Tennessee has another opening this month, due to this announcement:Tennessee coach Pat Summitt has announced that freshman guard Lauren Avant will not return to play for the Lady Vols next season.The Avant announcement came a…
Cheryl from hoopfeed has got it goin on here.ESPN comes through with its regular barrage of copy, including videos of "MOP" Danielle Adams.Christine Brennan of USA Today calls TAMU Coach Gary Blair "the greatest feminist"…
ESPN's done a video story on Reshanda "Too Tall" Gray of Washington Prep High School in Los Angeles. Good stuff.....I remember when they were filming this, following her around with a camera.If you know how…
Lots of these, unfortunately:A Change At The TopSchool Former Coach New Coach Fordham - Cathy Andruzzi, Stephanie Gaitley High Point - Tooey Loy UIC - Lisa Ryckbosch LSU - Van Chancellor, Nikki Caldwell Maine -…
The LA Times has its all-area teams picked, and there aren't any surprises on the list:Ariya Crook-Williams, Long Beach Poly, 5-7, Sr. — Averaged 11.7 points in helping the Jackrabbits reach the Southern Section Division…
There's a rumor going around that Joanne Boyle is taking the Virginia job. Not so, says Boyle.Stay tuned.
For the last two-plus weeks, at the conclusion of games there is an explosion of copy on ESPN - one from Voepel, one from Creme, another from Hays. So it's interesting that things are relatively…
Nikki Caldwell was introduced as LSU's new coach at a press conference today. She's feeling confident.Caldwell is steeped in the SEC.Just moments ago on twitter, two of Caldwell's assistants - Tasha Butts and Tony Perotti…
Hoopfeed has not been sleeping in Indianapolis, therefore tons of great stories and videos here.Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this morning - a rough one for…
There's one less problem for the UW Huskies, as they've hired Kevin McGuff from Xavier as their new basketball coach. I don't know why he was looking for a job in the first place, as…
Fans were looking past tonight's games and putting Stanford and UConn in the championship game for a rematch of last year. I was even doing it. But the "underdogs" had different ideas.Texas A&M used some…
Eleven ties and 15 lead changes in this game - would have loved to see that:INDIANAPOLIS -Smyrna (Clayton, Del.) High School's Betnijah Laney, one of the nation's top high school seniors who has yet to…
Just a week out from Green Bay Coach Matt Bollant emphatically telling his players to show Baylor "the Green Bay way" in the Sweet Sixteen, it looks like he may be finding another way himself:…
Who will win? Four great arguments.Skylar Diggins and the Irish are ret ta go.Little-known Texas A&M traditions.The teams are ready to stop talking and start playing.Heck yeah, me too - let's get this started already.Extra:…
Thanks, IM in OC, for the pictures illustrating the intense atmosphere at the WNIT championship game today. Bless the hearts of the USC Trojans for staying competitive in an environment like that. And that picture…
It's never happened before, but we have a three-way tie for the honor this year: Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer, Connecticut Coach Geno Auriemma and Miami Coach Katie Meier.
I got the word about 2:30 Pacific time today from one of my best sources that Nikki Caldwell had accepted the Virginia job. Looking at my twitter feed, I wasn't the only one who heard…
Here's the WBCA All-American basketball team:Danielle Adams, Texas A&M University Skylar Diggins, University of Notre Dame Brittney Griner, Baylor University Amber Harris, Xavier University Shenise Johnson, University of Miami Jantel Lavender, Ohio Sta...
Maya Moore just won the Wade Trophy for the third time in a row - the first player ever to do that. Still waiting for a complete listing of the entire team, as right now…
Everyone's arriving in Indianapolis........On the lighter side: former Stanford Cardinal Roslyn Gold-Onwude breaks down the tournament fashion bracket. (Nikki Caldwell was robbed)Present Cardinal freshman Chiney Ogwumike is enjoying her year. She was a...
Reshanda Gray of Washington Prep High School in Los Angeles was one of the players for the West in yesterday's McDonald's All-American high school game. The event capped off a big year for the Cal…
The lead of this fine Stanford story on their seniors says it all: Four straight Final Fours. Who does that? Indeed.Tara the Terrible.At Texas A&M, it's been a long journey to the 'Four.Coaching non-hires:Texas Tech's…
The Final Four won't be what most predicted, but it will still be riveting.Well, actually 3,751 people did predict the four teams that made it.The four teams are very different.ESPNW has five storylines to watch…
The news is pretty paltry right now. But Duke signee Elizabeth Williams was the leading scorer of the game, for the East, with 23 points and 11 rebounds.I need a longer, more complete story with…
In tonight's semifinals:Toledo beat (on) Charlotte 83-60 - and in front of a sold-out crowd, too.In the meantime, USC crushed Illinois state 63-36. The two teams will battle for the title Saturday in Toledo.
