Blue Raiders win 27th straight -- and a new fan  Updated: March
18, 2007, 3:46 AM ET By Graham Hays |  If you watched Middle
Tennessee's 85-46 win against Gonzaga, you know how much the
NCAA Tournament needs this team.  Chrissy Givens AP Photo/Paul
SakumaPlayers like Chrissy Givens, the star with the "sublimely
smooth game," make you want to root for Middle Tennessee.  No
offense to Candace Parker or the denizens of Rocky Top; any
chance to watch CP do just about everything a player can do on
the court is time well spent. And no offense to the defending
champs from Maryland, yet another team standing in Middle
Tennessee's way on the road to Cleveland and the Final Four.  We
need America's Team to show up every few years. We needed it
when Jackie Stiles and Southwest Missouri State went to the
Final Four in 2001. And we needed Lindsay Whalen and Minnesota
when they did the same in 2004.  Like those two squads, this
Middle Tennessee team has a quality that's more important than
rebounding margin, field-goal def