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Defending The Crown

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Tennessee took home the program's eighth national title Tuesday.
Tennessee got to the tournament by lighting up scoreboards. But to defend their title, the Lady Vols had to get defensive. Graham Hays

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WTC Was your bracket one of the 13,881 that correctly picked the four teams to reach Tampa? All told, 4.5 percent of the brackets selected Stanford to win the NCAA championship, while 31.19 percent tabbed Tennessee to capture its second consecutive title. No. 1 overall seed UConn, which Stanford beat in the semifinals, led the way with 31.65 percent. Overall, 6.3 percent of all brackets had Stanford and Tennessee meeting in Tuesday's final. Of those who picked the correct matchup, the majority -- 69 percent -- selected Tennessee as the winner.
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Team Breakdown

The defending national champions enter the NCAA tournament with a 30-2 record and 47 wins in their last 50 starts, including a 59-46 win against Rutgers last April that gave Pat Summitt her seventh national championship. In other words, things are going pretty well ... Team coverage