By Hanna Barton | @Hannabarton00 Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND – Energetic. Loose. Silly. All have been used to describe this year’s South Carolina team. But the title no other team in the country can claim right now? Undefeated. “As much as you bring up like an undefeated season, it doesn’t feel like it because, …
By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND – The intense buildup for the national semifinal game featured Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes and Paige Bueckers’ UConn Huskies. But when Iowa defeated UConn on Friday night, it was on the back of sophomore forward Hannah Stuelke, whose precise post play lifted the Hawkeyes to …
By Hanna Barton | @hannabarton00 Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND — The season of perfection continues for South Carolina (37-0) as it punched its ticket to a third national championship game and became the first team since the 2016 UConn Huskies to enter the title game with an undefeated record. The Gamecocks topped the NC …
By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler CLEVELAND — The U.S. Basketball Writers Association tipped off the 2024 Women’s Final Four with a brunch to honor a handful of individuals who tirelessly dedicate themselves to the game. No one embodies this commitment more than Joye Lee-McNelis, recipient of the USBWA’s Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award, as she …
By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Purdue coach Matt Painter knows how impressive it is to take a team to the NCAA tournament after coaching it for one season. The second-round matchup for the top-seeded Boilermakers, eighth-seeded Utah State, is not one Purdue is taking lightly. Utah State’s head coach …
By Jaela Johnson | @jae_jamirah Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Utah State Aggies, a team that returned zero points from its roster last season, won its first NCAA tournament game in 23 years, defeating TCU, 88-72, late Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Aggies (28-6) ended the school’s 10-game tournament losing streak through …
By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers had taken control of their first-round game against Grambling State. Zach Edey, Purdue’s 7-foot-4 center, collected a rebound, pivoted clockwise, held the ball above his head and delivered a one-hop pass that found sophomore guard Braden Smith in stride at …
By Jaela Johnson | @jae_jamirah Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS— Tad Boyle, the coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, watched his team trade baskets with the Florida Gators at such a rapid rate that with 20 minutes left in one of their seasons, he had this thought: “’If we don’t start guarding better, we’ve got to …
By Justin Haberstroh | @JustinHaberstr1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time since February 28, when Tyler Kolek suffered a grade two oblique strain that turned the All-American guard into a spectator and temporarily changed the direction of Marquette’s season, the Golden Eagles were complete. Kolek scored 10 of his 18 points …
By Jaela Johnson | @jae_jamirah Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS—Utah State is entering the NCAA tournament crushing records and making history, coming off its first outright Mountain West Conference regular-season championship championship. The eighth-seeded Aggies (27-6) are looking to push that momentum into their game Friday against TCU. TCU (21-12) is one of a conference …
