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• ‘It Could’ — UConn Insider Comments on JuJu Watkins Possibly Benefiting From Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong’s 2026 Performances
JuJu Watkins is recovering from a significant injury but is still expected to be among the top players in the NCAA next season....2025
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• ‘Give Yourself Grace’ — WNBA Legends Cheryl Miller, Candace Parker Send Advice to USC Phenom JuJu Watkins Amid ACL Recovery
JuJu Watkins’ season ended with an ACL injury, but support from WNBA legends Cheryl Miller and Candace Parker has inspired hope for her recovery....2025
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• 6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Olivia Miles, Sarah Strong and Lauren Betts are among the early frontrunners with JuJu Watkins sidelined with an injury. The start of the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season is still about four months away, but it’s never too early to begin speculating on who the best players in the sport might be. It seems unlikely that we will see a repeat Natio...2025
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• Dallas Wings break up core — and one couple — with shocking WNBA trade

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The Dallas Wings have made a trade with the Las Vegas Aces, and it’s safe to say the players involved probably did not expect it. All is fair in love and basketball. That rings true today as the Dallas Wings have unexpectedly traded NaLyssa Smith to the Las Vegas Aces in exchange for a 2027 first-round pick, the teams announced. The move came as a shock to Smith,...2025
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• ‘We Have Beef’ — JuJu Watkins Responds to Courier Company’s Hilarious Message After She Fails to Collect Delivery
Juju Watkins is still in the heads of Oregon Ducks fans as she reveals hilarious beef with UPS driver while she continues to recover from ACL injury....2025
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• The best player remaining in the women’s basketball transfer portal just made a contender even better

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images USC’s Kayleigh Heckel announced her commitment to UConn, further boosting the chances of repeating as national champs for Geno Auriemma’s Huskies. The reigning national champions of women’s college basketball just got better. Kayleigh Heckel, arguably the best player remaining in the transfer portal at this point in the calendar, announced on her Instag...2025
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• ‘It Could’ — UConn Insider Comments on JuJu Watkins Possibly Benefiting From Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong’s 2026 Performances
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• ‘Give Yourself Grace’ — WNBA Legends Cheryl Miller, Candace Parker Send Advice to USC Phenom JuJu Watkins Amid ACL Recovery
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• 6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season
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• Dallas Wings break up core — and one couple — with shocking WNBA trade
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• ‘We Have Beef’ — JuJu Watkins Responds to Courier Company’s Hilarious Message After She Fails to Collect Delivery
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• The best player remaining in the women’s basketball transfer portal just made a contender even better
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• Winners (LSU) and losers (Notre Dame) of women’s basketball’s transfer portal

Photo by Katie Januck/Getty Images Some teams had losses and gains in the transfer portal that even out to a push, like South Carolina and UCLA. Meanwhile, there are others who are clear winners and losers, such as Maryland and Georgia Tech. The transfer portal has closed for women’s college basketball. While there’s still a handful of impactful players in it — like USC’s Kayleigh Heckel —...2025
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• Another young WNBA star has suffered a training camp injury

Photo by John McDonnell/ for The Washington Post via Getty Images Aaliyah Edwards joins Georgia Amoore as young Mystics stars who have already suffered injuries at training camp. The injury bug has bitten the Washington Mystics at training camp, and hard. One day after announcing that Georgia Amoore, the No. 6 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, suffered a left ACL injury, the team shared that ...2025
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• Rookie WNBA star suffers season-ending injury

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images This news comes the same week it was announced that FIFA will fund a new study to research the correlation between these injuries and female hormones. The Washington Mystics sent out a press release Wednesday that rookie guard Georgia Amoore has suffered a torn ACL and will miss the season. Washington selected Amoore No. 6 overall in the 2025 ...2025
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons

Mar 9, 2025; Uncasville, CT, USA; Villanova Wildcats guard Jasmine Bascoe (11) and UConn Huskies forward Sarah Strong (21) work for the ball in the second half at Mohegan Sun Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images | David Butler II-Imagn Images Sarah Strong, Mikayla Blakes, Toby Fournier and Kiyomi McMiller are among the rising stars in women’s college basketball. Who is the...2025
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"Many of the players above her in that stat are household names, like USC’s JuJu Watkins, Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson, Oklahoma’s Raegen Beers, Iowa State’s Audi Crooks, and Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes."

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"— Annie Costabile (@AnnieCostabile) February 3, 2024 As many pointed out, Porter’s comments went viral on the same day USC freshman sensation JuJu Watkins dropped 51 points in a win over top-five Stanford."

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"Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year JuJu Watkins begins her college career."

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"Bronny James, Caitlin Clark, and More Sign NIL Deal With Nike"

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• Dallas Wings break up core — and one couple — with shocking WNBA trade
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• Another young WNBA star has suffered a training camp injury
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• Rookie WNBA star suffers season-ending injury
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• What’s next for ESPN’s College GameDay in women’s basketball? More shows, and maybe a trip to LA

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Elle Duncan, Andraya Carter and Chiney Ogwumike want to see ESPN’s College GameDay continue to grow in women’s basketball next season. And they’d like to go to Los Angeles, too. TAMPA, Fla. — Elle Duncan remembers being impressed by Virginia Tech. Back in February of 2024, the women’s basketball edition of ESPN’s College GameDay — of which Duncan is the host of — wen...2025
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• The 4 best women’s basketball players remaining in the transfer portal

Photo by Tyler McFarland/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Wisconsin’s Serah Williams and Utah’s Gianna Kneepkens lead the crop of the best women’s basketball players still available in the transfer portal. The transfer portal for women’s college basketball closes on Wednesday. Graduate transfers can still enter the portal at any time, but any other player who enters the portal after April 23 —...2025
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Washington Commanders choose edge rusher

Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With the 29th overall pick in the 2025 Bleeding Green Nation community mock draft, Washington Commanders GM Mailata_in_a_Miata selects ... Donovan Ezeiruaku, EDGE, Boston College Everything is all gumdrops and lollipops down in the DMV. After a surprising season that saw Washington ride a rookie QB all the way to the NFC Champion...2025
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• The WNBA Draft is officially bigger than 2 major men’s sports leagues

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Yes, more people tuned into the WNBA Draft when Caitlin Clark was in it. But what stands out most was that Monday’s viewership numbers topped both the NHL’s and MLB’s Draft numbers. NEW YORK CITY — Cameras surrounded Paige Bueckers as she made her way into the WNBA Draft on Monday. Bueckers, the inevitable No. 1 pick in the draft, was already one of women’s bask...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 best player remaining in the women’s basketball transfer portal just made a contender even better
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• 4 major women’s college basketball games in the 2025-26 season we’re excited about

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images UConn vs. Louisville in Germany, N.C. State vs. Tennessee in Greensboro, and South Carolina at USC lead the way for big games to watch next season. The transfer portal has closed and the coaching carousel has stopped spinning in women’s college basketball. So, let’s look ahead to next season. We won’t know official schedules for a while, but some big-tim...2025
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• Another young WNBA star has suffered a training camp injury
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• Jayden Daniels’ Mom Drops Bold Dating Standards for Commanders QB After Going Viral for Interfering Juju Watkins
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels mother spoke about how expectations regarding her son's dating life in wake of the JuJu Watkins rumors....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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• 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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• Ex-NFL MVP Makes Feelings Clear on Jayden Daniels’ Mom Regina Interrupting QB’s Interaction With JuJu Watkins
Jayden Daniels mom, Regina, made headlines when she sat between the QB and JuJu Watkins at an NCAA game, and while many criticized it, Cam Newton has no issues....2025
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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers

David Butler II-Imagn Images After JuJu Watkins’ injury, who are the best players remaining in the Sweet 16? Among them are Flau’Jae Johnson and Lauren Betts. There are just 16 teams left in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. This weekend, teams will battle in Birmingham, Alabama, and square-up in Spokane, Washington. When the dust finally settles on Monday night, we will have four teams go...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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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Bobby Baseball is the Major League Play Ball Ambassador! Anne Rogers writes more about Vinnie Pasquantino’s injury and a potential stint on the Injured List. “We haven’t talked about that, him and I, but I think he would understand the balance there,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “But that being said, it doesn’t mean he has to play all six games right out of ...2025
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Hailey Van Lith, who helped Louisville go to a Final Four in 2022, will face her former team for the first time with TCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Even if it’s not explicitly stated, part of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s job is to make a television show, to put teams on paths that might be compelling must-watch matchups in Marc...2025
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• Michael Porter Jr.’s WNBA pay scale comments were impossibly wrong and bad

Michael Porter Jr. got everything wrong about the WNBA and women’s basketball The excitement around women’s basketball in recent years is undeniable. The 2023 NCAA women’s basketball national championship game between LSU and Iowa was one of the best sporting events of the year, and drew massive ratings for ESPN. The 2023 WNBA Finals between two superteams in the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Ace...2024
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• Duke’s win over UNC showed that the ACC Rookie of the Year race is a no-brainer

Duke freshman forward Toby Fournier muscles her way past a Cal defender for a shot on Jan. 16, 2025, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Cooper Flagg isn’t the only stellar freshman at Duke. Toby Fournier has the potential to be a star. DURHAM, N.C. – A bit more than 90 seconds remained and No. 16 Duke had essentially already won the game against rival...2025
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• Caitlin Clark is already the face of the WNBA. But she’s not the savior

NBAE via Getty Images Caitlin Clark will do great things for the WNBA, but she is merely the leader of all the momentum the league has going for it. It’s about 10:00 p.m. at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday night, and the WNBA-est part of the WNBA Draft is unfolding. Well, perhaps third. It was tough to compete with Kate Martin — who merely showed up to support her Iowa teammate Caitli...2024
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• Women’s basketball rankings: USC falls on Caitlin Clark’s jersey retirement game, UConn facing the SEC soon

Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Where teams fall in the latest AP Top 25 poll with the regular season nearing its end The theme from last week’s college basketball games was honoring the past. In the SEC and Big Ten, two names who have shaped the future of the sport had their jersey numbers immortalized in their respective school rafters. These ceremonies represented how the past impacts the p...2025
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• JuJu Watkins cements her case for the best player in women’s college basketball as USC beats UCLA again

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images JuJu Watkins embraced the spotlight and USC seized the opportunity. They’ve swept UCLA, dealing the Bruins their only two losses of the season so far. On the road, in a rival’s sold-out arena, with the conference title and NCAA Tournament seeding implications on the line, the USC Trojans oozed confidence. Even as they endured several players dealing with fou...2025
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• JuJu Watkins is good enough for the WNBA, but 19-year-olds aren’t allowed

Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images Watkins’ poise and patience has her playing at a professional level collegiately For years, the NBA allowed the best high school stars to jump directly from the amateur to professional level. That’s since changed to the current world of “one-and-done” players going to college, or overseas, for a season before trying their hand at the top level. In the WNBA...2024
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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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• ‘Give Yourself Grace’ — WNBA Legends Cheryl Miller, Candace Parker Send Advice to USC Phenom JuJu Watkins Amid ACL Recovery
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• 6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season
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• Dallas Wings break up core — and one couple — with shocking WNBA trade
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• 4 major women’s college basketball games in the 2025-26 season we’re excited about
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• Another young WNBA star has suffered a training camp injury
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• WATCH: Raiders HC Pete Carroll Surprises College Class With NFL Legend Tom Brady, USC Star JuJu Watkins
Students at USC were in for a rare surprise as the unlikely trio of Pete Carroll, Tom Brady, and JuJu Watkins graced a recent classroom lecture....2025
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• Dallas Wings break up core — and one couple — with shocking WNBA trade
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• 5 players who skipped the 2025 WNBA Draft, but could be top prospects in 2026

David Butler II-Imagn Images Now that we know a few of the NCAA stars that will NOT be declaring for the upcoming 2025 WNBA Draft, let’s take a look at a few of the biggest prospects for the 2026 class. The 2025 WNBA Draft is just weeks away, and with March Madness winding down, eligible players are deciding whether or not to declare for the pros. With the extra year of COVID eligibility s...2025
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• 5 best performances by Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball, ranked

David Butler II-Imagn Images These were the best outings of the season by Paige Bueckers, JuJu Watkins and the other Player of the Year contenders in women’s basketball. The regular season is over and March is here. The NCAA Tournament is just around the corner and so is award season in women’s college basketball. All year long, players have wowed us with neck-breaking highlights, record-b...2025
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• Diana Taurasi’s retirement announcement comes at a perfect time

Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Taurasi, who headlined the Phoenix Mercury for 20 years, leaves women’s basketball in a better place than ever. After an offseason of speculation, WNBA star Diana Taurasi has officially announced her retirement — hanging up her shoes after 20 seasons as one of the unequivocal faces of women’s basketball. She revealed her decision, which was widel...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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• Meet Cotie McMahon: One of the biggest, most honest personalities in women’s NCAA basketball

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Ohio State junior who is part intensity and part annoying — to opponents and teammates Monday, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced its watchlist of 50 women’s college basketball stars for its National Player of the Year award. Within that list were the usual names like USC’s JuJu Watkins, UConn’s Paige Bue...2025
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• LA’s (other) college basketball superstar

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images UCLA’s Lauren Betts leaps forward as one of the best players in college basketball. When most people think of Los Angeles women’s basketball, Juju Watkins and the USC Trojans most likely come to mind. While the hometown hero aims to lead her team to their first national championship in over 40 years, another group just a few miles down the road also have their...2024
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• JuJu Watkins is good enough for the WNBA, but 19-year-olds aren’t allowed
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