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South Carolina banking on balance and depth in title game
CLEVELAND — With 47 seconds left in the third quarter of Friday night’s national semifinal against NC State, South Carolina slings the ball around the perimeter. It ends up in transfer guard Te-Hina Paopao‘s hands. She launches a 3-point shot, and the Gamecocks’ bench players stand and cheer with their arms in the air as […]
Continue readingWomen’s NCAA basketball’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2024-25
The landscape of women’s college basketball is going to look very different when November arrives and the 2024-25 season begins. Caitlin Clark will be gone. So will Angel Reese. The Pac-12 will be no more. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten. Oklahoma and Texas will be calling the SEC home. […]
Continue readingSources: Patriots, Kyle Dugger agree to four-year, $58M deal
The New England Patriots and safety Kyle Dugger have agreed to a four-year extension, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The contract has a base value of $58 million and can be worth up to $66 million and includes $32 million guaranteed, the sources said. Dugger’s new deal has an average annual value of $14.5 million. […]
Continue readingWomen’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. […]
Continue readingNC State: ‘We’re the party crashers’ at women’s Final Four
CLEVELAND – Iowa boasts AP player of the year Caitlin Clark. UConn arguably owns the top program in women’s basketball. South Carolina is undefeated and favored to win its second national title in three years. NC State, heavy underdogs in this star-studded Final Four, is just fine with all of that. “We’re the party crashers,” […]
Continue readingWomen’s March Madness 2024: Elite Eight tournament takeaways
We have our Final Four. A blockbuster Monday gave us a rematch of the 2023 women’s NCAA national title game between LSU and Iowa — except this time Caitlin Clark & Co. came out ahead in Albany, New York. Meanwhile in Portland, Oregon, Paige Bueckers and the limited roster of UConn outlasted freshman JuJu Watkins […]
Continue readingWomen’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 […]
Continue readingNC State comes from behind to beat foul-plagued Stanford
But second-half foul trouble — culminating with presumptive 2024 WNBA lottery pick Cameron Brink fouling out early in the fourth quarter — ultimately spelled doom as the Wolfpack stormed back for a 77-67 win. With Brink limited to seven second-half minutes, NC State outscored Stanford 50-30 after halftime to advance to their second Elite Eight […]
Continue readingWomen’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 […]
Continue readingMarch 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 […]
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