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UCLA\u2019s Kiki Rice (left) is defended by Ohio State\u2019s Celeste Taylor during last season\u2019s non-conference matchup. | Photo by Kirk Irwin\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Big Ten is about to swell to 18 teams after adding four former Pac-12 schools. Among them are the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, who could cause incumbent Big Ten teams major problems right away.<\/p>\n

The Big Ten is about to get even bigger\u2014literally.<\/p>\n

Starting in late 2024, the Big Ten will welcome four additional schools\u2014USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington\u2014as part of a major NCAA conference realignment that\u2019s been years in the making and has essentially dissolved the Pac-12<\/a>. The conference will now be spread from coast to coast, featuring a massive total of 18 schools that will both vastly increase the level of competition and raise some valid logistical questions as the Big Ten prepares to enter its new era.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s basketball world, the Pac-12\u2019s losses are the Big Ten\u2019s gains. USC and UCLA are among the best programs in the country, having recently made the 2024 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen, respectively. They also have some of the most exciting young talent in Division I, with USC\u2019s JuJu Watkins coming off an All-American season as a freshman and UCLA\u2019s Kiki Rice and Lauren Betts earning All-Pac-12 honors as sophomores.<\/p>\n

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\n Photo by Michael Hickey\/Getty Images<\/cite>
USC\u2019s JuJu Watkins scored 32 points against Cotie McMahon and Ohio State in non-conference play last season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can one of these former Pac-12 teams take the Big Ten by storm in their first season in the conference? It\u2019s not inconceivable. Remember that the last time the Big Ten expanded in 2014, Maryland (formerly in the ACC) trounced their new rivals, winning three consecutive Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships.<\/p>\n

While such a run of dominance would be tough for any team to replicate, let alone one facing almost entirely new competition, it\u2019s likely that USC and UCLA will continue their winning ways this winter. The four newcomers don\u2019t have an extensive recent history of facing current Big Ten opponents, though both USC and UCLA scored victories over the Ohio State<\/a> Buckeyes (who went 16-2 against Big Ten teams in 2023-24 and won the conference\u2019s regular season title) in non-conference play last season. Both California-based schools will soon be bringing in some big-time recruits, too; USC has received commitments from six of the country\u2019s top 100 recruits, per ESPN\u2019s HoopGurlz<\/em> rankings<\/a>, while UCLA has gotten three.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Iowa and Indiana?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Clearly, the incumbent Big Ten teams will be trying to give their new opponents a rude welcome\u2014but it won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n

The conference expansion coincides with the end of the Caitlin Clark era in Iowa, and without the player who has meant nearly everything to the Hawkeyes for the past four seasons, they\u2019ll need to reload quickly. Clark\u2019s transcendent offensive game led Iowa to three-straight Big Ten Tournament<\/a> championships; the Hawkeyes recently landed a big transfer in ex-Villanova<\/a> guard Lucy Olsen, but it wouldn\u2019t be realistic to expect her to single-handedly replace everything that Clark did.<\/p>\n

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\n Photo by Bailey Hillesheim\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/cite>
Iowa will need to find a way to continue thriving after Caitlin Clark\u2019s graduation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Similarly, the Indiana Hoosiers<\/a> will be scrambling to fill a considerable hole in their frontcourt. Mackenzie Holmes exemplified consistency and efficiency throughout her tenure as a Hoosier, shooting at least 60 percent from the field in every season dating back to 2019-20 and leading Indiana on its most successful five-season run in program history. The Hoosiers have talent, having just shot a Division I-best 39.6 percent from 3-point range, but Holmes\u2019 presence in the post factored heavily into generating those shots, and Indiana will likely have to make some adjustments to its offensive approach now that she\u2019s graduated.<\/p>\n

Even the Buckeyes, with their usual excellent recruiting and work in the transfer portal, will have some work to do. Ohio State lost one of the conference\u2019s top scoring guards, Jacy Sheldon, to graduation, and will also need to find a new center to replace Rebeka Mikul\u00e1\u0161ikov\u00e1. The Buckeyes will get a lot of love in preseason polls, but they\u2019re certainly not without weakness.<\/p>\n

Will a new contender rise from the pack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With so much talent at the top of the Big Ten, is there room for a surprise team or two?<\/p>\n

Nebraska is one program that could take another step forward. The Cornhuskers went 11-7 in conference play last season and had a Cinderella run in the Big Ten Tournament, making it all the way to the championship game and nearly upending Iowa, and though they\u2019ll have to account for the graduation of point guard Jaz Shelley, the rest of their core remains intact.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget about Maryland, either. The Terrapins were a mediocre 9-9 against Big Ten opponents\u2014by far their worst intra-conference record since the 2014 realignment\u2014but have already secured several high-profile transfers, including guards Sarah Te-Biasu (from VCU) and Kaylene Smikle (from Rutgers<\/a>) and forward May\u00e9 Tour\u00e9 (from Rhode Island). If these players mesh quickly with go-to scorers Bri McDaniel and Shyanne Sellers, Maryland should have enough offense and athleticism to finish near the top of the Big Ten standings.<\/p>\n\n

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