Women's NCAA title game outdraws the men's championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers
The womenโs NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the menโs title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark.
Iowa-UConn women's Final Four semifinal most-watched hoops game in ESPN history; 14.2M avg. viewers
Iowaโs 71-69 victory over UConn at the womenโs Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed womenโs basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast.
South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas top women's AP Top 25; they are also 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament
South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 womenโs basketball poll, a day after all four were chosen as the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament that begins later this week.
No. 3 UConn routs Seton Hall 91-61 to earn first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years
Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack and No. 3 UConn clinched its first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years Sunday with a 91-61 rout of Seton Hall.
UConn's Aaliyah Edwards signs NIL deal in Canada, but can't talk about it in the US
UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards signed a big name, image and likeness contract this week with Adidas Canada, but wasnโt allowed to speak with reporters about it for fear that promoting the deal might jeopardize her student visa.
UConn beats Villanova 66-65, wins second straight game since hitting No. 1 in AP Top 25
Alex Karaban hit the decisive 3-pointer for No. 1 UConn with 2:43 left in the game that settled a fantastic Big East matchup, Tristen Newton scored 25 points, Cam Spencer had 14 and the Huskies held off persistent Villanova 66-65 at a packed Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night.
UConn falls to worst ranking in 30 years in women's AP Top 25; South Carolina, UCLA stay atop poll
UConn fell to its worst ranking in 30 years when the Huskies dropped to 17th in The Associated Press womenโs basketball poll, The last time the Huskies were ranked this low was the second poll of the 1993-94 season when they were 18th.
Saniya Rivers goes for a career-best 33 points as NC State stuns No. 2 UConn 92-81
Saniya Rivers had a career-best 33 points to go with 10 rebounds and five assists to help North Carolina State stun second-ranked Connecticut 92-81 on Sunday, earning the programโs first win against the Huskies in more than a quarter-century.