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Recruiting: Top risers, emerging stars and new faces in the first rankings

With the first recruiting rankings of this cycle here, we take a look at the top players in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 classes and who will be the next to rise the ranks.

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AURIEMMA INKS FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION

The numbers behind Geno Auriemma's extension with UConn

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TEAMS THAT CAN CONTEND

Way-Too-Early Top 25: Transfers, coaching changes shake up rankings

South Carolina remains No. 1, but USC and UCLA are climbing, while Stanford and Oregon State dropped out.

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OFFSEASON OF CHANGE

Bluder leaves Iowa: Coaching changes for 2024-25

ESPN is tracking all of the 2024-25 coaching carousel moves in women's college basketball throughout the offseason.

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