Cotie McMahon knew she wanted something more. As @wiltonreports.bsky.social writes, Mississippi gave her the chance to explode into the player she's meant to be: www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/sec/co...

Vanessa McManus has stepped up for Cal Poly this season. She credits much of her success to her prior experience at the D2 level: www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/how-va...

I hope you're caffeinated! #NCAAW conference play is heating up and Missy Heidrick has the latest headlines from across Division I basketball in The Weekly Fast Break.

As the calendar turned to 2026, women's basketball decided to stop making sense. Our @matthew-walter96.bsky.social is here to help dissect the chaos, though, with his latest Bracketology www.thenexthoops.com/features/202... #NCAAW

Unrivaled's sophomore season kicked off with a bang over the weekend. Our Gabby Alfveby reports live from Miami, where spirits were high and the games lived up to the hype:

Princeton’s Olivia Hutcherson and Penn’s Katie Collins share Ivy League Player of the Week honors after facing off at the 4 in Princeton’s tight win. Harvard’s Olivia Jones wins Rookie of the Week. She had 11p, 5r and 4a in a win over Dartmouth. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Kim Mulkey's Tigers are 0-2 to start conference play. Per Mulkey, it's because her team isn't yet "tough enough." @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social on LSU's rocky conference start: www.thenexthoops.com/features/kim...

From @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social: Oklahoma is impressing in its second year in the SEC, but head coach Jennie Baranczyk wants her team to get even better: www.thenexthoops.com/features/okl...

A fun first half between Brown and Yale WBB ends tied at 41. They're shooting 49% and 55%, respectively. Yale's Ciniya Moore leads all scorers with 12p (2-3 3pt), and Luisa Vydrova has 10. Brown's Grace Arnolie and Olivia Young each have 9. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

The first week of Patriot League play has concluded. Who stands out? www.thenexthoops.com/features/pat...

UCLA and USC add another chapter to the rivalry, this time in the Big Ten and with new faces. www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/with-n...

In the latest episode of Women's Sports Daily, Chelsea Leite spotlights the excitement in women’s hockey, tennis, and basketball. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0PXA...

"They’re the yin and the yang." The SWAC's top two scorers, Crystal Schultz and C.J. Wilson complement each other seamlessly, all while growing into leaders at Prairie View A&M. Our @knoxrob1.bsky.social tells the captivating story of their bond through basketball, family and much more:

"We continued to fight and continued to believe." Cornell pulled off a win for the ages against Columbia on Saturday, 67-60. The Big Red's victory is the largest upset in Ivy League women's basketball history in over a decade. Our @jennhatfield.bsky.social takes you inside the historic matchup:

Current American head coach and former Penn associate head coach Kelly Killion got her first Patriot League win yesterday over Boston University. #NCAAWBB In nonconference play, I spoke to Killion for @theixbasketball.bsky.social about how Year 1 is going:

How Ivy teams' NETs changed after Saturday's results: Cornell: up 23 spots to No. 301 Columbia: down 17 spots to No. 75 Princeton: stayed at No. 38 Penn: up 2 to 112 Harvard: up 10 to 73 Dartmouth: down 17 to 252 (Note: NETs can also move based on other teams' scores.) @theixbasketball.bsky.social

(2/2) It's also the second-biggest upset in any DI game this season, behind UMBC over Virginia. Shoutout to @jacobmox.bsky.social and @herhoopstats.com for providing this data! @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(1/2) Cornell's 67-60 win at Columbia today was the biggest Ivy League WBB upset since at least 2008-09, based on teams' end-of-season @herhoopstats.com rating. It beat out Dartmouth over Penn and Brown over Princeton in 2014. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

It’s the weekend and it’s time for Happy Hour! 🍻🏀 @terryhorstman.bsky.social is joined by @theixbasketball.bsky.social’s resident injury expert Dr. @seehafer.bsky.social to react to the Napheesa Collier ankle surgery news. Tap in! ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0jPN...

(1/4) What a day to open Ivy League WBB! Cornell gets its biggest win under Emily Garner, beating Columbia in NYC, and Penn nearly knocks off Princeton in a vintage battle. Scores and top performers below! @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

On Saturday, Coppin State and Delaware State were separated by a single point, as Coppin State pulled out a 60-59 win in both teams' MEAC opener. Our @knoxrob1.bsky.social gives you three takeaways, live from Dover, Delaware. #NCAAWBB

Wow: Cornell WBB takes down defending champion Columbia in New York City, 67-60. Emily Pape led Cornell with 19p and 6r. Rachel Kaus added 15p and 5r. Clarke Jackson had 12p and 7r, and Audrey Chen had 12p off the bench. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Clarke Jackson gets a steal and hits a tough layup with 4 seconds left in 3Q to give Cornell a 46-39 lead over Columbia. Cornell entered today ranked 324th in the NET to Columbia's 58th. Ten minutes to see if the Big Red can get a statement win. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Spotted: awesome throwback sweaters from Carla Berube and the rest of the Princeton staff for today’s game against Penn. 🐅 @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Penn WBB cut a 13-point deficit to 6 late in the 2Q and trails Princeton 38-30 at halftime. Katie Collins has a game-high 13 points (5-9 FG) and 4 rebs for Penn. Olivia Hutcherson leads Princeton with 11 points (5-6 FT) and 3 rebs. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

With about 3.5 minutes left in 1Q, Princeton’s Madison St. Rose reaches 1,000 career points by swishing a contested long 2-pointer. She hits the milestone in her 78th career game. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Today is the first day of conference play for Ivy League WBB! Princeton-Penn, Harvard-Dartmouth and Cornell-Columbia are all at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Brown-Yale was bumped to Monday at 5 p.m. If you'd like some pregame reading, here's a link to all of our Ivy content @theixbasketball.bsky.social:

This isn't explicitly mentioned in the story, but a periodic reminder: Carla Berube's record at Princeton looks like a typo. In her sixth season of competition, she is 133-26 overall and 71-6 in Ivy League play (including the postseason). @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Our @knoxrob1.bsky.social reports from Towson, where the home Tigers defeated Campbell, 57-54.

Princeton isn’t winning the way head coach Carla Berube is used to. Ivy League beat reporter @jennhatfield.bsky.social analyzes how Princeton's faster-paced offense, not its defense, was key to success in nonconference play.

Riley Weiss reached 1,000 career points on Monday, but the Columbia junior said she wasn't focused on that. Instead, she's worked diligently with head coach Megan Griffith this season to learn when to pass. Read more @theixbasketball.bsky.social on Weiss' milestone and growth:

Harvard WBB announces that it'll take a foreign tour to Croatia and Greece Aug. 9-19. Lydia Chatira, a native of Greece, will get a homecoming. #NCAAWBB teams took few tours in 2025, but with ever-more international players, some could use tours this way going forward. @theixbasketball.bsky.social

Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier will miss Season 2 while she continues treatment for ankle injuries sustained during the #WNBA season. Our @terryhorstman.bsky.social has more on her timeline for return:

It isn't uncommon for athletes to do extensive rehab for ankle injuries before undergoing surgery. Ankle ligaments have good blood flow so even complete ruptures can heal on their own. Collier essentially rehabbed her injury for 12 weeks, which isn't abnormal.

"She can literally do everything with the basketball.” Riley Weiss is leading Columbia in scoring for the second straight year, all while averaging a career-high in assists. Here, our @jennhatfield.bsky.social spotlights how the junior is elevating her offensive game:

Missy Heidrick is back with the final 2025 edition of The Weekly Fast Break! Take a look back at recent headlines and put together your viewing schedule to kick off the new year in style.

SEC play is just around the corner, presenting a variety of new challenges for each team. @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social reports on what three coaches had to say about the upcoming change of pace. www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/sec-wo...

Cornell senior forward Emily Pape wins Ivy League Player of the Week after scoring 24 points on a career-high six 3-pointers in a loss at Stanford. There is no Rookie of the Week this week (very few games, no nominees). @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

With only a few Atlantic 10 women's basketball games this week, there wasn't a lot of NET ranking movement across the conference. La Salle (+6) was the only team to move up or down more than four spots. @theixbasketball.bsky.social

Sayvia Sellers officially hit 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career points scored for the Washington Huskies tonight! Earlier this month, I interviewed Sellers, her teammates, and her coach for @theixbasketball.bsky.social and learned how the junior point guard leads Washington with joy on and off the court.

(3/3) Today's top Ivy performers, Part 2: K. Krupa (HARV) 16p (6-6 FT), 5r, 4a G. Arnolie (BRO) 13p (6-8 FG), 4s, 3a P. Page (COL) 12p, 5s, 4a, 3r A. Moreland (BRO) 10p (5-5 FG), 9r @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(2/3) Today's top Ivy performers, Part 1: R. Weiss (COL) 24p, 4r, +23 S. Glenn-Bello (HARV) 20p, 6r, 4s K. Collins (PENN) 18p (5-10 FG), 11r, 5b S. Caldwell (PENN) 17p (6-8 FG, 3-4 3pt), 4a @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(1/3) Today, Ivy League WBB teams went 4-0, including 2-0 away from home. Scores and top performers: Brown 76, Wheaton 24 Harvard 70, Delaware 63 Columbia 63, FGCU 44 Penn 78, UMES 57 @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Riley Weiss has 6 of Columbia's 8 points in an 8-2 run early in the 3Q against FGCU. Her second basket in that stretch, a tough layup through contact, gave her 17 points today and 1,001 in her career through 2.5 seasons. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Hello from FGCU, where Columbia WBB is in town to face the Eagles at 2 p.m.! If you're looking for some pregame reading, check out my latest @theixbasketball.bsky.social about how Fliss Henderson recovered from a back fracture to be an anchor for the Lions. #NCAAWBB

Appointment reading here from @emilyadler.bsky.social and @huntercruse.bsky.social.

Here are your weekly updates on Ivy League WBB teams' NET rankings. Princeton holds steady from last week at No. 38, while Columbia inches up to No. 69. Dartmouth is the biggest riser, climbing 14 spots to No. 234. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(2/2) Today's top Ivy WBB performers: E. Pape (CORN) 24p (6-15 3pt) Z. Ozel (DART) 15p, 4r A. Eldredge (DART) 12p, 5r C. MacDonald (DART) 10p (6-6 FT), 8r, 3s, 3b R. Kaus (CORN) 10p (2-2 3pt), 4r @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

(1/2) Ivy League WBB returned from the holiday break with two tough losses. Today's scores and top performers: Vermont 61, Dartmouth 59 Stanford 82, Cornell 50 @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB

Yale and Brown WBB announce that their Ivy League opener in New Haven has moved from Jan. 3 to Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. ET. All other Ivy WBB teams will still play on Jan. 3. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB