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1st-timer Arizona joins mainstays in women's NCAA Final Four
Read full article: 1st-timer Arizona joins mainstays in women's NCAA Final Four(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Arizona has been having fun and playing good basketball, all the way to its first women's NCAA Final Four. The 11-time national champions are making their 13th consecutive Final Four appearance and 21st overall for coach Geno Auriemma. The Cardinal's first Final Four since 2017 is their 14th overall, trailing only to UConn and Tennessee's 18. The Wildcats hadn't even been in the women's NCAA Tournament since 2005, though they would have made it last year with a 24-7 record before the tourney was canceled because of the pandemic. Stanford is in its 34th consecutive women's NCAA Tournament, with Tara VanDerveer in her record 35th overall as a coach.
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San Antonio area gets entire NCAA women's basketball tourney
Read full article: San Antonio area gets entire NCAA women's basketball tourneyFILE - Connecticut players celebrate following the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game against Stanford in San Antonio, in this Tuesday, April 6, 2010, file photo. The San Antonio region will host the entire NCAA women's basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)The San Antonio region will host the entire NCAA women's basketball tournament. Ad“We appreciate all the work by those in San Antonio and by the NCAA staff to get to this point. All will stay in hotels in San Antonio or other areas of Bexar County.
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One-city March Madness leads to more straightforward bracket
Read full article: One-city March Madness leads to more straightforward bracketThere could still be exceptions, mainly to avoid repetitive matchups of conference teams who played each other during the regular season. But in general, the committee will put the top four overall seeds in separate sections of the bracket, with the No. 1 overall seed in the same section with the No. 8 overall seed, the top No. 7 overall seed and the same approach for 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5.
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NCAA to play all 67 March Madness men's games in Indiana
Read full article: NCAA to play all 67 March Madness men's games in IndianaThe NCAA announced Monday, Jan. 4, 2020, that this year's 67 men's basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana. Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium as well as at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena at Purdue and Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Only one game at a time will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium. Ball State, Butler, Indiana, IUPUI, Purdue and the Horizon League will co-host the tournament and NCAA officials say most games will be played in Indianapolis. The Final Four had already been scheduled to take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in April.