USF Women’s Basketball

Mama Dembele is the 24th player under USF coach Jose Fernandez to go on to professional basketball.

Mama Dembele becomes the latest USF woman signed to play professional basketball

Cinderella has been a no-show in this year's NCAA Women's Basketball tournament

As the Women's Final Four stage is set in Tampa, USF will be heavily involved

USF gets its man: Bryan Hodgson is the Bulls' next men's basketball coach

Before she was a standout player for USF, Sammy Puisis was a first-team all-state player in high school for the Mason (Ohio) Comets

USF's Sammie Puisis heads back to her Ohio roots as the Bulls play in the NCAA tourney

USF's first-round opponent in the NCAA tournament on Friday is Tennessee, which is making its 43rd consecutive appearance in the tournament

USF women draw a blue-blood first-round NCAA opponent in storied Tennessee

Ole Miss looms as a potential first-round opponent for USF in the NCAA women's tournament

ESPN projects Ole Miss as USF's first opponent in the NCAA women's basketball tourney

Head coach Jose Fernandez called this USF women's basketball team "a special group."

USF women's basketball team is dancing after AAC title win, so let the Madness begin

USF is one win away from the American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament championship

USF women are one just win away from the American Athletic Conference championship

Carla Brito, shown here in a regular-season game at UConn, led USF past Tulane with 15 points and 17 rebounds in the Bulls' American Athletic Conference tournament opener.

USF women open AAC tournament with a win over Tulane: Next up, North Texas

USF's first game in the AAC women's basketball tournament is Monday night against Tulane

It's AAC tournament time for USF women's basketball as the Bulls open against Tulane

USF graduate guard Mama Dembele was named the AAC's Defensive Player of the Year

After 20-win regular season, four USF women earn American Athletic Conference honors

USF challenged itself with a tough non-conference schedule, such as this early-season game at UConn.

USF women's hoops focus turns to AAC tournament as makeup game at Tulane is canceled

USF coach Jose Fernandez said there is a difference between losing and getting beat. His team, he said, is getting beat.

Second straight AAC loss for USF women means it's time to sound the alarm

Sammie Puisis left the Wednesday's game at Tulsa after telling head coach Jose Fernandez her back was bothering her

Bad night for USF women: Bulls winning streak ends and Sammie Puisis was hurt

USF's Sammie Puisis, shown here against South Carolina, had a career-high 34 points in leading the Bulls past Memphjis.

Sammie Puisis' huge night leads USF women to their 20th win and ninth in a row

USF women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez is frustrated by the system the NCAA uses to pick at-large teams for its tournament

USF women roll past Charlotte but it didn't help if Bulls need NCAA at-large bid

Carla Brito (55), shown here in a game earlier this season at UConn, had a strong game Saturday at FAU. She had 16 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and played all 40 minutes.

USF women struggled at times but got the 'W' at FAU, and that's all that matters

Sammie Puisis clutch 3-pointer put USF into the first of three overtimes and an eventual win over Rice.

It looked grim for USF women's basketball against Rice but Puisis came to the rescue

Sammie Puisis led USF on Saturday with 15 points

USF women's basketball keep on winning by holding off AAC rival Temple on the road

USF graduate guard Sammie Puisis was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list.

Sammie Puisis and L`or Mputu of USF women's basketball receive big honors

The Bulls may have to win the American Athletic Conference tournament to ensure a spot in the NCAA tournament because an at-large bid may be a long shot.

Winning the AAC tournament may be only way USF women can experience March Madness

USF coach Jose Fernandez said the Bulls' team goals for this season are still in front of them.

USF women overcome North Texas (and maybe some over zealous zebras) for key AAC win

Romi Levy led USF was 21 points against UTSA

USF women rise to the occasion and hand AAC leader UTSA its first conference loss

A tough non-conference schedule, such as this game at UConn, helped prepare the USF women's basketball team for the stretch run in the American Athletic Conference

The next four games are critical for USF women's basketball, starting vs. UTSA

USF's Vittoria Blasigh, shown here in an earlier game at South Carolina, hit the winning basket Saturday against East Carolina with 1.1 seconds left.

Escape act: Next 3 games critical for USF women after narrowly avoiding upset at ECU

Carla Brito, shown here against South Carolina, led USF against UAB with 21 points.

Uh Oh! USF women's basketball drops another conference game, falling 62-61 to UAB

Jose Fernandez saw his USF women's basketball drop six spots in the NET rankings after an upset loss at North Texas

Lost Saturday for USF men's and women's basketball leaves both teams scrambling