WBCA High School All-America Team announced, Sims selected as Player of the Year

The 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game will be played on the same court as the NCAA Women’s Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. The college-style regulation game is free to the public and is scheduled to tip-off at 4:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 3, at the Alamodome. As a part of the NCAA Women’s Final Four and WBCA National Convention festivities, the game will feature the nation’s top 20 high school girls’ basketball players.

WBCA High School All-America Team

Player of the Year: Odyssey Sims, MacArthur High School, Irving, Texas (pictured right/photo: C. Vorhis)

Name, School, Hometown, College pick

• Lauren Avant, Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis
  Tennessee
• Kristen Doherty, Sachem East High School, Holtsville, N.Y.
  Boston College
• Ariel Edwards, Christ the King Regional H.S., Elmont, N.Y.
  Penn State
• Karla Gilbert, A&M Consolidated H.S., College Station, Texas
  Texas A&M

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Academic scandal costs Florida State 22 wins, 16 from breakout season

On the day when the Seminoles (20-4, 6-2 ACC) beat Wake Forest 83-38, Florida State announced that it will vacate 22 women’s basketball victories as a consequence of an academic cheating scandal case that also included nine other sports.

The case began in 2007 and a total of 61 athletes were involved. University employees implicated included a former learning specialist, an academic advisor and a university tutor who gave improper assistance to student-athletes. Students were provided with the questions and answers to quizzes and exams, typed papers and fraudulent academic credit. The school’s president self-reported the violations.

The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions considered the case to be “extremely serious” because of the large number of students involved and the committee’s opinion that academic fraud is one of the most serious NCAA rules violations.

The organization originally penalized the school in 2009 with probation time, a reduction…

Baylor routs Colorado, Big 12 “not a league for the faint of heart”

• Game photo gallery

WACO, Texas – Even in the aftermath of a 76-42 rout at the hands of Baylor (17-5, 4-4) in Waco, Colorado coach Kathy McConnell-Miller looked ahead with steely optimism at the remainder of her team’s season. Like every other head coach in the conference, including Connie Yori of the undefeated No. 4 Nebraska, McConnell-Miller made it clear that in the topsy-turvy Big 12, there is no time to dwell on losses and fortifying player confidence is essential.

"They know I believe in them and we are halfway through and it is eight down and there is eight to go,” said McConnell-Miller when asked about her plans for Colorado (12-9, 2-6) after the loss. “I believe in them, this coaching staff believes in them. We have got strong…

Photo Gallery: Baylor hosts Colorado, February 6, 2010

Photography: Cheryl Vorhis/cvorhisphotography.com

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2010-02-08

• Cal, UCLA Set Record for Fewest Total Points Scored: "Isn’t this why they invented the shot clock?" (Swish Appeal) http://j.mp/8ZIyXp #
• Final Civil War At Mac Goes To Ducks, Oregon beats Oregon State, 82-62 (GoDucks.com) http://j.mp/cerdJf #ncaaw #
• UC San Diego: Tritons Hit 10 Threes In 75-43 Drubbing of Cal State L.A. (UCSDTritons.com) http://bit.ly/bVMuuQ #ncaaw #
• Kristi Harrower stars in Spirit triumph with 40-point haul (ABC Sport) http://j.mp/9sEBKZ #wnbl #
• UConn women face limping Louisville (rep-am.com) http://j.mp/aNJEcY #ncaaw #
• Are the UConn Huskies too good? (necn.com) http://j.mp/9VOJ8g #ncaaw #
• Hertzel Column: Can’t compare UConn women to men’s teams (The Times West Virginian) http://j.mp/aqOV4v #ncaaw #
• Iowa's Felicia Hall

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Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2010-02-07

• Penn State women's goal is winning Big Ten (post-gazette.com) http://j.mp/9Dwntg #ncaaw #
• UConn: ESPN to air series on Huskies (Norwich Bulletin) http://j.mp/cGOvSb #ncaaw #
• WNBL: Liz Cambage fired up for Lauren Jackson match (Herald Sun) http://j.mp/9fNJBh #wnbl #
• Kansas coch Bonnie Henrickson:WNBA teams assure her Danielle McCray will still get her chance (Wichita Eagle) http://j.mp/dqLMPe #ncaaw #
• ACL ends Danielle McCray's career for Kansas Jayhawks (ESPN) http://j.mp/dgOsnQ #ncaaw #
• SMU's Haley Day has a career high but Mustangs still fall short vs. UTEP, 71-1 (Dallas Morning News) http://j.mp/bdhwMx #ncaaw #
• Notre Dame: Erica Williamson pushing for larger role (South Bend Tribune) http://j.mp/bAKaXO #ncaaw #
• Columbia edges

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Hoopfeed Twitter Weekly Updates for week ending 2010-02-07

• Rutgers: Stringer calls out team after Knights' latest loss (MyCentralJersey.com) http://j.mp/d3FlKb #ncaaw #
• School board considers naming middle school gym after C. Vivian Stringer (Herald-Standard.com) http://j.mp/9EFakC #ncaaw #
• UConn: Welcome to the club Tina Charles (The Day) http://j.mp/9jychD #ncaaw #
• Offensive rebounding remains strength for Missouri women's basketball (Columbia Missourian) http://j.mp/9ZbthQ #ncaaw #
• LSU women's basketball team looking for turnaround (NOLA.com) http://j.mp/ae3Omx #ncaaw #
• Tennessee: Summitt says Taber Spani out with turf toe (GoVolsXtra) http://j.mp/ap0xeN #ncaaw #
• Auburn: Tough stretch ends with Georgia (Opelika-Auburn News) http://j.mp/cdsgxq #ncaaw #
• Today's women’s basketball television schedule, January 31, 2010 – 15 games http://j.mp/dnArIh #ncaaw

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Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2010-02-06

• Dayton Flyers coach Jim Jabir making most of second chance (ESPN) http://j.mp/bRqTTf #ncaaw #
• Debut a 'giddy' occasion for Jacki Gemelos' family (Recordnet.com) http://j.mp/9TbSgc #ncaaw #
• Young Cal beats Trojans (sfgate.com) http://j.mp/9Id0dz #ncaaw #
• California Defeats USC, 61-55 (calbears.com) http://j.mp/aaGz2R #ncaaw #
• Prep: Texas-bound Frisco basketball player Tiffany Moore knows the value of versatility (Dallas Morning News) http://j.mp/cFbVrx #ncaaw #
• UC Santa Barbara coach Lindsay Gottlieb's largest margin of victory in her career (ucsbgauchos.com) http://j.mp/ckrRVb #ncaaw #
• Ohio State: Buckeyes refuse to fold down stretch in game vs. Iowa (BuckeyeXtra) http://j.mp/cuywx7 #ncaaw #
• Road to the WNBL Playoffs (SportsPageMagazine.com) http://j.mp/cOsKRr #wnbl

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