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Midwest replaces East as toughest region

By Nancy Lieberman
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, March 25, 2004

Dear Coach VanDerveer: I'm writing to publicly apologize to you and your Cardinal squad. I didn't know how good Stanford was this season, and the fact you folks didn't get many nationally televised games only fed my ignorance. Out of sight, out of mind, unfortunately. But I realized that Stanford did in fact deserve better than a No. 6 seed this weekend after watching the Cardinal carve up tough opponents, Missouri in the first round and Oklahoma in the second. Yours truly, Nancy Lieberman ...

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