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• Should South Carolina have been the No. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament?

Matt Cashore-Imagn Images The women’s NCAA Tournament gets underway this week. Dawn Staley and Lindsay Gottlieb aren’t happy with their seedings, but will it impact their paths to the Final Four? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, we finally got the bracket for the 2025 women’s NCAA T...2025
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• The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Breaking down which top seeds in the 2025 women’s NCAA tournament can make it to Tampa. Dawn Staley and Lindsay Gottlieb have both made noise in recent days about their team’s seeding in NCAA tournament. The Gamecocks and Trojans are both No. 1 seeds, but South Carolina is seeded second overall and USC is fourth. UCLA was the No. 1 overall seed, while T...2025
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• Women’s NCAA tournament printable bracket for 2025 with March Madness field revealed

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Here’s your printable bracket for women’s March Madness. The road to Tampa begins now. The 2025 women’s NCAA tournament is here. With an increased level of parity in the sport this year, March Madness should be a whole lot of fun. There’s not one real singular Goliath, but a whole lot of Davids aiming to make their mark. South Carolina looks like a favor...2025
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• How Destinee Rogers guided Arkansas State to its first-ever March Madness appearance

Photo by Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State Destinee Rogers, the first Black woman coach at Arkansas State, guided the Red Wolves to an upset of James Madison and their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Back in 2021, Dawn Staley took the net that she cut down from South Carolina’s 2017 national championship and diced it into pieces. She then divided them up and sent them to 70 Black wome...2025
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• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images March is when stars are born. It’s when players are asked to step up in crucial moments, when they attempt the improbable and pull off the seemingly impossible. In basketball, the stage doesn’t get any bigger than March Madness. It feels like we see a few freshmen really break out during the NCAA Tournament every season. Last year was no exception. We wat...2025
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The Golden State Warriors star is the latest high-profile investor for the new professional women’s basketball league. Unrivaled, the new professional 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, is wrapping up its inaugural season in Miami. The league promises the highest average salary of any wome...2025
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• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images The Huskies beat the Gamecocks, a showdown in Tobacco Road and more A telltale sign that it’s almost March Madness time is when the NCAA Tournament committee releases its first top-16 ranking of the year. That announcement came Sunday leading into one of the top games of the week between No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 7 UConn Huskies. However, the act...2025
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite

Jeff Blake-Imagn Images UConn bounced back from Tennessee loss in a big way, proving they’re near the top of college basketball On Feb. 6, the UConn Huskies traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee and lost to the University of Tennessee for the first time in 17 years. For critics of head coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies, it was a defeat that pushed UConn further into the shadows of their forme...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Where teams fall in the latest AP Top 25 poll with the regular season nearing its end The theme from last week’s college basketball games was honoring the past. In the SEC and Big Ten, two names who have shaped the future of the sport had their jersey numbers immortalized in their respective school rafters. These ceremonies represented how the past impacts the p...2025
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• Te-Hina Paopao’s journey from Oregon to South Carolina has transformed her into the makings of a future WNBA Draft pick

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images The graduate senior already has a laundry list of accolades, but still has more to accomplish this season and beyond In the Samoan culture, family is key. It’s valuing the ones you love and the people in which you share your life experiences. A popular Samoan proverb goes “E leai se mea e sili atu i lo lou aiga,” roughly translated to mean “Nothing is...2025
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• Women’s college basketball rankings: Only one undefeated team remains as top-25 rankings shift

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images South Carolina ends LSU’s bid for perfection, Maryland suffers key injuries and more in week 12 There are six weeks remaining in the NCAA women’s basketball regular season and while a few teams are building a case for conference trophies, it’s still a toss-up across the power conferences. In week 12, eight games ended with either an unranked or lower ranked...2025
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• Everything you need to know ahead of South Carolina-LSU matchup in women’s college hoops

Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images When the Gamecocks and Tigers meet on the court, it’s always must-see television Winter Storm Enzo came through the Southeast and brought snow, ice and frigid temperatures to areas normally boasting warm weather throughout the winter months. College basketball felt the storm front, with Thursday’s battle between No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 5 LSU Tigers mo...2025
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• South Carolina is looking like a national title favorite, and Dawn Staley says the team hasn’t even ‘reached their potential’ yet

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images South Carolina’s early season hiccup against UCLA looks like a distant memory at the start of SEC play, especially after being a ranked Texas team. Look at the following stat comparison and then decide which team you think came away with the victory: If you weren’t reading an article with this kind of introduction, you’d likely choose Team A....2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: Top 8 teams remain the same, injuries hit UConn and South Carolina

Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Big Ten and SEC dominate the top teams in the latest AP top 25 women’s basketball poll The first full week of women’s college basketball returned this week as the calendar page flipped to 2025. With all conferences now fully in league play, teams throughout the top-25 rankings faced off against programs in and just out of the weekly ...2025
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• The top 10 women’s basketball players in the SEC, ranked

Stephen Lew-Imagn Images We break down who is standing out already this season in women’s college basketball For the past three women’s college basketball seasons, the end of each season featured a team from the SEC holding up the national championship trophy. Of those titles, two went to Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks and one to LSU. Now, in the 2024-25 season, the conferen...2024
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"com/LIIjmEEGRV— Unrivaled Basketball (@Unrivaledwbb) March 11, 2025 Curry is the latest in a long list of investors to support the upstart league, a list that includes Alex Morgan and Trybe Ventures, Carmelo Anthony, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Coco Gauff, Michael Phelps, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, The Berman Family, Ann Sarnoff, Dawn Staley, Geno Auriemma, David Levy, John Skipper, Moira Forbes, Tyus and Tre Jones, Dan Rosensweig, and Gary Vaynerchuk, among others."

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"The Camden (SC) High School star—and the Number 2-ranked player in the class of 2024—is a versatile, 6-2 forward who can knock down shots, finish at the rim, block shots […] The post Number 2 Ranked Senior Joyce Edwards Talks All-Around Game, Dawn Staley and Her Future at South Carolina appeared first on SLAM."

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""As a basketball player, he’s one of a kind," said Hall of Famer Dawn Staley."

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" For years, there has been a […] The post Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks Are College Basketball’s Authors of Evolution appeared first on SLAM."

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"Dawn Staley says Trail Blazers 'treated me like a real candidate' during head coach interview process"

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"South Carolina's Dawn Staley and Dayton's Anthony Grant are the first coaches from their respective schools to win the Naismith Coach of the Year award."

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"Missouri AD says South Carolina's Dawn Staley 'promoted' atmosphere for fans using racial epithets"

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"Dawn Staley says the team is focused on the season ahead."

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"Extremely successful as a player and coach in college and the WNBA, University of South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has just one thing left to chase: a National Championship."

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"</p><p> South Carolina's Dawn Staley, DePaul's Doug Bruno and Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve will join head coach Geno Auriemma of UConn again as the Americans try to win a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal."

2014
"squad are Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, University of South Carolina Head Coach and WNBA All-Decade Team member Dawn Staley, and former Houston Comets and Cleveland Rockers star Jennifer Rizzotti."

• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled
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• 7 college basketball teams that can win women’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood

Jeff Blake-Imagn Images UConn? South Carolina? USC? We broke down some data in an attempt to figure out who has the best chance of winning a national title in women’s basketball this year. It goes without saying, but winning the national championship in women’s college basketball is no easy task. Good players are a requirement, excellent coaching is a big plus, and a bit of luck – whether ...2025
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• We aren’t talking enough about how good LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is going to finish her college career as one of the greatest rebounders of all-time. Why aren’t we talking more about her? When this women’s college basketball season began, most folks figured that the race for the national player of the year would come down to three returning guards: UConn’s Paige Bueckers, USC’s JuJu Watkins and ...2025
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• South Carolina’s Dawn Staley perfectly summed up MiLaysia Fulwiley’s wild alley-oop with two words

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images There is only one MiLaysia Fulwiley. South Carolina’s super-talented sophomore guard showed off her otherworldly athleticism in a win over Arkansas. It would be easy to argue that this season has been a bit of an inconsistent one for South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley. Most of her statistics are the same or slightly lower than what they were a year ag...2025
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite
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• Te-Hina Paopao’s journey from Oregon to South Carolina has transformed her into the makings of a future WNBA Draft pick
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• Dawn Staley Extends With South Carolina To Become Highest-Paid Coach In Women's Basketball

Dawn Staley and South Carolina have agreed to a contract extension through the 2029-30 season that will make her the highest-paid coach in women's basketball. The deal starts with an annual salary of $4 million, includes a $500,00 signing bonus and has an annual $250,000 escalator, bringing the total value to approximately $25.25 million. "Dawn Staley is a once-in-a-generation coach who has made a...2025
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• Unrivaled’s list of world-renowned athlete investors is stunning

Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images US tennis star Coco Gauff is the latest athlete to invest in the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league. Coco Gauff is the latest athlete to invest in Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. Gauff, a 20-year-old U.S. tennis star, was the highest-paid female athlete in the world...2025
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• NCAA women’s basketball: 5 things we learned from the SEC-ACC Challenge

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images The yearly in-season competition exceeded expectations and highlighted some of the best in basketball. The SEC-ACC Challenge is the perfect event to follow the many Thanksgiving tournaments we saw last week. This year it exceeded even the highest expectations for on-court competition, intrigue and building the foundation for the rest of the season. These...2024
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• The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four
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• How Destinee Rogers guided Arkansas State to its first-ever March Madness appearance
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• 7 college basketball teams that can win women’s national championship in 2025, ranked by likelihood
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• The SEC decided the No. 1 seed in its women’s basketball tournament in the silliest way

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images SEC Tournament seeding for South Carolina and Texas was decided by a coin flip. Yes, really. South Carolina and Texas look like two of the best teams in the country in women’s college basketball. Each are in the top five of the latest AP Poll, each have paths to secure No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, and both rank highly nationally in offensive and de...2025
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• We aren’t talking enough about how good LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is
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• South Carolina’s Dawn Staley perfectly summed up MiLaysia Fulwiley’s wild alley-oop with two words
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• How Destinee Rogers guided Arkansas State to its first-ever March Madness appearance
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• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked
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• Stephen Curry’s latest announcement will benefit Sabrina Ionescu, Angel Reese — and all of Unrivaled
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• We aren’t talking enough about how good LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is
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• SEC women’s basketball team makes change at head coach. Who could get the job?

Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK After 15 seasons at the helm of Missouri, Robin Pingeton is stepping aside. Could a former Tennessee coach replace her, or will it be someone from the mid-major ranks? We officially have our first Power 4 opening of the 2025 coaching carousel season in women’s college basketball. After 15 seasons at the helm of Missouri, Robin Pingeton announced...2025
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Te-Hina Paopao’s journey from Oregon to South Carolina has transformed her into the makings of a future WNBA Draft pick
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• Everything you need to know ahead of South Carolina-LSU matchup in women’s college hoops
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• South Carolina is looking like a national title favorite, and Dawn Staley says the team hasn’t even ‘reached their potential’ yet
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• South Carolina's Dawn Staley, Dayton's Anthony Grant named 2020 Naismith Coaches of the Year
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• Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks Are College Basketball’s Authors of Evolution
It’s been said by many people: Art should be dangerous. Dangerous in a manner that it should invoke and inspire you to re-imagine an established world. To challenge conventional thought. To re-envision what generations have developed in order to create something new. The same should be said for coaching. For years, there has been a […] The post Dawn Staley and the Gam...2022
• Dawn Staley says Trail Blazers 'treated me like a real candidate' during head coach interview process
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• Dwyane Wade, Trae Young, Ja Morant react to Dawn Staley, South Carolina’s NCAA title win
March Madness extends in the early days of April, and it certainly couldn’t get any better. Dawn Staley and her South Carolina Gamecocks took down the pesky Connecticut Huskies on Sunday to bring home the NCAA Women’s title, impressing the basketball world including NBA stars like Dwyane Wade, Trae Young and Ja Morant. The Gamecocks […] The post Dwyane Wade, Trae Young, Ja Morant...2022
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• South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team Declines Donald Trump’s Invitation To White House

Dawn Staley says the team is focused on the season ahead. The post South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team Declines Donald Trump’s Invitation To White House appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• What the sports world says about LeBron James, NBA’s new scoring leader: ‘An iconic figure’
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• The women’s Final Four is loaded with star players and tantalizing storylines
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Caitlin Clark, undefeated South Carolina, and so much starpower highlight the women’s Final Four The women’s Final Four is set. And fans can expect two incredible matchups in Dallas. Four of the top ten teams in the final Associated Press poll are represented, and the four teams headed to Dallas all placed inside the top ten in the final NET rankings. ...2023
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• Darkest Before…
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1. Cody Rhodes

2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

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1124. Dawn Staley

• The hardest and easiest path to the 2025 women’s NCAA Final Four
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• Women’s NCAA tournament printable bracket for 2025 with March Madness field revealed
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• How Destinee Rogers guided Arkansas State to its first-ever March Madness appearance
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• Unrivaled stars’ latest surprise perfectly encapsulates inaugural season

Napheesa Collier and Arike Ogunbowale gifted Unrivaled trainers $10,000 a piece, thanks to a partnership with Icy Hot. On International Women’s Day, Unrivaled stars Napheesa Collier and Arike Ogunbowale surprised training staff in the Icy Hot Training Room with $10,000 bonuses. Collier honored trainer Terri Acosta, while Ogunbowale honored head trainer Lindsey Elizondo, both of whom have been key...2025
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• We aren’t talking enough about how good LSU’s Aneesah Morrow is
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon
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• Women’s college basketball rankings: Only one undefeated team remains as top-25 rankings shift
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16
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• Grading the performance of every player on the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images How did A’ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and other WNBA stars fare at the Paris Olympics? The U.S. women’s basketball team secured yet another gold medal with a 67-66 defeat of France — and while the final game may have been too close for comfort, USA Basketball was able to cap off another dominant Olympic run with the ultimate prize. It...2024
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• U.S women beat France to secure Olympic gold — but it wasn’t the game we expected

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images In a back-and-forth matchup few could have predicted, USA Basketball squeezed out a one-point win over France to secure their 8th consecutive gold medal. It wasn’t the dominant victory most anticipated, but Team USA still got it done, pulling out a 67-66 win over France to take home the gold medal. The win marks the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 8t...2024
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• Kentucky’s coaching search gets desperate after Scott Drew rejection

Where does Kentucky go for a new men’s basketball coach after Scott Drew turns them down? Kentucky men’s basketball is still looking for a head coach. Baylor’s Scott Drew turned down the Wildcats’ job offer on Thursday afternoon, which was first reported by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. Drew just completed his 21st year at Baylor, taking over the program when it was at its lowest point following a...2024
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• Re-ranking women’s NCAA tournament Sweet 16 teams by national championship chances

Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 women’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances After the first two rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament, No. 1-overall seed South Carolina has cemented its status as the overwhelming favorite, running over, past and all around No. 16-seed Presbyterian in the first round and No. 8-seed North Carolina in the second round to ...2024
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• Kamilla Cardoso hit March Madness’ first wild buzzer-beater to keep South Carolina women undefeated

South Carolina’s center had never made a three-pointer until she banked in a buzzer-beater to stun Tennessee Head coach Dawn Staley has built the South Carolina Gamecocks into women’s college basketball’s biggest powerhouse. South Carolina has won two nation championships over the last six years, and it will enter the 2024 women’s NCAA Tournament as the top favorite to win it all again. South Car...2024
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