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Baylor 2012-13 schedule includes  Stanford, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Kentucky and Tennessee

Baylor 2012-13 schedule includes Stanford, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Kentucky and Tennessee

From Baylor: After posting a historic 40-0 record, claiming the 2012 NCAA Championship crown and having all five starters returning, the 2012-13 Baylor Lady Bears face their most daunting schedule in school history. Contests against…

Australian Opal Lauren Jackson breaks Olympic scoring record

Australian Opal Lauren Jackson breaks Olympic scoring record

From Basketball Australia: Australian Opals women’s basketball star Lauren Jackson last night broke the record for most career points scored by a women’s basketballer at the Olympic Games. Jackson scored 12 points in the Opals…

U.S. assistant coach Doug Bruno scouts the Czech Republic

The U.S. faces the Czech Republic in the last game of Friday’s preliminary matches in the 2012 Olympics. The last time the two teams met it was in the gold medal game of the 2010…

2012 Olympics: Women’s basketball statistical leaders

Statistical leaders after three games of the preliminary round of women’s basketball in the 2012 London Olympics. Games resume Friday. [Full schedule] Scoring | Rebounding | Assists Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Points Group A…

Phoenix Mercury forward Chardé Houston undergoes successful knee surgery

From the Phoenix Mercury: Phoenix Mercury forward Chardé Houston today underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her left knee, the club has announced. The procedure was performed by Dr. Evan Lederman in…

U.S. ready for the running game of Angola

Full Schedule and TV/Streaming links The U.S. women’s national team faces Olympic women’s basketball first-timers Angola on Monday during the second day of the preliminary round. Angola qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2011…

The U.S. outlasts Croatia in preliminary round of the 2012 London Games

From USA Basketball: A 16-0 run in the fourth quarter helped the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team (1-0) erase its shooting woes and finally put away Croatia (0-1) for an 81-56 win in its…

USA Basketball women’s team meets the press in London

The U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team arrived in London on July 24. The next day they trained and met the press. They begin competing on July 28 against Croatia. Press conference transcript: Geno Auriemma (head coach,…

Lauren Jackson named flag bearer of the Australian Olympic team for the 2012 London Games

Australia’s Olympic team’s chef de mission Nick Green named three-time Olympian and two-time WNBA champion Lauren Jackson as the country’s flag bearer for the 2012 London Olympics. Jackson, 31, debuted with the Australian national team, the Opals,…

Mariel Zagunis selected as U.S. flag bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Mariel Zagunis selected as U.S. flag bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Members of Team USA selected fencer Mariel Zagunis to carry the flag for the U.S. during Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The former Notre Dame fencing All-American, national champion and two-time Olympic…

From 1976 to 2012: A brief look at women’s basketball at the Olympics

Smith College physical education director Senda Berenson taught basketball to students in the winter of 1892. The college held its first women’s college basketball championship game on March 22, 1893 and 84 years later females…

Penn State coach Coquese Washington statement on NCAA sanctions and the Sandusky scandal

In the wake of the unprecedented sanctions levied against Penn State in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, women’s basketball head coach Coquese Washington issue the following statement on July 24,…

Phoenix Mercury forward Candice Dupree undergoes successful knee surgery, out 6 to 8 weeks

Phoenix Mercury forward Candice Dupree underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee Tuesday. Her rehabilitation begins immediately. She is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks to recover. The seventh-year veteran is the team’s…

USA Basketball cumulative statistics for 2012 pre-Olympic exhibition games

USA Basketball cumulative statistics for 2012 pre-Olympic exhibition games

Exhibition Games/Results May 12, 2012 – China – 100-62 July 16, 2012 – Brazil – 99-67 July 18, 2012  – Great Britain – 88-63 July 21, 2012 – Croatia – 109-55 July 22, 2012 –…

The U.S. survives Turkey, 80-61, in last exhibition before the London Games

The U.S. survives Turkey, 80-61, in last exhibition before the London Games

USA Basketball’s Women’s National Team  faced a tough opponent in Turkey Sunday during an exhibition game in Istanbul. While the U.S. emerged victorious with an 80-61 win, it was a battle from the tip. Turkey started…

Australia falls to France, 64-58, in pre-Olympic exhibition

The French national team took down Australia, 64-58, in an Olympic warm-up game in Lille, France Sunday. France earned the victory just a week after they lost to the Opals, 69-59, in the Standard Life…

USA Basketball faces Turkey and the familiar face of Quanitra Hollingsworth in last exhibition before Olympics

USA Basketball faces Turkey and the familiar face of Quanitra Hollingsworth in last exhibition before Olympics

The United States faces Turkey today in Istanbul in their last warm-up exhibition match before heading to England for the 2012 London Olympics. The Turkish squad features several players who are teammates of U.S. players…

USA throttles Croatia, 109-55, in exhibition

Additional Quotes | Photo Gallery With Sue Bird back in the lineup, the USA beat Croatia 109-55 in an exhibition game in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday. Led by Sylvia Fowles, who scored 15 points and…

Australia routs China in Olympic warm-up, 84-53

Four teams are in Lille, France competing in a pre-Olympic exhibition tournament: Australia, Brazil, China and France. Today the Australians defeated China 84-53. Tomorrow they face France in their last game of the warm-up tournament…

USA Basketball faces Croatia today in an exhibition in Istanbul

Exhibition: USA vs. Croatia, July 21, 11 am EDT, Istanbul, Turkey Live Stream on SkyTurk360.com Live Stats The USA will get a taste of what their first game of the 2012 Olympics will be like…

Brazil kicks Iziane Castro Marques off the squad for violating team rule

The Brazilian national team removed Iziane Castro Marques from the squad for a violation of team rules according to the website of the country’s basketball federation. Castro Marques, who was a member of the WNBA…

Team USA’s thoughts before heading to Turkey for two more warm-up games before the Olympics

Practice Photo Gallery After beating Great Britain Wednesday in their second exhibition win in the past week and the team’s third overall exhibition victory since being finalized as a 12-member squad this past April, the…

President Obama honors 2012 NCAA DI champions Baylor at the White House

President Obama honors 2012 NCAA DI champions Baylor at the White House

President Barack Obama honored the Baylor women’s basketball team today for winning the 2012 NCAA National Championship and their historic 40-0 season. After his speech to the team, he asked coach Kim Mulkey to take…

Photo gallery: Brazil vs. USA, Monday, July 16, 2012

Photo gallery: Brazil vs. USA, Monday, July 16, 2012

Photos © Mark W. Sutton, all rights reserved.

Two coaches and four players make up Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013

Two coaches and four players make up Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 2013 inductees during the exhibition game between the women’s national teams of Brazil and the USA Monday night. The 2013 class: Gary Blair (coach) Jim Foster (coach)…

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