2025-2026 Associated Press All-American Team

[BigTenGuy]

Booker is 3 for 3, I believe.

Will JuJu play for 4 years? My guess is that she goes pro after her 3rd year.

Booker was 2nd Team in 2024 (9th in AP voting).

 

[Iluvacc2]

Booker is 3 for 3, I believe.

Will JuJu play for 4 years? My guess is that she goes pro after her 3rd year.

Hidalgo and Booker will both still have a chance to be a 4 time All-American, whether it’s first or second team, and that’s nothing to take lightly.

I too think that Juju will leave after next year.

 

[packwrap]

I'm thrilled to see Azzi make first team. I think she's the second-best player in the country.

Yep, this is fantastic!🥰 I feared that being on a deep, balanced team would put her on 2nd or 3rd team.

After all the injuries, I'm so happy for her...and Azzi&Sarah as a duo.

 

[topogigio]

funkraider, I share your puzzlement, and take it one step further. The way the simple math works out (1st team vote = 5, second team vote = 3, third team vote = 1), Azzi's vote totals had to be 14 First Team and 17 Second Team. (14x5 + 17x3 = 121)

For the same reasons, Hidalgo's vote totals had to be 15 First Team, 13 Second Team, and two Third Team, with one voter keeping her off the ballot altogether. (15x5 + 13x3 + 2x1 = 116)

Impressive math deduction!

 

[Cuango]

funkraider, I share your puzzlement, and take it one step further. The way the simple math works out (1st team vote = 5, second team vote = 3, third team vote = 1), Azzi's vote totals had to be 14 First Team and 17 Second Team. (14x5 + 17x3 = 121)

For the same reasons, Hidalgo's vote totals had to be 15 First Team, 13 Second Team, and two Third Team, with one voter keeping her off the ballot altogether. (15x5 + 13x3 + 2x1 = 116)

If someone truly left Hidalgo off completely, that is shameful.

 

[hussybulldog]

"Lauren Betts is a generational player;“ how many years is a generation in women’s college basketball? We just had Paige last year , now it is a new generation already?

 

[topogigio]

"Lauren Betts is a generational player;“ how many years is a generation in women’s college basketball? We just had Paige last year , now it is a new generation already?

Correct, the most overused and meaningless term in sports today.

 

[visitingcock]

Correct, the most overused and meaningless term in sports today.

“The generational player of this year is . . . “

 

[PJCLaw]

Hidalgo and Booker will both still have a chance to be a 4 time All-American, whether it’s first or second team, and that’s nothing to take lightly.

I too think that Juju will leave after next year.

I agree about JuJu, especially with the new W CBA where the minimum salary will significantly rise to $300k. The sooner she gets to the W, the sooner she can get a Max contract (which grows to $2 million by the end of the deal)

 

[DefenseBB]

"Lauren Betts is a generational player;“ how many years is a generation in women’s college basketball? We just had Paige last year , now it is a new generation already?

Interestingly enough both Herhoopsstats had Lauren with 5.6 Win Shares and Bart Torvik 6.9 while her team mate Kiki Rice was worth more to the UCLA team than Betts with 6.4 Win Shares and A Torvik value of 8.2. So the “generational” player wasn’t even the best on her own team…

For comparison, Sarah had 8.5 WS and 7.6 Torvik whil Azzi had 6.6 WS and 6.7 Torvik….

 

[fomalhaut]

"Lauren Betts is a generational player;“ how many years is a generation in women’s college basketball? We just had Paige last year , now it is a new generation already?

Not to mention we've just had Ionescu, Plum, and Clark in the last few seasons.