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Ohio State outlasts TCU while Vanderbilt stays undefeated against Michigan in Coretta Scott King Classic thrillers
The second Coretta Scott King Classic featured two comebacks. The first one resulted in victory, with No. 12 Ohio State erasing an early 10-point deficit to outlast No. 9 TCU, 71-69. In the second game, No. 5 Vanderbilt stayed perfect against No. 7 Michigan, 72-69, even after the Wolverines cut what was once a 19-point […]
Can Breeze bounce back and avoid a third-straight Unrivaled loss?
While Unrivaled’s youngest club opened the season with two wins, Breeze since has suffered from their inexperience, dropping two-straight games. Is Breeze’s two-game slide just a stumble, with the squad soon stabilizing? Or, will the club’s youth present challenges as they try to return to the win column? Those questions will begin to be answered […]
Undefeateds UConn and Vanderbilt aim to stay perfect in must-watch Martin Luther King Jr. Day matchups
Women’s college basketball could not ask for a better triple-header of national television matchups on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The last-standing undefeateds in Division I—No. 1 UConn and No. 5 Vanderbilt—will both put their perfection to test against ranked opponents, with Commodores facing No. 8 Michigan and the Huskies hosting No. 23 Notre Dame. […]
These four underrated women’s college basketball stars led their squads to crucial wins over the weekend
Another Sunday slammed full of women’s college basketball action. Another weekend of upsets, near-upsets, big wins and blow outs. While expected stars did their thing—with Flau’Jae Johnson turning in a 23-point and 10-rebound double-double to guarantee No. 6 LSU a win at No. 13 Oklahoma, Joyce Edwards scoring 26 points in another 40-point win for […]
Jackie Young was unstoppable as Laces outlasted Rose in an epic Unrivaled duel
With Laces and Rose entering Sunday’s matchup with 3-1 records, this was a measuring stick game for each side. And Laces proved they measured up to the defending champions, defeating Rose 70-66. While Laces came out on top, Rose led for the majority of the game. Midway through the third quarter, Rose was in front […]
All the reasons Rose vs. Laces will be a battle of Unrivaled’s very best
What happens when when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? We might find out on Sunday night in Unrivaled (7:30 p.m. ET, truTV), when Chelsea Gray’s Rose meets Alyssa Thomas’ Laces. Just imagine an end-of-game scenario where Rose, in striking distance of the winning score, puts the ball in Gray’s hands, ready for the […]
Are Ole Miss, Louisville and Oklahoma ready for reveal-all conference contests?
Does conference play reveal all? It certainly seems so, as women’s college basketball’s unbeatens have cracked in the crucible of conference play. When the calendar turned to 2026, there were 11 Division 1 teams with perfect records. After No. 17 Texas Tech lost to Kansas State at home on Saturday afternoon, there are now just […]
Allisha Gray, Rhyne Howard lead Mist, Vinyl to big wins with Dream Unrivaled performances
While Friday gave us some amazing Unrivaled games, Saturday didn’t provide as many thrills. Although Lunar Owls were more competitive for awhile, Mist eventually pulled away to win 79-65. The nightcap was Breeze-Vinyl and the result was over long before the final quarter began. Vinyl won 81-66 to get back to .500 on the season. […]
After battling through adversity, No. 12 Maryland faces their most daunting test yet against No. 3 UCLA
No. 12 Maryland keeps battling in spite of their injuries. The Terps’ 62-55 Thursday night victory at USC wasn’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but good defense was at least somewhat a factor in holding the Trojans to 28.4 percent shooting from the field. To be fully transparent, USC had a bad shooting […]
How Rhyne Howard and Vinyl can raise their ceiling in Unrivaled
Last time they took the court, Vinyl finally secured their first win, with an Unrivaled-record 40 points from Dearica Hamby ensuring a convincing victory over Hive. The emphasis, however, is on finally because Vinyl, arguably, should be 3-0, as they fumbled halftime leads against Laces and Rose in somewhat embarrassing fashion. In their opener, Vinyl […]
Why Friday night was the best night of Unrivaled so far
Asking for better games than what Unrivaled presented on Friday would be greedy, selfish and unrealistic. The first game of the weekend was a back-and-forth affair between Laces and Phantom. In the end, Laces came out on top 76-75 thanks to a Brittney Sykes game-winner. Early on, Laces were in full control, leading 27-18 after […]
Can winless Hive generate any positive buzz against undefeated Rose in Unrivaled?
Hive has not come into the club’s inaugural Unrivaled season buzzing. The expansion club has begun the season 0-3, and with a Friday night date with defending champion and undefeated Rose up next (8:45 p.m. ET, TNT/trutTV), Hive will have a hard time avoiding an 0-4 start to their debut campaign Expected to be a […]
In another SEC instant classic, South Carolina comes through in the clutch to send Texas to a second-straight loss
No. 4 Texas taking on No. 2 South Carolina was another instant classic. The Longhorns led most of the way, but it was South Carolina that came out on top, 68-65. With 4:12 left in the fourth quarter, the Gamecocks began to take control. Joyce Edwards earned three points the hard way, giving South Carolina […]
With a new career high, Addie Deal proves she’s the real deal as No. 11 Iowa advances to 6-0 in Big Ten action
The No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes were happy, healthy, and whole when they took on the Oregon Ducks at home on Thursday evening. Fresh off their first three wins of 2026 against Nebraska, Northwestern and Indiana, Iowa came ready to play before yet another sold-out and raucous home crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes were fully […]
Leïla Lacan and Basket Landes prove that Fenerbahçe is beatable in EuroLeague Women shocker
Ever since the 2025-26 EuroLeague Women season began, one question has lingered: Can anyone beat Fenerbahçe Opet? On Gameday 9, we finally got our answer. Basket Landes pulled off one of the more surprising upsets in recent EuroLeague Women history, handing Fenerbahçe their first loss of the season in shockingly convincing fashion. Landes got out […]
All the factors that will swing another high-stakes Texas-South Carolina SEC showdown
Pressure is a privilege. And in women’s college basketball, the pressure of a top-five ranking and championship contender status is a privilege, one that is earned not through starry recruiting classes, transfer portal coups or preseason award nominations, but through successfully navigating a challenging schedule against top-tier opponents. That reality explains why SEC teams occupy […]
Can anyone prevent Paige Bueckers from winning Unrivaled’s first-ever Free Throw Challenge?
$50,000 is on the line at Unrivaled. Literally. Players have two more games to put themselves in position to secure the cash prize by cashing in from the free throw line and winning the first-ever Free Throw Challenge. To capture the prize, the player not only must register the highest free throw percentage, but appear […]
Project B (sort of) has a schedule, with a 10-day competition tipping off in Tokyo in March 2027
Project B, the six-team international league set to launch in November 2026, has confirmed one of it’s seven inaugural season stops: Tokyo. Tokyo Arena will host a 10-day event in the spring of 2027, beginning March 26 and going through April 4. A local champion will be crowned, while the competition will also factor into […]
With youth and stability, No. 8 Michigan is an anomaly. Are they also a title contender?
The contemporary college basketball landscape has been described as a jungle, with fewer and fewer rules by the day. Between the transfer portal, extensive redshirt and eligibility loopholes and midseason acquisitions, teams are morphing themselves at a never seen before rate. Seesawing over whether an exploitative relationship with the transfer portal is “moral” in the […]
EuroLeague Women second-round play returns—and reigning Final Six MVP Brionna Jones returns to Praha
EuroLeague Women second-round group play resumes this week, and there’s been a good amount of player movement since the last time Europe’s best took the court. Most notably, defending EuroLeague Women champions ZVVZ USK Praha have welcomed back Brionna Jones, who put on a stellar performance in last season’s Final Six to win MVP honors. […]
Due to a moratorium, WNBA free agency is NOT about to begin
Is WNBA free agency about to happen? No. But even though the WNBA and WNBPA have not agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), free agency could have commenced on Sunday, January 11. The lack of a CBA means the league and union have entered a “status quo” period, where both sides abide by […]
In an injury-plagued season, Oluchi Okananwa and Yarden Garzon will determine the ceiling for No. 12 Maryland
With Kaylene Smikle and Bri McDaniel out for the season, there is no question that Duke transfer Oluchi Okananwa and Indiana transfer Yarden Garzon are No. 12 Maryland’s two best players. In Sunday’s loss to now-No. 14 Ohio State, Okananwa and Garzon left Terp fans wondering where the team would be without them. Okananwa posted […]
Phantom flashes balance and versatility in sending Mist to their first loss of the Unrivaled season
In Monday night’s first Unrivaled game, Phantom trailed Mist at halftime, 36-34. Then, Kelsey Plum happened. KP opened the pivotal period by scoring the Phantom’s first eight points, converting two layups and nailing a 3. She would finish the frame with 14 points, dropping in another triple and going 6-for-8 from the field overall. Paced […]
AP Top 25 poll discussion: After another week of upsets in women’s college basketball, the SEC still reigns supreme
Yes, Texas defeated UCLA and South Carolina on back-to-back days in November at the Players Era Championship. The now one-loss Longhorns, however, unsurprisingly dropped below the Bruins and Gamecocks in the latest AP Top 25 poll. How the order of No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA and No. 4 Texas both does and doesn’t […]
So far, the 2026 Unrivaled season is going much better for Breanna Stewart and Mist
Breanna Stewart likely doesn’t care that she secured Mist’s second win of the season from the free throw line. Stewie isn’t worried about drama. She just wants wins. And last season, wins were hard to come by for Stewart and Mist. Mist started the 2025 Unrivaled season 0-4 before ultimately missing the playoffs. New and […]
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