Because the WNBA offseason is longer than the actual season, players have the chance to develop and play elsewhere to improve their game. Many use the time well, playing in Unrivaled or Athletes Unlimited in the States. Many others, however, head overseas for work. In addition to the number of WNBA players competing in Europe […]
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The 2025-26 EuroLeague Women season is only a few weeks old, but we’ve already reached the halfway point in the first round of group play. Every team has now played each of its first-round opponents once, setting up rematches for the next three weeks: Week 4 will have the same matchups as Week 1, Week […]
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On Tuesday, the WNBA offered to extend the negotiations for new CBA by 30 days. WNBA players have yet to accept, with a source telling ESPN and Front Office Sports that players could agree to an extension “under the right circumstances,” yet “those circumstances do not yet exist.” If an extension is not reached, the […]
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Collegiate greatness does not always scale to professional dominance. The differences between the 362 Division I schools and the soon-to-be 15 WNBA teams is night and day, and prospects can’t be judged on their raw production alone. Before the college season kicks off, let’s look at what three top NCAA players—UCLA’s Lauren Betts, UConn’s Azzi […]
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The race for the 2025-26 women’s college basketball national championship is just beginning. Yet, the competition for another crown—the best 2026 recruiting class—is entering the final sprint. Four of the top-five recruits in the class of 2026 have made their decisions, and the fifth undecided prospect recently made a splash. Jerzy Robinson, a 6-foot-0 guard […]
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In an appearance on the TODAY Show last Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver inflamed the already-intense negotiations for a new CBA between the WNBA and WNBPA. Asked if WNBA players are deserving of a greater share of growing league revenues, Silver answered, “Yes,” before pontificating: I mean, I think “share” isn’t the right way to […]
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It’s an exciting time to be a UCLA women’s basketball fan. The Bruins are coming off a program-record 34 wins in their first season in the Big Ten, going 16-2 in conference play and winning the Big Ten Tournament, and they advanced all the way to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament for the […]
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Only three NCAA Division I women’s basketball coaches have won back-to-back national championships: UConn’s Geno Auriemma (2002-04, 2009-10, 2013-16), Tennessee’s Pat Summitt (1996-98, 2007-08) and USC’s Linda Sharp (1983-84). Then there’s South Carolina’s Dawn Staley (2022, 2024) and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer (1990, 1992), who have won two in three years (with Staley also capturing three […]
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Sonia Raman has agreed to become the next head coach of the Seattle Storm, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. An assistant coach with the New York Liberty during the 2025 season, Raman will be the first WNBA head coach of Indian descent. She also will be the league’s only current head coach who is a […]
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Who will be the best player in women’s college basketball in the 2025-26 NCAA season? The season-long absence of last year’s Naismith Trophy winner and AP Player of the Year JuJu Watkins, in combination with the departure of Wade Trophy winner Paige Bueckers, leaves the field wide open. However, fans from Storrs to Westwood to […]
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Four Big 12 teams begin the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season ranked in the top 25: No. 14 Iowa State, No. 16 Baylor, No. 17 TCU and No. 22 Oklahoma State. It is a bit curious that the conference’s defending regular-season and tournament champs, TCU, is not the highest-ranked Big 12 team, even though they […]
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The headline for Week 3 of EuroLeague Women—the expected debuts of Kayla McBride and Megan Gustafson for Fenerbahçe—delivered an unsurprising outcome in the matchup between the powerhouse club and Olympiacos. With 13 points and four assists from McBride and nine points and six rebounds from Gustafson to bolster Emma Meesseman’s 17 points and six boards […]
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Longtime USF head coach Jose Fernandez is expected to be named the next head coach of the Dallas Wings, as first reported by college basketball insider Skim Milkey and SB Nation’s Mitchell Northam. While Fernandez has yet to sign a contract, he and the organization are expected to agree to a deal with multiple guaranteed […]
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Last year, UCLA and USC joined the Big Ten—and dominated right away. The Trojans won the conference outright, and the Bruins were right behind them. In the conference tournament, UCLA and USC faced each other, and the Bruins came out on top 72-67. In the NCAA Tournament, USC lost in the Elite Eight to eventual-champions […]
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The advent of college basketball’s transfer portal era, certainly, has introduced transactional drama to the sport. But, it’s important not to underrate the real impact of the portal. The last four national champions all have benefited from the boost provided by a first-year transfer. Although she logged less than 15 minutes per game, Kamilla Cardoso […]
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Sandy Brondello will be the first head coach of the expansion Toronto Tempo, per the reporting of The IX Sports’ Howard Megdal. A two-time WNBA championship-winning head coach with 13 years of head coaching experience in the W, in addition to eight seasons as an assistant and nine years as the head coach of the […]
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With five teams ranked in the AP preseason poll, the ACC is loading up for an ever-competitive season. Familiar faces are expected to lead the conference, but a summer of transfer portal chaos leaves us with some pressing questions before the season tips off: Can No. 7 Duke finally get over the hump? Women’s college […]
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The 2024-25 NCAA freshman class impressed, but now, another year into their collegiate careers, it’s time for them to take the next step and take their teams to a higher level. Many of these now-sophomores are set to be the best player and key voice for their Power 4 programs. Can they step up and […]
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It’s still very early in the 2025-26 EuroLeague Women season, but we’re already seeing a good amount of movement, particularly for Turkish club Fenerbahçe Opet. Fenerbahçe announced that Kayla McBride, who previously won EuroLeague Women championships with the club in 2023 and 2024, and Megan Gustafson have joined the team. They replace Monique Billings, who […]
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The SEC begins the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season with three teams ranked in the top five, five in the top 10 and eight in the top 25. In this era of power conferences, the SEC is THE power conference. And yet, being the best conference doesn’t necessarily mean being the most-competitive conference. For all […]
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As women’s college basketball continues to grow and develop, so do the incoming freshman classes. Recently, players like Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins have been able to come into the space and immediately make an impact. While no player from the 2025-26 freshman class has that level of hype, things can […]
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Last season provided a picture-perfect ending for UConn and Paige Bueckers. The super senior won the title that had eluded her during her entire collegiate career, allowing her to celebrate on the floor with head coach Geno Auriemma, who now has 12 NCAA national championships. Regardless of how historic last season’s achievement was, it is […]
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The 2025 WNBA season may have just ended, but for anyone with even the slightest interest in the 2026 WNBA Draft, it’s already time to start looking forward to next year. The women’s college basketball season is about to tip-off, so let’s run through some of the biggest draft-eligible names in college basketball before they […]
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Lauren Ebo is now in Catalonia, playing for Joventut Badalona in Spain’s Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and moving closer and closer westwards as a pro, after starting off in Turkey and later playing in Poland. If England doesn’t get in the way, we might see her back in the United States next. Regardless of where […]
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One down, four to go. (Or, four to go for now, as we can never count out the possibility of late-breaking, oddly-timed WNBA decisions.) On Friday, the Portland Fire officially announced Alex Sarama as their head coach, tapping the player development guru currently on the staff of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. The hire, which initially […]
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