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. […]
Continue readingCullop emerged as a finalist in recent days and talks progressed quickly toward a deal, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school had not made any announcement. Cullop has been at Toledo for 16 seasons, winning 353 games — and going 86-17 in the past three […]
Continue readingOn April 8, 2019, Tennessee announced Kellie Harper as its new women’s basketball coach. It was her dream job: She was going back to her alma mater, the school where she won three national championships as a player. The mutual excitement of Harper and fans of the Lady Vols was through the roof. But five […]
Continue readingTennessee parted ways with coach Kellie Harper on Monday after five seasons, opting to make a change to try to reinvigorate a program that has not played for a national championship since the late Pat Summitt retired. Harper, who played under Summitt, could never quite get the program back to an elite level. Though she […]
Continue readingSouth Carolina star Kamilla Cardoso is declaring for the 2024 WNBA draft, she announced Monday on social media. Cardoso, a potential lottery pick, is currently projected by ESPN’s Michael Voepel to be selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks. “Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my journey so far,” Cardoso […]
Continue readingWe have our Final Four. A blockbuster Monday gave us a rematch of the 2023 women’s NCAA national title game between LSU and Iowa — except this time Caitlin Clark & Co. came out ahead in Albany, New York. Meanwhile in Portland, Oregon, Paige Bueckers and the limited roster of UConn outlasted freshman JuJu Watkins […]
Continue readingALBANY, N.Y. — Flau’jae Johnson bends over and stretches her legs as the crowd roars its approval of more Iowa free throws. She stands up with a deep breath as reality sets in that the LSU Tigers’ hopes for a repeat national championship are over. The clock indicates 14.2 seconds remain in Monday’s regional final, […]
Continue readingWhich players might steal the show at the women’s Final Four? Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso head to the national semifinals in the spotlight. But in ESPN’s final rankings of the top 25 players for the 2023-24 season, we narrow the focus considerably: the best players for teams that […]
Continue readingThe WNBA draft is just around the corner — April 15 in New York — and we now have the answers on which key players will be available. This senior class in women’s college basketball is the last to have the option of returning for a fifth year in college via the NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver […]
Continue readingThe Final Four tips off on Friday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. No. 1 seeds Iowa and South Carolina and No. 3 seeds UConn and NC State will compete for the national championship. Here are key facts about the women’s Final Four. How can I watch the Final Four? NC State faces South Carolina […]
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