Digna Strautmane led a balanced attack with 14 points and 18th-ranked Syracuse, the fifth seeded, turned back 12th seeded Virginia 67-57 in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on Thursday.
Jocelyn Willoughby had her 10th double-double of the season and Dominique Toussaint added 11 points and eight assists to help No. 12 seed Virginia beat Boston College 77-61 on Wednesday in the first round of the ACC tournament.
Arike Ogunbowale led five Notre Dame players in double figures with 24 points, hitting six of eight from beyond the arc, as the No. 4 Fighting Irish routed Virginia 103-66 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory.
Dana Evans scored 13 points and No. 4 Louisville used a 16-0 run spanning halftime to take command and beat Virginia 71-49 on Thursday night.
Tiana Mangakahia had 16 points and 14 assists and No. 18 Syracuse scored the last four points of the game Thursday night to edge Virginia 72-68.
Asia Durr scored 20 points in 23 minutes as No. 4 Louisville routed Virginia 91-43 on Thursday night.
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Virginia women's basketball coach Joanne Boyle says she is retiring because of a family matter. Boyle spent seven seasons at Virginia, compiling a 129-98 record.
Chalk ruled the early part of Friday's first-round games in the women's NCAA tournament, until a pair of No. 10 seeds -- Minnesota, which beat 7-seed Green Bay, and Virginia, which downed seventh-seeded Cal -- advanced to the second round.
While teams such as Rutgers, Villanova and Notre Dame rose to the occasion and dominated the nonconference portion of their schedules, teams such as Stanford, Virginia and Oklahoma have ground to make up between now and March.
Newly appointed Virginia athletic director Carla Williams, the first African-American woman to lead an athletic department at a Power 5 school, said she couldn't pass up the opportunity and challenges in Charlottesville.
Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage has announced his retirement after 16 years on the job.
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | 14-2 | - | 35-4 |
| Louisville | 14-2 | - | 32-4 |
| NC State | 12-4 | 2 | 28-6 |
| Miami | 12-4 | 2 | 25-9 |
| Syracuse | 11-5 | 3 | 25-9 |
| Florida State | 10-6 | 4 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 9-7 | 5 | 20-13 |
| North Carolina | 8-8 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Georgia Tech | 7-9 | 7 | 17-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 6-10 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Duke | 6-10 | 8 | 15-15 |
| Virginia | 5-11 | 9 | 12-19 |
| Boston College | 3-13 | 11 | 14-16 |
| Pittsburgh | 2-14 | 12 | 11-20 |
| Wake Forest | 1-15 | 13 | 10-20 |
