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The New York Times |
For the first time since 2017, no team seeded lower than No. 12 made it to the Saturday of the first weekend.
ESPN |
A trio of No. 1 seeds and a 2-seed punched their tickets to the 2025 women's Final Four.
Yahoo |
Bueckers had 31 points, freshman Sarah Strong had 22 points and 17 rebounds.

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Only five double-digit seeds advanced over the past two days: two No. 10s, one No. 11 and two No. 12s. That ties the fewest since 2017.
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No. 1 seeds UCLA, South Carolina and Texas are bound for Tampa, as well as 2-seed UConn. Who will reach the title game?
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Fittingly for an NCAA Tournament, the Final Four will bring four teams seeded No. 1 to the sport’s biggest stage to play for the title.
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Four of the best teams in the country get set to battle it out to determine who earns the title of national champions in the NCAA Men’s Final Four. For just the second time in tournament history, the top seed from each region advanced to the final stage of the tournament.
UConn women head to the Final Four with win over USC
Paige Bueckers and the UConn women’s basketball team have done it again. The Huskies are heading back to the final four for the second year in a row. They beat the USC Trojans by 14 points. The Huskies beat the USC Trojans 78-64 Monday night.
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Texas wins Lone Star State showdown over TCU to advance to fourth women’s Final Four
The Texas Longhorns are heading to the Final Four of the women’s NCAA basketball tournament for the fourth time in program history and first since 2003.
David Teel: One chalky NCAA Tournament doesn’t mean Cinderella is dead
Either Auburn or Florida will play Monday night for the SEC’s first national championship since Kentucky in 2012.
RandBall: Does the NCAA men’s basketball tournament signal the death of Cinderella?
Four No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. Every team in the Sweet 16 was from a big conference. Is this the future of the NCAA tournament in the NIL era?
This NCAA Tournament doesn’t need a Cinderella — it’s got monster leagues and matchups
Instead, this is the first Sweet 16 since 2007 with zero teams seeded No. 11 or lower. Per the NCAA, this was the sixth time since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985 that the top 16 seeds in the tournament all won their first-round games. The last time it happened was in 2017.
NCAA Tournament Lacking for Cinderella Stories Might Still Give Us a Fairytale Ending
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The transfer portal has turned the NCAA Tournament into a case of the rich getting richer. Fewer upsets and Cinderellas leave tourney lacking juice.
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Winner: UConn. Sure, it’s easy to dislike coach Danny Hurley, and we aren’t trying to change your mind. But the Huskies pushed top-seeded Florida to the brink in the second round for their first tournament loss since March 17, 2022. That’s damn impressive.
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Where has Cinderella gone this March Madness? John Rooke has some ideas
The NCAA transfer portal is causing a lack of Cinderella stories in the NCAA tournament, as mid-major teams lose their star players to larger programs. The transfer portal officially opened on ...
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