UConn, Tennessee and Stanford have reigned supreme over women’s college basketball for decades as the bluebloods of women’s college basketball. But the game and the dominant forces within it are starting to evolve.
Despite sitting top of the Big East, UConn has not won a national championship since 2016, Tennessee is middle of the pack in the SEC and still finding its feet under coach Kim Caldwell, while Stanford is treading water near the bottom of the ACC at 11-12.
On the latest episode of “The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show,” Zena Keita, Chantel Jennings and Ben Pickman looked at the schools that could potentially catch — and even usurp – these storied programs in the years to come.
A partial transcript has been edited for clarity and length. The full episode is available on “The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show” feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Zena: As we think about these three teams; Stanford, Tennessee and UConn, these bluebloods that have dominated women’s college basketball for so long. It is true that you can’t pencil them in, in the same way you can’t guarantee that they’re going to get the best class. You can’t guarantee that they’re going to win the high-profile, big-time matchups that are on the national stages. There are…
