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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

UConn women's basketball poses with a large blue banner after winning the 2025 national championship.

2025-26 top 25 college basketball preview

By Missy Heidrick / October 6, 2025

Who can fit their puzzle pieces together to get to the 2026 Final Four?

A player on the left wearing black talks with her coach on the right wearing a gray quarter zip. They are smiling in conversation with one another.

Vanderbilt is looking forward to a stronger season

By Stephanie Kaloi / October 1, 2025

Washington: ‘All I really want to do is compete and have fun’

USC's JuJu Watkins flashes a 3-point sign with her right hand.

JuJu Watkins to miss 2025-26 season

By Sydney Wingfield / September 29, 2025

Gottlieb: ‘We look forward to the day she returns to competition stronger than ever’

Ruby Whitehorn.

Why Tennessee decided to reinstate Ruby Whitehorn

By Stephanie Kaloi / September 26, 2025

Kim Caldwell: ‘Not an ideal situation’