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EuroLeague Women play-ins continue with several crucial matchups

The EuroLeague Women play-ins may have just started, but they’ve already given fans plenty to cheer for. From Basket Landes’ massive comeback and near-upset of Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring or Casademont Zaragoza’s road victory over the defending EuroLeague champions ZVVZ USK Praha, last week’s series-opening games weren’t lacking for excitement, and there’s more on the way […]

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WNBA targets March 10 as deadline for new CBA—or 2026 season will be delayed

On Monday, the WNBA informed the WNBPA and teams that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must be agreed to by March 10 to avoid a delayed start to the 2026 WNBA season, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou. Philippou writes, “It is thought to be the first deadline of sorts the league has provided players […]

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Can Vinyl snap their losing streak and grab the final spot in the Unrivaled playoffs?

Five of six Unrivaled playoff spots have been claimed. Monday night’s second game features two clubs who have guaranteed themselves as spot in the postseason, with Mist, currently the No. 3 seed, taking on No. 4-seed Breeze (8:45 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV). The playoff futures of the clubs that will open the evening’s action, Vinyl and […]

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With clutch 3s and dominant defense, Clemson, Virginia and Iowa pull off top-10 upsets over Duke, Louisville and Michigan

The 2025-26 women’s college basketball season will NOT smoothly slide into March. Instead, the second-to-last Sunday of the regular season for Power Four conferences sent a tremor through the top 10, as three top-10 teams were taken down. Here’s how Clemson, Virginia and No. 13 Iowa earned upsets over No. 9 Duke, No. 8 Louisville […]

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No revenue sharing concession, plus cloudy financial calculations, surround the WNBA’s CBA counterproposal

Last time, it took the WNBA approximately six weeks to respond to the mid-December collective bargaining agreement (CBA) proposal submitted by the WNBPA. This time around, the WNBA shared their response to the WNBPA’s latest counterproposal in three days. However, the league’s improved expeditiousness might as well be irrelevant, as the league did not address […]

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Why Hive and Rose are facing near must-win games at Unrivaled

On Friday night, Hive kept their playoff hopes alive, defeating Rose in what became a high-scoring, back-and-forth Unrivaled showdown. On Sunday night, Hive can strengthen their once-improbably playoff prospects with their first two-game winning streak of the season, while Rose needs to return to the win column to solidify their playoff standing. And for that […]

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No. 3 South Carolina can clinch (another) conference crown, plus what’s at stake for the rest of the SEC’s ranked teams

The SEC currently has a record-tying 10 ranked teams. But there’s little question about which one is the best. No. 3 South Carolina is a conference-leading 12-1, giving them a two-game cushion over their closest challengers, No. 4 Texas and No. 5 Vanderbilt, both of which have three conferences and were defeated by the Gamecocks. […]

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Breeze gets back to .500 as Rickea Jackson wows in Unrivaled return

Unrivaled is all about 3×3 basketball, but even within those parameters, it’s never just about the sport. Rickea Jackson recently missed Unrivaled play for personal reasons. Her ex-boyfriend was arrested after an alleged domestic violence dispute involving Jackson. Obviously, such a serious situation takes precedence over a game, and Jackson took the time she needed […]

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Galatasaray hangs on in overtime to defeat Basket Landes in first week of EuroLeague Women play-ins

The 2026 EuroLeague Women play-ins started with a bang as the competition’s eight remaining teams opened their best-of-three series. With spots in April’s playoffs—or “Final Six”—on the line, the first week of play-ins were hard-fought by everyone involved, as clubs like Fenerbahçe Opet and Casademont Zaragoza earned convincing victories while Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring squeaked past […]

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After a Cotie McMahon masterclass, is it time to trust No. 17 Ole Miss?

Is No. 17 Ole Miss the most maddening team in all of women’s college basketball? The Rebels have remained firmly in the top 20 throughout the season, yet, even after entering the season ranked No. 12, never truly threatened the top 10—with their middle-of-the-pack position reflective of a resume that is both pockmarked by bad […]

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The 2026 EuroLeague Women play-ins begin with four marquee matchups

The 2026 EuroLeague Women postseason has officially begun. Things will tip-off this Wednesday, Feb. 18 with the league “play-ins,” in which the top eight finishers from group play will play best-of-three series to determine who moves on to the Final Six, a bracket-style playoff that will be held in April. The play-ins are divided into […]

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