Finally, here's a women's tourney with suspense.(Sports)(Women's watch)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2004

Byline: Patricia Babcock McGraw The heavyweights are still the heavyweights. But either they're dieting or everyone else is putting on the pounds. That's my women's college basketball analogy for the day. While it's true that your Connecticuts and Tennessees are still the most elite of programs, they seem far less invincible than they did even two or three years ago.

Plenty of other programs are narrowing the gap, which is evident by the way this strange season has played out. We've had upsets, a constant reshuffling of teams at the top of the national polls, and no clear-cut favorite to win the NCAA Tournament since what seems like the preseason. Since then, two-time champion Connecticut has slipped up more times than it has in perhaps the last...