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Maryland and Howard women’s basketball are headed to the NCAA Tournament

By Frank Hanrahan

Maryland women’s basketball is back in a familiar spot. For the 16th straight season, the Terps are headed to the NCAA Tournament.

Maryland gets a 5 seed and will play 12th seed Murray State Friday in the first round at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

This is the Terrapins’ 22nd NCAA Tournament bid under head coach Brenda Frese in her 24 seasons in College Park.

Howard is back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2022. The MEAC champions earned a 14 seed and will face 3 seed Ohio State in Columbus on March 21.

The Final Four is April 3-5 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Auriemma says he felt ‘dumb’ for the way exchange with Staley played out following Final Four game

By The Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Six weeks after his team lost to South Carolina in the Final Four, UConn coach Geno Auriemma said Monday that he felt “dumb” for how his heated postgame exchange with Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley played out in front of a national audience. “When I walked into the locker room afterward with the coaches, you are just shaking your head, thinking five more seconds, you couldn’t keep it in for five more seconds,” Auriemma said in his first news conference since then. “You just feel dumb for the way that it played out,” he added. “We are all human and we all do dumb (stuff).” Auriemma sparked a firestorm of criticism after he went over to Staley in the final seconds of South Carolina’s 62-48 victory at the Final Four in Phoenix and appeared to chastise her.
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