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: Stanford F Cameron Brink scratched from NCAA opener (illness)

No. 1 seed Stanford held forward Cameron Brink out of Friday night's NCAA Tournament opener against No. 16 Sacred Heart with what was described...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA roundup: South Florida tops Marquette in OT

Elena Tsineke's jumper with 31.2 seconds left lifted eighth-seeded South Florida to a 67-65 overtime win over ninth-seeded Marquette in the first round of...

WNCAAB: Women’s First Four: St. John’s, Tennessee Tech move on

Jayla Everett sank a tiebreaking driving layup with 0.3 seconds left to give St. John's a 66-64 win over Purdue on Thursday in a...

WNCAAB: Notre Dame star Olivia Miles (knee) to miss NCAA Tournament

Notre Dame star guard Olivia Miles will miss the NCAA Tournament after sustaining a knee injury late last month in the team's final regular-season...

WNCAAB: Women’s First Four: Mississippi State, Sacred Heart advance

Jessika Carter posted a game-high 22 points, nine rebounds and four blocks to carry No. 11 seed Mississippi State past No. 11 seed Illinois...

WNCAAB: South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston’s joins three-time All-American club

South Carolina star Aliyah Boston on Wednesday was named an Associated Press first-team All-American for the third time, making her just the 10th women's...