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Bigger and better: Women's Final Four teams filled with multi-talented frontcourt players
The four teams have 36 players 6-foot or taller, and coaches say the added size is making matchups harder to defend.
- The Women's Final Four in Phoenix features a historic collection of height, with 36 players standing 6-0 or taller—comprising 55.6% of all participants in the tournament.
- This shift marks a new age where traditional centers are evolving into versatile threats, as teams like UConn and Texas integrate tall players who can shoot from distance and pass effectively.
- Texas guard Madison Booker exemplifies this versatility, with Kentucky coach Kenny Brooks calling her a "mini-KD" for her ability to score and play multiple positions at 6-1.
- UCLA center Lauren Betts, standing 6-7, anchors the Bruins facing Texas' towering duo of Kyla Oldacre and Breya Cunningham, who previously helped shut her down in November.
- South Carolina also retooled to add versatility, with coach Dawn Staley utilizing players like Madina Okot, who combines elite rebounding with shooting 48% from 3-point range.
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Bigger and better: Women's Final Four teams filled with multi-talented frontcourt players
Women's college basketball has become an outlier above the median when it comes to height. While the height for an average American woman is 5-foot-3, women's college basketball is loaded with players over six feet tall.
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