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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. […]

Ahead of draft, WNBA insiders predict Angel Reese’s impact

The superstar and her LSU Tigers were denied a title defense in the Elite Eight on Monday with a 94-87 loss to Iowa. Two days later, in an article in Vogue, she announced her decision to move on to the WNBA. Reese, who has 6 million combined followers on social media, will certainly bring new […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: What to expect in Iowa-LSU rematch

ALBANY, N.Y. — When the 2024 women’s NCAA tournament bracket came out two weeks ago, all eyes went to Region 2 in Albany and the potential Elite Eight showdown between the teams that met for the national championship last season. On Monday (7:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App), that blockbuster arrives, as No. 1 seed Iowa […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Predicting every Sweet 16 game

Sixteen teams have advanced to the regional semifinals in Albany and Portland. And the Sweet 16 is packed with potential. All four No. 1 seeds reached the round of 16. Defending champion LSU is back, as is No. 1 overall seed South Carolina, which is 34-0 and chasing a perfect season. Individual star power abounds […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Reseeding tournament’s Sweet 16

Some of the chalk from the first two days of the women’s NCAA tournament has been erased. But not much. Two No. 5 seeds and a No. 7 broke through to the Sweet 16. And the top four seeds advanced to the regional semifinals in two regions — Albany 1 and Portland 4. The real […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Second-round tournament updates

No. 7 seed Duke and 5-seeds Colorado and Baylor all won on their opponents’ home court Sunday to advance to the Sweet 16. So far, Monday’s second-round games — every contest is on ESPN Networks and the ESPN App — have not brought us more upsets. No. 2 seed Notre Dame and 3-seeds NC State […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Reseeding the round of 32

The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament should have perhaps been played on a blackboard. There’s that much chalk all over it after the first round wrapped up. Higher-seeded teams went 31-1 in the first round. No bracket has played so true to form since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1994. For those who like to pick […]

Women’s March Madness 2024: Experts pick Final Four, national champ

With the First Four completed and the first round of the 2024 women’s NCAA tournament about to begin, the overall question is obvious: Can anyone stop undefeated South Carolina? It was the same question last year, and it turned out someone did: Iowa. This year, the Hawkeyes are a No. 1 seed along with South […]

Pac-12 ready to flex in final women’s March Madness run

The phenom came out of the locker room with 25 points, but murmurs emerged from the stands as Watkins sank basket after basket to start the second half. A pull-up 3-pointer in transition. Free throws. A midrange baseline jumper. A step-back at the free throw line. After Watkins swished her next shot — a transition […]

Who are top duos in the women’s March Madness NCAA bracket?

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 […]

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