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Associated Press
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Duke's Lawson will coach Team USA in AmeriCup; Old Dominion's Milton-Jones, OU's Baranczyk to assist
Duke head coach Kara Lawson reacts after a call during the second half against South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, March 30, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Duke's Kara Lawson will coach Team USA this summer at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Chile and will be assisted by Old Dominion's DeLisha Milton-Jones and Oklahoma's Jennie Baranczyk, USA Basketball announced Tuesday. Nations in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean are represented in the every-other-year tournament, which will run June 28 to July 6 in Santiago, Chile. The AmeriCup is a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympics. Lawson, Milton-Jones and Baranczyk each have previous USA Basketball coaching experience, and Lawson and Milton-Jones have earned multiple gold medals as players for the United States. Lawson won gold as an assistant with the United States team at the 2024 Paris Olympics and as head coach of the U.S. 3-on-3 team at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Lawson is 75-5 with nine gold medals as a USA Basketball coach. Milton-Jones was an assistant on the U.S. teams at the 2023 FIBA Women's U19 World Cup and 2022 FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship. Baranczyk will be a USA Basketball assistant after having served as a court coach for the 2023 and 2017 U19 National Team Trials. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Oklahoma just outside top 10 in final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll
Oklahoma just outside top 10 in final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll The Oklahoma Sooners finished the 2024-2025 season in the Sweet 16, falling to the eventual national champion, UConn Huskies. It was a strong year for Jennie Baranczyk's crew in their first season in the SEC, but OU ran into one of the greatest to ever play the game in Paige Bueckers. Though they couldn't pull off the upset and advance to the Elite 8, the Sooners picked up several big-time wins along the way, including Top 25 victories over Louisville, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky. The Sooners knocked off Iowa in the NCAA Tournament in dominating fashion to advance to the Sweet 16. With their strong finish to the season, a run that included a stretch where the Oklahoma Sooners won nine games in a row spanning the end of the regular season and the SEC Tournament, OU landed just outside the top 10 in the final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. The Sooners were the fourth highest ranked SEC team coming in behind South Carolina at No. 2, No. 4 Texas, and No. 8 LSU. The Sooners just missed out on the top 10, one spot behind North Carolina State. The Wolfpack missed out on the Elite 8 as well, losing to LSU in the Sweet 16. For the Sooners, it was a season that could propel them to greater heights moving forward. OU will bring back four of five starters, including Raegan Beers, Peyton Verhulst, and Sahara Williams. The Sooners will also be add the No. 1 high school prospect in America, Aaliyah Chavez, who chose the Sooners over Texas, South Carolina, Texas Tech, and LSU. Though it wasn't quite the season the Sooners would have envisioned for themselves, their success in 2024-2025 helped set the bar higher moving forward. Here's a look at the final USA TODAY Sports Women's Basketball Coaches Poll. Rank Team Record 1 UConn Huskies 37-3 2 South Carolina Gamecocks 35-4 3 UCLA Bruins 34-3 4 Texas Longhorns 35-4 5 USC Trojans 31-4 6 TCU Horned Frogs 34-4 7 Duke Blue Devils 29-8 8 LSU Tigers 31-6 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28-6 10 North Carolina State Wolfpack 28-7 11 Oklahoma Sooners 27-8 12 North Carolina Tar Heels 29-8 13 Kentucky Wildcats 23-8 14 Maryland Terrapins 25-8 15 Kansas State Wildcats 28-8 16 Tennessee Volunteers 24-10 17 Ohio State Buckeyes 26-7 18 Baylor Bears 28-8 19 West Virginia Mountaineers 25-8 20 Ole Miss Rebels 22-11 21 Alabama Crimson Tide 24-9 22 Oklahoma State Cowgirls 25-7 23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 30-4 24 Florida State Seminoles 24-9 25 Creighton Blue Jays 26-7 Others Receiving Votes Richmond 22; Michigan State 13; Iowa 11; Michigan 8; Louisville 6; Minnesota 5; FGCU 4; James Madison 3; Indiana 2; George Mason 2; Iowa State 1; Columbia 1; List Of Voters The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The board for the 2024-25 season: Ashleen Bracey, Illinois-Chicago; Jen Brown, Queens University; Dan Burt, Duquesne; Fred Chmiel, Bowling Green; Janell Crayton Del Rosario, Bethune-Cookman; Denise Dillon, Villanova; Carrie Eighmey, South Dakota; Dalila Eshe, Yale; Heather Ezell, Wyoming; Bill Fennelly, Iowa State; Cindy Fisher, San Diego; Aqua Franklin, Lamar; Ty Grace, Howard; Hana Haden, Georgia Southern; Johnnie Harris, Auburn; Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee; Renee Jimenez, UC Santa Barbara; Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State; Mike Lane, NJIT; Amy Mallon, Drexel; Kristen Mattio, Northern Colorado; Mike McGuire, Radford; Kim McNeill, East Carolina; Lynn Milligan, Rider; Dan Nielson, Utah Valley; Shawn Poppie, Clemson; Samantha Quigley Smith, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville; Missy Traversi, Army; Jonathan Tsipis, Western Carolina; Way Veney, Central Connecticut State; Coquese Washington, Rutgers. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow John on X @john9williams.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Social media reacts to Aaliyah Chavez's commitment to Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners picked up a huge win on the recruiting trail, landing the No. 1 prospect in the nation and superstar Aaliyah Chavez. The Sooners earned her commitment over offers from Texas, South Carolina, LSU, and Texas Tech. It adds to the year that the Sooners have had on the recruiting trail, in the transfer portal, and on the basketball court as Jennie Baranczyk continues to build the Sooners into a women's basketball powerhouse. It's the type of addition that will keep the Sooners a threat to make the Sweet 16 every year but also push them into national title contention for the next four seasons. Along with what they've done on the court, the Sooners are showing they're a force to be reckoned with off the court as well. Aaliyah Chavez is a game changer and must-see television. She's a generational prospect that received well-deserved time on ESPN to make her announcement. ESPN led into the decision with discussion on USC women's basketball star Juju Watkin's injury, the return of Golden State star Jimmy Butler, Dallas Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parson's contract discussion. That was the lead in to her decision. If there were a red carpet of top storylines to lead into a commitment decision, that would be it. ESPN rolled out the red carpet for Aaliyah Chavez, giving time to a future women's basketball star and highlighting just how big of a decision this was. Chavez choosing the Sooners potentially puts Oklahoma among the elite contenders in college basketball. It was a big day for Oklahoma Women's Basketball and for Jennie Baranczyk and here's how social media reacted to the decision. NORMANNNN WE UP!!!!!!!!Welcome to the Sooner Family lil sis!!!BOOMER SOONER!!!!!! ☝🏽'Lets get it' @AALIYAH2CHAVEZ @OU_WBBall — Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 25, 2025 — Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) March 25, 2025 *Aaliyah Chavez commits to Oklahoma*me: — Seth Oliveras (@SethOliveras) March 25, 2025 Jennie Baranczyk leads OU to the Sweet 16 on she lands the #1 Player in America on a bad two days! — Travis J Davidson (@TravisSkol) March 25, 2025 LFGGGGG welcome Aaliyah!! @OU_WBBall 🔥🔥🔥 — Lauren Gipson (@LChamberlain44) March 25, 2025 Big time I thought she was for sure gonna get the bag from Tech — Mike Boganowski (@MikeBog80) March 25, 2025 Oklahoma women's basketball earns a commitment from five-star guard Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 player in the 2025 class. She averaged 35.3 points per game as a senior and led Monterey to a 37-5 record and its first title. #Sooners — James D. Jackson (@JamesDJackson15) March 25, 2025 Aaliyah Chavez, the nation's No. 1 recruit, will play basketball for the #Sooners MASSIVE pickup for Jennie Baranczyk and the Oklahoma program. OU returns four starters next season. — Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) March 25, 2025 HOLY COW! This is an INSANE get for @OU_WBBall - Aaliyah Chavez is Caitlin Clark 2.0 - the LNC should be rockin' because a human highlight reel is coming to Norman, OK #Sooners — Blake Gamble (@Blakes_Takes) March 25, 2025 Bam!! Welcome to Sooner Nation @AALIYAH2CHAVEZ ‼️ — Toby Rowland (@TRowOU) March 25, 2025 BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Joseph Harroz, Jr. (@OU_President) March 25, 2025 PLEASE BELIEVE YALL IN TROUBLE!! BOOMER!! — Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) March 25, 2025 It can't be said enough about the job Jennie Baranczyk did in recruiting Aaliyah Chavez. Texas was long thought to be the clear choice. And she a lot of big NIL offers, too. Unbelievable job selling the program and getting Chavez to Norman on Saturday. — George Stoia III (@GeorgeStoia) March 25, 2025 Lookie Here @SoonersCoachJB — Skip Johnson (@CoachJohnsonOU) March 25, 2025 806➡️ 405 — kobie (@kobiemckinzie26) March 25, 2025 First line item for the OU Board of Regents this summer needs to be a hefty raise for Jennie Baranczyk. — John Williams (@john9williams) March 24, 2025 Expect Aaliyah Chavez to sign an NIL deal with the Jordan Brand in the future. — Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos_) March 25, 2025 Average OU fan kinda sort of remembers the Paris twins. This commit makes them a regular contender for the next few years in a sport that's growing every year. — Mr. Pilkington (@Onikuno) March 25, 2025 Aaliyah Chavez chooses Oklahoma. Huge get for Jennie Baranczyk and the Sooners. — Ghost of Texas Football (@FortyAcreVibes) March 25, 2025 Jennie Baranczyk leads OU to the Sweet 16 on she lands the #1 Player in America on a bad two days! — Travis J Davidson (@TravisSkol) March 25, 2025 This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Social media reacts to Aaliyah Chavez's commitment to Oklahoma Sooners
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Social media reacts to Oklahoma Sooners win over Iowa Hawkeyes in NCAA Tournament
The Oklahoma Sooners came away with a dominant victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Monday afternoon. The 34-point win was the second-largest in program history and the largest margin of victory since 1995. Against her alma mater, head coach Jennie Baranczyk pressed all the right buttons for the Sooners, leading them to an emphatic statement win over one of the better programs in the nation. Despite falling behind in the early going, the Sooners used a 16-1 run to completely take control of the game and never looked back. Sahara Williams layup with just over three minutes left in the first quarter gave the Sooners a 12-10 lead and they would lead for the remainder of the game. Despite shooting just 11% from three, Oklahoma used their massive rebounding edge to pull out to an 11-point halftime lead. Oklahoma then put together a fantastic third quarter to all but seal the victory, outscoring the Hawkeyes by 14 points to lead by 25 going into the fourth quarter. The Sooners were so locked in during the final frame that they nearly led by 40 points over a team that's been to the final four in recent years. It was a statement win for the Sooners as they move on to the Sweet 16, and here's how social media reacted to the win. First line item for the OU Board of Regents this summer needs to be a hefty raise for Jennie Baranczyk. — John Williams (@john9williams) March 24, 2025 Four years ago, in Jennie Baranczyk's first season at OU, her team got blown out in Norman in the Round of 32. Now four years later, she's finally reached the Sweet a special day for Baranczyk and OU women's basketball program: — George Stoia III (@GeorgeStoia) March 24, 2025 — Scissorhands (@ScissorhandsOKC) March 24, 2025 Don't take her for granted, folks. Jennie Baranczyk has a chance to make this thing REALLY special in Norman. 📈 — Joey Helmer (@joey_helmer) March 24, 2025 Oklahoma put the 'ow' in Iowa. Boomer!☝🏽 — Tierani (@tierani_kristen) March 24, 2025 Raegan Beers is an absolute warrior. — Seth Oliveras (@SethOliveras) March 24, 2025 No. 3-seed Oklahoma (27-7) dominates No. 6-seed Iowa 96-62 to punch their ticket to the Sweet 16First Sweet 16 appearance for OU since 2013 - the masterclass program renaissance from Jennie Baranczyk continuesUConn/South Dakota St winner next on Saturday in Spokane#Sooners — Josh Callaway (@JoshMCallaway) March 24, 2025 Jennie Baranczyk rocking an absolutely electric jacket. Big game vibes. Great student turnout for a Monday 3pm tipLet's dance, part 2 — Ryan Chapman (@_RyanChapman) March 24, 2025 Let me be the first to tweet…If you like watching this @OU_WBBall be successful you better begin showing support in both attendance & NIL !!! Also better hope that Joe C…gives her a lifetime contract! She's Got The Program Running Like A Well Oiled Machine! #BoomerSooner — Kendal Eschbach (@KendalEschbach) March 24, 2025 The Vann sisters, Skylar and Zya, combined for 27 points in Oklahoma's 96-62 win over Iowa, sending the Sooners to the Sweet 16. — The Athletic WBB (@TheAthleticWBB) March 24, 2025 Whole squad was eating 😤#MarchMadness x @OU_WBBall — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 24, 2025 Poetic. @AubreyJoens // @sahara_w32 — Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) March 24, 2025 Today's attendance at the Lloyd Noble Center: 8, done, #Sooners. — George Stoia III (@GeorgeStoia) March 24, 2025 This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Social media reacts to Oklahoma's dominant win over Iowa
USA Today
25-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Social media reacts to Oklahoma Sooners win over Iowa Hawkeyes in NCAA Tournament
Social media reacts to Oklahoma Sooners win over Iowa Hawkeyes in NCAA Tournament The Oklahoma Sooners came away with a dominant victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Monday afternoon. The 34-point win was the second-largest in program history and the largest margin of victory since 1995. Against her alma mater, head coach Jennie Baranczyk pressed all the right buttons for the Sooners, leading them to an emphatic statement win over one of the better programs in the nation. Despite falling behind in the early going, the Sooners used a 16-1 run to completely take control of the game and never looked back. Sahara Williams layup with just over three minutes left in the first quarter gave the Sooners a 12-10 lead and they would lead for the remainder of the game. Despite shooting just 11% from three, Oklahoma used their massive rebounding edge to pull out to an 11-point halftime lead. Oklahoma then put together a fantastic third quarter to all but seal the victory, outscoring the Hawkeyes by 14 points to lead by 25 going into the fourth quarter. The Sooners were so locked in during the final frame that they nearly led by 40 points over a team that's been to the final four in recent years. It was a statement win for the Sooners as they move on to the Sweet 16, and here's how social media reacted to the win. Pay that Woman her Money Quite the Glow Up for OU Women's Hoops Fans Approve Jennie B. is Special An Epic Beatdown Raegan Beers is Oklahoma Tough Dominant Performance OUr Coach Dresses better than Your Coach Time to Show Up and Show Out Present and Future Big Team Win Big Day for the Native Iowans Shout Out Sooner Nation
