rivalry

Texas forward Madison Booker is shown in profile. She yells in celebration after a basket.

Vic Schaefer is confident ahead of Texas’ maiden SEC voyage

By Isa Almeida / September 7, 2024

Plus, good news on Rori Harmon’s recovery

Vols head coach Kellie Harper and forward Jillian Hollingshead high five

NC State vs. Tennessee is a reluctant battle of old friends Wes Moore, Kellie and Jon Harper

By Gabriella Lewis / March 25, 2024

‘We’ve avoided playing each other in the regular season’

Minnesota Lynx forward Natalie Achonwa holds the ball and looks for a handoff near the elbow as Washington Mystics center/forward Shakira Austin defends. Mystics guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough guards an off-camera Lynx player near the corner.

‘This is my day’: How going head-to-head in Israel helped Washington Mystics players raise their games

By Jenn Hatfield / May 12, 2023

Shakira Austin, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Jazmine Jones all starred on top Israeli League teams

UCLA head coach Cori Close gives a thumbs up on the sidelines.

Coaches put state of women’s basketball at the forefront in latest chapter of UCLA-USC rivalry

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / December 16, 2022

UCLA’s Cori Close and USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb want their teams’ rivalry to be the hottest ticket in Los Angeles

‘I love a good rivalry’: How the Ivy League Tournament final foreshadowed even more to come

By Jenn Hatfield / March 13, 2022

Princeton wins again, but much of the league is young and primed to build on tournament experience

Game of rivals: The side stories within Chicago Sky versus Minnesota Lynx

By Alison Moran-Powers / September 25, 2021

A coach facing his former boss, former SEC rivals and a split series this season all add intrigue to this second-round playoff matchup

UConn and Tennessee extend Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series

By Sara Stanley / June 4, 2021

Renewed rivalry between the Lady Vols and the Huskies allow new stories to be added to illustrious history