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• UConn's Sarah Strong Named AP Women's Basketball Player Of The Year

Sarah Strong was named the Associated Press women's basketball Player of the Year Thursday, becoming just the fifth sophomore in history to claim the honor after guiding UConn to an undefeated 38-0 record and a Final Four berth. Strong received 25 of 31 votes from the national media panel, with Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes earning four votes and UCLA's Lauren Betts collecting the remaining two. Str...2026
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• Hannah Hidalgo's triple-double tops Mikayla Blakes in Notre Dame's March Madness win over Vandy
Hannah Hidalgo already had her unusual triple-double and the NCAA single-season record for steals when she made the play that ultimately sent Notre Dame to the Elite Eight of March Madness. Mikayla Blakes ended up with two chances to answer for Vanderbilt in a matchup of two of the nation's top three scorers in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Hidalgo had 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 steals an...2026
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• Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness
Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. Vanderbilt (29-4) now is one off matching the 30-win seasons of the 1993 Final Four squad and the 2001-02 Commodores for most wins in program history. The Commodores will play No. 6 seed Notre Dame, a win...2026
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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch Vanderbilt Vs Illinois, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds

The "Magic" of Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville is at an all-time high this Monday as the #2 seed Vanderbilt Commodores host the #7 seed Illinois Fighting The 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament reaches a critical juncture as the No. 2 seed Vanderbilt Commodores prepare to defend their home court at the historic Memorial Gymnasium against the surging No. 7 seed Illinois Fighting Illini. This...2026
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• Blakes scores 30 as Vanderbilt women open March Madness routing High Point in NCAA Tournament
All-American Mikayla Blakes scored 23 of her 30 points by halftime as the second-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores routed No. 15 seed High Point 102-61 on Saturday night to open the women's NCAA Tournament. Vanderbilt (28-4) came in with the most victories in program history and remains undefeated at home this season. Sacha Washington had 10 points and 17 rebounds, and Aubrey Galvan added 17 points....2026
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• How To Watch High Point vs Vanderbilt: Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds

The Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville will be rocking this Saturday, March 21, as the #2 seed Vanderbilt Commodores begin their 2026 tournament run against the #15 seed High Point Panthers. This First Round matchup in the Fort Worth 1 Regional features Shea Ralph's record-breaking SEC squad looking to protect their home floor against a High Point team that dominated the Big South to secure their hig...2026
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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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• 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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• 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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• March Madness bracket predictions: Picks for women’s 2025 NCAA tournament

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Can South Carolina repeat? Can Paige Bueckers end UConn’s national title drought? Will JuJu Watkins power USC to the Final Four? The storylines entering the women’s NCAA Tournament this year seem endless. Despite losing a few games in the regular season, Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks are a No. 1 seed and have the chance t...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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• 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 weekend watch guide: Notre Dame vs. N.C. State is must-see

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images LSU vs. Kentucky could have an impact on NCAA Tournament seeding, while Saint Joseph’s vs. George Mason could help the Atlantic-10 get multiple bids. I’ve already told you why you should pay attention to the Ivy League this weekend. And you already know that players like Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles and South Carolina’s MiLaysia Fulwiley are box-office must-wa...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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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch Vanderbilt Vs Illinois, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• 6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season
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• A top SEC women’s basketball player is now without a team. Can she enter the transfer portal?

Photo by Carly Mackler/Getty Images Khamil Pierre is out at Vanderbilt. Despite the transfer portal being closed, loopholes may allow her to play next season. Despite being left off the All-SEC Team by the league’s coaches this past season, Vanderbilt forward Khamil Pierre was one of the best players in perhaps the most talented conference in women’s college basketball during the 2024-25 c...2025
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• Everything to know about the star-studded USA team at FIBA Women’s AmeriCup

Photo by Adam Davis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and LSU’s Flau’Jae Johnson headline a Team USA squad coached by Duke’s Kara Lawson. The U.S. women’s basketball national team is back in action beginning this weekend as the squad plays in the FIBA AmeriCup in Santiago, Chile. Joining Team USA and host Chile in the 10-team field are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, ...2025
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• If you liked watching Caitlin Clark in the NCAA Tournament, these are the guards you need to pay attention to in 2025

Cory Knowlton-Imagn Images Caitlin Clark is off in the WNBA, but the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament still has plenty of must-watch guards, like Florida State’s Ta’Niya Latson. We all loved watching Caitlin Clark play for Iowa in the NCAA Tournament, especially over the last two seasons as she guided the Hawkeyes to a pair of appearances in the national title game. Clark wowed fans with deep ...2025
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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
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• MiLaysia Fulwiley channels LeBron James and Steph Curry in a pair of memorable highlights

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images As she has all season long for Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks, MiLaysia Fulwiley created a pair of highlight-worthy plays in the SEC Tournament vs. Vanderbilt. GREENVILLE, S.C. — Vanderbilt had stormed back. With freshman phenom Mikayla Blakes leading the charge, the Commodores had gotten within striking distance of top-seeded South Carolina’s lea...2025
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• Women’s basketball weekend watch guide: Notre Dame vs. N.C. State is must-see
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• UConn's Sarah Strong Named AP Women's Basketball Player Of The Year
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• Hannah Hidalgo's triple-double tops Mikayla Blakes in Notre Dame's March Madness win over Vandy
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• Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness
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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch Vanderbilt Vs Illinois, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• Blakes scores 30 as Vanderbilt women open March Madness routing High Point in NCAA Tournament
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• Sarah Strong, Azzi Fudd Named AP All-Americans As UConn Enter March Madness Undefeated
UConn sophomore Sarah Strong and senior Azzi Fudd have been named to the Associated Press Women's Basketball All-America first team, becoming the first teammates to earn that distinction since Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard in 2020. The pair helped lead the Huskies to an undefeated record heading into the NCAA Tournament. Strong earned unanimous recognition from the 31-member national m...2026
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• Mikayla Blakes' 34 points lead No. 5 Vanderbilt past Tennessee 87-77
Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points to lead No. 5 Vanderbilt to a 87-77 victory over Tennessee on Sunday. Blakes scored eight points in a 12-2 run late in the third quarter for the Commodores (27-3, 13-3 Southeastern Conference). Aubrey Galvan added 24 points and Sacha Washington had 16 points and eight rebounds....2026
• Mikayla Blakes scores 35 as No. 5 Vanderbilt survives No. 16 Kentucky 81-79 on late stop
Mikayla Blakes scored 35 points and Justine Pissott came up with a big defensive play late to help No. 5 Vanderbilt edge 16th-ranked Kentucky 81-79 on Sunday. Trailing by one, Kentucky's Clara Strack had the ball with 4 seconds left and made a move to the basket from the wing when Pissott deflected it out of Strack's hand. Blakes gained possession and then was fouled with less than a second left...2026
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• Mikayla Blakes scores 34 points to help No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 4 Texas 86-70
NCAA scoring leader Mikayla Blakes had 34 points, Aubrey Galvan added 18 points and eight rebounds and No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 4 Texas 86-70 on Thursday night. Blakes raised her scoring average to 26.2 points. The Commodores (24-2, 10-2 Southeastern Conference) won their third straight over a Top 25 team and fourth overall....2026
• Mikayla Blakes scores 34 in No. 5 Vanderbilt women's dominant win over No. 10 Oklahoma
Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points as No. 5 Vanderbilt beat No. 10 Oklahoma 102-86 on Monday night. After getting outscored in the first half of their last four games, the Commodores (23-2, 9-2 Southeastern) scored 59 points on their way to a 19-point halftime lead. Oklahoma (17-6, 5-5) took its only lead when Payton Verhulst hit a 3-pointer just eight seconds into the game....2026

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• How To Watch High Point vs Vanderbilt: Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers
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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
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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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• SEC women’s basketball team makes change at head coach. Who could get the job?

Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK After 15 seasons at the helm of Missouri, Robin Pingeton is stepping aside. Could a former Tennessee coach replace her, or will it be someone from the mid-major ranks? We officially have our first Power 4 opening of the 2025 coaching carousel season in women’s college basketball. After 15 seasons at the helm of Missouri, Robin Pingeton announced...2025
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• Duke’s win over UNC showed that the ACC Rookie of the Year race is a no-brainer
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• 7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in women’s March Madness bracket, ranked
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• If you liked watching Caitlin Clark in the NCAA Tournament, these are the guards you need to pay attention to in 2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: There’s a new No. 1, but this SEC team looks like the best in the country

Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images UCLA is No. 1 after beating USC, but South Carolina has regained its dominant form. The Power 4 conference tournaments are in the books and the results of them have shaken up the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll. South Carolina won the SEC, TCU captured the Big 12, UCLA finally beat rival USC to take the Big Ten, and Duke upset Notre Dam...2025
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• Women’s basketball weekend watch guide: Notre Dame vs. N.C. State is must-see
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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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• Ranking the 16 best players in the women’s Sweet 16, including Paige Bueckers
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• Hannah Hidalgo's triple-double tops Mikayla Blakes in Notre Dame's March Madness win over Vandy
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• March Madness 2026: How To Watch Vanderbilt Vs Illinois, Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• How To Watch High Point vs Vanderbilt: Live Stream, TV Channel, Prediction, Betting Odds
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• With Team USA performance, this SEC women’s basketball star is ready for her sophomore encore

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Mikayla Blakes, voted the National Freshman of the Year by the USBWA, seems ready for a great sophomore season at Vanderbilt after leading Team USA to the AmeriCup gold medal. The Americans remain on top in international women’s basketball, and Mikayla Blakes is a big reason why. After settling for a silver medal at the tournament in 2023, Team USA bea...2025
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• ‘Michael Jordan’ — Hoops Fans and Vanderbilt Gush Over Mikayla Blakes as MVP Display at AmeriCup Wins Hearts
Mikayla Blakes was trusted with the ball in crunch time as Team USA beat Brazil for the AmeriCup title, cementing her status as a rising basketball star....2025
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• 6 National Player of the Year candidates in women’s college basketball for 2025-26 season
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• Everything to know about the star-studded USA team at FIBA Women’s AmeriCup
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• 9 stellar women’s basketball rookies ready for star-making sophomore seasons
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• If you liked watching Caitlin Clark in the NCAA Tournament, these are the guards you need to pay attention to in 2025
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• March Madness bracket predictions: Picks for women’s 2025 NCAA tournament
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• A top SEC women’s basketball player is now without a team. Can she enter the transfer portal?
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• MiLaysia Fulwiley channels LeBron James and Steph Curry in a pair of memorable highlights
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