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Geno Auriemma says one-and-done rule could ‘ruin’ women’s college basketball

A potential one-and-done rule in women’s college basketball could “ruin the game,” according to UConn coach Geno Auriemma. “It depends whether you want the game to grow or you want to kill it,” Auriemma said Thursday during an interview on ESPN Radio’s “UnSportsmanLike.” “If you want to kill it, then let the kids leave after […]

Iowa fills Clark’s void, lands Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen

Lucy Olsen, the No. 3 scorer in Division I women’s basketball this past season at Villanova behind Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and USC’s JuJu Watkins, is transferring to Iowa. The 5-foot-9 guard confirmed her commitment on social media Wednesday. The senior-to-be has one season of eligibility left. Olsen averaged 23.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists […]

Source: Villanova’s Lucy Olsen, nation’s No. 3 scorer, in portal

Olsen, a 5-foot-9 junior guard from Pennsylvania, averaged 23.3 points in 2023-24, behind only Iowa’s Caitlin Clark (31.6) and USC’s JuJu Watkins (27.1). Olsen was one of the best players in the Big East, earning Big East Most Improved Player and unanimous All-Big East first-team honors. Stepping into a void left by the graduation of […]

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark wins 2nd consecutive Wooden Award

Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 2024 Wooden Award on Tuesday, taking home the honor as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second straight season. Clark won the award over UConn’s Paige Bueckers, Stanford’s Cameron Brink, USC’s JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, who were […]

South Carolina banking on balance and depth in title game

CLEVELAND — With 47 seconds left in the third quarter of Friday night’s national semifinal against NC State, South Carolina slings the ball around the perimeter. It ends up in transfer guard Te-Hina Paopao‘s hands. She launches a 3-point shot, and the Gamecocks’ bench players stand and cheer with their arms in the air as […]

The road to the NCAA women’s title game as told by social media

After a long month of March, the stage is set for the women’s NCAA basketball championship in Cleveland. In the semifinals, the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the No. 3 seed NC State Wolfpack in double-digit fashion, while Caitlin Clark and the No. 1 seed Iowa Hawkeyes beat the No. 3 seed UConn […]

Women’s NCAA basketball’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2024-25

The landscape of women’s college basketball is going to look very different when November arrives and the 2024-25 season begins. Caitlin Clark will be gone. So will Angel Reese. The Pac-12 will be no more. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington will be in the Big Ten. Oklahoma and Texas will be calling the SEC home. […]

South Carolina opens as favorites to win 2025 NCAA title

The Gamecocks open as the favorites to take home the 2025 national championship, showing +250 odds to win it all on ESPN BET. Although South Carolina will lose 2024 most outstanding player Kamilla Cardoso to the WNBA draft, the team will return impact freshmen MiLaysia Fulwiley and Tessa Johnson and will add Joyce Edwards, the […]

Women’s Final Four predictions: Can Gamecocks win title?

CLEVELAND — This women’s Final Four has it all: an undefeated team (South Carolina), the national player of the year (Iowa’s Caitlin Clark), the player with the greatest comeback story this season (UConn’s Paige Bueckers) and the gritty underdogs who assume no one picked them to get here (NC State). During the regionals, the No. […]

Chipotle Nationals girls’ preview: Meet the six teams vying for the tournament crown

The Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals will be played at Brownsburg High School (outside Indianapolis), April 4-6, 2024. The format is a single elimination tournament, with the top two seeds getting byes, to crown a champion in a six-team bracket with all games broadcasted live on ESPN platforms. Some of these teams have crossed paths […]

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