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Marques Jackson, founder of DFW Elite, passes away

A pioneer of AAU girl’s basketball in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and nationwide, Marques Jackson, 46, passed Sunday morning after suffering from a heart attack. Coaches and players began tweeting thoughts of sadness and heartbreak…

UConn: Airport welcome and rally planned for champions

When UConn returns to the Hartford-area, there will be a short event for the team. The team  is set to arrive at Bradley International Airport at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET. The event will include remarks…

UConn champs again, 78 straight wins and another title

Connecticut 53, Stanford 47 Recap | Box POSTGAME QUOTES Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma On what it feels like to be in the same company as John Wooden: "There is no company. He has no…

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…

The velvet rope of NCAA Final Four coverage

As NCAA women’s basketball Final Four activities get underway in San Antonio, several dedicated bloggers who cover the sport are at home. Q McCall from SwishAppeal.com, Megan Hueter from WomenTalksSports.com and I are not watching…

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…

Baylor Coach Tara Kim Mulkey: 2010 NCAA Final Four Media Teleconference

March 31, 2010 COACH MULKEY: I’m doing my best to sell tickets. Being in the state of Texas, we certainly want the people from Texas to show up. And San Antonio is a great city…

Connecticut Coach Geno Auriemma: 2010 NCAA Final Four Media Teleconference

March 31, 2010 COACH AURIEMMA: Wow, it’s been kind of a whirlwind 48 hours, getting back last night and spending a couple of minutes with some of the players here today and going over the…

Oklahoma Coach Sherri Coale: 2010 NCAA Final Four Media Teleconference

March 31, 2010 Thank you, Rick.  I appreciate it.  Our basketball team is incredibly honored to have earned the right to participate in the Final Four in San Antonio, and we are very much looking…

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…

And then there were four

  Young Baylor team takes down Duke, 51-48 Coach Kim Mulkey on her young team: The thing I get to do is coach kids that believe in what we do and allow me to get…

A done mega-deal: Cappie heads to the Big Apple

News broke last night that WNBA star and Phoenix Mercury guard Cappie Pondexter was the superglue of a major three-team trade. Rumors of the deal surfaced weeks ago with speculation that Pondexter demanded the trade…

WNIT Results, Sunday, March 28, 2010

Sunday, March 28 Miami 73, Providence 65 Michigan 78, Syracuse  52 Illinois State 53, Illinois 51 Semifinals Wednesday, March 31 Miami at Michigan, 7 p.m. ET Thursday, April 1 Cal at Illinois State, 8:05 p.m.…

Anne Donovan leaving New York Liberty to coach Seton Hall

Hall of Famer Anne Donovan, coach of the WNBA New York Liberty, is set to take over at Seton Hall. The hiring was first reported by  The Record of Hackensack on its website Sunday night.…

WNIT Results, Saturday, March 27. Upcoming schedule.

Quarterfinal Saturday, March 27 Cal 76, BYU 50, Recap | Box Score Upcoming Sunday, March 28 Miami at Providence, 2 p.m. ET, Previews: Miami || Providence Syracuse at Michigan, 2 p.m. ET, Previews: Syracuse ||…

Memphis update: Lindsay Werntz reports on the atmosphere of open practices

NCAA Sweet 16, Memphis Region Baylor The Baylor women’s basketball team had a rather relaxed atmosphere this afternoon at their open practice. Coach Mulkey did not say a whole lot to her team . She…

WNIT quarterfinals set

Third Round results Thursday, March 25 Providence 77, Maryland 64 Miami 84, North Carolina A&T 77 Michigan 65, Northwestern 44 Illinois State 71, Kansas 51 Illinois 65, Missouri State 53 BYU 67, Wyoming 63 Cal…

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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