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It's Final Four weekend in the city they like to call "The Big Guava" with four teams arriving midweek for the chance to win an NCAA Women's Tournament national championship.
Daily Journal |
UConn, the program with the most-ever Final Four appearances, makes its 24th in Friday's Final Four of the Women's NCAA Tournament in Tampa, Fla., against first-timer UCLA.
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This quartet has been the best four teams in the country for the majority of the season, and are the top-four in the NET rankings.
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The Wildcats shot a blistering 12-of-24 from three-point range in both of those earlier meetings, coming away with a 78-73 win on Jan. 28 and a 75-64 victory on Feb. 11 to hand the Volunteers two of their seven losses.
Quite simply, this is not the year of the Cinderella squad. The silver lining: The second-weekend matchups are loaded.
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Reniya Kelly grew up in Hoover, Alabama, and led her high school team to three state titles at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. That’s where Carolina will face Duke in the Sweet 16.
A season steeped with promise ended in early heartbreak for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who suffered a 71-62 upset loss to TCU on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Villanova fired Kyle Neptune, and the Wildcats waited quite some time while the rest of the coaching market swirled. Villanova ended the year with a 19-14 overall record; the Wildcats have missed the NCAA Tournament three straight years.
It’s been three long days, but the men’s NCAA tournament returns Thursday with 16 teams just two wins away from the Final Four.
Since N.C. State and LSU met in the Bahamas in November, the Wolfpack and Tigers have combined to win 44 of 52 games and have evolved considerably.