Today's coffee comes directly from Kat Krtnick in Tampa, where Stanford and Tennessee advanced to the national championship game last night.

• Yesterday was game time in Tampa for Stanford, UConn, LSU and Tennessee.The Final Four clock was ticking down, but yet fans, kids, coaches and administrators enjoyed a day full of spirited activities and educational endeavors.

• Cheerleader squads and mascots volunteered their time at the local James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital. Accompanying the squads were Brigadier General Michelle Johnson and Lt. Colonel Phil Waite, both who have been special guests to the Final Four throughout the weekend. The cheerleaders and mascots visited Iraq war casualties and long-term nursing home patients in hopes of bringing the Final Four experience to them.

• Coaches and administrators attended the "Women in College Sports Forum." Sessions included "Breaking Barriers Together: Lessons Learned from Successful Women in Athletics," which focused on the limited opportunities for women to enter male-dominated professions and the reasons on why women leave athletics; "Portrayal of Female Athletes in the Media"; "Women of Color: Beyond the Rim"; and "Life/Work Balance for Coaches and Administrators," a session sharing a surprising statistic that 47 percent of people considering leaving the athletics profession due to excessive time commitments.

• The keynote luncheon featured Dr. Shelia Johnson, President and Managing Partner of the WNBA Washington Mystics. Johnson explained the importance of the different levels of basketball working together to advance the game and showed her genuine concern about her players' futures after basketball. Title IX was also addressed during her presentation. Lobbyists, lawyers and legislators are fighting to eliminate Title IX, but she encouraged the audience to take action and get the word out to female legislators and Title IX proponents. Johnson said: "We live it. We breathe it. It is our hearts and souls. We need to protect it."

• On to the games. Wade Trophy winner Candice Wiggins led Stanford to a victory over UConn in the first contest of the night. After back-to-back threes by Wiggins in the second half, Stanford pulled away with an 82-73 win.

• The Challenge of Losing: "The one thing I will say is it's unfortunate that the season comes down to one weekend and it doesn't go our way. The other five months seem to have no meaning. That's why this is such a difficult game to lose...All you remember now is what happened in those 40 minutes. You don't remember all the things that led to getting here, "said UConn head coach Geno Auriemma.

• This Final Four victory extends Stanford's winning streak to 23 games. Unfortunately, on the other side, UConn put up its third-worst shooting display of the season at 38.8 percent.

• In the second game of the night, Tennessee went on to win a nail-biter, 47-46. With seven seconds left in the game, LSU senior guard Erica White hit two free throws to take the lead 46-45. With seven seconds left, Tennessee standout Candace Parker brought the ball up the court and teammate Alexis Hornbuckle put back a rebound with 0.7 seconds left to claim the win.

• The LSU and Tennessee contest was the lowest scoring game in Final Four history.

• Battle of the Bands: It seems that it wasn't just the student-athletes that were competing tonight, but throughout the game, the LSU and Tennessee bands would try to outplay each other--most often at the same times!

• Tennessee will play for an eighth national title on Tuesday night and LSU is now 0-5 in the last five Final Fours.