Closed door scrimmages, long a staple of the college basketball preseason, are notorious for being top-secret stuff. In this instance, however, Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne was willing to make an exception. +ACYAIw-8220+ADs-Katie Hempen took four charges in our first scrimmage,+ACYAIw-8221+ADs Turner … [Read more...]
Pac-12 basketball preview: Oregon State University
This is the twelfth in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams for the upcoming season.The good news for Oregon State is the bad news for everyone else: the team that roared to a 24-11 record, tied for second place in the Pac-12, played for the conference tournament championship and … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - AAC + America East Tournament Preview
AAC Weighted Total Shot Ratio (MAX 2.00) 1.32 +ACY-ndash+ADs (1) UCF 1.26 +ACY-ndash+ADs (6) Cincinnati 1.24 +ACY-ndash+ADs (3) South Florida 1.21 +ACY-ndash+ADs (4) UConn 1.17 +ACY-ndash+ADs (2) Memphis 0.93 +ACY-ndash+ADs (8) Temple 0.88 +ACY-ndash+ADs (5) Tulsa 0.79 +ACY-ndash+ADs (7) East Carolina 0.57 +ACY-ndash+ADs (9) SMU 0.52 +ACY-ndash+ADs (10) … [Read more...]
Pac-12 basketball preview: the University of California, Los Angeles
This is the eleventh in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams for the upcoming season.The UCLA Bruins were hitting their stride in 2012-2013, coach Cori Close's second season. They knocked off Cal in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals to play for the championship. After that they went … [Read more...]
One Week to Stanford Basketball
So it is one week until we get a Stanford Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s basketball preview. Stanford opens its exhibition season against Vanguard. Many, many questions are floating around this year+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s team. This will be the first time in six years without an Ogwumike, so how will Hall of Fame coach Tara … [Read more...]
Former college athletes suing television broadcast stations
Mount Saint Joe’s Lauren Hill will play One Last Game on November 2nd
Great Momentum
Kari Korver, jumping off her seat on the bench. If you watched UCLA last season, it was a common sight. It might have been after a made basket, when Korver developed the habit of giving every one of her teammates seated alongside her a hearty high-five. But it more likely came after a Bruin played … [Read more...]
Comparing Universities’ Response to Charges of Sexual Assault — What a Difference a Year Makes?
Last week, the day after he came off the bench to lead the University of Florida to a 10-9 victory over Tennessee, quarterback Treon Harris was accused of sexually assaulting a female student on campus in the early morning of Sunday, October 5.+ACY-nbsp+ADs The following day, the University announced that … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Preview: the University of California - Berkeley
This is the third in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams for the upcoming season.This is Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb's fourth season at the helm of the program, which has been punctuated so far by the Bears' trip to the 2013 Final Four. But this year may be the most challenging yet … [Read more...]