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USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb Named Semifinalist For Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year
March 13, 2025 | Women's Basketball
The Women of Troy are ranked No. 4 in the nation entering the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
A finalist for the award last year, USC women's basketball head coach Lindsay Gottlieb has been named a semifinalist for the 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year award, presented by AXIA Time. In her fourth season at the helm of the USC program, Gottlieb is one of 10 top coaches selected as 2025 semifinalists.
Winners of the Big Ten regular-season championship, Gottlieb's Trojans are 28-3 overall and ranked No. 4 in the nation as they await the reveal of the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket. Projected as a No. 1 seed for the second straight season, USC has gone 9-2 against ranked opponents in 2024-25 with a 3-0 record on the road against top-10 opponents.
Earlier this season, Gottlieb earned her 300th career victory as a head coach, and her career record now stands at 320-162 while she has manufactured an 85-34 record with the Women of Troy. Gottlieb and her group recently made another historic mark in beating previously undefeated rival UCLA, which was ranked No. 1 in the nation when USC took the Bruins down with a 71-58 victory in front of a packed house at Galen Center. It was USC's first win over an AP No. 1-ranked opponent since 1983 and the program's second such win all-time.
Gottlieb's 2024-25 roster includes eight former McDonald's All-Americans including two 2024-25 AP Preseason All-America selections in Kiki Iriafen and JuJu Watkins. Iriafen, Watkins as well as Rayah Marshall and Talia von Oelhoffen were all named as members of Naismith Starting Five Watch Lists. As a group, USC's talented Trojans have combined forces to rank as the No. 2 team in the nation in blocks per game No. 9 in scoring offense and free throws made, and ranks in the top-20 nationally in assists per game, field goal percentage defense and rebounds per game.
For the second consecutive season, USC has recorded at least 23 regular-season wins — a feat last accomplished in 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons when USC won its back-to-back NCAA titles. USC's 19-1 start to this season was the best since 1981-82, and its 15-game win streak posted this season was the longest since 1982-83.
The 2025 NCAA Selection Show will take place this Sunday (March 16), beginning at 5 p.m. PT on ESPN.
Winners of the Big Ten regular-season championship, Gottlieb's Trojans are 28-3 overall and ranked No. 4 in the nation as they await the reveal of the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket. Projected as a No. 1 seed for the second straight season, USC has gone 9-2 against ranked opponents in 2024-25 with a 3-0 record on the road against top-10 opponents.
Earlier this season, Gottlieb earned her 300th career victory as a head coach, and her career record now stands at 320-162 while she has manufactured an 85-34 record with the Women of Troy. Gottlieb and her group recently made another historic mark in beating previously undefeated rival UCLA, which was ranked No. 1 in the nation when USC took the Bruins down with a 71-58 victory in front of a packed house at Galen Center. It was USC's first win over an AP No. 1-ranked opponent since 1983 and the program's second such win all-time.
Gottlieb's 2024-25 roster includes eight former McDonald's All-Americans including two 2024-25 AP Preseason All-America selections in Kiki Iriafen and JuJu Watkins. Iriafen, Watkins as well as Rayah Marshall and Talia von Oelhoffen were all named as members of Naismith Starting Five Watch Lists. As a group, USC's talented Trojans have combined forces to rank as the No. 2 team in the nation in blocks per game No. 9 in scoring offense and free throws made, and ranks in the top-20 nationally in assists per game, field goal percentage defense and rebounds per game.
For the second consecutive season, USC has recorded at least 23 regular-season wins — a feat last accomplished in 1982-83 and 1983-84 seasons when USC won its back-to-back NCAA titles. USC's 19-1 start to this season was the best since 1981-82, and its 15-game win streak posted this season was the longest since 1982-83.
The 2025 NCAA Selection Show will take place this Sunday (March 16), beginning at 5 p.m. PT on ESPN.
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