rivalry

Cal head coach Charmin Smith gestures with both hands in front of her as she speaks at a podium during ACC media days.

Cal and Charmin Smith make a statement in win over Stanford

By Michelle Smith / December 14, 2024

Smith: ‘I’m happy to beat Stanford and I’m gonna act like it, because that’s a really good team’

A close-up photo of Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo smiling. The text "Notre Dame vs. UConn" 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: Takeaways from Notre Dame’s win over UConn

By The Next / December 14, 2024

Adler: ‘Hidalgo and Miles, their chemistry together is insane’

Texas forward Madison Booker is shown in profile. She yells in celebration after a basket.

Vic Schaefer is confident ahead of Texas’ maiden SEC voyage

By Isa Almeida / September 7, 2024

Plus, good news on Rori Harmon’s recovery

Vols head coach Kellie Harper and forward Jillian Hollingshead high five

NC State vs. Tennessee is a reluctant battle of old friends Wes Moore, Kellie and Jon Harper

By Gabriella Lewis / March 25, 2024

‘We’ve avoided playing each other in the regular season’

Minnesota Lynx forward Natalie Achonwa holds the ball and looks for a handoff near the elbow as Washington Mystics center/forward Shakira Austin defends. Mystics guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough guards an off-camera Lynx player near the corner.

‘This is my day’: How going head-to-head in Israel helped Washington Mystics players raise their games

By Jenn Hatfield / May 12, 2023

Shakira Austin, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Jazmine Jones all starred on top Israeli League teams

UCLA head coach Cori Close gives a thumbs up on the sidelines.

Coaches put state of women’s basketball at the forefront in latest chapter of UCLA-USC rivalry

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / December 16, 2022

UCLA’s Cori Close and USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb want their teams’ rivalry to be the hottest ticket in Los Angeles

‘I love a good rivalry’: How the Ivy League Tournament final foreshadowed even more to come

By Jenn Hatfield / March 13, 2022

Princeton wins again, but much of the league is young and primed to build on tournament experience

Game of rivals: The side stories within Chicago Sky versus Minnesota Lynx

By Alison Moran-Powers / September 25, 2021

A coach facing his former boss, former SEC rivals and a split series this season all add intrigue to this second-round playoff matchup

UConn and Tennessee extend Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series

By Sara Stanley / June 4, 2021

Renewed rivalry between the Lady Vols and the Huskies allow new stories to be added to illustrious history