Stanford's Wiggins tops in scoring

Perhaps because Stanford is on the West Coast, perhaps because she has never been to a Final Four, Candace Wiggins isn't as well known nationally as other stars in Tampa this weekend for the NCAA women's Final Four.

But as dominant as Tennessee's Candace Parker and LSU's Sylvia Fowles have been, as phenomenal as Connecticut freshman Maya Moore has shown herself to be, Wiggins is the Final Four's top scorer, statistically.

The 5-foot-11 senior guard became the first women's player to score more than 40 twice in the same tournament. She averages 28.5 points a game.

Matchups. Both of tomorrow's semifinals pit a No. 1 seed against a No. 2, but if recent history is any indication, things look good for underdogs LSU and Stanford.

The last five 1-vs.-2 meetings at the Final Four have been won by the No. 2 seeds.

Superior coaching. Fourteen NCAA championships, four WNBA titles, three Olympic gold medals.

The women's Final Four coaches have impressive resumes. And all four - UConn's Geno Auriemma, Tennessee's Pat Summitt, Stanford's Tara VanDerveer and LSU's Van Chancellor - are in the Hall of Fame.

Summitt has won seven national championships and an Olympic gold medal, in 1984. She has led Tennessee to the national semifinals 18 times in her 34-year career.

Auriemma has led the Huskies to nine Final Fours and five national titles.

VanDerveer, whose squad will face Connecticut in the semifinals, led Stanford to national championships in 1990 and 1992 and the U.S. to a gold medal in 1996.

Chancellor will make his Final Four debut tomorrow night when the Tigers face Tennessee.