No. 1 overall seed Stanford got the job done in a season unlike any other and one that kept them on the road for most of the season.
The Cardinal outlasted No. 3 seed Arizona, 54-53, in the NCAA women's basketball national championship game from San Antonio on Sunday night. It's their first title since 1992 and the third overall for the program, all under head coach Tara VanDerveer. Stanford is the first team in either men's or women's tournament to pull off one-point wins in the Final Four and national championship, per ESPN.
Arizona senior Aari McDonald missed the final shot at the buzzer as Stanford's defense created trouble on the inbound and trapped her up top with four defenders.