WNBA Awards: How SI’s Voters Picked MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and More Our voters reveal their ballots and talk through how they made their decisions. Sports Illustrated · Oct 2
Expert Picks, Bold Predictions for 2026 WNBA Playoffs Plus, looking at the players primed for a postseason breakout and the dark horse teams who could make some noise in the first round. Sports Illustrated · Sep 25
WNBA Trade Deadline Moves We Want to See and Bold Predictions for the Stretch Run The race to the playoffs is about to go full force. Sports Illustrated · Jul 27
Midseason Awards Watch, MVP Predictions As WNBA Heads Into All-Star Weekend Two awards seem to have already been decided. Can anyone catch up in the second half of the season? Sports Illustrated · Jul 24
Biggest 2026 WNBA All-Star Game Snubs Alyssa Thomas is notably missing from the list of names. Who else has a case? Sports Illustrated · Jul 10
Top Players Who Could Be First-Time WNBA All-Stars and Potential Snubs Who will get their first nod? And who will just barely miss out? Sports Illustrated · Jun 19
Breaking Down the WNBA’s Best Half-Court and Transition Teams It’s time to add some context to offensive and defensive stats in the WNBA. Sports Illustrated · Jun 17
With the Sky Falling in Chicago, Is Tyler Marsh on the Hot Seat? After Skylar Diggins spoke candidly of a “loser mentality” over the weekend, it’s time to take a harder look at what’s going on with this team. Sports Illustrated · Jun 10
Should We Be Worried About Caitlin Clark and the Fever? There has been visible tension in Indiana, especially after a sideline argument between Clark and her coach. Is there reason for concern? Or is it all magnified by the star player’s spotlight? Sports Illustrated · Jun 3
Early Trends We’re Following for the 2026 WNBA Season Plus, the players who are fitting in with their new teams and which stumbling contenders should be worried. Sports Illustrated · May 29
Biggest Surprises and Overreactions From the First Week of the WNBA Season Now a week into the season, it’s time for some way-too-early takes and to look at some of the best moments so far. Sports Illustrated · May 15
Bringing Advanced Stats to the WNBA: How to Fix Plus-Minus Let’s take regularized adjusted plus-minus (RAPM), a commonly used NBA and NHL lineup-based player impact metric, and adapt for the WNBA. Sports Illustrated · May 13
Top Storylines, Expert Predictions and Champion Picks for the 2026 WNBA Season Who will win MVP? What about ROY? Our writers and editors make their predictions for the upcoming season. Sports Illustrated · May 7
Expert Picks, Predictions and Players to Watch for the Women’s Final Four Our writers and editors go through their favorite moments of the tournament so far, who could be a breakout star and who’s going to win it all this weekend in Phoenix. Sports Illustrated · Apr 1
Sports Illustrated · Mar 17 Dark Horses, Vulnerable No. 1 Seeds and Other Predictions for Women’s March Madness Plus, National Player of the Year picks, who makes it to the Final Four and best mid-majors to watch in this week’s roundtable.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 16 March Madness Brackets: Expert Predictions for the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament Sports Illustrated writers and editors make their round-by-round picks and predict which teams will advance to the Final Four in Phoenix.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 12 Biggest Questions for the Selection Committee for Women’s March Madness Bracket Should UConn or UCLA be the No. 1 overall seed? How do the No. 2 seeds shake out? Plus, who should be worried after conference tournaments and more in this week’s roundtable.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 4 Top Storylines for Women’s College Basketball Conference Tournaments In this week’s roundtable, our writers discuss the most intriguing conference tournaments, bubble teams to watch and more.
Sports Illustrated · Feb 26 Women’s College Basketball Coaches With the Most at Stake in March In this week’s roundtable, our staff looks at who has the most pressure heading into tournament time.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 18, 2025 Holiday Gifts for the Top Women’s College Basketball Teams Offering presents that make some of the top 10 squads even better, plus teams to keep an eye on, risers and fallers, and more in this week’s roundtable.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 11, 2025 Biggest Takeaways From First Month of the Women’s College Basketball Season Surprises, bold predictions, plus what we learned from the Cy-Hawk game Wednesday.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 3, 2025 Texas Is Making Its Case to Be the Nation’s Best Women’s Basketball Team With wins against UCLA and South Carolina last week, the Longhorns truly feasted on their competition over Thanksgiving. Plus, questions for the Gamecocks, Audi Crooks’s hot start and more.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 26, 2025 Best Fits for Top Prospects After WNBA Draft Lottery Playing matchmaker for the top picks, plus a breakout performance from Michigan-UConn, an unbelievable game-winning shot and more.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 20, 2025 Sarah Strong Might Be the Best Player Women’s College Basketball Has Seen in Years The UConn sophomore’s 29-point outburst against Ohio State put the rest of the sport on watch. Plus, looking at the Huskies’ biggest threat and this week’s risers and fallers.
Sports Illustrated · Nov 12, 2025 Women’s Hoops Weekly Roundtable: Is USC a Serious Contender? Just how far will the Trojans go without JuJu Watkins? Plus risers and fallers, a standout transfer and other top notes from the first week-plus of the college basketball season.