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Women's Hoops: UConn Rolls As Kansas And Oklahoma Score Upsets

Connecticut's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis shoots over Vanderbilt's Elan Brown during the team's game Monday night in Storrs, Conn.
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Connecticut's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis shoots over Vanderbilt's Elan Brown during the team's game Monday night in Storrs, Conn.

If it's March and there's madness, then the University of Connecticut women's basketball team must be in the middle of it all.

For the 20th consecutive season, the UConn women have advanced to the regional semifinals (the Sweet 16) of the NCAA Division I basketball championships. The Huskies beat Vanderbilt on Monday night . Their next opponent: the University of Maryland, on Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn. ( .)

Also Monday, , Oklahoma's women upset UCLA by a score of 85-72 and the women from Kansas upset South Carolina, 75-69.

Among Tuesday night's high-profile games: Baylor takes on Florida State; No. 4-ranked Stanford plays Michigan. .

Baylor won the championship in 2012. Connecticut has been the champion seven times — most recently in 2010. The NCAA .

We've also been covering the men's championship, of course. Our most recent post: .

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