March Madness NCAA Tournament
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 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.
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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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
First lady Jill Biden’s walk-back of her suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join NCAA women’s basketball champion LSU for a visit to the White House doesn’t sit well with Angel Reese.
Zach Edey of Purdue has won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s top men’s college basketball player. Caitlin Clark of Iowa won the women’s award.
UConn’s NCAA champion basketball team arrived back on campus Tuesday to more than 7,000 cheering fans inside Gampel Pavilion, the team’s home arena.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa athletic department will hold a celebration April 14 to honor the women’s basketball team for their runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament.
Iowa standout Caitlin Clark says there’s no reason for LSU’s Angel Reese to be criticized on social media for waving her hand while staring down Clark during the women’s NCAA championship game.
DALLAS (AP) — Jasmine Carson was nearly perfect from the field to help LSU put on a record-breaking performance in the NCAA Tournament championship game.
The Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. More than a few, actually. In the end, it was a familiar face that won the NCAA Tournament.
There was a short list of believers in the potential of a rebuilt UConn roster before the season started.
UConn’s Jordan Hawkins made this year’s NCAA championships a family affair Monday night when he picked up a title a day after his cousin Angel Reese led LSU to the women’s crown.
Adama Sanogo led the way for Connecticut as it claimed its fifth NCAA championship. The big man from Mali was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after Monday night’s 76-59 win against San Diego State.
UConn had its way with San Diego State in a dominating first half, threatening to turn the national championship game into a monumental rout.
Adama Sanogo powered UConn to the school’s fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State.
San Diego State was done in by a terrible shooting drought in the first half of Monday night’s national title game against UConn.
UConn was not a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Even so, the Huskies sure played like one.
In a March Madness unique because of early exits from the favorites, it was No. 4 seed UConn that emerged victorious with a 76-59 win over No. 5 seed San Diego State in the title game in Houston.
In a March Madness unique because of early exits from the favorites, it was No. 4 seed UConn that emerged victorious with a 76-59 win over No. 5 seed San Diego State in the title game in Houston.
First lady Jill Biden says she wants to see the defeated Iowa women’s basketball team invited to the White House as well as the national title winner Louisiana State University.
LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa in Sunday’s national championship game was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record.
LSU’s national championship women’s basketball team has returned to campus where thousands of fans gathered to welcome them back.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UConn has rolled through March Madness so far, the one constant in this year’s unpredictable NCAA Tournament.
This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped off with the flamboyant Kim Mulkey leading LSU to its first basketball championship.