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Diggins joins Tulsa, Wiggins in speedy backcourt
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Diggins likes that WNBA teams may now dread a trip to Tulsa. The star guard at Notre Dame and No. 3 pick in the draft is expected to make an immediate impact on a Tulsa team that finished 9-25 last season. That makes...
Tags: New York Liberty, Big East Conference, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports
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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: Louisville Cardinals, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Villanova Wildcats, Students, Caroline Doty
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Irish women return home after bittersweet trip to Final Four
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – It was a bittersweet homecoming for the Notre Dame women’s basketball team. The Irish landed at the South Bend Regional Airport around noon on Monday after a heartbreaking loss to UConn Sunday night in the Final Four....Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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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: Big East Conference, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Geno Auriemma, Maya Moore
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ND's Diggins joins Baylor's Griner on AP All-America team
Brittney Griner has been in a class by herself all season. Now she's part of a select group. Baylor's 6-foot-8 star senior was a unanimous selection to The Associated Press' All-America team Tuesday. Griner became the fifth three-time AP All-American,...
Tags: Stanford Cardinal, Louisville Cardinals, Maya Moore, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Baylor Bears
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McBride at best at end of season for Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND (AP) — Kayla McBride has a knack for coming up big in Notre Dame's toughest games. She scored a career-high 21 points in a 1-point win at Connecticut in January, topped that with 26 points in a triple overtime victory over the Huskies...
Tags: Big East Conference, Cincinnati Bearcats, Sports, Basketball, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Diggins calm as she readies for last shot at title
SOUTH BEND — Skylar Diggins enters her final NCAA tournament with a sense of calmness after losses in the championship game the past two seasons. "I'm really coming in with a light mood, approaching practice wanting to have fun and enjoy this...
Tags: Big East Conference, College Sports, Barack Obama, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Notre Dame hopes to clear championship hurdle
SOUTH BEND (AP) — Now, Notre Dame will try again to clear that final hurdle. The Fighting Irish are eyeing a third straight run to the NCAA championship game, and this time they hope to capture the title after coming up short the past two years....
Tags: Big East Conference, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, Basketball
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Thrilling conclusion for Big East conference
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Notre Dame and Connecticut provided a thrilling final act for the Big East. The conference name will live on with the basketball schools that are separating from the football schools next year. But the Big East that has been...Tags: College Football, Seton Hall Pirates, DePaul Blue Demons , Marquette Golden Eagles, Villanova Wildcats
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Irish roll to 3rd straight BIG EAST championship game
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Notre Dame is back in the Big East tournament title game for a third straight season and the Fighting Irish hope their luck is about to change. Kayla McBride scored 17 points and Skylar Diggins added 14 to help No. 2 Notre ...
Tags: Syracuse Orange, Louisville Cardinals, College Football, Big East Conference, 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: Big East Conference, Geno Auriemma, Stefanie Dolson, Kelly Faris, Bria Hartley
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No. 2 Notre Dame women rout Providence 92-57
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Notre Dame enters the biggest game of the regular season with its two best players playing their best basketball. Skylar Diggins scored 28 points and Kayla McBride added 24 as the second-ranked Irish clinched a share of...
Tags: Syracuse Orange, Big East Conference, College Sports, Providence Friars, Marquette Golden Eagles
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