Big Ten

The Washington bench celebrates

Big Ten Tournament notebook Day 1: Higher seeds advance

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / March 6, 2025

Washington, Iowa and Nebraska all advance to play again on Thursday

Lucy Olsen (33) scores for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Inside Lucy Olsen’s first — and only — year at Iowa

By Angie Holmes / March 4, 2025

Olsen: ‘Just from the start, it felt like family’

Minnesota forward Mallory Heyer holds the ball near her left hip with two hands and looks to make a move.

How Mallory Heyer has helped Minnesota take a step forward this season

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / March 3, 2025

Heyer is part of a recruiting class that stuck with Minnesota through a coaching change, and it’s paying off

USC's JuJu Watkins flashes a 3-point sign with her right hand.

Inside how USC slayed rival UCLA again, captured Big Ten title

By Cameron Ruby / March 3, 2025

Lindsay Gottlieb on JuJu Watkins, Kiki Iriafen: ‘They’re the best duo in the country’

Conference title check-ins: Final days of regular season

By Emily Adler / March 2, 2025

Assessing the regular season conference winners and tournament brackets across high- and mid-majors

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Watkins and Iriafen send shockwaves from USC

By The Next / February 15, 2025

Shafer: ‘JuJu is an absurd shot maker’

JuJu Watkins flexes after the USC trojans take the lead over the UCLA Bruins on February 13, 2025.

Sights and sounds from a crosstown, top-10 matchup in Los Angeles

By Cameron Ruby / February 14, 2025

Heroes, both expected and unexpected, propelled USC over UCLA

USC guard JuJu watkins contests a shot by UCLA center Lauren Betts in last year's cross-town rivalry.

USC and UCLA both beat Ohio State. How do they enter the crosstown matchup?

By Cameron Ruby / February 12, 2025

Gottlieb: ‘We want everyone clicking, we want everyone in a rhythm’

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Life in the Big Ten for the Oregon Ducks

By Julie Schreiber / February 10, 2025

Tannen: ‘[Graves] took over a program that was on life support’

Lauren Betts, wearing a white UCLA uniform, shoots a free throw.

Lauren Betts will return to UCLA for senior season, forgo 2025 WNBA Draft

By Sydney Wingfield / February 8, 2025

The 6’7 center wants to chase two national titles before turning pro