The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that ...

These days, the team sending me into wistful aunt mode most often is No. 1 UCLA, whom I last blogged two seasons ago, back when I was still figuring out how to cover regular-season college basketball ...

Grandview High's Lauren Betts is No. 1 — among individual players and in the national rankings. Betts, the former Colorado ...

UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close bonds with Purdue women's basketball coach Katie Gearlds through program rebuild.

Lauren Betts has 17 points and Timea Gardiner adds 16 off the bench as the Bruins (16-0) give their starters plenty of rest ...

Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes Tuesday night and Timea Gardiner added 16 points off ...

Facing a ranked Big Ten opponent for the fourth straight game, the Purdue women's basketball team fell 83-49 to No. 1 UCLA on ...

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue women’s basketball had a players only meeting in the lead up to playing No. 1 ranked UCLA in Mackey ...

Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16, and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 on Tuesday ...

Dugalić 3-6 0-0 6, Jaquez 2-5 0-0 5, Betts 5-8 7-9 17, Jones 3-7 0-0 9, Rice 5-7 0-0 11, Barker 5-10 1-1 11, Dudley 3-3 0-0 6, Gardiner 6-8 0-0 16, Socka-Nguemen 0-2 0-0 0, Aarnisalo 1-4 0-0 2, Cain 0 ...