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The day after her team lost a heartbreaking game in the Final Four semifinals, the Stanford coach was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The timing of the announcement caused mixed emotions.

There will not be a No. 1 seed in Tuesday's women's NCAA championship game, as the Aggies and Irish played spoiler for Connecticut and Stanford.

The secret of success for this year's Final Four teams is blending personalities.

Three out of the four teams heading to the women's Final Four in Indianapolis rely on veteran point guard leadership, and that's not by accident.

UConn and Stanford were expected to be playing in Indianapolis this weekend. Notre Dame and Texas A&M -- not so much. But the Fighting Irish and the Aggies will be joining the favorites in the Final Four.

Jeanette Pohlen and Kayla Pedersen know what it's like to make the Final Four. This is their fourth trip in four years. But they don't know what it's like to win it all. This time around they are determined to write a different ending.

Gonzaga couldn't find any answer for Stanford's Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike. The super siblings combined for 41 points and 26 rebounds and propelled the Cardinal to an 83-60 victory and into the Final Four for the fourth consecutive season.

Michelle Smith watched the energy of a high-powered Gonzaga win evaporate when Stanford got on the floor and struggled through a grind-out game. For the Bulldogs, a win over Louisville means a matchup with the Cardinal with the Final Four on the line.

The seniors on Stanford's women's basketball team walked off the floor of Maples Pavilion in fine fashion on Monday night. With a 75-49 victory over St. John's, they became the first class in school history never to have lost at home.

When Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said her team wasn't always "basketball smart," it wasn't intended as an insult to her players. Instead, she actually was making the point that her team's efficiency and discipline are the result of a lot of hard work.

Emotions ran high for UC Davis in its first-round game against Stanford on Saturday. Head coach Sandy Sampson got the Aggies to the NCAA tournament for the first time, and he already had announced his retirement whenever UC Davis' season concluded.

The brackets have been announced for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, and the top seeds are familiar ones. Baylor, UConn, Stanford and Tennesse rest atop the brackets, and those four teams could very well be in Indianpolis at the Final Four.