March Madness is heading to the Sweet 16! Here is what to know about a women’s NCAA Tournament that has already seen two of the top teams ousted before the regional semifinals:
Endyia Rogers scored 10 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter and ninth-seeded Oregon pulled out a 52-50 win over eighth-seeded Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women’s basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25. That ends a 835-week run dating to the first poll in 1976.
Cameron Brink had 14 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and Brooke Demetre made five 3s and scored 17 points, leading second-ranked Stanford past No. 23 Gonzaga 84-63.
Kim Mulkey is The Associated Press women's basketball Coach of the Year in her first season at LSU. Mulkey received 10 votes from the 30-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25.
Friday night the 16th-seeded Montana Bobcats will be going against defending national champion Stanford and Hall of Famer Tara VanDerveer, the winningest women’s basketball coach of all time.
UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson has seen the Bruins progress from a team that had a school-record 20 true freshmen play during coach Chip Kelly’s first season in 2018 to being ranked for the first time in four years.
Point guard Kiana Williams of national champion Stanford is declaring herself eligible for the WNBA draft. Aari McDonald of Arizona is also entering the WNBA draft.