Stanford's Title, Arizona's Near Miss, and What Comes Next for the NCAA

The Stanford Cardinal and head coach Tara VanDerveer captured their first women's basketball national championship in twenty-nine years on Sunday, narrowly beating out Arizona. The Athletic's Chantel Jennings joins us to break down both teams's remarkable journey just to get to the title game, why Stanford managed to persevere, and how Arizona’s 5-foot-6 superstar Aari McDonald came up just short on her last-second shot. Plus, what comes next for the NCAA after the embarrassing scandal that plagued the women's tournament.

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