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2014 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament: Top-seeded Baylor Lady Bears get blow out win over Kansas Jayhawks
by Swish Appeal
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:23am

Nina Davis was a big contributor to Baylor's win. She finished with 20 points and 7 rebounds. In their first game of the Big 12 Tournament the Baylor Lady Bears (27-4) rolled over the 8th seeded Kansas Jayhawks (13-19) 81-47. Odyssey Si...more

Tennessee beats Texas A&M; to advance to 2014 SEC women's basketball championship game
by Swish Appeal
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:18am

David Hooper of SB Nation's Tennessee site Rocky Top Talk writes that it was the Lady Vols' interior play that ended up earning them an 86-77 win over the Texas A&M;Aggies, highlighting some impressive rebounding numbers. Like the LSU game, Tennesse...more

2014 WCC women's basketball tournament: Top four advance to semifinals
by Swish Appeal
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:11am

After an upset and a dramatic finish on the first day of the 2014 WCC women's basketball tournament, the rest has gone according to seeding. For brackets and the full schedule, check out WCCSports.com's Tournament Central page. After the San Francisco ...more

Dance Card: UT Martin, Ohio Valley
by Swish Appeal
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:08am

It's the most wonderful time of the year again, when mid-majors rise and champions are crowned. Join your intrepid blogger on her third annual attempt to learn about ALL the teams. First up: some high-flying birds of prey. Who? The Skyhawks of the Un...more

South Carolina upset in SEC semifinal
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:05am

Shocker today at the SEC Tournament, as #12 Kentucky upset #5 South Carolina, 68-58, in the semifinals.In tomorrow's final they face #6 Tennessee, who got there by downing #15 Texas A&M;, 86-77.One almost-upset in the Big Ten Tournament:#23 Iowa survi...more

West Virginia tops TCU, advances to Semi's
by Swish Appeal
posted March 9, 2014 at 10:03am

Asya Bussie led the 2nd seeded Mountaineers with 18 points and 13 rebound. The West Virginia Mountaineers (28-3) overcame a tenacious TCU Horned Frogs (18-14) team to advance to the semi-finals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament and won 67-59. For We...more

Stanford Upset by USC in Pac-12 Tourney
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 9, 2014 at 9:56am

For the first time in the history of the Pac-12 Women’ Basketball tournament, the championship game will not include a Stanford team. Stanford fell to USC 72-68 in the semis of the Pac-12 Tournament.Stanford Loses to USC in the Pac-12 Tourney (AP Ph...more

WNBA Board of Governors ratifies CBA; April draft date to be released this week
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:39pm

The WNBA announced its collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union was ratified by the Board of Governors on Friday. Los Angeles All-Star Nneka Ogwumike, who was seated among the KeyArena’s Stanford crowd for the Pac-12 tournament...more

Xavier coach Brian Neal proud of his team's effort in a challenging first season in the Big East
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:33pm

Xavier begins Big East tournament play today at 6:30 p.m. EST against Georgetown after a challenging first season in a new conference. SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - This maiden Big East 'voyage' has been anything but serene. A once-proud program, they had just d...more

2014 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament: A pair of Tennessee freshmen spark second half comeback against LSU
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:25pm

Tennessee couldn't seem to get anything going early in their SEC Tournament matchup against LSU. It was a pair of freshmen, Andraya Carter and Jordan Reynolds, who gave them the spark they needed to make a comeback and advance. Duluth, GA -- One Tennes...more

2014 Big 12 women's basketball tournament: Big second half propels TCU past Texas Tech, 75-59
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:22pm

The Horned Frogs used an 18-3 run over the span of 7 minutes 20 seconds to ice the game. The Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-24) battled hard. However, for a team that hadn't won in 19 games, figuring out how to close a close game was a lost idea. TCU Horned...more

2014 SEC women's basketball tournament: When will Ariel Massengale return for Tennessee?
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 10:31am

Chris Pendley of SB Nation's Rocky Top Talk previewed the Tennessee Lady Vols 2014 SEC Tournament opener against the LSU Lady Tigers today with a key question: LSU flat won in Knoxville; Tennessee flat won in Baton Rouge (let's ignore the extreme refer...more

The WNBA makes official statement about collective bargaining agreement
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 10:28am

The WNBA has made its official announcement about its new collective bargaining agreement. After media reports about an agreement last night, the WNBA has officially announced that it has come an agreement with the league's players on a new Collective ...more

2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament: Notre Dame runs over Florida State, 83-57
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 10:21am

Jewell Loyd scored 17 points to lead the Fighting Irish to a quarterfinal victory over Natasha Howard and the Florida State Seminoles. GREENSBORO, N.C.-- Any teams hoping to derail Notre Dame's perfect season would be wise not to let the Irish shoot 60...more

2014 ACC women's basketball tournament: Duke uses strong second half to put away Georgia Tech
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 9:07am

Haley Peters' double-double powered the Duke Blue Devils to a blowout win over Georgia Tech in the ACC quarterfinals. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Duke Blue Devils made their first appearance of the 2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament a memorable one, ha...more

Kansas Survives OT against K-State 87-84
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2014 at 9:01am

The Jayhawks battled back from 16-points down and won the game in overtime behind Chelsea Gardner's 29 points. In their previous meeting with the Kansas St. Wildcats, the Kansas Jayhawks (13-18) didn't quit then either. They fought back in a resilient ...more

WNBA Board of Governors ratifies new eight-year CBA
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:56am

It's official:NEW YORK — The WNBA Board of Governors ratified a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement Friday......The new CBA also decreases the number of times a player can be “cored,” shortening the path to unrestricted free a...more

NCAA Conference Basketball Tournaments seeing upsets
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:47am

Big Ten:Ohio State put away #11 Penn State, 99-82.#23 Iowa came back to beat #17 Purdue, 87-80.Pac-12:Washington State downed #20 Cal, 91-83.ACC:#13 North Carolina defeated #8 Maryland, 73-70.More tournament results:SEC:#6 Tennessee powered by LSU, 77-65....more

Stanford Survives, Beats Colorado
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 8, 2014 at 8:42am

This was an ugly game. The only consolidation was the score, with The Stanford Women’s Basketball team putting together a better second half then the first, beating Colorado in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal by a score of 69-54 Stanford is lucky...more

2014 WCC women's basketball tournament results: Pepperdine, USF advance to second round
by Swish Appeal
posted March 7, 2014 at 1:07pm

Impressive individual performances led Pepperdine and USF to victories on the first day of the 2014 WCC Tournament. After the San Francisco Dons' win over the Loyola Marymount Lions last Saturday, coach Jennifer Azzi noted that she wanted her team to s...more

2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech holds off Virginia, 77-76
by Swish Appeal
posted March 7, 2014 at 1:04pm

Kaela Davis and Tyaunna Marhsall combine for 54 points in the Yellow Jackets' win over pesky Virginia. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Kaela Davis scored 28 points and Tyaunna Marshall added a double-double to help Georgia Tech beat Virginia 77-76 in the second ro...more

2014 Big 12 women's basketball tournament: Team-by-team capsules, bracket, and schedule
by Swish Appeal
posted March 7, 2014 at 12:58pm

The Phillips 66 Big 12 tournament begins today at 6 p.m. Central on Fox College Sports. Here's a rundown of the teams and schedule for the tournament. Big 12 Team Capsules Baylor Iowa State Record: 26-4, 16-2 20-9, 9-9 PPG: 84.1 (1st) 74.2 (4th...more

TGIF conference tournament open thread: America East, AAC, Big 12, Southern begin today
by Swish Appeal
posted March 7, 2014 at 12:56pm

Four more conferences begin their tournaments today after an exciting slate of games yesterday. It's Friday, and the madness is just getting started. A few of yesterday's highlights from around the nation (and feel free to let us know which games you ...more

Hype Girls headed to the Pac-12 tournament at KeyArena
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 6, 2014 at 8:58pm

WNBA star Tamika Catchings remembers it starting for her in high school. Splitting time between Stephenson HS in Illinois and Duncanville HS in Texas due to her parent's divorce, the popular thing before her basketball games would be for her team to ...more

TV Alert: Pac-12 Networks airs tourney games starting at noon and other news
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 6, 2014 at 8:56pm

Washington State junior G Tia Presley has been working the phones since she realized she'd actually make it through her first Pac-12 season healthy and able to play in the conference tournament. A Spokane native, her family recently moved back East and h...more

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