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. […]
Continue readingOnly a few minutes earlier, it certainly did not feel that way. UCLA held a three-point lead with 2:46 left, having erased a 10-point deficit. The season appeared on the brink for the reigning national champions. Until Johnson and Angel Reese got to work. With the season on the line, the two players drew critical […]
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 readingMore Teams. More Games. Washington State nearly gives up its halftime lead, but hangs on to grab a big home win over No. 2 UCLA. (1:39) LOS ANGELES — All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker suffered a knee injury in the second half of Washington State’s 85-82 upset of No. 2 UCLA Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. Cougars […]
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. Top-ranked South Carolina blows the game open in the second quarter, beating East Carolina, 73-36, as Kamilla Cardoso leads the way with a double-double. (0:37) The final days of 2023 delivered for women’s college basketball fans. Two top-20 teams were upset by unranked opponents over the weekend, with Michigan taking down […]
Continue readingMore 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 readingYet the Tigers aren’t considered the sure thing the Gamecocks were 12 months ago. The race to the NCAA trophy appears more wide open this season, with as many as eight contenders. The list includes UConn, which saw its streak of 14 consecutive Finals Fours come to an end in March but seems poised for […]
Continue readingThe Tigers open in the top spot in ESPN’s 2023-24 preseason women’s college basketball rankings. LSU is expected to be even better this season and seeks to become the sport’s first repeat champion since UConn capped a four-peat in 2016. Coach Kim Mulkey added the top two transfers in Hailey Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. On “The Paul Finebaum Show,” Carolyn Peck explains why the talented Gamecocks and a gritty Tennessee will be stiff competition for the reigning national champs. (2:17) When LSU cut down the nets last April in Dallas, the Tigers became the lowest seed since Tennessee in 1997 to win as a No. […]
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