Women's basketball, everywhere it's played

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College, high school, the WNBA, the overseas leagues and the national teams, all on one site. We started in Texas gyms and follow the game wherever it is played.

WNBA EuroLeague WNBL KBSL LF Endesa WCBA Olympics NCAA D1 Women who dunk ↗ D2 · D3 · NAIA · JUCO →

WNBA franchises

1,306

NCAA & NAIA programs

40+

Overseas pro leagues

U.S. Olympic golds in a row

New · October 2026

2026-27 season preview: six programs to watch →

UConn, Texas, USC, Iowa, Minnesota, plus our dark-horse pick. What to expect, who's back, who's new, and each team's title outlook.

2026-27

Season dates →

Opener Nov 1, Selection Sunday Mar 14, the 76-team NCAA tournament, Final Four Apr 2 & 4 in Columbus.

Texas colleges

Every Texas program →

D1, D2, D3 and NAIA: conference, arena, home opener, schedule and tickets.

UIL & TAPPS

Texas high school →

How the girls' playoffs work, 2027 dates, state finals Mar 4–6 at the Alamodome.

Answers

Season questions →

Plain answers: when it starts, how March Madness works, how the Texas playoffs work.

The pro game · 2026 season

The W played its 30th season in 2026.

Fifteen teams played in 2026 after Toronto and Portland joined. Dallas took UConn's Azzi Fudd with the No. 1 pick, and Minnesota's Olivia Miles was the unanimous Rookie of the Year.

East

Dream · Liberty

Atlanta and New York met in the 2026 semifinals. Angel Reese, now with Atlanta, was named 2026 Defensive Player of the Year.

West

Valkyries · Aces

Golden State, the first expansion team since Atlanta in 2008, reached the semifinals in its second season. Las Vegas won the 2025 title, its third in four years.

2026

Toronto Tempo

Canada's first WNBA team played its first season in 2026 at Coca-Cola Coliseum and finished 11–33. Owned by Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures.

2026

Portland Fire

Lisa Bhathal Merage's group brought back the Fire name, last used in 2002. The team plays at Moda Center and went 17–27 in its first season.

All 15 franchises →

Overseas · where pros really make their money

The world's best leagues outside the W.

Turkey's KBSL, Spain's LF Endesa, EuroLeague Women, Australia's WNBL, China's WCBA and Korea's WKBL. Many WNBA players spend their winters in these leagues, and some earn more there than in the W.

EuroLeague Women

The Champions League of hoops

Europe's top club competition. A group stage leads to playoffs and a Final Four. Regular entrants include Fenerbahçe, ZVVZ USK Praha, Schio and Perfumerías Avenida.

Turkey · KBSL

Home of the biggest checks

Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray pay some of the highest salaries in women's basketball, and many WNBA players sign there for the winter.

Spain · LF Endesa

Tactical depth, passionate crowds

Perfumerías Avenida, Valencia and Spar Girona are the top clubs. Most of Spain's national team plays here.

Australia · WNBL

Opal country

Eight-team league, November–March season. Birthplace of Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, Liz Cambage, Ezi Magbegor.

China · WCBA

Short season, long checks

A short regular season followed by playoffs. A'ja Wilson played a winter there early in her career.

France · LFB

Basket Landes, Lyon ASVEL, Bourges

France's top division sends several clubs to EuroLeague Women each year and supplies most of the national team.

All overseas pro leagues →

Olympics · FIBA

The USA has won eight straight Olympic golds.

The U.S. women have not lost an Olympic game since the 1992 semifinal in Barcelona. Paris 2024 was their eighth gold in a row and their 61st straight Olympic win.

2024

Paris, gold no. 8 in a row

Defeated France 67–66 in the final. A'ja Wilson tournament MVP. 61 straight Olympic wins.

Coach Cheryl Reeve · Arena Bercy

2020

Tokyo, gold no. 7 in a row

Defeated Japan 90–75. Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi each won their fifth gold, first hoopers, men or women, to do that.

Coach Dawn Staley

2016

Rio, gold no. 6 in a row

Beat Spain 101–72. U.S. undefeated at the Games since 1992.

Coach Geno Auriemma

2012

London, gold no. 5 in a row

Over France 86–50.

Coach Geno Auriemma

Olympic & FIBA history →

College · 1,306 programs

From Storrs to Stephenville.

Division I, II, III, NAIA, NJCAA — every women's college basketball program in the United States, searchable by conference and state, with a direct link to each athletic department.

Division I

364 programs

32 conferences, from the SEC (South Carolina, LSU, Tennessee) to the Summit League. UCLA won the 2026 national title over South Carolina.

Division II

~313 programs

23 conferences. Partial scholarships, and an Elite Eight each March.

Division III

~440 programs

No athletic scholarships. Academic aid only.

NAIA

~189 programs

Smaller colleges outside the NCAA that can offer full athletic scholarships. The national tournament is held each March.

Browse all college programs → or the full searchable directory →

Texas · the spine

The state that grows point guards.

Baylor won NCAA titles in 2005, 2012 and 2019, and Texas A&M won in 2011. Sheryl Swoopes grew up in Brownfield and won the 1993 title at Texas Tech. The Dallas Wings are the state's WNBA team, and UIL high school basketball runs from 6A down to 1A.

D1 · 23 programs

From Austin to El Paso

Every D1 women's program in Texas — Big 12, SEC, AAC, Conference USA, Southland, WAC, SWAC. Baylor and Texas anchor the top; 23 total.

UIL · 6A down to 1A

1,100+ high schools

Six classifications, with the state tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

TAPPS · Private schools

Parallel state brackets

Private schools play in TAPPS, which runs its own six classifications and state brackets alongside UIL.

Texas college & HS →

Chrome extension

Every program, one click away.

Install the girlhoop directory Chrome extension. Searches the same dataset as this site, works offline, and opens any program's official page in a new tab. Free, no tracking.

Install extension Browse in browser

~ girlhoop directory
> filter: "conference=SEC"
> 16 matches
  · South Carolina (Columbia)
  · LSU (Baton Rouge)
  · Tennessee (Knoxville)
  · Oklahoma (Norman)
  · Texas (Austin)
  · ...

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