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UCLA continues dominance of USC in 9th straight win over rival
More Teams. More Games. Londynn Jones sinks it from downtown, 12/30/2023 (0:17) LOS ANGELES — Cori Close went with one of the more challenging nonconference schedules so that UCLA would be prepared for what could be the most rigorous Pac-12 races in conference history. That certainly paid off Saturday in a battle of unbeaten crosstown […]
Continue readingWhich Power 5 teams are the ones to beat? We break down each race
Two pairs of undefeated, in-state (or even crosstown) rivals square off Saturday: No. 10 Baylor at No. 5 Texas and No. 6 USC at No. 2 UCLA. If you’re enjoying a slower pace after the holidays and before we hit the ground running in 2024, good news: You have a great excuse not to leave […]
Continue readingWomen’s NCAA basketball Power Rankings: No team’s hotter than NC State
The Wolfpack were picked to finish eighth in the ACC preseason poll, which now seems preposterous. But they finished 20-12 overall and 9-9 in the ACC last season, losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Then because of graduation and transfers, NC State lost four players who started at least 20 games. One […]
Continue readingUSC women (No. 6) reach highest AP Top 25 ranking since 1994
More Teams. More Games. espnW’s No. 1 ranked freshman JuJu Watkins scores a career-high 35 points as No. 10 USC picks up a 93-42 win over Le Moyne. (1:50) Stellar freshman JuJu Watkins has helped USC climb the AP Top 25 to the team’s best ranking in 29 years. The Trojans moved up to sixth […]
Continue readingGreatest gadget play ever? Dan Marino’s fake spike turns 29
The circumstances are different than in the 1994 contest. The Dolphins (7-3) are in first place, just like then, but the matchup doesn’t have the same juice because the Jets are three games behind in the AFC East standings. Still, it’s part of Dolphins-Jets lore. Even though most of the current players weren’t born when […]
Continue readingWomen’s NCAA basketball Power Rankings: Pac-12 surging
More Teams. More Games. Cameron Brink scores a career-high 29 points along with 11 rebounds and six blocks to lift Stanford to an 82-79 win in overtime. (1:18) Pac-12 women’s basketball players and coaches want to focus on the present this season. It’s something they can try to control, since the impending breakup of the […]
Continue reading2023 women’s college basketball Thanksgiving week guide
More Teams. More Games. Mikaylah Williams tallies 42 points and five 3-pointers in LSU’s win over Kent State. (2:00) Who doesn’t want to overindulge on Thanksgiving? But it doesn’t always have to be about eating too much turkey or pumpkin pie. There’s nothing wrong with consuming basketball in excess next week, too. From Florida to […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese top Wooden Award list
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and LSU’s Angel Reese headline the preseason list of candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, it was announced Tuesday on ESPN. Clark and Bueckers won national player of the year honors in 2023 and 2021, respectively, while Reese was the most outstanding player at the 2023 Final Four. […]
Continue readingWomen’s NCAA basketball Power Rankings: South Carolina, Iowa open 1-2
More Teams. More Games. Following a win over No. 14 Maryland, Te-Hina Paopao notes her focus on defense and praises No. 6 South Carolina’s commitment to playing as a unit. (1:14) The best way to follow up a season that got the highest viewing for the women’s college basketball national championship game? How about an […]
Continue readingWhat we’ve learned and what’s to come in women’s NCAA hoops
More Teams. More Games. Caitlin Clark unleashes 44 points to help No. 3 Iowa defeat No. 8 Virginia Tech in Clark’s ninth career 40-point game. (1:59) The 2023-24 women’s college basketball season isn’t even a week old, but between standout individual performances, major nonconference matchups and some all-around stellar play, the past four days have […]
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