Women's College Basketball Schedule 2023-24

UConn's Strong, USC's Watkins headline preseason AP All-America women's team

UConn's Sarah Strong and USC's JuJu Watkins, who have won The Associated Press Player of the Year award the past two years, headline the preseason AP All-America women's college basketball team released Thursday.

Ex-Iowa State star Crooks left for Oklahoma State after 'honest conversations'

Former Iowa State women's star Audi Crooks, who was second nationally in scoring last season, said she left the Cyclones for Oklahoma State after "honest conversations" with her former team.

Zaniya Johnson, No. 18 in 2027 SC Next 100, commits to South Carolina

Zaniya Johnson, the No. 18 prospect and the third-ranked post in the 2027 SC Next 100, has committed to South Carolina, she announced Wednesday.

Big 12 commish mulls new event if conference title games end

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said the league would find a new event to replace any lost conference title games should they be casualties of an expanded College Football Playoff.

South Carolina tops AP Top 25 women's basketball poll followed by UConn, USC

Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks sit at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women's basketball poll, followed by UConn, USC, Duke and Michigan.

Minnesota loses star guard Tori McKinney to season-ending knee injury

Minnesota star Tori McKinney will miss the entire season because of a knee injury suffered last week in practice, Gophers coach Dawn Plitzuweit announced.

NCAA sues Ohio gov. over order allowing schools to ignore new eligibility rule

The NCAA has filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine three days after he signed an executive order giving the state's colleges and universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year.