NCAA Women's Basketball News

While Epiphanny Prince, who is bypassing her senior basketball season at Rutgers, is the among the biggest female names to leave for the pros despite having college eligibility, her move is unlikely to produce a trend, some in the game say.

The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks.

Elena DelleDonne, the 2008 national high school girls basketball player of the year, is returning to basketball and will do so in a University of Delaware uniform, The News Journal has learned.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has scrapped a plan to hold next year's postseason baseball tournament in Boston.

Any meaningful restraint in spending on collegiate sports needs to start with the nation's top athletic programs, a leading researcher on the future of higher education told the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Monday.

Jamelle Elliott didn't have any previous head-coaching experience before accepting the Cincinnati women's basketball job Tuesday.

Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma told the fans who turned out at Sunday's parade for his national champion Huskies not to expect another 39-0 season next year.

Connecticut's Tina Charles, who led the Huskies with 25 points, gets a hug from a teammate during their defeat of Louisville in the title game.

Jayne Appel of Stanford and Tina Charles of Connecticut walked off the stage after Saturday's State Farm All-American ceremony arm in arm.

Angel McCoughtry and Louisville played the second half as if they belonged in their first Final Four.

Flipped on the television Sunday night, and found a wide choice of carnage to watch.

Louisville's Angel McCoughtry, driving past Maryland's Marissa Coleman during the Cardinals' regional final victory on March 30, was seen as "raw" and a "a non-factor" when younger.

Top-seeded Connecticut earned another double-digit victory Tuesday night, Maya Moore set a school scoring record, and Renee Montgomery rediscovered her shooting touch in an 83-64 victory against Arizona State in the Trenton Regional final.

As the loose ball made its way out to Alison Lacey behind the three-point arc in the closing seconds, she contemplated what to do next.

Chante Black and Duke became the first top-seeded team to fall out of the NCAA women's tournament when Lykendra Johnson and Michigan State outscored the Blue Devils 16-2 in the game's final 7 1/2 minutes.

Iowa State didn't play like a team that was looking ahead. Alison Lacey made six of Iowa State's record-tying 16 three-pointers and the fourth-seeded Cyclones routed East Tennessee State 85-53 in the opening round of NCAA tournament on Sunday.

Fouls and an injury held back Briann January for most of the game, but not when Arizona State needed the senior the most.

Ball State, in its first NCAA women's tournament and a No. 12 seed, eliminated two-time defending champion Tennessee, which had never lost in the first two rounds, 71-55 Sunday in Bowling Green, Ky.

Alexis Rack was perfect in eight trips to the foul line down the stretch, and Mississippi State was 19 of 20 as a team in beating Texas 71-63 Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Jhasmin Player scored 25 points and Morghan Medlock provided a spark off the bench with 15 Sunday as No.