March Madness NCAA Tournament

Louisville coach Jeff Walz has another highly-rated recruiting class. The twist is that just one of the seven newcomers is a freshman.
The Pac-12 has the most teams of any conference in the AP Top 25 women’s preseason poll. UCLA is No. 4 to lead the six teams in the poll, with Utah right behind at No. 5.
Utah is walking on unfamiliar ground entering a new women’s basketball season. The Utes have completed a journey from underdog to top contender in the Pac-12 Conference.
Iowa women’s basketball is all about Caitlin Clark to the casual fan. Lisa Bluder, her staff and players know better.
The chase is on in the Big Ten. After watching Caitlin Clark sweep last season’s awards and lead Iowa to the national championship game, the Hawkeyes begin Clark’s final college season ranked No. 3 and as a heavy favorite to win the conference crown.
Big 12 women’s basketball programs have a lot to prove this season. After decades of contending for the Final Four and national championship, the league hasn’t sent a team to the Final Four in nearly five years, and only one in more than a decade.
Dawn Staley is fan of super teams, particularly the homegrown way she’s built them in much of her 16 seasons at South Carolina.
Virginia Tech’s women’s team is coming of a historic year that included its first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and its first trip to the Final Four.
Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark is embracing her role as an ambassador for the game after she led the Hawkeyes to the NCAA championship game last season.
Tennessee coach Kellie Harper was among the millions watching Angel Reese and LSU claim the national title.
A person with knowledge of the move says Haley Cavinder has entered the transfer portal. She is one of the most recognizable players in the name, image and likeness era of college athletics.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer says it’s “heartbreaking” and “a nightmare” for the Cardinal to be leaving the Pac-12.
The Big Ten is again expected to be one of the toughest conferences in the country this season. A league-record-tying seven teams made the NCAA Tournament in 2023.
South Carolina opened its preseason camp without the talented and accomplished group of players led by All-Americans Aliyah Boston and Zia Cooke.
The NCAA will hold the inaugural 32-team Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament next spring on campus sites with the champion crowned April 3 in Indianapolis.
The NCAA’s first girls basketball academy is being called a big success. Nearly 1,000 high school girls were in Memphis, Tennessee, for on-court and off-court activities.
The NCAA is exploring ways to promote the growth of women’s college basketball, including possible expansion of the 68-team tournament that determines the sport’s national champion each season.
The NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee discussed possible expansion of March Madness at its meetings this week but said no moves were imminent to increase the field beyond the current 68 teams.
An independent infractions panel handed a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension to former LSU and current McNeese State men’s basketball coach Will Wade on Thursday for multiple rules violations.
An NCAA infractions panel has imposed a three-game suspension for Memphis coach Penny Hardaway for recruiting violations tied to two in-home visits with a prospect two years ago.
The NCAA is changing its penalty for delay-of-game violations in women’s basketball and adding a new rule on flopping.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley is adding junior college player of the year Sakima Walker to her roster.
Aliyah Boston is the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, going to the Indiana Fever. It’s the first time that the Fever have had the top choice in the draft and they chose the South Carolina star.
Aliyah Boston headlines the WNBA draft class and is expected to be taken first by Indiana. Boston had the chance to return to South Carolina for her COVID season, but opted to enter Monday night’s draft instead.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s governor took a shot at the city of Houston following the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four, which was held in that city last weekend.
LSU’s national champion women’s basketball team will accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House.
The past two national champions will meet when Connecticut visits Kansas as part of the Big East-Big 12 Battle next season.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU star forward Angel Reese sat in the back of an orange convertible Corvette, waving to thousands of fans lining the roadside — and also waving her hand in front of her face from time to time, repeating a gesture that caused a stir at the end of the national championship ga