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Tina Charles runs towards the camera smiling.

Tina Charles is ready to be back in Connecticut

By Gabby Alfveby / February 6, 2025

Charles: ‘When the opportunity came around for me to potentially return back to Connecticut, it was a no brainer’

A basketball and trophy are displayed at the 2022 Big South basketball media days in Charlotte, N.C. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

Gardner-Webb remaining silent as head coach Scott Merritt is dismissed

By Mitchell Northam / February 6, 2025

After less than two seasons on the job in the Big South, Scott Merritt is out as Gardner-Webb’s head basketball coach

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Hull and Stevens talk Unrivaled

By The Next / February 6, 2025

Stevens: ‘It’s … so cool to get to play with players that have [so] much experience’

Four Niagara women's basketball players (in black) huddle around each other while freshman guard Nevaeh Otis (No. 1, center) looks to her right and has her hands on her hips. (Photo credit: Demetrius Kazanas).

How Niagara is trying to find silver linings in its one-win season

By Ben Yeargin / February 6, 2025

Pierce: ‘We’re learning lessons here, and we just got to start to figure it out and put it together’

Kim Caldwell puts a hand on Talaysia Cooper's left shoulder

SEC notebook: UConn-Tennessee clash in battle of bluebloods, ranked tests for Texas, things we learned in Week 5 

By Wilton Jackson / February 6, 2025

Caldwell: ‘[Tennessee-UConn] took over your whole week when that game was on the schedule’

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Brionna Jones and Brittney Griner hold up the back of their new Atlanta Dream jerseys during their introductory press conference.

Atlanta Dream’s free agent signings signal a ‘monumental’ moment for franchise

By Wilton Jackson / February 6, 2025

Dan Padover: ‘The home run is here’

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Danielle Robinson on the path ahead

By The Next / February 5, 2025

Robinson: ‘I started looking at what drove me, and what brought me joy … and that was relationships’

Alabama State's Cordasia Harris goes to the basket in a February 2024 game against the University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff. (Photo credit: David Campbell/Alabama State University

Alabama State’s board boss, Cordasia Harris, is always dressed to dominate

By Rob Knox / February 5, 2025

Alabama State head coach Freeman Jackson: ‘She’s always been a double-double machine’

Kansas State players high-five each other on the court.

The Weekly Fast Break: Honoring royalty

By Missy Heidrick / February 5, 2025

Conference showdowns, record-setting games and clean sweeps

New York Liberty guard Courtney Vandersloot does a no-look pass while Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes watches with arms outstretched

Chicago Sky stack up on veterans in retooling effort

By Alissa Hirsh / February 5, 2025

Former franchise star Courtney Vandersloot returns along with Rebecca Allen and Kia Nurse