A closer look at the early ratings numbers for the 2025 NCAA tournament suggests women’s basketball is still playing — and winning — the long game.
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Dawn Staley sent JuJu Watkins a text as soon as she saw the star Southern California sophomore suffer a season-ending knee injury earlier this week.
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The 2025 Women’s March Madness Tournament begins this Wednesday, March 19 and runs through Sunday, April 6. All eyes have been on JuJu Watkins and the USC Trojans throughout the season. In their inaugural year in the conference, the team clinched this year’s Big Ten regular-season title and is expected to make waves in the tournament.
Houston may be the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region and still a strong national title contender. But this weekend, the Cougars won’t likely have the crowd on their side inside Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium for the Midwest Regional.
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There is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be.