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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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Andscape roundtable: U.S. women's basketball Olympic roster takeaways
Talking starting fives, who's on deck, the women's hoops talent pool and more
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Andscape roundtable: U.S. women's basketball Olympic roster takeaways
Talking starting fives, who's on deck, the women's hoops talent pool and more
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- College athlete employment bill moves forward
- Sources: Big 12 mulls windfall for naming rights
- Baker: NCAA settlement adds pressure, certainty
- Duke's Lawson adds ex-teammate Elzy to staff
- Iowa's Ava Jones retiring from college basketball
- UConn extends coach Auriemma on 5-year deal
- Walker to return for final season at S. Carolina
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