Star power has defined the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season, and much of that focus has been on household names: Caitlin, JuJu, Paige, Angel. But let’s give it up for the duos that have helped shape the past five months of competition and will make their marks on the women’s NCAA tournament. ESPN considered many […]
Continue readingThere won’t be a rematch of the national championship game in women’s college basketball in 2024, but LSU vs. Iowa could be a blockbuster of an Elite Eight matchup. If both even get that far, that is. Who are the winners and losers of the women’s NCAA tournament bracket? We start on the losers’ side, […]
Continue readingThe 2024 women’s NCAA tournament bracket is here. The games are right around the corner. The anticipation and excitement around women’s college basketball has never been higher. Let the dancing begin. ESPN is here to get you situated and prepared on all things March Madness as competition gets underway this week, starting with the First […]
Continue readingLAS VEGAS — For the first time since 2014, USC will play for the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament title after advancing to the championship game with an 80-70 double-overtime semifinal win on Friday over crosstown rival UCLA. Freshman phenom JuJu Watkins, the centerpiece of USC’s rebuild, said even she was surprised by the Trojans’ rapid […]
Continue readingThere is a USC legend in the top spot of our list, but it’s not Cheryl Miller. That’s because the two-time NCAA champion didn’t play in the Pac-10/Pac-12. The league didn’t begin governing women’s sports until the 1986-87 academic year, right after Miller finished her college career. Thus, names such as Miller, USC teammate Cynthia […]
Continue readingConference play across January and February has been college basketball’s great equalizer, showing what players and teams are made of before the stage gets even bigger and brighter in March. And so with Championship Week right around the corner, ESPN is back with its newest edition of the top 25 players in women’s college basketball. […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Paige Bueckers goes off for 32 points as UConn wins its 11th game in a row with an 83-59 victory over Seton Hall. (1:46) South Carolina stays firmly planted at No. 1, UCLA jumps to No. 2 and the sports world is celebrating the greatness and longevity of Stanford coach Tara […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. JuJu Watkins puts up 32 points in USC’s win over UCLA at home Sunday afternoon. (1:08) LOS ANGELES — JuJu Watkins lay on the court, surrounded by her teammates, the final buzzer having faded. The freshman sensation was cramping after scoring 32 points in No. 9 USC’s 73-65 victory over second-ranked […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley gets the ball down low and beats the buzzer as Virginia Tech hands NC State its first loss of the season. (0:25) And then there were three. We started 2024 with seven undefeated teams remaining in Division I women’s college basketball, but the number has dwindled to […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Caitlin Clark discusses the progress of women’s basketball in recent years and says she hasn’t made a decision yet on whether to declare for April’s WNBA draft. (1:54) Two months into the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season, we’re starting to see an emergence of trends and identities for individual teams and […]
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