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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. […]
Continue readingStanford needs overtime to eliminate Iowa State in Round 2
STANFORD, Calif. — Kiki Iriafen hit midrange jumpers from every possible spot. She took the ball hard at the hoop and right at star Iowa State freshman Audi Crooks, then blocked Crooks’ path on the defensive end. Iriafen crashed the boards and converted all nine of her free throws — and Stanford needed every bit […]
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 readingWomen’s Power Rankings: UConn returns to top five, Iowa falls
More Teams. More Games. Paige Bueckers goes off for 32 points as UConn wins its 11th game in a row with an 83-59 victory over Seton Hall. (1:46) South Carolina stays firmly planted at No. 1, UCLA jumps to No. 2 and the sports world is celebrating the greatness and longevity of Stanford coach Tara […]
Continue readingTara VanDerveer sets record for most wins in NCAA hoops history
More Teams. More Games. Stanford celebrates a historic victory as coach Tara VanDerveer passes the legendary Mike Krzyzewski for the most coaching wins in NCAA basketball history. (1:37) STANFORD, Calif. — Step aside, Coach K. Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer is the new winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. The Stanford women’s basketball team defeated Oregon State […]
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 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 […]
Continue readingLSU, UConn, UCLA headline preseason 2023-24 Top 25 rankings
The 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 readingLSU, UConn, UCLA headline Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2023-24
More 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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