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: Missouri State tops Florida State in First Four

Ifunanya Nwachukwu had 10 points, seven boards and two blocks as Missouri State beat Florida State 61-50 in a battle of No. 11 seeds...

WNCAAB: Longwood edges Mount St. Mary’s, earns shot at NC State

Akila Smith had 32 points and 13 rebounds as Longwood won the first Division I NCAA Tournament game in program history on Thursday night,...

WNCAAB: Howard edges Incarnate Word in initial women’s First Four game

The Howard Bison made history Wednesday night in Columbia, S.C., topping Incarnate Word 55-51 in the First Four for the program's first-ever victory in...

WNCAAB: Dayton moves on after taking down DePaul

Powered by a season-high-tying 56.5 percent mark from 3-point range, Dayton beat DePaul 88-57 in Ames, Iowa, on Wednesday in a First Four matchup...

WNCAAB: Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard highlights AP All-American team

Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard was named an Associated Press First Team All-American for the third time on Wednesday when the entity released its annual...

WNCAAB: South Carolina, NC State, Stanford, Louisville No. 1 seeds in women’s bracket

South Carolina earned the top overall seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament on Sunday night and North Carolina State, Stanford and Louisville joined...