Nicki Collen

USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb looks up

Stock up: Which women’s college basketball coaches have impressed the most?

By Emily Adler / December 24, 2023

Four coaches who’ve exceeded expectations and set their teams up for success

Graphic with side-by-side photos of Nicki Collen and Howard Megdal. Text overlay reads "Beware of Baylor."

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Baylor head coach Nicki Collen talks Big 12 title hopes, Sarah Andrews

By The Next / November 1, 2023

Howard and Nicki discuss the upcoming season and improved depth on the Bears’ roster

A referee holds a ball in the 2023 Final Four. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra)

Inside the NCAA’s new women’s basketball rules for 2023-24 season

By Cameron Ruby / June 9, 2023

Rule changes target flopping, reduce restricted area and open door for more replays

Connecticut Sun rookies get crash course in leap from college to WNBA

By Jacqueline LeBlanc / May 1, 2023

Morris, Bickle quickly get up to speed in fight for final roster spot(s)

Inside UConn’s Sweet Sixteen-clinching victory

By Tee Baker / March 21, 2023

Huskies advance to 29th consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance

FGCU head coach Karl Smesko addresses his team.

Karl Smesko: College basketball’s ultimate mad scientist, philosopher and professor

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / January 12, 2023

A look inside one of the most innovative programs in college basketball

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Baylor head coach Nicki Collen talks Bears, Brittney Griner and more 

By The Next / November 23, 2022

Howard and coach Nicki Collen chat about the Bears — Brittney Griner’s legacy and more

Baylor

Baylor reloads in the transfer portal

By Tyler DeLuca / May 8, 2022

The Bears bring in three transfers in Nicki Collen’s first full offseason as head coach

NaLyssa Smith posts up a defender outside the paint

Daily Briefing — March 1, 2022: Better than the average Bears

By Emily Adler / March 1, 2022

And your Power 5 awards, awarded