(Editor's note: Purdue senior Katie Douglas, a 1999-2000 Kodak All-American, will share a weekly diary with ESPN.com throughout the season.)

Nov. 13, 2000

Hello everyone, it's me again. I hope all is going well.

	Katie Douglas led the Big Ten in scoring last season with a 20.4 average.

I am doing well, as is my team. We beat Eastern Michigan on Saturday in the first round of the Preseason WNIT. We play tonight against a good Georgetown team at 7 p.m. in the second round here at Purdue. I don't think we played all that great in our opener, but hopefully our first-game "jitters" are out and we are ready to suit up again tonight.

It is just going to take some time to get used to playing with everyone. But when that time comes, watch out because we have the potential to be a pretty good team. We all have a lot to learn before we make it to St. Louis (site of the 2001 Final Four), but hopefully all the pieces will come together soon so we can reach our projected goal.

Enough about basketball for now. Right now as a student I am facing some serious deadlines for projects. I am in the process of constructing a website (I'll post the address when it's complete to get some feedback) and it is testing my nerves.

I have lots of work to do this week -- all of my group projects that I am involved with seem to be due at the same time. I don't want any sympathy, but I want ya'll to realize that I would talk about other things like my social life etc., but I currently don't have one. You know it is bad when I am sitting here in one of the campus labs and can't think of anything to write.

I think I have worn my brain out for the day, but hopefully I can recover for the game.

And speaking of the game, I want to encourage any locals who read this to come out and support our team. It is a lot of fun and I think you would enjoy watching.

Well, I am about to sign off for this week. I really apologize for the lack of exciting information that I didn't include. Hopefully some more exciting things will happen for my entry next week. Until then, thanks for reading.

KT