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• ‘That Team Is Stacked’ – Mystics’ Roster With Kiki Iriafen and Co. Leaves WNBA World Ecstatic for 2025 Season
As the Washington Mystics prepare for the upcoming WNBA season, Kiki Iriafen and the new additions to their roster have the world talking....2025
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• 1 WNBA rookie quit her job to tell them she’d be pursuing basketball, and more training camp stories

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images As WNBA training camp continues, rookies have been getting a both positive and negative insights on the realities of chasing their professional basketball dreams. It’s a quick transition for WNBA rookies. One day, you’re playing in the NCAA tournament with your college team, and a week or two later, you’re drafted and officially a professional...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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• Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Georgia Amoore, Sara Ashlee Barker, and Juste Jocyte were three players who were selected before most mock WNBA drafts predicted. NEW YORK CITY — Ahead of the 2025 WNBA Draft, most expected Paige Bueckers, Dominique Malonga, and Sonia Citron to round out the top three picks. But, after that, mock drafts conflicted. ESPN’s latest mock draft projected that USC fo...2025
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• WNBA Draft night: 3 big winners, 3 potential losers

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Hailey Van Lith comes away one of the biggest winners of the 2025 WNBA Draft, while TCU teammate Sedona Prince never heard her name called. NEW YORK CITY — The 2025 WNBA Draft is officially complete, and 38 players have been selected. There were some no-brainer selections — Dallas Wings general manager Curt Miller confirmed he never doubted selecting Paige Bueck...2025
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• 2025 WNBA Draft: Who had the best fits?

Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images Paige Bueckers was just one of the WNBA’s incoming class of rookies who STUNNED in their draft day outfits on the orange carpet. The WNBA Draft brought all of the newest rookies to the orange carpet, and (to no one’s surprise) they SLAYED. The WNBA has become a hotspot of fashion and culture, and the incoming draftees offered a reminder of that with their ou...2025
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• WNBA mock draft 2025: Final projection for all 38 picks still has Paige Bueckers on top

UConn’s Paige Bueckers is widely expected to be the top pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. | Photo by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Here’s our last-minute 2025 WNBA Mock Draft, with projections and analysis for all 38 picks. The 2025 WNBA Draft is rapidly approaching, and there’s no shortage of storylines as the league’s 13 teams prepare to make their selections. Once again, there’s n...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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• The best players in the women’s college basketball transfer portal, ranked and updated

Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Wisconsin’s Serah Williams, Auburn’s Taliah Scott and Wofford’s Rachael Rose are among the best players in the 2025 transfer portal. The transfer portal for women’s college basketball officially opened on March 25, essentially starting the sport’s free agency season. Last offseason, several teams picked up key players in the portal ...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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• 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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• The top 10 women’s college basketball players in the ACC, ranked

Photo by Marcus Snowden/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images SBNation’s take on the best players of the Atlantic Coast Conference, so far this season. The ACC was not immune from expansion this season, joining the Big Ten in becoming a conference that now touches both the East and West Coasts. While it brings up questions, mainly surrounding its “Atlantic Coast Conference” name, it’s built up ...2025
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• Unrivaled head coach joins Dallas Wings, shaking up Sparks coaching staff

Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images Nola Henry and Camille Smith are the latest additions to Chris Koclane’s staff in Dallas. The Dallas Wings announced on Monday they’ve hired Camille Smith and Nola Henry as assistant coaches, bolstering newly-appointed head coach Chris Koclanes’ team. Smith and Henry both served as assistant coaches for the Los Angeles Sparks during the 2024 sea...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: Plenty of shake up in the AP top-25, but top 4 teams remain the same

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images South Carolina dominated Texas and USC picked up a big win over Maryland. So far in the 2024-25 NCAA women’s college basketball season, there haven’t been weeks of monumental shifts. A couple teams here and there dropping tough matchups, but all-in-all it has been mostly consistent. That’s until last week. Week 10 featured 13 of the top 25 in the country fa...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: Conference play returns, Maryland’s Sellers makes play of the weekend

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Big Ten and ACC return to in-conference play, with ranked teams facing off NCAA women’s college basketball took a few days off after week seven, but when it returned this weekend, ranked sides clashed, a surprise ACC side continued its tear and Maryland Terrapin senior Shyanne Sellers made an early candidate for the play of the year. AP top 25 women’s coll...2024
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• The top 10 Big Ten women’s college basketball freshmen, ranked

Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images In a competitive conference, these freshmen are already making a name for themselves. After the 2023-24 Big Ten season, there was a group of departing seniors featuring players who grabbed the attention of the entire sport, made it onto WNBA starting lineups and left teams wondering who was stepping in to key roles. With three and a half weeks of th...2024
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"Here’s who ESPN’s Michael Voepel currently projects will be selected in the first round on draft night on April 14: Dallas Wings: Paige Bueckers Seattle Storm: Dominique Malonga Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen Washington Mystics: Sonia Citron Golden State Valkyries: Aneesah Morrow Washington Mystics: Shyanne Sellers Connecticut Sun: Ajsa Sivka Connecticut Sun: Aziaha James Los Angeles Sparks: Georgia Amoore Chicago Sky: Sania Feagin Minnesota Lynx: Justė Jocytė Dallas Wings: Saniyah Rivers ESPN’s previous WNBA mock draft, published on March 25th amid the NCAA tournament, projected the following draft order: Dallas Wings: Paige Bueckers Seattle Storm: Olivia Miles Washington Mystics: Kiki Iriafen Washington Mystics: Sonia Citron Golden State Valkyries: Dominique Malonga Washington Mystics: Shyanne Sellers Connecticut Sun: Aneesah Morrow Connecticut Sun: Ajsa Sivka Los Angeles Sparks: Hailey Van Lith Chicago Sky: Georgia Amoore Minnesota Lynx: Saniyah Rivers Dallas Wings: Sedona Prince Dominique Malonga, Aneesah Morrow made biggest jump draft projections French star Dominique Malonga, who did not compete in the NCAA tournament, makes the biggest jump in Voepel’s draft, rising from Number 5 a few days ago to Number 2 in Friday’s version."

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"7 with new weapons around her like freshman Kennedy Smith and First Team All-Pac-12 forward Kiki Iriafen who transferred in from Stanford this offseason."

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"Kiki Iriafen also returns as a 6’3 forward who can score inside, and 5’7 guard Talana Lepolo is also back after starting 31 games last year as a freshman."

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• Kiki Iriafen WNBA Draft Projection: Potential Landing Spots for the USC Star
Kiki Iriafen showed elite skills and stunned everyone in the NCAA. Here are five teams that would benefit from drafting her....2025
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• 3 potential WNBA draft prospects who weren’t invited to draft night

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Sedona Prince, Harmoni Turner, and Rayah Marshall headline a list of prospects who weren’t invited to the WNBA Draft. The WNBA has announced that 16 players will be invited to attend Monday’s draft in person in New York City, and the list is mostly unsurprising: Georgia Amoore, Kentucky Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama Paige Bueckers, UConn Sonia Citron, N...2025
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• WNBA reveals 16 players likely to be drafted early in the 2025 draft

Photo by Brandon Todd/NBAE via Getty Images The league released its list of players who have been invited to attend the 2025 WNBA Draft in New York City. With the WNBA Draft on Monday, the league has announced the 16 players who have been invited to attend the draft in person. These players will get to sit in the venue with their families while they wait for their names to be called by WNB...2025
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• New ESPN WNBA mock draft: 2 players make big jumps, 3 enter first round

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Dominique Malonga, Aneesah Morrow rise in ESPN’s latest WNBA mock draft, while Hailey Van Lith and Sedona Prince fall out of the first round. Just a few days before the WNBA Draft, ESPN has received a new WNBA mock draft — its first post-March Madness iteration. The biggest change between the two mock drafts is the absence of Notre Dame guard Olivia M...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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• Chicago Sky’s big offseason move makes perfect sense now

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images The Chicago Sky traded their No. 2 pick for Ariel Atkins. That move looks a lot smarter now that Olivia Miles has deferred her draft eligibility. In February, the Chicago Sky traded the No. 3 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft for Washington Mystics star Ariel Atkins. The move was criticized by some — because while Atkins is a two-time All-Star, she ...2025
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• Potential WNBA lottery pick gives update on draft decision

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Flau’Jae Johnson could choose to forego her fourth season of college and instead go to the WNBA early — but she still hasn’t made her choice. Flau’Jae Johnson could be headed to the WNBA as soon as next month. That is, if the LSU star decides to forego her fourth season of college and instead go professional after three college seasons, something she’s...2025
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• UConn star confirms highly-anticipated WNBA Draft decision

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Paige Bueckers confirmed to ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo that she’ll be entering the 2025 WNBA Draft. UConn star Paige Bueckers is entering the 2025 WNBA Draft, she confirmed to ESPN’s Rebecca Lobo on Friday ahead of her team’s Sweet Sixteen matchup against Oklahoma. Bueckers is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick, which the Dallas Wings currently hold. The W...2025
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• The best players in the women’s college basketball transfer portal, ranked and updated
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• Sara Ashlee Barker and 2 other WNBA prospects drafted higher than expected
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• Who Are Kiki Iriafen’s Parents Harrison and Yemi Iriafen? A Closer Look at the WNBA Prospect’s Family Background
USC star Kiki Iriafen has a deep love for her Nigerian heritage. Find out more about the star player and her parents, Harrison and Yemi Iriafen....2025
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• USC vs UCLA: How to watch, preview, predictions for women’s Big Ten tournament final

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Previewing all you need to know about this season’s third edition of The Battle of Los Angeles The Los Angeles City Championship, the Crosstown Showdown, the Battle of Los Angeles, whatever you want to call the rivalry between the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, it’s happening today for the third time this season. However this time, ...2025
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• JuJu Watkins, Lauren Betts and the stars who shined brightest in the Big Ten Tournament so far

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Los Angeles stars shined on Friday, but does it continue on Saturday? The postseason is known for all the excitement, tension and expectations. Each year, we see players separate themselves and become the key factor in their team’s deep run into the postseason. In all four games of the women’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, an individual perform...2025
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• New ESPN WNBA mock draft: 2 players make big jumps, 3 enter first round
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• Nneka Ogwumike announced her WNBA free agency decision in the coolest way possible

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Ogwumike, the 2016 WNBA MVP, is returning to the Seattle Storm — and had her sister Chiney break the news on ESPN. Nneka Ogwumike, a nine-time All-Star and former league MVP, was one of the top free agents on the market heading into WNBA free agency. The two-way wing who last played for the Seattle Storm can do it all, and despite being 34 year...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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• 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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• Women’s basketball rankings: South Carolina and UConn fall, shaking up top five of AP rankings

Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Volunteers got a bit of revenge against two top programs in the country. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and no this isn’t about Kendrick Lamar’s memorable Super Bowl halftime show performance. Week 14 of NCAA women’s basketball featured teams overcoming previous defeats — so...2025
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• JuJu Watkins’ supporting cast steps up at Big Ten tournament, making USC very dangerous ahead of March Madness

Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Trojans battled a Michigan side that will be a top Big Ten team for years to come, and without a big day from JuJu Watkins. There’s an idea in basketball that one player can make a team. To be honest, that is often true. A player can come in and elevate a bad team to a higher standing. Often times, the coverage around the USC Troj...2025
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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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