Wednesday, March 14, 2001                         http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa
Issue # 2.0.2 "NW State is the first..."

2001 HWCI NCAA TOURNAMENT POOL
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LA MIRADA/EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt)- For the first time, the 64th and 65th teams played in the Opening Game and #64 Northwestern State defeating #65 Winthrop, 71-67, in Dayton, OH. They will face #1MW-Illinois. The "real" tournament begins Thursday morning with the first of sixteen games for the day. Was this game important? No less than 30 minutes after the game ended, none of the 4(!) sports radio stations talked about the game or the tourney. The game was just a blip on the screen. The real excitement begins tomorrow.

So, in less than 24 hours, we'll get thrills, upsets, and horrible CBS coverage. Luckily, their Sportsline.com site is much better with multiple ways to get the latest scores. You can get it via normal HTML, Java, Shockwave, follow one game exclusively, listen on RealAudio, get instant updates on all games at once, etc. Hopefully, their servers won't crash tomorrow!

The pool is shaping up to be one of the more diverse pools and is on pace to become our largest with about 40 people expected to participate. You still have time to enter- 9 AM Thursday (PST). All info can be found on our website: http://www.HWCI.com/ncaa.