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Women’s Final Four predictions: Can Gamecocks win title?

CLEVELAND — This women’s Final Four has it all: an undefeated team (South Carolina), the national player of the year (Iowa’s Caitlin Clark), the player with the greatest comeback story this season (UConn’s Paige Bueckers) and the gritty underdogs who assume no one picked them to get here (NC State). During the regionals, the No. […]

Paige Bueckers leads UConn to Final Four with win over USC

PORTLAND, Ore. — Back in the fall, UConn coach Geno Auriemma thought it would’ve been a “miracle” for his team to make a deep March run. A slew of injuries hampered the Huskies for a third straight season. They hardly looked like a Final Four team when they lost three games in the first month […]

Women’s Final Four 2024: Can NC State, UConn or Iowa give South Carolina its first loss?

For the second consecutive year, South Carolina enters the final weekend unbeaten and will try to be the 10th team to finish a championship season without a loss. UConn, the most storied program in women’s college basketball with 11 NCAA titles, advances to its 23rd Final Four. Caitlin Clark sits atop the all-time scoring list […]

UConn Huskies outlast Duke Blue Devils in Sweet 16

PORTLAND, Ore. — Earlier this season, 11-time national champion coach Geno Auriemma didn’t think his UConn Huskies stood much of a shot at making a deep March run. The team had lost multiple key players — six by season’s end — for the year due to injury. By Dec. 3, they already had dropped three […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Predicting every Sweet 16 game

Sixteen teams have advanced to the regional semifinals in Albany and Portland. And the Sweet 16 is packed with potential. All four No. 1 seeds reached the round of 16. Defending champion LSU is back, as is No. 1 overall seed South Carolina, which is 34-0 and chasing a perfect season. Individual star power abounds […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Reseeding the round of 32

The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament should have perhaps been played on a blackboard. There’s that much chalk all over it after the first round wrapped up. Higher-seeded teams went 31-1 in the first round. No bracket has played so true to form since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1994. For those who like to pick […]

UConn eases past Jackson State on Geno Auriemma’s 70th birthday

STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers scored 28 points and freshman Ashlynn Shade added 26 as No. 3 seed UConn celebrated coach Geno Auriemma’s 70th birthday with an 86-64 win over Jackson State in the first round of the women’s NCAA tournament on Saturday. Aaliyah Edwards, wearing a mask after missing two games with a broken […]

March Madness 2024 bracket: NCAA tournament women’s teams

The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament bracket is here. The games are right around the corner. The anticipation and excitement around women’s college basketball has never been higher. Let the dancing begin. ESPN is here to get you situated and prepared on all things March Madness as competition gets underway this week, starting with the First […]

Bueckers helps UConn rout G’town for 22nd Big East tourney title

Bueckers scored 27 points and had five blocks to help the No. 10 Huskies beat Georgetown 78-42 on Monday night to win their 22nd Big East Tournament title. “A year ago I would have done anything to be in basketball shoes instead of streetwear and to be playing in the most important month of basketball,” […]

UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards inspired by Huskies legends

STORRS, Conn. — If Gampel Pavilion teems with legacy, the adjacent Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center overflows. Beyond the entrance adorned with glass-encased hardware, Aaliyah Edwards sits beside a court framed by banners celebrating first-team All-Americans, Olympic gold medalists, national players of the year and NCAA national championships. Edwards, in a black crewneck, sweatpants […]

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