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NCAA women's basketball previews: Where teams stand as non-conference play begins
by Swish Appeal
posted November 5, 2012 at 12:18pm

The Baylor Lady Bears enter the 2012 season ranked #1 and have to be the heavy favorites to repeat as national champions. But what does the rest of the NCAA women's basketball landscape look like as the season begins? Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of t...more

Virginia Cavaliers enter 2012 season without their defensive spark
by Swish Appeal
posted November 5, 2012 at 12:16pm

Brian J. Leung of SB Nation's Streaking the Lawn writes that despite receiving votes in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball preseason polls the Virginia Cavaliers face some significant challenges entering the season. In addition to Erinn Thompson's career h...more

Tennessee Lady Vols built to run after losing stars to the WNBA draft
by Swish Appeal
posted November 5, 2012 at 12:14pm

While the Tennessee Lady Vols recently got some major recruiting commitments for next season, this season will feature a bit of uncertainty compared to recent years. With five players leaving the program and getting drafted by the WNBA over the past two ...more

Nothing doing with the net: Lowering hoops 7″ is backwards idea
by Fair Game News
posted November 4, 2012 at 8:28pm

By Ashleigh Sargent UConn Women’s Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma believes the women’s hoops should be lowered seven inches from the standard 10-foot height (or 7.2 inches for 1972 when Title IX passed). Why? He says lower rims would yield gr...more

Division II Gannon University upsets two Division I teams in one week
by Swish Appeal
posted November 4, 2012 at 1:01pm

Usually when Division I teams schedule exhibition games, it’s more so to give their players a tune-up -- these games are usually blowouts and non competitive to say the least. Here are some recent examples: Colorado destroyed Western State 87-38,...more

The full list of Top 100 programs in women's NCAA Division I basketball
by Swish Appeal
posted November 4, 2012 at 12:51pm

With the top 100 programs list now complete, it's probably helpful to have a full list of the programs to look at in one place. So here's the full list with links to the programs in the headers: Programs #1-10 #1: Connecticut:#2: Tennessee:#3: Baylo...more

Tennessee and UConn
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 3, 2012 at 6:28pm

Former Lady Vol Chamique Holdsclaw was honored as grand marshal of yesterday's homecoming parade.Kara Lawson is still finding ways to assist the Summitt Foundation.UConn Coach Geno Auriemma compared freshman Breanna Stewart to the scarecrow in the Wizard ...more

Preseason results roundup: Friday, November 2, 2012: DII Anderson shocks Clemson, Mississippi State barely survives Shorter
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 3, 2012 at 6:26pm

Connecticut, Michigan and other DI schools cruised to preseason victories Friday night. Mississippi State had trouble with a new DII team. DII Wayne State defeated Western Michigan. And, in an eye-opener, DII Anderson University shocked Clemson, a member ...more

Tennessee lands Oregon guard Jordan Reynolds
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 3, 2012 at 9:23am

Three days after her club ball teammate Mercedes Russell committed to Tennessee, Oregon guard Jordan Reynolds did the same. She is ranked 42nd in the class of 2013.Two other top recruits are still considering the Vols, as well: Tyler Scaife and Kendall Co...more

Stanford Destroys Corban University in Exhibition Play
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted November 2, 2012 at 7:21pm

So Stanford Women’s Basketball opened their season with an exhibition match against Corban University. C and R were not able to make the game as we had basketball practice for the girls we coach. When I got in the car and turn on the radio to KSZU, ...more

Mountain West Conference preview: San Diego State University
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 2, 2012 at 7:13pm

One of the most memorable runs in the 2010 NCAA Tournament was San Diego State's appearance in the Sweet 16, before they fell to powerhouse Duke. They were fiesty, determined and inspired. So it was no surprise that the Aztecs roared back last year.They w...more

The Top 100 Programs in Division One women's college basketball: #1-10
by Swish Appeal
posted November 2, 2012 at 7:12pm

There is a list with the names of at least 42 teams that the NCAA keeps in a very special place. Unfortunately, it is not a list of previous women's basketball champions. Rather, it is the list of women's basketball teams in Division I where the NCAA ...more

Preseason results roundup: Thursday, November 1, 2012
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 2, 2012 at 6:39pm

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&M performed as expected. On the flip side, North Dakota State, Marshall, Seattle Univers...more

#2 Kaela Davis picks Georgia Tech
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 2, 2012 at 2:38pm

Kaela Davis, the #2 prospect in the nation, has verbally committed to Georgia Tech.Other college news:UConn's Bria Hartley is out indefinitely.Notre Dame has a new look, but the same goal.Penn State is ready to get rolling.Maryland Coach Brenda Frese has ...more

The Top 100 Programs in Division I women's college basketball: #11-25
by Swish Appeal
posted November 1, 2012 at 9:21pm

When you read the words "recruiting" in the newspaper, it invariably means football recruiting. If you read the words "recruiting" and "basketball" in the same sentence, it usually means men's basketball recruiting. Women's basketball recruiting is, a...more

How do basketball recruits make their decisions?
by Swish Appeal
posted November 1, 2012 at 9:13pm

If a coach could figure out the secret to a recruit's mind, they could write their own checks. Every school has a recruiting coordinator whose job it is to sell a school to a perspective recruit. A school could start with a database of as high as ...more

Rumor: Georgia Tech has moved to the top of Kaela Davis' list after official visit
by Swish Appeal
posted November 1, 2012 at 7:15pm

Multiple sources have informed Swish Appeal of an interesting development in the recruiting saga of Buford superstar Kaela Davis: Georgia Tech is rumored to have moved to the top of the nation's #2 recruit's list. This past weekend, Davis visited Georg...more

Senior class award candidates announced
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 1, 2012 at 7:38am

The community, classroom, character and competition list is out, and at the end of the year, one of these candidates will win the Senior Class Award:DI Women’s Basketball 2012-13 CandidatesKayla Alexander, Center, SyracuseAnne Marie Armstrong, Gu...more

Two meaty basketball stories
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 1, 2012 at 7:35am

Though this story about Tennessee Coach Holly Warlick seems to have been written before Mercedes Russell's announcement of her commitment yesterday, it's got lots of good stuff:HOLLY WARLICK stands behind a large mahogany desk, her gray-blue eyes scanning...more

The Top 100 Programs in Division One women's college basketball: #26-40
by Swish Appeal
posted October 31, 2012 at 8:42pm

There are a few areas where a college program should be able to control its own destiny; the goal is that any ranking of a good women's college basketball program be limited to those areas, and nowhere else. It should put a good product on the court. ...more

West Coast Conference: Loyola Marymount University
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 31, 2012 at 7:52am

Word is out that the LMU team is having fun in practices and has an enthusiasm for their new season that they haven't had in years.And word is that it's because of new Coach Charity Elliott and her staff.Elliott took over last spring when longtime coach J...more

Mercedes Russell commits to Tennessee
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 31, 2012 at 7:40am

Class of 2013 #1 prospect Mercedes Russell has just announced she will attend the University of Tennessee. The 6-foot-5 center made her decision known moments ago at Springfield High School in Oregon, where she has lead her team to two consecutive state c...more

AP preseason All-American team has six players
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 31, 2012 at 7:29am

A tie in votes for the final spot makes it:Brittney GrinerElena Delle DonneSkylar DigginsChiney OgwumikeAlyssa ThomasOdyssey SimsOther college news:Virginia faces challenges to return to the NCAA Tournament.Dara Taylor is ready to run for Penn State. Magg...more

The Top 100 Programs in Division One women's college basketball: #41-70
by Swish Appeal
posted October 31, 2012 at 7:23am

In the entire SB Nation Universe, we are the only website devoted exclusively to women's basketball. Our mandate is the WNBA - the site motto is "For WNBA Fans" and the dropdown under WNBA lists that they have a site dedicated to the WNBA and to NCAA w...more

Mercedes Russell: The humble superstar
by Swish Appeal
posted October 31, 2012 at 7:23am

There are so many child basketball prodigies that you hear about at an early age: Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner and Maya Moore just to name a few. Mercedes Russell has a lot in common with them: ranked #1 in her class, immensely talented and undou...more

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