IfNotForThem ®

A docuseries in production on the origin story of college women’s basketball. Set up as a non-profit production. Executive Producer @BrendaVanLengen.

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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 https://t.co/WbVGH1vyxd

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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…

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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.