1988 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament 🐼

"The 1988 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 3. The tournament featured 40 teams. The Final Four consisted of Long Beach State, Auburn, Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech. Louisiana Tech won its second title with a 56-54 victory over Auburn. Louisiana Tech's Erica Westbrooks was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Notable events Long Beach state reached the Final Four averaging over 100 points per game. Long Beach beat Colorado 103–64 in their opening game. Long Beach then defeated the three seed Washington 104–78 in the West Regional semifinal. That matched Long Beach up with the one seed Iowa. Long Beach didn't score 100, but came close, beating the top seed in their regional by a score of 98–78, allowing Long Beach to reach the Final Four for the second straight year. Their opponent in the semifinal was Auburn, who had reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1985 and 1986, then followed it with a trip to the Elite Eight in 1987. This year Auburn advanced to the Final Four for the first time defeating Maryland in the Mideast Regional 103–74. In the semifinal game, the Long Beach 49ers team started out slowly, but their coach Joan Bonvicini wasn't worried; she was convinced they would come back. Auburn had a small lead in the second half when the 49ers scored 11 consecutive points to take a 46–42 lead. However, the Tigers tied the game at 46 apiece, then 48 then 50 apiece. Then the Tigers opened up a seven-point lead. The 49ers cut it back to five points, but too many turnovers were too much to overcome. Ruthie Bolton scored eleven points in the final six minutes for the Tigers to help seal the 68–55 victory, and the right to play for the national championship. The other semifinal game matched up Tennessee and Louisiana Tech. Tennessee was the defending national champion, having won their first national championship in 1987. They won the East Regional with a win over the two seed Virginia. Their opponent, Louisiana Tech, had won the first NCAA Tournament in 1982, and had finished as runner up to Tennessee in the previous year's championship game. The two teams met in the regular season, with Tennessee winning 76–74 in an overtime game played in Knoxville. The Lady Techsters were a two seed, but upset top ranked Texas 83–80 in the Midwest Regional to make it to the semifinal game. The Lady Techsters said they had been looking forward to this game ever since their loss in the prior year and they played like it. They took the lead early in the game and never relinquished it. Louisiana Tech held Tennessee to 33% shooting in the first half, and held on to win the game 68–59, and a berth in the championship game. The first half of the championship game was all Auburn. Two minutes went by before the Lady Techsters even took at shot, at which point they were down 6–0. Ruthie Bolton scored 16 points in the first half, a source of frustration for her defender Teresa Weatherspoon. Bolton's points held the Tigers head to halftime with a 31–19 lead. Weatherspoon made sure the second half was different, both offensively, with seven assists and defensively, holding Bolton to zero points and helping to force six turnovers. The Tigers still led by four points with under five minutes left, but behind Weatherspoon's defense, and Erica Westbrooks' 25 points, Louisiana Tech came back to win their second national Championship by a score of 56–54. Records Ruthie Bolton was credited with ten steals in the National Semifinal game, the most ever recorded in a Final Four game since the statistic has been recorded (starting in 1988). Qualifying teams - automatic Forty teams were selected to participate in the 1988 NCAA Tournament. Eighteen conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. { class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> - ! scope="col" style="background-color:#FFdead;font- weight:bold" align="center" width="171" colspan="5" Automatic Bids - ! scope="col" ! scope="col" ! scope="col" colspan="2" align="center" Record ! scope="col" - ! scope="col" Qualifying School ! scope="col" Conference ! scope="col" Regular Season ! scope="col" Conference ! scope="col" Seed - ! scope="row" Bowling Green State University MAC align="center" align="center" align="center" 10 - ! scope="row" Eastern Illinois University Missouri Valley Conference align="center" align="center" align="center" 10 - ! scope="row" Fairfield University MAAC align="center" align="center" align="center" 10 - ! scope="row" University of Iowa Big Ten align="center" align="center" align="center" 1 - ! scope="row" James Madison University Colonial align="center" align="center" align="center" 4 - ! scope="row" University of Kansas Big Eight align="center" align="center" align="center" 7 - ! scope="row" California State University, Long Beach Big West Conference align="center" align="center" align="center" 2 - ! scope="row" University of Maryland ACC align="center" align="center" align="center" 2 - ! scope="row" Middle Tennessee State University Ohio Valley Conference align="center" align="center" align="center" 10 - ! scope="row" University of Montana Mountain West align="center" align="center" align="center" 4 - ! scope="row" New Mexico State University High Country align="center" align="center" align="center" 6 - ! scope="row" Rutgers University Atlantic 10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 3 - ! scope="row" University of South Carolina Metro align="center" align="center" align="center" 8 - ! scope="row" St. John's University Big East align="center" align="center" align="center" 7 - ! scope="row" University of Tennessee SEC align="center" align="center" align="center" 1 - ! scope="row" University of Texas at Austin Southwest align="center" align="center" align="center" 1 - ! scope="row" University of Washington Pac-10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 3 - ! scope="row" Western Kentucky University Sun Belt Conference align="center" align="center" align="center" 5 } Qualifying teams - at-large Twenty-two additional teams were selected to complete the forty invitations. { class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> - ! scope="column" style="background-color:#FFdead;font-weight:bold" align="center" width="171" colspan="5" height="13" At-large Bids - ! scope="column" ! scope="column" ! scope="column" colspan="2" align="center" Record ! scope="column" - ! scope="column" Qualifying School ! scope="column" Conference ! scope="column" Regular Season ! scope="column" Conference ! scope="column" Seed - ! scope="row" University of Alabama Southeastern align="center" align="center" align="center" 9 - ! scope="row" Auburn University Southeastern align="center" align="center" align="center" 1 - ! scope="row" Clemson University Atlantic Coast align="center" align="center" align="center" 5 - ! scope="row" University of Colorado at Boulder Big Eight align="center" align="center" align="center" 7 - ! scope="row" University of Georgia Southeastern align="center" align="center" align="center" 4 - ! scope="row" University of Houston Southwest align="center" align="center" align="center" 6 - ! scope="row" La Salle University Metro Atlantic align="center" align="center" align="center" 8 - ! scope="row" Louisiana Tech University American South align="center" align="center" align="center" 2 - ! scope="row" Louisiana State University Southeastern align="center" align="center" align="center" 9 - ! scope="row" University of Mississippi Southeastern align="center" align="center" align="center" 3 - ! scope="row" University of Nebraska–Lincoln Big Eight align="center" align="center" align="center" 5 - ! scope="row" Ohio State University Big Ten align="center" align="center" align="center" 3 - ! scope="row" Old Dominion University Sun Belt align="center" align="center" align="center" 6 - ! scope="row" Pennsylvania State University Atlantic 10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 9 - ! scope="row" University of Southern California Pacific-10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 4 - ! scope="row" Saint Joseph's University Atlantic 10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 7 - ! scope="row" Stanford University Pacific-10 align="center" align="center" align="center" 5 - ! scope="row" Stephen F. Austin State University Southland align="center" align="center" align="center" 8 - ! scope="row" Syracuse University Big East align="center" align="center" align="center" 6 - ! scope="row" Villanova University Big East align="center" align="center" align="center" 8 - ! scope="row" University of Virginia Atlantic Coast align="center" align="center" align="center" 2 - ! scope="row" Wake Forest University Atlantic Coast align="center" align="center" align="center" 9 } Bids by conference Eighteen conferences earned an automatic bid. In eight cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Southland and American South sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences. { class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> - ! scope="col" width="15" style="background-color:#FFdead;" align="center" Bids ! scope="col" width="150" style="background-color:#FFdead;" align="center" Conference ! scope="col" width="347" style="background- color:#FFdead;" align="center" Teams - ! scope="row" 6 Southeastern Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee - ! scope="row" 4 Atlantic Coast Clemson, Maryland., Virginia, Wake Forest - ! scope="row" 3 Pacific-10 Southern California, Stanford, Washington - ! scope="row" 3 Big Eight Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska - ! scope="row" 3 Big East St. John’s NY, Syracuse, Villanova - ! scope="row" 3 Atlantic 10 Penn St., Rutgers, St. Joseph’s - ! scope="row" 2 Sun Belt Old Dominion, Western Ky. - ! scope="row" 2 Southwest Houston, Texas - ! scope="row" 2 Metro Atlantic Fairfield, La Salle - ! scope="row" 2 Big Ten Iowa, Ohio St. - ! scope="row" 1 Southland Stephen F. Austin - ! scope="row" 1 Ohio Valley Middle Tenn. - ! scope="row" 1 Mountain West Montana - ! scope="row" 1 Missouri Valley Eastern Ill. - ! scope="row" 1 Mid-American Bowling Green - ! scope="row" 1 Metro South Carolina - ! scope="row" 1 High Country New Mexico St. - ! scope="row" 1 Colonial James Madison - ! scope="row" 1 Big West Long Beach St. - ! scope="row" 1 American South Louisiana Tech } First and second rounds In 1988, the field remained at 40 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-10 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, while seeds 7 and 10 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 2 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception: * Seventh seeded Colorado played tenth seeded Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the twenty-four first and second round locations: { class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> - ! scope="col" Region ! scope="col" Rnd ! scope="col" width="160" Host ! scope="col" width="160" Venue ! scope="col" City ! scope="col" State - ! scope="row" East 1 Villanova University The Pavilion Villanova Pennsylvania - ! scope="row" East 1 Saint John's University Alumni Hall (Carnesecca) Queens New York - ! scope="row" East 2 Rutgers University Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway New Jersey - ! scope="row" East 2 University of Virginia University Hall (University of Virginia) Charlottesville Virginia - ! scope="row" East 2 University of Tennessee Stokely Athletic Center Knoxville Tennessee - ! scope="row" East 2 James Madison University James Madison University Convocation Center Harrisonburg Virginia - ! scope="row" Mideast 1 Saint Joseph's University Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia Pennsylvania - ! scope="row" Mideast 1 La Salle University Hayman Hall (Tom Gola Arena) Philadelphia Pennsylvania - ! scope="row" Mideast 2 University of Maryland Cole Field House College Park Maryland - ! scope="row" Mideast 2 Ohio State University St. John Arena Columbus Ohio - ! scope="row" Mideast 2 Auburn University Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum) Auburn Alabama - ! scope="row" Mideast 2 University of Georgia Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum) Athens Georgia - ! scope="row" Midwest 1 University of South Carolina Carolina Coliseum Columbia South Carolina - ! scope="row" Midwest 1 University of Kansas Allen Field House Lawrence Kansas - ! scope="row" Midwest 2 University of Montana Dahlberg Arena Missoula Montana - ! scope="row" Midwest 2 University of Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin Texas - ! scope="row" Midwest 2 University of Mississippi Tad Smith Coliseum University Mississippi - ! scope="row" Midwest 2 Louisiana Tech University Thomas Assembly Center Ruston Louisiana - ! scope="row" West 1 Stephen F. Austin University William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches Texas - ! scope="row" West 1 Eastern Illinois University Lantz Arena Charleston Illinois - ! scope="row" West 2 University of Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City Iowa - ! scope="row" West 2 University of Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle Washington - ! scope="row" West 2 Long Beach State University Gym (Gold Mine) Long Beach California } Regionals and Final Four The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites: * Mideast Regional Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum), Athens, Georgia (Host: University of Georgia) * Midwest Regional Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas) * West Regional University Gym (Gold Mine), Long Beach, California (Host: Long Beach State) * East Regional Old Dominion University Fieldhouse, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University) Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held April 1 and April 3 in Tacoma, Washington at the Tacoma Dome Bids by state The forty teams came from twenty-five states. Pennsylvania had the most teams with four. Twenty-five states did not have any teams receiving bids. NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1988 { class="wikitable sortable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\hiddentext> - ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;" Bids ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;" State ! style="background- color:#FFDEAD;" Teams - valign="bottom" height="14" 4 Pennsylvania La Salle, Penn St., St. Joseph’s, Villanova - valign="bottom" height="14" 3 California Long Beach St., Southern California, Stanford - valign="bottom" height="14" 3 Texas Texas, Houston, Stephen F. Austin - valign="bottom" height="14" 3 Virginia James Madison, Old Dominion, Virginia - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 Alabama Alabama, Auburn - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 Alabama Alabama, Auburn - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 style="font-size:11pt" Louisiana Louisiana Tech, LSU - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 New York St. John’s NY, Syracuse - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio St. - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 South Carolina South Carolina, Clemson - valign="bottom" height="14" 2 Tennessee Middle Tenn., Tennessee - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Colorado Colorado - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Connecticut Fairfield - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Georgia Georgia - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Illinois Eastern Ill. - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Iowa Iowa - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Kansas Kansas - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Kentucky Western Ky. - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Maryland Maryland. - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Mississippi Mississippi - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Montana Montana - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Nebraska Nebraska - style="font- size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="14" 1 New Jersey Rutgers - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 New Mexico New Mexico St. - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 North Carolina Wake Forest - valign="bottom" height="14" 1 Washington Washington } Brackets First and second round games played at higher seed except where noted. =West Regional - Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Arena)= =Mideast Regional - Athens, GA (Stegeman Coliseum)= =East Regional - Norfolk, VA (Old Dominion University Fieldhouse)= =Midwest Regional - Austin, TX (Frank Erwin Center)= =Final Four - Tacoma, WA (Tacoma Dome)= Record by conference Fifteen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play: {class="wikitable sortable" - ! style="background- color:#FFDEAD;"Conference ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"# of Bids ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Record ! style="background- color:#FFDEAD;"Win % ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Round of 32 ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Sweet Sixteen ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Elite Eight ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Final Four ! style="background-color:#FFDEAD;"Championship Game - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Southeastern 6 .600 4 4 2 2 1 - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Atlantic Coast 4 .556 4 2 2 – – - style="font- size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Atlantic 10 3 .500 3 1 – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Pacific-10 3 .500 3 3 – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Big Eight 3 .400 3 – – – – - style="font- size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Big East 3 .250 2 – – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Big Ten 2 .600 2 2 1 – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Southwest 2 .500 2 1 1 – – - style="font- size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Metro Atlantic 2 – – – – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Sun Belt 2 – 2 – – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" American South 1 1.000 1 1 1 1 1 - style="font- size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Big West 1 .750 1 1 1 1 – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Colonial 1 .500 1 1 – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Metro 1 .500 1 – – – – - style="font-size:11pt" valign="bottom" height="15" Southland 1 .500 1 – – – – } Five conferences went 0-1: High Country, MAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, and Ohio Valley Conference All-Tournament Team * Erica Westbrooks, Louisiana Tech * Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech * Ruthie Bolton, Auburn * Diann McNeil, Auburn * Penny Toler, Long Beach St. Game Officials * June Courteau (Semi-Final) * Larry Sheppard (Semi-Final) * Art Bomengen (Semi-Final, Final) * Patty Broderick (Semi-Final, Final) See also * 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament References Category:NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Category:Basketball in Austin, Texas "

Barrhead Central railway station 🐼

"Barrhead Central railway station was a railway station serving the town of Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station was on the Glasgow and South Western Railway's short-lived Barrhead Branch. History The station opened on 1 October 1902,Butt, page 28 and closed 1 January 1917. It was originally part of a circular service that ran from Glasgow St Enoch via Potterhill, Barrhead Central and Pollockshaws before returning to St Enoch.Stansfield, page 34 The circular service was withdrawn on 1 October 1907, however a service still ran here from St Enoch until the station closed. Footnotes References *Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. . *Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine. . Category:Disused railway stations in East Renfrewshire Category:Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1902 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Category:Barrhead "

John Bailey (footballer, born 1950) 🐼

"John Stephen Bailey (born 30 July 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Swindon Town and in non-league football for Cheltenham Town. He has been chairman of Didcot Town Football Club since 1995. References Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:English footballers Category:Association football wing halves Category:Swindon Town F.C. players Category:Cheltenham Town F.C. players Category:English football chairmen and investors "