Women's basketball conference tournaments

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Most of the women's basketball conference tournaments finished on Sunday and Monday. Some of the tournaments I watched were the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and Big 12. The Big East crowned its champion Tuesday.

The Duke Blue Devil women's basketball team captured its eighth Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title Sunday afternoon in Greensboro, North Carolina. Duke defeated their rivials North Carolina 92-73 in the title game.

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Duke freshman point guard Alexis Jones had a career-high 24 points and was named the MVP of the ACC tournament. Elizabeth Williams also scored 24 points and Haley Peters added 17 points.

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The Purdue Boilermakers defeated Michigan State Spartans 62-47 Sunday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois to win the Big Ten conference tournament.  This was Purdue's ninth tournament title win. Purdue led by as many as 23 points in the first half.  In the second half, Michigan State cut the lead to 9 points, but could never get any closer.

Purdue's Drey Mingo led the team in scoring with 24 points. Courtney Moses added 16 points and KK Houser chipped in 10 points. Mingo was named the MVP of the tournament and Moses and Houser were named to the All-Tournament Team.

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The Baylor Bears defeated Iowa State Cyclones 75-47 Monday to win their their third straight Big 12 conference tournament title at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Brittney Griner lead the Bears with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. Griner scored 23 points in the first half. Odyssey Sims added 20 points for the Bears, making three 3-pointers in the first four minutes in the second half.

Griner was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament and Destiny Williams and Sims were named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team.

Notre Dame Irish defeated Connecticut Huskies 61-59 Tuesday in the Big East Tournament Championship at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

The game was tied at 59 with 18 seconds to go. Notre Dame's Natalie Achonwa scored the winning basket with a layup with 2 seconds left. Notre Dame won their first Big East tournament title. The Irish are leaving the Big East conference and heading to the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in the 2013-14 season.

Notre Dame's Kayla McBride scored 23 points and was named the Big East Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Jewell Loyd had 16 points and Skylar Diggins added 12.

Selection Monday will take place March 18 on ESPN at 7 p.m. EST. The first round of the women's tournament will begin on Saturday, March 23.