Staley’s $25M deal richest in women’s hoops South Carolina coach Dawn Staley received a contract extension on Friday that will make her the highest paid college women’s basketball coach of all-time at a total value of about $25 million.

NCAA talks expanding hoops tourney to 72 or 76 NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are ongoing to expand the basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams.

The teams that have impressed (TCU!) and disappointed (USC) one month into the women’s hoops season Have Paige Bueckers and UConn emerged as the title favorites? And if TCU has been a surprise, has JuJu Watkins’ USC been a disappointment?

Landale lifts Aussies past Spain in men’s hoops Australia tops Spain to open the group stage of the men’s Olympic basketball tournament. Germany also rolled against Japan.

Men’s hoops: Top stories, players, games, more From Cooper Flagg to Calipari at Arkansas, UConn’s quest for a three-peat to top stars in new jerseys — your 2024-25 season preview.

VanDerveer, winningest NCAA hoops coach, retires Stanford legend Tara VanDerveer, the NCAA’s winningest basketball coach, is retiring. Negotiations are underway for Kate Paye to replace her.

Iowa-S.C. most-watched hoops game since 2019 Caitlin Clark and Iowa have the top three television audiences for women’s basketball.

LeBron: Women’s hoops on rise thanks to ‘icons’ Lakers star LeBron James said women’s college hoops is thriving because of “icons” in the game such as LSU’s Angel Reese and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.

Longhorns hook No. 4 hoops recruit Johnson Tre Johnson, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard and the No. 4 recruit in the ESPN 100 rankings for 2024, has committed to Texas over Baylor, he said Wednesday.

Kansas clear No. 1 in AP preseason hoops poll Kansas was the clear No. 1 pick in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll released Monday, earning 46 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Purdue.

Dartmouth hoops players file petition to unionize Men’s basketball players at Dartmouth College have become the latest college athletes to challenge the status quo by attempting to unionize.

Serbian player loses kidney at hoops World Cup Boriša Simanić, a power forward on the Serbian national team, had surgery to remove a kidney after taking an elbow to the midsection during the FIBA World Cup.

France bounced from hoops WC with Latvia loss France came to the World Cup planning to win gold. It won’t even make the second round, a stunning development for the reigning Olympic silver medalists.

NCAA to run NIT-like tourney for women’s hoops The NCAA announced Monday it is creating another women’s college basketball tournament that it will operate like the men’s NIT as a second option for 32 teams that do not make the NCAA Tournament.