Half of the women’s Sweet 16 is set, with Notre Dame, TCU and Tennessee among the teams to seal their spots on Sunday. Now, it’s time to complete the field, with eight more games Monday. After dominant performances in the first round, will the Texas Longhorns and the USC Trojans join fellow No. 1 seeds UCLA and South Carolina for the second weekend? Will the UConn Huskies roll to their fifth straight Sweet 16 appearance? Will we get any drama that matched the end of Kentucky–Kansas State? We’ll have all that and more.
With updates from writers on site and analysis of every game, this is your one-stop shop for coverage of the conclusion of the women’s tournament opening weekend.
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(9) Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. (1) USC Trojans, 10 p.m., ESPN
Monday’s full results and analysis
Final: Maryland 111, Alabama 108 (2OT)
How did Maryland win this thriller? That’s a big question, and the answer is more than can fit into this blurb. But let’s try to sift through the final seconds of the second overtime. Shyanne Sellers hit two free throws — probably her two biggest points of the year — to put Maryland up three. Alabama got an excellent look, but couldn’t get the 3-pointer to fall. The Crimson Tide got…
