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2024-25 Mountain West preview

By Scott Mammoser / October 20, 2024

UNLV, Colorado State and Wyoming are top three teams to beat

Photo credit: Domenic Allegra

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Atlantic 10 media day, Part 1

By The Next / October 18, 2024

McGlade: ‘I think the state of the league is really good right now’

James Madison redshirt junior guard Peyton McDaniel fires a shot last season. She was selected as the Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year. Photo credit: AJ Henderson/Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt notebook: James Madison challenging itself against the best, App State’s huge community assist

By Rob Knox / October 17, 2024

Inside James Madison’s elite-level schedule and more from around the Sun Belt

UCLA center Lauren Betts fights for a rebound against USC center Clarice Akunwafo and USC guard JuJu Watkins.

2024-25 Big Ten preview

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / October 17, 2024

Four new teams, dozens of storylines in the new-look conference

Destiny Howell was the 2023 MEAC Player of the Year and she returns after missing last season. Photo credit/Howard Athletics

HBCU notebook: Destiny Howell’s return excites Howard, HBCUs looking forward to hosting Power Four programs

By Rob Knox / October 16, 2024

Howell: ‘Once I found the positives in a negative situation, it brought me peace and a clear mind’

UC Irvine guard Deja Lee attacks the defense during the Big West Tournament semifinals.

2024-25 Big West Conference preview

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / October 15, 2024

Breaking down the Big West rosters and predicting who will come out on top

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2024-25 NCAA Top 25 preview

By The Next / October 14, 2024

Heidrick: ‘In order to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best’

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Em Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

Iowa women's basketball head coach Jan Jensen

Jan Jensen opens new era for Iowa women’s basketball

By Angie Holmes / October 13, 2024

New head coach looks forward to another sold-out season

Duquesne head coach Dan Burt looks to his right down the sideline with his right hand on his hip.

What Duquesne head coach Dan Burt’s contract extension means for the Dukes

By Natalie Heavren / October 12, 2024

Burt: ‘This really solidifies finishing my career at Duquesne, and I’m really excited to say that’