March 2016 Archive

Lauren Jackson ends her playing career where it began, former WNBA coaches heap praise on Aussie

https://youtu.be/Ouzv0GNSx6I Jackson’s WNBA Accolades || Social Media Reaction || WNBA Slideshow This week, Australia’s greatest women’s basketball player hung up her sneakers and announced her retirement at the location ...

More From March 2016

Dishin & Swishin 3/31/16 Podcast: Doug Bruno is back to break down the 2016 Final Four

[caption id="attachment_34212" align="alignnone" width="590"] DePaul head coach Doug Bruno. Photo: DePaul Athletics.[/caption] [display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or ...

The Los Angeles Sparks sign Essence Carson

From the Sparks: The Los Angeles Sparks have signed WNBA All-Star Essence Carson, executive vice president and general manager Penny Toler announced ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-30-2016

Retirement speculation mounts over Lauren Jackson's future (Sydney MH) https://t.co/iY8w1sO3Xo #ncaaw -> Lauren Jackson to retire on Thursday as Australia's greatest ...

Three-time WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson officially announces her retirement from professional basketball

[gallery type="slideshow" ids="34638,20509,20277,20517"] Basketball Australia Statement The Seattle Storm would like to recognize Lauren Jackson for all that she has meant to our ...

Minnesota Lynx sign guard Courtney Clements and forward Keisha Hampton

From the team: The Minnesota Lynx today announced the signing of guard Courtney Clements and forward Keisha Hampton. Per team policy, terms ...

Syracuse’s Quentin Hillsman, the second African-American male to coach in women’s Final Four, grateful to those who paved the way

https://twitter.com/CuseWBB/status/714277855329394688 Not since 1984, the third year of the women’s NCAA tournament, has there been a black male at the helm of ...

Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams will miss 2016 WNBA season due to a ruptured left Achilles tendon

From the Sparks: Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams will miss the 2016 WNBA season due to a ruptured left Achilles tendon, ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-29-2016

TV Schedule for the rest of the week includes #WNIT semifinals, McDonald's All-American game & more https://t.co/4oLZ2iUl05 #ncaaw -> UConn defeats Texas ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-27-2016

NCAA president Mark Emmert says investigation into North Carolina academic fraud nears end (USA Today) https://t.co/HBoIHVcL1y #ncaaw -> RT @ShrockRon: @hoopfeed Newcastle, ...

Oregon State’s first-ever trip to the Final Four is “pinch me stuff,” Beavers top Baylor in Elite Eight and head to Indy

[gallery type="slideshow" ids="40619,40621,40625,40626,40627,40628,40629,40630"] Photos: © Lee Michaelson DALLAS – “This is pinch me stuff; there are no other words for it,” said Oregon ...

Georgia’s Joni Taylor named 2016 Spalding Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year

Joni Taylor, head coach at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, is the 2016 recipient of the Spalding Maggie Dixon ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-28-2016

Kenny Brooks leaves James Madison, named head coach of Virginia Tech https://t.co/A39tbKvavJ #ncaaw -> JR Payne leaves Santa Clara, named head ...

UConn defeats Texas 86-65 to move on to ninth straight Final Four

https://twitter.com/UConnWBB/status/714616702038880257 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - It certainly was not boring, and it definitely was not bad for women's basketball. In the end, it was ...

2016 John R. Wooden Award Women’s All-Americans announced

The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the 2016 John R. Wooden Award Women’s All-Americans as selected by hundreds of national college ...

Texas looks to derail UConn push towards history in Bridgeport Regional Final

[caption id="attachment_40581" align="alignnone" width="590"] Photo: Texas Athletics[/caption] #2 Texas vs. #1 UConn, 7 p.m. EDT Division I Women’s Basketball Bridgeport Regional Final TV: ESPN/WatchESPN, ...

2016 AP All-Americans announced

2016 AP All-Americans Breanna Stewart - UConn Moriah Jefferson - UConn Kelsey Mitchell - Ohio State Rachel Banham - Minnesota A'ja Wilson - South Carolina Stewart made ...

WNBA to unveil new team uniform colors and commemorative items for 20th season

The WNBA will celebrate its landmark 20th season by unveiling new team uniform colors and commemorative items. To create an updated oncourt look for ...

Washington headed to first Final Four after defeating Stanford 85-76

https://twitter.com/UW_WBB/status/714165179953446913 After defeating No. 4 seed Stanford 85-76 in the Elite Eight, No. 7 Washington heads to the Final Four for the first time ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-26-2016

Today on TV/Streaming: https://t.co/4oLZ2iUl05 #ncaaw -> The NCAA's women problem by @SmithCollege economics professor Andrew Zimbalist (NY Times) https://t.co/Os5CzzMZvU #ncaaw -> RT @allyauriemma: ...

Texas comeback knocks UCLA from the Bridgeport Regional, 72-64, Longhorns head to Elite Eight

https://twitter.com/TexasWBB/status/713821346262884352 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Last year Texas played Connecticut on the East Coast in the Sweet 16 and suffered a heartbreaking loss ...

NCAA unveils 2017 Final Four logo

The 2017 NCAA Women’s Final Four logo was unveiled during a celebration prior to the Dallas Regional semifinal games being played ...

UConn rolls over Mississippi State and into the Elite Eight in Bridgeport Regional, 98-38

https://twitter.com/UConnWBB/status/713779666839060480 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. On the heels of the upset losses handed to fellow top seeds South Carolina and Notre Dame, Connecticut opened their Sweet ...

Lower seed sweep in first day of the Sweet 16

They went down one by one, all four of the higher seeds in the first day of Sweet 16 competition were eliminated from ...

Texas and UCLA look to return to the top in Bridgeport Regional

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - For years, Texas and UCLA were synonymous with success in women's college basketball. However, recent years brought hard ...

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