The Monday Morning Sports Update

With a weekend of a lot of little things going on...ok...there were a couple of interesting stories, but there aren't a lot that we didn't cover over the course of the weekend. But in the interest of trying to stay somewhat consistent (as long I don't have to go to work until 11am), here are a few things that happened overnight.

Your First NCAA Qualifier is...

Yes, it is getting to be that time of year in College Basketball. In fact this week would be considered the 1st of the "Tournament Weeks" with most conferences that have tournaments playing them and teams qualifying for March Madness or as we know it, the NCAA Tournament.

The 1st team in....Northern Iowa. The Panthers are in by virtue of beating Wichita State 67-53 in the Missouri Valley

Conference basketball tournament on Sunday.

More from thetelegraph.com RIGHT HERE

Enjoy this clip of students at the school trying to pronounce the players names. Thanks Gazetteonline and You Tube:

George Karl Perseveres....

Best wishes to Denver Nuggets Coach George Karl who will will undergo a sur

gical procedure today (monday) to help his treatment for throat and neck cancer. He'll start another round of chemotherapy starting on Tuesday.

He hopes to return to his team on Friday. We hope so. Karl, one of the better coaches in the NBA has to be struggling to get through this. Chemo is tough on people who don't have physical, stressful job...we can only imagine how tough this is for him.

Karl spoke about the whole thing when he was diagnosed in February.

Thanks You Tube:

UConn Women just keep winning:

It's no secret that the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team has been one of the if not the most successful of any team in the NCAA for the past oh...20 or so years. So it should come as no surprise that they have tied their own record yesterday when they won their 70th game in a row. They advanced in the Big East tournament with a 77-41 win over Syracuse

Yes, it is short of UCLA's 88 game win streak from back in the early 70's, but in this day and time it is pretty damn impressive. The Lady Huskies haven't really been challenged this season, they have a 31-0 record and they've won all of their games by at least 10 points. It would take a monumental upset for them not to run the table and win the Women's Final Four.

More on the team, the win and the significance from the Courant.com RIGHT HERE

Since we can't show highlights from the game (Network restrictions), here is a story on the whole thing from AP News with Photos and a voice track. Thanks Associated Press and You Tube: