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"We prepared all week for playing two games," Mitchell said Friday.,” AUSTIN, Texas – Prior to the 2007 NCAA tournament, Marquette women's basketball coach Terri Mitchell was one of the firmest adherents to the take-it-one-game-at-a-time philosophy. Her attitude changed when the tournament rolled around. "We prepared all week for playing two games," Mitchell said Friday. [...]

AUSTIN, Texas-Marquette's much-ballyhooed defense was supposed to give the sixth-seeded Golden Eagles a fighting chance against the third-seeded Oklahoma Sooners. Marquette's length was supposed to cause problems for Oklahoma players like 5-foot-4 guard Jenna Plumley.

AUSTIN, Texas – Since she arrived here Thursday, Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell could not stop talking about the value of playing in the Big East conference. "We feel like the experiences that we've had over the last two years in the Big East have prepared us extremely well for any opponent that we're going to see in the NCAA tournament," Mitchell said Friday.

Such is life when you're a star. It's no different for third-seeded Oklahoma and its center Courtney Paris.,” AUSTIN, Texas — Some baseball historians believe Joe DiMaggio benefited from favorable scoring decisions during his 56-game hit streak. They say DiMaggio got credit for hits that would have been ruled fielding errors had another Yankee been [...]

AUSTIN, Texas – After the Golden Eagles' 87-58 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette Saturday, Marquette President the Rev. Robert A. Wild strode over to thank the "Marquette" band and its conductor.