Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)

WNCAAB: UCLA championship coach Cori Close earns contract extension

UCLA announced a new contract for national championship-winning women's basketball coach Cori Close. Financial terms of the deal announced Tuesday, which runs through 2029-30, were not disclosed. Multiple reports said...

WNCAAB: UConn, South Carolina, coaches slated for rematch in November

Coaches Geno Auriemma of UConn and Dawn Staley of South Carolina will be on opposing benches just seven...

WNCAAB: Geno Auriemma on dispute with Dawn Staley: ‘Feel like a dumbass’

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma reflected Monday on his game-ending dispute with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley...

WNCAAB: Me’Arah O’Neal, Shaq’s daughter, leaving Florida for Kentucky

Praised as the "best athlete in the family" by her father, Shaquille O'Neal, Me'Arah O'Neal announced on social...

WNCAAB: South Carolina lands 5-star recruit Oliviyah Edwards

Five-star forward Oliviyah Edwards of Washington committed to South Carolina's 2026 recruiting class on Thursday. The 6-foot-3 Edwards reopened...

WNCAAB: Kiki Rice leads No. 8 UCLA past No. 13 Colorado

Kiki Rice scored 20 points and dominated in all facets to lead No. 8 UCLA to a 53-45 victory over No. 13 Colorado on...

WNCAAB: Texas rises to No. 3 behind South Carolina, Ohio State

Red-hot Texas climbed two spots to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll behind unbeaten South Carolina and Ohio State. The Longhorns (26-3)...

WNCAAB: Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 6 NC State, No. 7 USC upset

Taina Mair tallied 20 points and Reigan Richardson and Kennedy Brown each had 15 as host Duke upset No. 6 North Carolina State 69-58...

WNCAAB: Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 24 Baylor edges No. 22 West Virginia

Jana Van Gytenbeek hit the tying and go-ahead free throws with four seconds left as No. 24 Baylor escaped Morgantown, W.Va., with their second...

WNCAAB: Women’s Top 25 roundup: Arizona stuns No. 3 Stanford

Jada Williams scored six points in the final minute as visiting Arizona overcame a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat No. 3 Stanford 68-61 on...

WNCAAB: Women’s Top 25 roundup: Dawn Staley earns win No. 600

No. 1 South Carolina's defense suffocated Alabama from the outset and the Gamecocks shook off a slow start offensively to cruise to a 72-44...