And for the eighth time in his 15 seasons at the helm of the BYU women's basketball program, Judkins has his Cougars in the Big Dance. Seventh-seeded BYU meets 10th-seeded Missouri of the SEC on Saturday at the Erwin Center in Austin Texas. Tipoff is at 4:30 p.m. MDT and the game will be televised by ESPN2.
A giant on campus — literally, due to his 6-foot-6 frame — the former University of Utah and NBA player and Utah assistant men's basketball coach from 1989-99 on Rick Majerus' highly successful staff has built one of the most successful women's college programs in the West.