Latest NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship News
High school star Edwards among South Carolina newbies seeking a place with defending national champs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joyce Edwards has started what might be her most challenging task yet — finding where the McDonald's All-American and third-rated prospect in the country fits in for defending national champion South Carolina. Edwards, at 6-foot-3, is considered the latest...
Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament is returning to Indianapolis for semifinals and title game
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The semifinals and championship game of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament will return to Indianapolis in 2025, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The games will be played in Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler campus. The semifinals are March 31 and the title...
NCAA women's selection committee to reveal full seeding of tournament teams next season
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The NCAA women's selection committee will release the seeding for the entire tournament field for the first time next season. The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced the change on Friday after its summer meetings, meaning the full seed list...
Serena Williams hosts an ESPY awards show celebrating landmark year for women's sports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led by host Serena Williams, The ESPYS celebrated a landmark year for women's sports, with Simone Biles, A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley and JuJu Watkins among the honorees on Thursday night. Staley, coach of the national champion South Carolina women’s...
Feaster is honored by SC Athletic Hall and now is focused on seeing daughter Strong play at UConn
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Each March, Allison Feaster hears from those remembering perhaps her biggest, buzz-worthy athletic moment — when she led 16th-seeded Harvard to an upset of No. 1 Stanford at the 1998 NCAA Tournament, still the only time it has happened in the women's event. ...
Like a Caitlin Clark 3-pointer, betting on women's sports is soaring
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Led by fascination with basketball star Caitlin Clark, interest in — and betting on — women's sports is surging. Clark, who made her professional debut Tuesday with the WNBA's Indiana Fever, helped generate record-breaking levels of viewership and...
Jan Jensen's loyalty and patience pay off with her promotion to Iowa women's basketball head coach
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jan Jensen had numerous head coaching opportunities in her 24 years as an assistant on Lisa Bluder’s coaching staff at Iowa. A few of the offers, Jensen said, were good enough to get serious consideration, but ultimately she decided to stay with Bluder and...
Lisa Bluder retires after Clark-led Iowa teams reach past 2 NCAA title games. Jensen named successor
Lisa Bluder, who coached the Iowa women's basketball team to the past two NCAA championship games, announced Monday that she is retiring after 24 years leading the Hawkeyes. Her longtime assistant, Jan Jensen, was selected as her successor. Bluder made the...
