NCAA Women’s Tournament

Stanford tops Arizona for women’s NCAA title

April 5, 2021 The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — Tara VanDerveer hugged each of her Stanford players as they climbed the ladder to cut down the nets, capping a taxing whirlwind journey and ending an exhausting championship drought for the Cardinal. […]

NC State women can’t get over the not-so-Sweet 16 hump

March 27, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The NCAA tournament’s round of 16 still isn’t very sweet for the NC State women’s basketball team. For the third time in as many tournaments, the Wolfpack failed to get over the hump and advance […]

Kayla Jones’ status still uncertain for Sweet 16 game

March 25, 2021 Brett Friedlander

As the NC State women’s basketball team prepares for Saturday’s NCAA Sweet 16 matchup against Indiana, it’s still uncertain whether senior forward Kayla Jones will be available for the Wolfpack. Jones, who averages 11.9 points […]

‘Sixth starter’ Boyd, big third quarter propel State women into Sweet 16

March 23, 2021 Brett Friedlander

NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore likes to say that his team has six starters. Tuesday, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s Mercado Region in San Antonio, the top-seeded Wolfpack only needed […]

UNC women ousted by Alabama

March 22, 2021 The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — Jordan Lewis had a career-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to help seventh-seeded Alabama beat No. 10 seed North Carolina 80-71 on Monday in the first round of the women’s […]

Wolfpack women shake off rust, power past A&T

March 21, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The upset alerts started going out when top-seeded NC State fell behind No. 16 NC A&T by six points late in the first half of their first round NCAA women’s basketball tournament game Sunday. But […]

Wolfpack women address disparity in NCAA Tournament facilities

March 20, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Members of the NC State women’s basketball team are focused on Sunday’s opening round NCAA Tournament matchup against NC A&T. But that doesn’t mean they’re blind to the controversy swirling around their sport, a situation […]

After 2nd straight ACC title, Wolfpack women take aim at NCAA’s elite teams

March 10, 2021 Brett Friedlander

GREENSBORO — Just as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State have gained favored program status when it comes to the College Football Playoff, there is also a similar pecking order when it comes to women’s college […]