The NCAAW is kicking off the 2024-25 season with some interesting tournaments and events.
This is why UCLA and USC, two West Coast teams, will begin their season in Paris, France, participating in the second Aflac Oui-Play event. (Wow, I see that regional competitiveness is definitely out the window nowadays.)
Both Southern California juggernauts will be favored in their games, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be an easy trip to Europe. No. 3 USC will face No. 20 Ole Miss at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN, while No. 5 UCLA will take on No. 17 Louisville at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. These games are a great opportunity for Louisville and Ole Miss to surprise these top-five teams and a chance for USC and UCLA to cement themselves as title favorites.
It starts with JuJu Watkins
USC is top-ranked team that can threaten to take down South Carolina for the national title. There are many reasons why the Trojans could be the nation’s best team. Two of the biggest are their new players; they have Stanford transfer and senior forward Kiki Iriafen joining the team, along with Oregon State transfer and graduate guard Talia von Oelhoffen. Their arrivals raise Southern Cal’s ceiling exponentially, but ultimately, they’ll go as far as sophomore JuJu Watkins takes them.
In this contest, priority…
