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UConn routs Louisville for 8th national title
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Geno Auriemma and Connecticut are back on top. With freshman Breanna Stewart leading the way, it might be a while before they give it up, too. Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and Connecticut won its...Tags: Kelly Faris, Heather Buck, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
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McGraw, Auriemma have crossed paths for years
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Muffet McGraw and Geno Auriemma have been crossing paths for a long, long time. The stakes seem to keep rising, too. Auriemma arrived at Saint Joseph's as an assistant coach to Jim Foster in 1978, two seasons after McGraw...
Tags: Sports, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Sports
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Irish beat UConn in 3OT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Skylar Diggins found another way to beat Connecticut - maybe the toughest way yet. The second-ranked Fighting Irish trailed by six in the first overtime Monday night, then five in the second overtime before finally beating the...
Tags: Kelly Faris, Bria Hartley, Big East Conference, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Connecticut Huskies
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No. 5 Notre Dame women shock No. 1 UConn 73-72
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame just seem to have Connecticut's number. The Irish have turned one of the best rivalries in women's basketball into a one-sided affair lately, winning five of the past six meetings. The senior...
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Notre Dame's Diggins nets honor, then hits the court
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- So how does the Big East Conference women's basketball preseason Player of the Year spend the evening after learning of the honor in New York Thursday afternoon? Sweating out shooting drills, push-ups and sprints on the Purcell Pavilion...Tags: Gillette Stadium, Duke Blue Devils, Basketball, College Sports, Symbols and Symbolism
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UConn women picked to win Big East, Irish #2
NEW YORK (AP) — Connecticut is back on top of the Big East women's basketball preseason poll. The Huskies have returned to their all-to-familiar perch atop the preseason conference rankings, one year after they were not picked as the favorite to...
Tags: Basketball, Georgetown Hoyas, College Sports, Bria Hartley, College Basketball
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No shame in 2nd place
There's no shame in being the 2nd best team in the country. It should be celebrated. Not in a confetti dropping, net cutting, trophy raising, Freddie Mercury singing We are the Champions sort of way. But Muffet McGraw and the Notre Dame women's basketball...
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UPDATE: Notre Dame women's basketball: Irish women miss their shot
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterHARTFORD, Conn. -- On a night when the Notre Dame women's basketball team hoped to add another chapter to the program's storied history, Connecticut's tradition made a stand. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 19 points and Bria Hartley scored 18 as the No. 3...Tags: Kelly Faris, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Sports, Bria Hartley
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Notre Dame women's basketball: How will Irish respond to UConn loss?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterOne year ago, the Notre Dame women's basketball team endured the long flight from Hartford to South Bend after suffering a loss in the Big East Tournament title game to Connecticut on the Huskies' home court. Coach Muffet McGraw used the loss as a...Tags: Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Georgetown Hoyas, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Sports
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Auriemma blames Notre Dame for realignment issues
NEW YORK (AP) - UConn coach Geno Auriemma blames Notre Dame for the Big East conference's realignment problems. Auriemma said on Thursday at the annual media day that the Irish could have solved the problem years ago had their football team...Tags: Football, Southern Methodist Mustangs, West Virginia Mountaineers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Notre Dame women's basketball: Big East target on Diggins, ND
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterNotre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins took an inbounds pass underneath the far basket during practice on Thursday, zig-zagged her way past four defenders and soared to kiss the ball off the glass for a layup. It’s a scene Big East Conference women&...Tags: Basketball, Dick Vitale, Heisman Trophy, ESPN (tv network), Big East Conference
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Notre Dame's NCAA women's tournament foe Temple packs perimeter punch
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Probably, the first thing that jumps off the page of the Temple women's basketball statistics is the fact that the Owls lost to Seton Hall, 72-59, a team that Notre Dame clobbered, 89-38. But delve a little deeper into the Owls'...Tags: Basketball, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Temple Owls
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