The last game

Tara told the fans who gathered to greet the team after the game:

Our whole team really wants to thank you for the tremendous support. We felt it. We worked very hard. We're very disappointed, but I'm really proud of our whole team, and I especially want to thank our seniors — Ros, Michelle, Jayne and JJ and Mel, depending on whether they're seniors or not — we don't know.

This was a really tough game, but I thought our team really battled and it was there for the taking so we've gotta get greedy. Again, I'm really proud of our team. We have great assistant coaches, staff, everyone worked as hard as they could and we really thank you for all coming out here and supporting our team.

Come back next year.

Here are the game reports and other commentary:

• Stanford Falls To Connecticut In NCAA Championship, 53-47, Associated Press
• Instant analysis: Stanford-UConn by Charlie Creme, ESPN
• Cardinal can't close out title game by Mechelle Voepel, ESPN
• A second half for the history books by Graham Hays, ESPN
• The keys to UConn's victory by Graham Hays, Mechelle Voepel and Charlie Creme, ESPN
• Too Much Moore from NPR
• Stanford slows UConn early but fails to make most of opportunity from USA Today
• Stanford was close enough against UConn to consider the "What ifs" by Jake Curtis
• Huskies start ice-cold yet end unbeaten again by Tom FitzGerald, San Francisco Chronicle
• Cardinal's crushing loss will hurt a while by Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle
• Painful End to Jayne Appel's Illustrious Cardinal Career by Milton Kent, Fan House
• UConn stays perfect; wins Nat'l title by Jaime Aron, Gloucester Times
• Stanford’s Ogwumike a rising star by Jim Fuller, Middletown Press
• Griz coach's daughter logs major minutes in women's title game by Matt McLeod, Montana Kaimin

The box score and play-by-play

Slideshow from the San Antonio Express-Times

Photos from the Associated Press

Photos from US Presswire