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Southern women's basketball celebrates 2nd SWAC championship in 3 years. (Photo credit: SWAC)

2025-26 SWAC preview

By Rob Knox / October 16, 2025

Preseason favorite Southern is seeking a return trip and third in four years to the NCAA Tournament despite plenty of top contenders

12 Basketball players sitting in front of a white and gray backdrop, posing for a photo. Three sitting at desks with a stereo sitting in front of the group that features the Under Armour "UA" logo. Blackboard in the back that says 2025 Dawg Class.

Syla Swords and Jaloni Cambridge bring Dawg Class to Big Ten

By Thomas Costello / October 15, 2025

A duo of standout freshmen attended Kelsey Plum’s annual camp, and they already reap the benefits

UCLA women's basketball players celebrating Big Ten tournament championship. Players wearing championship shirts and medals, holding "Big Ten Tournament Champions" sign and championship trophy.

2025-26 Big Ten preview

By Thomas Costello / October 15, 2025

One year after the expansion to 18 teams, is the conference UCLA’s to lose?

Basketball player wearing crimson and white Indiana jersey, Yarden Garzon, moving with the basketball as defender Lana McCarthy defends.

The next rising transfer portal trend and its impact on the Big Ten

By Thomas Costello / October 14, 2025

There’s a growing trend in Big Ten transfers

Two side-by-side pictures: on the left, Spain center Awa Fam stands looking to her left with an arm outstreched past the edge of the picture; on the right, Notre Dame point guard Olivia Miles tosses a cross-body pass in midair in front of a Louisville defender with a packed crowd in the background

The IX Basketball’s 2026 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2025

The most detailed 2026 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

Sarah Lessig spins a basketball on her right hand. She wears a black jersey with orange lettering and smiles in front of a Princeton-branded backdrop.

How multisport phenom Sarah Lessig’s path brought her to Princeton

By Rowan Schaberg / October 12, 2025

‘It’s just kind of a weird route that I took to be a college athlete. That’s something I pride myself on’

USC Trojans women's basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb looking up, wearing a red USC zip up jacket.

Big Ten women’s basketball coaches opt for strategy, not symmetry

By Thomas Costello / October 10, 2025

USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb: ‘I think their ability to not have us do just what the men are doing is actually very progressive for us’

A player looking up from the ground with a camera snaps a photo of a teammates

The beauty in the chaos: Inside women’s basketball’s new era of photo day

By Rob Knox / October 10, 2025

Across locker rooms and campuses, players are claiming space, showing personality and redefining what it means to be seen

2025-26 Mountain West preview

By Scott Mammoser / October 10, 2025

Big changes from last season, but UNLV and San Diego State still expected to take the lead

UC San Diego head coach Heidi VanDerveer talks with her team during a timeout at the Big West Championship Game against UC Davis.

2025-26 Big West preview

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / October 8, 2025

An in-depth look at each team in the Big West