In the weeks before the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the big focus was on improving the experience for players, including expanding the “March Madness� branding to the event for the first time.
Broadcast rights and the millions of dollars attached to them will soon become more of a priority.
These are the 2022 Associated Press women's basketball All-America teams
First Team
UpdatedAliyah Boston, South Carolina
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6-5, junior, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., 16.8 ppg, 12 rpg, 2.6 blocks, 54.4 fg%, 31 3-point% (30 of 30 first place votes, 150 points).
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
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6-0, sophomore, West Des Moines, Iowa, 27.4 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 7.9 apg, 45.6 fg%, 33.3 3-point% (30, 150).
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor
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6-4, senior, Converse, Texas, 22.5 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 55 fg% (30, 150).
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
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6-2, senior, Cleveland, Tenn., 20.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 44.5 fg%, 38.4 3-point% (15, 118).
Naz Hillmon, Michigan
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6-2, senior, Cleveland, 21 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 56.5 fg% (14, 113).
Haley Jones, Stanford
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 6-1, junior, Santa Cruz, Calif., 13.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg, apg 3.7, 42.5 fg% (19, 113).
Second Team
UpdatedAyoka Lee, Kansas State
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6-6, junior, Byron, Minn., 22.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 3 blocks, 56.6 fg% (4, 67).
Ashley Joens, Iowa State
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6-1, senior, Iowa City, Iowa, 20.2 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 41 fg%, 37.5 3-point% (0, 64).
Aneesah Morrow, DePaul.
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6-1, freshman, Chicago, 21.7 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 52.7 fg% (0, 49).
Khayla Pointer, LSU
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5-7, senior, Marietta, Ga., 19 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 5.2 apg, 42.1 fg%, 36.4 3-point% (1, 48).
Elissa Cunane, North Carolina State
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6-5, senior, Summerfield, N.C., 13.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 52.6 fg%, 44.8 3-point% (1, 46).
Third Team
UpdatedElizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
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6-6, junior, Summerfield, N.C., 17.4 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 2.5 blocks, 54.8 fg% (1, 45).
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova
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6-1 junior, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 25.9 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 49.8 fg%, 35.9 3-point % (1, 30).
Veronica Burton, Northwestern
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5-9, senior, Newton, Mass., 17.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 6.4 apg, 41.5 fg%, 32.6 3-point% (1, 29).
Cameron Brink, Stanford
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6-4, sophomore, Beaverton, Ore., 13.6 ppg, 8 rpg, 2.4 blocks, 56.2 fg%, 34.8 3-point% (1, 26).
Angel Reese, Maryland
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6-3, sophomore, Baltimore, 17.5 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 50 fg% (1, 24).
HONORABLE MENTION (alphabetical order)
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Shakira Austin, Mississippi
Kierstan Bell, Florida Gulf Coast
Katie Benzan, Maryland
Grace Berger, Indiana
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Jennifer Coleman, Navy
Zia Cooke, South Carolina
Monika Czinano, Iowa
Jasmine Dickey, Delaware
Emily Engstler, Louisville
Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo
Shaylee Gonzales, BYU
Destanni Henderson, South Carolina
Rori Harmon, Texas
Jordan Horston, Tennessee
Abby Meyers, Princeton
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
Cate Reese, Arizona
Taylor Robertson, Oklahoma
Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
Christyn Williams, UConn
Macee Williams, IUPUI
Katelyn Young, Murray State.
