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Maryland advances to 1st championship game
Apr 2 2006 11:45PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Maryland took it slow, took it inside, and took all the fun out of the Tar Heels. The Terrapins _ the only team to beat No. 1 North Carolina this season _ one-upped their own upset Sunday night, beating the Tar Heels 81-70 in the NCAA women's national semifinal. Now Maryland will play for the first women's basketball title in school history.
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Duke to finals after shutting down LSU
Apr 2 2006 11:34PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Duke's defense ganged up on the smoothest scorer in women's college basketball, shutting down Seimone Augustus and blowing LSU away Sunday night to set up an all-ACC matchup for the NCAA title.
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All-ACC matchup in women's championship
Apr 2 2006 11:05PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The NCAA women's basketball tournament will end with an absolute certainty: An Atlantic Coast Conference team will win the national championship.
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Latta's knee injury hurts Tar Heels
Apr 2 2006 10:06PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Ivory Latta's feelings hurt more than her knee. And her knee was killing her most of the game. The player whose passion and skill drive North Carolina smacked her left knee on the court 7 1/2 minutes into the game and missed less than two minutes. But when she returned she wasn't the same player who led the Tar Heels to the top overall seed in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
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Mid-majors women hardly cause ripple
Apr 2 2006 6:35PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - After George Mason, Bradley and Wichita State made such a splash in the NCAA men's tournament, mid-majors hardly caused a ripple in the women's bracket.
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Final Four Notebook
Apr 2 2006 6:31PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Imagine Joakim Noah playing for Ben Howland and Jordan Farmar for Billy Donovan. Had it happened a couple of years ago, Monday night's national championship game would have had a drastically different look.
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Florida and UCLA set sights on title
Apr 2 2006 6:16PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - UCLA had Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and all those championship banners. Florida had Vernon Maxwell and Norm Sloan.
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Gators wary of UCLA's daunting defense
Apr 2 2006 5:23PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - After spending several hours breaking down UCLA's defense Sunday, Florida's assistant coaches stepped out of the cramped video room for a short break.
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George Mason's dream ride comes to end
Apr 2 2006 4:28PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A month ago, there were people in Fairfax, Va., who didn't know what or even where George Mason was. Now the suburban commuter school is America's team.
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Gators swamp Mason with 3-point barrage
Apr 2 2006 10:47AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Lee Humphrey lingered outside the arc, determined to keep on shooting. Swish. Swish. And make it three. Appropriately enough, the Final Four longshot was doomed by the long shot. Humphrey hit three straight 3-pointers to start the second half and Florida brought George Mason back to reality Saturday night, ending the Patriots' stunning run through the NCAA tournament with a 73-58 victory.
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Bruins shut down LSU 59-45, reach final
Apr 2 2006 10:03AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The UCLA defense had blocked his final shot and he had committed his final foul. Wearily, Glen Davis plopped down on the bench and shook his head. Oh, Baby, can the Bruins play defense. Throw some offense in there on the same night and not even LSU and its 6-foot-9, 310-pound star, the guy known as "Big Baby," had a chance. The Bruins shut Davis down Saturday en route to a 59-45 victory over the Tigers that put them one win away from their 12th national title.
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LSU's Big Baby wimps out in Final Four
Apr 2 2006 12:54AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Big Baby was UCLA's big target. Glen Davis went from the lovable, talkative darling of the Final Four to a huffing, puffing laughingstock for LSU, unable to do much of anything against the Bruins' defensive clampdown Saturday night.
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Bruins find some offense in rout of LSU
Apr 2 2006 12:30AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Here's a news flash: UCLA has an offense. The defensive-minded Bruins, the team that couldn't shoot straight during much of the NCAA tournament, hit jumpers and layups. They soared for rim-rocking dunks, and one of them made a 3-pointer from the outskirts of Terre Haute during a 59-45 blowout of LSU in the Final Four on Saturday night.
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Mbah a Moute is the big man against LSU
Apr 2 2006 12:23AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A big guy did indeed take over the LSU-UCLA game. No, not that one. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had 17 points and nine rebounds while dominating Glen "Big Baby" Davis in UCLA's 59-45 semifinal victory over LSU on Saturday night, keeping the Bruins in contention for a record 12th NCAA title.
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