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Strong, Bueckers and Shade’s hot shooting lift No. 4 UConn to 101-68 win over Iowa State

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 UConn to a 101-68 victory over Iowa State on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Key moment Shade scored UConn’s first 14 points as the Huskies raced out to a 14-6 lead in the first 4:30 of the game. Up …

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1 week ago

Notre Dame jumps to 3rd in AP Top 25 women's poll after win over UConn; UCLA, South Carolina 1-2

Hindustan Times

Notre Dame jumped to No. 3 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday after beating rival UConn last week. Notre Dame's victory over UConn gave the Irish three wins over top five teams this season. “This is a major win for us,” Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey said. Two of the top stars in college basketball will square off …

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Hidalgo scores 29 as No. 8 Notre Dame holds off No. 2 UConn 79-68

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Notre Dame forced UConn into 3-of-16 shooting from 3-point range, while the Fighting Irish were 10 for 18 behind the arc. Takeaways Notre Dame: Liza Karlen, a 6-foot-2 forward, suited up for the Fighting Irish for the first time since suffering a left ankle sprain …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Citron leads No. 8 Notre Dame against No. 2 UConn after 25-point game

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! UConn Huskies at Notre Dame Fighting Irish South Bend, Indiana; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -2.5; over/under is 139.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. Notre Dame scores 85.8 points, 36.3 more per game than the 49.5 UConn gives up. UConn averages 8.5 made 3-pointers …

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1 month ago

The win record sets UConn’s Geno Auriemma apart. But his players’ legacies tell his greatness

New York Times

STORRS, Conn. — If you thought UConn coach Geno Auriemma would immediately get all emotional and sentimental, then you probably haven’t been paying attention for the last 40 years. I’ll remember when they were 17 and the look in their eyes of, ‘Coach, can you help me do this?’ … Now we look back 40 years later, and I’ll say …

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1 month ago

UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford women’s coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217th career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night. “It’s about coming here every day and trying to be better than we were yesterday.” He has spent four …

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1 month ago

Geno Auriemma sets NCAA record win as No. 2 UConn beats Fairleigh Dickinson

LA Times

UConn coach Geno Auriemma poses for a photograph with his past and present players and coaches after setting the NCAA all-time wins record Wednesday night in Storrs, Conn. Geno Auriemma soaked in the moment. “We never sat down and said hey let’s make a 40-year plan and see if we can make this happen,” Auriemma said. “I know it means …

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1 month, 1 week ago

No. 2 UConn cruises past South Florida as Geno Auriemma pulls within a victory of NCAA record

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 2 UConn rolled to an 86-49 win over former conference rival South Florida on Sunday. Ashlynn Shade had 10 of UConn’s 30 points in the third quarter as the Huskies never trailed in the game. Takeaways South Florida: The Bulls’ top two scores in the …

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2 months ago

Wake Forest Holds on for 23-20 Win over UConn

Associated Press

Wake Forest secured a 23-20 victory over Connecticut on Saturday, extending their winning streak to three games. Demond Claiborne had two touchdowns for Wake Forest, while Nick Evers threw for 264 yards for the Huskies. The Demon Deacons dominated the red zone throughout the game, scoring 23 unanswered points in the first half. Despite trailing by 10 points in the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Edwards throws for 311 yards and two touchdowns in Maryland’s 50-7 rout of UConn

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Billy Edwards Jr. threw two touchdown passes to Tai Felton, and Maryland’s defense was as good as advertised in a 50-7 victory over UConn in a season opener on Saturday. Edwards, who guided Maryland to a win over Auburn in the Music City Bowl last …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA men’s final sees viewership increase over 2023, but not enough to outdraw women’s title game

Associated Press

For the first time, the NCAA women’s basketball championship outdrew the men. UConn’s 75-60 victory over Purdue in Monday night’s men’s final on TBS and TNT averaged 14.82 million, according to Nielsen. That was not enough to surpass the 18.87 million who watched South Carolina defeat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday afternoon’s women’s final on ABC and ESPN. Friday …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Women’s NCAA title game outdraws the men’s championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers

Associated Press

The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark, according to ratings released Tuesday. The audience for the women’s game — in which the Gamecocks won their fourth national title and denied Clark’s …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn uses strategy of shutting down Purdue’s perimeter shooters to get decisive victory

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — UConn left Donovan Clingan on the loneliest island, stuck deep in the paint to wrestle massive Purdue center Zach Edey. Chasing the Boilermakers off the arc all night, UConn held one of the nation’s best 3-point shooting teams to one made 3 and became the first team since 2007 to repeat as national champions with a 75-60 …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Connecticut defeats Purdue to repeat as NCAA men’s basketball champions

LA Times

Connecticut delivered another dominant performance Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships. The Huskies limited the country’s second-best three-point shooting team to a mere seven shots behind the arc — Purdue only made one — while happily allowing 7-foot-4 AP Player of the Year Zach Edey to …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating in a romp-filled March Madness

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA Tournament has reached its finish line, down to one game pairing the two best teams that routinely win in romps and boasting a marquee post matchup that features a two-time national player of the year. Yet there’s a short list of unexpected moments this year: namely, Jack Gohlke making 10 3-pointers to help Oakland stun …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Staley and South Carolina chase perfection, one win away from becoming 10th undefeated team

Hindustan Times

CLEVELAND — South Carolina is one victory away from completing the 10th perfect season in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. Coach Dawn Staley lost all five starters from last season's team that went into the Final Four unbeaten before losing to Caitlin Clark and Iowa. The 2010 perfect run almost ended in the title game when the Huskies trailed …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Staley, South Carolina achieve perfection, becoming 10th unbeaten team in NCAA Division I history

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — South Carolina has joined an elite group, becoming the 10th NCAA Division I women’s basketball team to go through a season undefeated. Coach Dawn Staley lost all five starters from last season’s team that went into the Final Four unbeaten before losing to Caitlin Clark and Iowa. The 2010 perfect run almost ended in the title game when …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Purdue powers its way past N.C. State 63-50 into NCAA title game

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory Saturday that placed the Boilermakers a win from their first NCAA title. N.C. State poked and jabbed at the 7-foot-4 Edey and gave him fits over his 40 minutes on the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Iowa-UConn women’s Final Four semifinal most-watched hoops game in ESPN history; 14.2M avg. viewers

Associated Press

BRISTOL, Conn. — Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast. Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Boston was ESPN’s most-watched basketball game at 13.51 million. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina tries to finish off perfect season when it faces Clark and Iowa in women’s title game

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Dawn Staley knows Sunday’s national championship game is a big moment for women’s basketball. Standing in the way of Staley and the Gamecocks is a generational player in Caitlin Clark and an Iowa team looking for the school’s first women’s national championship. I think it’s a crash course of who’s going to have the better run, who’s going …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina women surge past N.C. State 78-59

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — All-America center Kamilla Cardoso scored 22 points and unbeaten South Carolina emphatically kept its perfect season going, advancing to the championship game of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 78-59 victory over North Carolina State on Friday night. South Carolina will meet the winner of the second Final Four game between Iowa and UConn — a matchup featuring …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Close encounters of the college kind

China Daily

This season's NCAA women's tournament has been a huge ratings hit in North America thanks to breakout stars and increasing levels of competitiveness. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men's tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the women's division. The underdogs The women's tournament doesn't have any Cinderella stories to …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Close encounters of the college kind

China Daily

This season's NCAA women's tournament has been a huge ratings hit in North America thanks to breakout stars and increasing levels of competitiveness. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men's tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the women's division. The underdogs The women's tournament doesn't have any Cinderella stories to …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games

Associated Press

This spotlight season for women’s college basketball isn’t merely creating brighter stars and bigger ratings. The top 16 women’s seeds play at home for the first two rounds while all men’s games are at neutral sites. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men’s tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the …

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Strong, Bueckers and Shade’s hot shooting lift No. 4 UConn to 101-68 win over Iowa State

Notre Dame jumps to 3rd in AP Top 25 women's poll after win over UConn; UCLA, South Carolina 1-2

Hidalgo scores 29 as No. 8 Notre Dame holds off No. 2 UConn 79-68

Citron leads No. 8 Notre Dame against No. 2 UConn after 25-point game

The win record sets UConn’s Geno Auriemma apart. But his players’ legacies tell his greatness

UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

Geno Auriemma sets NCAA record win as No. 2 UConn beats Fairleigh Dickinson

No. 2 UConn cruises past South Florida as Geno Auriemma pulls within a victory of NCAA record

Wake Forest Holds on for 23-20 Win over UConn

Edwards throws for 311 yards and two touchdowns in Maryland’s 50-7 rout of UConn

NCAA men’s final sees viewership increase over 2023, but not enough to outdraw women’s title game

Women’s NCAA title game outdraws the men’s championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers

UConn uses strategy of shutting down Purdue’s perimeter shooters to get decisive victory

Connecticut defeats Purdue to repeat as NCAA men’s basketball champions

UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating in a romp-filled March Madness

Staley and South Carolina chase perfection, one win away from becoming 10th undefeated team

Staley, South Carolina achieve perfection, becoming 10th unbeaten team in NCAA Division I history

Purdue powers its way past N.C. State 63-50 into NCAA title game

Iowa-UConn women’s Final Four semifinal most-watched hoops game in ESPN history; 14.2M avg. viewers

South Carolina tries to finish off perfect season when it faces Clark and Iowa in women’s title game

South Carolina women surge past N.C. State 78-59

Close encounters of the college kind

Close encounters of the college kind

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games