Latest Women's college basketball News

Stanford names basketball court "Tara VanDerveer Court" for retired Hall of Famer, winningest coach

May. 10, 2024 07:45 AM EDT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford will now play on Tara VanDerveer Court. The school is naming the court inside Maples Pavilion for the Hall of Fame coach who retired in April as the winningest coach in college basketball. There will be an unveiling and celebration for the court at...

Tennessee State hires San Antonio assistant Candice Dupree as new women's coach

May. 09, 2024 18:44 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State has hired seven-time WNBA All-Star Candice Dupree as the Tigers' new women's basketball coach. Athletic director Mikki Allen announced the move Thursday. Dupree is the program's 13th coach all-time. Dupree played 16 seasons in...

Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl plans to retire as he ends a decade-long tenure

May. 07, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl says he plans to retire and end his decade-long tenure as soon as the school names his successor. Scholl, who took over as Marquette’s athletic director in 2014, announced his decision Tuesday. “It has been...

Big Ten women's basketball schedule brings USC, UCLA to conference's easternmost schools

May. 07, 2024 15:55 PM EDT

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The 14 current Big Ten teams each will play two women's basketball conference games on the West Coast in 2024-25 and incoming members Southern California and UCLA each will play two games at the easternmost schools. The Big Ten announced the breakdown of...

Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is back

May. 02, 2024 11:29 AM EDT

In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son. They’d bond over a football video game. One with a story mode that would transport the 7-year-old into a college dorm room, where letters from fans filled his mailbox, the campus newspaper teased a...

Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, plans national expansion as interest booms

Apr. 27, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women's lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby...

Hailey Van Lith is headed to TCU for a final season after a one-year run with LSU

Apr. 26, 2024 19:57 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith, who joined LSU this past season and reached the Elite Eight with the defending national champion before a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa, is transferring to TCU for her fifth and final season. Van Lith spent her first three seasons with...

USC gives Lindsay Gottlieb a contract extension following deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years

Apr. 26, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb has signed a contract extension through the 2029-30 season after the Trojans reached the NCAA Elite Eight in her third season and made their deepest tournament run in 30 years, athletic director Jen Cohen announced Friday. ...

Charlotte hires Tomekia Reed as women's coach after highly successful tenure at HBCU Jackson State

Apr. 25, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte announced the hiring of Tomekia Reed as women’s basketball coach on Thursday after she helped Jackson State win five consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championships during a highly successful six-year tenure with the Tigers. Reed was...