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2025-26 women’s basketball bracketology: Texas vaults into the top spot

By Matthew Walter / December 2, 2025

Villanova has entered the chat (and the field)

UCLA center Lauren Betts walks off the floor during a Final Four game. She looks down at the court. Fans and the Final Four's "Four It All" slogan are visible but out of focus in the background.

How Lauren Betts’ development helps her WNBA draft stock

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / November 30, 2025

There’s no doubt that the Bruins’ star center will be a lottery pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft

Four side-by-side photos of Ivy League alumnae playing for professional basketball teams overseas. In two of the photos, the players are dribbling the ball with their right hand. In a third, the player is shooting an open right-handed jump shot, and in the fourth, the player is shooting an open left-handed layup.

Why an increasing share of Ivy League graduates are playing professional basketball

By Jenn Hatfield / November 29, 2025

Since 2018, 20% of Ivy League women’s basketball graduates have turned pro

Yale guard Kiley Capstraw dribbles the ball with her right hand and scans the court. A Northeastern defender is in front of her but not guarding her very tightly.

After rebuilding her confidence, Yale’s Kiley Capstraw isn’t just back to her old self. She’s better

By Jenn Hatfield / November 29, 2025

Capstraw: ‘I’m so confident in probably every single part of my game right now’

Davidson head coach Gayle Fulks sits in the middle of her players, who are in a circle around her, during a timeout. A member of her staff is leaning over behind her.

Davidson head coach Gayle Fulks receives contract extension

By Natalie Heavren / November 26, 2025

What Fulks’ extension means for the Wildcats

Stanford's Nunu Agara answers questions from the stage at ACC Media Day in October.

How Stanford is on the way to proving it’s for real

By Michelle Smith / November 26, 2025

A 7-0 start has put the Cardinal on the verge of being ranked with their toughest non-conference stretch to come

Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade stands smiling with her arms crossed in front of a collage of photos of A-10 universities and student-athletes playing their respective sports.

How Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade became a sports ‘pioneer’

By Natalie Heavren / November 25, 2025

Tamika Williams-Jeter: ‘That’s something she can hold a legacy on — that now young women think they can be commissioners’

Seattle Storm guard/forward Gabby Williams smiles and claps in response to Seattle getting the third overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. She is shown on the broadcast of the draft lottery, and a graphic with the lottery results is overlaid at the bottom.

Seattle Storm to continue building with No. 3 pick

By Bella Munson / November 25, 2025

The Storm are looking for a player who will impact the team now and in the future

Laine McGurk drives the ball to the basket on a fastbreak.

CAA notebook: How Laine McGurk went berserk and fueled Drexel’s victory over Pitt

By Rob Knox / November 23, 2025

Also a look at North Carolina A&T’s D’Mya Tucker, Towson’s 3-point shooting and Charleston’s long road trip

Duke head coach Kara Lawson holds her temples with spread fingers while looking off-screen with a bewildered expression. A packed section of out-of-focus fans is behind her in the background, with a section adjacent to them covered by an equally out-of-focus ACC logo.

It’s been a baffling few weeks of college basketball

By Emily Adler / November 22, 2025

From the strangest shot I have ever seen to historically bad losses