USF, AAC Tournament and NCAA

USF women win AAC Tournament title, earn automatic NCAA berth
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.
USF Women’s Basketball going to NCAA Tournament
No. 3 South Florida (23-10) defeated No. 9 Rice (17-17), 69-62, in the 2025 American Women’s Basketball Championship final on Wednesday evening, March 12, at Dickies Arena in Fort
'It's win or go home" as USF opens AAC Tournament on Thursday
USF is the ninth seed and will face the eighth-seed Wichita State. The Bulls and Shockers split the regular season series, with each team winning on the road.
USF women top North Texas in AAC tourney, now 1 win from NCAA berth
An outspoken opponent of March Madness selection criteria, USF coach Jose Fernandez has openly bemoaned the advanced metrics steeped in NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings that seem to marginalize his team’s daunting non-conference schedule.
USF women power past Rice for AAC Tournament championship
Vittoria Blasigh scored 20 points, Carla Brito added 17 and No. 3-seed South Florida defeated Rice 69-62 on Wednesday night to win the American Athletic Conference championship. The Bulls will return to the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence.
USF Athletics duo chases gold at NCAA indoor championships
Sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu and pole vaulter Kobe Babin are the best at their disciplines in USF history. This weekend, ...
USF president’s contract extended until next president picked
The University of South Florida’s Board of Trustees voted to extend outgoing president Rhea Law’s contract, originally slated ...
USF ranks among the nation's top innovators for new patents
The University of South Florida's patent prowess continues, with the university ranking among the nation's top 20 public ...
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Tech entrepreneur donates $40M for new USF AI, cybersecurity school
Arnie Bellini, a tech entrepreneur and investor who runs Bellini Capital, has donated $40 million to the University of South ...
USF receives record $40 million gift for AI, cybersecurity
The University of South Florida announced the largest donation in the school’s history: a $40 million gift from Arnie and ...
University of South Florida Gets $40 Million to Start Cyber and AI College
Philanthropists Arnie and Lauren Bellini donate what is the largest gift in the school’s history, hoping to turn the Tampa ...
Bellini College at USF to tackle talent gap, regional collaboration in curriculum with AI-driven security focus
Amid a historic surge in cyberattacks, AI-driven threats and escalating digital security challenges, Arnie and Lauren Bellini ...
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Co-authored USF study identifies ‘surprising’ cause of sargassum blooms in Caribbean
Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009–2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum ...