2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule

Oklahoma women's basketball lands commitment from 5-star 2027 point guard Finley Chastain

(by Tom Green) Jennie Baranczyk has secured another big-time piece to build the future of Oklahoma women's basketball around. The Sooners late Monday night picked up a commitment from five-star point guard Finley Chastain, one of the top players in the 2027 class. The 6-foot Chastain announced her commitment in a post on her...read more from Sooners Illustrated

Women's Basketball: How Oklahoma's 'Relationship' With Aaliyah Chavez Brought the Star to Norman

(by Ryan Chapman) Jennie Baranczyk and her Oklahoma coaching staff had to tune into ESPN just like everybody else to see what program Aaliyah Chavez would choose. The top-ranked recruit and Gatorade National Player of the Year made the wait worthwhile for the Sooners, and OU officially signed the highest rated recruit in program...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma Announces Signing of Nation's Top Recruit Aaliyah Chavez

(by OU Athletics Communications) NORMAN — Oklahoma head women's basketball coach Jennie Baranczyk announced the signing of Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 player in the country per multiple outlets, on Thursday. Chavez, a 5-11 five-star guard from Lubbock, Texas, becomes the highest-rated signee in program history. The Monterey...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Five-star 2025 OU commit Aaliyah Chavez wins McDonald’s All-American 3-point contest

(by James D. Jackson) Oklahoma's new point guard commitment is bringing home some hardware. Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 consensus recruit in the 2025 class, won the McDonald's All-American 3-point competition at Sprite Jam Fest on Monday. She won the girls' competition with a score of 18, without even getting her last shot...read more from Sooners Illustrated

Horning: Old issues conspire to cost Sooners (Women's Basketball)

(by Clay Horning) The good news is Raegan Beers, Payton Verhulst, Sahara Williams and Zya Vann are coming back. Presumably, Reyna Scott and Beatrice Culliton, too. That and Aaliyah Chavez, the nation’s No. 1 prospect, who’s committed to play her college ball in Norman, should be arriving and the last time something like that happened...read more from The Norman Transcript

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma's Turnovers Prove Costly in Sweet 16 Loss to UConn

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma needed to play its best game to notch the program’s first-ever win over UConn and return to the Elite Eight. But turnovers did the Sooners in. Jennie Baranczyk’s team coughed the ball up 23 times on Saturday, eight of which came in the third quarter, which gave the Huskies too many chances...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma 'Prepared' for Paige Bueckers, UConn Juggernaut in Sweet 16

(by Ryan Chapman) To return to the Elite Eight, Oklahoma is going to have to make a little program history. OU has never beat UConn — something that will obviously have to change if the 3-seeded Sooners are to get through the 2-seeded Huskies on Saturday. But Jennie Baranczyk’s Sooners are different this year than her teams of...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma to Battle UConn in Sweet 16

(by OU Athletics Communications) NORMAN – No. 11 Oklahoma (27-7) heads to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013, where it will face No. 3 UConn (33-3) on Saturday afternoon in Spokane, Wash. The No. 3 seed Sooners surged through the opening rounds, beating FGCU by 23 and Iowa by 34 to earn the program's 11th Sweet 16...read more from SoonerSports.com

UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Blasts NCAA Tournament Regional Format

(by Ryan Chapman) Geno Auriemma isn’t a fan of the current NCAA Tournament format. Since 2023, the NCAA Women’s Tournament has played the Sweet Sixteen at two regional sites instead of the old four-site model (which is still used by the Men’s Tournament). This year, that shipped half of the 16 remaining teams to Birmingham, AL, while...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Women's Basketball: Jennie Baranczyk Sweet Sixteen press conference (pre UConn)


Oklahoma Sooners basketball coach Jennie Baranczyk meets the press on Friday, March 28, 2025, ahead of OU's NCAA Tournament game against the Connecticut Huskies in the Sweet Sixteen on Saturday, March 29...from John Hoover Media

As Raegan Beers leads OU women's basketball, her dad, Ike, goes viral for celebrations

(by Joe Mussatto) NORMAN — As Raegan Beers made a celebratory loop around Lloyd Noble Center, her dad, Ike, beamed from the front row behind the Sooners’ bench. When Raegan finally stepped off the floor Monday, Ike was first in line to greet her. A lot was packed into their embrace. The OU center had battled through foul trouble and...read more from The Oklahoman

Women's Basketball: What stood out from Oklahoma storming into Sweet 16 with 34-point blowout over Iowa

(by Chip Rouse) Oklahoma finished out the first quarter on a 16-1 run and was never headed from there on the way to a 96-62 blowout win over 6-seed Iowa in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday. The Sooners (27-7), a 3-seed and host site for the first two rounds of the tournament, overcame an early 10-4 deficit to lead...read more from Stormin' in Norman

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma Beats Texas, Lands No. 1 Recruit Aaliyah Chavez

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma’s week just got that much sweeter. One day after returning to the second weekend off the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013, Jennie Baranczyk beat Texas, South Carolina and Texas Tech for the nation’s top recruit. Aaliyah Chavez, a 5-foot-9 guard from Lubbock, TX, became the Sooners’...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Women's basketball has 'something special' with Sahara Williams, who paves way to Sweet 16

(by Jenni Carlson) NORMAN — Sahara Williams strutted downcourt, waving her arms and inciting a roaring Lloyd Noble Center crowd to roar even more. Iowa had just called a timeout that would do nothing to slow Williams or Oklahoma, and when Skylar Vann came out to welcome Williams, Vann grabbed her hands and looked her...read more from The Oklahoman

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma's Skylar Vann Saved Her Best for March

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Skylar Vann’s final game of her sophomore season was just her second NCAA Tournament game. She was on the floor as Notre Dame dribbled the ball out, mercifully ending a 108-64 contest that turned the lights out on an outstanding season for the Sooners. Four years later, she exited the floor...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Oklahoma Women's Basketball Postgame Press Conference (OU 96 Iowa 62) - 3/24/2025


Oklahoma head coach Jennie Baranczyk, guard Sahara Williams and forward Skylar Vann meet with the media following the Sooners' 96-62 win over Iowa in the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 24th in Norman...from Sooners Illustrated

Sooners charge past Iowa for first Sweet 16 berth since 2013

(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — Jennie Baranczyk's roots in Iowa run deep, but Monday's matchup with the Hawkeyes felt particularly personal for another Sooner. That'd be Iowa native Sahara Williams. The Sooner forward was outstanding in the first half from every area of the floor. She led the Sooners in points (13) and rebounds (7) at...read more from the OUInsider

Women's Basketball: Oklahoma Hosts Iowa For Spot in Sweet 16

(by OU Athletics Communications) NORMAN – No. 11 Oklahoma (26-7) looks to punch its ticket to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013 when it hosts Iowa in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship on Monday at 3 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. The third-seeded Sooners have reached the second...read more from SoonerSports.com

Women's Basketball: Jennie Baranczyk Has 'Love' for Iowa, But Monday is All About Oklahoma

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Jennie Baranczyk needs no introduction to Oklahoma’s second round opponent. The Iowa Hawkeyes, in Norman this weekend as a 6-seed in the NCAA Tournament, have been at the center of the sport over the past four years as the incomparable Caitlin Clark put women's basketball on the center stage... read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

WBB Highlights: OU 81, Florida Gulf Coast 58


...from SoonerSports.com

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