While Jim wrote Monday about the dreadful UConn-Butler men’s national championship game, the women took center stage last night and put up 52 more points than the men could muster as Texas A&M won its first women’s basketball national title, 76-70, over Notre Dame.

Could this be a turning point for women's basketball? One complaint about women's basketball has been the dominance of just a few programs; But last night powerhouses like UConn, Stanford and Tennessee gave way to these two unlikely finals teams. Plus, whereas the stars of men's college basketball all leave early for the NBA, few women do the same.

While Jim wrote Monday about the dreadful UConn-Butler men’s national championship game, the women took center stage last night and put up 52 more points than the men could muster as Texas A&M won its first women’s basketball national title, 76-70, over Notre Dame.

Could this be a turning point for women's basketball? One complaint about women's basketball has been the dominance of just a few programs; But last night powerhouses like UConn, Stanford and Tennessee gave way to these two unlikely finals teams. Plus, whereas the stars of men's college basketball all leave early for the NBA, few women do the same.

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