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Denied. DePaul Blue Demons avoid having Tara VanDerveer celebrate a milestone in their house

The DePaul Blue Demons did not let Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer get her 800th career victory in their house Thursday night. DePaul beat the Pac-10 powerhouse 93-71 in Chicago. The No. 3 AP Poll-ranked…

Pac-10 team previews from the They’re Playing Basketball blog

Previews written by Sue Favor and Daniel Uribe on the They’re Playing Basketball blog Stanford University Arizona State University Oregon State University University of Washington University of California, Los Angeles University of Arizona University of…

Oregon State hires Scott Rueck to replace LaVonda Wagner

After a year of turmoil, including a mass exodus of players and the firing of the women’s basketball head coach, Oregon State hired Scott Rueck to replace LaVonda Wagner. Wagner, who was fired “without cause”…

USC: Michael Cooper adds two assistants, Laura Beeman and his son Michael Cooper II

University of Southern California head coach Michael Cooper added two assistant coaches to his staff for his second season at the school. Laura Beeman and Michael Cooper II are the new additions. “The combination of…

Stanford dismisses point guard JJ Hones from team.

Update: Stanford police arrested Hones on May 2 for driving under the influence, reckless driving, evading a police officer and resisting arrest. Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer dismissed point guard JJ Hones from the program…

Assistant coach joins Oregon State exodus, AD makes a statement

Oregon State assistant coach Kellee Barney join the exodus of those leaving the school’s women’s basketball program. After four players left the team in just a week’s time, the schools athletic director Bob De Carolis…

UConn and Stanford meet again

  The last time UConn and Stanford met, the Pac-10 champs were on a 9-0 win streak heading into the XL Center in Hartford. However, the Huskies handed the Cardinal their one and only loss…

Stanford advances to title game, beats Oklahoma 73-66

Stanford (36-1) led during most of Sunday night’s semifinal game against Oklahoma ( 27-11) during the women’s NCAA Final Four in San Antonio and pulled off a 73-66 victory. At the half the Cardinal had…

Game day: UConn, Baylor, Stanford and Oklahoma battle

None of the head coaches in this Final Four are strangers to the event: Kim Mulkey (Baylor) – 2-0 (1.000) Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) – 12-4 (.750) Tara VanDerveer (Stanford) – 5-4 (.556) Sherri Coale (Oklahoma)…

Cal wins WNIT championship, beats Miami 73-61

[picappgallerysingle id=”3504964″] I can’t believe we really won a championship! I don’t think anyone believed we could do it and everyone came out to support us. My best friend came from Poland, so I was…

Cal set to host WNIT championship

at Cal head coach Joanne Boyle is “just excited to be in the championship game” after her squad beat Illinois State in Normal Wednesday night. The Bears downed the Redbirds in front of a crowd…

Thursday tidbits: Prince says she learned about carrying cash overseas, NCAA tourney expansion talks continue

The WNBA held its annual pre-draft conference call yesterday. While the timing of the nearly hour and a half long teleconference overlapped with the NCAA Final Four media day, representatives from newspapers, websites and radio…

WNIT: Miami in the final and Cal takes on Illinois State in last semifinal

at Video: Redbird All-Access Audio: WJBC | Calbears.com Live Stats: GameTracker Games Notes: Illinois State | California The California Golden Bears (22-13, 11-7 Pac-10) head out on the road, playing in the semifinals against the…

Final Four coaches talk about the tournament, Brittney Griner

Four teams. One tournament. The head coaches of Stanford, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Baylor spent Wednesday afternoon meeting the media and talking about their teams and the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four. What did they have…

Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer: 2010 NCAA Final Four Media Teleconference

March 31, 2010 COACH VANDERVEER: Thank you, Rick. And thank you very much for the very nice compliments. We’re very excited about coming to San Antonio. I feel that our team, you know, we had…

Two sisters, one award. Nneke talks about Chiney, the 2009-10 Gatorade Player of the Year

Already known as a dynamic duo of women’s basketball, sisters Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike added to their resume of hoop accomplishments with the younger sibling earning this year’s Gatorade High School Girls Basketball Player of…

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