2004 NCAA Tournament Preview

The 2004 Women's NCAA Tournament tips off this weekend, and STORM.WNBA.COM has gone to the experts to provide fans some analysis before they begin watching the games.

Storm guard Sue Bird, assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw and play-by-play announcer David Locke offer their picks for who will come out on top, while Kenlaw and fellow assistant Jenny Boucek list their top ten senior prospects to watch during the tournament.

Pick	BIRD	KENLAW	LOCKE
East Final	-	Penn State	Penn State
	Connecticut	Connecticut	Houston
Mideast Final	Duke	Duke	Duke
	-	Kansas State	Kansas State
Midwest Final	Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee
	-	Oklahoma	Stanford
West Final	Texas	Texas	Texas
	-	Purdue	Purdue
Final Four	Connecticut	Connecticut	Houston
	Duke	Duke	Duke
	Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee
	Texas	Texas	Purdue
Championship	Connecticut	Duke	Duke
	Texas	-	Purdue
Champion	Connecticut	Duke	Duke

Top Prospects

Boucek's list (in no particular order):
Diana Taurasi, UConn
Alana Beard, Duke
Nicole Powell, Stanford
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
Iciss Tillis, Duke
Chandi Jones, Houston
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas Sate
Shameka Christon, Arkansas
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota

Kenlaw's list (in no particular order):
Diana Taurasi, UConn
Alana Beard, Duke
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Shameka Christon, Arkansas
Chandi Jones, Houston
Nicole Powell, Stanford
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
Rebekkah Brunson, Georgetown

TV Coverage

ESPN and ESPN2 will be televising all of this year's Women's NCAA Tournament action. In Seattle, games will be shown on a "whiparound-style" basis, meaning that up to four games will continuously be rotated between.

Storm color commentator Elise Woodward is serving in that same role for ESPN's coverage of the East subregional in Blacksburg, VA. She will announce Virginia Tech against Iowa at 9:00 a.m. Pacific on Sunday (ESPN 2), followed by Penn State against Hampton at 11:30 a.m (ESPN). On Tuesday, Elise will call the matchup between the winners of the first two games at 4:00 p.m.

Complete ESPN TV listings