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Notre Dame women's hoops earns seventh consecutive No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament
SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame lost four players to ACL injuries this season, but has still managed to earn its seventh consecutive No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Fighting Irish (29-3, 15-1 ACC) will host Cal State Northridge at Purcell Pavilion in the first round at 5 p.m. Friday. -- Indy Star
Roundball chatter: Season for coaching moves
Cal State Northridge parted ways with coach Reggie Theus. He was a star in the NBA. Pittsburgh decided to let Kevin Stallings go after an 0-18 ACC regular-season mark. Connecticut fired Kevin Ollie while Mark Fox is out at Georgia. The coaching carousel is spinning. -- ESPN
UConn, Irish, Louisville, Miss St top seeds in women’s NCAAs
The Irish are in the Spokane Regional and open up against Cal State Northridge on Friday. If Notre Dame advances, the Irish would head out west to potentially face No. 2 seed Oregon if the seeds hold. -- Washington Post
BYU, CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE, UCSB MOVE UP TWO SPOTS IN AVCA WEEK 10 POLL
One thing has remained unchanged in the AVCA Division I-II poll over the last nine weeks, Long Beach State’s name in the No. 1 spot. The 49ers occupy the top spot in the Week 10 poll released on Monday with a program-best 17-0 mark, but the remainder of the Top 5 has flip flopped this week. -- Volley Mob
CSUN women beat UC Davis 63-55 in Big West tourney final
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Winning four games in five days proved to be no problem for Cal State Northridge with the formidable 1-2 punch of Channon Fluker and Tessa Bagni. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Safest College Campuses In California: LIST
See how other California campuses ranked below. National rankings are in parenthesis. Click here to see the full list.
Cal State San Marcos (13)
UC Irvine (44)
Cal State Fullerton (59)
Cal State Dominguez Hills (67)
UC San Diego (71)
Cal State East Bay (75)
Cal State LA (83)
UC Davis (85)
Cal State Northridge (87) -- Lake Elsinore Patch
CSUN women aren’t too tired to go to The Dance
ANAHEIM — Four victories in five days? No problem.
Cal State Northridge’s Matadors, as a fifth seed forced to win two games just to get to the Big West Tournament semifinals at Honda Center and then two more to win the tournament, completed the task Saturday and earned their third conference championship in six years, and the automatic NCAA berth that goes with it, with a 63-55 triumph over regular-season champion UC Davis. -- Los Angeles Daily News
'Going to burn for a while': UC Davis women fall in Big West final in tough week for Aggies
Fifth-seeded Cal State Northridge controlled the final 35 minutes of Saturday's Big West Conference tournament final to emerge with a 63-55 win and with the conference's automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament. -- Sacramento Bee
CSUN women beat UC Davis 63-55 in Big West tourney final
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Winning four games in five days proved to be no problem for Cal State Northridge with the formidable 1-2 punch of Channon Fluker and Tessa Bagni. -- The Republic
HIGH POWERED OFFENSE, SWEEPS ORDER OF THE DAY LATE SATURDAY
No. 17 Fort Wayne bested No. 12 Concordia Irvine, while No. 3 UC Irvine, No. 7 UCLA, No. 10 UC Santa Barbara and No. 16 Cal State Northridge held rank and posted sweeps late Saturday night. All five winners hit .300 or better in the sweeps. -- Volley Mob