A year ago, JuJu Watkins was getting ready to start her college basketball career and USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb described her in a way still very fitting today. "In some ways there is nothing typical ...

LOS ANGELES -- You could hear a pin drop inside the Galen Center the moment USC superstar JuJu Watkins went down with a season-ending torn ACL injury less than five minutes into No. 1 seed USC's ...

The highly anticipated matchup between JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers, which fans dreamed about on Selection Sunday, won't happen Monday night. Watkins, a finalist for Naismith National Player of the ...

It's the matchup everybody was hoping and waiting for—just not as early as the Elite Eight. UConn and USC found out their NCAA tournament seedings on Selection Sunday with the former earning the No. 1 ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. — JuJu Watkins’ absence looms large in Spokane, where eight of the remaining 16 teams, including USC, are gathering this week for the next round of the NCAA Tournament. Watkins tore her ...

JuJu Watkins was the most visible and exciting player in women's college basketball this season. Now there's doubt she'll play again in March Madness. During the first quarter of USC's second round ...

Prior to Juju Watkins’ devastating ACL injury, the star guard for the University of Southern California was making headlines for her cute interactions with Jayden Daniels, the stud quarterback for the ...

Daniels and Watkins have been pictured cheering on each other at their respective athletic contest throughout 2025.