THE NUMBER
	1 What number Notre Dame is. Seriously, though, it is also the number of women's basketball national championships the Irish have won. It is the 22nd national title for Notre Dame overall.

Hoosier Mania
It's no secret Ruth Riley loves the movie "Hoosiers." She watches it constantly and can recite dialogue easily. And now, Riley lived out her favorite scene from the movie, when, like little Ollie, she hit a pair of late free throws that lifted the Irish to their first NCAA title. Despite being a movie buff, ESPN.com's Mechelle Voepel has never seen "Hoosiers." But after the inspired play of Riley and others, Voepel might just head to the video store in the offseason. More...

	PHOTO OF THE DAY
	THE LIFE OF RILEY: Notre Dame's Ruth Riley gets mobbed by teammates after being named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Riley led the Irish to their first national title with a 68-66 win over Purdue.
	QUESTION OF THE DAY
	How does this game rank among national championship games?
	ESPN's Nell Fortner It was a great one. It comes down to where one team has opportunity to hit a last shot. It's back and forth through the second half. I mean it had a little of everything -- blocked shots, great assists, 3-pointers. It was just a good game. It was awesome. ESPN's Vera Jones Hey, this is another ESPN Instant Classic. These are two great teams and you don't want to see anyone lose and they both worked so hard. The only way this game was fit to end was to come down to buzzer shot. What better way to go out other than fighting down to the wire? ESPN's Robin Roberts It's the most exciting national championship game we've had in quite some time. Go back to '94 with North Carolina's Charlotte Smith making that buzzer-beater for a better one. As far as the last eight minutes, though, the back and forth, you really got the feeling the last team with the ball would win it. It was exciting to watch as far as the last eight minutes, but still the best game to me was Charlotte Smith nailling the buzzer-beater.
	20 QUESTIONS
	Camille Cooper, Purdue's dominating center, wears number 42 simply because she was so happy to make her high school team that she didn't want to push her luck by asking for a different number. Find out what she would do if she wasn't playing basketball as the 6-foot-4 Boilermakers senior answers ESPN.com's 20 Questions.

SUNDAY'S STORYLINES
 
YOUNG GUNS..............................
Although Purdue just missed out on winning its second national title in three years, if Sunday's performance by freshman Shalicia Hurns and Shereka Wright was any indication, the Boilermakers could become regulars in the Final Four. Both scored 17 points each and combined for 11 rebounds. "The future looks very bright," senior Katie Douglas said. "They are freshman, but they never played like it in the tournament. We're going to pass the torch and we know they'll be back."
 
THE BEST OF THE BEST.....................
Notre Dame's Ruth Riley highlighted the All-Tournament team announced Sunday. Riley, named the Most Outstanding Player, is joined by teammate Niele Ivey, as well as Purdue's Katie Douglas, Shalicia Hurns and Shereka Wright.
 
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT................
Everyone has done it. Practicing alone, you invent little games to make it more interesting. Working on free throws, you say this is to win the national title. It never really comes to that, or does it? If you're Ruth Riley it does. "It's a little-kid scenario," Riley said after hitting two free throws to give the Irish the title. "Teammates would say in practice 'OK, shooting one-and-one to win the national championship.' You don't realize the impact of that until now."

The top seed won it all. Notre Dame managed to come back from a 11-point first-half deficit to defeat third-seeded Purdue and win the national championship.

ESPN BRACKETS
Bracket fever has hit ESPN! We have our own Tournament Challenge group, and you can check it out. First, you'll need to log on to the Challenge main page with your entry, then check out the Featured Group Bristol University's Best to see how Nancy Lieberman-Cline, Beth Mowins and some ESPN.com staffers did.

As Notre Dame celebrated its first women's basketball national championship, 17,629 celebrated as well. That's the number of people who correctly picked the Irish to win it all. On the flip side, 779 were disappointed, as that's the number who picked the Boilermakers to win their second title in three years.

"I can't describe it. I don't think I've ever been this excited in my basketball life." -- Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw, after winning the NCAA title

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