Latest Women's college basketball News
Kansas State agrees with women's hoops coach Jeff Mittie on new 5-year deal through 2028-29 season
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State and women's basketball coach Jeff Mittie have agreed to a new five-year contract through the 2028-29 season. Wildcats athletic director Gene Taylor announced the deal Friday. The financial terms were not immediately available. Mittie's previous...
Iowa's Jan Jensen hires coach of Division III Washington U. and a Tar Heels' staffer as assistants
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Randi Henderson, the head coach at Division III Washington University, and North Carolina assistant Sean Sullivan have been hired as women's basketball assistants at Iowa, coach Jan Jensen announced Wednesday. Henderson was 103-54 with four NCAA Tournament...
Defending national champion South Carolina to play in eight-team Fort Myers Tip-off in November
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Defending national champion South Carolina will take part in the eight-team, Fort Myers Tip-off tournament over Thanksgiving weekend. The Gamecocks, who at 38-0 became the first undefeated champion in eight seasons, open against Iowa State before taking on...
JuJu Watkins enjoying summer, dreams of playing in 2028 Olympics in hometown Los Angeles
NEW YORK (AP) — JuJu Watkins has already thought about how special it would be to play for the U.S. in 2028 at the Olympics in her hometown of Los Angeles. “That's definitely a long-term goal of mine when I get done with my college career," Watkins said in an interview with The...
Graduation, lack of opportunity force most gymnasts to quit. A women's league is out to change that
Luisa Blanco knows her gymnastics career has an expiration date. The funny thing is, the older the recent Alabama graduate gets, the more it seems to keep getting pushed back. For a long time, the 22-year-old Blanco figured her final season with the Crimson Tide this...
Mississippi State adds former Bulldogs star Victoria Vivians as assistant coach, scouting director
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Sam Purcell has hired former Bulldogs star and WNBA veteran Victoria Vivians as assistant coach and scouting director. The school said in a statement Monday that Vivians, a sixth-year league guard/forward playing...
Duke coach Kara Lawson hires Kyra Elzy as an assistant, reuniting former Lady Vols teammates
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson on Monday hired former Kentucky head coach Kyra Elzy as an assistant, reuniting the former Tennessee teammates on the Blue Devils’ staff. Lawson called the hiring a “big day” for Duke basketball in a statement that...
Iowa's Ava Jones takes medical disqualification, retires from basketball after injuries from crash
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa forward Ava Jones will take a medical disqualification and retire from college basketball. The school and Jones announced the decision Friday, saying Jones would remain on scholarship and work toward her degree at Iowa. She was not cleared to play as a...
North Carolina House speaker says university athletics scheduling bill isn't going further
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation that would make sure the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University play each other annually in football and basketball and then play three other public schools regularly isn't advancing beyond a quick committee meeting this week, House...
UConn gives Geno Auriemma a 5-year contract extension, valued at $18.7 million
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — It looks like Geno Auriemma isn't retiring anytime soon as UConn announced a five-year extension for its women's basketball coach on Tuesday. Auriemma’s contract extension, which runs through 2029, is valued at $18.7 million over the five-year term and...
