SPOKANE, Wash. — The reigning women’s basketball national champion Stanford Cardinal secured a trip back to the Final Four on Sunday night, becoming the second No. 1 seed to reach this year’s national semifinals, with a 59-50 win over the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns.
It’s the 14th Final Four appearance for the Cardinal under legendary coach Tara VanDerveer.
“It does not get old,” VanDerveer said postgame. “You’re always happy to go to the Final Four, but sometimes you’re really happy. I’m really happy. It is a great group to be with, they care about each other, they’ll do whatever. I wasn’t worried about the effort at all today.
“We have great leadership, unselfishness and I think whoever we play — whether it’s Connecticut or NC State — we’ll be ready.”
First, Stanford had to survive a rematch against the Longhorns. When these teams met in November in Palo Alto, Texas spoiled…
