special things."
Special correspondent Kathy Orton contributed to this report from Boston.
