NCAA Women's Basketball AP All-America Teams Announced

It's hard to argue with the selections for the AP All-America teams in NCAA women's basketball.

Dec 21, 2024; Hartford, Connecticut, USA; USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins (12) dribbles the ball against UConn Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) in the first half at XL Center. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images | David Butler II-Imagn Images

Given the number of worthy candidates involved, one would be grasping at straws to argue too hard with how the AP All-America teams turned out in NCAA women's basketball.

It was essentially a guarantee that USC's JuJu Watkins, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, UCLA's Lauren Betts, and UConn's Paige Bueckers would be selected to the first team. And that was indeed the case, as the aforementioned stars were joined by Madison Booker of Texas in the first five.

Watkins, Bueckers, and Betts were all unanimous selections. Hidalgo joined Watkins as just the third and fourth players ever to make the first team in each of their first two seasons (along with Oklahoma's Courtney Paris and UConn's Maya Moore).

The second team consists of UConn's Sarah Strong, Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson, LSU's Aneesah Morrow, Notre Dame's Olivia Miles, and Kentucky's Georgia Amoore, and the third team features TCU's Hailey Van Lith, USC's Kiki Iriafen, Iowa State's Audi Crooks, Vanderbilt's Mikaylah Blakes, and LSU's Flau'jae Johnson.

2025 AP All Americans

First Team:
Hidalgo - ND
Watkins - USC
Paige - UConn
Betts - UCLA
Booker - Texas

Second Team:
Latson - FSU
Morrow - LSU
Strong - UConn
Miles - ND
Amoore - KY

Third Team:
Van Lith - TCU
Iriafen - USC
Blakes - Vandy
Johnson - LSU
Crooks - Iowa St#NCAAWBB pic.twitter.com/40AlkpSBAh

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All of the above players will be competing in the NCAA Tournament, with star-studded matchups like UConn and USC possibly in store given the way the bracket came together. Said showdown would of course feature several players from the list above and has been a big part of the hype building around March Madness.

Regardless of how the action unfolds, what has already been an exciting season in women's college basketball is bound to get even better. Because many of the best players in the country are inevitably set to go head-to-head in short order.