2014 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team Honorable Mentions Unbeaten’s Connecticut and Notre Dame placed a total of five players on the 2014 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team, which the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association…
When you go to Connecticut to play basketball for Geno Auriemma, the pressure is high, expectations even higher. The state loves their Huskies, and, much to the chagrin of Auriemma, expects conference championships and NCAA…
Baylor senior guard Odyssey Sims is the winner of the 2014 Dawn Staley Award. The accolade goes to “the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country; a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed…
[display_podcast] The eyes of the women’s basketball world are focused on Nashville this week as the Final Four descends on Music City. Top seeds Connecticut and Notre Dame, second-seeded Stanford, and the party crasher, fourth…
#2 Stanford ousts #4 North Carolina, 76-73 #4 Maryland survives #3 Louisville, 74-65 #1 Connecticut beats #3 Texas A&M, 69-54 #1 Notre Dame tops #2 Baylor, 88-69 Final Four Bracket
RT to congratulate your Lady Bears on their fourth Elite 8 in the last five years. #SicEm pic.twitter.com/OVEUd6wMGF — Baylor Lady Bears (@BaylorWBB) March 29, 2014 Baylor (32-4, 16-2 Big 12) exacted revenge on…
March Madness is nearing its close and the NCAA tournament is down to the Sweet Sixteen. By this time next week, there will be only the Final Four remaining, and in a couple of weeks…
Alyssa Thomas is the NCAA women’s basketball definition of “jack of all trades.” Thomas has played every position on the court at some time in her four years at Maryland. This year alone, she led…
[display_podcast] With apologies to Christmas and when kids return to school, thisis the most wonderful time of the year! March Madness! Let the games begin as 64 teams gather in sites around the country to…
The 64-team field for the 2014 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament . CBS Sports Network will broadcast the championship game live and in HD on Saturday, April 5 at 3 p.m. ET, with Thad Anderson…
The Southeastern Conference has two teams with No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament: traditional power Tennessee (27-5) and Dawn Staley’s upstart South Carolina (27-4), a squad that surprised many with several big wins over…
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The name has basketball player written all over it, Jordan Hooper. For the Big Ten champion Nebraska Huskers, the name also means excellence. Wade, Naismith, Wooden, as well as the Senior CLASS award finalist Hooper…
[display_podcast] Both have 12 losses on the season, but this week they are in two different places. On this week’s podcast, one coach that’s playing the waiting game, and one coach that earned her spot…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Top-ranked Connecticut joined Notre Dame as an undefeated conference champion entering the NCAA tournament, defeating Louisville 72-52 in the final game of the American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament. Geno Auriemma’s Huskies…
The first time Connecticut and Louisville met this season the final score was 81-64. The second time they met, the Huskies beat the Cardinals again, and the final score was 68-48. So what will it…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Second-seeded Louisville needed all forty minutes to defeat South Florida, 60-56 and advance to the American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament final against Connecticut. South Florida led for most of the game,…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Before Rutgers knew what hit them, No. 1 Connecticut opened their semifinal in the American Athletic Conference women’s basketball championship with a 13-0 and 25-4 run, cruising to a 83-57 victory. Five…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – It was not the run out and hide that both Connecticut and Louisville did to their opponents, but South Florida methodically extended an early lead to blow out Temple, 72-44 in the…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – It did not take long for Louisville to make a statement that they were going to be a tough team to play in the first American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament. They…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma has always said he does not like facing his former players, especially Cincinnati head coach Jamelle Elliot. Cincinnati’s win over Central Florida in Friday’s first round game of…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – In the first quarterfinal of the inaugural American Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament, fourth-seeded Rutgers had first half troubles, trailing 30-24 at the break, before dispatching fifth-seeded SMU, 68-49. In their only…
[display_podcast] It is our pleasure to introduce a new feature on Hoopfeed. As we head toward conference tournaments, the NCAA tournament and the WNBA draft, Dishin & Swishin podcast host David Siegel is taking time…
Earlier this year, I discussed covering Connecticut’s women’s basketball team, the American Athletic Conference and how league play seemed different this year. The blowouts continue to have same margins, but the lack of old familiarities…
[display_podcast] ESPN’s Charlie Creme is the preeminent “bracketologist” for women’s basketball. Creme reviews and analyzes teams, conferences, trends, schedules, precedents, historical placements, injuries and a myriad of other factors. He projects who will be the…
