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The 2020 WNBA Draft will be a virtual event with players participating remotely

The 2020 WNBA Draft will be a virtual event with players participating remotely

Draft Order The 2020 WNBA Draft will take place as scheduled on April 17, the league announced today. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, no prospects, guests or media will attend. Instead, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert…

Australia selected to host the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup

Australia selected to host the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup

FIBA awarded the hosting rights for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 to Basketball Australia. The Russian Basketball Federation was the other finalist bidding for World Cup hosting honors. Basketball Australia also hosted the…

Dawn Staley named the 2020 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley earned the 2020 United States Marine Corps/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced. She will be presented with the Pat Summitt…

International Olympic Committee postpones 2020 Tokyo Games due to coronavirus pandemic

International Olympic Committee postpones 2020 Tokyo Games due to coronavirus pandemic

USA Basketball Statement In a joint statement, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, announced the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Previously, the IOC said it would take up to four…

Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award

Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award

The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced that Tyasha Harris is the 2020 Dawn Staley Award winner. Harris, a senior all-American guard from South Carolina, averaged 12.1 points and 5.7 assists per game this past season.…

Final STI/Hoopfeed Poll of the Season: South Carolina finishes at No. 1, Baylor tumbles

Final STI/Hoopfeed Poll of the Season: South Carolina finishes at No. 1, Baylor tumbles

South Carolina ended the season as the No. 1 team in the nation South Carolina’s press conference after beating Mississippi State in the SEC tournament title game Voting panel || Coach reactions to NCAA tournament…

Dawn Staley, Kim Mulkey and Kelly Graves speak out on cancellation of the NCAA tournament

Dawn Staley, Kim Mulkey and Kelly Graves speak out on cancellation of the NCAA tournament

Video: Oregon head coach Kelly Graves’ reaction South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley “This is a difficult time with so many conflicting emotions. First and foremost, we have to recognize how important it is to…

WBCA cancels annual convention due to coronavirus concerns

WBCA cancels annual convention due to coronavirus concerns

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association released the following information regarding the cancellation of its annual conference that takes place during the Final Four. The organization plans to do “everything possible to ensure a 100-percent refund”…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 03-03-2020

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 03-03-2020

Pac-12 coaches select Sabrina Ionescu as Pac-12 Player of the Year for the third-straight year https://t.co/eeVAm1bo1Y #ncaaw -> This week’s @SportTours-Hoopfeed Poll: Maryland @umdwbb moves up to No. 5, Northwestern @nuwbball enters the top t……

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 3/10/20: Upsets galore, Maryland moves up to No. 4

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 3/10/20: Upsets galore, Maryland moves up to No. 4

Portland stunned Gonzaga in the WCC semifinals and Zags fall in poll Voting panel With a week of conference tournaments in the rearview and some surprising upsets, this week’s poll features a shakeup in the…

Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates: WNBA player Sydney Wiese reveals she tested positive

Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates: WNBA player Sydney Wiese reveals she tested positive

March 27 Los Angeles Sparks guard Sydney Wiese tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from playing overseas in Spain. She’s been in self-isolation at home in Phoenix since her return and is encouraging everyone…

Paige Bueckers named the 2019-20 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Paige Bueckers named the 2019-20 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year

UConn-bound Paige Bueckers wins national honor The Gatorade Company announced that Paige Bueckers (Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, MN) is the 2019-20 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Bueckers won the prestigious award for…

Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith meets media for first time since being traded to Phoenix

Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith meets media for first time since being traded to Phoenix

Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith took part in her first media availability in Phoenix on Sunday, March 8, since being acquired by the team on February 12. Video provided by Phoenix Mercury

A STEP UP announces the Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2020

A STEP UP announces the Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2020

A STEP UP, Inc. announced the Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2020. The class will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Charlotte, NC. In 2019, A…

Oregon vs. Baylor women’s matchup added to inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge

Oregon vs. Baylor women’s matchup added to inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge

The inaugural Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge, a quadruple-header collegiate event, now includes Oregon and Baylor women’s teams. The other programs in the challenge include six men’s programs, three from the Pac-12 and three from the Big…

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 3/3/20: Maryland moves up to No. 5, Northwestern enters top ten, TCU drops out

STI/Hoopfeed Poll for 3/3/20: Maryland moves up to No. 5, Northwestern enters top ten, TCU drops out

Big Ten Conference co-champs Maryland and Northwestern move up Voting panel With the end of the regular season looming, several unranked teams pulled off stunning upsets that caused a few top ten teams in the…

South Carolina, Baylor, Oregon and Maryland earn top seeds in latest NCAA committee reveal

South Carolina, Baylor, Oregon and Maryland earn top seeds in latest NCAA committee reveal

2020 NCAA DI women’s basketball conference tournament tracker The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee selected South Carolina, Baylor, Oregon, and Maryland as the No. 1 seeds in the second of two top-16 early reveals.…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 02-24-2020

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 02-24-2020

Phoenix Mercury sign unrestricted free agent center Kia Vaughn https://t.co/Kmk8hxp7r1 #wnba -> Carolyn Swords announces retirement, will join the Las Vegas Aces’ front office as the team’s marketing specialist… https://t.co/3ZrvUpUhYs -> New York Liberty re-signed…

2020 NCAA DI women’s basketball conference tournaments

2020 NCAA DI women’s basketball conference tournaments

2020 Division I Conference Tournament Championships Coronavirus Updates Conference Dates/Sites Tournament Champion Regular Season Champion America East Campus sites, higher seed hosts Quarterfinals, Wednesday, March 4 Semifinals, Sunday, March 8 Championship, Friday, March 13 Canceled…

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