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Watch the NCAA tournament like a WNBA coach: A beginner’s guide to scouting the seniors

Watch the NCAA tournament like a WNBA coach: A beginner’s guide to scouting the seniors

Your favorite WNBA team is close to making the climb to the next level. You know that all it takes is that draft choice to pan out, to be the difference maker. You have supreme…

Dishin & Swishin 3/21/13 Podcast: The roundtable returns for its annual look at the Women’s NCAA Tournament

Dishin & Swishin 3/21/13 Podcast: The roundtable returns for its annual look at the Women’s NCAA Tournament

[display_podcast] Spring is here! I know this not from looking out of my window at the snow-covered ground, but by knowing that the NCAA women’s tournament kicks off this weekend. That means, as annual as…

A Special Dishin & Swishin Podcast: Both sides of the bubble, Jose Fernandez and USF are in, Tricia Cullop and Toledo are not

A Special Dishin & Swishin Podcast: Both sides of the bubble, Jose Fernandez and USF are in, Tricia Cullop and Toledo are not

[display_podcast] Selection Monday can be the most exhilarating and the cruelest of nights at the same time. With only 64 teams allowed into the NCAA national championship tournament, there are some teams that sweat their…

March Madness déjà vu: No. 1 Seeds in the DI NCAA tournament the same as last year

March Madness déjà vu: No. 1 Seeds in the DI NCAA tournament the same as last year

A feeling of déjà vu permeated the announcement of the top seeds in the 64-team field for this year’s NCAA women’s tournament. Once again Baylor, Notre Dame, Connecticut and Stanford lead the regions. It is the first time…

Dishin & Swishin 3/14/13 Podcast: ESPN’s Charlie Creme talks Bracketology

Dishin & Swishin 3/14/13 Podcast: ESPN’s Charlie Creme talks Bracketology

[display_podcast] You can keep biology, physics or any of those other sciences. Give me Bracketology any time! ESPN’s Charlie Creme is the preeminent “bracketologist” for women’s basketball. Creme reviews and analyzes teams, conferences, trends, schedules,…

Achonwa converts UConn miscue to give Notre Dame first Big East tournament championship

Achonwa converts UConn miscue to give Notre Dame first Big East tournament championship

HARTFORD, Conn. – All season critics made statements about how Notre Dame had more foul shots than their opponents by a large margin. It is ironic that when Geno Auriemma’s Huskies tried to foul Skylar…

Baylor routs Iowa State 75-47 for Big 12 tournament title

Baylor routs Iowa State 75-47 for Big 12 tournament title

DALLAS – The No. 1 team in the country made history yet again by winning the Big 12 tournament championship three times in a row, the first time any team accomplished that feat. “We won…

Oklahoma State tests Baylor in semifinals of Big 12 Tournament, Lady Bears win 77-69

Oklahoma State tests Baylor in semifinals of Big 12 Tournament, Lady Bears win 77-69

  DALLAS – Once again Baylor is in the championship game of the Big 12 tournament after beating a non-stop feisty and defensive-minded Oklahoma State, 77-69. A three-pointer from Baylor senior Jordan Madden with 38…

Oklahoma overcomes huge deficit, beats West Virgina 65-64 to advance to Big 12 semifinals

Oklahoma overcomes huge deficit, beats West Virgina 65-64 to advance to Big 12 semifinals

  Video highlights DALLAS – After trailing West Virginia 44-25 at halftime after 20 minutes of lackluster play, Oklahoma roared back to capture a win the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals for 65-64 win in the…

Baylor neutralizes Kansas State’s three-point shooting en route to a 80-47 win in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament

Baylor neutralizes Kansas State’s three-point shooting en route to a 80-47 win in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament

  Photos © Robert Franklin, all rights reserved. Session 2 Attendance: 7,718 #1 Baylor 80, #8 Kansas State 47 DALLAS – Kansas State may have psyched out Texas with a last second backdoor cut that…

Oklahoma State outlasts Texas Tech in low-scoring affair to advance to Big 12 Tournament semifinals

Oklahoma State outlasts Texas Tech in low-scoring affair to advance to Big 12 Tournament semifinals

  Photos © Robert Franklin, all rights reserved #5 Oklahoma State 59, #4 Texas Tech 54 DALLAS – Oklahoma State outlasted Texas Tech 59-54 to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament early…

Kansas teams advance in first round of Big 12 tournament, send Texas and TCU packing

Kansas teams advance in first round of Big 12 tournament, send Texas and TCU packing

Day 1 attendance: 5,925 #8 Kansas State 51, #9 Texas In the end, the matchup between No. 9 seed Texas (12-18, 5-13) and No. 8 seed Kansas State (15-16, 5-13) came down to mental composure.…

Dishin & Swishin 3/07/13 Podcast: Dishin’ on the Big East tournament with Danielle Donehew and Beth Mowins

Dishin & Swishin 3/07/13 Podcast: Dishin’ on the Big East tournament with Danielle Donehew and Beth Mowins

[display_podcast] Site: XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut Top Seeds: (1) Notre Dame, (2) Connecticut, (3) Syracuse, (4) Louisville For consecutive years Notre Dame has won the Big East regular season championship, knocking Big East tournament host…

Irish win Big East regular season title with triple overtime epic victory over Connecticut, 96-87

Irish win Big East regular season title with triple overtime epic victory over Connecticut, 96-87

It was not always pretty. It was, however, fierce. Two great teams, number two and number three in the country, that have had amazing games again and again in the Big East, going head-to-head to…

Photo gallery and Video highlights: Brittney Griner leads Baylor over K-State with 50 points and a dunk

Video: Baylor Athletics Brittney Griner capped her stellar college career with a Big 12 single game record-breaking performance; scoring 50 points in a 90-68 win over Kansas State Monday night. The sellout crowd at the…

SMU clinches share of C-USA regular season title with 73-71 win over UTEP

SMU clinches share of C-USA regular season title with 73-71 win over UTEP

DALLAS – With a down-to-wire 73-71 victory over Texas-El Paso (19-9, 7-8), Southern Methodist (21-7, 12-3) clinched a share of the regular season Conference USA title Sunday afternoon at Moody Coliseum in their last home…

Dishin & Swishin 2/28/13 Podcast: Best kept secrets – meet just a few of the players making mid-major basketball great

Dishin & Swishin 2/28/13 Podcast: Best kept secrets – meet just a few of the players making mid-major basketball great

[display_podcast] We have a very special double-header event for this week Hoopfeed! Today’s Dishin & Swishin podcast looks at the mid-majors in women’s basketball. We have four different interview segments for you, each with talented…

The first Dishin & Swishin Q&A Session looks at mid-majors with Graham Hays of ESPN

This week’s Dishin & Swishin podcast gives you a look at just a few of the talented players from mid-major programs, giving you insight into their careers and lives playing ball for a school a…

With an Ivy League win streak record, Courtney Banghart has Princeton riding high

With an Ivy League win streak record, Courtney Banghart has Princeton riding high

Courtney Banghart of Princeton is one of the most successful young coaches in the country. Her team currently sits at 18-5 and 9-0 in the Ivy League and has run off 33 consecutive victories in…

Uneven performance defines season for Connecticut as they defeat Pittsburgh in home regular season finale, 76-36

Uneven performance defines season for Connecticut as they defeat Pittsburgh in home regular season finale, 76-36

STORRS, Conn. – The Connecticut Huskies concluded the home portion of their regular season last night with a 76-36 drubbing of the Pittsburgh Panthers. Although the outcome of the game was never in doubt, in…

Dishin & Swishin 2/21/13 Podcast: Looking at the “Student” part of “Student-Athlete” with UConn’s Heather Buck & Duke’s Haley Peters

Dishin & Swishin 2/21/13 Podcast: Looking at the “Student” part of “Student-Athlete” with UConn’s Heather Buck & Duke’s Haley Peters

[display_podcast] While we enjoy watching the incredibly talented young women that play college basketball on the basketball court, do we ever give much thought to the time they need to spend off the court, focusing…

TCU takes down No. 23 Oklahoma State to record its first victory in Big 12 Conference play

TCU takes down No. 23 Oklahoma State to record its first victory in Big 12 Conference play

FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU had four players score in double-figures Wednesday night en route to a thrilling 64-63 upset victory over No. 23 Oklahoma State at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. With the win, the Horned Frogs,…

Brooklyn Pope the difference-maker, coming off the bench, as Baylor defeats Connecticut 76-70

Brooklyn Pope the difference-maker, coming off the bench, as Baylor defeats Connecticut 76-70

HARTFORD, Conn. — It was the February, 2013 version of the “Game of the Century.” Top-ranked Baylor, with one loss in their last 65 games, against Connecticut, a team that had gone 57-5 in that…

Brittney Griner hits the 3,000 point career mark as Baylor upends UConn in Hartford, 76-70

Brittney Griner hits the 3,000 point career mark as Baylor upends UConn in Hartford, 76-70

Box score In one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, No. 1 Baylor (25-1, 14-0 Big 12) defeated No. 3 Connecticut (24-2, 11-1 Big East) in front of a sold out 16,294-strong…

Big Monday Matchup: No. 1 Baylor at No. 3 UConn: Preview and link roundup

Big Monday Matchup: No. 1 Baylor at No. 3 UConn: Preview and link roundup

The defending national champion and top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears (24-1, 14-0 Big 12) seek to extend their nation’s best 22-game win streak when they play a non-conference road game vs. No. 3 Connecticut (24-1, 11-1 Big…

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