we can, keep thth momentum tt we've builup over the past few months," said briar cliff head coach nic neon. "and then secondly it's about positioning ourself for the best possible seed at the national tournament. we want to go down to branson and be in as favorable condition as we possibly can be." briar cliff, who's 4th in the new naia poll -- and northwestern play at 8 o'clock wednesday. morningngde is number-1-1n the new women's poll and host st. mary at 7. the 8th-ranked hawkeyes are back home on wednesday night to play wisconsin. iowa has won 16 straight at carver-hawkeye arena. wisconsin started 1-4 in big ten play, but have won eight of their last nine. the badgers had a coaching bo ryan, but are 10 and 5 under new coach greg gard. the badgers have beaten the hawkeyes five straight times and ioio is looking for morere balanced scoring behing jarard uthoff and peter jok. "i kind of give my guys the green light," said coach fran mcaffery. "so it's not like i'm going to turn so and so loose. mike can shoot it when he wants sapp can shoot it when he wants. woodbury really understands ho