The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that ...

These days, the team sending me into wistful aunt mode most often is No. 1 UCLA, whom I last blogged two seasons ago, back when I was still figuring out how to cover regular-season college basketball ...

Grandview High's Lauren Betts is No. 1 — among individual players and in the national rankings. Betts, the former Colorado ...

The national player-of-the-year race is heating up as teams transition to conference play and voting panels whittle down ...

Freshman Dani Carnegie had a season-high 28 points -- including six 3-pointers -- in an 85-68 win over Syracuse. She has scored in double figures in all but two games for the Yellow Jackets. Georgia ...

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If 2024 was the year of women in sports, 2025 is the year to grow on. The year will be filled with plenty of opportunities to ...

The Lakers lose to the very shorthanded Dallas Mavericks, who were missing a few key players because of injury.

UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close bonds with Purdue women's basketball coach Katie Gearlds through program rebuild.

Lauren Betts has 17 points and Timea Gardiner adds 16 off the bench as the Bruins (16-0) give their starters plenty of rest ...

Lauren Betts posted 17 points and seven rebounds to guide No. 1 UCLA to an easy 83-49 win over host Purdue on Tuesday in West ...

Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes and Timea Gardiner added 16 points off the bench as No. 1 UCLA routed Purdue 83-49. Bruins coach Cori Close gave her starters ...