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Q&A: ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on growth, change in women’s college basketball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Last week was a busy one for Jim Phillips. As he enters his fifth year as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, he’s had to grapple with a...

The best ranked 2026 women’s basketball recruit is joining a Big Ten program

Lindsay Gottlieb has done it again. For the third time in four years, the USC coach has landed the No. 1 ranked women’s basketball recruit in the nation. In 2023, she signed...

South Carolina women’s basketball star stepping away for 2025-26 season

South Carolina’s women’s basketball team will head into this season without one of its key players. Ashlyn Watkins announced on Instagram that she is “going to take some time off” and will...

NCAA women’s basketball tournament gets new selection metric: What is Wins Above Bubble?

When the NCAA Division I Selection Committee for the women’s basketball tournament meets this upcoming season, there will be a new metric that committee members consider when figuring out where to place...

ACC women’s basketball coaches seemingly at consensus on future of March Madness: ‘We don’t want expansion’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Expansion might be coming to March Madness. In July, NCAA committees for Division I men’s and women’s basketball discussed the possibly of expansion — potentially to 72 or 76...

This HBCU conference still has a goal of women’s flag football as a varsity sport

DURHAM, N.C. — Founded in 1912, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is the oldest conference for athletics at historically Black colleges and universities. Last week, the CIAA and its teams gathered at...

Sports betting leads to player availability reporting policy for ACC women’s basketball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sports bettors have forced the hand of Jim Phillips, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Specifically, those gamblers jumping in the direct messages of players and harassing them online,...

Former South Carolina women’s basketball teammates reunite for Team USA 3×3

MiLaysia Fulwiley left South Carolina this offseason via the transfer portal and landed at the Gamecocks’ SEC rival, LSU. But before the dynamic guard faces off against her former teammates this winter,...

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