NCAA Tournament short for locals ... The Gatorade girls basketball P.O.Y. is ...

Their experience on the Big Dance floor lasted only a song.

No New Mexicans have advanced first round of the NCAA Tournament.

• Frank Borden, a graduate of Gadsden High, plucked a game-high eight rebounds, but it wasn't enough to help No. 15 seed American upset No. 2 seed Tennessee. The Vols won, 72-57.
• Neither Alex White (Rio Grande) or Ryan Daniels (La Cueva) played in No. 5 Drake's gut-wringing loss to No. 12 Western Kentucky. The Bulldogs lost, 101-99, on a 26-foot shot at the buzzer.
• Southern Cal, the team of injured Cibola grad Kasey Cunningham, fell 70-57 to No. 11 Kansas State.
  

The only New Mexican who has a chance is Valerie Kast. She'll play Saturday night when the No. 12 Lobos play against No. 5 West Virginia.

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Another honor for La Cueva's Brenna Freeze ...

The recently crowned state champion was named Gatorade New Mexico Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Freeze averaged 17.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game. The 5-foot-11 guard might have been one of the best shooters in the state, hitting 51 percent of his shots.

Her father, Geoff Freeze, is most proud that she has averaged 1.1 turnovers in the past two years. Geoff, a local engineer, made a formula to rank teams in high school sports.

Freeze will play for Wyoming next season.