NOMINEE	THE SKINNY
	Overrated	Fresno State	Preseason top-10 team that included five former McDonald's All-Americans was lucky to make the NIT after a 20-11 regular season marked by 12 suspensions.
	Underrated	Fundamentals	Stanford and Utah didn't make it to the Final Four with flashy freelance moves.
	Annoying	Alabama women's second-round win over UCLA	Control-freak NCAA claimed it was powerless to rectify two blatant, game-altering mistakes by officials.
	Breakthrough	Arthur Lee, Stanford	Former Brevin Knight backup averaged 20.6 points and 5.6 assists and made an NCAA-record 35 straight free throws in five tournament games to go from unknown to All-America candidate.
	Uplifting	Bryce Drew, Valparaiso	Chose Valpo over big-time TV exposure four years ago, then sent the 13th-seeded Crusaders into the second round with a last-second three that will make the NCAA highlight tapes for years to come.
	MVP	Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee	Final Four fixture won Player of the Year and Final Four MVP for the second straight year as she led her team to a record 39-0 season and its third consecutive NCAA title.
	Storyline to Follow in 1999	Experience counts	Freshmen will once again have a huge impact (watch out for DePaul, Florida, UCLA) but experience (Connecticut, Duke, Stanford) will prevail in March.