LADY HUSKIES RUN AWAY FROM NOTRE DAME TO WIN NATIONAL TITLE, COMPLETE PERFECT CAMPAIGN AND FOLLOW MALE COUNTERPARTS IN WINNING NATIONAL CROWN

At Nashville:

On the night after their male counterparts won their fourth NCAA basketball national title, the Connecticut Lady Huskies completed a 40-0 campaign with a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday to win their ninth NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament championship, all under head coach Gino Auriemma.  The men's and women's teams have now gone an overall 13 for 13 in NCAA Tourney title games.

LEAVE IT TO BRITTNEY: LADY BEARS DOMINATE NOTRE DAME TO WIN NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CROWN AND COMPLETE 40-0 SEASON

At Denver:


Brittney Griner scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Baylor Lady Bears (40-0) defeated Notre Dame (36-4) 80-61 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship on Tuesday.

Champs Sports Bowl: E. J. Guides Seminoles In Comeback Win Over Irish

At Orlando, Florida:


Quarterback E. J. Manuel threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter (18 yards to Bert Reed; 15 yards to Rashad Greene) as the Florida State Seminoles (9-4) erased a fourteen-point second half deficit and upended Notre Dame (8-5) 18-14 in Thursday's Champs Sports Bowl.

Fighting Irish Slug Hurricanes In El Paso

At El Paso, Texas:

Freshman quarterback Tommy Rees passed for 201 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Michael Floyd as Notre Dame (8-5) dominated Miami (7-6) 33-17 in the Hyundai El Paso Bowl played on Friday.  With the victory, Brian Kelly becomes the first Fighting Irish coach to win a bowl game in his first season.

Sorry, Charlie

Well, when you make history by coaching your team to six or more lossed in three straight years, it seemed inevitable.