NCAA Basketball Championships (Women)
Final Fours in the Same City? Not Anytime Soon.
It also argued that there was “no realistic way to obtain the same level of corporate sponsorship and promotional synergies at a separate women’s championship in a separate city,” given the N.C.A.A.’s assorted contractual arrangements, and said that the “overwhelming majority” of women’s players it surveyed about the possibility of a blended site supported the […]
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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: Creighton Upsets Iowa State in Round of 16
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Creighton took down a No. 6 seed, Colorado. It defeated second-seeded Iowa. Now it has become the rare No. 10 seed to reach the round of 8. Creighton delivered its third consecutive upset by beating the No. 4 seed Iowa State, 76-68, on Friday night in the N.C.A.A. women’s tournament. The Bluejays […]
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Powers Remain and Threats Lurk as Women’s Sweet 16 Is Set
Ohio State, among the country’s best programs behind the arc, will meet a feisty Texas team — “Punch first, that’s always our motto,” Aliyah Matharu, a junior guard, said — that did not allow more than 56 points in either of its first two tournament games but is still carping over its communication on defense. […]
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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: N.C. State Easily Advances
RALEIGH, N.C. — No. 1-seeded North Carolina State clinched a coveted spot in the round of 16 of the N.C.A.A. tournament after defeating ninth-seeded Kansas State, 89-57, in a game that showcased its depth and experience. This will be North Carolina State’s fourth consecutive appearance in the round of 16. The Wolfpack, coming off winning […]
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N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament: UConn Handles Mercer
After Arizona handed Connecticut a humbling loss in last season’s Final Four, Geno Auriemma, the Huskies’ head coach, was blunt about his team’s level of maturity. “When we’re high and when we’re on top of the world, we think everything’s great,” Auriemma said at the time. “And when things don’t go our way, there’s a […]
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Women’s March Madness: South Carolina Still Dominant
Peck, who led the women’s basketball programs at Florida and Purdue, soon joined in: “The threat to any human rights is a threat to all human rights, and at this time, Courtney and I, we’re going to take a pause from our broadcast to show our love and support for our friends, our family and […]
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For Texas Southern and other HBCUs, It’s Proving Time Again
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Finally, a taut game began to turn in Texas Southern’s favor. An automatic bid to the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament was within reach. An assistant coach knelt at the Texas Southern bench as if to start a decisive sprint to the finish line. Players jumped to their feet, waving towels the way trainers […]
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How Sedona Prince Spurred the Conversation on Equity in March Madness
“The N.C.A.A. tournament was where we were like, ‘This is where we’re finally going to have an experience and it’s going to be fun,’” Prince said this month in an interview at the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas. “There was this sigh of relief: We made it here.” But when players arrived nearly a week […]
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The Field Is Crowded, but Mostly Behind South Carolina
Conferences are scrambling to update protocols to reflect the new variant. Most, including every Power 5 conference, have rescinded recent rules that had deemed any cancellation because of coronavirus protocol to be a forfeiture by the exposed team. What remains to be seen is whether the N.C.A.A. will amend its 25-game requirement for tournament eligibility […]
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