College team news: Muffet McGraw apologized for Notre Dame's unsportsmanlike behavior in Sunday's loss to UConn. Arike Ogunbowale also apologized. Baylor is still Baylor, but is Oklahoma OK? Indiana's two undefeated teams face off tomorrow. Arizona is riding a five-game winning … [Read more...]
Still 23 undefeated teams left in this young basketball season
The 8-0 group: Louisville Mississippi State NC State Maryland Virginia Tech Kentucky USC The 7-0 group: UConn Oregon California Baylor Indiana Utah Minnesota Northeastern UC Irvine The 6-0 group: Tennessee South Alabama Ohio Kansas Butler Bradley The 5-0 … [Read more...]
John R. Wooden Award late season top 20
Twenty athletes remain in contention for the John R. Wooden Award: Kristine Anigwe, California Ariel Atkins, Texas Kalani Brown, Baylor Lexie Brown, Duke Jordin Canada, UCLA Napheesa Collier, Connecticut Sophie Cunningham, Missouri Asia Durr, Louisville Katelynn Flaherty, … [Read more...]
AP top 25 poll changes not surprising
Lots of shifts inthis week's AP top 25 poll: 1. UConn 2. Mississippi State 3. Baylor 4. Louisville 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Oregon 8. Florida State 9. South Carolina 10. Tennessee 11. Missouri 12. Ohio State 13. UCLA 14. Maryland 15. Texas A+ACY-amp+ADs-M 16. Michigan 17. Oregon … [Read more...]
Stanford Opens Season with loss to Ohio State
Well, C and R are sure Tara Vanderveer will use this loss as a learning tool for her young team. And the Stanford Womens Basketball team can learn from the first half, where they didnt back down, ran the fast break and matched them bucket for bucket until the closing minutes of the second … [Read more...]
Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
The inaugural Cheryl Miller Award, for best small forward, has a20-member watch list: Hannah Cook, Alabama Gabby Williams, Connecticut Shakayla Thomas, Florida State Jill Barta, Gonzaga Amanda Cahill, Indiana Bridget Carleton, Iowa State Raigyne Louis, LSU Erika Davenport, … [Read more...]
Recapping WBB scrimmages and making history
College team news: Maryland is adjusting to life without last year's top three scorers. Northern Arizona will hold a public scrimmage Tuesday. College player news: Janea Bunn is excited to be a part of Colorado basketball. Previewing the Villanova freshmen. Penn looked good in … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Preview: Stanford University
This is the fourth in an annual series previewing the Pac-12 teams. Last season was nothing but good for the Stanford Cardinal, as the Pac-12 powerhouse won 30 games for the 14th time, and first since 2014. The Cardinals 32 wins tied for eighth in program history, and they set a school record … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Preview: Washington State University
This is the third in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams. Last season for the Washington State Cougars can only be described as hopeful, as the team went through their share of ups and downs, which included several injuries. They finished the regular season 12-18 overall and … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Preview: University of Southern California (USC)
his is the second in an annual 12-part series previewing the Pac-12 teams. If the 2017-2018 USC Trojans had a movie title, it might be +ACI-Back to the Future.+ACI The program enters the season with a new-but-not-new coaching staff, a sixth-year senior, plenty of upper-class leadership and a bevy of … [Read more...]