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Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-25-2016

.@StanfordWBB’s Erica McCall’s late season improvements serving her team well (Hoopfeed) https://t.co/F9GiKMhCA1 #ncaaw -> Today on TV/Streaming: https://t.co/4oLZ2iUl05 #ncaaw -> Dishin & Swishin 3/24 Podcast: @IndianaFever coach @StephanieWhite breaks down the Sweet 16 (Hoopfeed) https://t.co/PRcTwAd5hu…

San Antonio Stars guard Danielle Robinson underwent successful Achilles surgery

From the team: San Antonio Stars guard Danielle Robinson underwent successful Achilles surgery this afternoon in California, the team announced today. Robinson’s timetable to return to basketball activities is to be determined. “After years of…

First meeting between UConn and Mississippi State among highlights of Bridgeport Regional

I've got my two point guards, let's go to The Sweet 16! pic.twitter.com/0aMvTwTvyo — Vic Schaefer (@CoachVic_UT) March 24, 2016 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The pursuit of history resumes for the UConn women’s basketball program tomorrow…

WBCA announces winners of its inaugural Assistant Coaches of the Year award

From the WBCA: The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has announced its inaugural Assistant Coaches of the Year in each of the six WBCA membership divisions. The Assistant Coach of the Year award is presented…

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-24-2016

Phoenix Mercury releases local TV broadcast schedule https://t.co/YTao97mO5n #wnba -> NCAA monitoring N. Carolina after gov. signs bill that wipes out all LGBT nondiscrimination laws in the state (N&O) https://t.co/Y1eBtqKDUW -> Utah State: Sophomore guards…

Stanford’s Erica McCall’s late season improvements serving her team well

When the dad of Stanford junior forward Erica McCall, also the head coach of Cal State Bakersfield, watched the last eight seconds of the NCAA tournament second round game between his daughter’s No. 4-seeded team…

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stanford legend and WNBA player Candice Wiggins hangs up her sneakers

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stanford legend and WNBA player Candice Wiggins hangs up her sneakers

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Google Play Music Podcasts, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). When Stanford Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer was asked…

Ohio State senior guard Cait Craft will miss remainder of NCAA tourney due to broken bone in left hand

Statement from Ohio State: Ohio State senior guard Cait Craft suffered a broken bone in her left hand in practice this week and will miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament. The senior captain from…

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stephanie White breaks down the Sweet 16

Dishin & Swishin 3/24/16 Podcast: Stephanie White breaks down the Sweet 16

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app: j.mp/dishinpodcast. Available on iTunes, Google Play Music Podcasts, Player FM, Acast (iOS, Android) and Podcast Addict (Android). The subregionals are complete and the Sweet 16 are in…

Finalists for 2016 Wade Trophy announced

The Wade Trophy Committee and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced  the 15 finalists in contention for the Wade Trophy. The award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA Division I women’s basketball player.…

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-23-2016

UConn's Geno Auriemma named 2016 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year https://t.co/TnUs5wRxVA #ncaaw -> WBCA's All-Region nominees for 2016 NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team https://t.co/p0aMLNQNU7 #ncaaw -> Iowa:…

Notre Dame signee Erin Boley named the 2015-16 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Notre Dame signee Erin Boley of Elizabethtown High School (Elizabethtown, Ky.) is the 2015-16 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year.  The 6-2 forward is a two-time returning Gatorade State Player of the Year. At the time of…

2015-16 All-Region nominees for the 2016 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the All-Region nominees for the 2016 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team.  The selection committee will select the 10-member Coaches’ All-America Team from these 52 candidates.…

Iowa: Guard Whitney Jennings and forward Tagyn Larson leave program

University of Iowa guard Whitney Jennings (9.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg) and forward Tagyn Larson have decided to leave the women’s basketball program to pursue playing opportunities closer to home. Jennings has two years of eligibility…

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-22-2016

Today on TV/Streaming: NAIA DI Championship: Baker (Kan.) vs. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) || NCAA DII quarterfinals https://t.co/4oLZ2iUl05 -> Into the sunset: Why I'm retiring from professional basketball by Candice Wiggins (The Players' Tribune) https://t.co/xvQdYAPViQ #wnba…

UCLA continues banner season, heads into the Sweet 16 for first time in 17 years

Photos by Lee Michaelson/hoopsgal.com WESTWOOD, Calif. — The third-seeded UCLA Bruins (26-8) are headed to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament for the first time in 17 years after outlasting…

Stewart, Jefferson, Tuck lead UConn’s charge into Sweet 16

FINAL: #UConn 97, @DuqWBB 51. Tuck and Mo had 20 pts apiece and Stewie tallied 21 pts and 16 rebs. #Going4Eleven pic.twitter.com/ePE4qajPTQ — UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) March 22, 2016 STORRS, Conn. – In their…

Numbers, notes and tweets: Stanford’s defeat of South Dakota State to reach the Sweet 16

Recap || Numbers || Notes || Tweets Recap STANFORD, Calif. – With 9.3 seconds left on the clock in regulation, Stanford junior guard Lili Thompson tied the game between the No. 4 seed Cardinal and…

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-21-2016

Today on TV/Streaming: NCAA 2nd round games, #WNIT games, #NAIA DI semifinals https://t.co/4oLZ2iUl05 #ncaaw -> After taking down Hawaii, @UCLAWBB just a game away from reaching Sweet 16 for first time since 1999 https://t.co/Lp4iOvK7S7 #ncaaw…

Former Stanford player Heather Owen’s path back to the Farm after a legal career

STANFORD, Calif. — As No. 4 seed Stanford continues its quest to go deep into the 2016 NCAA tournament as it hosts early rounds at Maples Pavilion, a former power forward that helped take the team to…

South Dakota St. vs. Stanford: Jackrabbits riding high after NCAA first round win, Cardinal expecting a tough matchup

No. 12 South Dakota State (27-6) vs. No. 4 Stanford (25-7) Monday, March 21 at 6 p.m. TV: ESPN2 (Bob Picozzi and Mary Murphy) Audio: Stanford || South Dakota (More stations) STANFORD, Calif. – After stunning the fifth-seeded…

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 03-20-2016

NCAA 2nd round: Kelsey Mitchell’s 45 points lead Ohio State past West Virginia 88-81 https://t.co/TM271G7uZv #ncaaw -> RT @ncaawbb: Kelsey Mitchell's 45 points are the most scored in an #ncaaW first or second round and…

Workman propels Duquesne past Seton Hall,  97-76, in first round of NCAA tournament

Workman propels Duquesne past Seton Hall, 97-76, in first round of NCAA tournament

#ncaaW IMPACT PERFORMANCE: @DuqWBB's Deva'Nyar Workman! pic.twitter.com/DchMYXrUGn — NCAA Women’s Basketball (@ncaawbb) March 19, 2016 STORRS, Conn. – Senior guard Deva’Nyar Workman, winner of the Sixth Woman of the Year award in the Atlantic 10…

Tweets, sights and stats of South Dakota State’s upset of Miami in NCAA tourney 1st round

STANFORD, Calif. – Miami head coach Katie Meier knew her team was in for a tough battle in the first round of the NCAA tournament as soon as she saw the portion of the bracket in…

After taking down Hawaii, UCLA just a game away from reaching Sweet 16 for first time since 1999

WESTWOOD, Calif. – Third-seeded UCLA meets No. 6 USF in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Monday evening. The last time the Bruins advanced past the second round was…

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