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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 […]
Continue readingPac-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 […]
Continue readingMarch Madness 2024 bracket: NCAA tournament women’s teams
The 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 readingUSC takes Pac-12 title despite rare off night for JuJu Watkins
In Sunday’s Pac-12 tournament final at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Stanford threw the kitchen sink at Watkins defensively. Watkins had the worst shooting performance of her first season, going 2-for-15 from the field while also committing six turnovers. But instead of crumbling, USC proved what coach Lindsay Gottlieb has been saying all along: The Trojans […]
Continue readingJuJu Watkins scores 33, sends USC to Pac-12 final with 2-OT win
LAS VEGAS — For the first time since 2014, USC will play for the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament title after advancing to the championship game with an 80-70 double-overtime semifinal win on Friday over crosstown rival UCLA. Freshman phenom JuJu Watkins, the centerpiece of USC’s rebuild, said even she was surprised by the Trojans’ rapid […]
Continue readingJuJu Watkins, No. 9 USC send No. 2 UCLA to first loss in rematch
More 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 readingWomen’s Power Rankings: Do Hokies climb after stunning Wolfpack?
More Teams. More Games. Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley gets the ball down low and beats the buzzer as Virginia Tech hands NC State its first loss of the season. (0:25) And then there were three. We started 2024 with seven undefeated teams remaining in Division I women’s college basketball, but the number has dwindled to […]
Continue readingWomen’s Power Rankings: South Carolina still on top, OSU out
More 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 readingUCLA 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 readingWomen’s NCAA basketball Top 25: Which teams can win a title?
Yet 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 […]
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