UConn has capped its season at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll one day after winning its 12th national championship.

Women’s college basketball has been on the rise these last few years, riding the wave of iconic players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins.

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Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd didn’t even need much help from superstar Paige Bueckers to propel UConn into the national title game, leading the Huskies to a remarkably easy 85-51 victory over UCLA in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Cori Close of UCLA is The Associated Press Coach of the Year in women's basketball.

Lauren Betts had 17 points and seven rebounds despite spending the entire second quarter on the bench, and top overall seed UCLA reached its first Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 72-65 victory over LSU.

With back-to-back games of at least 30-plus points and 10 or more rebounds, UCLA center Lauren Betts certainly appears unstoppable.

The last perfect women’s NCAA Tournament has been busted.

AP All-America center Lauren Betts, Ayoka Lee and Sedona Prince are traditional post players.

There is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be.

Houston and Gonzaga will meet Saturday night for a spot in the Sweet 16.

Three No. 1 seeds will be in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Congratulations to the 12 teams left in the chase for the women’s Division I national championship.

UCLA is the top overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament.

UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Southern California have all stated their cases for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament with their stellar play this season.

Big Ten champion UCLA has jumped back to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.

Coach Cori Close challenged UCLA to arrive at the Big Ten Tournament as a tougher, more aggressive group than the one that lost to its dreaded rival, USC, last weekend.

UCLA center Lauren Betts and her teammates used a five-day break to dissect their flaws, make a few fixes and recommit themselves to beating No. 2 Southern California.

With their first regular season conference championship in 31 years in hand, Southern California will turn its attention to the Big Ten tournament.

JuJu Watkins had 30 points, five assists, three blocks and two steals for No. 4 Southern California an 80-67 victory over No. 2 UCLA.

JuJu Watkins scored 30 points and No. 4 Southern California defeated second-ranked UCLA 80-67 to clinch the program's first Big Ten regular-season title in its league debut.

The Big Ten probably didn't expect to have two West Coast schools dominate the women's basketball standings when the league opened its doors to UCLA and USC this season.

JuJu Watkins and Southern California have moved up to a No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament in the latest projections of the top teams.

The regular season titles in the four major conferences will come down to the final week of the season as league play wraps up this weekend.

Texas moved up to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 21 years after Notre Dame lost in overtime to N.

Notre Dame ascended to No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday, becoming the third team to reach that spot this season.

Notre Dame is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll for the first time since 2019.

UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame would be the No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament if it began now.

The unbeaten streak is over for UCLA.

JuJu Watkins broke out of a scoring slump with 38 points, helping sixth-ranked USC topple No. 1 UCLA 71-60 and further delivering on her goal of restoring the program to its earlier glory.

JuJu Watkins scored 38 points to lead sixth-ranked Southern California over No. 1 UCLA 71-60, handing the crosstown rival Bruins their first loss of the season.

Lauren Betts had 19 points and 14 rebounds, Gabriela Jaquez scored 17 and top-ranked UCLA pulled away from No. 8 Ohio State in the fourth quarter for a 65-52 victory on Wednesday night.

Lauren Betts is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week.

Vanderbilt is back in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 for the first time since 2014, ranked No. 23 this week.

Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67.

No. 2 South Carolina has picked up a first-place ballot in the women's AP Top 25 college basketball poll after cruising through the first three games of a five-game stretch against ranked teams.

This time UCLA coach Mick Cronin turned his disdain toward the officials.

Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 27 points and Maryland topped No. 22 UCLA 79-61 after Bruins coach Mick Cronin was ejected with 5:11 remaining.

UCLA coach Mick Cronin ripped into his players following the 22nd-ranked Bruins’ third loss in four games, saying they don’t give enough effort and lack toughness.

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each has seven teams ranked in the AP top 25 women’s basketball poll, including four apiece in the first 10.

Tennessee remains at No. 1 after a quiet holiday week in the AP Top 25.

The Rose Bowl between eighth-seeded Ohio State and top-seeded Oregon in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal has many subplots for Chip Kelly.

Michigan has gotten off to a strong start this season and the No. 23 Wolverines will try and close out 2024 with a big victory when they visit No. 4 USC on Sunday.

No. 14 Gonzaga meets No. 22 UCLA in the lone matchup of AP Top 25 teams for the Christmas holiday week.

The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza.

South Carolina, UCLA, Duke and Texas will play in a round-robin tournament in Las Vegas next year during Thanksgiving week.

Tennessee remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week, though Auburn has closed the gap at No. 2.

Tennessee is back in the AP Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll.

TCU has its best ranking ever in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll after a convincing win over Notre Dame.

UCLA, along with many other of the top teams, are heading to Thanksgiving tournaments in warm locations this week.

UCLA has earned the school's first No. 1 ranking in in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.

A wild weekend in Los Angeles set up for a new No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll when it’s released Monday.

UCLA women's coach Cori Close is preaching perspective after the fifth-ranked Bruins shocked No. 1 South Carolina.

Top-ranked South Carolina is feeling something it hasn't known in over 2 1/2 years.

Londynn Jones scored 15 points and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62.

Lauren Betts had 18 points and four blocks as No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Louisville 66-59 in the second match of a season-opening doubleheader in France.

A doubleheader in Paris is as good as it gets to open the women's college basketball season.

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.

LSU coach Brian Kelly says linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. has an anterior cruciate ligament injury that has ended what was expected to be his final season with the Tigers before entering the NFL draft.

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Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran University and UCLA.

Both Stanford and UCLA were emotional when it sunk in that they had finished the last game between Pac-12 softball teams before the league splits up.

Since helping the U.S. women’s gymnastics team win silver in Tokyo, Jordan Chiles has won gold at the World Championships and Pan American Games and become a champion collegiately at UCLA. Earlier this month, at the U.S. Classic in Hartford, Connecticut she had a strong showing, placing third in the all-around competition.

Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday.

Tensions are growing on the UCLA campus as law enforcement officers order a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators to disperse.

UCLA edge rusher Laiatu Latu was the first defensive player selected in the NFL draft, going No. 15 overall to Indianapolis to snap a record streak of 14 straight offensive players taken.

The Los Angeles Times has edited a column it published last week about the LSU women’s basketball team ahead of its game against UCLA following criticism from Tigers coach Kim Mulkey, who blasted it as sexist and hurtful.

Flau’jae Johnson had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Angel Reese put up her 26th double-double of the season and LSU beat UCLA 78-69 in the Sweet 16 to continue its quest for a second straight national title.

KJ Lewis scored 18 points, Caleb Love added 17 and No. 5 Arizona routed UCLA 88-65.

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA would be the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if it began now.

A U.S. stamp honoring John Wooden has been unveiled on the UCLA campus where he coached the Bruins to a record 10 national basketball championships in the 1960s and '70s.

Ohio State has climbed up the women's AP Top 25, moving up to No. 2 this week.

UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down after six seasons leading the Bruins to become offensive coordinator for Ohio State.

Bella Murekatete scored 20 points, Eleonora Villa added 18 and Washington State held on for a 85-82 victory over No. 2 UCLA despite All-Pac-12 guard Charlisse Leger-Walker suffering a knee injury during the second half.

It didn’t take long for Southern California’s Bronny James to make an impact in his first game against rival UCLA.

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Charisma Osborne scored 22 points and Lauren Betts added 20 as fifth-ranked UCLA overcame an early nine-point deficit to beat third-ranked Colorado 76-68 in the first top-five matchup in the country this season.

John Wooden was not effusive with praise.

Those last-second shots and breathtaking upsets that make the NCAA Tournament so great tend to get remembered the most by fans.

UCLA's star big men during a run of seven straight NCAA championships had a massive impact on the history of The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.

JuJu Watkins of USC is The Associated Press national player of the week in women's college basketball.

JuJu Watkins scored 32 points and No. 9 Southern California defeated second-ranked UCLA 73-65.

The AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll has been a mainstay for 75 years, but much like the game itself, it has evolved with the times.

Londynn Jones scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, and second-ranked UCLA defeated No. 6 USC 71-64 in a battle of unbeaten crosstown rivals Saturday, despite 27 points and 11 rebounds from JuJu Watkins at a sold-out Pauley Pavilion.

Southern California and most of women’s college basketball has been captivated by the early season success of undefeated USC and its freshman phenom JuJu Watkins.

South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday.

Lauren Betts had 22 points and 18 rebounds to help No. 2 UCLA beat 20th-ranked Florida State 95-78 on Sunday at the Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase.

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is The Associated Press Pac-12 offensive player of the year and UCLA's Laiatu Latu is the defensive player of the year.

UConn fell to its worst ranking in 30 years when the Huskies dropped to 17th in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll, The last time the Huskies were ranked this low was the second poll of the 1993-94 season when they were 18th.

A limited-edition stamp honoring the late UCLA basketball coach John Wooden will go on sale early next year.

Maryland’s 13-year run in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll has come to an end after a week that saw more chaos in the Top 25.

Oregon State and Washington State claim the actions of the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff in response to members announcing their intent to leave the conference show those departing schools relinquished their rights to decide the long-term future of the league.

LSU is ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 women's basketball poll for the first time in school history.

The first season of an 18-team, bicoastal Big Ten Conference will include Oregon hosting Ohio State, Penn State at Southern California and Michigan going to Washington.

Karene Reid returned an interception for a touchdown and Landen King had a TD catch for No. 11 Utah, which used a stifling defensive performance to beat No. 22 UCLA 14-7.

Her journey has had some interesting twists and turns, but the 6-foot-3 star has turned out just fine. She is now one of the most feared middles in the state of Texas and will head West to volleyball super-power UCLA next Fall.

Wednesday marked the deadline for players who were early entrants to the NBA draft to withdraw and return to college basketball.

Tony Petitti has been introduced as the Big Ten's seventh commissioner.

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