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• Dawn Staley Sends Congrats to Joyce Edwards After AmeriCup Win But Ensures Two South Carolina Stars Aren’t Left Behind
Dawn Staley praised Joyce Edwards for 'playing her gamecock butt off' as Team USA defeated Brazil 92-84 to win FIBA AmeriCup gold in Chile....2025
• Dawn Staley Sends Encouragement as 3 South Carolina Stars Compete in Gold Medal Battle
Dawn Staley shows support as Joyce Edwards, Kamilla Cardoso, and Ayla McDowell battle for FIBA AmeriCup gold in USA vs. Brazil final showdown....2025
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• Dawn Staley’s Coaching Praise Continues as Gamecocks Star Credits Coach for Easing Post-Transfer Struggles
Madina Okot praises South Carolina HC Dawn Staley for her support after transferring to Columbia, showing Staley’s impactful coaching....2025
• Top 2026 Recruit McKenna Woliczko Receives Surprise as Dawn Staley Is Joined by SEC Football Coach on South Carolina Visit
Five-star forward McKenna Woliczko visited South Carolina, met Shane Beamer, played UNO with Dawn Staley, and ranked the school....2025
• Dawn Staley Spotted Hosting Top 2026 Recruit With Unique ‘Jumbo Uno’ Recruiting Strategy
Dawn Staley was deeply involved in a Class of 2026 top recruit's visit to South Carolina. The meeting even included a game of Jumbo Uno....2025
• Dawn Staley and Kim Mulkey’s Competition Grows as New Lady Vols Women’s Coach Joins Millionaire Club
Kim Caldwell’s contract extension and salary increase at Tennessee signal a bright future for the Lady Vols basketball program....2025
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• 2026 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early big board for women’s college basketball prospects

Photo by Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images UCLA’s Lauren Betts, UConn’s Azzi Fudd, TCU’s Olivia Miles and LSU’s Flau’Jae Johnson are among the top projected 2026 WNBA prospects. The 2025 WNBA Draft is in the books. As expected, UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 overall to the Dallas Wings, while 6-foot-6 French prospect Dominique Malonga was selected second by the Seattle Storm....2025
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• The Linc - Justin Simmons talks about possibly playing for the Eagles, again

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 4/9/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Safety Justin Simmons looking for ‘best situation’ in free agency, hopes to sign before training camp - NFL.comThe Philadelphia Eagles could have a need after trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Houston Texans. Plus, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was Si...2025
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• How the two best players in the transfer portal impact their new women’s college basketball teams

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Olivia Miles is trading in Notre Dame for TCU, while Ta’Niya Latson has left Florida State for South Carolina. We won’t be seeing Olivia Miles and Ta’Niya Latson in the ACC next season. The multi-time All-American point guard and the nation’s leading scorer entered the transfer portal near the end of March. On Tuesday, they announced their new homes. Mi...2025
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top

UConn senior guard Paige Bueckers cuts down the net after leading the Huskies to a national championship victory over South Carolina on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Finally, after four seasons in five years, Paige Bueckers leaves UConn as a national champion, and one of the greatest ever to wear a Huskies uniform. TAMPA, Fla. — Azzi Fudd pointed ...2025
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• 9 best players at the 2025 women’s Final Four, ranked

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images The Final Four is set. But who has the best players out of South Carolina, UConn, Texas and UCLA? The winner of the national championship is often decided by who has the best player — or players — at the Final Four. While some could make the case that Iowa’s Caitlin Clark was the top player last year in Cleveland, Ohio, nobody could stop South Carolina’s ...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Players and coaches like Dawn Staley and Paige Bueckers reached out to JuJu Watkins after her season-ending knee injury in March Madness. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — She’s not playing in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games this weekend, but so many of the people around women’s college basketball are still talking about USC’s JuJu Watkins. The superstar sophomore g...2025
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images After the injury to USC’s JuJu Watkins, UConn’s path to the Final Four looks a lot easier. Meanwhile, Notre Dame seems to be regaining its elite form. Just 16 teams remain in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. March Madness began with 68 teams and we whittled down the field last weekend. Along the way, we saw players face former teams, some squads make sta...2025
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• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images March is when stars are born. It’s when players are asked to step up in crucial moments, when they attempt the improbable and pull off the seemingly impossible. In basketball, the stage doesn’t get any bigger than March Madness. It feels like we see a few freshmen really break out during the NCAA Tournament every season. Last year was no exception. We wat...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images The Huskies beat the Gamecocks, a showdown in Tobacco Road and more A telltale sign that it’s almost March Madness time is when the NCAA Tournament committee releases its first top-16 ranking of the year. That announcement came Sunday leading into one of the top games of the week between No. 4 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 7 UConn Huskies. However, the act...2025
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• Lopsided UConn win over South Carolina shows Huskies could be NCAA tournament favorite

Jeff Blake-Imagn Images UConn bounced back from Tennessee loss in a big way, proving they’re near the top of college basketball On Feb. 6, the UConn Huskies traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee and lost to the University of Tennessee for the first time in 17 years. For critics of head coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies, it was a defeat that pushed UConn further into the shadows of their forme...2025
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"Ta’Niya Latson gives South Carolina what it was missing A player coached by Dawn Staley has not averaged north of 20 points per game since A’ja Wilson’s senior year in the 2017-18 season."

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"The Camden (SC) High School star—and the Number 2-ranked player in the class of 2024—is a versatile, 6-2 forward who can knock down shots, finish at the rim, block shots […] The post Number 2 Ranked Senior Joyce Edwards Talks All-Around Game, Dawn Staley and Her Future at South Carolina appeared first on SLAM."

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""As a basketball player, he’s one of a kind," said Hall of Famer Dawn Staley."

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" For years, there has been a […] The post Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks Are College Basketball’s Authors of Evolution appeared first on SLAM."

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"Dawn Staley says Trail Blazers 'treated me like a real candidate' during head coach interview process"

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"South Carolina's Dawn Staley and Dayton's Anthony Grant are the first coaches from their respective schools to win the Naismith Coach of the Year award."

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"Missouri AD says South Carolina's Dawn Staley 'promoted' atmosphere for fans using racial epithets"

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"Dawn Staley says the team is focused on the season ahead."

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"Extremely successful as a player and coach in college and the WNBA, University of South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has just one thing left to chase: a National Championship."

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"</p><p> South Carolina's Dawn Staley, DePaul's Doug Bruno and Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve will join head coach Geno Auriemma of UConn again as the Americans try to win a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal."

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"squad are Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, University of South Carolina Head Coach and WNBA All-Decade Team member Dawn Staley, and former Houston Comets and Cleveland Rockers star Jennifer Rizzotti."

• Dawn Staley and Kim Mulkey’s Competition Grows as New Lady Vols Women’s Coach Joins Millionaire Club
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• $1 million club: New contract puts this women’s college basketball coach among the nation’s highest paid

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images Tennessee coach Kim Caldwell was rewarded with a reworked contract earlier this year, raising her annual base pay to $1 million. After a mightily impressive first season on the job in Knoxville, Kim Caldwell was rewarded with a reworked contract and one-year extension by Tennessee. Details of the contract weren’t available back in March, but documents obtai...2025
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• ‘Mistake’ — Fans Want Dawn Staley as Knicks Boss Soon After Mike Brown’s Appointment Becomes Inevitable
Fans haven’t exactly reacted warmly to the Knicks passing over Dawn Staley to offer the head coach position to Mike Brown....2025
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• Dawn Staley Playfully Jokes About Collin Murray-Boyles and Chloe Kitts’ “International” Relationship After Raptors Draft Pick
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley shared a cheeky tweet about Collin Murray-Boyles and Chloe Kitts after he was drafted by the Toronto Raptors...2025
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• Valkyries sign former Fever rookie as EuroBasket absences mount

Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images South Carolina standout Bree Hall is headed to Golden State. The Golden State Valkyries have signed former South Carolina standout Bree Hall to a rest-of-season contract. Hall, who was selected in the second round of the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever, was waived after training camp and has been a free agent since. Roster Update The V...2025
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• This mid-major women’s basketball powerhouse will host UConn, South Carolina, Duke this season

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images UConn, South Carolina and Duke will all play at USF this upcoming season. Once again, head coach Jose Fernandez has assembled a challenging schedule for the Bulls. Omar Little, the great Baltimore philosopher, once said, “It ain’t what you takin’, it’s who you takin’ it from… How you expect to run with the wolves come night when you spend all day sparring...2025
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• NIL payroll for UNC men’s basketball is reportedly $14 million. What is the women’s team spending?

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Documents obtained by SB Nation show what UNC’s women’s basketball coach Courtney Banghart is asking for after the House Settlement passes. It’s a fraction of what the football and men’s basketball teams will get. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is spending big on men’s basketball and football. The salary for the Tar Heels’ new football coach, Bill B...2025
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• It’s unclear who the next coach of the U.S. women’s national basketball team will be

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images With the next FIBA World Cup about a year away, and an Olympics on U.S. soil in 2028, it’s uncertain if Cheryl Reeve will remain the head coach of the national team as Sue Bird takes the reins as Managing Director. MINNEAPOLIS — When Sue Bird was appointed as the Managing Director for the U.S. women’s national basketball team earlier this mont...2025
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• The 11 most interesting hires of women’s college basketball’s coaching carousel

Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images From Adia Barnes at SMU to Larry Vickers at Auburn, these are the new coaches you should keep an eye on next women’s college basketball season. More than 60 Division I programs in women’s college basketball made a change at head coach so far in 2025. Some schools had to find new leaders of their programs after firing a coach,...2025
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images South Carolina’s MiLaysia Fulwiley will join Kim Mulkey and Flau’Jae Johnson at LSU. The schedules for women’s basketball in the SEC won’t be released for a few more months, but when they come out folks will want to circle one matchup that just got a whole lot more interesting: South Carolina at LSU. It’s difficult to call this series a true rivalry be...2025
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• South Carolina HC Dawn Staley Gives Special Praise to Gamecocks Alum A’ja Wilson After History-Making WNBA Moment
South Carolina HC Dawn Staley celebrates former Gamecock A’ja Wilson’s record as the fastest WNBA player to 5,000 points and their enduring connection....2025
• Valkyries sign former Fever rookie as EuroBasket absences mount
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• Dawn Staley reveals her reaction to MiLaysia Fulwiley transferring to LSU

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images MiLaysia Fulwiley leaving Dawn Staley’s South Carolina for Kim Mulkey’s LSU has been one of the biggest stories of the offseason in women’s college basketball. South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has been making the media rounds recently to promote her new book, “Uncommon Favor.” Earlier this week, the three-time national-championship-winn...2025
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival
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• Former South Carolina star officially signs with Indiana Fever

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Bree Hall, selected 20th overall in the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever, has officially signed a rookie scale contract. Bree Hall has officially signed a rookie-scale contract with the Indiana Fever, just a few weeks after being selected 20th overall in the 2025 WNBA Draft. The former Gamecock guard averaged 5.8 points and 2.3 rebounds...2025
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• 2026 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early big board for women’s college basketball prospects
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• The Linc - Justin Simmons talks about possibly playing for the Eagles, again
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• How the two best players in the transfer portal impact their new women’s college basketball teams
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Despite complaints from iconic coaches, don’t expect NCAA to change double-regional format for women’s tournament

Photo by Tyler McFarland/NCAA Photos via Getty Images NCAA President Charlie Baker said Friday that it would be “really hard to change” the women’s NCAA Tournament format in the near future. TAMPA, Fla. — The complaints could not be ignored. From Birmingham, Alabama, to Spokane, Washington, last weekend, some of the most prominent coaches in women’s college basketball took aim at the NCAA’...2025
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• $1 million club: New contract puts this women’s college basketball coach among the nation’s highest paid
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• Dawn Staley reveals her reaction to MiLaysia Fulwiley transferring to LSU
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• How the two best players in the transfer portal impact their new women’s college basketball teams
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Despite complaints from iconic coaches, don’t expect NCAA to change double-regional format for women’s tournament
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• Women’s Final Four: Everything you need to know when South Carolina and Texas face off

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Gamecocks and Longhorns meet for the fourth time this season, and its a battle that stretches far beyond the current campaign Since South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and Texas coach Vic Schaefer began competing in the 2012-13 season, it’s been a lot of success for Staley and the Gamecocks. South Carolina has nine re...2025
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• Dawn Staley’s South Carolina is inevitable in March Madness

Photo by Greg Fiume/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The Gamecocks are going to their fifth consecutive Final Four under Dawn Staley after outlasting Duke in a grind-it-out Elite Eight. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Duke tried to drag South Carolina to their hell. The Gamecocks got to the gates, tied with under five minutes to play in their lowest-scoring performance of the season, then wriggled out of t...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness
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• How a WNBA legend found her voice as a coach in the SEC

LSU assistant coach Seimone Augustus points towards a player during the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on March 7, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Seimone Augustus is in her first season as a college basketball coach at her alma mater, LSU. The soft-spoken superstar is the latest WNBA great to pivot to coaching. GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bob Starkey always though...2025
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• South Carolina's Dawn Staley, Dayton's Anthony Grant named 2020 Naismith Coaches of the Year
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• Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks Are College Basketball’s Authors of Evolution
It’s been said by many people: Art should be dangerous. Dangerous in a manner that it should invoke and inspire you to re-imagine an established world. To challenge conventional thought. To re-envision what generations have developed in order to create something new. The same should be said for coaching. For years, there has been a […] The post Dawn Staley and the Gam...2022
• Dawn Staley says Trail Blazers 'treated me like a real candidate' during head coach interview process
The Trail Blazers eventually hired Chauncey Billups...2021
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• Dwyane Wade, Trae Young, Ja Morant react to Dawn Staley, South Carolina’s NCAA title win
March Madness extends in the early days of April, and it certainly couldn’t get any better. Dawn Staley and her South Carolina Gamecocks took down the pesky Connecticut Huskies on Sunday to bring home the NCAA Women’s title, impressing the basketball world including NBA stars like Dwyane Wade, Trae Young and Ja Morant. The Gamecocks […] The post Dwyane Wade, Trae Young, Ja Morant...2022
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• South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team Declines Donald Trump’s Invitation To White House

Dawn Staley says the team is focused on the season ahead. The post South Carolina Women’s Basketball Team Declines Donald Trump’s Invitation To White House appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• What the sports world says about LeBron James, NBA’s new scoring leader: ‘An iconic figure’
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• The women’s Final Four is loaded with star players and tantalizing storylines
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Caitlin Clark, undefeated South Carolina, and so much starpower highlight the women’s Final Four The women’s Final Four is set. And fans can expect two incredible matchups in Dallas. Four of the top ten teams in the final Associated Press poll are represented, and the four teams headed to Dallas all placed inside the top ten in the final NET rankings. ...2023
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• Knicks set for second interview with Mike Brown, Dawn Staley not considered finalist: Sources

The New York Knicks’ search for a new head coach may be nearing a conclusion soon. After conducting a first round of interviews over the last two weeks, the Knicks have formally invited Mike Brown back for a second interview, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, league sources tell . In addition, New York is considering bringing back both James Borrego and Micah Nori for second interviews,...2025
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• Valkyries sign former Fever rookie as EuroBasket absences mount
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• This mid-major women’s basketball powerhouse will host UConn, South Carolina, Duke this season
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• Dawn Staley Reveals Why Caitlin Clark’s Fever Are the Only Team That Can Challenge Liberty, Lynx for WNBA Championship
Dawn Staley shares bold insights on why the Indiana Fever could be the contenders in the 2025 WNBA title race, despite recent setbacks....2025
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• NIL payroll for UNC men’s basketball is reportedly $14 million. What is the women’s team spending?
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival
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• Former South Carolina star officially signs with Indiana Fever
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• The Linc - Justin Simmons talks about possibly playing for the Eagles, again
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Women’s Final Four: Everything you need to know when South Carolina and Texas face off
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• Dawn Staley reveals her reaction to MiLaysia Fulwiley transferring to LSU
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival
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• The Linc - Justin Simmons talks about possibly playing for the Eagles, again
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• Women’s basketball rankings: JuJu Watkins and USC end UCLA unbeaten season, NCAA releases first top-16
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• Everything you need to know ahead of South Carolina-LSU matchup in women’s college hoops

Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images When the Gamecocks and Tigers meet on the court, it’s always must-see television Winter Storm Enzo came through the Southeast and brought snow, ice and frigid temperatures to areas normally boasting warm weather throughout the winter months. College basketball felt the storm front, with Thursday’s battle between No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 5 LSU Tigers mo...2025
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• Grading the performance of every player on the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images How did A’ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and other WNBA stars fare at the Paris Olympics? The U.S. women’s basketball team secured yet another gold medal with a 67-66 defeat of France — and while the final game may have been too close for comfort, USA Basketball was able to cap off another dominant Olympic run with the ultimate prize. It...2024
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• U.S women beat France to secure Olympic gold — but it wasn’t the game we expected

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images In a back-and-forth matchup few could have predicted, USA Basketball squeezed out a one-point win over France to secure their 8th consecutive gold medal. It wasn’t the dominant victory most anticipated, but Team USA still got it done, pulling out a 67-66 win over France to take home the gold medal. The win marks the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 8t...2024
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• Kentucky’s coaching search gets desperate after Scott Drew rejection

Where does Kentucky go for a new men’s basketball coach after Scott Drew turns them down? Kentucky men’s basketball is still looking for a head coach. Baylor’s Scott Drew turned down the Wildcats’ job offer on Thursday afternoon, which was first reported by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. Drew just completed his 21st year at Baylor, taking over the program when it was at its lowest point following a...2024
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• Re-ranking women’s NCAA tournament Sweet 16 teams by national championship chances

Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 women’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances After the first two rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament, No. 1-overall seed South Carolina has cemented its status as the overwhelming favorite, running over, past and all around No. 16-seed Presbyterian in the first round and No. 8-seed North Carolina in the second round to ...2024
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