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Women’s March Madness power rankings: UConn looks like a team on a mission

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. 16 Tenn. Tech 108-48 SEC Birmingham 2 2 Connecticut Huskies 3 Last Rank Senior guard Azzi Fudd shined brightly with a 27-point outing as the Huskies handily beat Arkansas State in the first round. 15 F. Dickinson 73-51 Big 12 Birmingham 3 9 LSU Tigers 10 Last Rank The Tigers’ win over San Diego State was a vintage LSU performance, dominating the paint, the glass and the transition game. 14 San Diego State 103-48 SEC Spokane 1 10 North Carolina State Wolfpack 8 Last Rank The Wolfpack drew a tough opponent in Round 1 against battle-tested No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast 81-58 SEC Spokane 4 12 North Carolina Tar Heels 12 Last Rank After a slow first half, much more in line with Oregon State's style, UNC hit the gas in the second half, scoring 44 points.

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Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women’s March Madness Sweet 16

Associated Press

There is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be. As usually is the case, the top 12 women’s teams in the NCAA Tournament all advanced to the Sweet 16, which begins Friday. South Carolina still has a chance to become the first …

Women’s March Madness second-round takeaways: Paige Bueckers with a classic sendoff at UConn

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Women’s March Madness second-round takeaways: Paige Bueckers with a classic sendoff at UConn

New York Times

The Sweet 16 field has been filled after a day of highlights and injury news. Paige Bueckers BALLED OUT in her final home game at UConn: 🐐 34 PTS 🐐 14-21 FG 🐐 4 STL | 4 AST WELL DESERVED STANDING O 🙌 pic.twitter.com/6OuFMushbN — Bleacher Report March 25, 2025 “This year, last year, my whole entire five years, my …

4 days, 14 hours ago

19 intriguing women’s March Madness players to watch: JuJu Watkins, Ta’Niya Latson and more

New York Times

All throughout the buildup to March Madness we hear about seeding, resumes, quads, good wins, bad losses … the list goes on and on. Flau’jae Johnson, LSU Junior guard, key stats: 18.9 ppg, 5.8 ppg, 2.4 apg Johnson has made multiple deep runs with LSU, including the 2023 National Championship. “We deserved it and we got it.” 🔥 —Chloe Kitts …

5 days, 14 hours ago

Women’s March Madness first-round takeaways: LSU’s Flau’Jae Johnson scores 22 in return

New York Times

After a mostly chalky first round, the women’s NCAA Tournament second round is set. 9 Mississippi State 10 p.m. ESPN Spokane 4 Our experts’ analysis and updates from Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament: No. 6 seed Florida State averages 87.2 points per game and boasts the nation’s leading scorer in Ta’Niya Latson. Rank Margin of victory Winner Loser Year …

1 week ago

Women’s March Madness by the numbers: Watkins ahead of Clark’s 2-year point total. Now it gets tough

Associated Press

When Caitlin Clark set the NCAA’s career scoring record last season, JuJu Watkins was widely considered the player most likely to challenge it. She passed Clark’s two-year total of 1,662 in 62 games for Iowa when she scored 29 against UCLA in the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Clark’s scoring average went up each year, topping out at 31.6 per …

1 week, 1 day ago

24 most intriguing women’s March Madness players to watch: JuJu Watkins, Ta’Niya Latson and more

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March Madness: How to win your NCAA women’s tournament pool and a look at what history tells us

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1 week, 3 days ago

March Madness: How to win your NCAA women’s tournament pool and a look at what history tells us

Associated Press

Congratulations to the 12 teams left in the chase for the women’s Division I national championship. Technically, yes, there are 68 teams in the women’s tournament field, but history tells us that only 12 — at the most — have a chance to be the last team standing in Tampa in a few weeks at the Final Four. So, using …

March Madness: UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas are No. 1 seeds in women's NCAA Tournament

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March Madness: UCLA, South Carolina, USC, Texas are No. 1 seeds in women's NCAA Tournament

Hindustan Times

UCLA is the top overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament. 1 seeds in women's NCAA Tournament It's the first time in school history that the Bruins are the top team in the tournament. This NCAA Tournament will be only the second one in the past 19 years to have no teams entering March Madness with zero or one loss. …

1 week, 6 days ago

Women’s March Madness Bracket Watch: UConn takes No. 2 seed behind South Carolina

New York Times

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments. First Four Los Angeles 16 NC A&T 16 Fairleigh Dickinson Columbia 16 Southern 16 High Point Baton Rouge 11 Washington 11 Harvard Raleigh 11 Iowa State 11 Princeton …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

TCU’s Hailey Van Lith is AP women’s basketball player of the week

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s college basketball for Week 18 of the season: Hailey Van Lith, TCU The graduate student guard averaged 21 points and 4.7 assists and shot 52.9% from the field to help TCU win its first Big …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Paige Bueckers takes her place among the UConn legends after playing her final regular-season game.

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Then they surrounded her after UConn’s 92-57 win over Marquette on Sunday as Bueckers became the latest women’s basketball star to see her number added to the Huskies of Honor. Fudd hasn’t announced whether she will declare for the upcoming WNBA draft or return to …

1 month ago

Bueckers posts double-double as No. 5 UConn rolls past Butler 86-47 for 5th straight win

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Kilyn McGuff and Lily Zeinstra each scored 13 points to lead Butler, which was playing in front of the first women’s game to be sold out at Hinkle Fieldhouse. UConn guard Caroline Ducharme played in her first game since suffering a head injury last season. …

1 month ago

Smikle, Poffenbarger spearhead No. 21 Maryland women past Northwestern 85-79

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! EVANSTON, Ill. — Kaylene Smikle scored 23 points and Saylor Poffenbarger scored 16 points and 21st-ranked Maryland beat Northwestern 85-79 on Thursday night. Sarah Te-Biasu added 16 points and Shyanne Sellers 12 for Maryland, which helped its cause shooting 9 for 26 from 3-point range …

1 month, 1 week ago

Iriafen scores 16 points as No. 6 USC women rally to beat Washington 69-64

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! JuJu Watkins had 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Trojans, who were coming off a statement victory over top-ranked UCLA and trailed by as many as 12 points against the Huskies. Takeaways USC: The Trojans won their fourth straight game, and head …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

VanSlooten scores 22, No. 22 Michigan State women race past Wisconsin 91-71

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! VanSlooten had 14 points in the first half on 7-of-7 shooting with the Spartans hitting 59%. Hallock had 12 points in the third quarter when the Spartans took a 72-48 lead. VanSlooten and Sotelo, both 6-foot-3, were a combined 18-of-25 shooting and helped the Spartans …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sarah Te-Biasu scores season-high 26, No. 16 Maryland women beat Oregon 79-61

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! EUGENE, Ore. — Sarah Te-Biasu scored a season-high 26 points, Kaylene Smikle added 21 points and nine rebounds and No. Saylor Poffenbarger scored 13 and grabbed 11 rebounds and Allie Kubek scored 11 points for Maryland, which bounced back from a 66-65 last-second loss to …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes is AP women’s basketball player of the week

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s college basketball for Week 13 of the season: Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt The freshman guard set the NCAA freshman single-game scoring record with 53 points against Florida. The sophomore guard was the only player in the …

2 months, 1 week ago

Hallock’s career-best 26 help No. 22 Michigan State women beat Illinois 86-68

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Michigan State women rolled to an 86-68 win over Illinois on Sunday. Illinois scored its first seven points of the fourth quarter at the free throw line and did not score a field goal until Kendall Bostic’s layup with 6:03 remaining. AP women’s college …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Strong leads No. 7 UConn against Providence after 22-point outing

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! UConn ranks third in college basketball with 21.5 assists per game led by Kaitlyn Chen averaging 4.1. Marta Morales is shooting 40.4% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Friars, while averaging 5.8 points. LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 8-2, averaging …

3 months ago

USC’s JuJu Watkins is AP women’s basketball player of the week

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 7 of the season: JuJu Watkins, USC The sophomore guard shined in the Trojans’ 72-70 victory over UConn, scoring 25 points with six rebounds, five assists and three blocks. The senior forward …

3 months, 1 week ago

Strong, Bueckers and Shade’s hot shooting lift No. 4 UConn to 101-68 win over Iowa State

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 4 UConn to a 101-68 victory over Iowa State on Tuesday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Key moment Shade scored UConn’s first 14 points as the Huskies raced out to a 14-6 lead in the first 4:30 of the game. Up …

3 months, 1 week ago

Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong lead No. 2 UConn past Georgetown in the teams’ Big East opener.

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 2 UConn to a 79-44 win over Georgetown in the teams’ Big East opener on Sunday. Ransom, who averages 21.1 points, had seven points on 2-of-9 shooting with nine turnovers before she left the game 15 seconds into the fourth quarter after falling awkwardly to …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

No. 19 Tennessee back in women's AP Top 25 after year out of poll; UCLA, UConn remain 1-2

Hindustan Times

Tennessee has returned to The Associated Press Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school's longest drought in the 48-year history of the women's basketball poll. Tennessee, under first-year head coach Kim Caldwell, is off to an undefeated start with a pressing style that includes fresh players constantly coming in. UCLA, UConn and South Carolina remained the top three teams …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

No. 19 Tennessee back in women’s AP Top 25 after year out of poll; UCLA, UConn remain 1-2

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll. We didn’t start.” UCLA, UConn and South Carolina remained the top three teams in the poll released Monday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Strong, Fudd lead No. 2 UConn to 85-52 rout of No. 22 Louisville in Women’s Champions Classic

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Louisville 85-52 on Saturday night as part of the Women’s Champions Classic. Louisville trailed by 18 after one and got within 12 early in the second quarter before Strong, the latest Huskies freshman star, got UConn back on track. Louisville: The Cardinals four losses …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 9 TCU women improve to 9-0 with win over FAU in their first ever as a top 10 team

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! FORT WORTH, Texas — Hailey Van Lith scored 16 points, Sedona Prince added 14 and ninth-ranked TCU overwhelmed Florida Atlantic 78-42 on Wednesday night, giving the Horned Frogs a victory in their first game ever as a top 10 team. Takeaways Florida Atlantic: The Owls …

4 months ago

Paige Bueckers scores 23, No. 2 UConn women beat Oregon State 71-52 at Baha Mar

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 2 UConn never trailed Monday night as the Huskies beat Oregon State 71-52 at the Baha Mar Women’s Championship. Allie Ziebell scored seven of UConn’s 20 second-quarter points and the Huskies took a 42-19 lead into halftime. Key moment Bueckers, the reigning Big East player …

4 months ago

UConn coach Geno Auriemma breaks NCAA wins record, getting 1,217th career victory

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Auriemma broke a tie with former Stanford women’s coach Tara VanDerveer, earning his 1,217th career victory with an 85-41 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night. “It’s about coming here every day and trying to be better than we were yesterday.” He has spent four …

South Carolina a unanimous No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25, Stanford and Oregon crack rankings

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

South Carolina a unanimous No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25, Stanford and Oregon crack rankings

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday after a pair of victories to kick off its national championship repeat bid while Kansas State joined the top 10 and both Stanford and Oregon cracked the first regular-season rankings of the season. Tying …

5 months ago

UConn Reign Supreme in Women's Big East Preseason Poll

Associated Press

UConn is the clear favorite to win the Big East Conference women's basketball title, according to the league's head coaches. Paige Bueckers, the Huskies' Player of the Year, is expected to win the award again. The Huskies also have the top freshman in Sarah Strong, giving them a strong core for the upcoming season.

11 months, 3 weeks ago

UConn’s long road back to the Final Four is complete. Caitlin Clark and Iowa stand in their way

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Geno Auriemma keeps waiting for it to all fall apart. “It’s not like I wake up every morning and am like, ‘I wish I played UConn more’ — uhh, no,” Iowa guard Caitlin Clark said with a laugh. “That’s not something I wake up and think about.” The two-time AP Player of the Year, however, understands what facing …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

A look at each women’s Final Four team, through advanced stats

Associated Press

It’s a women’s Final Four full of stars. After Iowa and LSU played to a record-setting TV audience in the regional finals, the Hawkeyes are joined by South Carolina, UConn and North Carolina State for the season’s final act. An inability to shoot 3-pointers cost them in the Final Four last year, but that’s no longer a weakness with South …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games

Associated Press

This spotlight season for women’s college basketball isn’t merely creating brighter stars and bigger ratings. The top 16 women’s seeds play at home for the first two rounds while all men’s games are at neutral sites. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men’s tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

NCAA Tournament power rankings: UConn the clear No. 1 entering Final Four

New York Times

Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today The Final Four is set. 1 Connecticut Huskies 1 Last Rank UConn has been the most dominant team in the NCAA Tournament, winning its first four games by a combined 111 points. The team has all the pieces to pull it off, reaching its first Final Four since …

1 year ago

UConn’s efficiency data on both sides of the ball looks worthy of another March Madness title

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 by averaging 126.6 points per 100 possessions, trailing only 2018 champion Villanova and 2015 runner-up Wisconsin for the best of any team’s adjusted offensive efficiency since 2001. If you’re not reliant on one or two players to carry you.” Throw in quality game prep …

1 year ago

Caitlin, Angel, Paige, JuJu and more. The March Madness star power this year is all about the women

Associated Press

As March Madness is set to tip off, three of the most recognizable names in college basketball are in the women’s tournament: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers. “One thousand percent we’ve seen a shift in just the perception of women’s college basketball in general,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. They’re all visible.” ESPN said it just saw the …

1 year ago

South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament

Associated Press

Dawn Staley and South Carolina could see some familiar faces on their path to trying to finish off an undefeated season. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament, are looking to become the 10th women’s basketball team to go unbeaten for an entire season. “What it came down to was Texas had to play three tournament teams to get …

1 year ago

Women’s NCAA Tournament Cinderellas to consider: Texas A&M, Arizona and more

New York Times

Selection Sunday has come and gone, and if your favorite team landed in the Albany 2 Region, my sincerest apologies. Kevin Borseth’s squad challenged itself in nonconference play and picked up two quality wins against Creighton and Washington State, so high-level NCAA Tournament competition won’t come as a surprise. 11 Middle Tennessee As tempting as it was to pick Portland, …

1 year ago

Why March Madness belongs to the women: Star players, big ratings make it tourney to watch

New York Times

There’s always a sign. There were also my guy friends back home who, for the first time, were planning their weekend around the women’s NCAA Tournament games instead of the men’s. GO DEEPER Like Steph and Jimmer before her, Caitlin Clark is a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience ESPN recently announced that this was its most-watched women’s college basketball regular …

1 year ago

Women’s basketball Bracket Watch: What seed does Tennessee deserve?

New York Times

The full women’s NCAA Tournament bracket has been set with South Carolina as the No. First Four Columbia 16 Sacred Heart 16 UT Martin Corvallis 11 Marquette 11 Miami Los Angeles 16 Holy Cross 16 Presbyterian Baton Rouge 11 Arizona 11 Texas A&M Albany 1 Columbia 1 South Carolina 16 Sacred Heart UT Martin Columbia 8 Michigan State 9 Kansas …

1 year ago

Top 10 shuffle in women’s AP Top 25 as Stanford and Iowa move up behind No. 1 South Carolina

Associated Press

Stanford and Iowa jumped up behind top-ranked South Carolina in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll as the top 10 got a shuffle on the eve of conference tournaments and Fairfield cracked the rankings for the first time in school history. MORE ON THE STAGS Fairfield became the fourth team from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to earn …

1 year, 1 month ago

UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee to participate in Women’s Champions Classic

Associated Press

NEW YORK — UConn, Iowa, Louisville and Tennessee will take part in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic on Dec. 7. “The Women’s Champions Classic is the next step in Fox Sports’ longstanding commitment to elevating women’s athletics, and we are eager to showcase these student-athletes at the highest level – in primetime on the Fox broadcast network,” said Executive Vice …

1 year, 1 month ago

College basketball power rankings: UConn and Purdue lead our tiers of contenders

New York Times

We say this with about as little confidence as possible, and it almost feels like we ought to whisper it, but here goes: Maybe a pecking order is finally beginning to take shape within this off-the-rails college basketball season? Dan Hurley’s undaunted team has won 13 in a row overall and six straight Big East road games — in a …

1 year, 2 months ago

Freshman Ashlynn Shade scores 21 to lead No. 9 UConn to a 12th straight victory, 88-51 over DePaul

Associated Press

STORRS, Conn. — UConn’s players made a statement on Saturday that there is more than one women’s basketball coach on the verge of making history. A day after Stanford gave Tara VanDerveer her record-tying 1,202nd win, UConn routed DePaul 88-51 to give coach Geno Auriemma his 1,996th victory in the race to become the winningest coach in college basketball history. …

1 year, 2 months ago

College basketball power rankings: UConn justifies top spot, and Seton Hall debuts

New York Times

Read The Athletic’s latest college basketball power rankings. Faithful Power Rankings readers will know that we’ve been harping on KU’s “depth” — or as we put it last week, “lack of any production whatsoever from the supporting cast” — since the season began. — Marks Last week: 9 Who among us hasn’t wondered at some point over the last four …

1 year, 2 months ago

No. 13 UConn women beat Providence for the 34th straight time

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! UConn opened the game on a 24-4 run, with 10 points from Nika Muhl and eight by Arnold, as Providence turned it over 13 times in seven minutes. Shade made UConn’s fifth 3-pointer with 6:32 remaining in the second quarter, while Providence had only four …

1 year, 2 months ago

Bueckers’ 24 leads No. 12 UConn women to an easy 94-50 Big East win over No. 21 Creighton

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 12 UConn crushed its second straight ranked conference opponent and its fourth Top 25 team, rolling to a 94-50 win over No. UConn made 11 of 14 shots in the first quarter compared to 4 of 15 for the Bluejays and the Huskies led 27-14. …

1 year, 4 months ago

After record season, women’s college basketball returns with stars Reese and Clark set for encore

Associated Press

Coming off a record year in terms of popularity and buzz, women’s college basketball is back with even more intrigue. Defending champion LSU has reloaded behind Angel Reese for a run at back-to-back national titles while Iowa’s Caitlin Clark returns with the NCAA scoring record in her reach. Clark, last season’s AP player of the year, is 810 points away …

1 year, 11 months ago

UConn wins March Madness with 76-59 smothering of SDSU

Associated Press

HOUSTON — After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of April, it finally became clear there was only one thing that could stop the UConn Huskies. “We knew we were the best team in the tournament going in, and we just had to play to our level,” said Dan Hurley, who joined …

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