Two North Carolina women's basketball players were selected at the end of the first round of today's WNBA Draft, although the order is somewhat surprising. N.C. State's Khadijah Whittington and Duke's Wanisha Smith went in the second round.

Coaches pick senior for all-star team.

In a women's basketball game pitting opposite styles, second-seeded LSU smothered top-seeded North Carolina, clamping down defensively for a 56-50 victory Monday night before a partisan crowd at New Orleans Arena.

WHEN: 7:34 p.m. today WHERE: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans

Erlana Larkins Vs. Sylvia Fowles.

Big East is now more than UConn.

North Carolina, the top seed in the New Orleans Regional, rallied from an 18-point, first-half deficit -- its largest of the season -- to overcome fourth-seeded Louisville 78-74 and advance to the NCAA Tournament's round of eight.

Cetera DeGraffenreid is a freshman, but she doesn't think about that, not even as it's constantly brought to her attention that she is a rookie starting at point guard for the second-ranked UNC women's basketball team.

Playing in the second game at Ted Constant Convocation Center, the second-ranked Heels (32-2) found their legs in the second half and denied a competitive Georgia team with a 80-66 victory. The victory, though slow to materialize, secured UNC's fourth straight trip to the round of 16.

As the top-seeded Tar Heels face eighth-seeded Georgia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tonight, their concentration will be on shutting down a team with more height, similar girth and enough offensive know-how to become a threat.

Senior LaToya Pringle launches the No. 1-seeded Tar Heels on a 16-0 first-half run, which eventually turned into a 85-50 rout in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tournament.

With lower expectations, they say there's nothing to prove.

Despite a top seeding, the Tar Heels find their route to the Final Four will travel along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, not I-40 to Greensboro.

Defeating Duke for the third time this season, the top-seeded Tar Heels won their fourth consecutive ACC championship before a crowd of 11,132, holding back third-seeded Duke with an 86-73 performance that was neither dominant nor lackluster.

Blue Devils bring confidence to final against No. 2 UNC.

North Carolina junior Rashanda McCants got caught in between two players and rolled her left ankle seven minutes into the first half of Saturday's game against Virginia in the semifinals of the 2008 ACC Tournament.

North Carolina senior Erlana Larkins had everything working in the Tar Heels' 97-77 victory over Clemson on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament.