Seidensticker’s turn for homecoming

Today is a perfect day for a quick lesson in the newspaper biz.

Read on and I’ll eventually get you to the women’s basketball update, including Gonzaga prominent in NCAA bracketology discussions.

You can’t look at today’s paper … and be surprised the women’s basketball notebook that appeared had a little bit of information chopped off.

What generally happens is the complete notebook gets on-line not long after I finish writing it, which gets linked from the blog and at least there is the opportunity to get it all. But sometimes, when that many stories are pouring in, some stories don’t get put on-line before they are cut to fit into the paper. That’s the story that then automatically goes on-line at midnight.

That’s what readers got this morning and I didn’t have any idea how to get the original. Fortunately my boss is much smarter, which is why he’s the boss, and now I can give you the link to the complete women’s basketball notebook and the story on yet one more member from the Class of ‘07 headed home for a final time, Lyndi Seidensticker Montana State out of Lewis and Clark (above in MSU picture).

As for the stuff on ESPN.com, first a nice story on Xavier’s Ta’Shia Phillips , who we’ve seen matched against Gonzaga in the last two NCAA Tournaments. Could that happen again? Yes, according to the bracketology , which has Xavier as the No. 2 seed in the Dallas Regional and the winner of the first two games at Gonzaga, headed to that regional as well. If that was the case, the Bullodgs would have to get past Georgia Tech and UCLA.

Charlie Creme’s story that goes with bracketology is about how complicated it is to seed the tournament when some teams, such as Gonzaga and La Tech, are hosting the first weekend as likely double-digit seeds. Good luck following all the ins and outs the committee has to follow. One interesting note, though. Speaking how unfortunate it would be for Texas A&M to be sent to Spokane to face Gonzaga on its homecourt, Creme writes: ” The committee is loath to put teams in certain hardships too frequently (statements to that effect are in the principles and procedures manual). These extra burdens are typically playing on someone else’s home court or excessive travel. Well, the Aggies actually had both last March when they traveled to Seattle and had to play Gonzaga in the second round. Texas A&M lost to the Bulldogs and a wonderful season came to an end just like that.” I think he’s saying Hec Ed was the Zags’ home court last year. Wait until they see The Kennel.

Also, Sunday was Senior Day for Angie Bjorklund (U-Hi) at Tennessee and a few Vols fans sent her good thoughts .