Kara Lawson

Duke head coach Kara Lawson stands slightly bent over, clapping her hands from the sideline.

Duke was one of the most hyped-up teams in the country. What happened?

By Martin Heintzelman / December 5, 2025

Kara Lawson’s group is 3-6 and currently on a four-game skid.

Hannah Hidalgo drives to the hoop.

2025-26 ACC preview

By Michelle Smith / October 21, 2025

After losing 70% of all-conference performers from last season, ACC teams are looking for fresh starts all around

Kara Lawson stands with a ball tucked under arm in a red USA Basketball polo

What new head coach Kara Lawson brings to the U.S. national team

By Scott Mammoser / September 23, 2025

USA Basketball introduced Kara Lawson as the new women’s senior national team head coach Tuesday

How does Team USA look going into the AmeriCup?

By Scott Mammoser / June 24, 2025

Kara Lawson: ‘We have players who have great versatility’

Duke Blue Devils forward Toby Fournier goes up for a layup against South Carolina Gamecocks forward Joyce Edwards.

‘She can be one of the greatest at Duke’: Inside Toby Fournier’s freshman season

By Hunter Cruse / March 31, 2025

Fournier scores a game-high 18 points in Elite Eight loss to South Carolina

Duke guard Oluchi Okananwa smiles as she is interviewed by ESPN after a win in the NCAA Tournament.

Takeaways: How Duke knocked off North Carolina to advance to its first Elite Eight since 2013

By Hunter Cruse / March 29, 2025

Oluchi Okananwa: ‘Playing under Coach Lawson, she’s created this culture where we want to play defense’

Duke Blue Devils head coach Kara Lawson smiles and makes a number-1 sign with her hand as her teammates lift her in celebration.

Sights and sounds from an ACC Tournament triumph for Duke

By Lauren Rouse / March 10, 2025

Lawson: ‘We were the worst team in the ACC. Now, five years later, we’re at the top’

South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao dribbles into a pick-and-roll set by Sania Feagin while defended by Oklahoma Sooners guard Reyna Scott trying to feel out the screen

Adding team context to player development projections

By Emily Adler / March 9, 2025

Why our subconscious process should be systemitized

UCLA celebrates after a recent win

South Carolina, UCLA, Duke, Texas selected to compete in Players Era Women’s Championship in 2025

By Sydney Wingfield / December 16, 2024

The inaugural tournament in November 2025 will include some of the top teams of the 2024-25 season so far

Columbia guard Kitty Henderson extends her right arm to lay the ball up underhanded. She has gotten by the Duke defense and is uncontested.

‘She’s the example’: How Columbia senior Kitty Henderson has stepped up as a scorer

By Jenn Hatfield / December 2, 2024

Henderson and ‘mini Kitty,’ first-year Mia Broom, stood out in Lions’ loss at Duke