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Bellock’s career-high 18 leads Texas A&M past Wichita State 71-45 in first round of NCAA tourney

Bellock’s career-high 18 leads Texas A&M past Wichita State 71-45 in first round of NCAA tourney

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – If it is time for March Madness, it is time for Gary Blair’s Texas A&M Aggies to peak. Each year, first in the Big 12 conference and now in the SEC,…

Connecticut rolls over Idaho 105-37 in first round matchup

STORRS, Conn. – Six Huskies scored in double figures as top-seeded Connecticut rolled over No. 16 seed Idaho, 105-37, in the first round of the NCAA DI women’s basketball tournament. Head coach Geno Auriemma said…

No. 8 Vanderbilt holds off No. 9 St. Joseph’s to tip off Bridgeport regional

STORRS, Conn. – Vanderbilt used their size and strength to hold off a feisty St. Joseph’s team, 60-54 in the first game of the Storrs sub-regional of the NCAA tournament. Led by Tiffany Clarke’s twelve…

Watch the NCAA tournament like a WNBA coach: A beginner’s guide to scouting the seniors

Watch the NCAA tournament like a WNBA coach: A beginner’s guide to scouting the seniors

Your favorite WNBA team is close to making the climb to the next level. You know that all it takes is that draft choice to pan out, to be the difference maker. You have supreme…

Dishin & Swishin 3/21/13 Podcast: The roundtable returns for its annual look at the Women’s NCAA Tournament

Dishin & Swishin 3/21/13 Podcast: The roundtable returns for its annual look at the Women’s NCAA Tournament

[display_podcast] Spring is here! I know this not from looking out of my window at the snow-covered ground, but by knowing that the NCAA women’s tournament kicks off this weekend. That means, as annual as…

A Special Dishin & Swishin Podcast: Both sides of the bubble, Jose Fernandez and USF are in, Tricia Cullop and Toledo are not

A Special Dishin & Swishin Podcast: Both sides of the bubble, Jose Fernandez and USF are in, Tricia Cullop and Toledo are not

[display_podcast] Selection Monday can be the most exhilarating and the cruelest of nights at the same time. With only 64 teams allowed into the NCAA national championship tournament, there are some teams that sweat their…

Dishin & Swishin 3/14/13 Podcast: ESPN’s Charlie Creme talks Bracketology

Dishin & Swishin 3/14/13 Podcast: ESPN’s Charlie Creme talks Bracketology

[display_podcast] You can keep biology, physics or any of those other sciences. Give me Bracketology any time! ESPN’s Charlie Creme is the preeminent “bracketologist” for women’s basketball. Creme reviews and analyzes teams, conferences, trends, schedules,…

Achonwa converts UConn miscue to give Notre Dame first Big East tournament championship

Achonwa converts UConn miscue to give Notre Dame first Big East tournament championship

HARTFORD, Conn. – All season critics made statements about how Notre Dame had more foul shots than their opponents by a large margin. It is ironic that when Geno Auriemma’s Huskies tried to foul Skylar…

The end of the Big East as we know it; women’s basketball members reflect and look forward

At around 9:30 p.m. ET tonight, either Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw or Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma will lift the Big East conference women’s basketball tournament trophy. Neither of them will be able to do…

Round three of UConn-Notre Dame will be for the Big East tournament championship

Hartford, Conn – “We’re the two best teams in the league, and it’s fitting the two best teams should play,” said Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, after his team advanced to a third meeting with…

Connecticut and Syracuse victorious as all four top seeds advance to semifinals of Big East Tournament

Hartford, Conn – Second and third-seeded Connecticut and Syracuse advanced to a semifinal matchup on Monday night of the Big East tuornament. Connecticut easily dispatched DePaul 94-61 while Syracuse held off a Villanova comeback to…

Notre Dame, Louisville overcome challenges before advancing in afternoon quarterfinals of Big East tournament

Hartford, Conn – It took 20 points and 20 rebounds from Natalie Achonwa, but the Notre Dame Fighting Irish held off a determined South Florida team to advance to the semifinals of the Big East…

Villanova, DePaul impressive in victory in Big East Tournament night session

Hartford, Conn – After an offensively challenged afternoon session, the members of the Big East shook off the cobwebs and provided some entertaining basketball in the night sessions. How different was the scoring in the…

DePaul’s Doug Bruno holds court after Blue Demons victory over Marquette

Anyone that has ever been in a Doug Bruno press conference knows the format: ask a question and then let Bruno go. There are few coaches that are both insightful and entertaining the way Bruno…

St. John’s, South Florida advance in low scoring games in Big East Tournament afternoon session

Hartford, Conn – Offense was not found easily in Hartford, but St. John’s and South Florida found enough of it to advance to the Quarterfinals. In the second game, South Florida overcame a box score…

Georgetown, Marquette, Seton Hall win in Day one of Big East Tournament

Eleventh seeded Georgetown overcame a record-breaking ten three-pointers by Tori Rule of Providence to move on in the Big East tournament, 81-61. Rule contributed 35 of her team’s 61 points, but a balanced Georgetown attack…

Notre Dame dominates Big East Conference major awards

An undefeated conference season has translated into Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Freshman of the Year honors for Big East regular season champion Notre Dame. To virtually no one’s surprise, senior…

Dishin’ on the Mid-Majors’ tournaments: the MAAC and the Patriot League

There are too many mid-major and smaller conferences to preview all of them, but we will try to Dish on some of the more interesting ones, highlighting players, teams and matchups you could see and…

Dishin & Swishin 3/07/13 Podcast: Dishin’ on the Big East tournament with Danielle Donehew and Beth Mowins

Dishin & Swishin 3/07/13 Podcast: Dishin’ on the Big East tournament with Danielle Donehew and Beth Mowins

[display_podcast] Site: XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut Top Seeds: (1) Notre Dame, (2) Connecticut, (3) Syracuse, (4) Louisville For consecutive years Notre Dame has won the Big East regular season championship, knocking Big East tournament host…

Dishin’ on the Big Ten tournament

Site: Sears Centre Arena Top Seeds: (1) Penn State, (2) Nebraska, (3) Purdue, (4) Michigan State Penn State has been ranked in the top ten nationally virtually the entire season, and with Big Ten conference…

Dishin’ on the Southeastern Conference tournament

Site: Gwinnett Center Top Seeds: (1) Tennessee, (2) Kentucky, (3) Georgia, (4) Texas A&M If there is one conference tournament that can be considered wide open, it Is the Southeastern. The SEC has six teams…

Dishin’ on the Pac-12 tournament

Site: Key Arena Top Seeds: (1) Stanford, (2) California, (3) UCLA, (4) Colorado For the first time in many years it is not a forgone conclusion that Stanford will roll through the Pac-12 tournament and…

Dishin’ on the ACC tournament

Dishin’ on the ACC tournament

Site: Greensboro Coliseum Top Seeds: (1) Duke, (2) Maryland, (3) North Carolina, (4) Florida State Despite the loss of All-American candidate Chelsea Gray, the Duke Blue Devils have continued their success, winning the regular season…

Irish win Big East regular season title with triple overtime epic victory over Connecticut, 96-87

Irish win Big East regular season title with triple overtime epic victory over Connecticut, 96-87

It was not always pretty. It was, however, fierce. Two great teams, number two and number three in the country, that have had amazing games again and again in the Big East, going head-to-head to…

Tulsa, Minnesota and New York rework rosters with multi-player trade

Bill Laimbeer earned his reputation as “Trader Bill” while in Detroit, and he is out to regain that moniker in New York. His goal, it seems, is to recapture the championship glory of the Detroit…

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