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1 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament will get preferential treatment moving forward, a response to South Carolina coach Dawn Staley's concerns and criticism. 1 seed between the regional final and for the Women's Final Four. 1 overall seed. 1 overall seeded team by allowing that team the most possible rest time between the regional final and the Women’s Final Four,” said Lisa Peterson, chair of the committee and senior associate commissioner for sports management with the Pac-12 Conference. "We made that decision unanimously.”The 2024 Women’s Final Four will be played April 5 and 7 in the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

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☆ Reigning NCAA champion Rose Zhang becomes the 1st LPGA golfer to win tournament in pro debut since 1951
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But Sunday’s final round shaped up to be a roller coaster for the two-time NCAA women’s golf national champion. With a win in sight, Zhang missed a would-be victory clinching putt to send the tournament into a sudden death playoff with Kupcho. Rose Zhang at the first tee during the final round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday. Following her maiden LPGA Tour victory, Woods congratulated Zhang on Twitter saying, “Incredible few weeks for Rose Zhang, defends her NCAA title and then wins in her Pro debut. Despite the busy school schedule, Zhang says fans can expect to see a lot more of her on the LPGA Tour.

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☆ Inside a debt ceiling standoff ‘far more dangerous than people will recognize’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jeremy Diamond Lauren Fox Melanie Zanona Phil Mattingly Arlette Saenz Kevin Liptak | Jeremy Diamond | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

“She’s well respected by both sides,” McCarthy said of the former longtime House Appropriations Committee staffer, according to White House officials. “Asking me about the communication (with the White House) implies there was communication,” one House Democrat said. For the White House negotiators, that meant late nights and early mornings. The White House negotiators left Capitol Hill abruptly and for hours, it was unclear when the conversations would resume. Quietly, White House negotiators had never actually stopped talking to their Republican counterparts.

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☆ A Record 9.9 Million Tune In for NCAA Women’s Basketball Final
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LSU beat Iowa in the NCAA women’s basketball final on Sunday. Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball championship game drew 9.9 million TV viewers, double last year’s audience and the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record, according to ESPN. Louisiana State’s 102-85 win over Iowa, in a title game shown on Walt Disney Co.’s ABC, featured record scoring and the superstar shooting of Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark. Women’s title games in recent years—such as last year, when 4.85 million watched South Carolina beat UConn—have been shown on Disney’s ESPN, which is in fewer homes than broadcast stations.

☆ LSU Wins NCAA Women’s Basketball Title
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LSU’s Jasmine Carson reacts after making a 3-pointer during the Tigers’ win over Iowa. DALLAS—The electricity surrounding the Women’s Final Four this weekend centered almost entirely on Iowa’s superstar sharpshooter Caitlin Clark. But one important group of dissenters wasn’t having any of it: the Louisiana State Tigers. LSU drove its parade float through the Hawkeyes’ party on Sunday, outshooting Clark and the Hawkeyes to win its first-ever NCAA women’s basketball title, 102-85.

☆ South Carolina Women’s Basketball Is the Team That Never Gets Tired
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Before the NCAA women’s basketball tournament began, oddsmakers said South Carolina had a 73.3% chance of winning. Not winning its first game or two, but the whole thing, meaning six in a row including the championship. Anyone who’s scratched out a bracket for the 68-team men’s or women’s tournaments—only to see it turn it to garden mulch by Day 3—knows that odds like those aren’t just rare. They’re downright preposterous.

☆ The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Is South Carolina’s to Lose
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The downside of picking South Carolina to win the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, which starts in earnest on Friday, is that you’re unlikely to win much money. The upside: You’re very likely to be right.

☆ Traveling for March Madness? Where to Eat, Shop and Go Nuts in 6 Key Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Valerie Stivers | Hank Zona | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HOOPLA DREAMS At Mustang Harry’s in New York, there’s nothing like a cheerleading squad to get patrons in the spirit. MARCH MADNESS is upon us. For those who don’t follow college b-ball or live on earth, the term describes the adrenaline-fueled excitement of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, which runs from March 14 to April 3 and the NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament that goes from March 15 to April 2. Arguably the single biggest show in sports, March Madness trounces the Super Bowl by virtue of being played over multiple nights. Basketball purists love college games for the passionate young players and the David-versus-Goliath upsets that open a floodgate of cheers and tears.

☆ The Voting Bloc Against Bossiness
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Andy Kessler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Their mantra is simple: Don’t tell me what to do, hence the name. Oppositional defiant disorder, which, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, is a behavior disorder, often in children who “are uncooperative, defiant, and hostile toward peers, parents, teachers, and other authority figures.” Yeah, I’ve got that. Also add: Don’t tell me what to say, to think, to pay. Don’t tell me what to do. I don’t think so.

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