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#1 seed Nebraska vs #4 Kentucky
Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010
Time: 9:00 p.m.(CST)
Site: Kansas City, Missouri
Arena: Sprint Center
Television: ESPN2 (Pam Ward-Play-by-Play; Debbie Antonelli-Color Analyst, Heather Cox-Sidelines)
Nebraska Radio:
Husker Sports Network (Matt Coatney-Play-by-Play; Jeff Griesch-Color Analyst; Don West-Host/Perspective; Jeff Culhane-Halftime and Locker Room Interviews) -98.1 KFGE-Lincoln (Froggy 98.1), 93.3 KTWI-Omaha (Twister 93.3), 1110 KFAB-Omaha, 880 KRVN-Lexington, KNEB 960/94.!-Scottsbluff/Gering, KHAS 1230/KLIQ 94.5-Grand Island/Kearney/Hastings, KWBE 1450/KUTT 99.5-Beatrice/Fairbury, KZLA 101.3 FM/KTNC 1230 AM-Falls City and available to our entire 25-station radio network.
Internet: Live Radio on Huskers.com
Vote for Kelsey Griffin for the Naismith Trophy: Text "VOTE" to 345345. Vote for a Men's Naismith Trophy finalist, then follow the cues to vote for the Women's Naismith Trophy finalists. Choose the letter "D" to vote for Kelsey. Fan balloting accounts for 25 percent of the final award determination.
It was a historic night in Minneapolis Tuesday. Behind junior guard Dominique Kelley's career-high 22 point effort and freshman point guard Lindsey Moore's career-high 11 assists, the #1-seeded Nebraska Women's Basketball team defeated #8 UCLA 83-70 to advance to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 for the first time in team history. National Player of the Year candidate Kelsey Griffin posted her 39th career double-double and 19th of the season with 18 points and 14 rebounds. She became just the second player in team history to amass 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Griffin was named one of 12 finalists for the Wade Trophy earlier in the week.
Even as the Kansas City region's number one seed, Nebraska was the only team in the region to play outside their home state in both of the first two rounds and was the only team in region to have to beat a ranked team to reach the Sweet 16. Next up for the Huskers is a Regional Semi-Final meeting with the Kentucky Wildcats Sunday night.
As big of a surprise Nebraska has been this season, Kentucky might be able to stake a valid claim to pulling a bigger shocker to make it to round three of the Big Dance. The Wildcats were predicted to finish ELEVENTH in the pre-season Southeastern Conference poll and defied all odds by finishing second in the league and running to a 27-7 overall record. Kentucky's win over Liberty last week was their first win in 17 years in the Big Dance. It's pretty impressive for a team that finished last season with a 16-16 record. (By comparison, Nebraska finished 15-16 last year.) #4 seeded-Kentucky defeated #13 Liberty 83-77 last Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. The Wildcats advanced to Kansas City by besting #5 Michigan State 70-52 Monday evening.
6-1 junior forward Victoria Dunlap is the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. She overcame an upset stomach and an ailing right ankle to finish with 21 points and eight rebounds in the win over the Spartans. Dunlap leads UK in scoring (17.7 ppg) rebounding (8.3 rpg) blocks and steals. 5-9 guard A'dia Mathies (ODD-ee-uh MATH-is) was named SEC Freshman of the Year. She set a school record for points in an NCAA game with 32 against Liberty in the first round. Mathies led all SEC freshmen in steals and is second on the team in scoring (13.6 ppg). 5-6 junior point guard Amber Smith's primary job on defense in UK's system is to shadow, bother and tire the opponent. She leads the team in assists and adds 9.3 ppg. 5-11 senior Amani Franklin adds 7.4 ppg and like Smith and Mathies has started all but one game this season. 5-7 sophomore Keyla Snowden rounds out Kentucky's probable starting lineup. She leads the team in three-pointers (47) and adds 6.6 ppg.
Kentucky plays a high-pressure, trapping, up-tempo game defensively designed to disrupt their opponents. The Wildcats have 10 players who average over 10 minutes per game.
3rd year UK head coach Matthew Mitchell guided has guided the Wildcats to a perfect home record this season (17-0) and school records for the number of league wins (11) and overall wins (27).
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Kentucky 2-1, but UK holds a 1-0 lead in NCAA Tournament games. The Wildcats defeated the Huskers 98-92 in the first round of the NCAA West Regional in Los Angeles in 1999. Kentucky is 4-7 all-time vs. teams from the Big 12 Conference.
I cordially invite you to join Jeff Griesch, Don West, Jeff Culhane and me for Nebraska Women's Basketball on the Husker Sports Network. Our radio broadcast Sunday night begins with the Husker Courtside pre-game show at 8:30 p.m. (central) with the tip-off scheduled for 9:00 p.m. on KFGE 98.1 FM (Froggy 98) in Lincoln, KTWI 93.3 FM (Twister 93.3) in Omaha, KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha, KRVN 880 AM in Lexington, KNEB 960 AM/94.1 FM in Scottsbluff/Gering, KHAS 1230 AM/KLIQ 94.5 FM in Grand Island/Kearney/Hastings, 1450 KWBE/99.5 KUTT Beatrice/Fairbury, KZLA (Sunny 101.3) FM and KTNC 1230 AM in Falls City, and available to our entire 25-station radio network. All Husker Women's Basketball broadcasts are also available for free worldwide on the internet at www.huskers.com. I hope you can join us.
Go Big Red!
Matt