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NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship Qualifiers Announced

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the field of 32 teams for the 30th Annual NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship, held March 17 – 23 at Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn.
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March 10 2010 | Posted in NAIA | Read More »

Griner punch could overshadow Tournament coverage

Despite dominating its sport, the UConn women’s basketball team won’t be the only story going into next week’s NCAA Tournament.
Brittney Griner guaranteed that.
Griner gave women’s basketball another talking point when she hauled off and punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle. Griner’s fist broke Barncastle’s nose last Wednesday, cost Griner a two-game suspension and set off a [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Blogs | Read More »

Should Connecticut Women’s Basketball Be Disbanded?

Jeremy Schaap laments the fact that no one cares about the dominance of Geno Auriemma’s team, saying, “If they were men, we’d marvel at their greatness.” But if they were men, they wouldn’t be undefeated right now. Their greatness is a major reason interest in the women’s game lags behind the men’s. It is simply [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Blogs | Read More »

Steady hand leads Legacy

Quincey Noonan has a confession.
The Legacy point guard from a basketball-rich family will be directing traffic and, if all goes well, scoring big for the Lightning tonight against Monarch in the Class 5A final four at the CU Events Center.
But while the University of Denver-bound senior exudes the aura of steadiness and is characterized by [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Girls | Read More »

Tide looks forward to next season

The Alabama women’s basketball team finished its season Thursday after losing to Georgia 73-66 in the first round of the SEC Tournament. Although their season ended with a loss, the team still finished with a record to remember.
The Crimson Tide earned four conference wins, including a sweep of Florida and a win in Tuscaloosa against [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in The Majors | Read More »

Everybody Loves Alexis

Her team had just polished off a perfect conference season, but right after Saturday’s contest against the Cal women’s basketball team, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer walked across the floor and embraced the player that has long haunted her program.
It was Alexis Gray-Lawson’s last game against the Cardinal and perhaps her last in Haas Pavilion.
VanDerveer, like [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Featured, The Majors | Read More »

Tia Jackson will return next season to coach the Washington women despite a woeful 33-56 record

There was a time early last season when the members of the University of Washington women’s basketball team got together and found a common goal.
Let’s win for Coach J.
It appears that the Huskies have done enough.
Athletic director Scott Woodward announced Tuesday that head coach Tia Jackson will be back next year, despite a third consecutive [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Featured, The Majors | Read More »

Marist women delighting in proving people wrong

The Marist College women’s basketball players and coaches felt all season they were good enough to reach another NCAA tournament.
But the Red Foxes know there were many around the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference who didn’t share their optimism.
“My boss keeps telling me not to read the message boards,” head coach Brian Giorgis said, referring to [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in Mid-Majors | Read More »

West Virginia Falls in Finals

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 2-seeded West Virginia women’s basketball team was unable to hold off No. 1-seeded , Connecticut, as they were defeated by the Huskies, 60-32, in the Big East Tournament championship game at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday evening.
It is UConn’s 16th Big East tournament title under coach Geno [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in The Majors | Read More »

Mavs close out Roadrunners; advance to semifinals

KATY – Texas – During interviews after practice on Tuesday afternoon, coach Samantha Morrow and her players shared a common word: focus.
Morrow and her players must have been onto something.
UT Arlington started strong and, although it was a bumpy road, finished strong beating UT San Antonio 68-63 Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the Southland [...]

March 10 2010 | Posted in College Basketball | Read More »