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WNBA announces significant changes to regular season and playoff formats

Top Eight Teams Regardless of Conference to Qualify for Postseason  Balanced Regular-Season Schedule Features More Cross-Conference Play  ESPN Networks to Televise all Postseason Games in 2016 The WNBA’s historic 20th season comes with many changes. The…

WNBA unveils 20th anniversary video #WatchMeWork

Ahead of the WNBA’s 20th season, the league will unveil its new campaign “Watch Me Work” that highlights the legacy of the WNBA, and its inspiring current and former players. An extension of the postseason…

Wisconsin coach Bobbie Kelsey on poor shooting after loss to Nebraska: “Get your butt in the gym!”

Video: 10/11 Sports Make “Get Your Butt in the Gym” Your Alarm ringtone After a 75-62 loss to Nebraska in which Husker sophomore Natalie Romeo tied the program’s three-point record, Wisconsin coach Bobbie Kelsey had…

Maryland-Michigan State game rescheduled, set for Feb. 5

The fifth-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team (17-2, 6-1 Big Ten) will host No. 18 Michigan State (14-4, 5-2) on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the XFINITY Center. The two teams were originally scheduled…

Draw results for 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to 2016 Summer Olympics

The official draws for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games took place at the House of Basketball, FIBA’s Headquarters in Switzerland on Tuesday evening. Twelve…

USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 26, 2016: Arizona State enters top ten, Green Bay and Missouri enter

Notes There were no changes in the top 8: UConn, South Carolina, Notre Dame, Baylor, Maryland, Texas, Ohio State and Oregon State. UCLA moved up six spots to No. 19. Seton Hall re-entered the poll…

Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer to be honored with 2016 Coaching Corps Lifetime Achievement Award

Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer will be honored with the 2016 Coaching Corps Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s 2nd Annual Game Changer Awards tomorrow evening at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. VanDerveer’s award will be…

WBCA High School Players of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

The WBCA has announced its High School Players of the Week presented by MaxPreps for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 24. In its inaugural year the WBCA High School Player of the Week is presented…

Madison Square Garden Company partnership with Resorts World Casino includes deal to make casino sponsor of Liberty Pride Month

The New York Knicks, New York Rangers and New York Liberty announced a multi-year marketing partnership with Resorts World Casino New York City. The casino operates in Jamaica, Queens and features slot machines and virtual dealers…

Pac-12 Players of the Week: Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne and Washington State’s Borislava Hristova

Pac-12 Players of the Week: Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne and Washington State’s Borislava Hristova

Hoopfeed’s ballot: Player of the Week: Jillian Alleyne (Oregon) || Freshman of the Week: Borislava Hristova (Washington State) Cheryl Coward, founding editor of Hoopfeed, participates in the weekly Pac-12 voting. For the week of Jan. 18-24…

AP Poll – Jan. 25, 2016 – Oregon State back in top 10, Washington enters at No. 25

Notes UConn remained the unanimous No. 1. There were no changes in the top 8. Oregon State re-entered the top ten at No. 9. The Beavers earned two road wins last week beating Utah and…

Midseason watch list for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced the 16 midseason watch list candidates Monday for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Women’s National Player of the Year): Jillian Alleyene, Oregon Rachel Banham, Minnesota Nina Davis,…

Twenty-five athletes named as finalists for 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team

Finalists for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team include: Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx) Sue Bird (Seattle Storm) Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever) Tina Charles (New York Liberty) Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky) Skylar Diggins (Dallas Wings) Stefanie…

Notre Dame and Virginia Tech women’s basketball teams “Fighting for Flint”

#3/3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (18-1 / 6-0 ACC) vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (14-4 / 2-3 ACC) Jan. 24, 2016, 1:00 p.m. ET, Notre Dame, Ind. – Purcell Pavilion (9,149) Series: ND leads 7-1 TV: ESPN3/WatchESPN (live) (Mike…

Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller adds veteran WNBA assistant coach Steve Smith to staff

Sun release: Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller has hired veteran WNBA assistant coach Steve Smith to his staff. “This is an amazing opportunity, and I cannot wait to get started,” said Smith, an assistant…

Penn State adds transfer from UConn, forward De’Janae Boykin

Release from Penn State: Head coach Coquese Washington has announced the addition of freshman transfer De’Janae Boykin (Springdale, Md.) to the Penn State women’s basketball roster. Transferring from the University of Connecticut, Boykin is a…

Women’s basketball schedule adjustments due to winter weather include No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 21 Michigan State

Women’s basketball schedule adjustments due to winter weather include No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 21 Michigan State

Unless otherwise noted, all times Eastern. Stay tuned to this page for more schedule updates. Updated: Jan. 25, 2016, 12 p.m. ET Winter weather on the East Coast is the culprit behind the postponement of many women’s basketball…

Women’s basketball candidates announced for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award

Thirty NCAA women’s basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as candidates today for the 2015-16 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate basketball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete…

USA Today Coaches Poll for Jan. 19, 2016: Louisville rises five spots to No. 17, Duke drops out

Notes No. 1 Connecticut and No. 2 South Carolina remain the only undefeated teams in the country. The two will face each other on Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. There were…

AP Poll – Jan. 18, 2016 – Duke falls out of top 25 for first time since 1999, WVU enters at No. 25

Notes Duke (13-6) fell out of the poll for the first time since 1999, ending a streak of 312 straight weeks in the top 25. The Blue Devils lost to North Carolina State and Louisville…

Pac-12 Players of the Week: Washington’s Kelsey Plum and Washington State’s Borislava Hristova

Pac-12 Players of the Week: Washington’s Kelsey Plum and Washington State’s Borislava Hristova

Hoopfeed’s ballot: Player of the Week: Kelsey Plum (Washington) || Freshman of the Week: Borislava Hristova (Washington State) Cheryl Coward, founding editor of Hoopfeed, participates in the weekly Pac-12 voting. For the week of Jan. 11-17. Washington’s…

Video recap: No. 12 Oregon State gets huge win over No. 11 Stanford

Video: Pac-12 Networks Jan 18, 2016 Pac-12 Networks’ Krista Blunk and Mary Murphy discuss No. 12 Oregon State’s 58-50 victory over No. 11 Stanford in women’s basketball. The Beavers snapped a 29-game losing streak to…

2016 McDonald’s All American Games teams announced, Stanford and Maryland have most players on rosters

The 2016 McDonald’s All American Games will tip-off on March 30, 2016 at Chicago’s United Center. The 15th annual Girls Game will air live on ESPNU at 5:30 p.m. CT. The rosters were selected from a…

NCAA is looking for girls to be the honorary ball kids at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four games

The NCAA is looking for girls between the ages of 10 and 14, not yet in high school, to be the honorary ball kids at the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four games at…

2016 WNBA Season: Core Players, Reserved Players, Restricted Free Agents and Unrestricted Free Agents

Per WNBA.com, the following is a list of Core Players, Reserved Players, Restricted Free Agents and Unrestricted Free Agents that were on team rosters at the end of the 2015 season. CORE PLAYERS DeWanna Bonner…

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