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📺 All the stars📺 All the stars
WNBA builds on 2024 draft success with December expansion draft
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As discussed on yesterday’s episode of The GIST of It, the WNBA is hosting its first expansion draft since 2008 today as the Golden State Valkyries post up to join the league. With today’s draft seeing historic interest from media and sponsors, the W is primed for the big leagues.
December 06, 2024
🏀 Mark your calendar🏀 Mark your calendar
A look at the 2025 WNBA season by the numbers
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In case you missed the iconic team social media announcements, the 2025 WNBA schedule is officially out — and the tea is already piping hot. With 163 days until tipoff (not that we’re counting), here’s a sneak peek at the league’s 29th season by the numbers.
December 04, 2024
🏀 Hardwood heroes 🏀 Hardwood heroes
Three top-25 women’s basketball matchups to take place on Thursday
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Why leave all the fun to the men? It’s also shaping up to be a wild stretch of women’s basketball, with three top-25 matchups tipping off tomorrow.
December 04, 2024
🏀 Hoop-la 🏀 Hoop-la
SEC/ACC challenge and Big 12-Big East battle boast top-25 matchups
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If you thought last week was wild, buckle up — the top-25 matchups are only heating up. We have teams riding high and others (looking at you, defending champs UConn) in desperate need of a win as the star-powered SEC/ACC Challenge and Big 12-Big East Battle began yesterday.
December 04, 2024
🏀🦃 Feast Week frenzy 🏀🦃 Feast Week frenzy
Thanksgiving college basketball tournaments yielded wild results
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Thanksgiving week tournaments took teams to tropical locations like the Bahamas and Maui, where the heat off the court produced even hotter results.
December 02, 2024
🏀 Thankful for women’s hoops🏀 Thankful for women’s hoops
Wednesday is an action-packed day of women’s basketball, with multiple top-25 matchups
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Fresh off their Sunday upset of defending champs South Carolina, UCLA received the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll for the first time in school history on Monday — a perfect prelude to an exciting week of women’s hoops.
November 27, 2024
✨ Their time to shine✨ Their time to shine
Players Era Festival benefits from nifty NIL loophole
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The Players Era Festival — a new men’s college basketball tournament — may not include women’s teams (yet), but its payout structure highlights a unique workaround that allows student-athletes to earn financial rewards without technically violating NCAA rules.
November 27, 2024
🏀 🌺 Maui Madness 🏀 🌺 Maui Madness
The Maui Invitational has been packed with wild men’s basketball games, including two upsets against No. 2 UConn
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The Maui Invitational always delivers some of the best men’s November basketball, and this year is no exception. From top-five matchups to wild upsets, the Aloha State has it all.
November 27, 2024
🏀 Girls is players too🏀 Girls is players too
Notre Dame and UCLA women’s basketball set to rise in AP Poll after upsets
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UCLA and Notre Dame women’s basketball teams ruled the weekend with big upsets over South Carolina and USC, respectively — here’s what you need to know about the giant slayers, plus some men’s hoops updates ahead of today’s rankings drop.
November 25, 2024
🐐🏀 Just GOAT things🐐🏀 Just GOAT things
UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma becomes winningest coach in college basketball history
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What do you get the greatest of all time? A live goat, apparently. UConn celebrated women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma’s 40 years of coaching and NCAA record 1,217th win on Wednesday, honoring the legend with an elaborate ceremony that included countless former players.
November 22, 2024
🏑 Field (hockey) of dreams🏑 Field (hockey) of dreams
The Field Hockey Final Four is set with North Carolina, Saint Joseph’s, Northwestern and UMass all earning bids.
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Final Four, here they come. The field hockey championship semis are set for today at 12 p.m. ET (No. 1 UNC vs. No. 4 Saint Joseph’s) and 3 p.m. ET (No. 2 Northwestern vs. UMass) with winners advancing to Sunday’s 1:30 p.m. ET championship game.
November 22, 2024
💰 Nothing quite like it💰 Nothing quite like it
Unrivaled’s rollout heats up as it announces key updates
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Unrivaled — the new 3v3 pro women’s basketball league tipping off in January — is primed for success. As Front Office Sports recently highlighted, savvy leadership decisions and partnerships have positioned the league to profit as interested parties continue to sign on before ticket sales officially go live this week.
November 18, 2024
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