NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley speaks to her team during a film session at the Women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Minneapolis. The players found ways to enjoy their time in Minneapolis preparing for the women's Final Four and a shot at a second national title. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Louisville Cardinals at South Carolina Gamecocks 4/1/2022

Apr. 07, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

South Carolina guard Zia Cooke points to a teammate during the first half of a first-round game against Howard in the NCAA women's college basketball tournament Friday, March 18, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
WNIT - First Round - Game 29 (win) at WNIT - First Round - Game 30 (win) 3/19/2022

Apr. 07, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley greets fans as the team returns to the team's hotel following Women's Final Four NCAA basketball tournament, Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Minneapolis. South Carolina defeated UConn earlier in the night to win the national championship. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
South Carolina's Dawn Staley becomes force on, off the court

By Pete Iacobelli Apr. 07, 2022 12:48 PM EDT

Stanford players celebrate on the River Walk after defeating Arizona 54-53 in the championship game of the women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Stanford wins championship for all those teams that didn't

By Janie Mccauley Apr. 05, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

Stanford guard Kiana Williams (23) celebrates with teammate forward Cameron Brink at the end of the championship game against Arizona in the women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Stanford won 54-53. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Stanford holds off Arizona 54-53 to win women's NCAA title

By Doug Feinberg Apr. 04, 2021 08:19 PM EDT

Stanford players celebrate at the end of a women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against South Carolina Friday, April 2, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Stanford won 66-65. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Commissioner, Stanford celebrate Pac-12's women's hoop title

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 04, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

Officials announcing replay outcomes drawing rave reviews

By Joe Reedy Apr. 02, 2021 10:35 AM EDT
Officials announcing the outcome of replay reviews might be used beyond this year's women's NCAA Tournament. ESPN and the NCAA have been so...

UConn's Paige Bueckers celebrates after an NCAA college basketball game against Baylor in the Elite Eight round of the Women's NCAA tournament Monday, March 29, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. UConn won 69-67 to advance to the Final Four. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Bueckers, McDonald propel UConn and Arizona to Final Four

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 01, 2021 06:38 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Stanley cuts down the net after the team's win over Texas in a college basketball game in the Elite Eight round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Stringer sends congrats to Black women coaches in Final Four

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 01, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

NCAA President Mark Emmert watches the first half of a college basketball game between North Carolina State and South Florida in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Emmert promises WBCA he will work to fix 'stark' inequities

By Doug Feinberg Mar. 31, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

Members of the Women's Texas A&M basketball team take a riverboat tour Friday, March 26, 2021, in San Antonio. Boat rides, TikTok videos and Uno. Lots and lots of Uno, in fast-paced games where the cards fly in a frenzy. The men's and women's NCAA tournaments in Indianapolis and San Antonio aren't all COVID-19 tests, basketball and contact tracing. But being in quasi-isolation with any movement inside and outside their hotels restricted, teams had to get creative during the days and weeks between games and nasal swabs to find ways to stay entertained. - (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Bored games: Teams find fun ways to fill gaps at tourneys

By Jim Vertuno Mar. 31, 2021 03:05 AM EDT

Arizona's Aari McDonald reacts after making a basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Indiana in the Elite Eight round of the Women's NCAA tournament Monday, March 29, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
1st-timer Arizona joins mainstays in women's NCAA Final Four

By Stephen Hawkins Mar. 30, 2021 11:24 PM EDT

Stanford's Francesca Belibi looks to shoot between Louisville's Elizabeth Balogun and Elizabeth Dixon during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Elite Eight round of the Women's NCAA tournament Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Stanford rallies to beat Louisville 78-63, reach Final Four

By Doug Feinberg Mar. 30, 2021 11:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, Then-Mount St. Mary's head coach Jamion Christian applauds his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. For all the stops and starts endured by men's and women's college basketball teams because of the pandemic, more than 80% of scheduled conference games were played this season, according to research by The Associated Press. The season was nonetheless a grind for most teams and none had it harder than the George Washington men and UC Davis women. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
8 of 10 conference games played in pandemic; it wasn't easy

By Eric Olson Mar. 30, 2021 05:29 PM EDT

Stanford guard Kiana Williams (23) celebrates scoring against Oklahoma State with forward Cameron Brink (22) during the second half of a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA women's tournament at the UTSA Convocation Center in San Antonio on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)
Stanford felt ready for women's tourney after nomadic year

By Janie Mccauley Mar. 29, 2021 02:10 AM EDT

Stanford's Anna Wilson shoots past Missouri State's Jasmine Franklin during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the Women's NCAA tournament Sunday, March 28, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Stanford romps into Elite Eight, 89-62 over Missouri State

By Jim Vertuno Mar. 28, 2021 06:16 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Stanley, right, watches guard Brea Beal (12) drive to the basket during the second half of a college basketball game against Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Sister recovering from leukemia now rooting Staley in person

Mar. 28, 2021 05:11 PM EDT

Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, right, talks to her players during the first half of a college basketball game against Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Powerhouses UConn, Baylor meet in women's Elite Eight

By Pat Eaton-Robb Mar. 28, 2021 02:14 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, right, and Mercer head coach Susie Gardner greet each other after their college basketball game in the first round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Sunday, March 21, 2021. South Carolina won 79-53. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Staley ready for day hoops the sole focus of women's tourney

Mar. 27, 2021 06:22 PM EDT

Texas forward Charli Collier (35) pulls down a rebound against UCLA forward Michaela Onyenwere (21) during the first half of a college basketball game in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Sweet 16 coaches Staley and Fortner share Olympic bond

By Jim Vertuno Mar. 27, 2021 10:52 AM EDT