On to the Big Dance

Portland State goes to the Big Dance for the first time in school history. They weren't very impressive in doing it, however, and will have to play a hell of a lot better to avoid being kicked out quickly. They'll be a big underdog because of low seeding in any case. At their best, they could hang a while -- tonight they were not at their best but played well enough, especially on defense, to win.

But the big basketball news is Colorado State's women's team, 0-16 in conference, beating 16-0 Utah. Great stuff!

clipped from sports.yahoo.com Portland St. 67, Northern Arizona 51 clipped from sports.yahoo.com Colorado State shocks 12th-ranked Utah 60-52 in MWC quarterfinals LAS VEGAS (AP)—Emily Neal scored 17 points and Colorado State shocked 12th-ranked and top-seeded Utah 60-52 in the Mountain West Conference women’s quarterfinals Wednesday night. The ninth-seeded Rams (4-28) outmuscled and outhustled the heavily favored Utes (28-4), who went 16-0 in league play and had 22 consecutive wins. Colorado State was winless in conference play (0-16) and entered the tourney on a 20-game losing streak before beating UNLV in the play-in game Tuesday night, a prelude to one of the biggest upsets in college basketball this season.