During a press conference Thursday, USA Basketball senior national team and Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma answered questions from the media about his experience coaching the U.S. to a fifth consecutive gold medal. He discussed…
[display_podcast] I’m so psyched for the return of the WNBA this week that we are not even going to wait until Thursday for this week’s Dishin & Swishin podcast! The roundtable is back this week!…
From USA Basketball Geno Auriemma (head coach, USA and University of Connecticut) On the game: You know, you go into every game thinking that there’s going to be some things that you have to do, and…
Photo Gallery || Box Score || Additional Quotes The U.S. capped a perfect run in the Olympics with an 86-50 win over France in the gold medal game Saturday. Both teams came into the game undefeated in the…
The U.S. overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Australia 86-73 in the semifinals of the 2012 London Games. The Americans seek to win their fifth straight gold medal after extending their Olympic winning streak to…
The U.S. (6-0) faces longtime foe Australia (5-1) in the semifinals of the 2012 London Games as the Americans seeks to win their fifth straight gold medal. The U.S. is riding a 39-0 winning streak…
From Basketball Australia: Australian Opals women’s basketball star Lauren Jackson last night broke the record for most career points scored by a women’s basketballer at the Olympic Games. Jackson scored 12 points in the Opals…
The first semifinal for women’s basketball in the 2012 Olympics is set. After defeating their opponents in the quarterfinals, Australia and the U.S. will face each other Thursday at noon EDT. Overall, the Opals are…
Trailing 28-26 after the first quarter, the U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team's (4-0) shooting warmed up and its defense buckled down to help push the U.S. to an 88-61 win over Czech Republic (1-3) in…
The U.S. faces the Czech Republic in the last game of Friday’s preliminary matches in the 2012 Olympics. The last time the two teams met it was in the gold medal game of the 2010…
Australian 20-year-old center Liz Cambage became the first woman to dunk in Olympic history in a 70-66 victory over previously unbeaten Russia at the 2012 London Games. [Video] At 6:18 in the third quarter, Cambage…
Full results/schedule From USA Basketball: A trio of double-digit scorers and stifling defense helped the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team (3-0) top previously unbeaten Turkey (2-1) 89-58 in the 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic…
Statistical leaders after three games of the preliminary round of women’s basketball in the 2012 London Olympics. Games resume Friday. [Full schedule] Scoring | Rebounding | Assists Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Points Group A…
The U.S. faces Turkey tomorrow and the familiar face of Quanitra Hollingsworth in their third game of the Olympics preliminary round. Like the U.S., Turkey is off to a 2-0 start in the Games. They…
Photo Gallery | Full Schedule/Results From USA Basketball: Fourteen points, 12 rebounds and a U.S. Women’s Olympic single-game record four blocked shots from Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) helped lead the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team…
Full Schedule and TV/Streaming links The U.S. women’s national team faces Olympic women’s basketball first-timers Angola on Monday during the second day of the preliminary round. Angola qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2011…
China started the day on a 15-4 run against the Czech Republic and won their first game of the Games, 66-57. The Czechs tried to get back into the match and at the end of…
From USA Basketball: A 16-0 run in the fourth quarter helped the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team (1-0) erase its shooting woes and finally put away Croatia (0-1) for an 81-56 win in its…
After helping the San Antonio Silver Stars win a franchise-record ninth straight game on July 13, South Dakota native Becky Hammon hopped a plane to Europe to begin training for the Olympics with the Russian…
The U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team arrived in London on July 24. The next day they trained and met the press. They begin competing on July 28 against Croatia. Press conference transcript: Geno Auriemma (head coach,…
Australia’s Olympic team’s chef de mission Nick Green named three-time Olympian and two-time WNBA champion Lauren Jackson as the country’s flag bearer for the 2012 London Olympics. Jackson, 31, debuted with the Australian national team, the Opals,…
Members of Team USA selected fencer Mariel Zagunis to carry the flag for the U.S. during Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The former Notre Dame fencing All-American, national champion and two-time Olympic…
Smith College physical education director Senda Berenson taught basketball to students in the winter of 1892. The college held its first women’s college basketball championship game on March 22, 1893 and 84 years later females…
After winning all five games on its exhibition schedule leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the U.S. women’s basketball team is in the midst of practices before arriving in London on Thursday, July 26.…
Exhibition Games/Results May 12, 2012 – China – 100-62 July 16, 2012 – Brazil – 99-67 July 18, 2012 Â – Great Britain – 88-63 July 21, 2012 – Croatia – 109-55 July 22, 2012 –…
