NASHVILLE – It was not pretty, it was not dominant. Yet in the end, Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut Huskies persevered, defended, and hit enough shots to defeat a gritty Stanford (33-4) team, 75-56. The Cardinal, led…
[display_podcast] The eyes of the women’s basketball world are focused on Nashville this week as the Final Four descends on Music City. Top seeds Connecticut and Notre Dame, second-seeded Stanford, and the party crasher, fourth…
#2 Stanford ousts #4 North Carolina, 76-73 #4 Maryland survives #3 Louisville, 74-65 #1 Connecticut beats #3 Texas A&M, 69-54 #1 Notre Dame tops #2 Baylor, 88-69 Final Four Bracket
March Madness is nearing its close and the NCAA tournament is down to the Sweet Sixteen. By this time next week, there will be only the Final Four remaining, and in a couple of weeks…
[display_podcast] With apologies to Christmas and when kids return to school, thisis the most wonderful time of the year! March Madness! Let the games begin as 64 teams gather in sites around the country to…
[display_podcast] Both have 12 losses on the season, but this week they are in two different places. On this week’s podcast, one coach that’s playing the waiting game, and one coach that earned her spot…
[display_podcast] It is our pleasure to introduce a new feature on Hoopfeed. As we head toward conference tournaments, the NCAA tournament and the WNBA draft, Dishin & Swishin podcast host David Siegel is taking time…
[display_podcast] ESPN’s Charlie Creme is the preeminent “bracketologist” for women’s basketball. Creme reviews and analyzes teams, conferences, trends, schedules, precedents, historical placements, injuries and a myriad of other factors. He projects who will be the…
[display_podcast] The whispers were pretty loud last year. After taking a one-year sabbatical from women’s basketball, head coach Charli Turner Thorne returned to coach Arizona State last season, and the team struggled mightily. Did the…
PALO ALTO, Calif. – No. 4 Stanford (20-1, 9-0) won the first game in the Battle of the Bay series, dominating No. 21 Cal, 70-64 and holding off a late Golden Bears rally in front…
The “Battle of the Bay” part I takes place this Thursday night at Maples Pavilion when No. 21 California travels to the peninsula to take on No. 4 Stanford in the first of two games in…
Battle of the Bay, Part 1 No. 21 California (14-5, 6-2) at No. 4/ Stanford (19-1, 8-0) Thursday, January 30, 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT, Maples Pavilion, Stanford, Calif. Last: Cal 67, Stanford 55 (Jan. 13,…
[display_podcast] It is not very often in the world of professional sports that there is a job opening for either the head coaching position or the general manager job when the franchise has been to…
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Visiting unranked USC (14-7, 7-2), fresh from a road victory over No. 21 Cal Friday night had no answers for Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike Monday as the senior forward led her team…
BERKELEY, Calif. – What started out as a close first half match morphed into a rout as No. 19 Cal defeated UCLA 69-53 Sunday night in front of a rowdy crowd of 2,060 fans in…
[display_podcast] The Roundtable is back! It is a pleasure to bring back the Dishin & Swishin roundtable for your listening pleasure this week, with a look at the first half of the NCAA women’s basketball…
[display_podcast] Karen Bryant is a women’s basketballaholic, and proud of it. From her days as a player, making it to the Elite Eight for the University of Washington, through the rise and fall of the…
No. 6 Stanford (6-1) defeated Florida Gulf Coast 83-59 Wednesday afternoon during their second game of the Hardwood for Hope Tournament in Puerto Vallarta to give head coach Tara VanDerveer her 900th career win. She is…
[display_podcast] The history of the women’s college basketball game needs to be remembered and needs to be cherished. Programs such as UConn, Notre Dame and Duke owe their legacy to the groundbreaking achievements of Louisiana…
HARTFORD, Conn. – “He (Oregon coach Paul Westhead) has coached a lot better players than I’ll ever coach in his career, both in the NBA and men’s college basketball, and certainly in the WNBA,” UConn…
STORRS, Conn. – When two top teams play each other in mid-November there are many ways to look at it if you are a coach. If you win convincingly, it shows your team is pretty…
[display_podcast] The NCAA women’s basketball coaching carousel went around and around this offseason, with an extensive group of coaches leaving and joining the fraternity, as shown by the Guru, Mel Greenberg’s outstanding list. One can…
[display_podcast] Happy Halloween everyone! This is my first Halloween without having a child in the house, so to capture that magic feeling of Halloween I have a special treat for you today! Rebecca Lobo and…
The Seattle Storm sign Joslyn Tinkle Saturday. Rookie Jasmine Hassell, who was previously signed to a trio of consecutive seven-day contracts, has not been re-signed. “I’m very grateful for this opportunity and am honored to…
The first day of Final Four festivities includes team interviews with television and radio crews. The evening’s events begin with a red carpet entrance of teams to the NCAA salute to the Final Four participants.…
