The biggest takeaway from Unrivaled’s preseason has been about the luxury offerings for participants. And several players said the league’s setup is going to “put pressure” on the WNBA.
In a historic vote Wednesday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, the organization approved a plan to pay women's basketball teams for making the NCAA Tournament. Men's basketball teams have been reaping the benefits of the same revenue sharing plan for many years.
Women's units will be worth far less, with a total of $15 million being awarded to NCAA tournament teams in 2025. The money will come from the women's basketball media revenue dea
Madness officially has a women's revenue-sharing system, after the NCAA approved the compensation program on Wednesday.
Women’s basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament starting this year, something that men’s teams have benefitted from for years.
Dawn Staley is a certified winner on the court. And now the South Carolina women’s basketball coach is in a league of her own off the court, too.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been given a new contract that made her the highest paid coach in the history of women's college basketball.
Men’s basketball teams now receive 24% of the media rights deal, which is $8.8 billion over eight years, starting this year. Women’s basketball is valued at $65 million per tournament in the NCAA’s new media rights deal with ESPN — roughly 10 times more than in the contract that ends this year.
Women's basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Division I tournament each March, just like the men have for years.
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse women’s hockey goaltender Allie Kelley set the NCAA record for career saves on Friday night during a 1-0 overtime loss to No. 9 Penn State. Kelley made 41 saves before finally surrendering a goal, bringing her career total to 4,176 and passing RPI’s Lovisa Selander, who set the previous record of 4,167 from 2015 to 2019.
The new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier debuted Friday night. The co-founders squared off in the opening game and fittingly Stewart scored the first basket in league history — a baseline jumper.