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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, March 9, 1998
1998 National Collegiate Division I Women's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Jayhawks land a No.5 seed in West regional
The Associated Press
The Kansas women's basketball team missed playing host to the first-and second-round games by one seed.
The Jayhawks landed a No. 5 seed in the West region. The top four seeds in the women's tournament are hosts for the preliminary rounds.
Kansas will play No. 12-seed Tulane on Friday in Iowa City, Iowa.
Tennessee, Old Dominion, Stanford and Texas Tech received the No.1 seeds yesterday in the NCAA Tournament bracket, which held surprises for Connecticut and several other schools.
Connecticut got only a No.2 seed in the East Regional after the Huskies had been expected to be a No.1 despite the loss of star Nykesa Sales to a ruptured Achilles' tendon late in the season.
UConn won the four games it played without Sales, including the Big East tournament championship game. But the selection committee apparently took the injury into consideration in seeding the third-ranked Huskies (31-2), who have lost only to Tennessee and Rutgers but didn't have the schedule strength of the top seeds.
North Carolina, Alabama and Duke joined Connecticut as the No.2 seeds
Tennessee (33-0), a dominating team all season long with All-American Chamique Holdscraw and a talented freshman class, was the top seed in the Mideast Regional.
That means the Lady Vols would not have to leave the state to earn a berth in the Final Four in Kansas City. Their first two NCAA games would be at home, and the regional semifinals and finals will be played in Nashville.
Coach Pat Summitt's team is trying to become the first to win to win three consecutive NCAA titles. Summit has guided the Lady Vols to five national championships in all.
In an interesting first-round pairing, Tennessee will meet the only other team that went unbeaten this season. 16th-seeded Liberty of the Big South.
Texas Tech in the Midwest has an even better route than Tennessee because the 1993 national champions, wouldn't have to leave home to earn a Final Four berth. The Raiders' first two games would be at home, and the Midwest Regional is on their court in Lubbock.
Kansas forward Lynn Pride looks on as center Nikki White and guard Suzi Raymant look at the NCAA Tournament seeds. The Jayhawks were watching the selection show at Hadi Auditorium. Photo by Sean Haley/KANSAN
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