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Marist: MAAC champions
by Swish Appeal
posted March 12, 2013 at 8:12am

Who? The Red Foxes of Marist. What? If we lived in a more literate world, Marist's teams would be the Reynards. Marist decided to go with Red Foxes instead, adding Shooter in 1979. (I liked him with the sailing hat.) Where? Poughkeepsie, New York; i...more

Mailbag: Gonzaga goes for five; Pac-12 final KeyArena attendance numbers; and Seattle University rakes in WAC awards
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:03pm

Top seeded Gonzaga (26-5) faces No. 2 seed San Diego (21-8) in the West Coast Conference tournament championship game in Las Vegas on Monday. The game will air at 1 p.m. on ESPNU. The Zags are vying for a fifth consecutive NCAA tournament berth. The tea...more

Tide Salvages One of Three at Tennessee
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 11, 2013 at 7:58pm

After losing the first two games of a three-game series to Tennessee, No. 1/2 Alabama salvaged one win in the series Sunday, by a 7-1 score. Immediately prior to the Tennessee series, the Crimson Tide had lost to Florida, giving Bama a stunning three-game...more

Purdue forward Sam Ostarello's championship journal: Our time
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 7:44pm

WOW!!! What a fast-paced three days of Big Ten Tournament action. We awoke on Sunday morning courtesy of a wake-up call at 7:45 a.m. Just enough time to get dressed and mosey down to breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Promptly at 8:30 a.m., the bus depa...more

Previewing the 2013 NCAA tournament brackets
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 7:36pm

It is still a little early to project the seeds and where the teams will be sent but after today's Conference game here is our initial attempt at the top:OKLAHOMA CITY REGION - Baylor is a given as the overall no. 1 seed, despite its struggles with Okla...more

Could Duke Become Men’s and Women’s Champs?
by jschonb
posted March 11, 2013 at 2:48pm

The last time that a university won both men’s and women’s national championships in basketball was back in 2004 when the University of Connecticut pulled off the impressive feat. In fact, it was the first time it had been accomplished in Divi...more

Stanford, Relying on Amber Orrange, Hangs On to Win Pac-12 Championship
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:40am

Chiney Ogwumike scored the first basket for the Stanford Women’s Basketball team in the championship game over UCLA. Little did anyone know, or could guess, All-Everything Chiney Ogwumike would not score another basket in the game. After hitting a f...more

2013 Pac-12 tournament: Stanford wins 2013 Pac-12 tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:38am

With four Pac-12 teams looking tournament-bound, Stanford's path to the title wasn't easy. Three seasons ago, I began following women's college basketball primarily as an extension of getting into the WNBA and a desire to better understand the full lan...more

Stanford, Pac-12 champions
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:36am

Who? The Cardinal of Stanford. What? It's a color. It's not a bird, a religious figure, or even a kind of direction. And the ever-changing Tree is not a mascot, but a member of The One, The Only, The Truly Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior Universi...more

Frenetic start to March Madness
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:34am

More tournament news:Baylor survived Oklahoma State's upset bid to make the Big 12 finals.They'll face Iowa State, who took down Oklahoma.In the Big East, Notre Dame again survived South Florida in the quarterfinals. In another quarter, UConn pounded DePa...more

Texas A&M;'s handling of Kentucky's pressure helps them win SEC women's basketball tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:31am

Jim Hu writing at SB Nation's Good Bull Hunting sums up the Texas A&M;Aggies' 75-67 win over the Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC Tournament Championship not by focusing solely on star center Kelsey Bone but instead their response to the 40 Minutes of Dre...more

Liberty, Big South champions
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:30am

Who? The Lady Flames of Liberty. What? Flames tend to be my reaction when dealing with Liberty, so I can't argue with the suitability of the name. Someday I want to see their Sparky take on Arizona State's Sparky. Where? Lynchburg, Virginia, the City o...more

Crown 'em: NCAA Conference Basketball champs
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:26am

Texas A&M;beat Kentucky for the SEC Championship.Purdue defeated Michigan State for the Big Ten crown.Duke routed North Carolina for the ACC Championship.Liberty downed Longwood for the Big South title.Stanford squeaked out a Pac 12 'ship win over har...more

Stanford takes the Pac-12 tournament title in a thriller over UCLA
by Swish Appeal
posted March 11, 2013 at 8:17am

Congrats to @stanfordwbb, the 2013 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament Champions. twitter.com/pac12/status/3… — Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) March 11, 2013   Stanford takes the Pac-12 title in a surprisingly dramatic 51-49 win (boxscor...more

WNBA free agent camp set to take place on Final Four weekend in New Orleans
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 10, 2013 at 2:05pm

Merit Management Group still has spots open for their April 7 WNBA Free Agent camp in New Orleans. This will be the 16th year for the event, which allows prospective league players to try out in front of WNBA coaches.The camp has attracted coaches for yea...more

Brianna Sanders journal: High energy not enough for Ohio State to advance in Big Ten tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 1:58pm

Friday, March 8 Day 3:Rise and shine, its game day! It’s another day in Chicago, and another day in the B1G tournament. Today we are going up against a very talented Penn State team! We played them once earlier this season and lost. Last time we...more

2013 Pac-12 tournament: Stanford survives Colorado to advance to title game
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 1:54pm

All season the Stanford Cardinal have been looking for ways to become "less Chiney-centric" and yesterday against the Colorado Buffaloes they found someone else to step up. With Colorado's defense forcing star Chiney Ogwumike held to 9-for-24 shooting fr...more

Upset city in Women's NCAA Basketball
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 10, 2013 at 1:51pm

The number of upsets tonight is mind-blowing:In the Pac 12 Tournament, UCLA dominated Cal to reach the championship game tomorrow. They'll face Stanford, who struggled to top Colorado.In the SEC, Texas A&M;upset Tennessee. They'll go up against Kentuc...more

Rutgers falls to South Florida in Big East Tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 12:36pm

Normally when a million dollar coach down 1 with under a minute left in a game huddles with five hundred thousand plus assistants, one would expect a play to be drawn up. A screen, a back door or something. Last night at the XL Center in Hartford in the...more

Stetson, Atlantic Sun champions
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 12:26pm

Who? The Hatters of Stetson. What? As in the hats. Same guy. Their shiny new mascot is John B., named for John B. Stetson. Apparently the old mascot scared children. Where? DeLand, Florida, where The Waterboy was filmed. When? March 9th, in Macon,...more

Gonzaga and San Diego to play for WCC Championship Monday after easy wins
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 9:14am

The first game of the day featured a large crowd on hand from two of the league's most active fan bases, in Gonzaga and BYU. But the Cougar faithful were silenced early as the Bulldogs eased to a 62-43 victory behind a career-high tying 16 points from S...more

Coleman takes over to complete comeback and send No. 15/17 Heels to ACC championship game
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 9:10am

North Carolina redshirt sophomore guard Latifah Coleman came out of nowhere and scored 17 of the Tar Heels' last 27 points Saturday afternoon at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. to eliminate a No. 10 Maryland Terrapin team that had led by as much...more

2013 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament: Preview, predictions, schedule and games to watch for
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 9:09am

The Tennessee Lady Vols enter the 2013 SEC women's basketball tournament as the top seed, but with a number of injuries can they take the SEC tournament title or will someone else emerge as champion? To keep up with everything going on with the SEC tour...more

Texas A&M; advances to SEC women's basketball tournament title game with win over Tennessee
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 9:08am

Despite 33 points from Tennessee's Taber Spani, the Texas A&M;Aggies fought their way to an impressive 66-62 win. It would be hard to consider this an "upset" despite the seeding differential simply because with only seven Lady Vols players available...more

Dance Card: Tennessee-Martin, Ohio Valley champions
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2013 at 9:06am

Who? The Skyhawks of the University of Tennessee at Martin. UT Martin for short. Always Skyhawks, never Lady Skyhawks. What? Specifically, red-tailed hawks, and Captain is explicitly non-gendered. Where? Martin, Tennessee, on what Wikipedia describe...more

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