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Blockbuster Monday: NCAA women's tournament reaches fever pitch with 4 transcendent stars, 2 marquee showdowns

ALBANY, N.Y. — Caitlin, Angel, JuJu and Paige. Oh my.

The Elite Eight doubleheader on Monday night is a blockbuster event that, sure, fans might have dreamed of when the bracket came out. But they shook it off in the morning when the wildness of it dawned on them.

Wake up. No viewership record is safe. Nor is any No. 2 seed. In fact, every Elite Eight matchup is a 1 vs. 3 as a fitting coda to a season in which no team could keep hold of the No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press poll.