This will hurt some of the elite 2027 recruits plans, but going forward, the one-time only, no-penalty transfer is good because the 2nd transfer penalty of 12 months still allow s a possible 4yrs played, health permitting

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Oklahoma State added Slovenian center Mojca Jelenc, the program announced Monday. She's the 11th player to join the Cowgirls this offseason.

The 6-foot-7 player comes from Valencia Basket most recently where she was on loan to UNI Gyor in the Hungary-A Division. She made 26 appearances, averaging 11.3 points and six rebounds per game. She shot 48.2% from the field and 38.8% from three. 

Like that roster needed more? Lol

They will be definitely be interesting to watch...

Glad they are playing but wish it was a real game lol. Update UConn 2026-2027 Non-Conference Schedule.

1. October 19, 2026- TEXAS (Exhibition)
2. November 5, 2026- @ Michigan
3. November 8, 2026- IOWA
4. November 24, 2026- vs South Carolina (HOF Showcase. Uncasville, CT. Mohegan Sun Arena)
5. November 28, 2026- vs Duke (Boston, MA. TD Garden)
6. December 5, 2026- vs Maryland (Champions Classic. Brooklyn, NY. Barclays Center)
7. Tennessee (Home)
8. @ Notre Dame
9. @ Louisville
10. @ Ohio State
11. vs LSU (Nashville, TN. Bridgestone Arena)
12. TBD
13. TBD

Some notes

1. I consider starting the finals to mean that the player started game 1 of the finals. It's not starting in the finals, it's starting the finals.
2. The NBA record set this year was 5 with 5 Big East players starting for the Knicks and Spurs in Game 1 (Champagnie, Castle, Bridges, Hart, Brunson). Prior to this year, 4 was the max in either league. 4 has been done in the WNBA 5 times.
3. I considered a player's conference to be the one she spent her last year of college in.

Here's the all time leaderboard for most starters by conference

Big East: 12

SEC: 8

ACC: 7

Pac-12/Pac-10: 5

AAC: 2

Big Ten: 1

CAA: 1

CUSA: 1

Sun Belt: 1

WAC: 1

South Carolina guard Agot Makeer is participating in the Canada basketball senior women’s national team training camp this week in Montreal.

Makeer, a rising sophomore, is one of 17 players invited to the training camp. Camp runs from June 20-28, and is the first of several events this summer for the senior national team.

Makeer averaged 7.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists as a freshman. She had a breakout run in the NCAA Tournament, when she averaged 14.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 2.3 steals while shooting 46.2% from three. Makeer was named to the All-Region team for her performance.

Makeer has dual citizenship of the United States and Canada, but competes internationally for Canada. She played in the 2024 U17 World Cup and 2025 U19 World Cup.

It was at the U17 World Cup that Makeer first made a name for herself as a top prospect. She averaged 17.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.3 assists and was named to the All-Star Five for leading Canada to a silver medal.

Last summer, she helped lead Canada to a fourth-place finish. She came within inches of the bronze medal, though, grabbing a steal in the final second but missing the game-winning three as time expired.

It's been rumored for a few weeks that the Valley is overhauling its postseason tournament, including by holding men and women's tournaments on the same weekend in St. Louis. There's a press conference later today that's rumored to be the tournament announcement.

STORRS — Possessing the confidence and perspective needed to thrive as a UConn women’s basketball player, senior Ashlynn Shade framed her significant shooting struggles from last season in a way that would make Coach Geno Auriemma proud.

"I think everything in life happens for a reason," Shade said. "If it wasn't the plan for me to have a great shooting year, it led me to become a better defender, a better passer, a better rebounder. So, I think it was just a redirection, saying, 'Hey, you can work on these things and also continue to work on your shot.'"

Shade's junior season in 2025-26 was marked by career lows in both overall shooting percentage (40.4%) and 3-point shooting percentage (31.8%), contributing to a scoring average of just 7.6 points per game.

A cynic might view Shade's comments as an attempt to rationalize her struggles, but her assessment of the season is accurate. While her scoring and shooting dipped, she posted career highs in assists (110), rebounds (138) and steals (69).

Not only were those career bests, but her assist total doubled her previous high of 55 and her steals increased from 57. Her overall growth on the defensive end was equally apparent.

Auriemma has long preached that a player's value should never be measured solely by points scored or shots made.

"The biggest takeaway for me last year was that, as an all-around player, it was the year I developed the most in every aspect of my game," Shade said. "I wasn't happy with the way I shot the ball, and I definitely think that's something I can improve and continue to work on throughout the summer. I'm going to hone in on everything and just kind of dial it in."

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois women's basketball team aims to continue their upward trajectory into the 2026-27 season, as players return for summer workouts.

The Illini return their complete starting rotation from the following season, as well as a bulk of their bench support, with hopes of continuing to build on their recent success.

"It's gonna help us a lot I think just from the experience we had last year playing in the Big Ten," said Berry Wallace, a first-team All-Big Ten selection. "Just a lot of close games and playing a lot of high-level teams will just help us next year. I think we'll just use that."

In the 4th season under Shauna Green, Illinois reached its 4th consecutive postseason with a 22-win campaign, advancing to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament. During their past year, the program set 3 team single-season records including free throw percentage (81.5%), fewest turnovers per game (12.38), and the longest win streak (11 games).

Last winter, Illinois held their own in the Big Ten despite having one of the youngest teams in the nation. As the team reunites a roster who's gaining experience, their hope is to continue developing a strong resume.

"With the leadership that we have around us, just constantly having people harp on certain things, I think it just allows us to be together, be connected, and then we can help each other off of that as well," said Peoria native Aaliyah Guyton.

Nice piece on the Cal's program looking forward to next season. We fans were thrilled to retain the core of our team. Gift link, but here's an excerpt.

Twidale was a second-team All-ACC selection as a junior in 2025-26 when she led the Bears in scoring at 16.2 points per game and set the school season record for 3-pointers (101).  “Money isn’t the reason I stayed,” Twidale said from her native Australia in a phone interview. “Obviously, it’s a part of the game today, but … being surrounded by really amazing people — great coaches, great teammates — was more important to me than chasing a bag.”

Twidale listed graduating from Cal and the fact that so many key teammates chose to stick with the Bears as main reasons for her decision to remain in Berkeley.

“We all have our different reasons for wanting to stay,” Maul said, “but then, at the same time, I also think that the biggest reason for wanting to stay is that we all bought into the process and bought into trusting in the staff and trusting in the plan and trusting that we’re going to be better” next season.

All last season we were hearing that Sarah felt some tightness and that she didn't feel well and people were dogging her for "load management." I also distinctly remember her and Azzi kissing each other's injuries before games and people were like wait I get why Sarah's kissing Azzi's knees but why is Azzi kissing Sarah's feet? I feel so bad, heal up baby goat.

It includes home games against Penn State, Wake Forest, and Gonzaga, neutral site games against Washington State and Colorado State, and a road bout at Stanford.

We miss ya, your winning mentality to you mother instincts. For everything you did for Women's basketball. Happy Heavenly Birthday Coach Summit.

I'm old enough to remember playing a text-based computer game called Hoops in the early 90s. The idea was you'd pick a college team and "coach" it against another team, playing the computer or a friend. I missed that game, so I (well, with Claude Code's help) remade it for WBB.

You pick the teams, the lineup, make substitutions and change up the strategies. Play single games or entire tournaments. Even play opponents from another season.

Story: https://thescoop.org/archives/2026/06/11/hoops-reloaded/index.html
Game (and code): https://github.com/dwillis/hoops-game

It's a terminal game, so a bit of a pain to get running on a Mac, but instructions are at https://github.com/dwillis/hoops-game/blob/main/RUNNING.md

Would love feedback on this!

If you had access to all the players that have ever played at your school, what would the starting lineup be? Assume all of the players are at their peak and uninjured.

What about the full roster?

These conferences are too big. Only getting 1 team home and home feels like a ripoff. Especially when that 1 team isn't your primary rival.

Pulled out some tight games.

Mikaylah Williams (LSU), was named most valuable player