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Why Aren't Women's Basketball Fans Following Their Players To The Pros?

We got next. That was the WNBA’s promotional slogan during its first official season of play, two decades ago in 1997. In essence, players were asking the NBA to step aside and let them have a turn on the hardwood to showcase their basketball acumen. No one knew how long the league would last.

NCAA Women's Basketball All-Time Top Scorer Kelsey Plum Goes No. 1 In The WNBA Draft

Surprising absolutely no one, Kelsey Plum went to the San Antonio Stars tonight as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft.

The Stars Of Women's Basketball's First Dynasty Just Want To Be Remembered

On April 2, the 2017 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class was announced. Among the inductees were basketball luminaries like Tracy McGrady and Rebecca Lobo, and lesser-known figures like Robert Hughes, the all-time winningest high school boys basketball coach. Failing to make the cut were the Wayland…

Mississippi State OT Buzzer-Beater Downs UConn, Ends 111-Game Winning Streak

UConn is out of the NCAA tournament and its 111-game winning streak is over after Morgan William hit a buzzer-beater at the end of overtime to send Mississippi State to the women’s championship game by the score of 66-64.

Geno Auriemma On Decrease In Female Basketball Coaches: Ladies Just Don't Want To Coach, Duh

The number of female coaches at women’s basketball programs has been decreasing in recent years, just as has been the case for women’s sports at large over the past several decades. While 63 percent of women’s basketball teams had female coaches in 2007-08, that figure has now fallen to 56 percent less than a decade…

Siri, Unaware Women Play Four Quarters Of Basketball, Convinced Every Game Is Double-OT

NCAA women’s basketball switched from halves to quarters two years ago, but Siri didn’t get the notice. Ask Apple’s digital assistant for a women’s tournament score, and she’ll excitedly inform you that the game was a thriller—going to double overtime.

Here Is The Women's NCAA Tournament Bracket

The women’s NCAA tournament bracket is set. Here’s a printable PDF for you to download.

Baylor's Kim Mulkey Spent The Week Trying To Convince Everyone She's Sorry

Kim Mulkey, the head coach of Baylor’s women’s basketball team, is very sorry that she advised violence against hypothetical parents expressing concern about the school’s epic mismanagement of a reported 52 rapes over four years committed by football players.

Washington's Kelsey Plum Drops 57 To Become NCAA Women's Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer

With a 57-point barrage against a fledgling Utah squad, Washington senior guard Kelsey Plum passed Missouri State great Jackie Stiles to become the all-time leading scorer in women’s college basketball history with 3,397 career points. Stiles now sits in second place with 3,394 points, trailed by Brittney Griner’s…

Baylor's Kim Mulkey: Knock Parents Concerned About Sexual Assault Scandal "Right In The Face"

Today was senior day for the Baylor women’s basketball team, and rather than spending her time at the mic focused solely on her soon-departing players, head coach Kim Mulkey took a different route.

Maybe Not The Best Time To Tie Your Shoe

The Northwestern women’s basketball team hosted and beat Rutgers tonight, which is all well and good, but guard Ashley Deary still produced the lowlight of the night.

UConn Huskies Complete Another 90-Game Winning Streak

The UConn women’s basketball program is so perennially dominant that its only real competition at this point is past iterations of Geno Auriemma’s team. The current Huskies proved they’re still the best in basketball Tuesday night with their 90th-consecutive win—an NCAA record matched only by the UConn women of…

UConn's Women's Basketball Still Hasn't Lost A Game Since 2014

We need a word that multiplies the impact of the word “juggernaut” to describe the UConn women’s basketball team. Last night, the Huskies won their 87th consecutive game with a 87-81 win over fourth-ranked Maryland. That puts the team only three wins away from breaking their previous win streak record of 90 games between 2008 and 2010, teams led by Maya Moore.