Final fanfares and fallout from the Final Four:

The Spartans return to their home state for a well-deserved two-minute standing O. Coach McCallie considers Sunday's game, and Tuesday's: the first was "the greatest comeback in the history of who-knows-what," the second a "terrible," "anticlimactic story." In Maine, McCallie's high school coach remembers her play.

Baylor fans held a rally. Their T-shirts read "Got Mulk?" A leading Texas Democrat congratulates the team. USA Today has more on the George W connection; ESPN has more on how the Bears won. GWB's upcoming meeting with Israeli PM Ariel Sharon could interfere with a planned parade.

With Young, Niemann, Scott and Wabara returning, Baylor could repeat. Voepel decides it might happen, but thinks Tennesse and Duke have better shots. "We have a returning nucleus of players," says KMR, "and they sure did like the way it felt when the buzzer went off."

Back in Ruston, La Tech have named assistant Chris Long as their new head coach after Kurt Budke's move to Oklahoma State. SI's John Walters assails La Tech's missed chance with coach Mulk.