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The Connecticut Sun might be moving to Houston. ESPN’s Alexa Philippou and Ramona Shelburne report that the Houston Rockets ownership group “is in substantive talks with the Connecticut Sun over the potential purchase and relocation of the WNBA franchise.” The uncertain future of the Sun had become a bit forgotten amidst the attention on CBA […]
On Tuesday, the Toronto Tempo revealed their inaugural burgundy “Explorer” and white “Heroine” jerseys, introducing the first on-court identity of the expansion franchise. On a day that should have been characterized by excitement, engagement and enthusiasm, however, the Tempo’s jersey reveal instead sparked criticism. The Tempo had teased the drop over social media on Monday, […]
After two weekw of second-round action, EuroLeague Women will take nearly a month-long break, with the competition resuming on January 14. Will that be enough time for clubs and coaches to devise a plan for defeating Fenerbahçe Opet? Fenerbahçe earned another authoritative win, ensuring Casasdemont Zaragoza could not conjure another miraculous comeback with a 95-64 […]
It’s been pretty clear the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations between the WNBA and WNBPA have not been trending in the right direction. WNBA players have now confirmed as much, with a near-majority authorizing the WNBPA executive committee to call a strike “when necessary.” Per the WNBPA, 98 percent of players participated in the vote, […]
Things are starting to look scary good for No. 3 South Carolina, and scary bad for their opponents. (Even if they’re not among the unbeatens.) On Sunday afternoon, with only eight active players, the Gamecocks delivered a 40-point thrashing to a Power Four opponent, sending Penn State back to Happy Valley with a 40-point defeat. […]
Not all undefeated teams are created equal. Currently, eight NCAA Division I teams that are ranked in the top 25 have yet to lose, with four unranked teams also owning undefeated records. Of the ranked unbeatens, which teams might actually run the table? In NCAA Division I history, only 10 teams have had perfect season. […]
No, the calendar has not even turned to 2026. But 10 games into the 2025-26 season, No. 1 UConn has just about answered any question, dissuaded any doubts and proven that they are poised to repeat. The undefeated Huskies are a juggernaut, most recently having turned what was supposed to be a compelling top-20 matchup […]
The second round of EuroLeague Women group play is underway, and Spanish club Casademont Zaragoza is out to prove that they’re giant-killers. Last week, Zaragoza pulled off a thrilling comeback, stunning championship contenders Valencia Basket Club after trailing by as many as 20 points. Carla Leite played perhaps the best basketball of her young career, […]
On Monday, Unrivaled held its media day, and the vibes were generally upbeat. Sure, the WNBA and WNBPA are still battling things out for a new collective bargaining agreement, and it still feels as though both sides are very far apart. However, sometimes all you need is to focus on hoops and get away from […]
January 9, the second, extended deadline for a new WNBA CBA, is just over three weeks away. Another extension would further compress all the business—an expansion draft, free agency and the college draft—that the WNBA must accomplish before the 2026 season can tip off. So, is it time for the WNBPA to consider compromising? The […]
No. 1 UConn and No. 2 Texas remain in sole possession of first-place votes in the AP Top 25 poll. The Huskies snuck another vote back from the Longhorns, giving them 24 of the 32 first-place nods. As women’s college basketball enters the relative quiet of mid-December, here’s how the latest poll shook out, with […]
There was Paige Bueckers. There was Caitlin Clark. And there was Charlisse Leger-Walker. Bueckers was the more-hyped-than-usual No. 1 high school recruit coming out of the class of 2020 who went on to win National Player of the Year as a freshman. And we all know what then-No. 4 recruit Clark has gone on to […]
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team formally began preparing for it’s next cycle of major international competitions, which begins with the 2026 FIBA Word Cup in Berlin and extends through the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. To being this process, USA Basketball invited 17 players to a training camp at Duke University, giving managing […]
The start of the 2025-26 women’s college basketball season has not been kind to the ACC. The conference has seen two teams that began the season ranked in the top 10 tumble all the way out of the top 25. In the latest AP Top 25 poll, every ACC that is still ranked is ranked […]
What better way to launch a brand-new basketball invitational than with one of the country’s biggest rivalries? The inaugural Sprouts Farmers Market espnW Invitational will be played this Sunday, Dec. 14, and will pit the No. 13 Baylor Bears (10-1) against the No. 2 Texas Longhorns (11-0)—two celebrated programs that would like nothing more than […]
When a team on the rise faces a top opponent, it often can serve as a measuring stick game. With No. 1 UConn coming to town, it was an opportunity for No. 16 USC, a team that’s trying to climb up the top 25 rankings, to see how they fare against the very elite. Unfortunately […]
February 6, 2025. That’s the last time No. 1 UConn lost a game. No. 16 USC will aim to change that date to December 13, 2025, when they take on the Huskies on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles (5:30 p.m. ET, FOX). For the Trojans, winning won’t be easy. The Huskies are national champs and […]
Due to lingering symptoms from the concussion she suffered in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals with the Phoenix Mercury, Satou Sabally, a member of Phantom BC, is expected to be sidelined indefinitely for the second season of Unrivaled, the league announced on Friday afternoon. The news of Sabally’s status is extremely concerning, first and […]
Since the dawn of the portal era in NCAA Division I college sports, transfers have swung national titles, including in women’s college basketball. This year, there’s no indication that that will not continue to be the case. Players that chose to take their talents to new programs are making impacts that seem certain to influence […]
There has been a lot of overdue growth in the women’s basketball sneaker game. In the 2020s, multiple WNBA players have gotten their own signature, highlighted by A’ja Wilson’s tremendously successful Nike A’Ones. It was past time for the M’VP to get her own shoe, but who should be next? Here are five WNBA players […]
It had all the makings of a college basketball classic: Two undefeated in-state rivals ranked in the top 15 set to clash before a raucous crowd with bragging rights on the line. Those elements and other superlatives fell into place on Wednesday night as No. 11 Iowa hit the road to take on No.10 Iowa […]
On Wednesday, the New York Liberty formally introduced the franchise’s new head coach, Chris DeMarco. But more than an introduction, the press conference, which was attended by Liberty players Sabrina Ionescu, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, Nyara Sabally and Isabelle Harrison, served as an opportunity for both general manager Jonathan Kolb and DeMarco to, indirectly, answer (or substantiate) […]
This weekend, the USA Basketball Women’s National Team will host a training camp at Duke University in Durham, NC with 17 participating players. It will be the first training camp led by new national team head coach Kara Lawson, who was appointed to the position in September. It’s also the first training camp roster chosen […]
In their first game of the second round of the 2025-26 EuroLeague Women competition, ZVVZ USK Praha reminded that they are the defending champions. After finishing first-round play with an uninspiring 3-3 record, Praha opened second-round action with a 64-55 win over previously-undefeated Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring. As Eric Nemchock noted in his preview, this Praha […]
Shakira Austin, who has completed her four-year rookie deal with the Washington Mystics, is set to become a restricted free agent this offseason. Austin’s tenure in Washington has worn many different faces. Her talent has never come into question, and few would ever claim that she wasn’t worthy of being picked third overall in the […]