NCAA history

TCU guard Hailey Van Lith dribbles the ball with her right hand, looks straight ahead and points to her left with her left hand to direct her teammates.

How Hailey Van Lith led TCU to first Elite Eight in program history

By Hunter Cruse / March 29, 2025

Madison Conner: ‘She’s been at an Elite Eight every year in college; that’s a testament to how hard she works’

Columbia players are wearing white warmup shirts as they stand in a huddle. They each extend an arm up and toward the center of the circle.

Love, experience guide Columbia to first-ever NCAA Tournament win

By Jenn Hatfield / March 21, 2025

A win looked improbable at halftime, but composure and a speech rooted in love got the Lions there

Harvard guard Harmoni Turner puts a Harvard sticker on the Ivy League Tournament bracket after winning the event. Behind her, her teammates cheer and hold up mini "tickets" celebrating their qualification for the NCAA Tournament.

How the Ivy League earned, and reacted to, a historic three NCAA Tournament berths

By Jenn Hatfield / March 17, 2025

Princeton’s Carla Berube: ‘We’re thrilled, but we’re not shocked or surprised’

Cindy Haugejorde shoots for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 1970s.

Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa’s first star, reflects on her journey and the evolution of women’s sports

By Angie Holmes / February 1, 2025

Haugejorde is proud of her role in Hawkeye history

Monterey head coach Jill Schneider claps from the sideline of a basketball game.

Despite dashed Olympic dreams, Jill Schneider’s legacy is golden

By Tee Baker / November 9, 2024

The coach behind the nation’s No. 1 recruit, Aaliyah Chavez

A close-up photo of UConn's Paige Bueckers showing her straight on, slightly bent over and looking in front of her. The text "Paige Bueckers is a Rare Gem" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked On Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: How rare gems in Minnesota helped build pro women’s basketball

By The Next / May 10, 2024

‘These are shining examples that have helped lead us … to where we are now’

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark drives on the perimeter with her right hand against DePaul guard Anaya Peoples.

‘Women’s sports is at a different level right now’: Sights and sounds from a record-setting Iowa-DePaul exhibition game

By Angie Holmes / October 16, 2023

Over 55,000 fans packed Kinnick Stadium on Sunday

Kathy DeBoer, Suzy Merchant and Karen Langeland pose for a photo after DeBoer and Langeland were inducted into the Michigan State Athletics' Hall of Fame. DeBoer and Langeland are wearing green Michigan State jackets and Merchant is wearing a black top and black blazer.

Former WBL player Kathy DeBoer has always fought for women’s sports

By Tee Baker / August 26, 2023

In her dual-sport career, DeBoer filed a Title IX lawsuit as a college student, played professional basketball and coached college volleyball

The WNIT logo with a blurred out basketball hoop in the foreground. A ball goes through the hoop, which is placed just over the "W" in WNIT.

The Morning Post-Up, Vol. 1 — NCAA explores second postseason tournament in the wake of gender equity report

By Isabel Rodrigues / October 3, 2022

Plus: U23 3×3 World Cup kicks off in Budapest and a new Nigerian invitational tournament Crowns its first winner

The Villanova women's basketball team poses for a photograph upon clinching a spot in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. (Source / Villanova WBB Twitter)

Daily Briefing — Feb. 10, 2022: UCON’T WIN THEM ALL — Villanova ends longest DI conference win streak

By Emily Adler / February 10, 2022

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