Mississippi State’s defense comes up short in title game

DALLAS — The Mississippi State women’s basketball team had an itty-bitty problem Sunday that proved to be just as unbeatable as its junior point guard.

Chapel plays key role in Bulldogs’ comeback attempt

DALLAS — Ketara Chapel knew something needed to be fixed.

Notebook: Senior class leaves with 111 wins, three NCAA tournament berths

DALLAS — Ketara Chapel, Dominique Dillingham, Chinwe Okorie, and Breanna Richardson helped transform the Mississippi State women’s basketball program.

South Carolina beats Mississippi State in NCAA title game

DALLAS — A’ja Wilson scored a game-high 23 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had four blocked shots Sunday to lead the South Carolina women’s basketball team to a 67-55 victory against Mississippi State in the NCAA tournament national title game at American Airlines Center.

One more to go: Bulldogs look to do it differently against South Carolina

Morgan William sweats the details.

Minichino column: Bulldogs’ magical run reaches finish line at title game

The final hurdle has arrived.

South Carolina provides huge – yet familiar – challenge for MSU

DALLAS — There aren’t many teams that could lose a player who averages a double-double and stay on course.

MSU stuns UConn to advance to national championship

DALLAS — Morgan William used the word “timid” Thursday to describe the Mississippi State women’s basketball team’s performance against Connecticut last season.

Schaefer backs his title with supreme defensive effort

DALLAS — Leave it to Vic Schaefer to add a new word to the vocabulary of a history-making season.

MSU women upset UConn to reach national title game

DALLAS — Don’t underestimate the heart of a Bulldog.

Whether it has been against DePaul, Washington, or Baylor, the experts have picked against the Mississippi State women’s basketball throughout the NCAA tournament.

MSU’s victories against those three teams sealed its first trip to the Final Four, but they had little effect on the national media, which penciled Connecticut in as a lock to play for its record 12th national title.

Morgan William and the Bulldogs had other plans.

MSU earns shot at redemption tonight

DALLAS — Vic Schaefer and his Mississippi State women’s basketball players have been asked about Connecticut for the past three days.

Pieces fall into place for top-ranked Connecticut

DALLAS — Coming together can make facing the unknown easier.

Notebook: Auriemma has strong thoughts on women’s game

DALLAS — Geno Auriemma gets asked about the health of women’s basketball a lot.

Bulldogs older, wiser entering rematch with Huskies

STARKVILLE — Timid and shell-shocked were words used Monday by members of the television crew covering the Oregon women’s basketball team’s experience against four-time reigning national champion Connecticut.

Finding right players has helped UConn remain gold standard

If it is getting harder and harder to return to the Final Four, like Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma claimed Tuesday morning, then the veteran coach has found a way to make difficult things look easy.

On Monday, four-time reigning national champion UConn took its next step toward its record 12 NCAA Division I title with a 90-52 victory against Oregon in the championship game of the Bridgeport Regional in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Schaefer, MSU are ‘heartbroken’ no longer

There have been humbling times for Vic Schaefer in five years in Starkville.

A 22-day stretch in January 2013 was the most trying time for the veteran coach, as the Mississippi State women’s basketball lost to Vanderbilt by 51 points, Kentucky by 53, and Texas A&M by 48. A season that showed so much potential in a 50-38 victory against then-No. 11 Georgia at Humphrey Coliseum ended with a thud to Alabama in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Duluth, Georgia.

Doing it for Dad: MSU point guard dedicates career performance to stepfather’s memory

Morgan William’s 41-point performance Sunday night ranked eighth all-time in NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament history and best ever among female Southeastern Conference players in the Big Dance.

Sturdy defensive effort lifts Bulldogs to Final Four

OKLAHOMA CITY — It might be difficult to imagine defense being a key in a game in which 179 points are scored.

Notebook: Secretary of defense knows some offense too

OKLAHOMA CITY — Vic Schaefer better watch out or he is going to earn a new nickname.

History in the making: Today’s matchup with Baylor Bears can mean trip to Final Four for Bulldogs

Don’t sleep on Nina Davis.