Tag: Arike Ogunbowale

[adrotate group=”1″]         SELECTION SUNDAY FIRST GAME [wpcdt-countdown id=”15530″] [wpcdt-countdown id=”15537″]   (People ask me why I don’t write about the Women’s March Madness.  TIME ! I have 4 TVs going watching the men.  Then posting the results, no time.)  I did ask a friend if he would be willing to help with the womens tournament.  He said yes.  BUT I remebered his telling me about his Dad taking him to a PACERS game.  He told me the Pacers were playing the Jets, and he thought Reggie Miller was a good quarterback.   I decided to pass on his help.   Thanks anyway.      (No not looking for a  volunteer outside my circle). SELECTION SUNDAY WILL TELECAST ON ESPN      The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is an annual event that determines the national champion of Division I women’s college basketball in the United States.  It began in 1982, following the dissolution  of the AIAW, which had organized the women’s championship since 1972.  The NCAA tournament has grown in popularity and prestige over the years, attracting millions of fans and producing some of the most memorable moments in women’s sports history.   The tournament follows a similar format and selection process as the men’s tournament, with 68 teams competing in a single-elimination bracket. The teams are divided into four regions and seeded from 1 to 16, with the four lowest-seeded teams playing in the First Four games to advance to the first round.  The regional winners then advance to the Women’s Final Four, where the national semifinals and final are held.  The Women’s Final Four is usually scheduled on the same weekend as the men’s Final Four, but in a different host city.      The most successful team in the history of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament is Connecticut, which has won 11 titles, including four consecutive championships from 2013 to 2016.  The Huskies are coached by Geno Auriemma, who holds the record for the most wins in the tournament with 127.  Other notable coaches who have led their teams to multiple titles include Pat Summitt of Tennessee, Tara VanDerveer of Stanford, Kim Mulkey of Baylor, and Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame.      The tournament has also featured some of the greatest players in women’s basketball history, such as Cheryl Miller, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, and Sabrina Ionescu.  Some of the most memorable games in the tournament include the 1991 final between Tennessee and Virginia, which went to overtime and was decided by a buzzer-beater by Dena Head; the 1994 final between North Carolina and Louisiana Tech, which was also decided by a buzzer-beater by Charlotte Smith; the 2006 final between Maryland and Duke, which went to an extra period and was won by a layup by Kristi Toliver; and the 2018 semifinal between Notre Dame and Connecticut, which was won by a last-second shot by Arike Ogunbowale.      The most recent champion of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament is LSU, which defeated Iowa 102-85 in the 2023 final in Dallas, Texas.  It was the first title for the Tigers and their coach Kim Mulkey, who had previously won three titles with Baylor.  The 2023 tournament was also notable for the historic performance of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark*, who averaged 34.2 points per game and became the first player to score 100 points in the first two round, *Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has already, (this season), set a new women’s scoring record, scoring now sits at 3,569 career points, with 15 games to go.  (At this writing). [adrotate group=”1″] Views: 138