Women's NCAA Tournament Round 2 winners, losers: Virginia make history, Iowa fizzles
USA TODAY has followed every upset, buzzer-beater and game from the 2026 Women's NCAA Tournament and rounded up our winners and losers from round two:
The Virginia women's basketball team unleashed a water bottle celebration in the locker room in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday after making history in the 2026 Women's NCAA Tournament. The No. 10 Cavaliers upset No.
2 Iowa in the double overtime to become the first First Four team to advance to the Sweet 16. The win marked Virginia's third game in five days after coming through the play-in tournament. "We're still dancing.
It's so sweet," said Kymora Johnson, who feels "hungry and tired" after playing 50 minutes in the double-overtime win. "We're a confident team, and I think we believe in all the work that we've put in. Not a lot of people have.
They've written us off. We came into March trying to show what Virginia is about. " While Johnson is elated, Iowa senior Hannah Stuelke experience devastation after her college career came to an end.
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