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Aussies in NCAAW
More than 20 college stars eye 2026 March Madness
Australian Monique Williams #11 of the Vanderbilt Commodores dribbles the ball down the court against the Tennessee State Tigers in the second half at Vanderbilt University Memorial Gymnasium on November 24, 2025 (AEDT) in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: Carly Mackler/Getty Images
Seven Australians feature in AP Top 25 programs as March Madness 2026 approaches.
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- Every Australian in NCAAW basketball in 2025-26
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- Australian NCAAW Player Power Rankings
Seven Australian women's basketballers are part of programs in the AP Top 25 NCAA college teams in the US.
Senior Amelia Hassett's Kentucky Wildcats are the highest ranked at six, one place ahead of Australian Gems' Monique Williams' Vanderbilt.
Coffs Harbour sophomore Isla Juffermans is yet to play for the 10th-ranked Louisville Cardinals, nor has Melbourne freshman centre Sarah Portlock for #13 TCU while junior transfer Ella Brow, from NSW, has played just one game for the 16th-ranked Baylor Bears.
Geelong-born freshman Sienna Harvey is averaging six points, 2.4 rebounds, and an assist for the 23rd-ranked Washington while junior forward Jess Petrie, from the Gold Coast, is averaging almost 12 points a game, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists for the #25 Nebraska Cornhuskers.
🇦🇺 Teams in the AP Top 25 With Australian Players
6. Kentucky: Amelia Hassett — Senior
7. Vanderbilt: Monique Williams — Freshman
10. Louisville: Isla Juffermans — Sophomore
13. TCU: Sarah Portlock — Freshman
16. Baylor: Ella Brow — Junior
23. Washington: Sienna Harvey — Freshman
25. Nebraska: Jessica Petrie — Junior
All seven college's are a lock for the 2026 March Madness tournament. They are seven of more than 20 Australian players representing colleges that are either a lock or on the bubble to make the famous month-long single-game knockout march to the NCAA National Championship.
Bookmark this page. basketball.com.au will track March Madness here in 2026.
2026 March Madness Projections
- Arizona State: Last-Tear Poa — Senior
- Baylor: Ella Brow — Junior
- Kentucky: Amelia Hassett — Senior
- Louisville: Isla Juffermans — Sophomore
- Nebraska: Jessica Petrie — Junior
- Oregon: Mia Jacobs — Senior
- Stanford: Lara Somfai — Freshman
- TCU: Sarah Portlock — Freshman
- Vanderbilt: Monique Williams — Freshman
- Virginia: Adeang Ring — Sophomore
- Washington: Sienna Harvey — Freshman
- Santa Clara: Alana Goodchild — Senior and Sienna Grieger — Freshman
- Southern Utah: Charli Kay — Junior and Emily Scholtes — Freshman
- UC Irvine: Summah Hanson — Junior
Still Alive on the Bubble
- Utah: Chyra Evans — Junior and Grace Foster — Sophomore
- Syracuse: Sophie Burrows — Junior and Madeline Potts — Sophomore
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