Premier Sports Management announced 30 women???s basketball student-athlete candidates for the 2012-13 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence ??? community, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
2013 WNBA Draft: How do we identify prospects with the best chances for success in a ‘deep’ draft?
As I mentioned after the 2012 WNBA Draft, a large part of what I did to evaluate draft prospects in NCAA Division I basketball last year was sorting through statistics from a couple hundred draft-eligible players over the last five years and evaluating prospects based upon how similar prospects have … [Read more...]
Instantly Bond Your Team
source The concept: Think of something you+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve always wanted to do+ACY-hellip+ADs-and try it. Who: Our teams. What: 30 Day Challenge When: A thirty day period during our seasons. How:+ACY-nbsp+ADs We+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ll talk about that in a moment. What if we created a shared experience for our teams that would unite … [Read more...]
And a man shall lead them . . . again
Tweet The U.S. women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s national soccer team has a new coach, one with plenty of international coaching experience and success. But even before Tom Sermanni, a Scot in charge of the Australian women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s team, was hired Tuesday by the U.S. Soccer Federation, there were worries about a factor … [Read more...]
Getting into the Halloween Spirit (A byline to finish line blog)
Confession time: I have never been a huge fan of Halloween. First off, I don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t enjoy being scared. I don+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t do horror movies. I still have nightmares from Michael Jackson+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Thriller+ACY-rdquo+ADs video. Second, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve never had a great costume idea. Sure, there were the classics … [Read more...]
The Top 100 Programs in Division One women’s college basketball: #26-40
There are a few areas where a college program should be able to control its own destiny+ADs the goal is that any ranking of a good women's college basketball program be limited to those areas, and nowhere else. It should put a good product on the court. It should be able to draw fans. It should get … [Read more...]
U.S. Women’s Soccer Hires Tom Sermanni as New Coach
We all love Pia Sundhage so when she announced that she was stepping down as the coach of the U.S. women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s soccer team after the Olympics, it was tough to think who might replace her. Now we know. Tom Sermanni, who led Australia+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Matildas to the quarterfinals at the last two … [Read more...]
Mercedes Russell: The humble superstar
There are so many child basketball prodigies that you hear about at an early age: Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner and Maya Moore just to name a few. Mercedes Russell has a lot in common with them: ranked +ACM-1 in her class, immensely talented and undoubtedly set to be a game-changer on the college … [Read more...]
Setting Up Players to Fail
Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog A few years ago, one of my pitching students was in a tough predicament on her team. It was coached by, shall we say, some less than scrupulous parents who were primarily in it to make their daughters look good. Don't set your players up for … [Read more...]
The Top 100 Programs in Division One women’s college basketball: #41-70
In the entire SB Nation Universe, we are the only website devoted exclusively to women's basketball. Our mandate is the WNBA - the site motto is +ACI-For WNBA Fans+ACI and the dropdown under WNBA lists that they have a site dedicated to the WNBA and to NCAA women's basketball fans - that's us.However we … [Read more...]