Obama congratulates UConn women on 8th NCAA title
President Barack Obama has congratulated coach Geno Auriemma (aw-ree-EH'-muh) and the University of Connecticut women's basketball team on winning ...

UConn women win 8th title in rout of Louisville
His eighth national championship in hand, Geno Auriemma wanted to savor the moment and not talk about a dynasty just yet. He had just tied Pat Summitt ...

Louisville overwhelmed by UConn for title, 93-60
Shoni Schimmel tried to fling a long, hard bounce pass to Jude Schimmel along the right sideline — the kind of crowd-pleasing play the sisters often ...

UConn women rout Louisville for 8th title
Geno Auriemma has been chasing Pat Summitt since he started coaching. Now with his eighth national championship, he has finally caught her. It might ...

Auriemma looks for eighth national championship
Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game. Of course, his UConn Huskies haven't had to face a team like upstart Louisville, which is ...

Louisville women join men with shot at NCAA title
Louisville's basketball teams have been pulling for each other during both NCAA tournaments, sweating through the nail biters, cheering the wins.

UConn, Louisville to meet for women's NCAA title
Connecticut beat Louisville comfortably back in January and didn't even have star Breanna Stewart on the floor at the time. That doesn't mean the ...

UConn beats Notre Dame 83-65 to reach NCAA final
Geno Auriemma shook his head in amazement. With all the incredible players he has coached, he couldn't remember a better effort than the one Breanna ...
Griner, McGraw are AP player and coach of the year
Brittney Griner has had no equal in her stellar career at Baylor. Now she's part of a very select group. The 6-foot-8 senior star earned The ...
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is AP Coach of the Year
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is The Associated Press' women's college basketball Coach of the Year. McGraw has guided her team to 30 straight victories ...

UConn freshmen lead Huskies' postseason makeover
Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma saw a switch turn on inside freshman Breanna Stewart just before the Big East tournament. In the Huskies final six ...

Hall of Fame coaches say abuse never right
Jim Calhoun witnessed basketball practices all over the country in nearly half a century of coaching — including Bob Knight's sessions — and said he ...

Rutgers fires basketball coach over abuse, taunts
Once the video went viral, Mike Rice's coaching days at Rutgers were over. Now the question is whether anyone else will lose their jobs — including ...

Notre Dame and UConn headline women's Final Four
Get ready for Connecticut vs. Notre Dame round four. For the third straight season the two Big East rivals will meet in the Final Four. Throw in ...

UConn women reach record 6th straight Final Four
Getting to the Final Four never gets old for Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut women's team. The Huskies reached the national semifinals for a record ...

UConn women rout Kentucky, advance to Final Four
Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut Huskies are headed back to a familiar place — the Final Four. Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Kaleena ...

UConn women run past Maryland 76-50
Connecticut's youngest players have the Huskies back in an old and familiar spot. Freshmen Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck combined ...

What if: Women's coaches weigh in on 1-on-1 games
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey laughed at the idea. Then, after giving it a little thought, declared herself the winner of a mythical NCAA women's tournament ...

UConn women in regional semis for 20th year in row
Connecticut has had its share of streaks, including a memorable 90 wins in a row between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies added to another impressive run ...

BracketRacket: Zags, Ryan's Wiki and Geno is 59
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we say farewell to our first No. 1 seed and explain why ...

Baylor, ND, UConn, Stanford top NCAA women's seeds
If that NCAA women's tournament bracket looks familiar, it should. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 seeds when the field ...

Late lay-in lifts ND over UConn in Big East final
Skylar Diggins cut the final strand off the net and twirled it around. Finally, Notre Dame had its first Big East tournament championship.

UConn women beat Cuse advance to BEast title game
Get ready for UConn-Notre Dame, Part III. The teams who played a triple-overtime thriller a week ago will meet for the Big East title Tuesday night.

Diggins leads No. 2 ND women past UConn in 3 OTs
Second-ranked Notre Dame just wouldn't give up against No. 3 Connecticut. Not when the Fighting Irish fell behind by six points in the first overtime, ...

USF women thumped by No. 3 UConn, 85-51
Late in the first half, South Florida had a chance to tie the game with No. 3 Connecticut. By intermission, the game was a blowout. Lesson for the ...