So much had been heaped on JuJu Watkins from the start — from the moment she set foot on USC’s campus, she was the one who would bring the program back to the mountaintop. This season, she was the player who would carry the star power in women’s college basketball in the wake of Caitlin Clark.

The No. 1 seed Trojans put up a valiant fight against No. 2 UConn, but the fact that JuJu Watkins was sidelined by a season-ending ACL tear proved to be the key factor that doomed USC.

Kennedy Smith stepped into the void left by injured star JuJu Watkins, scoring 19 points to help Southern California hold off Kansas State 67-61 in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament

On Saturday, USC and UCLA will meet again for ... in a 71-60 battle where sophomore sensation Juju Watkins went scorched earth. Watkins had a casual 38 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and ...

If anyone knows what that’s like, it’s Auriemma and UConn. Bueckers sustained a season-ending ACL injury in practice ahead of the 2022-23 season. The Huskies missed the Final Four, snapping their record 14-year streak.