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More students have submitted requests for travel packages to the NCAA women’s Final Four in Denver than the university will likely be able to accommodate, but students who register by noon today will still be eligible to receive a package.

Brittney Griner of Baylor, Nnemkadi Ogwumike of Stanford and Skylar Diggins of Notre Dame are among the finalists for the John R. Wooden Award given to the top women’s college basketball player.

It was a dream trip, a $100 dream trip, television commentators said during Baylor’s NCAA tournament game against Xavier. The journey didn’t end in storybook fashion, but the general consensus among Baylor students who traveled to Atlanta was loud and clear: Baylor did the right thing.

Perfection in the regular season is not a goal of the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears, but it is one win away as they face Iowa State for the last game of the season at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Ferrell Center.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey didn’t like watching a big first-half lead dwindle with star Brittney Griner on the bench. She was even more troubled when the forward’s fourth foul sent her there again in the second half.