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The Herald Scotland
21-04-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Paige Bueckers' hometown naming city after her for day on May 16
Her accomplishments were enough to get her hometown named after her, literally. REQUIRED READING: Paige Bueckers has arrived to save Dallas from its misery Hopkins, Minnesota, where Bueckers grew up and played high school basketball, announced it's naming the town after her on May 16, the date of her first WNBA game. The date will also be "Paige Bueckers Day" in Hopkins. "The City of Hopkins would like to honor her accomplishments and wish her the best of luck at the professional level by proclaiming May 16th as Paige Bueckers Day and renaming the city to Paige Bueckers, Minnesota for the day," the announcement stated. "We invite the community to celebrate the kickoff of the WNBA season with Think Hopkins and our local businesses on WNBA watch day, where businesses will have themed specials, air the game and celebrate the season opener - because everybody watches women's sports." Paige's hometown, Hopkins, Minnesota, is being renamed to Paige Bueckers, Minnesota on May 16th to honor her recent accomplishments ????#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) April 19, 2025 Bueckers averaged 19.9 points with 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game this season, leading UConn to a 37-3 record and 82-59 win over reigning champion South Carolina in the national title game. She's viewed as an organization-altering player for the Wings, which finished with a 9-31 record last season. Bueckers missed the end of her sophomore season and most of her junior season after suffering a knee injury but fought back to be an All-American again in 2024 and 2025 after winning national player of the year as a freshman. The former No. 1-ranked high school recruit has met every expectation since being a high-end prospect out of Hopkins, and now her hometown is honoring her for her accomplishments.
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Dawn Staley's honest 3-word conclusion about South Carolina's offense summed up its national title game loss
Dawn Staley's honest 3-word conclusion about South Carolina's offense summed up its national title game loss Holly Rowe: "Who else can score for you right now? Where do those points come from?" Dawn Staley: "I don't know."#NCAAWBB — Jennifer X. Williams (@JenXperience) April 6, 2025 South Carolina was this close to repeating as women's college basketball national champions. But in the end, Dawn Staley's dynamic group simply couldn't overcome Geno Auriemma's Connecticut Huskies to go back-to-back. In fact, other than perhaps the opening tip and first few minutes, Sunday's 82-59 national title game loss to UConn was never all that competitive. Such is life. Such is sports. Arguably, the biggest reason South Carolina couldn't make it a more competitive affair was its struggling offense. The Gamecocks shot just 34.4 percent from the field and only 25 percent from 3-point land. Eleven sloppy turnovers didn't help matters as a focused UConn took advantage and took South Carolina apart in the process. It sure felt like the Gamecocks just ran out of steam at the worst time. At the start of the fourth quarter, you could start to tell Staley was resigned to the first national title game defeat of her coaching career. When ESPN's Holly Rowe asked how South Carolina could fix its offense to attempt a rally, Staley sounded exasperated, claiming she didn't really have an answer or see an easy remedy mid-game for her group. Oof: When the opposing coach is talking like that, you know you've done something right if you were in the position UConn was in.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NCAA women's tournament first round viewership dips in 2025 without Caitlin Clark driving ratings
Women's basketball is on the rise, and the NCAA women's tournament is seeing the fruits of that attention. But the early March Madness rounds have seen a slight dip in viewership after the Caitlin Clark-fueled frenzy of last year's tournament. According to ESPN PR, the first round of the 2025 NCAA tournament averaged 367,000 across all games. UConn's dominant 69-point win over Arkansas State drew the most viewers, with 1.1 million people tuning in to the game on ABC. Other top games were USC-UNC Greensboro (which drew 889,000 viewers on ABC), Tennessee-South Florida (684,000 on ESPN) and Iowa-Murray State (672,000 on ESPN). #NCAAWBB viewers tuned in for '25 First Round #MarchMadness action🏀 Avg. 367K viewers across First Round, up 43% from '23🏀 2nd most-consumed First Round on record🏀 ABC saw its 2nd most-viewed First Round EVER🏀 ESPN saw its 2nd most-watched First Round since '08 — ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) March 25, 2025 ESPN notes that the viewership for the first round was up 43% from 2023, when an average of 257,000 people watched the first two days of competition. But it leaves out the record-breaking viewership from last year, where viewership averaged 469,000 in the 2024 first round, per ESPN. That number was boosted by a whopping 3.2 million people tuning into Clark and Iowa's 91-65 win over Holy Cross. The difference between this year and last year represents a nearly 22% drop in viewership for the first round. It doesn't help that the early rounds of the March Madness tends to be more lopsided on the women's side, due in part to a lack of resources and development in mid-major programs. Six teams — including UConn, USC, Tennessee and Iowa, in the four most-watched games of the round — dropped 100+ points on their lower-seeded opponents in the first round. Compare things to the men's side, which saw its highest viewership numbers in the first weekend since 1993, despite a relative lack of upsets or Cinderellas. ESPN has yet to release the numbers for the second round of the women's tournament, which took place Sunday and Monday. A handful of exciting games — including Kansas State and Ole Miss' upsets on Sunday and Maryland's 2OT comeback thriller on Monday — may have drawn extra viewers. But it is unlikely to surpass the record 1.4 million viewership average set during the 2024 second round: 4.9 million tuned in to watch Clark and Iowa defeat West Virginia last year. As the Sweet Sixteen approaches, the tournament will also be without one of its biggest stars after USC's JuJu Watkins tore her ACL. But matchups between a number of high-profile teams will still draw eyes as the tournament moves forward.
USA Today
16-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Women's March Madness bracket live updates: 2025 Selection Sunday show
Women's March Madness bracket live updates: 2025 Selection Sunday show The 31 Automatic Qualifiers are solidified ✅ BRING. ON. THE. BRACKET. 🙌#NCAAWBB — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 16, 2025 Selection Sunday is finally here, and when the day is over, we'll have complete brackets for both the NCAA women's and men's basketball tournaments. But we're here to talk about the women's bracket, which features 68 teams vying for a national championship. With not too many challenges on the bubble, which teams make the tournament are largely predictable, so for them, Selection Sunday is more about regions and each team's path to the Final Four in Tampa. IT'S BRACKET MADNESS: Enter USA TODAY's NCAA tournament bracket contest for a chance at $1 million prize. Although we're still a few hours away from the Selection Sunday show — it will be broadcast on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET — we have a good idea of who the No. 1 seeds will be: most likely, UCLA, USC, South Carolina and Texas. Additionally, several teams have already guaranteed their spots in March Madness by winning their respective conference tournament titles. So hang out here with us as we break down the women's NCAA tournament on Selection Sunday and keep you up to date with the latest info. SURVIVOR POOL: Free to enter. $2,500 to win. Can you survive the madness? Who are the women's NCAA basketball tournament auto bids? These 31 teams automatically qualified for the women's NCAA tournament by winning their conference tournament titles: Vermont (America East), South Florida (American Athletic), George Mason (Atlantic 10), Duke (ACC), Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN), TCU (Big 12), UConn (Big East), Montana State (Big Sky), High Point (Big South), UCLA (Big Ten), UC San Diego (Big West), William & Mary (CAA), Liberty (Conference USA), Green Bay (Horizon League), Harvard (Ivy League), Fairfield (MAAC), Ball State (MAC), Norfolk State (MEAC), Murray State (Missouri Valley), San Diego State (Mountain West), FDU (Northeast), Lehigh (Patriot League), South Carolina (SEC), UNC Greensboro (Southern), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), Southern (SWAC), South Dakota State (Summit League), Arkansas State (Sun Belt), Oregon State (West Coast) and Grand Canyon (WAC). MARCH MADNESS STARTED EARLY: Montana State star perfectly summed up its March Madness-clinching buzzer-beater How to watch Selection Sunday for the women's NCAA basketball tournament On Selection Sunday, the women's bracket will be revealed at 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN+. Elle Duncan will host and be joined by analysts Andraya Carter, Rebecca Lobo, Carolyn Peck, reporter Holly Rowe and bracketologist Charlie Creme to discuss the bracket results, per ESPN. How to live stream Selection Sunday for the women's NCAA basketball tournament If you're not able to watch the women's March Madness selection show on ESPN, the network noted it will be available to live stream via ESPN YouTube, ESPN Facebook and the ESPN App. Where is the women's March Madness Final Four? This year, the women's NCAA tournament Final Four will be held in Tampa, Florida. It's the fourth time that Tampa has hosted the women's Final Four. When does the women's NCAA basketball tournament start? Following Selection Sunday, the women's March Madness tournament will begin with the First Four games on Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 20. The first round is set for Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22. The first- and second-round games, along with the First Four, are hosted by the top seeds, while the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games will be in Birmingham, Alabama and Spokane, Washington.
