Before the women’s college basketball regular season concluded for major conferences on Sunday, the second Top 16 reveal, as determined by the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, was announced. The most significant mover since the first Top 16, revealed on Feb. 14, was Texas, the No. 4-ranked team in latest AP Top 25 poll […]
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Sunday is final day of the regular season for women’s college basketball’s Power Four conferences (plus the Big East). While the regular-season champs officially have been crowned in the Big Ten and SEC, a fight to finish with the highest seed possible, and thus earn first (and second) round byes, will be a priority for […]
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The first night of Unrivaled playoff action didn’t disappoint. Vinyl won in dramatic fashion, upsetting Laces. They celebrated on the court while their head coach, Teresa Weatherspoon, watched from the sidelines, beaming with pride. In the other matchup, Breeze took care of Rose easily, blowing them out, guaranteeing that there would be a new Unrivaled champion in […]
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Super-sophomore Olivia Olson started 8-for-8 from the field en route to 28 points that led her No. 8 Michigan Wolverines to an 87-69 statement win over the streaking No. 14 Maryland Terrapins Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor. The Terps had won six in a row, including road wins over No. 13 Ohio State and No. […]
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The 2026 Unrivaled regular season is the books, and before the playoffs tip off, the announced this year’s award winners. While the Most Valuable Player announcement is still to come, here’s who has captured the major hardware thus far: Here’s more on why these stars (and coaching star) were honored as Unrivaled’s very best. Defensive […]
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The 2026 Unrivaled Playoffs tip off on Saturday night with a pair of quarterfinal games. First, No. 6-seed Vinyl takes on No. 3-seed Laces at 8:30 p.m. ET, then No. 4-seed Breeze will challenge defending champions and No. 5-seed Rose at 9:45 p.m. ET. Both games will be broadcast on truTV. Which clubs will join […]
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There is quite a bit to talk about when looking back on No. 14 Maryland’s (23-6, 11-6 Big Ten) last two games, even though they were expected blowout wins over teams near the bottom of the Big Ten. The Terps defeated Purdue 99-66 last Sunday and Northwestern 79-57 on Wednesday. Each member of the rotation […]
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All six clubs played on Friday as Unrivaled’s 2026 regular season came to an end. We now say goodbye to the Lunar Owls and Hive and hello to a weekend that will decide who will make it to the semifinals and head to Brooklyn. Two of the teams, No. 1-seed Phantom and No. 2-seed Mist, […]
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No.9 Iowa fended off a tough challenge from the visiting Illinois, 82-78, in their last regular-season home game. It also marked the last game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for Hannah Stuelke, Taylor McCabe, Kylie Feuerbach and Jada Gyamfi, the four seniors who were the last remaining members of the two teams that made it to the […]
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The 2026 Unrivaled regular season concludes with a four-game Friday featuring two sessions. First up, Hive and Lunar Owls meet at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Mist and Vinyl at 2 p.m. ET. Both games will be broadcast on truTV. The evening session tips off with Rose and Phantom at 7:30 p.m. ET, with Breeze […]
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Spanish basketball club Casademont Zaragoza clinched a spot in the EuroLeague Women Final Six this week, defeating defending champions ZVVZ USK Praha in their play-in series and advancing to the postseason quarterfinals. The Zaragoza crowd was elated, and for good reason: Not only will their team be competing in the Final Six for the first […]
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On Tuesday, WNBPA members participated in a virtual meeting that was “spirited, passionate, and at times tough,” as described in a subsequent letter sent to union members by executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson. Front Office Sports’ Annie Costabile first reported on the meeting, identifying the primary point of tension as “the approach to a potential […]
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Since December, there may not have been a college basketball team hotter than Duke. Head coach Kara Lawson and the Blue Devils had won 17-straight games dating back to Dec. 7, clawing back into the AP Poll after an embarrassing 3-6 record to start the season. Given the height of their impressive peak, not many […]
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In the preseason, Vanderbilt was voted to finish seventh in the SEC by the media and eighth by coaches. The Commodores, instead, are on track for the best conference finish since 2008-09. If they complete their regular-season SEC schedule with two wins, Vanderbilt will close in second place at 11-3, trailing only first-place South Carolina. […]
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Athletes Unlimited four-week season flies by, as the finale already has arrived. And, AU might be poised for the most thrilling finish to a season in the league’s five-season history, as five players are in striking distance of the top of the Leaderboard, giving any one of the a credible chance of being the 2026 […]
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The EuroLeague Women play-ins may have just started, but they’ve already given fans plenty to cheer for. From Basket Landes’ massive comeback and near-upset of Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring or Casademont Zaragoza’s road victory over the defending EuroLeague champions ZVVZ USK Praha, last week’s series-opening games weren’t lacking for excitement, and there’s more on the way […]
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Jillian Archer’s college career spanned coast to coast. After spending her freshman season at nearby USC (2018-19), she transferred to Georgetown and suited up for the Hoyas for two seasons (2020-22) before finishing up with two season at St. John’s (2022-24). So she’s no stranger to traveling, which has benefitted her in a pro career […]
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On Monday, the WNBA informed the WNBPA and teams that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must be agreed to by March 10 to avoid a delayed start to the 2026 WNBA season, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou. Philippou writes, “It is thought to be the first deadline of sorts the league has provided players […]
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Unrivaled’s playoff picture is much clearer after Vinyl beat Lunar Owls, 75-68, on Monday night to claim the sixth and final playoff spot. While Vinyl’s win was the most important thing to happen in Unrivaled on Monday, there was another game on the schedule. Mist beat Breeze 95-70, putting them at No. 2 in the […]
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The victims of Sunday afternoon’s top-10 upsets slid a combined seven spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll, with Michigan and Louisville clinging to their top-10 statuses at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, as Duke dropped three spots to No. 12. Here’s how the rest of the top 25 shook out, with first-place […]
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Five of six Unrivaled playoff spots have been claimed. Monday night’s second game features two clubs who have guaranteed themselves as spot in the postseason, with Mist, currently the No. 3 seed, taking on No. 4-seed Breeze (8:45 p.m. ET, TNT/truTV). The playoff futures of the clubs that will open the evening’s action, Vinyl and […]
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The Point Gawd Chelsea Gray is known for her dazzling passes and her ability to be almost unguardable when she gets on a hot streak. On Sunday night, she delivered one of those kinds of performances, matching Marina Mabrey’s Unrivaled record for 3-pointers in a game with 10. The number is gaudy, but it was […]
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The 2025-26 women’s college basketball season will NOT smoothly slide into March. Instead, the second-to-last Sunday of the regular season for Power Four conferences sent a tremor through the top 10, as three top-10 teams were taken down. Here’s how Clemson, Virginia and No. 13 Iowa earned upsets over No. 9 Duke, No. 8 Louisville […]
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Last time, it took the WNBA approximately six weeks to respond to the mid-December collective bargaining agreement (CBA) proposal submitted by the WNBPA. This time around, the WNBA shared their response to the WNBPA’s latest counterproposal in three days. However, the league’s improved expeditiousness might as well be irrelevant, as the league did not address […]
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On Friday night, Hive kept their playoff hopes alive, defeating Rose in what became a high-scoring, back-and-forth Unrivaled showdown. On Sunday night, Hive can strengthen their once-improbably playoff prospects with their first two-game winning streak of the season, while Rose needs to return to the win column to solidify their playoff standing. And for that […]
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