IfNotForThem ®

Welcome new followers! Much of the history of women’s basketball before the NCAA (1982) has been forgotten or never told. We believe it deserves a docuseries to preserve and share the stories. Two of ten episodes funded so far! Join our team ifnotforthem.com/join-the-team/

In honor of Black History Month, we want to celebrate Marian E. Washington and Patricia Ferguson, two of the stars on the first college national championship team with @WCUAthletics. ifnotforthem.com/west-chester-u…

More than 125 women from across the country have been interviewed for the project. The series is expected to be released within the next year.

The series features personal stories from the women who made history — and the men who supported them — in the decades before the NCAA took over women’s sports.

Thank you to @AUProSports for celebrating Dr. Bessie Stockard, one of the stars of the If Not For Them docuseries and the first Black woman to serve on a US National Team coaching staff when she helped select and coach the women’s basketball team preparing for the 1976 Olympics!

More than 125 women from across the country have been interviewed for the project. The series is expected to be released within the next year.

The series features personal stories from the women who made history — and the men who supported them — in the decades before the NCAA took over women’s sports.

What an incredible day in Nashville for If Not For Them on Friday, February 13th. We’re sending a huge thank you to NCAA National Champion and two-time WNBA Champion, Sydney Colson (@SydJColson), for lending her voice and her perspective to the If Not For Them series!

If Not For Them will reveal the origin story and evolution of college women's basketball in a documentary series set to be released later in 2026.

It is no surprise that @UConnWBB and @LadyVol_Hoops landed at #1 and #2 in the recent @AP Poll that ranks the greatest womens basketball programs of all time. The AP analyzed nearly 900 polls over the last 50 years to develop a ranking formula to determine the top teams…