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NCAA women’s basketball upsets: No. 1 seeds Notre Dame, South Carolina ousted | NCAA women’s basketball upsets: No. 1 seeds Notre Dame, South Carolina ousted |
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In a day of women’s basketball upsets, two of the top three nationally-ranked teams were knocked out of the NCAA women’s tournament in regional semifinals Friday. Both teams were No. 1 tournament seeds. | |
Notre Dame lost to No. 4 seed Stanford, 90-84. Notre Dame is second-ranked nationally, while Stanford is No. 13. | Notre Dame lost to No. 4 seed Stanford, 90-84. Notre Dame is second-ranked nationally, while Stanford is No. 13. |
[Stanford stuns Notre Dame 90-84 in regional semifinal] | [Stanford stuns Notre Dame 90-84 in regional semifinal] |
South Carolina, which played in last year’s final, also exited the tournament early with an 80-72 loss to No. 4 seed Syracuse. South Carolina is ranked third nationally, while Syracuse is ranked No. 14. | |
[Syracuse women stun South Carolina 80-72 in regional semis | [Syracuse women stun South Carolina 80-72 in regional semis |
Earlier in the week, No. 2 seed Maryland — the fifth-ranked team in the country — was soundly defeated by unranked Washington, 74-65, a No. 7 tournament seed. | Earlier in the week, No. 2 seed Maryland — the fifth-ranked team in the country — was soundly defeated by unranked Washington, 74-65, a No. 7 tournament seed. |
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Maryland women stunned by Washington in NCAA tournament round of 32 | Maryland women stunned by Washington in NCAA tournament round of 32 |
Three players put the ‘MD’ in Maryland women’s basketball | Three players put the ‘MD’ in Maryland women’s basketball |