Jackie MacMullan on UNC:

Coach Sylvia Hatchell has asked her team to adopt one simple philosophy: when in doubt, push it harder. She confessed the other day, ''I lie awake at nights thinking how we can speed up the game a little more." In an ideal Tar Heel world, her team would average 115-120 possessions.

Kathy Orton on Maryland's super-frosh, Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman:

Nurtured by fathers who spent countless hours teaching them to dribble, pass and shoot, these two Maryland freshmen have helped transform the Terrapins into a national title contender. Not since 1998, when Tennessee started Semeka Randall and Tamika Catchings on a team that went 39-0 and won a national championship, have two freshmen played such significant roles on a Final Four team.

Dick Patrick on Lindsey Harding:

The Duke junior is writing her own comeback story. After being suspended last season by Duke coach Gail Goestenkors for violation of undisclosed team rules, Harding has returned better than ever, leading her team to the Final Four in Boston.

The New York Times on the women's tournament: uh... nothing today.

Mike Wilbon on a Final Four without Tennessee and Connecticut:

The ratings may decline a bit, but so what? If the goal of women's college basketball is to simply hold onto the audience it has, then the tournament should aspire only to Tennessee vs. Connecticut. But the game ought to be more ambitious than that.