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TAMPA, Fla. — If Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley do a double-take when they walk into Amalie Arena on Friday for the Final Four, it’d be hard to blame them. Certainly, the interest that has followed the women’s NCAA Tournament the past few seasons — as the games have set record numbers in viewership and attendance — has had a longer runway at their programs at UConn and South Carolina, but the growth of the overall game is impossible to deny. That evidence is everywhere Auriemma and Staley look.

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