Hoosiers use upset to head to 1st Elite 8

SAN ANTONIO — Ali Patberg scored 17 points to help fourth-seeded Indiana beat No. 1 seed North Carolina State 73-70 on Saturday night, sending the Hoosiers to the regional final for the first time in school history.

Indiana (21-5) had been in the Sweet 16 just once before, back in 1983 before the women’s NCAA Tournament became a 64-team field.

Indiana led 70-60 with 2:51 left before N.C. State scored eight straight points to get within two with 1:21 left. The Wolfpack (22-3) had a chance to tie it, but star Elissa Cunane missed a contested layup with 30 seconds left.

Nicole Cardano-Hillary then made two free throws with 21.1 seconds left. Before those two from the line, Indiana had been a dismal 6 for 13 on free throws.

Wisconsin hires former UConn assistant Moseley as head coach:

Wisconsin hired Boston University’s Marisa Moseley as women’s basketball coach as the Badgers attempt to rejuvenate a program that hasn’t produced a winning season in a decade.

Moseley was 45-29 at Boston University after working as an assistant on UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s staff during five of the Huskies’ national championship seasons (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016).

She takes over for Jonathan Tsipis, who was fired after Wisconsin’s first-round loss in the Big Ten Tournament. Tsipis went 50-99 in five seasons, including a 16-74 mark in Big Ten competition.

“I am thrilled to be a Badger and to lead this program back to great heights!” Moseley said Friday in a statement released by the university. “Wisconsin has a rich and storied tradition of success in all its sports, and I am confident that our women’s basketball program will be joining those ranks in the future!”

Moseley built a losing program into a winner at Boston University, which went 26-63 in the three seasons before her arrival.

The Terriers went 12-3 this season and lost 64-54 to Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament championship game.

“She has been a winner as a student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach” Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said in a statement. “She values the student-athlete experience on the court, in the classroom and in the community.”