Photo: USA Basketball USA Basketball Gears Up for 2024 FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series USA Basketball unveiled the two teams that will compete at the 2024 FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series in Springfield, MA. The event is set to take place on April 23-24 at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Team USA The Team USA roster
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Photo: USA Basketball USA Basketball revealed the 2024 USA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team after a training camp spanning three days in Brooklyn, New York. The team is set to participate in the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, scheduled to take place in Antwerp, Belgium from February 8 to 11. Five-time Olympic champion Diana
Dallas, TX – The 2023 Final Four. Photo © Hoopfeed, all rights reserved. The NCAA and ESPN sealed a $920 million, eight-year partnership that will give the sports network exclusive domestic rights to the Division I women’s basketball tournament and 39 other championships. For years, fans and media have criticized the sports body for being
The NCAA is adding another postseason women’s tournament to its lineup. The organization announced the launch of the 32-team Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament for 2024. The event will be completely owned and funded by the NCAA. There are already two independent postseason tournaments that have robust participation: The 64-team WNIT and the eight-team Women’s Basketball
From Baylor: Ahead of Wednesday’s Phoenix Mercury game against the Dallas Wings, the Baylor women’s basketball team visited with former BU star Brittney Griner and presented her with a commemorative frame featuring the BG42 patch that the Bears wore on their jerseys during the 2022-23 season. Photos courtesy of Baylor Athletics.
Only four games remain in the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season, as the competition’s Final Four (postseason semifinals) tips-off Friday, pitting Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding against Beretta Famila Schio and CBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld against ZVVZ USK Praha. The winners will then meet for the EuroLeague Women Championship on Sunday with a third-place game also being held
Continuing a fun tradition he started during his presidency, Barack Obama filled out a bracket for the NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Tournament. Here are his picks! Large PDF Version
EuroLeague Women MVP candidates Alyssa Thomas and Stephanie Mavunga will meet as ZVVZ USK Praha (7-2) clashes with BC Polkowice (7-2) for the second time in group play. It will be just one of the week’s eight games spread out across Wednesday, Jan. 25 and Thursday, Jan. 26. According to a FIBA panel of experts,
The moment EuroLeague Women fans have been waiting for has arrived. Turkish basketball club Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding, which loaded up on international talent following a disappointing end to the 2021-22 season, welcomed Breanna Stewart to its roster during the competition’s brief mid-winter hiatus. Satou Sabally, who has starred for Fenerbahçe since the 2020-21 season, also
Throughout the course of a EuroLeague Women season, it’s not uncommon to see players — Americans and/or “imports,” in particular — switch teams. This can happen for a variety of reasons, given the volatile nature of overseas contracts, and can always be relied on to create a bit of drama as the season progresses. The
Turkish club Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding, which was widely expected to compete for a EuroLeague Women championship entering the 2022-23 season, got off to a slow start in group play, but things are now starting to look up. The Turkish club won its first game of the season last week, scoring nearly 100 points against Greek
Two weeks into the group play phase of the 2022-23 EuroLeague Women season, we’ve already had plenty of dramatic moments. Arella Guirantes’ buzzer-beating, left-handed scoop shot that lifted DVTK-Hun-Therm (1-1) past Kangoeroes Mechelen (0-2) was among the top plays of Week 2, and, depending on how the rest of group play shakes out, it could
Lisa Peterson Ahead of the 2022-23 season, the NCAA’s DI women’s basketball committee announced new leadership. The Pac-12’s Lisa Peterson is the new chair of the committee. Jill Shields of Kansas State will serve as vice chair. Amy Folan of Central Michigan and Josh Heird of Louisville will fill two open positions. From an NCAA
Serbia gave the USA a good scare in the first quarter, ending it only down by two. America got its act together and cruised to victory, 88-55, thanks to a stout defensive performance in the second and third quarters, where they gave up a grand total of 17 points. Alyssa Thomas had 13 points, 14
W.N.B.A. players, with a maximum base salary of about $230,000, earn far less than their millionaire counterparts in the N.B.A., making marketing dollars even more important. The W.N.B.A. has a pool of $1 million that it must spend on marketing deals for players, and each team has to spend between $50,000 and $100,000 per year
Women’s Super League star Ona Batlle and Manchester City-bound duo Leila Ouahabi and Laia Aleixandri have made Spain’s final squad for the 2022 European Championship. Spain coach Jorge Vilda also initially made the surprising decision to include the uncapped Salma Paralluelo, 18, who has shone for Villarreal. Paralluelo is also a sprinter who has starred
USA Basketball revealed the 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team. The 12-team squad came from a pool of 40 players who underwent six days of trials. The team is set to compete at the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, from July 9-17. 2022 USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team Name Age*
Just Women’s Sports (JWS) launched it’s second annual Pride Collection Wednesday, the first day of Pride Month. The collection features a T-shirt ($40) and a hoodie ($65), both with “Love who you want and watch women’s sports” written on the front and back. You can buy them here and know that 50 percent of the
Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has a spot for a prominent Democratic Party activist LeBron James on his hypothetical basketball team. But there’s a catch – Trump only wants James if he opts to change genders. “I’ll say this to LeBron James who I don’t like very much. I’ll say, ‘LeBron, did
C. Vivian Stringer. Photo © Charles Hallman. Women’s basketball legend and Rutgers head coach C.Vivian Stringer announced Saturday morning that she is retiring from coaching basketball. The pioneer in the game who accrued 1,055 wins in her career, will step down from her current position effective on Sept. 1, 2022. The Hall of Famer’s career
The NCAA announced violations in three Ohio State athletic programs including women’s basketball. According to the organization, a “former women’s basketball associate head coach violated ethical conduct rules when they did not meet their obligation to fully cooperate with an investigation.” The program underwent a Title IX investigation in June 2019 which led to an
South Carolina won the 2022 NCAA championship this past weekend, and if you’ve been listening to Triple Threat this season, that result should come as no surprise. This was the best team all year from start to finish, with the best player in the country in Aliyah Boston, and the deserving champion of the NCAA
The field is set for the 2022 NCAA Women’s Final Four. All four teams are in a familiar spot, with three of the fours teams making the semifinals just a year ago. The Women’s Final Four will showcase some of the most dominant women’s college basketball programs and players in the country. The No.2-seeded UConn
Another epic day of NCAA Tournament basketball. Let’s get into it. Let’s hear it for the no. 10 seeds Creighton got the day started with the biggest upset of the weekend so far, upending No. 2 Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. National player of the year candidate Caitlin Clark was held to her lowest point total
Welcome to 2022 March Madness! Two 10-seeds got the upset train rolling Friday, as South Dakota and Creighton took down Ole Miss and Colorado, respectively. The experienced Coyotes, in their third-straight tournament, shined in a 75-61 win over the Rebels, as South Dakota had no problem getting whatever shots it wanted on offense. Meanwhile, the
Continuing a fun tradition he started during his presidency, Barack Obama filled out a brack for the NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Tournament. Here are his picks! The post Barack Obama’s 2022 Women’s March Madness Bracket appeared first on Hoopfeed.com.
The final full week of the 2021-22 EuroLeague Women regular season is upon us, and the competition has saved the best for last: A match between UMMC Ekaterinburg (12-0) and Perfumerias Avenida (10-2). “Best,” of course, is somewhat subjective, but Ekaterinburg and Avenida currently have the best and second-best records in EuroLeague Women, respectively. Both
With just two weeks remaining in the 2021-22 EuroLeague Women regular season, the playoff picture is becoming clearer, but there’s still much to be decided — both on and off the court. While we’re currently in Week 13 of the 14-week regular season, the competition is still due to make up games from as early
Kansas State center Ayoka Lee broke a 35-year-old record on Sunday, scoring 61 points, the most in a Division I women’s college basketball game, while leading her team to a 94-65 victory over No. 14 Oklahoma in Manhattan, Kan. She was 5 points short of scoring more than the opposing team. “It’s crazy,” Lee, a
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 12 finalists for the Class of 2022 induction into its Hall of Fame. The 12 finalists: Debbie Antonelli (Contributor) Alice “Cookie” Barron (Veteran Player) Evelyn Blalock (Coach) Cathy Boswell (Player) Doug Bruno (Coach) Becky Hammon (Player) Donna Lopiano (Contributor) Lisa Mattingly (Official) DeLisha Milton-Jones (Player) Paul Sanderford