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: Women’s NCAA Fort Worth 3 roundup: No. 3 Louisville pulls away from No. 14 Vermont

Mackenly Randolph posted a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double, leading third-seeded Louisville to a 72-52 first-round victory over 14th-seeded Vermont on Saturday in a Fort Worth...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA Fort Worth 1 roundup: No. 1 Connecticut opens title defense by routing UTSA

Sarah Strong scored a game-high 18 points Saturday and top-seeded Connecticut cruised to a 90-52 rout of 16th-seeded UTSA in the first round of...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA Fort Worth 1 roundup: No. 5 Maryland hammers No. 12 Murray State

Kyndal Waller scored 20 points to lead a balanced Maryland attack as the fifth-seeded Terrapins swamped No. 12 Murray State 99-67 in a Fort...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA Sacramento 4 roundup: Michigan State evades Colorado State upset bid

Grace VanSlooten and Kennedy Blair combined for 36 points and 16 rebounds to help No. 5 Michigan State stave off No. 12 Colorado State's...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA Fort Worth 3 roundup: No. 1 Texas cruises by No. 16 Missouri State

Jordan Lee hit for 19 points and Madison Booker added 14 points and 12 rebounds as No. 1 Texas dispatched No. 16 Missouri State...

WNCAAB: Women’s NCAA Sacramento 2 roundup: No. 6 Baylor surges past No. 11 Nebraska

Taliah Scott scored nine of her team-high 15 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 6 Baylor survive an upset bid from No....