LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas has hired Brandon Schneider, who led Stephen F. Austin to the past two Southland Conference championships, to turn around its struggling women's basketball program. More...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah has hired Lynne Roberts as the next coach of its women's basketball team. More...

Notre Dame reserve guard Madison Cable, who led the Atlantic Coast Conference in 3-point shooting percentage at .476 and led the team in charges taken, will return for a fifth year of eligibility after missing her freshman season because of stress fractures in her feet. Cable averaged 21.2 minutes a game, which was sixth on the team, and averaged 6.2 points as the Irish advanced to the national[ Read More... ]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Syracuse has extended women's basketball coach Quentin Hillsman's contract. More...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- Chris Gobrecht's next task is turning around the women's basketball team at Air Force. More...

The burial for Lauren Hill was held Tuesday in a private ceremony, one day after thousands attended a memorial at the basketball arena where the college freshman made her first layup while fighting brain cancer. More than 400 people attended a private funeral service on the Mount St. Joseph campus Tuesday. The 19-year-old was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor during her senior year of[ Read More... ]

Joni Crenshaw worked for Andy Landers for four years at Georgia, and their connection helped her become a better coach. Crenshaw, 36, was introduced Monday as Landers' successor with the Lady Bulldogs. The trust and responsibility he gave to me during my four years as an assistant spoke volumes to the belief he had in me, and that's what fuels me.'' The connection between Crenshaw, Landers and[ Read More... ]

Lauren Hill was remembered on Monday with her own music and words - and more smiles and tears - in the basketball arena where she had one of her greatest moments. The 19-year-old college basketball player died Friday from a brain tumor that had been growing inside of her for more than a year. The Mount St. Joseph freshman devoted her final year to playing basketball, raising money for cancer[ Read More... ]

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Joni Crenshaw, Andy Landers' top assistant the last three years, has been named to succeed him as the Georgia women's basketball coach. More...

Hartford does not schedule an annual parade to celebrate UConn's national championships in basketball, but they have become a regular event. For the third consecutive year and the 12th time in the last 20 years, UConn basketball players are boarding double-decker buses at the state Capitol to parade an NCAA trophy around the city. The victory parade was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at[ Read More... ]

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A public memorial service will be held Monday in Cincinnati for the college basketball player who inspired many as she fought an inoperable brain tumor. More...

Lauren Hill spent her final year polishing a layup and inspiring others to live fully. She succeeded at both as she fought an inoperable brain tumor. The 19-year-old freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University died at a hospital Friday morning, the co-founder of her nonprofit foundation, Brooke Desserich, told The Associated Press. ''We are forever grateful to have had Lauren[ Read More... ]

Lauren committed to us on Oct. 1 of 2013. I didn't know what the NCAA would allow us to do, but I was going to do something. More...

Jewell Loyd is heading to the WNBA. Notre Dame's junior guard declared herself eligible for the WNBA draft on Wednesday, a night after the Irish lost in the national championship game to UConn 63-53. She has up until five days before the draft to return to Notre Dame if she changes her mind. ''I am incredibly grateful for my experience at Notre Dame and the support I have received from Coach[ Read More... ]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- UConn's women's basketball team has returned to Connecticut with its 10th NCAA championship trophy. More...

DENTON, Texas (AP) -- Former North Texas women's basketball player Jalie Mitchell is returning to her alma mater as coach. More...

Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw wiped away a tear and then another as the Fighting Irish were greeted by about two dozen fans as they returned to campus Wednesday after losing to Connecticut in the national championship game for a second straight season. ''I wanted it for the team and I think we all wanted it for the fans.'' The Irish have come up frustratingly short in the Final Four for five[ Read More... ]

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are a perfect 10. The Hall of Fame coach joined some elite company in UCLA's John Wooden after tying the Wizard of Westwood with his 10th NCAA Tournament title. I'll be the first to say I'm not John Wooden and I got a bunch of friends who'd tell you I'm right, I'm not,'' Auriemma said. ''I'll let the people who write the history decide where I fit in.''[ Read More... ]

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies will be the leading contenders to make another championship run next season. It would be an unprecedented 11th title that would eclipse John Wooden's UCLA Bruins and their 10 championships. If they can pull it off, Breanna Stewart would accomplish her goal of winning four championships at UConn. ''I think it's really surreal and I haven't had a chance to[ Read More... ]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- UConn beats Notre Dame 63-53 for NCAA women's basketball title. More...

It is far more unique on the women's side, and that is one of the reasons Minnesota sophomore center Amanda Zahui B. wore a big smile on her face as she explained her decision Tuesday. In doing so, she became the rare woman to turn down college to perhaps become the top pick in the WNBA and earn the big money that comes with playing overseas. Zahui was born in Sweden and came to Minnesota for[ Read More... ]

UConn students began lining up in the rain outside Gampel Pavilion more than two hours before the scheduled tip of the women's national championship game just to get a good seat to watch it on TV. The school has made a tradition of opening the basketball arena for title games. Senior Hillary Kranz of Colchester has been to four in the past four years, including two a year ago when both the men[ Read More... ]

Connecticut's bid for a third consecutive NCAA women's basketball title is off to a strong start. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored eight points and Moriah Jefferson had seven, helping the Huskies overcome poor shooting to take a 31-23 lead over Notre Dame at halftime of Tuesday night's national championship game. AP Player of the Year Breanna Stewart had six points and eight rebounds, bu left[ Read More... ]

There are few teams in women's basketball that have been able to challenge Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies during their unprecedented 20-year run atop the sport. First it was Pat Summitt and Tennessee. His Huskies are 9-0 in national championship games and one win away from a 10th. If we're in some more, but up to this point, it's something that's really hard to explain.'' Before winning[ Read More... ]

Lauren Hill is using her limited energy and her final weeks to try to inspire others and to raise money for cancer research. The 19-year-old college basketball player sleeps a lot now and needs a wheelchair to get around Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, where she's getting care for her growing brain tumor. Hill got international attention last fall when she decided to play on the freshman[ Read More... ]