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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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• Ex-NBA Coach Sheds Light on JuJu Watkins’ Mental Health Struggles After ACL Tear
On March 24, JuJu Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL injury. Now, her mentor and a former NBA coach shed light on her current state....2025
• 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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• Women’s college basketball Way-Too-Early Top 25: The best teams in 2025-26, ranked

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images UConn, South Carolina and UCLA seemed built to return to the Final Four. But what about teams like Duke and USC? The women’s college basketball season is over. It ended on Sunday in Tampa, Florida where UConn won its 12th national championship by beating South Carolina 82-59 behind the stellar play of the Huskies’ big three — Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd a...2025
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• Youth and Experience Reign: Cooper Flagg, JuJu Watkins, Bruce Pearl, and Rick Pitino Take Home AP Honors
Duke’s Cooper Flagg and USC’s JuJu Watkins headline college basketball’s best, while Pearl and Pitino make coaching history with shared honor The AP released its college basketball honors this week, and two of the game’s brightest stars and two of its most legendary coaches are taking home the hardware for the 2025 college basketball season. […] The post Youth and Exp...2025
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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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• Ex-NBA Coach Sheds Light on JuJu Watkins’ Mental Health Struggles After ACL Tear
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• Final Four teams, ranked by likelihood to win the national championship in 2025 women’s March Madness

Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and UConn are the last teams standing. On Sunday in Tampa, one of them will win the national championship. The elite of the elite in women’s college basketball will arrive in Tampa, Florida later this week for the chance to compete for a national championship. The remaining field features three No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina and...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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• Paige Bueckers Sends Clear 2-Word Message to JuJu Watkins As NCAA Prodigies Share Common Ground With ACL Tear
After JuJu Watkins' devastating ACL tear, UConn star Paige Bueckers, who overcame the same injury, reached out with a heartfelt message....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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• Aces’ 3-Time Champion Delivers 7-Word Advice to JuJu Watkins After WNBA Talent’s Heartbreaking ACL Tear
A Las Vegas Aces superstar recently sent some advice to JuJu Watkins, after the WNBA prospect's ACL injury during March Madness....2025
• ‘Sending Juju Love’: Juju Watkins Suffers Season Ending ACL Injury

Prayers up for Juju Watkins. The USC superstar tore her ACL against Mississippi State and will miss the remainder of the season, the team confirmed. The injury occurred in the first quarter of the Trojans’ NCAA tournament matchup to secure a spot to the Sweet 16. Watkins, who was already playing through tweaks to both […] The post ‘Sending Juju Love’: Juju Watkins Suffers S...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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• 2026 WNBA Draft: Way-too-early big board for women’s college basketball prospects
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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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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers
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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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• UConn star makes her decision on 2025 WNBA Draft

Photo by Daniel Passapera/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Azzi Fudd will not enter the 2025 WNBA Draft and will instead return to UConn to play alongside Sarah Strong next season. UConn Huskies star guard Azzi Fudd will not enter the 2025 WNBA Draft and will instead return to Storrs, Connecticut for the 2025-2026 women’s college basketball season. Fudd, who is eligible for the draft as a juni...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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• Women’s college basketball Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and All-Americans: our selections

Photo by Carly Mackler/Getty Images JuJu Watkins or Lauren Betts? Mikayla Blakes or Sarah Strong? Let’s dive into the season awards for women’s college basketball. Award season is here and it’s time to settle a few things regarding the 2024-25 women’s college basketball season. Who has been the best player? Who has been the best coach? Who was the most impactful transfer? Which freshman st...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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• Women’s college basketball Way-Too-Early Top 25: The best teams in 2025-26, ranked
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• 5 players who skipped the 2025 WNBA Draft, but could be top prospects in 2026
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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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• USC star JuJu Watkins carried off the court with apparent injury in NCAA Tournament

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images JuJu Watkins, the second-leading scorer in the nation for USC, had to be carried off the floor by multiple people after going down in the first quarter vs. Mississippi State. USC star sophomore JuJu Watkins had to be carried off the floor by multiple members of the Trojans’ staff after going down with an apparent lower body injury in the second round o...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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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• Women’s college basketball Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and All-Americans: our selections
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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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• 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
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• There’s no dispute about Paige Bueckers’ legacy: She put UConn back on top
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• How JuJu Watkins' season-ending injury impacts NCAA title race

JuJu Watkins' devastating ACL injury shakes up the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Who are the other players and teams that could step up to grab the spotlight?...2025
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• JuJu Watkins Receives Heartfelt Wishes From Angel Reese, Aliyah Boston, and More After Tearing Her ACL in USC Game
Angel Reese and other basketball stars send JuJu Watkins their wishes as she tears her ACL in USC's second-round NCAA clash....2025
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• The best games in the second round of the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament, ranked

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images Florida State vs. LSU and Notre Dame vs. Michigan are must-watch games. Meanwhile, UConn and South Carolina should comfortably advance to the Sweet 16. The first round is in the books and more than half of the field is gone. We’ve cut the NCAA Tournament down from 68 teams to just 32 as games begin on Sunday, starting with No. 10 Oregon versus No. 2 Duke...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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• ‘If you show it, they will watch’: The meaning of Year 28 for the WNBA

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images How big stars, airtime, and fan consciousness are shaping the WNBA in Year 28. When he was arguably America’s most successful football man, when his beloved Bears were defending champs and the NFL’s first dynasty, George Halas stood in his friend’s office and looked upon the technology that maybe, just maybe, held the key to survival for his still-fledgli...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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