Rice is one win away from a second consecutive bid to the NCAA women's tournament. The Owls, seeded ninth in the American Athletic Conference, defeated Temple on Tuesday to advance to Wednesday's final against South Florida,

Behind a balanced, mostly efficient scoring attack and a stifling perimeter defense, the No. 3-seeded Bulls (23-10) led wire to wire Wednesday night in a 69-62 triumph against Rice in the American Athletic Conference Tournament final in Fort Worth, Texas. USF is headed to the NCAA tourney for the 10th time and fourth in the past five seasons.

The Big Ten has only won a single NCAA women's basketball title, and that was before the turn of the century. With the Los Angeles schools now in the fold, is this the year the league finally wins it all?