Lucy Olsen

The UConn Huskies starters sit on the bench waiting for the starting lineups to be announced.

UConn dominates Louisville, Tennessee intrigues as Iowa shows growing pains in Brooklyn

By Jackie Powell / December 8, 2024

What we learned from the first ever Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic at Barclays Center

UCLA center Lauren Betts fights for a rebound against USC center Clarice Akunwafo and USC guard JuJu Watkins.

2024-25 Big Ten preview

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / October 17, 2024

Four new teams, dozens of storylines in the new-look conference

A collage of nine pictures of top 2025 WNBA draft prospects: In the middle, UConn guard Paige Bueckers screams in celebration; surrounding her, from top-left clockwise: South Carolina guard Raven Johnson dribble around an Iowa defender; UCLA forward Janiah Barker holds the ball out in one outstreched arm at the top of a crossover; NC State guard Saniya Rivers dribbles between her legs while looking toward the paint; Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles dribbles up the court; Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron holds her shot release while turning to jog back up the court in front of a full audience; Slovenian forward Ajsa Sivka moves up the court; South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao reaches in to deflect the ball from an Iowa player's dribble; Stanford big Kiki Iriafen holds the ball above her head in midair to release a jump shot over the extended arm of a defender.

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2025 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / October 14, 2024

The most detailed 2025 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

Iowa women's basketball head coach Jan Jensen

Jan Jensen opens new era for Iowa women’s basketball

By Angie Holmes / October 13, 2024

New head coach looks forward to another sold-out season

Lucy Olsen is ranked third nationally in scoring at 23.6 points per game (Photo credit: Villanova Athletics)

Driven and determined, Lucy Olsen enjoys life as Villanova’s leader

By Rob Knox / March 27, 2024

With Maddy Siegrist in the WNBA, Lucy Olsen has helped Villanova keep the winning times going

South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley gets a step on her defender and elevates for a right-handed layup.

The nastiest, filthiest, most lethal handles of the 2023-24 college season

By Emily Adler / March 3, 2024

Yes, JuJu Watkins and MiLaysia Fulwiley show up a lot

Seton Hall head coach Tony Bozzella is pictured in a suit and tie holding a BIG EAST-branded basketball. He is standing against a shimmering black and gold backdrop.

BIG EAST notebook: Tony Bozzella reaches 500 wins, Lucy Olsen is a baller

By Tee Baker / December 3, 2023

Top stories from around the conference

UConn guards Nika Mühl (left) and Caroline Ducharme (right) embrace during the final moments of UConn's 62-60 victory over Creighton on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo Credit / UConn Women's Basketball Twitter)

BIG EAST Tournament finals preview — Can the Wildcats take down the top dogs?

By Tee Baker / March 6, 2023

Villanova and UConn face off in the title game for a second consecutive season

Villanova is leaning on more than Maddy Siegrist for its success

By Kobe Mosley / February 8, 2023

Wildcats’ Olsen and Dalce are both adding to Villanova’s success this season