Lucy Olsen

Jasmine Bascoe smiles and celebrates with teammates

Villanova’s Jasmine Bascoe has risen to the occasion

By Tee Baker / March 9, 2025

All-BIG EAST freshman records double-double in tournament debut

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’

Sydney Affolter high-fives Hannah Stuelke on the court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa was bound to regress without Caitlin Clark, but this much?

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / January 31, 2025

The Hawkeyes sit at 4-6 and 15th in the Big Ten

Jan Jensen gestures her arms out after a foul was called on Iowa.

Iowa’s struggles, Minnesota’s impressive play among early Big Ten surprises in 2025

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / January 15, 2025

The post-Caitlin Clark era has hit a brief rough patch

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