SN 140: Ranking the greatest women's college basketball players on our all-time All-America team
Winning national Player of the Year honors twice was almost a minimum requirement to make this team.
SN 140: Ranking the greatest women's college basketball players on our all-time All-America team originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Women's college basketball has changed markedly over the past six decades.
Once viewed as an afterthought to Boards of Regents and athletic departments, the women's game is now flourishing. Sides like UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas draw headlines, their rosters littered with glint gemstones. The future is bright in the women's game, that much is true.
So, in celebration of our 140-year anniversary, we decided to look to the past, forming three quintets of all-time great talents in honor of the sport's ascendancy. Contained within this sonnet (plus one) of basketball mavens are acrobats and wizards, sharpshooters and sentries. Some became social media darlings for their effortless play, while others glowed under analog spotlights.
There are multiple-time national champions and players who never touched gold across their collegiate careers. One thing bonds these gifted hoopers together, though. They're Sporting News All-Americans.
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