Upstarts Decide to Hang Out at Regionals

One team is coached by a former NBA player who had Larry Bird as a teammate.

Another is led by a frail-looking point guard whose idea of a big time after a game is going out for ice cream.

The third is a melting pot, with players from Mozambique, Mali, Sweden and France.

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament still might be Connecticut’s to lose, but upstarts Brigham Young, Drake and Old Dominion have hung around long enough to spice things up for the regional semifinals on Saturday.

BYU, the 11th seed, plays second-seeded Tennessee in the Midwest Regional at Ames, Iowa.

Drake and Old Dominion both advanced as No. 7 seeds. Drake, in the round of 16 for the first time since 1982, plays third-seeded South Carolina in the East Regional at Raleigh, N.C. Old Dominion, which has its usual strong contingent of international players, meets third-seeded Kansas State in the Mideast Regional at Milwaukee.

Connecticut, the No. 1 seed in the Mideast, plays fourth-seeded Penn State in the other game at Milwaukee.

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DIVISION II

Lauri McIntosh scored 27 points as defending champion Cal Poly Pomona beat Glenville State, 74-62, to advance to the title game at Rochester, Minn.

The Broncos (27-4) will face Southeastern Oklahoma in the championship Saturday night.