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Recruiting: Top risers, emerging stars and new faces in the first rankings
With the first recruiting rankings of this cycle here, we take a look at the top players in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 classes and who will be the next to rise the ranks.
Recruiting rankings: Final top 25 classes
We break down the final top 25 recruiting classes in women's basketball this season.
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LGBTQIA+ college athletes cashing in on NIL deals
For some out queer athletes, NIL lets them balance LGBTQIA+ advocacy and brand messages.
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AURIEMMA INKS FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION
The numbers behind Geno Auriemma's extension with UConn
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Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' could be the next great sports anthem
Compton rapper's hit song is taking over stadiums across the country.
OFFSEASON OF CHANGE
Bluder leaves Iowa: Coaching changes for 2024-25
ESPN is tracking all of the 2024-25 coaching carousel moves in women's college basketball throughout the offseason.
Way-Too-Early Top 25: Transfers, coaching changes shake up rankings
South Carolina remains No. 1, but USC and UCLA are climbing, while Stanford and Oregon State dropped out.
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Angel Reese embraces former coach Kim Mulkey as Sky take on Mystics
Angel Reese reunites with her family and Kim Mulkey as the Chicago Sky take on the Washington Mystics near Reese's hometown of Baltimore.
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WNBA rookie rankings: Why this year's No. 1 draft pick isn't No. 1 right now
Where do rookies such as Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark rank almost a quarter way through the 40-game season?
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- Iowa's Ava Jones retiring from college basketball
- UConn extends coach Auriemma on 5-year deal
- Walker to return for final season at S. Carolina
- Yormark: Big 12 'relevant,' to share record $470M
- SEC's Sankey confident D-I can operate together
- NCAA, states agree in transfer lawsuit settlement
- Jayhawks reward AD Goff with lucrative deal
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Growing the game is Caitlin Clark's greatest legacy
In captivating everyone from hoops fanatics to non-sports fans, Caitlin Clark has grown women's college basketball like no player before her.
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Where do Gamecocks rank among undefeated D-I champions?
South Carolina capped a 38-0 season to become the 10th unbeaten women's team in NCAA D-I history. Where do the Gamecocks rank among the rest?
