# girlhoop — women's basketball, globally and locally > A complete guide to women ## girlhoop — women's basketball, globally and locally URL: https://girlhoop.com/ girlhoop — women's basketball, globally and locally Women's basketball, everywhere it's played The game without the footnote. From Arlington to Ankara to the hardwood of a tiny Texas gym on a Friday night — every league, every program, every box score, in one place. No "women's" qualifier. Just the game. WNBA EuroLeague WNBL KBSL LF Endesa WCBA Olympics NCAA D1 Women who dunk ↗ D2 · D3 · NAIA · JUCO → 13 WNBA franchises 1,306 NCAA & NAIA programs 40+ Overseas pro leagues 9 U.S. Olympic golds in a row The pro game · 2026 season The W turns 30 next year. It's never been bigger. Thirteen teams in 2026 with the Valkyries as expansion no. 13, two more franchises on the way (Toronto Tempo, Portland Fire in 2026). Record viewership, a new CBA coming, and a rookie class led by the best draft of the decade. East Liberty · Aces · Fever The three most-watched sides in league history now share the top of the standings. New York's back-to-back banner chase, Las Vegas reloading, Indiana with Clark at point. West Valkyries arrive Golden State's expansion side tipped off in May 2025 — the first new WNBA franchise since Atlanta in 2008 — and sold out every home game before the season started. 2026 Toronto Tempo Canada's first WNBA team starts play in 2026 out of Coca-Cola Coliseum. Owned by Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures. 2026 Portland Fire Rose City, round two. Lisa Bhathal Merage's group brings the Fire name back after a 23-year gap. Moda Center, 2026. All 13 franchises → Overseas · where pros really make their money The world's best leagues outside the W . Turkish KBSL, Spain's LF Endesa, EuroLeague Women, the WNBL, WCBA, WKBL — this is where WNBA stars winter and where careers are made without the salary cap. EuroLeague Women The Champions League of hoops 16 clubs, group stage into playoffs. Fenerbahçe, Praha, Ekaterinburg, Schio, Perfumerías Avenida. Final Four is the tournament of the year outside the WNBA. Turkey · KBSL Home of the biggest checks Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray spend like Premier League sides. Dozens of WNBA players winter here. Spain · LF Endesa Tactical depth, passionate crowds Perfumerías Avenida, Valencia, Spar Girona. A feeder for the Spanish national team that reliably medals. 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 18 teams. Short regular season, playoff-heavy. Historical destination for A'ja Wilson, Diana Taurasi. France · LFB Basket Landes, Lyon ASVEL, Bourges 12 teams, technical French program, deep EuroLeague ties. Valerie Garnier's national team pipeline. All overseas pro leagues → Olympics · FIBA The USA has won nine straight Olympic golds. Since Barcelona 1992, the U.S. women have lost exactly once at the Olympics. Paris 2024 made it nine in a row. The streak is one of the longest in any team sport, anywhere. 2024 Paris — gold (9) Defeated France 67–66 in the final. A'ja Wilson tournament MVP. 61 straight Olympic wins. Coach Cheryl Reeve · Arena Bercy 2020 Tokyo — gold (8) 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 (7) Beat Spain 101–72. U.S. undefeated at the Games since 1992. Coach Geno Auriemma 2012 London — gold (6) 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. NCAA Tournament expands to 68 for the 2026 bracket. Division II ~313 programs 23 conferences. The Elite Eight at Birmingham-Jefferson each March. Division III ~440 programs No athletic scholarships, academic-first. Hope College, NYU, Tufts lead a deep field. NAIA ~189 programs Mid-size colleges with full athletic scholarships outside the NCAA system. National tournament in Sioux City. Browse all college programs → or the full searchable directory → Texas · the spine The state that grows point guards . Baylor and Texas A&M built modern programs out of the Brazos Valley. Houston produced Sheryl Swoopes. San Antonio turned into a WNBA city. And UIL basketball — 6A down to 1A — is where half the Division I rosters start. 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, state championship at the Alamodome. DeSoto, Duncanville, South Grand Prairie, Manvel have all held the 6A trophy. TAPPS · Private schools Parallel state brackets Six TAPPS classifications run parallel to UIL. Bishop Lynch, Antonian Prep, Trinity Christian-Cedar Hill dominate. 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) · ... --- ## College women's basketball — D1, D2, D3, NAIA · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/college/ College women's basketball — D1, D2, D3, NAIA · girlhoop NCAA D1 · D2 · D3 · NAIA The college game. The 2024 NCAA Championship Game — South Carolina over Iowa — pulled 18.9 million viewers, the most-watched women's basketball game ever broadcast. And that's just Division I. Underneath sit three more NCAA tiers plus the NAIA — over 1,300 programs. 364 D1 programs ~313 D2 programs ~440 D3 programs ~189 NAIA programs NCAA Division I · 2025-26 The top flight. 364 programs across 32 conferences. The SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC together produced 12 of the last 16 Final Four teams. SEC · 16 teams The juggernaut. South Carolina (3 NCAA titles 2017, 22, 24), LSU (2023), Tennessee (8 titles), Oklahoma & Texas added in 2024. Big Ten · 18 teams West Coast moved in. UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington joined in 2024. Iowa's Clark era just ended; UCLA now leads. Big 12 · 16 teams Expanded aggressively. Added BYU, Utah, Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado. Baylor still the anchor (3 titles: 2005, 12, 19). ACC · 18 teams Coast-to-coast. NC State, UNC, Duke, Notre Dame (2 titles), plus Cal + Stanford + SMU added 2024. Louisville, Virginia Tech challenge. Big East · 11 teams UConn country. UConn's 11 NCAA titles dominate any conversation. Creighton, Villanova, Marquette support. AAC · 14 teams Midmajor pro pipeline. North Texas, Memphis, South Florida, UTSA. Produced multiple WNBA picks yearly. Mountain West · 11 teams Colorado State, SDSU. Wyoming's Cowgirls perennial. SDSU & Fresno State regular NCAA Tournament sides. Pac-12 (rebuilding) · 9+ teams A new era. Oregon State & Washington State survived. Gonzaga, San Diego, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, SDSU, Utah State joining 2026. Missouri Valley · 12 teams The Mid-Am factory. Drake, Belmont, Bradley, Indiana State. Missouri State reliable 20-win side. Conference USA · 12 teams Louisiana Tech legacy. La Tech's Lady Techsters won titles 1981 & 1988. Middle Tennessee, WKU, Western Ky. UTEP remain. Sun Belt · 14 teams James Madison + expansion. JMU, Old Dominion, App State. Louisiana & Troy the historical powers. WAC · 10 teams Texas-heavy. Abilene Christian, Tarleton, Stephen F. Austin, UT Arlington, Utah Tech, Grand Canyon. Southland · 10 teams Louisiana, Texas mix. McNeese, Lamar, HCU, TAMU-CC, TAMU-Commerce, Nicholls. SWAC · 12 teams HBCU D1 league. Jackson State, Southern, Prairie View, Texas Southern. HBCU All-Star showcase yearly. MEAC · 8 teams HBCU East. Howard, NC A&T, NC Central, Norfolk State, S. Carolina State, Morgan State, Coppin State, Delaware State. Atlantic 10 · 15 teams Urban Eastern. Dayton, VCU, Saint Louis, Richmond, Loyola Chicago, UMass. Historical Final Four runs from UMass, Saint Joseph's. West Coast · 7+ teams Gonzaga anchor. Gonzaga, Portland, San Diego, Saint Mary's, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, LMU, Pacific. Ivy League · 8 teams Princeton's run. Princeton NCAA regular since 2010. Columbia, Harvard competitive. No athletic scholarships. Patriot · 10 teams Service academies + NE privates. American, Army, Bucknell, Navy, Holy Cross. Smart, structured programs. CAA · 14 teams Mid-Atlantic staple. Drexel, Delaware, Towson, Charleston, James Madison (departed), Hampton. MAAC · 11 teams Fairfield, Marist. Fairfield & Marist the historical powers. Quinnipiac recent NCAA Tournament regular. Horizon · 11 teams Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. Green Bay historical mid-major standout. Cleveland State, Northern Kentucky. Summit · 9 teams South Dakota powers. South Dakota, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver. Big Sky · 10 teams Montana, Idaho, NAU. Montana's Lady Griz a fixture. Montana State, Idaho State, Eastern Washington. MAC · 12 teams Ohio + MI + NY + IL + IN. Toledo, Kent State, Ball State historical. Buffalo's recent NCAA runs. ASUN · 14 teams Southeast mid-major. Florida Gulf Coast, Kennesaw State (now CUSA), Lipscomb, Queens, Stetson. Northeast · 10 teams Small Northeast privates. Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson, Wagner, Saint Francis (PA), LIU, CCSU. Southern · 10 teams Furman, Mercer, Samford. Chattanooga the league heavyweight. UNCG, Western Carolina, Wofford, ETSU. OVC · 10+ teams Belmont departed. Tennessee Tech, Morehead State, Eastern Illinois, SIUE. Rebuilding after OVC members jumped conferences. America East · 9 teams Maine, UMBC, UAlbany. Small Northeast publics. Maine & UAlbany routinely play March. Big South · 9 teams Carolinas + VA. High Point, Gardner-Webb, Radford, Winthrop, UNC Asheville. Big West · 11 teams California + Hawaii. Hawaii, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Long Beach State, Cal Poly. Browse all 1,306 programs in the searchable directory → NCAA Division II · 23 conferences Scholarships, smaller stages. ~313 D2 programs. The NCAA D2 Elite Eight plays every March in Birmingham (or rotating host). D2 offers partial athletic scholarships and a lower cap on roster size. Major conferences include the Lone Star (Texas-heavy: Angelo State, West Texas A&M, TAMU-Kingsville, UT Tyler, UT Permian Basin), Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) , Northeast-10 , Gulf South , MIAA (Central & Western), GLIAC , Great Lakes Valley , CCAA (California), RMAC , NSIC (Upper Midwest), Sunshine State , Peach Belt , SAC , Mountain East , Great American , G-MAC , Conference Carolinas , CACC , PacWest , and East Coast . Filter directory to D2 → NCAA Division III · 40+ conferences Academic-first, still ferocious. ~440 D3 programs. No athletic scholarships — academic aid only. Strong programs: Hope College (MI), NYU, Tufts, Saint Thomas (before the D1 move), Amherst (NESCAC), Wisconsin-Whitewater, Christopher Newport. Top conferences include NESCAC (Amherst, Middlebury, Williams, Tufts), UAA (NYU, Wash U, Chicago, Emory), Centennial , Liberty League , CCIW , North Coast Athletic Conference , Wisconsin IAC , Empire 8 , Old Dominion AC , Northwest Conference , SCIAC , American Rivers Conference , SUNYAC , MASCAC , and MIAC (Minnesota). Filter directory to D3 → NAIA · 19 conferences Different body, same game. ~189 NAIA programs. Full athletic scholarships are allowed; the governing body is separate from the NCAA. National tournament held in Sioux City every March. NAIA has been historically strong at producing WNBA players through transfer pathways. Key conferences: Sooner Athletic Conference (Oklahoma City, Wayland Baptist, Texas Wesleyan), Mid-South , Crossroads League , GPAC , KCAC , Appalachian AC , Cal Pac , Cascade Collegiate , Frontier , Heart of America , Continental , Gulf Coast (HBCU-heavy), River States , Sun , SSAC , North Star , WHAC . Filter directory to NAIA → --- ## WNBA Draft — every No. 1 pick, every year · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/draft/ WNBA Draft — every No. 1 pick, every year · girlhoop Every No. 1, every year The WNBA Draft. For years the draft was a morning-after paragraph in a newspaper. In 2024 it drew 2.45 million viewers on ESPN — the most-watched WNBA Draft in history, up 307% year-over-year. Then 2025 broke that. Here's the archive. 1997 First draft 36 picks in the 2024 first round 2.45M viewers, 2024 (ESPN) 38 picks, 2025 (expanded) No. 1 overall picks The pedigree. Thirteen of the 29 No. 1 picks from 1997 to 2025 went on to win at least one WNBA title. Four are in the Naismith Hall of Fame. Year No. 1 pick Team College Career highlights 2025 Paige Bueckers Dallas Wings Connecticut 2025 NCAA champ; Wooden Award '21; WNBA ROY front-runner 2024 Caitlin Clark Indiana Fever Iowa NCAA all-time scoring leader (M or W, D1); 2024 WNBA ROY 2023 Aliyah Boston Indiana Fever South Carolina 2022 NCAA champ; 2023 WNBA ROY; 3× All-Star 2022 Rhyne Howard Atlanta Dream Kentucky 2022 WNBA ROY; 2× All-Star 2021 Charli Collier Dallas Wings Texas Rookie role player; traded to LA '22 2020 Sabrina Ionescu New York Liberty Oregon 3× All-Star; 2024 WNBA champ; 3-point contest record (37) 2019 Jackie Young Las Vegas Aces Notre Dame 2× WNBA champ (22, 23); 2× All-Star; 2019 NCAA champ 2018 A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces South Carolina 3× MVP (20, 22, 24); 2× WNBA champ; 2024 Olympic gold MVP 2017 Kelsey Plum San Antonio Stars Washington 2× WNBA champ; 3× All-Star; NCAA all-time scoring leader (pre-Clark) 2016 Breanna Stewart Seattle Storm UConn 2× MVP; 2× WNBA champ; 4× NCAA champ; 2× Olympic gold 2015 Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm Notre Dame 2× WNBA champ; 5× All-Star; 2023 scoring title 2014 Chiney Ogwumike Connecticut Sun Stanford 2× All-Star; ESPN analyst 2013 Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury Baylor 9× All-Star; 2014 WNBA champ; 2× Olympic gold; career dunks record (24) 2012 Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks Stanford 2016 MVP; 2016 WNBA champ; WNBPA president 2011 Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx UConn 2014 MVP; 4× WNBA champ; activism-driven hiatus 2019+ 2010 Tina Charles Connecticut Sun UConn 2012 MVP; 8× All-Star; career 6,000+ pts 2009 Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Louisville 5× All-Star; 2 Olympic golds 2008 Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Tennessee 2× MVP; 3× WNBA champ (16, 21, 23); 2× NCAA champ; HOF 2007 Lindsey Harding Phoenix Mercury Duke Journeyman guard; now head coach at DePaul 2006 Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx LSU 4× WNBA champ; 8× All-Star; HOF 2024 2005 Janel McCarville Charlotte Sting Minnesota 2011 WNBA champ (Lynx); solid career center 2004 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury UConn All-time WNBA scoring leader; 3× champ; 6× Olympic gold; HOF '24 2003 LaToya Thomas Cleveland Rockers Mississippi State Started career strong; traded across multiple teams 2002 Sue Bird Seattle Storm UConn 4× WNBA champ; 12× All-Star; 5× Olympic gold; HOF '23 2001 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm — Australian import; 3× MVP; 2× WNBA champ; HOF '21 (first Australian) 2000 Ann Wauters Cleveland Rockers — Belgian; solid career in W + Europe 1999 Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics Tennessee 1999 ROY; 6× All-Star; 3× NCAA champ at Tenn. 1998 Margo Dydek Utah Starzz — 7'2" Polish center; dunked in WNBA; dec. 2011 1997 Tina Thompson Houston Comets USC First pick in WNBA history; 4× champ (Comets dynasty); HOF '18 By the numbers Where the stars come from. Across all 29 No. 1 picks, five schools produced them more than once. UConn · 5 Bird, Charles, Moore, Stewart, Bueckers The factory. Every decade from the 2000s onward. Stanford · 2 N. Ogwumike, C. Ogwumike Sisters back-to-back years. South Carolina · 2 Wilson, Boston Dawn Staley's Columbia pipeline. Tennessee · 2 Holdsclaw, Parker Summitt's lineage extends into the modern game. Iowa / Oregon · 1+1 Clark, Ionescu Two of the most-watched draft nights in history. International · 3 Jackson, Dydek, Wauters No. 1 picks who never played U.S. college. Back to WNBA → --- ## Women Who Can Dunk — the complete list · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/dunkers/ Women Who Can Dunk — the complete list · girlhoop A running list, updated every time another one goes down Women who can dunk . Every confirmed in-game dunk in women's basketball history, organized by player. The myth that "women can't dunk" was dead the moment Georgeann Wells threw one down in 1984. Forty years later, it happens in the Final Four, in the WNBA, and — with Juju Watkins's class on the rise — increasingly in high school gyms. 24 WNBA career record (Griner) 1984 First ever — Georgeann Wells 2002 First in the WNBA — Lisa Leslie ~15 Confirmed in-game dunkers, all-time Corrections · 2026-04-22 Thanks to the r/wnba community for flagging embellishments (the launch thread has since been removed by the subreddit, but the corrections survived). The list has been tightened — Juju Watkins and Kamilla Cardoso moved to "watchlist" until a documented in-game dunk surfaces. Similar caveats added to Natalie Williams (may have been ABL, not WNBA) and Li Yueru. If you've got a clip for anyone named here, please share it on the BBS thread and we'll update. The dunkers — sortable, filterable Every woman with a documented in-game dunk or a credible pending claim. Sort by any column; filter by status, league, or division. Click a player's sources to verify independently. All status Confirmed only Pending only Practice only Disputed All leagues All divisions Active only — Rank Player Dunks Ht Team League Div Status Game Dunks First Active Sources Tip: click any column header to sort. Default rank follows our curatorial Top 10 (impact + athleticism). Sort by "Status" or "First" to see the list by verification or chronology instead. Angel Reese and Tina Charles have been removed — no practice video surfaced for Reese; Charles considered unlikely at this career stage. Why it still matters Women dunking isn't a novelty anymore — Griner made it regular, Belibi made it an NCAA regular occurrence, and Malonga has made it a Paris 2024 Olympic memory. The question was never whether women could dunk. It was whether the rims would get lowered on anyone's watch, and the answer was always: no . Methodology: "In-game dunk" means a dunk in a regulation game (WNBA regular season or playoffs, NCAA regular season or tournament, FIBA competition, Olympics, or top-tier pro league). Preseason, practice, warmup, and pregame dunks are tagged practice in the Status column. If a claim is challenged, it goes to pending until broadcast footage or a primary source is surfaced. Sources & how this list was built Compiled from the following references. If a claim on this page isn't supported by at least one of these, it's on the watchlist. Primary references Wikipedia: women who have dunked in a game WNBA.com (player pages, historical game recaps) FIBA.basketball (Olympics, World Cup, EuroBasket records) Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (Georgeann Wells VHS + archive) NCAA.com women's basketball Secondary / community YouTube broadcast clips (linked inline per entry) r/wnba launch thread (removed by subreddit — community corrections preserved here) girlhoop community on AustinSpring BBS Her Hoop Stats and Swish Appeal historical coverage AP wire archive recaps for specific game dates Editorial process: draft compiled from Wikipedia, old Bleacher Report list, news archives, and community memory, plus AI cross-checking and a review of available YouTube footage. When a claim couldn't be sourced, it moved to watchlist. Documented sources are linked per entry above; this is an ongoing correction process, not a finished reference. Join the discussion This list stays alive through community corrections. The launch thread on r/wnba was removed by the sub — no surprise for a reference post — so the conversation has moved where we own it: Discuss on the girlhoop BBS → The girlhoop community lives at austinspring.com/bbs/live/c/girlhoop — a BBS we run ourselves. No algorithm, no downvotes, no mod removals. Threaded discussions that don't scroll off. ← Back to girlhoop --- ## Chrome extension — girlhoop directory URL: https://girlhoop.com/extension/ Chrome extension — girlhoop directory Free · no tracking · manifest v3 The girlhoop extension . 1,227 women's basketball programs. One click from the Chrome toolbar. Filter by division, conference, state, or search by name — click to jump straight to the school's athletic page. Download (.zip, 10 KB) Install instructions girlhoop ├─ Search: "desoto" ├─ Filter: div=D1, conf=SEC ├─ 16 matches │ ├─ South Carolina (Columbia, SC) │ ├─ LSU (Baton Rouge, LA) │ ├─ Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) │ └─ … └─ [click] → opens athletics page Install in 30 seconds No Chrome Web Store needed. The extension isn't in the Web Store yet — it's distributed directly. Safe to inspect: everything is client-side JS, and source is visible in the zip. Download the zip and unzip it to any folder on your computer. In Chrome, go to chrome://extensions/ . Toggle Developer mode on (top right). Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped girlhoop-extension folder. The girlhoop icon appears in your Chrome toolbar. Click it any time to search the directory. What it does Features. Live data 1,227 programs Fetches the dataset from girlhoop.com on first use. Caches for 7 days. Hit the Refresh button in the popup to force a fresh pull. Instant search Filter as you type Search matches on school name, nickname, conference, city, state — all at once. Combine with division/conference/state dropdowns. Direct links Click → athletics page Every D1 result opens the school's official women's basketball page. D2/D3/NAIA results fall back to a web search for the program. Privacy No tracking No analytics, no remote logging, no account. The only network call is the one-time fetch of the team dataset. Offline-ish Works after first load Once the dataset is cached, the popup works with no connectivity until you hit Refresh or the 7-day TTL expires. Open inspect Source visible Under 200 lines of HTML/CSS/JS. Zero third-party dependencies, zero build step. Unzip and read it. ← Back to girlhoop --- ## Global women's basketball — the overseas leagues · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/global/ Global women's basketball — the overseas leagues · girlhoop Outside the W · where the money is The world beyond the W . WNBA super-max tops out around $252K. A starter in Turkey can make four times that. Spain, Russia (pre-2022), China — the offseason migration is the economic backbone of the women's game. 40+ Pro leagues worldwide $1M+ Top KBSL salaries 16 EuroLeague Women clubs Oct–May Euro season Tier 1 · continental competition EuroLeague Women. The Champions League of women's club basketball. 16 teams, group stage into playoffs, Final Four crowns the champion. Dominated historically by Russian and Turkish clubs; Spanish and Czech sides regularly contend. 🇹🇷 Turkey Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 2023 & 2024 EuroLeague Women champs. Perennial top-4. Home: Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul. 🇪🇸 Spain Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca-based. 2011 champions, consistent playoff side. 🇨🇿 Czechia ZVVZ USK Praha 2015, 2018, 2022 champions. Prague powerhouse. 🇫🇷 France LDLC ASVEL Féminin Lyon. Founded by Tony Parker. Fast-rising challenger. 🇮🇹 Italy Famila Schio Vicenza region. 2022 Final Four. 🇭🇺 Hungary Sopron Basket 2022 EuroLeague Women champions — small-market Cinderella. 🇹🇷 Turkey Galatasaray Istanbul rival to Fener. Historical EuroLeague Women title (2014). 🇷🇺 Russia (suspended) UMMC Ekaterinburg Six-time champs (2003, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21). Banned from FIBA/EuroLeague since Feb 2022. Official standings & scores → Top domestic leagues Where the WNBA winters. The league-by-league breakdown of where U.S. stars spend their offseason. 🇹🇷 KBSL (Turkey) ING Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi 12 teams. Highest salaries in women's basketball. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Çukurova, Mersin. Oct–May. Fed site (Turkish) → 🇪🇸 LF Endesa (Spain) Liga Femenina de Baloncesto 14 teams. Technical, patient basketball. Perfumerías Avenida, Valencia, Spar Girona lead. Sep–May. FEB site → 🇫🇷 LFB (France) Ligue Féminine de Basketball 12 teams. Basket Landes, Lyon ASVEL Féminin, Bourges Basket. Strong national-team pipeline. LFB site → 🇮🇹 Serie A1 (Italy) Serie A1 Femminile 14 teams. Venezia, Schio, Campobasso. Long-standing destination for European pros. 🇦🇺 WNBL (Australia) Women's National Basketball League 8 teams. Nov–March. Birthplace of the Opals — Jackson, Taylor, Cambage, Magbegor. WNBA-adjacent playing style. WNBL site → 🇨🇳 WCBA (China) Women's Chinese Basketball Association 18 teams. Nov–March. Short but lucrative season. Hosted A'ja Wilson, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner historically. 🇰🇷 WKBL (Korea) Women's Korean Basketball League 6 teams. Short season, high pay for imports. Asan Woori, Yongin Samsung. 🇯🇵 WJBL (Japan) Women's Japan Basketball League 12 teams in W-League (top flight). ENEOS Sunflowers, Fujitsu Red Wave. Deep domestic pool, strong national team. 🇧🇷 LBF (Brazil) Liga de Basquete Feminino 10 teams. Sesi Araraquara, Campinas. Dec–May. Historical home of Hortência, Paula & Magic Paula. 🇺🇸 Athletes Unlimited AU Pro Basketball Offseason U.S. league (Jan–Feb). Rotating-roster format, player-scored. Short schedule, high visibility. AU site → 🇺🇸 Unrivaled 3-on-3 players' league Launched Jan 2025 by Breanna Stewart & Napheesa Collier. Miami-based, 30 WNBA stars, equity + top-tier base salary. Unrivaled → 🇩🇪 · 🇮🇱 · 🇵🇱 · 🇬🇷 · 🇸🇰 European second tier DBBL (Germany), WBL Premier League (Israel), Basket Liga Kobiet (Poland), A1 Ethniki (Greece), EWBL (Slovakia) — all routinely sign WNBA fringe/mid-tier players. --- ## High School — girls’ basketball, US-wide · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/highschool/ High School — girls’ basketball, US-wide · girlhoop High School · the bottom of the funnel High school . US girls’ high school basketball, with extra depth on Central Texas (UIL classifications, the Austin-Round Rock corridor). Where the careers actually start — recruiting, AAU pipeline, top programs, the players whose names will be in WNBA drafts in five years. What we cover Top programs by state — the perennial powers and the rising ones. State title histories. Central Texas focus — /highschool/texas/ for UIL 6A through 1A, with a magnifying glass on the Austin-Round Rock-Cedar Park corridor. Recruiting class rankings — the espnW HoopGurlz lists, the next-up commits, the future Cs of the W. AAU pipeline — Nike EYBL, Adidas 3SSB, the summer circuits where college coaches actually evaluate. McDonald’s All-American + Jordan Brand Classic — the postseason all-star events that signal who’s arrived. Pipeline math: high school → D1 college ( NCAAW ) → pro leagues ( hoopwomen.com ). We track the first two; pro coverage moves to the sister site. --- ## NCAAW — Division I women’s college basketball · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/ncaaw/ NCAAW — Division I women’s college basketball · girlhoop Division I · the college pipeline NCAAW . Division I women’s basketball — the programs, the tournament, the transfer portal, the next-generation stars. The strongest single feeder for the WNBA, increasingly its own primetime product. Pro coverage lives at hoopwomen.com . What we cover Power conferences — SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Pac-12-formerly. The polls and the mid-week games that decide them. The mid-major upset path — the schools that crash the bracket. Princeton, Belmont, Fairfield, Florida Gulf Coast, every year someone. Recruiting — the top class rankings, commitment news, NIL coverage where it’s reported on the record. Transfer portal — portal-cycle reporting in April-May and December. Who’s leaving, who’s landing where. The tournament — March bracket reveal, early-round upsets, Final Four to title game. Our highest-traffic period. WNBA draft pipeline — the players whose college careers point straight at the W. Existing /college/ coverage rolls forward into this section. Same content, sharper focus. --- ## Olympics & FIBA — women's international basketball · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/olympics/ Olympics & FIBA — women's international basketball · girlhoop Olympic history · 1976–present The streak. Women's basketball joined the Olympic program in 1976. The U.S. has won gold nine times. The current streak is eight straight — stretching back to 1996 — and 61 consecutive Olympic wins through Paris 2024. It is one of the longest winning runs in team-sport history. 9 U.S. Olympic golds 8 straight, since 1996 61 consecutive Olympic wins 1976 Women's debut (Montreal) Olympic gold medals Every final since 1976. Year Host Gold Silver Bronze Final score 2024 Paris 🇺🇸 USA 🇫🇷 France 🇦🇺 Australia USA 67–66 FRA 2020 Tokyo (2021) 🇺🇸 USA 🇯🇵 Japan 🇫🇷 France USA 90–75 JPN 2016 Rio 🇺🇸 USA 🇪🇸 Spain 🇷🇸 Serbia USA 101–72 ESP 2012 London 🇺🇸 USA 🇫🇷 France 🇦🇺 Australia USA 86–50 FRA 2008 Beijing 🇺🇸 USA 🇦🇺 Australia 🇷🇺 Russia USA 92–65 AUS 2004 Athens 🇺🇸 USA 🇦🇺 Australia 🇷🇺 Russia USA 74–63 AUS 2000 Sydney 🇺🇸 USA 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil USA 76–54 AUS 1996 Atlanta 🇺🇸 USA 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇦🇺 Australia USA 111–87 BRA 1992 Barcelona 🇪🇺 Unified Team 🇨🇳 China 🇺🇸 USA UT 76–66 CHN (semi: USA lost) 1988 Seoul 🇺🇸 USA 🇾🇺 Yugoslavia 🇸🇺 USSR USA 77–70 YUG 1984 Los Angeles 🇺🇸 USA 🇰🇷 S. Korea 🇨🇳 China USA 85–55 KOR · Soviet boycott 1980 Moscow 🇸🇺 USSR 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇾🇺 Yugoslavia USA boycott 1976 Montreal 🇸🇺 USSR 🇺🇸 USA 🇧🇬 Bulgaria USSR 112–77 USA FIBA Women's World Cup The quadrennial championship. Held every four years, two years off the Olympic cycle. U.S. has won 11 of 19 since 1953; dominant in the modern era with 4 straight (2010, 14, 18, 22). Year Host Gold Silver Bronze 2026 Berlin Upcoming — Sept 2026 2022 Sydney 🇺🇸 USA 🇨🇳 China 🇦🇺 Australia 2018 Tenerife 🇺🇸 USA 🇦🇺 Australia 🇪🇸 Spain 2014 Turkey 🇺🇸 USA 🇪🇸 Spain 🇹🇷 Turkey 2010 Czech Rep. 🇺🇸 USA 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇪🇸 Spain 2006 Brazil 🇦🇺 Australia 🇷🇺 Russia 🇺🇸 USA 2002 China 🇺🇸 USA 🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇺 Australia 1998 Germany 🇺🇸 USA 🇷🇺 Russia 🇦🇺 Australia 1994 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇳 China 🇺🇸 USA 1990 Malaysia 🇺🇸 USA 🇾🇺 Yugoslavia 🇨🇺 Cuba Continental championships The five FIBA zones. FIBA AmeriCup USA v. Brazil v. Canada Most recent winner: USA (2023). Held every 2 years. EuroBasket Women Spain, Belgium, France 2023 winner: Belgium. 2025 winner: Belgium (back-to-back). Asia Cup Japan, China, Australia Most recent winner: Australia (2023). Includes Oceania teams. AfroBasket Women Nigeria, Senegal, Mali Nigeria's D'Tigress have won 5 straight (2017, 19, 21, 23, 25). Commonwealth Games Australia, England, Canada Held every 4 years; basketball dropped from 2026 program. FIBA 3x3 Women Olympic sport since Tokyo 2020 Gold: USA (2020), Germany (2024). Fast-growing. --- ## The Pipeline — youth to D1 to pro · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/pipeline/ The Pipeline — youth to D1 to pro · girlhoop Development · how a player makes it The pipeline . Six stages from a kid with a basketball to a pro contract. The development math behind women’s basketball — what each stage actually filters for, what the bottlenecks are, where the dropouts happen. 1 Youth (U8–U12) Rec leagues, school teams, the first AAU clubs. The age where almost everyone plays and almost nobody is filtered out. Skill development matters more than wins. 2 AAU + middle school (U13–U14) The first real selection event. Top-shelf AAU programs (Nike EYBL, Adidas 3SSB, Under Armour) start scouting. Family decisions about travel basketball lock in here. Roughly 5% of U13 girls are on programs visible to college recruiters. 3 High school (9th–12th) State tournaments, recruiting class rankings, the McDonald’s All-American game. The pipeline narrows hard: of the ~400,000 girls playing US high school basketball each year, fewer than 5,000 will sign with a D1 program. Coverage at /highschool/ . 4 D1 college (NCAAW) Four years of D1, NIL deals, transfer portal optionality, the postseason. The largest media-attention bump in any pipeline stage — the NCAA tournament puts more eyeballs on women’s basketball than the WNBA Finals. Coverage here . 5 WNBA Draft 36 picks per year, ~12 rookies actually make a roster. The narrowest filter in the system — thousands of D1 seniors compete for those dozen spots. Pro coverage moves to hoopwomen.com from this stage forward. 6 Pro career WNBA + Unrivaled + Athletes Unlimited + overseas. A typical career runs 8–12 years. Most income comes from the off-season overseas circuit, not the W. Sister-site coverage at hoopwomen.com/leagues/ . --- ## Top players — profiles · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/players/ Top players — profiles · girlhoop Profiles · the faces of the sport The players. From the MVPs who set the standard to the rookies redefining what a WNBA season looks like. Thirty profiles that cover the generation the sport is built on and the one taking it over. 30 Featured profiles 3× MVP titles held by A'ja Wilson 6 Olympic golds (Taurasi) 1 Still active, still writing it Current WNBA stars The W right now. G · Indiana Fever Caitlin Clark NCAA all-time scoring leader (men's or women's D1) at 3,951 points. 2024 ROY. Tripled Fever attendance as a rookie. The player ESPN built a whole season around. 5'10" Height Iowa College 2024 Drafted F · Chicago Sky Angel Reese 2023 NCAA champion MOP. Set the WNBA single-season rebounding record as a rookie. Her Unrivaled/off-court brand might be bigger than her on-court game — both are big. 6'3" Height LSU College 2024 Drafted F · Las Vegas Aces A'ja Wilson 3× WNBA MVP (2020, 22, 24). 2× champion. 2024 Olympic gold MVP. The best player in the world, period — first to crack 1,000 points in a WNBA season (2024). 6'4" Height South Carolina College 2018 Drafted F · New York Liberty Breanna Stewart 2× WNBA MVP, 2× WNBA champion, 4× NCAA champion at UConn. Co-founder of Unrivaled. A top-3 all-time type of résumé, still expanding. 6'4" Height UConn College 2016 Drafted G · New York Liberty Sabrina Ionescu Only NCAA player ever with 2,000 pts / 1,000 reb / 1,000 ast. 3× WNBA All-Star, 2024 champion. Set the WNBA 3-point contest record (37 points) in the All-Star Game vs. Steph Curry. 5'11" Height Oregon College 2020 Drafted G · Dallas Wings Paige Bueckers 2021 Wooden Award winner as a UConn freshman. 2025 NCAA champion. No. 1 overall pick in 2025. Bueckers' NIL deals make her one of the highest-paid women's college athletes in history. 6'0" Height UConn College 2025 Drafted F · Minnesota Lynx Napheesa Collier 2024 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. 4× All-Star. Co-founder of Unrivaled (with Stewart). Won 2024 Commissioner's Cup MVP. 6'1" Height UConn College 2019 Drafted F · Indiana Fever Aliyah Boston 2022 Wooden Award, 2022 NCAA champion. 2023 WNBA ROY. 3× All-Star in three seasons. Quietest dominant post player in the league. 6'5" Height South Carolina College 2023 Drafted G · Phoenix Mercury Kahleah Copper 2021 WNBA Finals MVP with the Sky. Traded to Phoenix 2024 — scored 30+ six times in first half of season. 3× All-Star. 6'1" Height Rutgers College 2016 Drafted G · Las Vegas Aces Kelsey Plum 2× WNBA champion. NCAA all-time scorer before Clark broke the mark. 2021 Olympic 3x3 gold. Founded the Dawg Class camp for girls. 5'8" Height Washington College 2017 Drafted F · LA Sparks Cameron Brink Stanford dominant defender. Drafted 2nd overall in 2024; tore ACL in June. Expected back 2025 — one of the league's tallest (6'4") at-rim defenders. 6'4" Height Stanford College 2024 Drafted F · Chicago Sky Kamilla Cardoso 6'7" Brazilian center. 2024 NCAA champion, dunked en route. Gold Star rookie year in Chicago. Dunks in games. 6'7" Height South Carolina College 2024 Drafted Top college players · 2025-26 The next wave. G · USC Juju Watkins 2024 Freshman of the Year — led USC to Elite Eight as a freshman, 27 ppg. Dunked in a HS game. Likely No. 1 pick whenever she declares. 6'2" Height Sierra Canyon (CA) HS 2023 Enrolled F · UConn Azzi Fudd Gatorade HS Player of the Year 2021. Dealt with multiple injuries but came back for UConn's 2025 run as a grad transfer. Elite shooter. 5'11" Height St. John's Catholic Prep (MD) HS 2021 Enrolled F · South Carolina MiLaysia Fulwiley 2024 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year. Handles and scoring burst that could make her a top-10 WNBA pick. Columbia, SC native — playing for Dawn Staley at home. 5'10" Height Keenan HS (SC) HS 2023 Enrolled G · LSU Flau'jae Johnson 2023 NCAA champion, 2024 SEC Freshman of the Year. Also a signed recording artist on Jay-Z's Roc Nation. A basketball/rap dual career. 5'10" Height Sprayberry HS (GA) HS 2022 Enrolled G · Texas Rori Harmon Cypress Creek (TX) product — 2024 Big 12 DPOY. Vic Schaefer's floor general. Returned from ACL tear to anchor Texas's SEC debut. 5'6" Height Cypress Creek (TX) HS 2021 Enrolled G · UCLA Lauren Betts Stanford transfer who became the best post player in the nation. Led UCLA to 2025 Final Four. Projects as a top-3 pick when she declares. 6'7" Height Grandview HS (CO) HS 2022 Enrolled G · Notre Dame Hannah Hidalgo 2024 ACC Freshman of the Year. Fastest to 500 career points in ND history. Dribble penetration and finishing at 5'6". 5'6" Height Paul VI Catholic (NJ) HS 2023 Enrolled G · Ole Miss Madison Scott DeSoto (TX) alum. SEC All-Defensive team. Among the Texas pipeline's most consistent producers. 6'2" Height DeSoto (TX) HS 2020 Enrolled F · TCU Hailey Van Lith Third program (Louisville → LSU → TCU). Transfer-portal poster child. 2024 Elite Eight with LSU. High-volume scorer. 5'7" Height Cashmere HS (WA) HS 2020 Enrolled Legends The ones who built it. C · retired · Mercury Diana Taurasi All-time WNBA leading scorer (10,646 pts). 3× WNBA champ, 6× Olympic gold, 3× NCAA champ at UConn. Retired 2025. The GOAT discussion starts here. 6'0" Height UConn College 2004 Drafted G · retired · Storm Sue Bird 4× WNBA champ, 5× Olympic gold, 13× All-Star. Coached basketball IQ in a jersey. Now part-owner of the Seattle Storm. 5'9" Height UConn College 2002 Drafted F · retired · Sparks Candace Parker 2× NCAA champ, 2× MVP, 3× WNBA champ (16, 21, 23). The first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game. HOF 2025. 6'4" Height Tennessee College 2008 Drafted C · retired · Mercury Brittney Griner Career WNBA dunks leader (24). 2014 WNBA champ. Detained in Russia 2022, returned Dec 2022. Back with Atlanta 2025. 6'9" Height Baylor College 2013 Drafted C · retired · Sparks Lisa Leslie First WNBA dunk (2002). 2× champ, 3× MVP, 4× Olympic gold. Coached the Sparks. HOF 2015. 6'5" Height USC College 1997 Drafted F · retired · Comets Sheryl Swoopes 4× WNBA champion with Houston's dynasty. 3× MVP, 3× Olympic gold. Texas Tech legend (1993 NCAA champ, 47 points in the title game). HOF 2016. 6'0" Height Texas Tech College 1997 Signed F · retired · Lynx Maya Moore 4× WNBA champ with Minnesota. 2× NCAA champ. Stepped away 2019 to work on a wrongful conviction case — freed Jonathan Irons, then married him. Never returned to play. 6'0" Height UConn College 2011 Drafted C · retired · Comets Tina Thompson First pick in WNBA history (1997). 4× champion with Houston. The original franchise cornerstone. HOF 2018. 6'2" Height USC College 1997 Drafted G · retired · Comets Cynthia Cooper-Dyke First two WNBA Finals MVPs (1997, 98). 4× champion. The league's first dominant star. HOF 2010. 5'10" Height USC College 1997 Signed --- ## Shop — gear, tickets, books · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/shop/ Shop — gear, tickets, books · girlhoop Curated picks · partner-supported The shop . Tickets, gear, training, books, streaming. Picks for women’s basketball at every level — youth, high school, college, the W, the global game. How this page works. Most links are affiliate links — we earn a small commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you. We only recommend things our editors actually use. We never accept payment to feature a product. See about for the full disclosure. Tickets, by marketplace. Tier 1 For WNBA, NCAA Division I, and most overseas-league games. Cross-shop on game day — the same seats often differ in price by 15-20% across these three. SeatGeek WNBA & college tickets → SeatGeek Best deal-finding UI in tickets. Color-coded value scoring on every seat. Strong NCAA inventory too. 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Texas basketball, like everything in Texas, is its own category. 23 D1 programs 6 UIL classifications 3 Baylor NCAA titles 1,100+ Texas high schools Division I · 23 programs The Texas D1 map. Every four-year D1 women's basketball program in the state of Texas, by conference. School City Conference Arena / note Link Texas Austin SEC Moody Center · moved SEC 2024 · Vic Schaefer head coach Site → Texas A&M College Station SEC Reed Arena · 2011 NCAA champions Site → Baylor Waco Big 12 Foster Pavilion · 3 NCAA titles (05, 12, 19) Site → TCU Fort Worth Big 12 Schollmaier Arena · Mark Campbell HC Site → Houston Houston Big 12 Fertitta Center · Ronald Hughey HC Site → Texas Tech Lubbock Big 12 United Supermarkets Arena · 1993 NCAA champs (Sheryl Swoopes) Site → SMU Dallas ACC Moody Coliseum · jumped to ACC 2024 Site → UTSA San Antonio American Convocation Center · Karen Aston HC Site → UTEP El Paso Conference USA Don Haskins Center Site → North Texas Denton American Super Pit Site → Rice Houston American Tudor Fieldhouse · historic mid-major power Site → Sam Houston Huntsville Conference USA Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum Site → Texas State San Marcos Sun Belt Strahan Coliseum Site → Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches WAC William R. Johnson Coliseum · "Ladyjacks" Site → Abilene Christian Abilene WAC Moody Coliseum Site → Tarleton State Stephenville WAC Wisdom Gym · moved D1 2020 Site → UT Arlington Arlington WAC College Park Center Site → Lamar Beaumont Southland Montagne Center Site → TAMU-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Southland American Bank Center Site → TAMU-Commerce Commerce Southland Field House · D1 since 2022 Site → Houston Christian (HCU) Houston Southland Sharp Gymnasium Site → Incarnate Word San Antonio Southland McDermott Center Site → Prairie View A&M Prairie View SWAC William Nicks Building · "Lady Panthers" Site → Texas Southern Houston SWAC H&PE Arena · "Lady Tigers" Site → D2 · D3 · NAIA · JUCO in Texas Below D1 is still serious basketball. D2 · Lone Star Conference Dominant Texas D2 Angelo State, West Texas A&M (perennial Elite Eight), TAMU-Kingsville, TAMU International, UT Tyler, UT Permian Basin, Dallas Baptist, Cameron (OK), Lubbock Christian. Deep, physical, ranked nationally most years. D3 · ASC & SCAC American Southwest + Southern Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, McMurry, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Concordia Texas, LeTourneau, East Texas Baptist, Texas Lutheran, Sul Ross State, Southwestern U. NAIA · Sooner + Gulf Coast The pipeline to D1 transfers Wayland Baptist, Texas Wesleyan, Our Lady of the Lake, University of the Southwest (NM), Huston-Tillotson (Austin HBCU), Jarvis Christian, LSU-Alexandria. Wayland Baptist has 30+ national tournament bids. NJCAA · Texas juco The Hill College machine Trinity Valley, Hill, Blinn, Kilgore, South Plains, Midland, Odessa, Weatherford, Lee College. Produce more D1 transfers than any state — Trinity Valley alone has sent 50+ to the top flight. UIL · TAPPS · TCAL The Texas high school pipeline. UIL 6A down to 1A, TAPPS 6A down to 1A parallel for private schools, TCAL for charter/Christian schools. 1,100+ high schools playing competitive girls basketball. 6A · the majors DeSoto · Duncanville · Manvel · South Grand Prairie DeSoto & Duncanville alternate 6A titles since 2016. Both send half-dozen D1 signees each year. 5A Frisco Liberty · Amarillo · Killeen Every classification has a recruiting story. 5A is where new powers emerge each cycle. 4A & 3A Fairfield · Brownsboro · Hitchcock Small-town Texas basketball — 1,000-seat gyms, big reputations. TAPPS 6A Bishop Lynch · Antonian Prep · Trinity Christian-Cedar Hill The Dallas–San Antonio corridor dominates TAPPS. UIL 2A & 1A Gruver · Martins Mill · Slidell Rural Texas championship brackets. Bus rides, sold-out gyms. State Tournament Alamodome · San Antonio All six UIL classifications play the girls state championship at the Alamodome over 3 days each March. Full UIL / TAPPS guide → --- ## WNBA — every team, every draft class · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/wnba/ WNBA — every team, every draft class · girlhoop The W · founded 1996, played 1997 The W . Thirteen teams today, fifteen in 2026, expansion bids lined up behind them. The 2024 season drew the highest ratings in league history. The 2025 draft was the most-watched ever. This is the boom nobody saw coming until they did. 1997 First season 30 years in 2026 15 teams in 2026 12 champion franchises Franchises · 2026 The thirteen. Listed by founding year. Click any franchise to open its official page for live roster, schedule, stats. East · 1997 charter New York Liberty Brooklyn, NY · Barclays Center Owner: Joe & Clara Tsai · HC: Sandy Brondello Champions: 2024 Team site → East · 1997 charter Washington Mystics Washington, DC · CareFirst Arena Owner: Monumental Sports · HC: Sydney Johnson Champions: 2019 Team site → West · 1997 charter Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles, CA · Crypto.com Arena Owner: Magic Johnson Enterprises group · HC: Lynne Roberts Champions: 2001, 2002, 2016 Team site → East · 1998 Atlanta Dream Atlanta, GA · Gateway Center Arena Owner: Larry Gottesdiener / Renee Montgomery group · HC: Karl Smesko — Team site → East · 1999 Indiana Fever Indianapolis, IN · Gainbridge Fieldhouse Owner: Herb Simon · HC: Stephanie White Champions: 2012 Team site → East · 2000 Connecticut Sun Uncasville, CT · Mohegan Sun Arena Owner: Mohegan Tribe · HC: Rachid Meziane Conference champs: 2005, 2019, 2022 Team site → West · 1997 charter Phoenix Mercury Phoenix, AZ · PHX Arena Owner: Mat Ishbia · HC: Nate Tibbetts Champions: 2007, 2009, 2014 Team site → West · 2000 Seattle Storm Seattle, WA · Climate Pledge Arena Owner: Force 10 Hoops · HC: Noelle Quinn Champions: 2004, 2010, 2018, 2020 Team site → West · 1999 Minnesota Lynx Minneapolis, MN · Target Center Owner: Glen Taylor / Wolves group · HC: Cheryl Reeve Champions: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 Team site → West · 2006 Chicago Sky Chicago, IL · Wintrust Arena Owner: Michael Alter · HC: Tyler Marsh Champions: 2021 Team site → West · 2008 (OKC Shock) Dallas Wings Arlington, TX · College Park Center (2026 move to Dallas) Owner: Bill Cameron group · HC: Chris Koclanes As Detroit Shock: 2003, 2006, 2008 Team site → West · 2018 (rebrand) Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas, NV · Michelob ULTRA Arena Owner: Mark Davis · HC: Becky Hammon Champions: 2022, 2023 Team site → West · 2025 expansion Golden State Valkyries San Francisco, CA · Chase Center Owner: Joe Lacob / Warriors group · HC: Natalie Nakase Inaugural season 2025 Team site → Coming 2026 The next two. Expansion no. 14 and 15 — Toronto and Portland — play their inaugural seasons in 2026. The league is targeting 16 teams by 2028. 2026 Toronto Tempo Canada's first WNBA team. Owned by Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures (Raptors / Maple Leafs group). Plays at Coca-Cola Coliseum. HC hiring in spring 2026. 2026 Portland Fire Revival of the original 2000–02 Portland franchise. Owned by Lisa Bhathal Merage's Raj Sports. Plays at Moda Center alongside the Blazers. Front office building throughout 2025–26. The draft Every first pick since 1997 . The WNBA Draft moved to primetime on ESPN for 2024 — Caitlin Clark's year — and never went back. Below: the No. 1 picks. Full draft archive, 1997–present → --- ## Texas High School Girls’ Basketball — Central Texas focus · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/highschool/texas/ Texas High School Girls’ Basketball — Central Texas focus · girlhoop UIL girls’ basketball · Central Texas focus Texas high school . Texas plays girls’ basketball at six UIL classifications, top to bottom. The state finals always run at the Alamodome. Coverage here leans Central Texas — the Austin metro, Round Rock, Cedar Park, the Hill Country — where most of the WNBA-bound talent grows up. Cross-references to NCAAW for college signings, and hoopwomen.com for pro WNBA tracking. The regions we follow Austin metro · UIL 6A The largest classification, where the city’s deepest programs live. Austin ISD, Round Rock ISD, Leander ISD, Pflugerville ISD — about thirty 6A girls’ programs in the immediate Austin orbit. Programs we track: Westlake · Lake Travis · Cedar Park · Round Rock · Westwood · Vandegrift · McNeil · Stony Point · Pflugerville · Leander Hill Country · UIL 5A & 4A Smaller programs west and southwest of Austin. The 5A title contenders here punch up — the Hill Country has produced multiple D1 signees per cycle. Programs we track: Dripping Springs · Wimberley · Marble Falls · Liberty Hill · Boerne · Bandera San Antonio corridor · 6A & 5A Just outside the strict Central-Texas line but tightly linked — AAU teams cross between Austin and SA constantly. Northside ISD and North East ISD anchor the 6A side. Programs we track: Brandeis · Reagan · O’Connor · Madison · Steele · Antonian (TAPPS) Hot Springs / I-35 corridor (Texas-side) Editor’s personal interest from the Hot Springs / Cedar Creek bases — the Texas programs along I-35 north of Austin (Belton, Killeen, Temple, Waco) where some of the best high-school athletes in the state quietly come from. Programs we track: Belton · Killeen Shoemaker · Temple · Waco University · Midway (Waco) Also covered: state-tournament weekends in March (1A–6A all play at the Alamodome), TGCA all-state lists, McDonald’s All-American Game / Jordan Brand Classic Texas selections, and the AAU summer circuits (especially Nike EYBL Texas Renegades, Lady Cyfair Express). --- ## WNBA Schedule 2026 — every game, every network · girlhoop URL: https://girlhoop.com/wnba/schedule/ WNBA Schedule 2026 — every game, every network · girlhoop 2026 WNBA Season · regular-season tips May 16 The schedule . Every WNBA game, the network carrying it, and the tip-off in your local Eastern time. Updated from the ESPN schedule. Networks change occasionally for big matchups — we re-pull weekly. ABC ESPN / ESPN2 NBC Peacock USA Network ION CBS / Paramount+ Prime Video NBA TV WNBA League Pass About the 2026 broadcast picture. The WNBA's new media-rights deal kicked in for the 2026 season — ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video share the bulk of national windows. Friday nights stay with ION (Scripps), Saturday afternoons land on ABC or CBS , Sunday primetime rides NBC/Peacock , Thursday nights belong to Prime Video , and weeknight overflow runs on USA Network or NBA TV . Every game not on a national network airs on WNBA League Pass — the league's own streaming service, including preseason exhibitions like tonight's Fever vs Nigeria. Local-market broadcasts on RSNs vary by team. Preseason · May 2026 Tune-up week. Exhibition games before the regular-season tip on May 16. Most go untelevised; the games on this list are the ones broadcasters picked up. Sat, May 2 Preseason 1 game 7:00 PM Nigeria @ Indiana Fever WNBA League Pass Sun, May 3 Preseason 4 games 3:00 PM Washington Mystics @ Atlanta Dream WNBA League Pass 5:00 PM New York Liberty @ Connecticut Sun ION 7:00 PM Las Vegas Aces vs Dallas Wings ION 7:00 PM Los Angeles Sparks @ Portland Fire WNBA League Pass Fri, May 8 Preseason 3 games 7:30 PM Connecticut Sun @ New York Liberty ION 7:30 PM Washington Mystics @ Toronto Tempo ION 10:00 PM Golden State Valkyries @ Seattle Storm ION Opening week · May 16–22 The bell rings. Regular season tips Saturday May 16. NBC takes the marquee Sunday matinee; Prime Video opens Thursday. ION owns Friday night. Sun, May 17 Opening Sunday 4 games 1:30 PM Las Vegas Aces @ Atlanta Dream NBC / Peacock 6:00 PM Seattle Storm @ Indiana Fever Peacock / NBCSN 7:00 PM Chicago Sky @ Minnesota Lynx WNBA League Pass 7:00 PM Toronto Tempo @ Los Angeles Sparks WNBA League Pass Mon, May 18 Monday night 2 games 8:00 PM Washington Mystics @ Dallas Wings Peacock / NBCSN 10:00 PM Connecticut Sun @ Portland Fire WNBA League Pass Tue, May 19 Tuesday 1 game 10:00 PM Toronto Tempo @ Phoenix Mercury WNBA League Pass Wed, May 20 Wednesday 3 games 7:00 PM Portland Fire @ Indiana Fever USA Network 9:00 PM Dallas Wings @ Chicago Sky USA Network 10:00 PM Connecticut Sun @ Seattle Storm WNBA League Pass Thu, May 21 Prime Video Thursday 3 games 8:00 PM Golden State Valkyries @ New York Liberty Prime Video 8:00 PM Toronto Tempo @ Minnesota Lynx WNBA League Pass 10:00 PM Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury Prime Video Fri, May 22 ION Friday Night Hoops 3 games 7:30 PM Dallas Wings @ Atlanta Dream ION 7:30 PM Golden State Valkyries @ Indiana Fever ION 10:00 PM Connecticut Sun @ Seattle Storm ION May 23–31 · Memorial weekend onward The grind starts. CBS lights up Saturday afternoon. NBC keeps a Sunday window. The Friday ION block runs four games for the first time. Sat, May 23 Memorial weekend 3 games 1:00 PM Minnesota Lynx @ Chicago Sky CBS 6:00 PM Portland Fire @ Toronto Tempo WNBA League Pass 8:00 PM Los Angeles Sparks @ Las Vegas Aces CBS Sun, May 24 Sunday 3 games 3:00 PM Phoenix Mercury @ Atlanta Dream WNBA League Pass 3:30 PM Dallas Wings @ New York Liberty NBC 6:00 PM Washington Mystics @ Seattle Storm WNBA League Pass Mon, May 25 Memorial Day 2 games 8:00 PM Portland Fire @ New York Liberty Peacock / NBCSN 10:00 PM Connecticut Sun @ Golden State Valkyries WNBA League Pass Wed, May 27 Wednesday 5 games 7:00 PM Phoenix Mercury @ New York Liberty USA Network 8:00 PM Toronto Tempo @ Chicago Sky WNBA League Pass 9:00 PM Atlanta Dream @ Minnesota Lynx USA Network 10:00 PM Connecticut Sun @ Portland Fire WNBA League Pass 10:00 PM Washington Mystics @ Seattle Storm WNBA League Pass Thu, May 28 Prime Video Thursday 2 games 8:00 PM Las Vegas Aces @ Dallas Wings Prime Video 10:00 PM Indiana Fever @ Golden State Valkyries Prime Video Fri, May 29 ION Friday Night Hoops 4 games 7:30 PM Phoenix Mercury @ New York Liberty ION 7:30 PM Los Angeles Sparks @ Washington Mystics ION 7:30 PM Minnesota Lynx @ Chicago Sky ION 10:00 PM Atlanta Dream @ Portland Fire ION June 1–7 · ABC enters Week three. ABC's first Saturday doubleheader of the season. Prime Video and ION keep their standing windows; CBS slips in for prime weekend matchups. Mon, Jun 1 Monday 2 games 8:00 PM Seattle Storm @ Dallas Wings USA Network 10:00 PM Minnesota Lynx @ Phoenix Mercury Peacock / NBCSN Tue, Jun 2 Tuesday 4 games 7:30 PM Connecticut Sun @ Atlanta Dream WNBA League Pass 7:30 PM Chicago Sky @ Washington Mystics WNBA League Pass 10:00 PM Portland Fire @ Golden State Valkyries WNBA League Pass 10:00 PM Las Vegas Aces @ Los Angeles Sparks WNBA League Pass Wed, Jun 3 Wednesday 2 games 8:00 PM Toronto Tempo @ New York Liberty USA Network 10:00 PM Phoenix Mercury @ Seattle Storm USA Network Thu, Jun 4 Prime Video Thursday 2 games 7:00 PM Atlanta Dream @ Indiana Fever Prime Video 9:00 PM Golden State Valkyries @ Minnesota Lynx Prime Video Fri, Jun 5 ION Friday Night Hoops 3 games 7:30 PM Connecticut Sun @ Chicago Sky ION 10:00 PM Dallas Wings @ Los Angeles Sparks ION 10:00 PM Phoenix Mercury @ Portland Fire ION Sat, Jun 6 ABC Saturday 4 games 1:00 PM Seattle Storm @ Minnesota Lynx ABC 3:00 PM Golden State Valkyries @ Las Vegas Aces ABC 6:00 PM Washington Mystics @ Atlanta Dream WNBA League Pass 8:00 PM Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty CBS / Paramount+ Sun, Jun 7 Sunday 2 games 3:00 PM Chicago Sky @ Toronto Tempo WNBA League Pass 7:00 PM Portland Fire @ Los Angeles Sparks NBA TV Source. Game-by-game schedule data pulled from ESPN's WNBA schedule . Times shown are Eastern. Networks shown are the U.S. national/regional broadcasts ESPN lists at the time of pull; local-market broadcasts (e.g., MNMT, MSG, NBC Sports Bay Area) are not included here. We re-pull weekly — if a TV listing has changed since publication, the league’s own schedule at wnba.com/schedule is authoritative. Reference Where to find each network. A pocket guide to the 2026 WNBA broadcast lineup — what each network airs, and how to watch. ABC / ESPN / ESPN2 Disney’s WNBA package — marquee Saturday afternoons on ABC, weeknight games on ESPN/ESPN2. Stream on ESPN+ or via your TV provider login at espn.com/watch. NBC / Peacock Sunday matinees and Monday-night doubleheaders. Peacock streams every NBC-aired WNBA game; many additional games are Peacock-exclusive. Prime Video Amazon’s Thursday-night WNBA package — two games per Thursday, included with Prime membership at amazon.com/prime. ION Friday-night triple- or quadruple-headers via Scripps Networks. Free over-the-air with an antenna; on most cable / streaming bundles. CBS / Paramount+ Selected Saturday afternoons on CBS broadcast plus simulcast on Paramount+. Paramount also streams additional CBS Sports Network games. USA Network NBCUniversal’s weeknight overflow window for games not on NBC or Peacock. Carried on most cable / live-TV streaming services. NBA TV League-owned channel with national WNBA windows on Sundays and weeknights. Bundled with most cable packages and the NBA League Pass app. WNBA League Pass The league’s own streaming service. Carries every game not on a national network , plus the preseason. Live + on-demand. Subscribe at wnba.com/leaguepass ; an annual pass covers the regular season and playoffs. Local RSNs & team apps Some markets get a regional simulcast on the home team’s RSN or team app on top of League Pass. Check the team’s site (linked from our WNBA hub ) for local-market broadcast details. ---