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UConn finalizes team’s 2016-17 non-conference schedule

The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team finalized its non-conference schedule for the 2016-17 season with a 13-game slate that includes six home games, six away games and one game at a neutral site. The three-time defending…

2016 Gulf Coast Showcase opening round matchups announced

The 2016 Gulf Coast Showcase takes place over the Thanksgiving weekend from Nov. 25-27 at Germain Arena in Southwest Florida. The tournament features eight teams including two-time national champion Baylor, 2016 national runner-up Syracuse as well…

2016 Preseason WNIT first round matchups unveiled

First round matchups and game times for the 2016 Preseason WNIT were unveiled today. The tournament features seven first-round games on Nov. 11 and one on Nov. 12. Round two of the 16-team event will take place Nov.…

SWAC announces new basketball tournament structure

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced a new structure for its basketball tournament at the conclusion of the league’s spring meetings in Birmingham this week. The women’s and men’s competition will continue to be held in…

American Athletic Conference announces scheduling model for 2016-17 and 2017-18

The American Athletic Conference has announced the women’s basketball scheduling model for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons and an 11-team conference championship bracket. The league’s 11 members will play a 16-game schedule. Each team will…

Alabama A&M University: Head coach Semeka Randall resigns

Head coach Semeka Randall has decided not to return for employment at Alabama A&M University according to Director of Athletics Bryan Hicks. “We would like to thank coach Randall for her service to the women’s…

Former Vanderbilt assistant, Wendale Farrow, joins staff at Cal

Wendale Farrow joins Cal as an assistant coach after a one-year stint at Vanderbilt. He begins his duties at Cal on June 1. Farrow landed at Vanderbilt after two seasons at UCLA under head coach…

Stephanie White prepped for Vanderbilt challenge as the Fever “has her back” and Carolyn Peck her trust

Stephanie White prepped for Vanderbilt challenge as the Fever “has her back” and Carolyn Peck her trust

Social Media Recap of Press Conference If anyone has the perfect track record to return to coaching in the college ranks after a spending nine years in the pros as an assistant and head coach,…

Matchups for the 10th annual ACC/Big Ten Women’s Basketball Challenge Announced

The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the matchups for the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Women’s Basketball Challenge. This year’s challenge marks the 10th straight year of the event that pits two perennial…

Vanderbilt: Stephanie White named head coach

Vanderbilt: Stephanie White named head coach

Release from Vanderbilt: Stephanie White has been named the new head coach for Vanderbilt women’s basketball program, the university has announced. White, who currently is serving in her second season as head coach of the…

2016 Cancun Challenge field set

2016 Cancun Challenge field set

2016 The field for the 2016 Women’s Cancun Challenge is set. The annual event takes place during the Thanksgiving holiday and features two divisions. Mayan Division Northeastern Purdue Stanford Wichita State Riviera Division Davidson Idaho State…

Stephanie White and Indiana Fever issue statement on Vanderbilt coaching job

From the Fever: Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White has interviewed for a head coaching position at Vanderbilt University, it has been announced in media reports today. She has issued the following statement regarding her…

Former WNBA player and ODU Hall of Famer Clarisse Machanguana named a UNICEF Ambassador

Former WNBA player, Clarisse Machanguana, a member of the Old Dominion Sports Hall of Fame, was named a UNICEF Ambassador for her home country of Mozambique. Machanguana has been an activist for children’s rights in…

NAIA: Langston University hires Elaine Powell to replace Cheryl Miller as head coach

Release from Langston: Dr. Kent J. Smith, Jr., President of Langston University (LU), announced today the appointment of former WNBA player, Elaine Powell as the new head coach for the women’s basketball team. “We are…

Texas and UConn to meet in the 2016 Jimmy V Women’s Classic

Texas and UConn to meet in the 2016 Jimmy V Women’s Classic

Texas and UConn will meet in the 2016 Jimmy V Women’s Classic, hosted by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, on Sunday, December 4. Tip-off at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., is slated…

Video: President Obama honors UConn, the 2016 national champions

Video: President Obama honors UConn, the 2016 national champions

The Connecticut Huskies visited the White House for the sixth time since 2009. President Barack Obama welcomed the team to the executive mansion to celebrate the team’s record fourth-straight NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.…

#ThePostUp Podcast 5/9/16: Jennifer Rizzotti on her new head coaching challenge, USA Basketball and the WNBA

#ThePostUp Podcast 5/9/16: Jennifer Rizzotti on her new head coaching challenge, USA Basketball and the WNBA

[display_podcast] Click here to subscribe to the podcast with your feed reader or podcast app. Also available on iTunes and Google Play Music. After 17 years at the helm of Hartford, Jennifer Rizzotti left New England to accept…

Duke: McCallie and AD address evaluation of women’s basketball program

In light of an evaluation of the women’s basketball program to investigate claims that head coach Joanne P. McCallie mistreated players and coaches, Duke released statements today from the university’s athletic director and McCallie. Several…

Florida lands transfer from Utah State, MWC leading scorer Funda Nakkasoglu

Funda Nakkasoglu, a native of Australia and two-year standout at Utah State University is transferring to Florida. Per NCAA rules, Nakkasoglu will have to sit out the 2016-17 season and will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning…

UConn lands transfer from Duke, sophomore center Azurá Stevens

Sophomore center Azurá Stevens heads to Connecticut after transferring from Duke. The Raleigh, N.C. native will be forced to sit out the 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules. She will have two years of eligibility remaining…

Melanie Balcomb no longer head coach at Vanderbilt

Melanie Balcomb no longer head coach at Vanderbilt

Melanie Balcomb will not return as head coach of Vanderbilt according to a report by the Tennessean. The program’s all-time winningest coach saw a slide in her team’s fortunes in the past four years, missing…

UConn forward Napheesa Collier undergoes successful surgical procedure on her hip

From UConn: UConn women’s basketball freshman forward Napheesa Collier underwent a successful surgical procedure on her hip to repair an injury that has been bothering her since high school.  The procedure took place on Thursday,…

Women’s basketball community mourns loss of music icon Prince, Timberwolves and Lynx issue statement

When doves cry, Lynx cry. #RIPPrince pic.twitter.com/XgcfdnN95D — Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) April 21, 2016 Music legend and cultural icon Prince died at the age of 57 on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at his Paisley Park recording studio…

Louisiana Tech hires Brooke Stoehr to be new head coach

Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland will introduce Brooke Stoehr as the seventh head coach in Lady Techster basketball history during a press conference scheduled for Tuesday. Stoehr takes over the reins of the program following…

Nike signs Breanna Stewart, Rachel Banham, Aerial Powers, Jonquel Jones and Tiffany Mitchell

Nike signed Breanna Stewart to a multi-year endorsement deal, adding to what has already been a historic year for the most decorated player in women’s college basketball history. In addition to Stewart, this year’s No. 1 pick in the…

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