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Griner has 3 dunks, Baylor women rout Florida St.
Brittney Griner certainly knows how to provide a farewell to remember — and an embrace Baylor coach Kim Mulkey will likely never forget. There were ...
Griner 3 slam dunks in her final home game
Brittney Griner got another dunk for the Baylor fans seeing her at home for the last time. Then added two more for good measure. The 6-foot-8 Griner ...
Kansas races past South Carolina 75-69
The Kansas Jayhawks aren't about to complain about their No. 12 seeding. After all, they realize they were likely the last at-large team to make the ...
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 ...
Opening round of women's NCAA tourney goes to plan
The opening round of the women's NCAA tournament went true to form. Stars Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne shined. The top seeds cruised.
Creighton hangs on to defeat Syracuse 61-56
McKenzie Fujan never feared that she'd have to carry Creighton to its first NCAA tournament victory since 1994 all by herself. She scored a ...
Oklahoma, McFarland stop Central Michigan 78-73
Joanna McFarland stepped in when no one else would for Oklahoma, then Aaryn Ellenberg waited until the right moment to take over. McFarland had 18 ...
Obama picks Baylor to win NCAA women's title
President Barack Obama is going with Brittney Griner and Baylor to win back-to-back titles in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. In his 2013 ...
One look at the 63 NCAA women's tourney games
Baylor is six wins from a second straight national championship. But, it's hardly a foregone conclusion this year that the Lady Bears will repeat.
Top teams could be forced to play on the road
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw wasn't thrilled when the NCAA women's tournament bracket was released Monday. Her No. 1-seeded Irish were the latest ...
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 ...
Sue Bird upbeat despite needing another surgery
Sue Bird is no stranger to surgeries. She'll have her fourth one in six years in early May to remove a cyst from her left knee. It will sideline the ...
Thrilling conclusion for Big East conference
Notre Dame and Connecticut provided a thrilling final act for the Big East. The conference name will live on with the basketball schools that are ...
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.
Notre Dame to join ACC next season
Goodbye Madison Square Garden, Georgetown and Villanova. Hello Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina and Duke. A year from now, Notre Dame men's ...
Baylor women beat Iowa State in Big 12 title game
With the way Brittney Griner and top-ranked Baylor have dominated the Big 12, the Lady Bears' third consecutive conference title is really no surprise
Baylor still No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll
Baylor remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a 10th consecutive week. The Lady Bears received all 40 first-place votes ...
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.
No. 1 Baylor holds on, 77-69 over Oklahoma State
With the NCAA tournament right around the corner, maybe this was just the kind of reminder defending national champion Baylor needed of how to hold ...
Thomas leads Terp women past Wake in ACC tourney
Alyssa Thomas had the first triple-double in Atlantic Coast Conference tournament history, and No. 10 Maryland beat Wake Forest 92-81 in overtime in ...
Simmons, No. 9 Lady Vols top Florida 82-73 in SEC
A late rally from Florida left Tennessee coach Holly Warlick thinking the Lady Vols haven't learned how to put a team away. Meighan Simmons scored 20 ...
Diggins, Notre Dame sweep major Big East awards
Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins was selected Big East player of the year for the second consecutive season on Friday, leading an Irish sweep of the ...
Stanford's Ogwumike wins Pac-12 Player of Year
Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike has become the first player to win Pac-12 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.
Griner's 50 lift No. 1 Baylor over K-State, 90-68
Half-a-hundred and a dunk for Brittney Griner. For all the highlights and dunks the 6-foot-8, two-time All-American has had in four seasons for ...
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, ...