USF, AAC and NCAA Tournament

USF Women’s Basketball going to NCAA Tournament
No. 3 South Florida (23-10) defeated No. 9 Rice (17-17), 69-62, in the 2025 American Women’s Basketball Championship final on Wednesday evening, March 12, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
'It's win or go home" as USF opens AAC Tournament on Thursday
USF is the ninth seed and will face the eighth-seed Wichita State. The Bulls and Shockers split the regular season series, with each team winning on the road.
USF women’s basketball wins AAC championship: ‘We weren’t going to lose’
As the clock struck zero in Fort Worth, the Bulls would get ready to hold up the American Athletic Conference trophy for the second time in program history. The Bulls (23-10, 13-4 AAC) carried wins over North Texas and Tulane in earlier rounds before defeating Rice on Wednesday,
Takeaways: Rare 3-point barrage powers Shockers to opening AAC tournament win vs. USF
The Shockers found their stroke beyond the arc to help carry them to an opening win in Fort Worth on Thursday.
USF women win AAC Tournament title, earn automatic NCAA berth
OK, so it’s an off-the-board possibility, a far-fetched scenario calling for momentum, moxie and, yes, a miracle. But in theory it’s there, attainable, a shining moment to be seized. The city of Tampa could have one of its very own competing in next month’s Women’s Final Four at Amalie Arena.
USF men’s basketball relying on team bond ahead of tournament
USF men’s basketball will play its first game in the American Athletic Conference tournament (AAC) on Thursday against Wichita State, looking to turn the page on a challenging year. The Bulls (13-18,
USF women power past Rice for AAC Tournament championship
Vittoria Blasigh scored 20 points, Carla Brito added 17 and No. 3-seed South Florida defeated Rice 69-62 on Wednesday night to win the American Athletic Conference championship. The Bulls will return to the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence.
USF women top North Texas in AAC tourney, now 1 win from NCAA berth
An outspoken opponent of March Madness selection criteria, USF coach Jose Fernandez has openly bemoaned the advanced metrics steeped in NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings that seem to marginalize his team’s daunting non-conference schedule.
Former USF greats applaud effort of Bulls interim coach Ben Fletcher
But tragedy is ruthless, bluntly upending seasons and stability and sublime moments. Former Bulls coach Amir Abdur-Rahim — ...
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USF football’s 2025 schedule revealed
TAMPA (USF) – The Bulls learned the course they will chart in the 2025 South Florida Football Season presented by Tampa General Hospital, its third under Head Coach Alex Golesh, on Friday when ...
South Florida Bulls at No. 16 Memphis Tigers Prediction: Odds, Expert Picks, Betting Trends and Stats
Its Friday, March 7, and the Bulls of South Florida (13-17, 6-11) are in Memphis to take on Penny Hardaway’s Tigers (25-5, 15 ...
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USF Bulls football excited for crucial 2025 offseason
"That they demand that the way you work, the way you go through ... and former USF men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim passed away in October. Coach Amir was a regular at Bulls football ...
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Surging USF women control destiny, but not metrics, as March looms
“I would find it hard to believe that (an at-large bid would be denied) if we go to Dallas and ... in the second half of the Bulls' 75-63 home triumph on Jan. 29. USF is one game behind UTSA ...
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Never forget USF ranked No. 2 in the BCS in only its 11th year of football
But before that, the Bulls would make the most improbable rise in recent college football history. To explain 2007, we must first go back to 1991. USF president Francis T. Borkowski convened 40 ...