![]() Join thousands already receiving our daily newsletter. The Hoosiers lost at Assembly Hall the next night, when Miami’s Destiny Harden made the game-winning shot with 3.5 seconds left. They never led the second-round game and had their streak of 14 consecutive Sweet 16 appearances ended. The Cardinal were stymied on their home court by Mississippi’s defense. 1 seeds to not make the Sweet 16 since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994. ![]() ![]() Stanford and Indiana both fell in the second round, becoming the second pair of No. It was already guaranteed before the final that the champion would be something other than a No. Virginia Tech was a first-time participant in the Final Four, which had a pair of first-time finalists after LSU beat the top-seeded Hokies and Clark’s Hawkeyes ousted undefeated defending national champion South Carolina. The champs from LSU ended Miami’s run with a 54-42 win in the regional finals. The Hurricanes under coach Katie Meier ousted Villanova and ended national scoring leader Maddy Siegrist’s career to reach the Elite Eight for the first time. Miami did more than just be part of history by knocking out No. There ended up being a record attendance for that round with more fans showing up in Seattle - which had no team within 1,300 miles of the venue - than Greenville, South Carolina. It got strong reviews from players and coaches and fans alike. The NCAA changed its regional format this year going to two sites instead of the traditional four. The Huskies hadn’t missed playing in the national semifinals since 2007. UConn’s run of 14 consecutive Final Four appearance came to an end in the Elite Eight when Ohio State forced the Huskies into 18 first-half turnovers with full-court pressure defense. The Gamecocks were denied that chance, losing to Iowa in the Final Four behind a stellar effort from Clark. South Carolina was trying to become the 10th women’s team to run through a season undefeated and the first school to win consecutive titles since UConn won four straight from 2013-16. That included her 11th career triple-double in the regional final against Louisville, before another 41 points against previously undefeated South Carolina in the national semifinal game. Her team were the golden girls, winning the first basketball championship in school history.Ĭlark set an NCAA Tournament record by scoring 191 points over Iowa’s six games, surpassing Sheryl Swoopes’ 177 points for Texas Tech in 1993 - and Glen Rice’s 184 for Michigan in the 1989 men’s tournament.īefore 30 points in the championship game, the 6-foot Iowa-born Clark was the first player in the women’s tournament with back-to-back 40-point games. The coach wore a sparkly, golden, tiger-striped outfit during the championship game. Even the LSU mascot was spotted in pink attire. The coach’s flamboyant attire takes her presence to a different level, and her Final Four outfits certainly stood out.įor the national semifinal game, Mulkey arrived in a carnation pink top with a flower-like puffs along the entire sleeves, a designer-made top similar to what her 2-year-old granddaughter wore. Mulkey is never hard to miss on the sideline with her feisty approach and reactions to referees and her players. Here’s a look at some of the top moments from the tournament: ![]() It all could lead to women’s basketball getting a separate TV deal when the contract expires next summer. The timing couldn’t be better for the sport. It led to the highest attendance ever in the tournament’s history to go along with stellar TV ratings in every round. ![]()
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