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More tourneys, and WNBA gearing up

UConn won the Big East tournament. And even though the conference is arguably the nation's strongest, their win is no big surprise. They beat Notre Dame 73-64 to take their fourth consecutive title.South Dakota state…

Powerade Fab 50 – week 14

The new world order:Rank School (City, State) Record Prev 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 29-1 2 2 Potter's House Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.) 32-1 3 3 Brea Olinda (Brea, Calif.) 29-1 1 4 Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook,…

Pac-10 awards announced

Check it out:Tara Vanderveer is coach of the year.Jeannette Pohlen is player of the year.Chiney Ogwumike is freshman of the year.Ify Ibekwe is defensive player of the year.The 15-member all-Pac-10 team:Name, School Pos. Year Hometown…

More titles

Ta'Shia Phillips came up big for Xavier today, helping them pull out a 67-60 victory over Dayton for the Atlantic 10 title.Gonzaga took their third consecutive West Coast Conference crown, beating Saint Mary's. Courtney Vandersloot…

AP top 25

OOO - Stanford #2!UCLA #7?North Carolina and Florida State fall to #14 and #15.Marist moves up.Gonzaga and Georgia Tech in it again?Houston?It's gonna be a wild March *evil laugh*RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (37)…

California state championship brackets set

The five girls divisions start on page six. Very interesting selections....it's like a mini NCAA, because the minute the brackets are posted, the bitching starts on socalhoops.com about the injustice of the picks.The first round…

‘Ship city

Tennessee beat Kentucky to take the SEC title. A tough, physical game in front of more than 11,000 fans, and Tennessee hit 16 three-point shots:(Coach Pat) Summitt, whose voice was raspy after yelling mostly at…

Prep state championship roll call

The Tuck sisters threw it down in the Illinois Class 4A championship yesterday.In Washington State, Holy Names capped a perfect 29-0 season with a 3A state championship. Lewis and Clark beat Federal Way for the…

Cynthia Cooper’s jersey to be retired

The legend will join Lisa Leslie and Cheryl Miller in having her jersey retired tomorrow at halftime of the USC-Washington game.Cooper's story is intense.Congrats to her on a well-deserved honor.Hoopfeed has links to all the…

UCLA 66, WSU 48

Today was an emotional and historic day at Pauley Pavilion.For one thing, it was senior day and time to say goodbye to four athletes who have spent their last three years growing in front of…

Carson upsets Narbonne for LA City Section championship

Narbonne was ranked first and favored to win, but Carson had something to say about that: the Colts upset the Gauchos today for the LA City Section Championship, 64-55.Janitah Iamaleava, who is heading to Oregon…

#2 Mater Dei 63, #1 Brea Olinda 54

The nation's top two teams met last night at the Anaheim Convention Center to decide not only the state's 1AA division winner, but the number one ranking. In the end, it was Mater Dei who…

Tough times at MTSU

Mechelle Voepel describes a team going through some achingly tough times since the Wednesday night murder of teammate Tina Stewart.The alleged killer is claiming self-defense.Many miles away, Yakima Valley Community College basketball players are going...

All the tournament action you could ever want

Hoopfeed has conveniently listed all the NCAA Division I tourneys here, and provides a link to each tournament site.The first upset of the day belonged to Georgia Tech, which rallied from behind to beat Maryland…

UCLA 60, Washington 42

Kind of a slow game.Pictures are HERE.It's humorous that the UCLA website uses the term "destroyed" to describe what the Bruins did to the Huskies.Everybody got in for UCLA.The funniest moment of the game was…

Middle Tennesee team decides to play in tourney

Head Coach Rick Insell On deciding to play:That decision was left up to the players. Chris Massaro, Dr. McPhee and I had nothing to do with it.Middle Tennessee Guard Anne-Marie LanningTina would want us to…

Junior colleges ready to hit that national title trail

Here are the final rankings before teams head into their regional playoffs this weekend.First-ranked Pensacola State won their opening round last night, beating Daytona State 66-61.#3 Trinity Valley begins tournament play tomorrow.

Drey Mingo update; tournaments

Bless her heart - Drey Mingo of Purdue, who was sidelined in November with bacterial meningitis, has lost much of her hearing. Basketball has become even more of a blessing than before.Oklahoma is coming together…

ESPN3.com to broadcast several state high school championship and semifinal games

I hope this is the wave of the future:Friday, March 4Illinois 3A semifinal: Springfield (Springfield, Ill.) vs. Montini Catholic (Lombard, Ill.), 1 p.m.Illinois 3A semifinal: Country Club Hills (Hillcrest, Ill.) vs. Marshall (Chicago, Ill.), 3:15…

NCAA regular season winds down, in preparation for March Madness

Tonight's upset: Kansas State over #5 Texas A&M, 71-67. Brittany Chambers lead the Wildcats with 35 points.Baylor beat Missouri to take the Big 12 title again. Coincidence that they've won since Brittney Griner got there?…

Middle Tennessee State junior guard Tina Stewart found stabbed to death

Incomprehensible tragedy: the junior from Memphis was found dead in her Murfreesboro apartment a few hours ago:MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Middle Tennessee basketball player Tina Steward was stabbed to death at her apartment close to campus…

Morgan Wootten "Player of the Year" nominees named

From McDonald's All-American central, edited to include only the female nominees:McDONALD’S® ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR MORGAN WOOTTEN ‘PLAYER OF THE YEAR’ AWARDFour Boys and Four Girls from the 2011 McDonald’s All American Teams Named Finalists ...

Brea Olinda and Mater Dei to face off Friday night

It's #1 vs. #2 in Anaheim Friday night in the CIF 1AA final.Semifinal recap from last night:With star post Justine Hartman nursing a hyperextended knee, junior Jeanier Olukeme scored nine of her game-high 15 points…

More all-conference awards

The Southeastern Conference released its all-conference list today, and what a sweep for Tennessee. Pat Summitt won coach of the year, Shekinna Stricklen is player of the year, and Meighan Simmons took freshman of the…

Powerade Fab 50 – week 13

Many top teams are peaking just in time for the playoffs, like Mater Dei of Southern California and Princess Anne of Virginia. And no surprise when the teams feature top recruits Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Elizabeth…

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