Mitchell Northam

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Photo by Tyler McFarland/NCAA Photos via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called The transfer portal in women’s college basketball has closed and most of the best players left in the portal — with one big exception being USC’s Kayleigh Heckel — have chosen their new destinations. As rosters have changed, so have expectations for the best teams heading into next season.

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Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This story is part of a group of stories called The road to Oklahoma City for 64 teams begins this Friday with the 2025 NCAA softball tournament set to get underway. The bracket for this year’s field was unveiled Sunday night and a few things about this year’s tournament are clear. For starters, the SEC is far and away the best conference in this sport as 14 of the league’s 16 teams made the field.

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Nathan Giese/Avalanche-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This story is part of a group of stories called Conference tournaments for women’s college softball are wrapping up this weekend and then the road to Oklahoma City, the longtime home of the Women’s College World Series, begins. Patty Grasso’s Oklahoma is the four-time reigning national champs, but there’s no guarantee that the Sooners will celebrate a fifth consecutive title this season.

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Photo by Darren Carroll/NCAA Photos via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called There could be a rule change coming to women’s college basketball in the 2025-26 season. If approved, it will empower coaches, and the hope is that it improves the flow of the game. The NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee met this week in Indianapolis and on Friday announced that they are recommending adding a coach’s video review challenge for the upcoming season.

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Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This story is part of a group of stories called More than 60 Division I programs in women’s college basketball made a change at head coach so far in 2025. Some schools had to find new leaders of their programs after firing a coach, while others had to replace ones that retired or left for a different job.