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Fairfield coach Carly Thibault, center, speaks with her team during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game, Feb. 8, 2024, in Fairfield, Conn. No. 25 Fairfield earned its first-ever ranking last week and became the eighth team to run through conference play undefeated. The Stags have a 26-game winning streak and their lone loss came to Vanderbilt, which is on the NCAA bubble. If Fairfield makes it to the final of the tournament on Saturday, March 16, 2024, and loses they might still have a shot to get an at-large bid. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

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Bubble teams watch mid-major women's tournaments, hoping against upsets and potential loss of bids
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Tue,03/12/24-1:12AM , 138 Reads
With most of the major conference tournaments finished, there are some anxious teams waiting to see if their names will be called for the NCAA Tournament on Sunday when the field is announced.
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LSU forward Amani Bartlett (2), guard Mikaylah Williams (12), forward Angel Reese (10), guard Hailey Van Lith (11), and guard Kateri Poole (55) sing the school alma mater after an NCAA college basketball exhibition game against East Texas Baptist, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

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Transfer portal changes equation for women's coaches, who used to build dynasties on prep recruits
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Tue,10/31/23-1:58PM , 211 Reads
Louisville coach Jeff Walz succinctly summed up how quickly the college basketball world has evolved over the last few years while his team was playing at the Seattle Regional last spring.

“You’ve got Selection Sunday and Portal Monday,” he said.
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Old Dominion women's basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson smiles in Norfolk, Va. May 31, 2017. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and former ABL MVP Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women's basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school confirmed her death, although the cause of her passing was not immediately known. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot, File via AP)

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Olympic gold-medalist, former South Carolina assistant Nikki McCray-Penson dies at 51
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Fri,07/07/23-11:07AM , 488 Reads
Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51.

McCray-Penson was an assistant women's basketball coach at Rutgers last season and the school on Friday confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.
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Louisville guard Hailey Van Lith (10) passes the basketball during the second quarter of the team's Sweet 16 college basketball game against Mississippi in the women's NCAA Tournament in Seattle, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Caean Couto)

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March Madness: Louisville tops Ole Miss 72-62 in Sweet 16
By DOUG FEINBERG - AP Basketball Writer
Fri,03/24/23-11:26PM , 808 Reads
SEATTLE (AP) — Hailey Van Lith put on a show in her home state to get Louisville back to a familiar place — the Elite Eight.

Van Lith scored 21 points to help the fifth-seeded Cardinals beat No. 8 seed Mississippi 72-62 on Friday night and advance to the final of the Seattle 4 Region.
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