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: No. 1 LSU stampeded by No. 20 Colorado, 92-78

No. 20 Colorado lived up to Jaylyn Sherrod's team mantra of "will over skill," taking down defending national champion and No. 1-ranked LSU, 92-78,...

WNCAAB: No. 6 South Carolina hits 100, topples No. 10 Notre Dame in Paris

Sixth-ranked South Carolina scored 100 points and suffocated No. 10 Notre Dame in a 29-point win in the season opener on Monday in Paris,...

WNCAAB: UConn star Paige Bueckers ‘better basketball player’ post-injury

Paige Bueckers is returning to a basketball court near you in 2023-24 after missing an entire season due to an ACL tear. The UConn star...

WNCAAB: Georgetown women’s coach Tasha Butts dies at 41

Georgetown women's basketball coach Tasha Butts died Monday after a battle with breast cancer. She was 41. Butts was hired to lead the Hoyas in...

WNCAAB: LSU women start title defense at No. 1 in preseason poll

Reigning NCAA champion LSU starts the season at No. 1 for the first time, topping the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll, released Tuesday. The...

WNCAAB: Iowa, DePaul break women’s NCAA attendance record in exhibition

Caitlin Clark recorded a 34-point triple-double on the same day Iowa broke the women's college basketball attendance record with 55,646 people in an exhibition...