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The NCAA women’s basketball final outrated the men’s for the first time ever

by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW

For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship gamebetween South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the...

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark wins 2nd consecutive Wooden Award

by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 2024 Wooden Award on Tuesday, taking home the honor as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second straight season. Clark won the award over UConn’s Paige Bueckers,...

Women’s basketball is surging. Are we sure this time is different?

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Representation, SEW

A year ago, I grabbed a ticket to watch No. 7 Maryland host No. 6 Iowa, specifically to see long-distance shooting star Caitlin Clark. Terrapins Coach Brenda Frese instructed Lavender Briggs to become Clark’s shadow from baseline to baseline, and Maryland held Clark...

South Carolina-Iowa title game shatters women’s college basketball ratings record

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The ratings record for a women’s college basketball game just got shattered – again. Sunday’s NCAA tournament national title game between undefeated and top overall seed South Carolina and Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes averaged 18.7 million viewers, peaking at 24...

Dawn Staley: South Carolina’s three titles in seven years speak volumes of coach’s remarkable tenure

by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Caitlin Clark’s last dance in the NCAA dominated conversation ahead of Sunday’s women’s national championship game. Could the Iowa star cap off her historic time in college basketball with the final and so-far elusive accolade: a national title? Read...

Women’s college basketball better than it’s ever been. The officials aren’t keeping pace.

by admin | Apr 10, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The officials just couldn’t help themselves. Caitlin Clark and Iowa. Paige Bueckers and UConn. The teams battling in a prize-fight worthy of a game, a spot in the national championship game on the line. And the refs had to go and make it about them. Read...

Angel Reese Says She Got Death Threats as She Reflects After Season-Ending Loss: ‘I’ve Been Through So Much’

by admin | Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized

Angel Reese is reflecting on the past year since LSU’s championship last April, and says she “wouldn’t change anything” despite the hardships she has faced. “I’ve been through so much. I’ve seen so much,” the basketball star, 21, said at a press conference after...

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese got everyone watching. Better buckle up.

by admin | Apr 5, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Late Monday night in downtown Albany, three fans in black went searching for a proper celebration. Their team and their hero had won the long-awaited rematch of women’s basketball watershed moment, and so this trio walked the middle of Howard Street, huffing as they...

A love letter to basketball, by Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins

by admin | Apr 4, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Iowa fans crammed into the lower bowl after Caitlin Clark led the Hawkeyes back to the Final Four on Monday night, holding their signs and T-shirts and programs and Sharpies, all dressed in black or gold or a combination of both. One young fan stood front and center,...

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer questions two-regional format

by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Stanford Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer asserted Thursday that women’s college basketball has “grown so fast that we haven’t necessarily kept up with every single change.” VanDerveer, speaking one day before the two-seed Cardinal face the...
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