1.   Caldy won at Mawdsley off the penultimate ball to reach the regional final in the Village Cup.

2.   The winner, Ackland Sixth Form College at Middlesbrough, qualified for the regional final which will be held in Gateshead next month.

3.   He and his four fellow sixth formers at Barnard Castle School have won their way to the regional final of a music contest in Newcastle.

4.   And it was only a regional final.

5.   And that would put UConn against Cincinnati in the regional final.

6.   And with that, the Wildcats moved on to face third-seeded Utah on Saturday in the regional final, their usual swagger in tow.

7.   Apparently the round-the-clock treatment since the regional final against Kent State paid off.

8.   At Maryland, a lottery to allocate Final Four tickets was conducted last week, before the regional finals.

9.   Before this year Pat Murphy had taken four teams at Notre Dame and ASU to the regional finals.

10.   A Connecticut-Cincinnati regional final could break records for on-court intensity.