AUSTIN, Texas – After watching film of Louisiana-Lafayette, the Marquette coaching staff came away convinced that they could control play in the paint. Terri Mitchell and her assistants knew about Ragin' Cajuns center Sonora Edwards, but they thought she would be overmatched in size, strength and skill against Christina Quaye and the bevy of Golden Eagle post players.

AUSTIN, Texas – Keeping a team fresh during a long stretch of practices is never easy, but Marquette coach Terri Mitchell is convinced her team is ready for the 1:30 p.m. tip-off against Louisiana-Lafayette.

In today's Tribune, we printed a story on the front page looking at the experiences of gay and lesbian students at Marquette before the 2006 election. We believed this story was important to our readers and deserved the placement it received, for several reasons.

Last year, the editors of the Tribune started "The Newsroom Insider," which discussed many of the decisions made at the newspaper. This column ran every other week – but decisions on news coverage are made every day. With this blog, we hope to give faster and more frequent explanations of our decision-making process.

Thursday night Wisconsin captain Adam Burish said the Badgers' fans clapped, cheered and sang at odd times during his team's 5-2 national semifinal victory over Maine.
However, in the next breath Burish acknowledged that the thousands of Wisconsin…