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  • Who was the youngest player and the oldest player on the WNBA rosters at the end of the 2004 season?

  • What returning LSU starter played for Sweden in the 2002 FIBA European Championships for Junior Women?

  • What does Swin Cash's first name mean?

  • How did the Sacramento's Lady Grooms get her nickname?

  • Is Minnesota the lowest-seeded team to ever reach the Final Four of the women's NCAA Division I championships?

  • What team leads the nation in scoring offense?

  • What special talent does Adrian Williams have?



  • Who are the "Elite Five"?

    Five women basketball players have collected an NCAA championship, the WNBA title, and an Olympic gold medal. The most recent is WNBA champion Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird, who won her Olympic gold this past summer and played on University of Connecticut teams that won NCAA championships in 2000 and 2002. Bird's college teammate Swin Cash also got her gold this summer, and won the WNBA championship with Detroit in 2003. Former Houston Comets' guard Cynthia Cooper won four WNBA titles, is a gold medalist and captured NCAA crowns in 1983 and 1984 at the University of Southern California. Comets' forward Sheryl Swoopes has two gold medals, four WNBA championships, and an NCAA title in 1993 while playing at Texas Tech. Gold medalist Kara Wolters, now playing at Charlotte, brought home an NCAA title in 1995 while playing for UConn, and she won the WNBA championship with Houston in 1999. Current Seattle head coach Anne Donovan is a three-time Olympian, and helped Old Dominion win the AIAW championship in her freshman year (1980).



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