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Princeton forward Lexi Weger (33) and the Princeton bench celebrate in the second half of a college basketball game against Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, March 19, 2022. Princeton defeated Kentucky 69-62. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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March Madness descends on women's NCAA Tournament
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Sat,03/19/22-7:38PM, 904 Reads
March Madness is finally part of the women's NCAA Tournament vernacular and the first round has so far aptly fit that phrase.

Six double-digit seeds have already advanced to the round of 32 — just short of the record seven set in 1998. That doesn't include the two near-upsets by two 14 seeds.
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South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley congratulates a player during the second half of an NCAA college basketball semifinal round game against Mississippi at the women's Southeastern Conference tournament Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. South Carolina won 61-51. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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NCAA women's tournament features 12 Black female coaches
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Fri,03/18/22-1:46AM, 455 Reads
Dawn Staley has a sheepish grin, which turns into a smile after a quick glance at the Greensboro Region of the women's NCAA Tournament.

There is sense of pride that exudes from the South Carolina basketball coach when she sees people who look like her, doing what she does and getting the chance to be successful at it.
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Mississippi guard Donnetta Johnson (3) dribbles around Tennessee guard Jordan Horston (25) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Oxford, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Ole Miss enters AP women's poll for 1st time in 15 years
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Mon,01/24/22-11:59AM, 283 Reads
Unbeaten on the road this season, Mississippi entered The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 15 years on Monday, coming in at No. 24.
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Lusia Harris Stewart shows off some of her medals and awards from her basketball career, Jan. 10, 2002, in her home in Greenwood, Miss. Harris, who was the only woman to be drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, her family announced. She was 66. (Tony Krausz/The Delta Democrat-Times via AP, File)

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Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Tue,01/18/22-8:02PM, 1,533 Reads
Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, her family announced. She was 66.
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