NPR: NCAA women's basketball https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=135170830 NCAA women's basketball en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:11:56 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: NCAA women's basketball https://www.npr.org/tags/135170830/ncaa-women-s-basketball Cooper Flagg sends Duke into Elite Eight while Texas Tech wins an overtime thriller The Sweet 16 weekend began Thursday night with dramatic late-night games as both men and women roll into action on Friday. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56825/ncaa-sweet-16-flagg-duke https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56825/ncaa-sweet-16-flagg-duke

The Sweet 16 weekend began Thursday night with dramatic late-night games as both men and women roll into action on Friday.

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]]> Greg Echlin USC star JuJu Watkins carried off the court as NCAA tournament reaches the Sweet 16 Southern California All-American star JuJu Watkins crashed to the floor Monday night against Mississippi State and grabbed her knee. She had to be carried off the floor at the USC Galen Center. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/g-s1-55629/ncaa-women-sweet-16-juju-watkins https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/g-s1-55629/ncaa-women-sweet-16-juju-watkins

Southern California All-American star JuJu Watkins crashed to the floor Monday night against Mississippi State and grabbed her knee. She had to be carried off the floor at the USC Galen Center.

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]]> Greg Echlin Dreams of a three-peat come crashing at the NCAA basketball tournament Florida ends UConn's bid to repeat — again — in Sunday action that saw a memorable buzzer-beater. Meanwhile, South Carolina advances in the women's tournament, which rounds out its Sweet 16 on Monday. Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/g-s1-55416/ncaa-basketball-tournament https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/g-s1-55416/ncaa-basketball-tournament

Florida ends UConn's bid to repeat — again — in Sunday action that saw a memorable buzzer-beater. Meanwhile, South Carolina advances in the women's tournament, which rounds out its Sweet 16 on Monday.

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]]> Greg Echlin Survive and advance: First-day upsets set the table for March Madness McNeese and Drake universities stun their heavily favored opponents as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments roll into their first weekend of play. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/g-s1-55110/survive-and-advance-first-day-upsets-set-the-table-for-march-madness https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/g-s1-55110/survive-and-advance-first-day-upsets-set-the-table-for-march-madness

McNeese and Drake universities stun their heavily favored opponents as the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments roll into their first weekend of play.

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]]> Greg Echlin How well do you know your March Madness trivia? Take our quiz Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you're in the Final Four — or didn't even get seeded. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54770/march-madness-quiz-ncaa-tournament https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54770/march-madness-quiz-ncaa-tournament

Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you're in the Final Four — or didn't even get seeded.

]]> Holly J. Morris UConn's Geno Auriemma, the new winningest NCAA coach, is honored with a literal goat Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:07:25 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199564/geno-auriemma-uconn-ncaa-record https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199564/geno-auriemma-uconn-ncaa-record

Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach.

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]]> Rachel Treisman Man admits racial harassment of Utah women's NCAA basketball team Prosecutors in northern Idaho say they won't bring charges against a man who admitted to using a racial slur against University of Utah women's basketball players. Tue, 07 May 2024 16:42:55 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249735486/man-admits-racial-harassment-of-utah-womens-ncaa-basketball-team https://www.npr.org/2024/05/07/1249735486/man-admits-racial-harassment-of-utah-womens-ncaa-basketball-team

Prosecutors in northern Idaho say they won't bring charges against a man who admitted to using a racial slur against University of Utah women's basketball players.

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]]> Kirk Siegler Women's NCAA championship TV ratings crush the men's competition At its peak, 24 million basketball fans tuned in to watch the women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, making it the most-watched basketball game since 2019. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:41:20 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243801501/womens-ncaa-championship-tv-ratings https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243801501/womens-ncaa-championship-tv-ratings At its peak, 24 million basketball fans tuned in to watch the women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, making it the most-watched basketball game since 2019.

]]> Vanessa Romo Caitlin Clark once dreamed of going to UConn. Now, she'll face them in the Final Four Clark's freshman year at Iowa ended with a Sweet 16 loss to UConn. Now, with her aim on Iowa's first-ever championship to cap off her final season, a Final Four win over the Huskies must come first. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:03:55 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242334968/caitlin-clark-iowa-uconn-final-four https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242334968/caitlin-clark-iowa-uconn-final-four

Clark's freshman year at Iowa ended with a Sweet 16 loss to UConn. Now, with her aim on Iowa's first-ever championship to cap off her final season, a Final Four win over the Huskies must come first.

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]]> Becky Sullivan The women's NCAA Final Four is set after Iowa wins its rematch against LSU Caitlin Clark, the all-time NCAA Division 1 basketball scoring leader, led the Iowa Hawkeyes to victory Monday night, scoring 41 of the team's 94 points in their rematch against LSU. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:00:18 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242195842/ncaa-womens-final-four-caitlin-clark https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242195842/ncaa-womens-final-four-caitlin-clark

Caitlin Clark, the all-time NCAA Division 1 basketball scoring leader, led the Iowa Hawkeyes to victory Monday night, scoring 41 of the team's 94 points in their rematch against LSU.

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