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Congratulations to Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer, who is the Russell Athletic/WBCA National NCAA Division I Coach of the Year. And that was before tonight's Elite Eight win.In the wake of Cappiegate, Angel McCoughtry might be…

Day 7

The big story of the day is Notre Dame's domination of Tennessee in game one of the Elite Eight today. ESPN is saying Skylar Diggins was the key for the Irish.In the next game it…

Close games

The morning started out with a furious rally by UConn to avoid an upset and eek out a victory over Georgetown, 68-63.Then we had Duke having to hold off two DePaul rallies to beat them…

USC advances to WNIT semifinal

USC beat Colorado 87-70 today in the WNIT quarterfinals on the Buffs home court. Trojan guard Ashley Corral put up a career-high 32 points in the win, including a career-high seven three-point shots.The entire team…

Sheryl Swoopes isn’t done yet

Reports that the basketball legend would play this summer for the Tulsa Shock began leaking a few hours ago. Now Sheryl Swoopes - and on her 40th birthday, no less - has confirmed it herself.Hey,…

McDonald’s All-American game coming up Wednesday

Most all players arrived in Chicago yesterday to begin appearances and practices for the upcoming McDonald's All-American game Wednesday, March 30. Hopefully some of the PR photos and tidbits will begin leaking out today, and…

California high school state championships

Mater Dei beat Berkeley to take the Division I title, which seems to make them national champions of sorts, as they've been ranked first all season.In Division II, it was St. Mary's over Rialto for…

Stanford escapes into the Elite Eight

That was a close one: Stanford hung in and held off North Carolina, 72-65. With all due respect to Baylor and my beloved Tennessee, if the Cardinal had lost, you might as well hand the…

Gonzaga-Louisville

Gonzaga advanced to its first Elite Eight tonight, with a 76-69 win over Louisville. As #11, the Zags are the lowest seed in tournament history to reach the quarterfinals.Courtney Vandersloot had another outstanding game, putting…

Twas the night before the Sweet Sixteen…..

Look at all these tasty match ups tomorrow.The more things change, the more we wait to see whether they stay the same for Tennessee. Now that's a lead.This year's super frosh are the key to…

More fun stuff!

Stanford players can rap! They've got bounce, and some damned good dance skills, too.I think this video just made my day.

Fun stuff

Courtesy of IM in OC:My goodness but "Machine Gun" Maggie Lucas of Penn State has some trick shots.Melissa Johnson discusses being tall off the court.I will have to see this movie, "No Look Pass."

State Farm Wade Trophy finalists named

Who to pick?Player Name Institution Year Position Danielle Adams Texas A&M University Sr. F-C Victoria Dunlap University of Kentucky Sr. F Brittney Griner Baylor University So. C Amber Harris Xavier University Sr. F Jantel Lavender…

Starting to itch for more NCAA tournament games

NCAA tournament:Mechelle Voepel and Graham Hays have generously broken down every upcoming game of the Sweet 16.Team bonding makes Stanford a title contender. Yep....in the post-game interview at the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament, Nneka…

Finalists announced for WBCA DI All-American team

The list, and it's a good one:Name Institution Year Pos. Height Danielle Adams Texas A&M University Sr. F-C 6-1 Kachine Alexander University of Iowa Sr. G 5-9 LaSondra Barrett Louisiana State University Jr. F 6-2…

WNIT, Juco

Tonight's WNIT results and upcoming games:Third Round Tuesday, March 22 Toledo 74, Alabama 59 Wednesday, March 23 Arkansas at Oral Roberts, 8 p.m. EST Southern Cal at BYU, 9 p.m. EST Thursday, March 24 Boston…

Powerade Fab 50 – week 16

Ohio and New Jersey had their state championships this past weekend, and Ohio saw a big shakeup. The only two states left are New York and California, this weekend.Powerade Fab 50, week 16:Rank School (City,…

Day 4 (more upsets)

The stunna of the night is Louisville's up-ending of Xavier, 85-75. Cardinal freshman point guard Shoni Schimmel "showed" out and deposited 33 points in the basket for her team. Apparently she was worth the wait…

Other NCAA fodder

For Tennessee, when Angie Bjorklund recovered from her injury, the team got better.They're preparing to face each other again, but Xavier Coach Kevin McGuff and Louisville Coach Jeff Walz are homies.WNIT scores for the day.Coaching…

Day 3

So many of the early second-round games today were close.Marquette put up a good fight before succumbing to Tennessee.Marist had Duke on the ropes for a while before the Blue Devils pulled it out.DePaul squeaked…

Tonight’s most intriguing match up: UCLA vs. Gonzaga

Dynamic and powerful coach 1 vs. dynamic and powerful coach 2.The two teams have almost identical records.UCLA will be on Gonzaga's court, and the game is sold out.A sellout crowd of 6,000 passionate Bulldogs fans…

Day 2

Here's the one that surprised me today: Rutgers over Louisiana Tech, 76-51. A good friend of mine was in Ruston for the game and she said, "Tech had no rebounding and Rutgers would get it…

High school teams that are lacking can only go so far

As I'm currently awash in some of the pain that is March Madness, I finally have a moment to discuss something I've been thinking about all winter: high school basketball team cover-ups.There are numerous high…

California state finals are set

Mater Dei defeated Canyon Springs in the Southern regional Division I final, and Berkeley beat Concord Carondelet in the Northern final.In Division IV, Windward and Imani Stafford will advance to the state final for SoCal.Rialto…

North Idaho 90, Trinity Valley 81

North Idaho surged in the second half to beat favorite Trinity Valley for the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I championship tonight. All game scores from this week's tournament are here.TVCC's Shakayla Caples lead…

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