NCAA women's basketball Archives

ABC secures third most-watched NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game ever

The UConn Huskies' convincing win averaged 8.5 million viewers across ABC and ESPN.

Tennessee WBB coach Kim Caldwell on blown lead: ‘My grandma texted and said, ‘What happened?”

"Nothing like blowing an 18-point lead. My grandma texted and said 'What happened?', and I said 'It was a terrible halftime speech.'"

‘Nobody f***ing cares, man’ – Syracuse WBB coach Felisha Legette-Jack blasts lack of fan support

"I'm trying to get our kids to understand we've got to be so locked in to us that we don't see that the fan base is like 12 people here."

Ken Carman: ‘Bored to tears’ by NCAA men’s final compared with women’s tourney

"The race issue, the women vs. men issue that was there, obviously it being in Cleveland ... that all being there. And then in the men's game ... I had nothing."

Dawn Staley, Lisa Bluder asked about transgender women inclusion at press conferences

"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play. That's my opinion."

Aliyah Boston earns praise for ESPN debut: ‘Such a natural’

"Aliyah Boston has a future in sports broadcasting if she wants it."

John Skipper predicts NCAA women’s basketball tourney popularity will hold, praises ESPN rights deal

"I think this is going to become a phenomenon year after year."

Iowa-LSU averages 12.3 million viewers, most-watched women’s college basketball game ever

Iowa-LSU set incredible viewership numbers for ESPN.

ESPN used an Iowa State logo over a Caitlin Clark image at the end of an Ohio State-Iowa video

An ESPN video promoting Ohio State-Iowa ended with a shot of Caitlin Clark and the Iowa State logo.

‘College GameDay’ heading to Iowa City for Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes’ rematch with Ohio State

The Buckeyes came away with a 100-94 overtime victory in the thrilling first meeting between the teams on Jan. 21.

Jess Sims takes ESPN men’s CBB role as Holly Rowe shifts focus to women’s game

"I am beyond thrilled to be back on the court for the biggest games each week."

Caitlin Clark signs NIL deal with Gatorade, releases ‘You Can Too’ commercial

Clark said this deal is about how she and other NCAA athletes can "build something of our own off the court."

Ex-ESPN exec Carol Stiff questions selling NCAA WBB separately: ‘The value for the whole is much stronger together.’

"Who’s going to do for those championships what ESPN has done, not just in the championships, but in the regular season as well? Do not undervalue the thousands of hours produced on ABC/ESPN networks."

NCAA selling women’s basketball tournament media rights separately ‘seems like a certainty’

It appears the NCAA women's basketball tournament will be sold on its own going forward.

While some say dynasties are bad for sports, the ratings say otherwise

There’s no solid evidence from a viewership standpoint to suggest that dynasties and dominance are bad for the game.

Diana Taurasi wants to hear fewer comparisons to men during women’s basketball broadcasts

"I think it's just a lack of education and research, really."

Dawn Staley pushes back on media narratives, criticisms for South Carolina’s playing style

"We're not bar fighters. We're not thugs. We're not monkeys. We're not street fighters."

Longtime reporter Holly Rowe re-signs with ESPN

“I feel like I am living my best life and I am so grateful to ESPN for letting me keep doing this.”

SportsCenter’s Randy Scott defends himself from accusations of misogyny over viral clip lacking context

Full context can change an entire story.

Rebecca Lobo signs multi-year extension with ESPN as lead women’s basketball analyst

Lobo will continue her since-2004 run with ESPN.

ACC Network strikes deal with Raycom to carry WBB and baseball tournament games that had been on Bally Sports South

"This is a significant moment that will enhance these premier events and provide much-needed access to our fans. We appreciate ESPN, Raycom Sports and Bally for mutually agreeing to make this happen."

Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird had fun with the Gamecocks nickname on ESPN’s MegaCast

"It’s a game of inches, ask the Cocks"

Hailey Van Lith channeled Kobe Bryant for an epic postgame interview

"He would say ‘go f***ing win this sh*t Hailey!'"

Until NCAA sells women’s tournament as solo TV deal, changes mostly seen as window dressing

“I think really the bottom line is it’s a television package and it’s a unit structure. When that happens, then we’ll know it’s serious.”