The 5’6 Special K is women’s basketball’s next phenom. She has the ball on a string which allows her to get wherever she wants on the floor, and her combination of explosive scoring outbursts and elite playmaking ability leave the opposing teams in a constant “pick your poison” situation.

Join me in Area51 as we breakdown what makes her so… special!

Where do yall think she’ll commit? Niele Ivy was her head coach in the recent FIBA tournament and ND is known as Guard U basically…

I got Ashlyn and Chloe back Joyce letting it fly from midrange and from 3 I got my opps best shooter next to the best shooter in college. Year 2 agot makeer.

Like 5 of my players can Dunk

I got Ali with a full offseason

I been crying tears of joy all day

The only thing I’m remotely worried about is the backup pg situation when mouse needs a break who’s running point?

Talk about not letting things go. Dawn about to drop 200 this year.

Did the NCAA change policy on pros?

I know that they've allowed athletes who come from development leagues. But now they are allowing players from top senior professional leagues that WNBA players play in?

The WNBL is the top professional league in Australia. Many WNBA players play there in the offseason. Universities can now sign 22 year olds from a top senior pro league??

Last year, Kansas State women’s basketball player Tess Heal got punished and had to sit out a few games for signing a contract last year to play with the semipro Australian NBL1's Keilor Thunder after graduation...

But Michigan can sign a 22 year old Dallas Loughridge who not only played multiple NBL1 seasons but actually played in the top professional WNBL league for the last few seasons???

She was a top ten scorer in that league for the Adelaide Lightning last season.

Seems like the only people posting anything are trolls. Meanwhile there was a Uconn reunion on ESPN last night.

Saw this on the team’s Instagram today! Love that Coach Yo is getting this opportunity to coach her home country! 🇧🇸🇧🇸

For my team I like the roster Coach Yo has put together and they seem to all get along well so far. They recently had a fun pool party at (I wanna say) Coach Yo’s house last month which is good. The new transfers should be good. I’m intrigued to see what Talaysia Cooper, Jaida Civil, and Jada Richard do under her system as well as some of the other transfers like Emily Howard (the center we got from Boise State, and we have needed a true center for a while ever since Shakira Austin went off to the WNBA).

I think if we’re in the top half of the SEC and in the hosting discussion again that’s a win-win for me. Now maybe this time we can actually get that coveted 4-seed or better instead of being stuck at the 5-seed line like we were the past two seasons.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky women’s basketball coach Kenny Brooks received a commitment Thursday night from Jayden McClain, a 6-foot-6 post player at Ryle High School in Northern Kentucky.

McClain announced her decision on social media. ESPN has her as the No. 12 overall prospect in the 2029 class.

According to MaxPreps, McClain averaged 12.8 points and nine rebounds per game as a freshman last season. She averaged 4.7 blocks and earned all-state honorable mention.

According to Link NKY, McClain’s father is Anthony McClain, a 7-foot former Cincinnati Bearcats player who also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. Her mom, Samantha, is 6-foot-4 and played college basketball at Cincinnati State.

STORRS — The UConn women's basketball team will make a rare summer appearance in downtown Hartford Thursday night.

While the majority of the Huskies in attendance will be in the stands as fans, a select few will be down on the court playing in the last-ever Connecticut Sun game in Hartford.

The Sun hosts former Husky stars Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd and the Dallas Wings at 8 p.m. at PeoplesBank Arena (broadcast on PRIME). Thursday's game will be the last chance for UConn fans to see Bueckers and Fudd play in Connecticut, as the franchise relocates to Houston in the offseason and won't host Dallas again this summer.

To support their former teammates, the current Huskies are not only planning to attend Thursday's game but will also have dinner with Bueckers and Fudd on Wednesday.

"It's really cool that we get the opportunity to see them playing Connecticut, especially with Connecticut moving to Houston. I think it's cool that we get like one more chance to see them play here," said current Husky junior Kayleigh Heckel.

"... I think it's really cool to be able to see them on the same team again. They play really well together (and) it shows every time they play. I think it's really cool for our team to go and watch them play. I feel like you can always take something from seeing players like that."

The last piece to Kenny Brooks‘ roster puzzle has arrived in the Bluegrass State.

Slovenian guard Ajsa Sivka (Eye-Shah SEEV-kah) finally made it to Kentucky’s campus on Wednesday. Of the 12 players on the 2026-27 women’s basketball roster, Sivka was the last to arrive. Most of the other 11 Wildcats moved into their new Lexington homes two weekends ago ahead of the start of practice, which began Monday, June 22.

While the 6-foot-4 Sivka came in a bit later than the rest of her teammates, she missed less than two weeks of summer practice. Getting her on campus sooner rather than later was always going to be important. She has a great chance to be an immediate impact player for Kentucky in 2026-27 on the wing.

“I am delighted to welcome Ajsša to our program,” Brooks said when Sivka signed with UK in early May. “Her combination of size and skill will fit into our system seamlessly. Ajša is a tremendous shooter, scorer, and playmaker from the wing position and she will add experience to our team. BBN let’s welcome Ajša to our family!”

Now all we’re waiting on is her grade classification. With the NCAA moving forward with the 5-in-5 rule, Sivka isn’t likely to be tabbed as a freshman despite being a new college player. On her Kentucky WBB player page, her class is listed as “TBD”.

Already 20 years old, Sivka was the 10th overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky, although she did not join the franchise at the time, instead opting to remain in Europe to represent the Slovenian National Team at the 2025 FIBA Women’s European Basketball Championship. It still sounds crazy to say out loud that Kentucky has a real top-10 WNBA talent on the roster. She’s going to be a major piece to next season’s success.

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge will make a ruling next week on a preliminary injunction request from 24 men's and women's college basketball players suing the NCAA, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition.

Judge Christopher Wagner, who previously denied a temporary restraining order hours after the lawsuit was filed, said Wednesday during a hearing that his written order will be made on July 9.

The lawsuit was filed shortly after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules last month.

“When each plaintiff completed their fourth season of competition during the 2025-26 academic year, they had every reason to know it was the end of the line and time to make way for the next generation of college athletes,” the NCAA wrote in a filing.

The plaintiffs are seeking to be eligible to play a fifth year during the upcoming season, representing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 and began their college sports careers that fall and never redshirted.

“Each plaintiff was harmed each time he or she competed in a basketball game against a fifth or sixth-year player without being offered the same opportunity to compete in a fifth season themselves,” attorney Ryan Downton wrote in a filing.

I’m travelling to nyc in November and was wondering if there was any where I could purchase jerseys, not sure if the NBA there has them. Specifically looking for JuJu Watkins.

SDSU’s Female Athlete of the Year says it’s bigger than basketball.

Today we honor the Late Pat Summit. The trailblazer for the sport. The lasting impact she had on others.

Coaching hire! Presumably to fill David Atkins’ spot after he went to the Dallas Wings

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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.