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GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 25 • 3 This Week In Purdue History March 17, 1969 • Fresh off a dramatic overtime win over Marquette in the Elite Eight, the Boilermakers be- gan preparation for the Final Four. Back in those days, the national semifinals were played on Thursday and the championship on Saturday, something that didn't change to the current format until 1973. The Boilermakers made the most of their prep time, as they dismantled North Carolina by 27 points three days later. March 16, 1998 • Ranked No. 21, the Boilermakers used a strong sec- ond half to surge past Colorado State, 77-63, coached by former Purdue assistant Tom Collen. Ukari Figgs and Stephanie White scored 20 points each as the Boilermakers battled from a four-point halftime deficit on their home court. Purdue advanced to the Elite Eight under first-year coach Carolyn Peck. March 17, 2007 • First-year coach Sharon Versyp won her first NCAA Tournament game, a 63-42 victory over Oral Roberts. Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (16), Katie Gearlds (11) and FahKara Malone (10) each scored in double figures as the 12th-ranked Boilermakers ended Oral Roberts' season for the second time in nine years in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. "(Confidence) is high. You would think it would be low just with everything we've been through, but this team … we handle adversity really well." Senior Dee Dee Williams on Purdue's NCAA Tournament hopes Home Sweet Home The Boilermaker women are 19-7 (.731) in NCAA Tournament games played on their home court. They have hosted games in the Big Dance 15 times in the past 26 seasons, and here is how they have fared. Note: Purdue is a No. 4 seed in this season's tourney. Gold and Black Illustrated is a publication of Boilers, Inc. 2605 Yeager Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 765-237-5002 or 1-800-876-GOPU (4678) Twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom Fax: 765-497-2110 President/Publisher Alan Karpick 765-237-5078 Twitter.com/AlanKarpick AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com Editor Brian Neubert BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com Publications Coordinator Kyle Charters KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Associate Editor/Football Stacy Clardie SClardie@GoldandBlack.com Photography Tom Campbell Graphic Designer Gary Hoffman Advertising Sales Alan Karpick Contributors Brandan Alford Subscriptions/Production Nick Hoffman, Reid Karpick, Tyler Ochs, Michael Schmierer, Evan Solgere, Mike Viehmann GnbManager@aol.com ©Copyright 2014, Boilers, Inc. about all the time," Versyp said of postseason success, of which she's guided the Boilermakers to two Elite Eights. "You can win the Big Ten, but if you don't go very far in the Tour- nament … We've had bumps in the road. We've had a ton of injuries. We've had injuries this year, and we're still trying to get it done. We'll just keep getting at it. But it's real important. "That's what you want to do: Your goal is always to get to the Sweet 16 every year and see what happens after that." j #9 Seed 1-1 .500 #5 Seed 1-1 .500 #4 Seed 7-2 .777 #3 Seed 3-1 .750 #2 Seed 3-2 .600 #1 Seed 4-0 1.000