SACRAMENTO — Almost eleven years before fueling Virginia’s Cinderella run in March Madness, Kymora Johnson had a “turning point.” Johnson, as a 10-year-old, was playing on a boy’s team. That youth basketball team was disqualified from a tournament after reaching the championship game because Johnson, a girl, was on the roster. The story made national…
After Syracuse got demolished by UConn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 98-45, on Monday, Orange head coach Felisha Legette-Jack used her opening statement in the postgame press conference to send a message to the NCAA selection committee. “For us to do what we’ve done, to continuously have to come to UConn ……
As time wound down in the first overtime on Monday afternoon, Chit-Chat Wright drove into the paint, collapsed the defense and kicked the ball out to Taylor Stremlow in the left corner. The sophomore’s potential game-winning 3-pointer caught every part of the rim, but instead of falling through the net and sending No. 2 Iowa…
When the bracket for the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was revealed, everyone was eyeing a potential second-round matchup between No. 1 overall seed UConn and No. 9 seed Iowa State, led by All-American center Audi Crooks. Crooks did everything in her power to make that happen. She poured in 37 points on 17 of…
The pressure of the Big Dance wasn’t the only thing making players from Georgia, Virginia, Iowa and Fairleigh Dickinson sweat on Saturday afternoon. Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City does not have air conditioning, and an unseasonably warm day meant the temperature inside the 43-year-old building soared to over 80 degrees with a 26% humidity rate…
A 76-61 loss to NC State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament was the dagger to a disappointing Tennessee women’s basketball season. The Lady Vols officially wrapped up their 2025-26 campaign with eight consecutive losses and a 16-14 overall record, which is the lowest winning percentage in program history. Kim Caldwell said this…
Olivia Vukosa has been named the 2026 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year, becoming the first UConn commit to win it since Paige Bueckers in 2021. The award, which honors “the nation’s best high school athletes for their excellence in sport, academics and community,” has been won by three Hall of Famers, 17…
The 2026 NCAA Tournament has arrived, and women’s March Madness officially began Wednesday with the First Four. The 68-team field was unveiled Sunday night, and we know when and where everyone will be playing this weekend. UConn, the undefeated reigning champion, was named the No. 1 overall seed. UCLA, Texas and South Carolina joined them…
Are you ready for Madness? Selection Sunday is here, and each women’s college basketball team’s hard work over the past five months will be evaluated for the final time. Sixty-eight of those teams will be rewarded with a spot in the 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket. At this point, the final decisions lie in the hands…
