Tournament Notes In the NCAA Tournament WVU All-Time Against 2004 NCAA Tournament Field West Virginia is 2-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament Team Record Last Played having last qualified in 1992. Arizona ......................................... 0-1 ............................. 1983 WVUs first-ever berth came in 1989 where WVU went 1- Auburn .............................. have not played 1, defeating Western Kentucky, 66-57, and falling to national Austin Peay ....................... have not played Baylor ........................................... 1-0 ............................. 1985 power Virginia 81-68. Boston Coll .................................. 0-13 ............................ 2004 In 1992, WVU defeated Clemson 73-72 at the WVU Chattanooga ................................ 0-1 ............................. 1984 Coliseum in front of 8,268 fans, then an East Region atten- Colgate ............................. have not played dance record. WVU then fell at Virginia in the Sweet 16 103- Colorado ........................... have not played Connecticut ................................ 1-14 ............................ 2004 83. DePaul ......................................... 0-1 ............................. 1981 Duke ............................................ 0-2 ............................. 1996 Year Opponent Score Site Eastern Michigan .............. have not played 1989 Western Kentucky 66-57 Bowling Green, Ky. Florida .......................................... 1-4 ............................. 2001 Geo Washington ........................13-13 ........................... 1995 Virginia 68-81 Charlottesville, Va. Georgia ............................. have not played 1992 Clemson 73-72 Morgantown, W.Va. Hampton ...................................... 1-0 ............................. 1980 Virginia 83-103 Charlottesville, Va. Houston ............................. have not played Iowa ............................................. 0-2 ............................. 1993 Kansas St .......................... have not played Welcome Back! Liberty.......................................... 1-2 ............................. 2001 West Virginias return to the NCAA Division I Womens Lipscomb .......................... have not played Louisiana Tech ............................. 0-1 ............................. 1991 Basketball Championship marks the end of a 12 year Loyola Marymount ............ have not played drought for the Mountaineers. WVU was last in the NCAA LSU .............................................. 0-1 ............................. 1985 Tournament in 1992. Houston, like West Virginia, also Maine ................................ have not played snapped a 12 year run without qualifying for the NCAA Marist ................................ have not played Marquette ......................... have not played Tournament Maryland...................................... 0-2 ............................. 1982 However, that streak by the Mountaineers and Cougars Miami (Fla.) ................................. 3-12 ............................ 2004 is not the longest drought snapped in this years Tourna- Michigan St ....................... have not played ment. Middle Tenn St............................. 1-1 ............................. 1996 Minnesota.......................... have not played Northwestern State returns to the NCAA Tournament for Mississippi .................................... 0-2 ............................. 1986 the first time since 1989. Missouri ........................................ 1-0 ............................. 1996 Montana ....................................... 1-0 ............................. 1985 New Mexico ................................. 1-0 ............................. 1982 BIG Time BIG EAST North Carolina ............................. 0-1 ............................. 1980 West Virginia is one of eight BIG EAST schools to North Carolina St .............. have not played qualify for the 2004 NCAA Division I Womens Basketball Northwestern St ................ have not played Notre Dame ................................ 1-11 ............................ 2004 Championship, the most the conference has ever sent to the Ohio St ......................................... 0-8 ............................. 1998 championship. Oklahoma .................................... 1-0 ............................. 1989 It is also the most selections by any one conference in Old Dominion ............................... 0-3 ............................. 1988 this years championship field. Penn .................................. have not played Penn State .................................. 6-24 ............................ 1991 WVU joins Connecticut, Notre Dame, Miami (Fla.), Purdue ......................................... 0-1 ............................. 1991 Villanova, Boston College, Rutgers and Virginia Tech in this Rutgers ....................................... 8-34 ............................ 2004 years field. Southern ........................... have not played The BIG EAST is the only conference to have more than Stanford ....................................... 1-0 ............................. 1987 St. Francis (Pa..) .......................... 0-1 ............................. 1978 one team win the national championship in four consecutive SW Missouri St ............................. 0-1 ............................. 2004 years. In 2001, Notre Dame followed UConns 2000 title and TCU .............................................. 1-0 ............................. 1990 the Huskies followed suit in 2002 and 2003. Temple ....................................... 24-11 ........................... 1995 Additionally, the BIG EAST has 19 mens and womens Tennessee .................................... 0-4 ............................. 1986 Texas ................................. have not played teams participating in postseason play this year, more than Texas Tech ........................ have not played any league in America. In addition to the nine womens UCLA ........................................... 0-2 ............................. 1998 teams, the men have placed six teams in the NCAA Champi- UC Santa Barbara ............ have not played onship and four in the NIT. It marks the second straight year Valparaiso ......................... have not played Vanderbilt .................................... 0-1 ............................. 1988 the BIG EAST has led the nation in combined mens and Villanova ...................................... 5-12 ............................ 2004 womens postseason bids, having earned 19 last year as Virginia Tech ............................... 5-10 ............................ 2004 well. Wisc-Green Bay ................ have not played 4 The Last Time In the NCAA Tournament -- 1992 Box Scores No. 2 Virginia 103 No. 14 West Virginia 83 No. 14 West Virginia 73 No. 20 Clemson 72 March 26, 1992 University Hall March 22, 1992 WVU Coliseum Charlottesville, Va. Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia (26-4) 83 Clemson (21-10) 72 Name FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R TP A T O BLK S Name FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R TP A T O BLK S Christy Cooper* 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 0 1 Rhonda Jackson* 3-6 0-0 0-0 8 6 1 3 0 1 Lori Wilson* 2-6 0-0 0-0 7 4 2 0 0 1 Courtney Johnson* 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 0 0 0 Donna Abbott.* 8-13 0-0 5-9 11 21 2 5 0 4 Shandy Bryan* 6-9 0-0 1-2 9 13 2 2 0 2 Rosemary Kosiorek* 8-19 0-0 11-14 4 27 6 3 0 1 Kerry Boyatt-Hall* 3-10 1-7 0-0 2 7 0 1 0 1 Jocelyn Branham* 5-11 2-4 0-0 5 12 0 0 0 0 Cheron Wells* 9-26 1-3 4-4 8 23 6 2 0 2 Anna Tillman 0-3 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dana Puckett 4-9 0-1 2-2 4 10 1 4 0 5 Ann Murray 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 2 0 0 Kim Stephens 1-4 0-0 3-4 2 5 0 1 1 0 Jodie Runner 4-9 1-3 0-0 2 9 1 0 0 1 Shanna Howard 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 2 0 0 Lori Quertinmont 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 1 0 0 Ade Kwange 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Tricia Fore 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0 Rema Miller 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Debbie Blazek 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 1 Team 7 Team 3 Totals 29-75 2-4 12-14 47 72 11 16 2 8 Totals 31-71 4-9 17-27 39 83 13 16 0 9 Virginia (31-1) 103 West Virginia (26-3) 73 Name FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R TP A T O BLK S Name FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R TP A T O BLK S Dawn Staley* 3-6 0-1 6-8 6 12 6 3 2 3 Donna Abbott.* 4-12 0-0 6-11 9 14 1 2 0 5 Heidi Burge* 10-12 0-0 2-4 2 22 3 2 1 1 Anna Tillman* 1-7 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 2 0 0 Heather Burge* 12-18 0-0 8-15 15 32 2 4 3 2 Lori Wilson* 1-6 0-0 2-2 5 4 1 1 1 1 Dena Evans* 3-7 0-1 2-2 5 8 8 2 0 0 Jocelyn Branham* 3-5 2-3 0-0 0 8 1 2 0 1 Tammi Reiss* 5-9 1-3 11-12 3 22 3 1 0 0 Rosemary Kosiorek* 8-15 1-6 5-7 3 22 7 2 0 3 Melanee Wagener 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 2 1 0 0 Jodie Runner 4-5 0-0 4-4 2 12 0 3 0 1 Charleata Beale 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Christy Cooper 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 Audra Smith 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 1 1 0 0 Lori Quetinmont 1-4 1-2 4-4 2 7 0 1 0 1 Team 2 Ann Murray 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 36-54 1-5 30-43 36 103 25 15 6 6 Chris McGuire 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 10 PERCENTAGES - FG WVU-43.7%; UVA-63.7% 3FG - WVU-44.4% UVA- Totals 24-57 4-11 21-30 40 73 10 15 1 12 20.0% FT - WVU-63.0%; UVA-69.8% BLOCKS - WVU-0; UVA-6 TURN- OVERS - WVU-16;UVA--15 STEALS- WVU-9;UVA-6 HALF -- WVU 52; PERCENTAGES - FG WVU-42.1%; CU-38.7% 3FG - WVU-36.4% CU- UVA- 49 14.3% FT - WVU-70.0%; CU-85.7% BLOCKS - WVU-2; CU-1 TURN- OVERS - WVU-16; CU--15 STEALS- WVU-8; CU-12 HALF -- WVU-32; Recap CU- 39 In its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance WVU lost by 20 points to No. 2 Virginia, 103-83, in Charlottesville, Va. Recap Mountaineer guard Rosemary Kosiorek scored a team- No. 14 West Virginia advanced to the Sweet 16 for the best 27 points for the Mountaineers while dishing out six first time in school history by erasing an 18-point first-half assists. deficit and got a game-winning jumper from Jodie Runner Virginia got 54 combined points from 6-5 twins Heather with 11 seconds left to defeat No. 20 Clemson, 73-72. and Heidi Burge. All-American guard Dawn Staley contrib- A crowd of 8,268 gathered at the WVU Coliseum uted 12 points, six rebounds and six assists. marking, then, the largest crowd to ever witness a first or WVU never led in the contest while the Cavaliers second round NCAA womens tournament competition.