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Photo gallery: Waco celebrates Baylor with a parade and proclamation

Photo gallery: Waco celebrates Baylor with a parade and proclamation

While much of the women’s basketball world had their attention focused on the WNBA draft on Monday, central Texas fans of the Baylor Lady Bears, the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball National Champions, lined Austin Avenue…

2012 WNBA Draft: First round picks Shekinna Stricklen, Devereaux Peters and LaSondra Barrett on their new pro careers, summary of team picks

2012 WNBA Draft: First round picks Shekinna Stricklen, Devereaux Peters and LaSondra Barrett on their new pro careers, summary of team picks

Related: Nneka Ogwumike on being the No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft Seattle selected Tennessee’s Shekinna Stricklen as the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. The combo guard/forward from Morrilton, Arkansas was a…

Nneka Ogwumike on being the No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft

Nneka Ogwumike on being the No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft

As expected, the Los Angeles Sparks selected Stanford forward Nneka Ogwumike as the No. 1 pick in the 2012 WNBA draft. She talks about being drafted first in an interview with Hoopfeed.com’s David Siegel: [display_podcast]…

Dishin & Swishin 4/12/12 Podcast: USA Basketball’s Carol Callan on the Olympics, Jeanette Pohlen remembers Draft Day 2011

Dishin & Swishin 4/12/12 Podcast: USA Basketball’s Carol Callan on the Olympics, Jeanette Pohlen remembers Draft Day 2011

So is anyone else going through withdrawal with no women's basketball games to watch on television? It is that unfortunate time in between the end of the college season and the beginning of the WNBA…

Analysts, coaches and players weigh in on the 2012 WNBA draft: Lynx supporting players, Riquna Williams’ stock and player prep

Analysts, coaches and players weigh in on the 2012 WNBA draft: Lynx supporting players, Riquna Williams’ stock and player prep

List of college prospects invited to the 2012 WNBA Draft A few of the top college WNBA prospects had a chance to talk to the media yesterday about their expectations for the upcoming draft and…

Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor to miss WNBA season and Olympics due to ACL injury

Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor to miss WNBA season and Olympics due to ACL injury

Phoenix Mercury forward and 10-year WNBA veteran Penny Taylor tore her left anterior cruciate ligament on March 29 while playing for Fenerbahce (Turkey) in the Euroleague Final 8. She is scheduled to undergo surgery in…

Pro hopefuls showcased their skills in front of WNBA coaches and execs during Final Four

Pro hopefuls showcased their skills in front of WNBA coaches and execs during Final Four

Photos © Sue Favor DENVER, Colo. — For the 15th consecutive year, during Final Four weekend in Denver, pro prospects showcased their skills for WNBA coaches at Merit Management Group’s free agent camp. The event…

Dishin & Swishin 4/05/12 Podcast: WNBA coaches Agler, Kloppenburg & House break down the NCAA championship game

Dishin & Swishin 4/05/12 Podcast: WNBA coaches Agler, Kloppenburg & House break down the NCAA championship game

[display_podcast] For the past few weeks, the Dishin & Swishin podcast brought you some of the best journalists and former players breaking down each round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. We took a different…

Dishin on the Finals: Brittney Griner leads Baylor to a perfect 40-0 season

Dishin on the Finals: Brittney Griner leads Baylor to a perfect 40-0 season

By David Siegel and Sue Favor So how do you adjust? Can you adjust? You have already played your opponent, who comes into this game with a 39-0 record, and you were defeated 94-81. In…

Baylor goes 40-0 winning the 2012 NCAA DI Championship, beats Notre Dame 80-61

Baylor goes 40-0 winning the 2012 NCAA DI Championship, beats Notre Dame 80-61

Led by NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player Brittney Griner, Baylor beat Notre Dame 80-61 in front of a sold out crowd at the Pepsi Center in Denver to win the national championship.

2012 Final Four: Championship photo gallery

2012 Final Four: Championship photo gallery

Halftime: Baylor 34, Notre Dame 28 Photos © Robert Franklin, All Rights Reserved.

2012 NCAA Championship: Baylor vs. UConn, Brice Cherry previews the matchup

2012 NCAA Championship: Baylor vs. UConn, Brice Cherry previews the matchup

Baylor (39-0) vs. Notre Dame (35-3), Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 8:30 p.m. ET, Denver, Colorado, ESPN/ESPN3.com

Dishin on the Final Four: Condrey helps bring Baylor within one of perfection

Dishin on the Final Four: Condrey helps bring Baylor within one of perfection

Could the Ogwumike sisters and Stanford get the better of undefeated Brittney Griner and Baylor? After the impressive performances of Nneka Ogwumike in the tournament, many seemed to feel that the Cardinal had what it…

Dishin on the Final Four: Mallory leads the way to the finals for the Irish

Dishin on the Final Four: Mallory leads the way to the finals for the Irish

Connecticut and Notre Dame faced off for the fourth time this year, and the eighth time in two years, Sunday night, in the first game of the NCAA Final Four. The two teams had no…

Dishin & Swishin 3/29/12 Podcast: It’s Final Four Time! Previews from the roundtable

Dishin & Swishin 3/29/12 Podcast: It’s Final Four Time! Previews from the roundtable

As the NCAA tournament roars to an exciting conclusion with the four top seeds, the four teams that have been ahead of all of the others for almost the entire season, on a collision course…

Final Four coaches preview Denver

Final Four coaches preview Denver

Coaches of the Final Four teams talked with the media yesterday about the upcoming weekend giving their opinions on everything from their expectations to how to handle the high altitude of Denver. Geno Auriemma ||…

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Final Four-bound Notre Dame impressive in rout of Maryland

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Final Four-bound Notre Dame impressive in rout of Maryland

From the time the NCAA Tournament pairings were announced, many people pointed to the Raleigh region and its top two seeds, Notre Dame and Maryland as potentially the best matchup not in Denver, and the…

Baylor marches on to the Final Four, Summitt’s Lady Vols head home

Baylor marches on to the Final Four, Summitt’s Lady Vols head home

Photo gallery In the sixth ever meeting between Baylor and Tennessee, the Lady Bears advanced to the Final Four with a 77-58 victory in the Des Moines Regional Final of the NCAA tournament. With the…

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Too much Ogwumike for Duke to handle

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Too much Ogwumike for Duke to handle

In the “other” Elite Eight game Monday night, two teams that could almost be polar opposites squared off in Duke and Stanford. Duke relies on eight players to each go over ten minutes each and…

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Extremes in emotion shaped matchup between Tennessee and Baylor

Dishin on the Elite Eight: Extremes in emotion shaped matchup between Tennessee and Baylor

Emotion is an interesting thing when it comes to sporting events. Athletes can obtain ridiculous highs and unbelievable lows, all because of what the emotions of the moment do to them physically and mentally. On…

Maryland and Notre Dame prevail in Raleigh, UConn and Kentucky win in Kingston

Maryland and Notre Dame prevail in Raleigh, UConn and Kentucky win in Kingston

The top two seeds in the Raleigh and Kingston Regions of the NCAA Division I tournament came out on top in Sunday’s matchups.  Maryland defeated the defending national champions, Texas A&M, with an 81-74 victory. Alyssa…

Photo gallery: NCAA DI Tournament, Des Moines Regional First Round

Photo gallery: NCAA DI Tournament, Des Moines Regional First Round

Brittney Griner's dunk, Pat Summitt's "stare" and more.

Griner dunks again and Baylor makes a thunderous entrance into the Elite Eight

Griner dunks again and Baylor makes a thunderous entrance into the Elite Eight

Video | Box score | Photo gallery With a comfortable lead over Georgia Tech late in the second half, No. 1 seed Baylor put the nail in the coffin when 6-8 center Brittney Griner slammed a…

Another Elite Eight for Stanford, Cardinal defeat South Carolina, 76-60

Another Elite Eight for Stanford, Cardinal defeat South Carolina, 76-60

Senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s 39 points and 10 rebounds helped propel No. 1 Stanford into another Elite Eight Saturday night. The Cardinal defeated No. 5 seed South Carolina 76-60. If they beat Duke Monday night…

Duke beats St. John’s 74-47 to reach the Elite Eight for the third straight year.

Duke beats St. John’s 74-47 to reach the Elite Eight for the third straight year.

Duke cruised to a 74-47 victory to reach the Elite Eight for the third straight year ending the season for St. John’s. The Blue Devils used a balanced scoring effort to throttle the Red Storm…

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