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Baylor's Griner is AP Player of the Year
Brittney Griner of Baylor is The Associated Press' women's college basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season. Griner is only the ...
Finals Watch: Presidential shot, top coach, player
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games
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 ...
Louisville women top Tennessee to reach Final Four
Jeff Walz sees no reason to pile on with all the pressure that naturally comes with the NCAA women's tournament. The Louisville coach wants his ...
Notre Dame women beat Duke to return to Final Four
Skylar Diggins and the Notre Dame women's team have a whole week to talk about playing Connecticut again. After a near-flawless performance in the ...
Louisville women Final Four bound with 86-78 upset
Sponging up tales of Jim Valvano and Muhammad Ali, the Louisville Cardinals are embracing the role of the underdog in the most fearless of fashions.
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 ...
Diggins leads Notre Dame women past Duke, 87-76
Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame are headed back to the Final Four for another rematch with Connecticut. Before looking ahead, though, they wanted to ...
Tulsa formally accepts invitation to join Big East
Tulsa officials say they've accepted an invitation to join the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference beginning in 2014. The Golden Hurricane, who ...
Baylor's Brittney Griner leads AP All-America team
Brittney Griner has been in a class by herself all season. Now she's part of a select group. Baylor's 6-foot-8 star senior was a unanimous selection ...
Cal rallies past Georgia to reach first Final Four
California coach Lindsay Gottlieb was in elementary school the last time a West Coast women's basketball program not named Stanford reached the Final ...
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 ...
Cal rallies to beat Georgia 65-62 in overtime
Layshia Clarendon moved directly to the front, the first to get her hands on the regional championship trophy. Rightfully so, after getting California ...
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 ...
Baylor's loss leaves NCAA women's bracket open
With Brittney Griner and defending champion Baylor gone, the NCAA women's tournament is suddenly wide open. Louisville did what hardly anyone else ...
Louisville upsets Griner and No. 1 Baylor 82-81
From the opening tip of the season, there was only one question in women's college basketball: How do you stop Brittney Griner? Louisville found the ...
AP PHOTOS: Final Four slate is set
After a weekend of blowouts and another upset, the men's NCAA Final Four is set. Top overall seed Louisville will face Wichita State next Saturday, ...
Diggins leads Notre Dame past Kansas 93-63
Skylar Diggins was already having such a great day, her coach figured she might as well make it historic. The Notre Dame point guard scored 22 of her ...
Duke overcomes Nebraska 53-45 to reach Elite 8
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie is growing weary of people expecting the Blue Devils to roll over teams in the NCAA tournament. "We don't want to be ...
Cal tops LSU 73-63 to reach round of 8
A strong second half and much better free throw shooting propelled California over LSU, sending the Bears to the round of eight for the first time in ...
Georgia women rally to beat Stanford 61-59
Andy Landers looked down at the stat sheet on the table in front of him. The numbers were almost exactly what the longtime Georgia coach anticipated.
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 ...
Kentucky women hold off Delaware 69-62
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell has his team one victory away from the school's first Final Four. The Wildcats had to overcome an incredible effort ...
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 ...
Heat start to move on after streak ends
Take heart, Heat. Look out, NBA. When the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak ended, they hit a bit of a lull before rolling through the ...