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w o m e n ' s b a s k e t b a l l : n c a a p r e v i e w Boilers Draw Liberty Potential second-round game vs. Louisville awaits BY KYLE CHARTERS No. 40 22 24 30 5 liberty PROBABLE STARTERS Name Devon Brown Tolu Omotola Jasmine Gardner Brittany Campbell Reagan Miller Pos. G/F F/C F/C G/F G Ht. 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-0 5-7 Class.PPG RPG Sr. (5) 16.3 6.1 Sr. (5) 13.3 7.6 So. 6.5 7.3 Sr. (5) 5.8 3.3 So. 5.0 1.1 KCharters@GoldandBlack.com M ost thought Purdue's first-round NCAA opponent, Liberty, was in New York, with the statue and all. But it's not; the campus is located in Lynchburg, Va., home of the Christian school founded in 1971 by the late Jerry Falwell Sr. Although an unfamiliar opponent now, the Boiler- Need To Know What: NCAA Tournament first round Who: No. 4 seed Purdue (24-8) vs. No. 13 seed Liberty (27-6) Time: Noon Sunday Place: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville TV: ESPN2 Ticket information: All-session NCAA Tournament tickets will be available for $32 through the Purdue Athletics Ticket office for the first- and second-round NCAA Tournament action and can be purchased Tuesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET at the ticket office in Mackey Arena or by calling 800-49-SPORT. Ticket sales will not be available through Purdue online and fans interested in $18 single-session tickets should contact the Yum! Center ticket office at 502-690-9000 or purchase tickets online at ncaa.com/tickets able and it's a harder game — obviously, unpredictability can be hard, too — but playing different styles in the nonconference has prepared us." P u r d u e learned its NCAA fate Monday, watching with coaches, administrators and some fans from the Spurgeon Club in Mackey Arena. The BoilTom Campbell ermakers, the Purdue knew it was in the NCAA Tournament — it got an automatic bid bid by winning the Big Ten tourney — but there still was excitement automatic to see where it landed. The Boilermakers got a No. 4 seed in Louisville. from the Big Ten, climbed to makers are likely to learn much a No. 4 seed, drawing the 13thmore in the coming days. "I kind of like (playing other seeded Flames, the representaunfamiliar teams) because you tives from the Big South. The firstlearn different styles," senior for- round game is at noon Sunday in ward Sam Ostarello said Monday the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville night. "The Big Ten is very predict- and will be televised by ESPN2. Liberty Coach Carey Green guided Liberty into the NCAA Tournament after winning the Big South tournament and its automatic bid. The winner plays either No. 5 seed Louisville, on its home court, or No. 12 Middle Tennessee State on Tuesday evening. "It's always good to know that you have a spot, no matter what," junior KK Houser said of Purdue's GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 26 • 17