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Texas A&M’s Gary Blair opines on the demise of the WNBA Houston Comets

In an article in the Houston Chronicle, Texas A&M coach Gary Blair gave his opinion on the demise of the four-time WNBA championship team Houston Comets. Blair, while discussing the plethora of girl’s basketball talent…

Kim Mulkey talks about Brittney Griner’s potential and Baylor newcomers at Big 12 Media Day

Transcript from Big 12 Media Day in Kansas City, MO, Big12sports.com October 20, 2010 Q. A year ago you weren’t thrilled about — you were unhappy about the team to beat was such a young…

Junior guard Julia Finlay leaves UNCW basketball team

Julia Finlay is no longer on the University of North Carolina-Wilmington women’s basketball team. Interim director of athletics Pat Howey announced that she left the team for personal reasons. The 5-7 junior guard from Hicksville,…

Federal appeals court rejects NCAA Final Four “illegal lottery” ruling

A federal appeals court threw out a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association that accused the sports organization of running an illegal lottery for Division I Final Four competition. Both men’s and…

Penn State chat on sports credentialing and blogging

Though many major news organizations have found homes on the Internet, some reporters who cover sports online still struggle to get access to the events they write about. At the same time, traditional media outlets…

Women’s basketball “Super Six Series” includes six conferences

Six conferences joined forces to create the Super Six Series women’s basketball challenge set to begin this season. Conferences in the series include the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Southeastern and Pacific-10.…

Baylor sweeps Big 12 preseason awards

Baylor became the first team in Big 12 women’s or men’s basketball history to claim all three of the Big 12 preseason individual awards. Conference head coaches named Brittney Griner as the Preseason Player of…

Big 12 coaches select Baylor as preseason favorite, Texas A&M second

Baylor takes the top spot in preseason voting as the favorite to win the 2010-11 Big 12 women’s basketball regular season title. A vote of the league’s head coaches put the Lady Bears in first…

IUPUI fires head coach Shann Hart

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis fired head coach Shann Hart just days after a committee report on her alleged mistreatment of players was submitted to the chancellor’s office. Nearly a dozen players accused Hart of creating…

Jason Flowers seeks to revive Cal State Northridge program

It was the first day of practice, and they kept coming. Cal State Northridge students walking past the open gym doors between classes stopped, stood and watched for a few minutes. Others paused on a…

Top ten teams in three preseason women’s college basketball polls, Xavier in the mix

Several preseason polls are out and Connecticut is the number one ranked team on all of them. Baylor, Stanford and Tennessee dominate the other top spots. However, mid-major powerhouse Xavier takes the number four spot…

Former Texas guard Lauren Flores to play for Houston

Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors dismissed Lauren Flores, a first-year player from Houston, from the team for an unspecified team rules violation in May. The University of Houston announced Friday that Flores transferred from Texas…

Purdue sophomore Ashley Wilson undergoes second surgery

Complications from a stress fracture required Ashley Wilson, a 6-foot sophomore guard/forward on the Purdue women’s basketball team,to undergo a second surgery on her lower right leg. “Ashley has worked very hard this summer with…

Big 12 announces 2010-11 FSN television schedule

The Big 12 Conference 2010-11 women’s basketball telecast schedule on Fox Sports Net features 26 appearances for the league. Nineteen regular season games and seven Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship matchups are also in the…

ESPN 24-hours of college basketball kickoff includes Baylor vs. UConn

Baylor plays Connecticut in the sole women’s matchup of the 20 live college basketball games featured in ESPN’s third annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Tuesday, November 16. Coverage will be spread across ESPN, ESPN2,…

NCAA releases Academic Progress Rates for Division I women’s basketball coaches

The NCAA released its first Academic Progress Rate report on coaches in six sports including women’s basketball. A searchable database of every single Division I coach is available on the NCAA’s website. The release of…

Lady Vol Amber Gray to transfer, will resume playing basketball at Xavier

Lady Vol redshirt sophomore Amber Gray is reportedly in the midst of transferring from Tennessee to Xavier University, where she will play basketball. Sources outside the university say that Gray, who was not cleared to…

Lady Vol Amber Gray not cleared to play

Last summer University of Tennessee women’s basketball player Amber Gray underwent shoulder surgery. The medical procedure led to the discovery of a brain aneurysm and the freshman underwent an extensive recovery period. Tuesday, Tennessee released…

Big 12 champion Texas A&M releases non-conference slate

Of the 13 teams the reigning Big 12 champion Texas A&M will face in its non-conference schedule, 11 advanced to postseason play last season. A&M will compete in two of fall women’s basketball tournaments in…

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2011

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2011 during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game" Saturday at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The six members of the Class…

Baylor and UConn to meet November 16, Baylor vs. Tennessee on December 14

Baylor is set to meet reigning national champion Connecticut this season on November 16. The Lady Bears will also match up against four other teams that saw 2010 NCAA Tournament action: Tennessee, Liberty, Notre Dame…

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”…

Feature report: The rise of club ball and its effect on recruiting and high school teams

Several nights a week all spring and most of summer, they are there at the gym practicing: layup and box-out drills, running plays, practicing transition and defense – all to the soundtrack of their own…

Video: Complete press conference of Debbie Yow being named AD at NCSU

Video: NC State University Communications On Friday, June 25, North Carolina State named Debbie Yow, a native of the state, director of athletics. Yow is the sister of the late Kay Yow, who coached the…

Video: NC State women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper talks about new AD Debbie Yow

WRAL.com: NC State women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper talks about new AD Debbie Yow’s credentials.

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