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- Wicijowski leads Utah over New Mexico 51-45 in OT (AP)
Tayrn Wicijowski scored 22 points, including six in overtime, to lead Utah to a 51-45 victory against New Mexico in the second round of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Wednesday night. Janita Bandon had 11 points for the No. 4-seeded Utes (21-10), who face TCU, the top seed, in Friday's semifinals.
- New Mexico 45, Utah 51 (AP)
Tayrn Wicijowski scored 22 points, including six in overtime, to lead Utah to a 51-45 victory against New Mexico in the second round of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Wednesday night. Janita Bandon had 11 points for the No. 4-seeded Utes (21-10), who face TCU, the top seed, in Friday's semifinals.
- Clemson's McKinney resigns from basketball post (AP)
Cristy McKinney has resigned as coach of the Clemson women's basketball team. In a statement released by the school on Wednesday, McKinney says a change was needed for both her and the university after her five years running the program. She had a 13-18 record this year and a 58-93 record at Clemson over all.
- No. 1 seed top goal for Nebraska at Big 12 tourney (AP)
Protecting its perfect record isn't Nebraska's primary goal at the Big 12 tournament. Coach Connie Yori figures her third-ranked Cornhuskers (29-0) need only one win in Kansas City, Mo., to assure themselves a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The rest of the Big 12 field is a strong one, filled with ranked teams, and the Huskers have beaten them all.
- UConn too successful for good of women's game? (AP)
One name is noticeably absent from the list of teams that UConn's women have trampled en route to the record and beyond: Tennessee. That's not a coincidence. As with just about everything else in women's hoops, Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt saw this day coming before the rest of us. Since the Huskies and coach Geno Auriemma won the first of six national titles in 1995, Tennessee and...
Latest NCAA Women's Basketball news
- Huskies Win 16th Big East Championship
Top-ranked Connecticut beat No. 9 West Virginia 60-32 on Tuesday night for its 72nd straight win and 16th Big East tournament championship.
- No. 9 West Virginia Defeats Rutgers, 56-49
Sarah Miles scored 18 points to lead No. 9 West Virginia over Rutgers 56-49 in the Big East semifinals Monday night.
- Better Than The Best: Streak Hits 71
UConn used yet another double-digit victory, a 59-44 win over No. 6 Notre Dame in the Big East semis, to break the NCAA's all-time consecutive win record -- a mark set by the 2003 Huskies. The 2010 Huskies play for the conference crown on Tuesday.
- Rutgers Grinds Past No. 12 Georgetown In Big East Quarterfinals
-Nikki Speed remembered Rutgers' double overtime loss in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament last season. She wasn't going to let it happen again. Speed hit two crucial 3-pointers, including one with 2.2 seconds left to force a second overtime, and Chelsey Lee scored 17 points to lead Rutgers to a 63-56 victory over No. 12 Georgetown on Sunday night in the quarterfinals. "All of us kept saying we're not going home," Speed said. "Last year we played double overtime and lost. The only thing going through our minds was we wanted to win."
- Women's D-II Tournament Set
The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Committee announced on Sunday the field of 64 teams for the 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship.
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