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How Each Team In The Women’s Final Four Can Win It All

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley believes her team’s offense has been unfairly maligned. “I think a lot of people have questioned our offense throughout the tournament, and it just seems to be our team’s offense that’s been targeted about what our offense is doing, and no other team has been targeted in the way […]

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With Paige Bueckers Back, How Far Can UConn Go?

After the Connecticut women’s basketball team lost Paige Bueckers in December, and the Huskies returned to the court with a lackluster 44-point effort in a loss to an unranked Georgia Tech team, the Twitter obits proliferated. It seemed there was nothing left to do with this UConn team but bury it.  A funny thing, though: […]

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To Be Overhyped, You Have To Be Hyped

First, we take one more look at the NCAA Tournaments as we close in on the Final Four. On the women’s side, a thrilling clash between Baylor and UConn (complete with a controversial non-call at the last second) helped pump up the interest in the women’s tournament — probably much more than the hyped UConn-Iowa […]

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There’s More To The Women’s Sweet 16 Than UConn-Iowa

In the coming days, one question may come up again and again: Are there other games in the Sweet 16? Or just UConn vs. Iowa, and more specifically, freshman phenom guards Paige Bueckers vs. Caitlin Clark? The hype around those two — obvious one-and-done candidates if the rules allowed, instead set to be fixtures for […]

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Women’s Basketball Is Awash With Standout Freshmen

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma has a theory on why anyone thinks there’s a better freshman in the country than his starting point guard, Paige Bueckers. “I’m not boasting, but if I talked to every single coach in America and they told you they’d rather have their freshmen than Paige, I would tell you they’re […]

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