Q: Dee Liles, now that you've won a JUCO National Championship, been named Tournament MVP and you were voted JUCO Player-of-the-Year, what are you going to do next?

A: I'm going to Disneyworld Maryland!

Congratulations to Dee, to all her Lady 'Dores teammates and to Coach Roonie Scovel on their absolutely fabulous performance. Well done, ladies!


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Speaking of going to Maryland . . . The BasketCases will of course be heading to College Park this afternoon for the 2:30 PM NCAA Tourney first round matchup between the Terps and Coppin State. We have to say, though, that we were a bit surprised by Coppin State Coach Derek Brown's remarks in today's Washington Post about playing 30 miles from his campus:

"I think it's just spend as little money as you can and get the lower seeds out of the way, and let's go on from there."

Derek is sure a "glass half empty" guy, isn't he? Here the BasketCases thought, how nice for the Eagles team to be playing so close to home, providing their fans and families a real opportunity to see them play in person in the Big Dance. Does Derek really think many of those fans would have traveled across the country for this first round game??

While you're on the Post's web site, don't miss Kathy Orton's excellent profile of Marissa Coleman. Oklahoma Coach Sherri Coale says that Marissa is "a little like Magic Johnson." We couldn't agree more! Maryland teammate Kristi Toliver is the subject of Rick Maese's column in the Baltimore Sun today, while Milton Kent examines the Terps' mindset going into the tournament and Mike Fratto writes in the Washington Times that the Terps refuse to look ahead.

Happy Easter! Let the games begin!