2025 women’s basketball Feast Week games: Schedule, analysis

Las Vegas has already hosted important and exciting early-season games, but nothing tops next week’s Players Era Women’s Championship, a chance for players to earn NIL money and for teams to separate themselves from the other elite squads in the country.

Four of the nation’s best — Duke, South Carolina, Texas and UCLA — will compete at Michelob ULTRA Arena, the home of the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, on Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day in a Final Four-caliber event. In the first game Wednesday, the Longhorns (6-0) got up big early on before holding on for a win over the third-ranked and previously unbeaten Bruins (6-1).

That event is the highlight of the holiday week tournaments and games — but not the only intriguing action across the globe over the next week. Games from Puerto Rico to Cancun and from Florida to Texas help create one of the best stretches on the women’s basketball calendar this season.

Many of these games will have far-reaching implications into March and could be the difference between being in or out of the NCAA tournament field.

It’s a crowded sports calendar at this time of year, but this is your guide to the best games and how to watch them. Come back after the final whistle to see how each contest ended and for analysis on how it might impact March.

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No. 4 Texas 76, No. 3 UCLA 65

In a game expected to provide some answers in determining which team lines up behind UConn as the second best in the country, Texas stepped forward. Early on, the Longhorns looked headed for a runaway win after a dominant opening two quarters and 20-point lead at halftime. But UCLA made a run in the fourth quarter that left the game in doubt into the final minute. Rori Harmon led a stifling first-half…