2008 BIG EAST Championship Media Guide
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2008 BIG EAST Championship Media Guide Ashley Barlow Sophomore guard Lindsay Schrader Junior guard Charel Allen Senior guard Tulyah Gaines Senior guard Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Roster Muffet McGraw Jonathan Tsipis Head Coach Assistant Coach 21st Season 5th Season I Saint Joseph’s ’77 North Carolina ’96 R Angie (Potthoff) Barber Niele Ivey Stephanie Menio Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Coordinator I of Basketball Operations 3rd Season 1st Season 3rd Season Penn State ’97 Notre Dame ’00 Pittsburgh ’04 S H #1 Tulyah Gaines #2 Charel Allen #11 Amanda Tsipis Guard Guard Guard 5-7, Senior 5-11, Senior 5-9, Senior No. Las Vegas, Nev. Monessen, Pa. Perry, Ohio (Cheyenne) (Monessen) (Perry) Notes: Notes: Notes: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ #14 Devereaux Peters #20 Ashley Barlow #22 Brittany Mallory Forward Guard Guard 6-2, Freshman 5-9, Sophomore 5-10, Freshman Chicago, Ill. Indianapolis, Ind. Baltimore, Md. (Fenwick) (Pike) (McDonogh School) Notes: Notes: Notes: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ #23 Melissa Lechlitner #24 Lindsay Schrader #32 Becca Bruszewski Guard Guard Forward 5-7, Sophomore 6-0, Junior 6-1, Freshman Mishawaka, Ind. Bartlett, Ill. Valparaiso, Ind. (South Bend (Bartlett) (Wheeler) St. Joseph’s) Notes: Notes: Notes: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pronunciation Guide #33 Melissa D’Amico #52 Erica Williamson Charel Allen ..................................shuh-RELL Center Center 6-5, Senior Becca Bruszewski ..............broo-SHEF-skee 6-4, Sophomore Melissa D’Amico ........................duh-ME-koh Manorville, N.Y. Charlotte, N.C. (William Floyd) (So. Mecklenburg) Tulyah Gaines................................tuh-LIE-uh Niele Ivey..........................................knee-ELL Notes: Notes: Melissa Lechlitner ................LECK-light-ner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Stephanie Menio ............................MANY-oh Devereaux Peters..........................DEV-er-oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Amanda/Jonathan Tsipis....................SIP-iss _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ McDonogh School ..............muck-DONE-uh Mishawaka ......................MISH-uh-WALK-uh Monessen......................................moe-NES-n UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME® 2008 BIG EAST WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Presented by Aéropostale First Round Quarterfi nals Semifi nals Championship Saturday, March 8 Sunday, March 9 Monday, March 10 Tuesday, March 11 No. 5 Pittsburgh Noon BETV and www.bigeast.tv Noon ESPNU No. 12 Villanova No. 4 Notre Dame No. 8 Marquette 6:00 p.m. ESPNU 2:00 p.m. BETV and www.bigeast.tv 2:00 p.m. No. 9 DePaul ESPNU No. 1 Connecticut 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 No. 7 Louisville 6:00 p.m. BETV and www.bigeast.tv 6:00 p.m. ESPNU No. 10 St. John's No. 2 Rutgers 8:00 p.m. No. 6 Syracuse ESPNU 8:00 p.m. BETV and www.bigeast.tv 8:00 p.m. ESPNU No. 11 USF BETV - BIG EAST Regional Sports Networks First round games are also available at www.bigeast.tv No. 3 West Virginia NOTRE DAME Women’s Basketball 2007-08 2001 NCAA Champions • 1997 NCAA Final Four 6 NCAA Sweet 16 Berths • 14 NCAA Tourney Appearances 2008 BIG EAST Championship — Quarterfinal 2007-08 Schedule 23-7 / 11-5 BIG EAST #9/15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (23-7 / 11-5 BIG EAST) vs. N1 Southern Indiana (exhib.) W, 90-38 Pittsburgh Panthers (20-9 / 10-6 BIG EAST) or Villanova Wildcats (15-14 / 5-11 BIG EAST) N5 Hillsdale (exhibition) W, 96-64 1 uDATE: March 9, 2008 uRADIO: ESPN Radio 1490 AM N9 (24/rv) Miami (Ohio) W, 98-50 1 uTIME: Noon ET Sean Stires, p-b-p N13 (23/25) Western Kentucky W, 78-59 1 uAT: Hartford, Conn. uTV: ESPNU (live) N16 (23/25) @ Maryland (3/3) L, 59-75 XL Center (16,294) John Rooke, p-b-p N20 (23/24) @ Central Michigan W, 94-41 uSERIES: ND leads PITT, 17-1 Leslie Hill, color N24 (23/24) Boston College W, 88-58 ND leads VU, 15-8 Bob Picozzi, sideline N27 (22/23) Canisius W, 93-47 uBE CHAMP: ND leads PITT, 1-0 uLIVE STATS: www.bigeast.org D2 (22/23) Michigan W, 77-46 ND leads VU, 2-1 uTICKETS: (860) 525-4500 D5 (16/20) @ Bowling Green W, 86-84OT D8 (16/20) @ PurdueBTN W, 61-48 Storylines Web Sites D12 (17/17) Valparaiso W, 94-56 u Notre Dame has reached the BIG EAST u Notre Dame: http://www.UND.com D21 (17/17) @ IUPUI W, 67-44 Championship title game four times in its u Pittsburgh: http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com D29 (16/16) Saint Francis (Pa.) W, 82-39 first 12 years at the tournament, but hasn’t u Villanova: http://www.villanova.com J2 (14/14) @ Richmond W, 84-59 CBS made the final since 2001. u BIG EAST: http://www.bigeast.org J5 (14/14) Tennessee (3/3) L, 63-87 u The Irish will enjoy a first-round bye at the J8 (14/14) • @ LouisvilleCSTV W, 82-74 BIG EAST Championship for the first time Setting The Standard J13 (14/14) • @ West Virginia (16/16)ESPNU L, 50-56 since 2005 (when they made their most re- Under the guidance of 21st-year head coach J16 (17/15) • Villanova W, 69-58 cent trip to the semifinals).