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No. 8 Seed Utah (27-4, 16-0 Mountain West) at No. 9 Seed Purdue (18-14, 11-7 Big Ten)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
7 p.m. Eastern
Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, Ind.
Television
ESPN2
Dave O'Brien: play-by-play
Krista Blunk: analysis
Kim Anthony: reporter
Radio
WBPE (95.3 FM)
Tim Newton: play-by-play
Jane Schott: analysis
On The Web
Gametracker at purduesports.com
live subscription radio broadcast at sports.yahoo.com
Rankings
Utah is ranked 18th in the AP Poll and 17th in the USA Today/ESPN poll.
Purdue is unranked
The Series
First meeting
The Coaches
Purdue - Sharon Versyp (Purdue '89)
School Record: 49-20, 2nd year
Overall Record: 166-85, 8th year
Utah - Elaine Elliott (Boise State `77)
School Record: 536-211, 25th year
Overall Record: same
A Boilermaker win would ...
- make their record 19-14 in 2007-08
- improve their all-time record to 636-339
- improve them to 39-17 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, including 18-5 in NCAA Tournament games in Mackey Arena
- advance them to the NCAA second-round for the 12th consecutive year
- make them 1-0 against Utah
- bring Sharon Versyp's all-time record to 167-85
No. 9 Seed Purdue vs. No. 8 Seed Utah
- This is the first meeting between Purdue and Utah in women's basketball.
- Purdue is 7-2 against teams that are current members of the Mountain West Conference, including a 2-0 NCAA Tournament record, with wins against Colorado State and New Mexico.
- Utah head coach Elaine Elliott was recently named the 2008 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division I Regional Coach of the Year for Region 7.
No. 1 Seed Tennessee
- Purdue is 1-6 all-time against Tennessee, with the Lady Vols winning the last matchup 75-54 on March 22, 2005, in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn. The Boilermakers one win occurred when fifth-ranked Purdue knocked off top-ranked Tennessee 78-68 on Nov. 15, 1998, in Mackey Arena, ending the Lady Vols' 46-game win streak.
- Purdue is 0-1 against the Lady Vols in the NCAA Tournament.
- Purdue is 4-4 all-time against Southeastern Conference teams in the NCAA Tournament, with wins against Arkansas, Georgia, LSU and Vanderbilt and losses to Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
No. 16 Seed Oral Roberts
- Purdue is 2-0 against Oral Roberts and both matchups have come in the NCAA Tournament. Last season the No. 2 seed Boilermakers defeated No. 15 seed ORU 63-42 in the first-round in Minneapolis. Purdue won the first meeting 68-48 on March 13,1999, in the first-round in West Lafayette, Ind. Purdue went on to win the national championship that year.
- Purdue is 11-0 against teams that are current members of the Summit League, including a 2-0 NCAA Tournament record with two wins against Oral Roberts.
What's Next?
If the Boilermakers win their first-round NCAA Tournament game, Purdue will play the winner of the Tennessee-Oral Roberts game on Tuesday, March 25, in West Lafayette, Ind., at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET. The winner of the second-round games will advance to the Regional semifinal in Oklahoma City on March 30.
Purdue In The NCAA Tournament
Purdue is making its 19th overall and 15th straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The last time the Boilermakers missed the Big Dance was in 1993. The Boilermakers own a 38-17 all-time NCAA record (.691). Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1994, Purdue has advanced to the second round of the tournament 13 of 14 times, and has advanced to the Sweet 16 11 times. The Boilermakers played in the 1994, 1999 and 2001 NCAA Women's Final Fours; they won the title in 1999 and finished as runners-up in 2001.
Keeping The Streak Alive
Winning the Big Ten Tournament guaranteed Purdue its 15th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the fifth longest streak among the nation's women's basketball programs. Only Tennessee (26 straight), Stanford (20), Connecticut (19) and Old Dominion (16) have more.
NCAA Tournament In Mackey Arena
Mackey Arena has played host to NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games on 12 occasions prior to 2008. The first time was in 1989 and the most recent was 2006. Additionally, the NCAA Mideast Regional was played in Mackey Arena in 1992 and 1997. Purdue's record in NCAA games played in Mackey Arena is 17-5, a .773 winning percentage. The Boilermakers' overall record in Mackey is 318-98, a .762 winning percentage. This season Purdue was 11-3 at home.
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