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Belmont has found its new women's basketball coach in Cameron Newbauer, who reached the NCAA championship game this past season as an assistant at Louisville.

Rutgers has hired Louisville senior associate athletic director Julie Hermann as its new athletic director.

Freshman Breanna Stewart scored 23 points and Connecticut won its eighth national championship with a record 93-60 rout of Louisville on Tuesday night.

Chat with our espnW.com experts and follow all the analysis from tonight's national championship game, starting at 8:15 p.m. ET.

An offer by the NCAA for an expedited waiver for the Louisville men's team to travel to watch the women's New Orleans final early Tuesday morning apparently came too late.

A quick look at what happened in the first half of the national championship game between top-seeded Connecticut and fifth-seeded Louisville.

Connecticut beat fifth-seeded Louisville on Tuesday in New Orleans to win its eighth national title.

Louisville didn't complete its Cinderella run with a national title, but Tuesday's loss to UConn will not diminish what the Cardinals accomplished over the past few weeks.

Breanna Stewart became the first freshman since 1987 to win most outstanding player honors in the Final Four after another stellar performance propelled Connecticut to a 93-60 win over Louisville.

In New Orleans back in 1991, Connecticut played in its first Final Four. The Huskies walked away without a title, but the die had been cast. And UConn has never really been out of the mix since, winning its eighth NCAA championship Tuesday to match Tennessee and Pat Summitt.

With Connecticut's latest title, senior Kelly Faris was able to bring the Huskies' championship story full circle.

Louisville-UConn Preview

Before Tuesday's NCAA championship, we predict the winner.

Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time.

What does Louisville have that can help it beat UConn? Shoni Schimmel, a player who has the talent to single-handedly take over any game, even one as big as this. And a player who no longer believes she has to do so for her team to win.

With her 3-point shooting, Antonita Slaughter has done her share to push Louisville into the national championship game for the second time in four years.