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: South Carolina cancels women’s basketball games vs. BYU

In the wake of a racist incident at a home BYU volleyball match, South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley canceled the Gamecocks' upcoming...

WNCAAB: Paige Bueckers vows to play for UConn for 2023-24, skip draft exit

Injured UConn star Paige Bueckers told reporters Thursday that she will play for the Huskies again in 2023-24 rather than enter the 2023 WNBA...

WNCAAB: UConn signs Portuguese PG Ines Bettencourt

The UConn Huskies announced the signing Friday of Portuguese point guard Ines Bettencourt. The 5-foot-9 freshman can help the team replace injured star Paige Bueckers,...

WNCAAB: Kansas State star Ayoka Lee (knee) to miss 2022-23 season

Kansas State senior All-American center Ayoka Lee will undergo knee surgery and miss the entire 2022-23 season, coach Jeff Mittie said Thursday. Lee averaged a...

WNCAAB: ABC to televise 2023 women’s national championship basketball game

ABC will televise the championship game of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time in 2023. The game is scheduled to be played...

WNCAAB: First Black ACC women’s coach Charlene Curtis dies at 67

Charlene Curtis, the first Black women's basketball head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference, died of cancer. She was 67. The ACC said Curtis died...