Her tears flowed like spring thaw on the Clark Fork.
Five-hundred miles to the west, Shaunte Nance-Johnson’s brother, Jaquan Miller – whom she thinks about often and plans to give a kidney when he’s healthy enough for a transplant – was fighting for his life in a Seattle hospital. He’s the only blood relative she has [...]

For one talented women’s college basketball team, the road to the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio goes through Sacramento.
And while the 64-team field isn’t set yet – the bracket will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Monday – odds are Stanford, the nation’s second-ranked team, will land the No. 1 seed in the West [...]

Bidding to host the first two rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament is risky. The benefit to a team on the court can come at a high cost to the school financially.
For the second straight year there is a good chance that six of the 16 sites that will host first- and second-round games for [...]

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Vermont built an 18-point halftime lead, and then held off a furious second half rally by No. 19/21 Hartford to post a 55-50 victory over the Hawks at Chase Family Arena and win its second consecutive America East title. The Catamounts also earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for [...]

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh seniors didn’t disappoint in their final game at Stabler Arena as the Mountain Hawks defeated American 58-42 to claim its second straight Patriot League championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night. Alex Ross scored a game-high 13 points en route to claiming tournament MVP honors for the [...]

OREM, Utah – After eliminating two of the top three seeds over the Great West Conference Tournament’s first two days, the Utah Valley women’s basketball team came from 18 points down to upset No. 1 seed and regular season champion North Dakota, 70-62, to become the conference’s first-ever tournament champions.
In a game that [...]

BOSSIER CITY, LA — The Southern University women’s basketball team captured the 2010 Farmers Insurance Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship with a 60-47 victory over Alabama State University. This is the first time since the 2001-02 season that SU has won the regular season title, the number one seed in the tournament and the tournament [...]

CHENEY, Wash. – Senior Claire Faucher carried the Portland State women’s basketball program to its first NCAA Tournament berth Saturday afternoon, as the Vikings claimed the Big Sky Championship with a 62-58 win over Montana State.
Faucher finished with 26 points, six assists and five steals. She set both Big Sky and PSU postseason single-game records [...]

High Point, N.C. – Liberty point guards Amber Mays and Dymond Morgan both set career-highs for points during Saturday’s semifinal contest against No. 3 seed High Point in the Advance Auto Parts Big South Women’s Basketball Championship. The duo’s 34 combined points helped the No. 2 seed Lady Flames defeat the host Panthers, 73-55, at [...]

High Point, N.C. – A 14-2 second half run propels No. 1 Gardner-Webb past No. 5 Coastal Carolina, 64-56, in the semifinals of the 2010 Advance Auto Parts Women’s Basketball Championship, Saturday, March 13 at the Millis Center on the campus of High Point University. Gardner-Webb advances to the Championship game for the second-straight [...]