January 3, 2013 +ACYAIw-8211+ADs Connecticut Sun website splash page announcing the hiring of Seton Hall coach Anne Donovan The Connecticut Sun named Anne Donovan as its new head coach on Thursday. Donovan currently serves as the head coach of Big East school Seton Hall. Previously, she was the head coach of … [Read more...]
Hot start and defense key to Baylor’s throttling of Tennessee
Quotes No. 3 Baylor (9-1) began its 76-53 rout of No. 10 Tennessee (7-2) on a 17-0 run with 6-8 center Brittney Griner scoring the first six points during the offensive spurt. +ACYAIw-8220+ADs-I thought we came out on fire,+ACYAIw-8221+ADs said Griner. +ACYAIw-8220+ADs-Any time we play Tennessee it+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s a high-intensity … [Read more...]
Undefeated NCAA DI teams for games played through 12/9/2012
Undefeated NCAA DI teams for games played through 12/9/2012 No. 17 Dayton, 10-0 No. 24 South Carolina, 10-0 No. 6 Georgia, 10-0 No. 1 Stanford, 8-0 No. 2 Connecticut, 8-0 No. 4 Duke, 8-0, South Florida 8-0 No. 16 Oklahoma State, 7-0 Quinnipiac, 7-0 Kansas State, 7-0 Colorado, 7-0 (1 vote in AP … [Read more...]
Undefeated NCAA DI teams for games played through 12/2/2012
Undefeated NCAA DI teams for games played through 12/2/2012 Team/AP Rank Record Dayton, No. 19 9-0 South Carolina 9-0 Georgia, No. 6 9-0 Stanford, No. 1 8-0 Kansas, No. 17 7-0 Michigan State 7-0 Florida State, No. 24 7-0 Utah 7-0 South Florida 6-0 Duke, No. … [Read more...]
Preseason results roundup: Thursday, November 1, 2012
There were plenty of routs of DII teams at the hands of top 25 DI teams in exhibition play last night. Stanford, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A+ACY-amp+ADs-M performed as expected. On the flip side, North Dakota State, Marshall, Seattle University, Tennessee State and surprisingly Kansas … [Read more...]
U.S. extends streak to 40-0 in Olympic competition, beats Australia 86-73 to reach gold medal round
Sylvia Fowles. +AFs-Full Schedule and Previous Results+AF0 The U.S. overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Australia 86-73 in the semifinals of the 2012 London Games. The Americans seek to win their fifth straight gold medal after extending their Olympic winning streak to 40-0. They will play the French … [Read more...]
U.S. ready for the running game of Angola
London Olympic Basketball Arena Full Schedule and TV/Streaming links The U.S. women???s national team faces Olympic women???s basketball first-timers Angola on Monday during the second day of the preliminary round. Angola qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2011 FIBA Africa … [Read more...]
USA Basketball women’s team meets the press in London
The U.S. Olympic women+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s basketball team arrived in London on July 24. The next day they trained and met the press. They begin competing on July 28 against Croatia. Press conference transcript: Geno Auriemma??(head coach, USA and University of Connecticut) Opening Statement: For us, I … [Read more...]
Lauren Jackson named flag bearer of the Australian Olympic team for the 2012 London Games
Lauren Jackson. Photo: Australian Olympic Committee. Australia+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s Olympic??team+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s chef de mission Nick Green??named three-time Olympian and two-time WNBA champion Lauren Jackson as the country???s flag bearer for the 2012 London Olympics. Jackson, 31, debuted with the Australian national … [Read more...]
Mariel Zagunis selected as U.S. flag bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics
Mariel Zagunis. Members of Team USA selected fencer Mariel Zagunis to carry the flag for the U.S. during Friday+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The former Notre Dame fencing All-American, national champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist will lead the 529-member delegation … [Read more...]