Last year at this time, the UConn Huskies were hosting the first and second round of the NCAA tournament on their home court at Gampel Pavilion. It was the last home game in the storied…
If you remember any predictions I have ever made in tournaments past, I never pick chalk. Chalk is boring. I try to add spice to my picks, pick a few upsets. But, with journalistic integrity…
Every year those that decide tournament sites look at a map and say “we have to find someplace close to Stanford to host a regional.” This year, it is Fresno that gets to bring in…
This bracket should be fun! In one bracket, two finalists for National Player of the Year honors, possibly the final curtain for Tennessee’s seniors and the ultimate coaching legend, and just for kicks, toss in…
If you believe the experts, the Raleigh Region is where a number one seed will most likely get knocked off before the Final Four in this year’s NCAA tournament. ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel, Rebecca Lobo, and…
The airlines and the expressways will see a lot of action in this bracket. There is Connecticut, playing in Bridgeport and should they advance, Rhode Island, a total of around 200 miles. Then there is…
It is an annual event. Before you fill out your women's tournament brackets, before you put down a wager or two, and before you make those picks and your "expert" friend rolls their eyes at…
The McDonald’s All American Games and Morgan Wootten, Hall of Fame coach and selection committee chair, named Connecticut signee Breanna Stewart as a winner of the 2012 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award for…
I always find it amusing that in a mere matter of days, emotions run from the euphoria of conference tournament championships to the happiness, disappointment and confusion of NCAA tournament selection Monday, to the excitement…
[display_podcast] If you followed my tweets and writing on Hoopfeed, you know that I covered the Big East and the MAAC postseason tournaments this past weekend. It started at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, with the…
The Big East announced yesterday that Temple University will move from the Atlantic 10 to the league beginning with football in 2012, and all sports in 2013-14. Former Connecticut assistant and four-year Temple head coach Tonya…
Hartford, Conn. — Connecticut (29-4) overcame a confident Notre Dame (30-3) squad to win their fifth straight Big East Championship Tuesday night at Hartford’s XL center in front of 9,227 fans. Freshman Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led…
According to Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, all is right with the women’s basketball world, for at least one night. “When it comes to the Big East tournament and the two best teams that should…
From January 29th through February 15th, C.Vivian Stringer’s Rutgers team dropped five straight games, all to teams that ended up being seeded ahead of the them in the Big East tournament. They were a team…
If you look in the women’s basketball media guide issued by DePaul University, there are thirteen players on the team. In actuality, due mostly to injuries, the team is a seven-player rotation.
Before committing to Louisville, Shoni Schimmel was a highly sought after recruit. She is the total package – she can handle the ball, she can shoot, and she’s got charisma and personality. She is a package…
[display_podcast] Throughout the NCAA women’s basketball season, Dishin & Swishin kept you up to date mostly through conversations with coaches and journalists. The reason for this is that at DNS, we respect how busy the…
HARTFORD, Conn. – Start with a ridiculous nine o’clock starting time to suit ESPN’s needs. Add in a sprinkle of a coach needing a graduated senior’s ridiculous trash talking to motivate his team. Mix in…
Today's podcast features St. John's women's basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico and a mini-roundtable with Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press and Wendy Parker of Basketball Times.
Unranked St. John's (18-8, 10-3) stunned No. 2 Connecticut (24-3, 11-2) Saturday night beating the Huskies 57-56 after Shenneika Smith drained a three-pointer with just eight seconds left in the game.
On today's Dishin & Swishin podcast, we get to show how diversified our coverage of women's basketball can be. We talk with coaches of three different levels in four segments: University of Miami head coach…
STORRS, Conn. – You knew after the success Louisville had this past Tuesday against Connecticut in an aggressive, physical game that Georgetown was going to try to do the same. For half the game, it…
On this week's podcast, we are split in half on coverage. First, we take a look at one of our favorite, and most important events of each season, the Play4Kay initiative and cancer awareness with…
When most of the 9,882 people that were at Gampel Pavilion for the Rutgers versus Connecticut game bought their tickets, they expected to see their Huskies tested by a top ten ranked-Rutgers team. Instead, with…
