Big East, ACC teams crowd AP Top 25

Connecticut picked up right where it left off last season: unanimous No. 1 in the women's basketball poll.

Breland has Hodgkin's lymphoma

North Carolina forward Jessica Breland is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Wooden Award to be given Friday

DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh, Blake Griffin of Oklahoma and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina are finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the men's college basketball player of the year.

Youthful Central Florida team doesn't back down in close game with UNC

Heather Claytor scored a season-high 17 points while Italee Lucas and Jessica Breeland added 17 each as third-seeded North Carolina beat No. 14 seed UCF 85-80 Saturday in the NCAA tournament's opening round.

...second round of the 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Ted Constant...

Hatchell, Heels ready to start anew

Three straight losses and the death of a dear friend in seven days. Monday morning can't come sooner for coach Sylvia Hatchell and North Carolina.

Montgomery, Moore lead the way in UConn's rout

Renee Montgomery scored 21 points to help No. 1 Connecticut rout No. 2 North Carolina 88-58 on Monday night, dominating a matchup of unbeaten teams from start to finish.

Cast of stars leads UConn to rout

After UConn routed the nation's No. 2 team by 30 points Monday, it became a foregone conclusion who would win the NCAA title. The more popular debate is how these Huskies rate against the 39-0 UConn champs from 2002.

Top two teams square off Monday

Geno Auriemma and Sylvia Hatchell might be opposites. But their teams, UConn and UNC, have a lot in common: entertaining, fast-paced, fantastic basketball.

...second round of the 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Ted Constant...

While others wait, Phillips works

While others wait, Ta'Shia Phillips works. While others wonder if the rebound will come their way, she makes sure to get there first. And that's why Phillips and Xavier are the non-BCS team to watch this season.

Questions (and UConn as the champ) jump out

When is it almost a disadvantage to be a No. 2 seed? Will UConn meet its archrival in St. Louis? Who else will be there? More predictions for the 2009 NCAA tournament.

What will happen in the '09 tournament?

If Charlie Creme's December Bracketology ended up as March's 64-team NCAA tournament field, how would it play out? Here are round-by-round predictions -- and yes, UConn reaches St. Louis and the Final Four.

Top three unchanged; Oklahoma falls in coaches poll

Unbeatens Connecticut (5-0), North Carolina (8-0) and California (6-0) remained in the top three spots of the ESPN/USA Today women's basketball poll released Tuesday.

Breland scores career-best 31 as North Carolina nips Oklahoma

Jessica Breland scored a career-high 31 points as North Carolina (No. 3 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) held off Oklahoma (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 2 AP) 80-79 on Sunday in the title game of the Women's Preseason NIT.