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All one and two seeds in women's Elite 8
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:37am

Results of today's games mean that it's all first and second seeds in the Elite 8.Maryland had to rally twice to defeat defending champs Texas A&M;, 81-74.Notre Dame beat down St. Bonaventure, 79-35.UConn took out Penn State, 77-59.Kentucky ousted Gon...more

Stanford Gets Sweet Sixteen Win over South Carolina
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:34am

Stanford prevailed in the Sweet Sixteen over South Carolina 76-60, but it was a hard fought contest. South Carolina was undersized, yet they wanted to minimize Stanford’s second chance points, so they won the rebounding game 38-36. They planned on b...more

State Farm Wade Trophy finalists
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:27pm

The WBCA named the finalists today for the State Farm Wade Trophy:Elena Delle Donne, University of DelawareSkylar Diggins, University of Notre DameBrittney Griner, Baylor UniversityShenise Johnson, University of MiamiAnna Martin, DePaul UniversityA'dia Ma...more

First half of the Elite 8 set
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:22pm

Tennessee overcame a slow start to take Kansas, 84-73.Baylor soundly defeated Georgia Tech, 83-68. Brittney Griner threw down a two-handed, net-grabbing dunk at the end to excite the crowd.Duke smashed St. John's, 74-47.Game four featured a match up betwe...more

Comments show that there is still much education on Alzheimer's Disease to be done
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:17pm

Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt announced on Aug. 23, 2011 that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's-type. Since then, she's been the subject of tributes and the recipient of numerous awards. None of it has been surprising, as we some...more

Another Elite Eight for Stanford, Cardinal defeat South Carolina, 76-60
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:12pm

Chiney Ogwumike and Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Photo: Stanford Athletics. Box score | Photo gallery | Video Senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s 39 points and 10 rebounds helped propel No. 1 seed Stanford into another Elite Eight Saturday night. The ...more

Kim Mulkey: when one team clears their bench, the other team should too. Agree?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 24, 2012 at 5:04pm

As you likely just saw, Baylor beat Georgia Tech 83-68 for the rights to advance to the Elite 8. With about five minutes to go, the Bears lead the Yellowjackets 75-46, and Brittney Griner and several other starters were still in the game. I posed the ques...more

NCAA Women's Sweet 16 Predictions: Fresno Bracket
by Swish Appeal
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:19pm

With a couple more wins, the Stanford Cardinal could find themselves in their fifth straight Final Four. However, a challenging field of some of the nation's top defenses await them in Fresno. #3 St. John's Red Storm vs. #2 Duke Blue Devils Duke seem...more

NCAA Women's Sweet 16 Predictions: Des Moines Bracket
by Swish Appeal
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:16pm

The women's Sweet 16 kicks off today, beginning with a matchup being the Kansas Jayhawks and Tennessee Lady Vols that is intriguing because both due to the collection of talent on the floor and their unpredictability. #11 Kansas Jayhawks vs. #2 Tenness...more

2012 WNIT: Oklahoma State Advances To Round Of Eight After 70-57 Win
by Swish Appeal
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:14pm

And then there were eight in the WNIT - and guess who's still in the little dance? One, Oklahoma State - a "first four out" team that hasn't forgotten about the committee's decision to leave them out of the NCAA playing field. Oklahoma State coach Jim ...more

Griner's dunk and the rest of women's basketball
by After Atalanta
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:12pm

Brittney Griner's dunk last week in the NCAA tournament made a lot of noise--media noise that is--despite the fact that she's 1) done it before in competition, 2) does it all the time in warm-up, and 3) is the second--not the first to dunk in the women's ...more

2012 NCAA Women's Sweet 16 Predictions: Kingston Bracket
by Swish Appeal
posted March 24, 2012 at 4:10pm

When the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament brackets were first released, it looked to some like the Kingston bracket was the "UConn Invitational". In addition to home court advantage, it seemed to be filled with favorable matchups. However, with th...more

Four Factors Analysis For The First & Second Rounds Of The 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted March 24, 2012 at 10:54am

Although the tournament selection committee relies heavily on numbers like RPI and strength of schedule, year after year those numbers prove to fall short in actually measuring quality of play leading up to the tournament. While there is not really any...more

Sweet 16 and SO much more
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 24, 2012 at 10:53am

Tomorrow's schedule:Tennessee vs. Kansas, 9:04 a.m. PT/12:04 p.m. ETGeorgia Tech vs. Baylor, 11 a.m./2 p.m.St. John's vs. Duke, 6:04 p.m./9:04 p.m.South Carolina vs. Stanford, 7:32 p.m./11:32 p.m.Sunday's schedule:Texas A&M;vs. Maryland, 9:04 a.m./12:...more

Oklahoma City University Picks Up Sixth NAIA National Title
by Swish Appeal
posted March 23, 2012 at 3:22pm

  The Oklahoma City University Stars did what I thought they would- or what I hoped they would, anyway. The Stars went to Frankfort, Kentucky with a 30-1 record. The Stars left the NAIA Division I National Tournament as champions after winning fiv...more

Leading by Example- Santa Clara University Women’s Basketball Coaches
by BAWSI Drea
posted March 23, 2012 at 9:25am

  Here at BAWSI we rely heavily on female athletes to understand the importance of using their unique platform for good. But, rarely do we see the coaches of these athletes making the same commitment themselves. The Santa Clara University women&rsqu...;more

National Junior College Athletic Association DI National Championship in full swing
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 22, 2012 at 7:31pm

Salina, Kan. - Seedings, daily schedule and game results here. First two days results, with the final game still in progress:Tuesday, March 20Game 1: Central Arizona def. Southwest Illinois CC, 75-53Game 2: New Mexico JC def. Northeastern Oklahoma, 52-42G...more

St. Bonaventure 66, Marist 63 : Numbers and analysis
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:48pm

  In their first NCAA Tournament, St. Bonaventure is now headed to the Sweet Sixteen. The Bonnies narrowly defeated a strong Marist club 66-63 in the second round at Tallahassee, Florida. The numbers:       St. Bonaventure &nbs...;more

St. John's Point Guard Nadirah McKenith Is Good. Maybe Even Better Than You Think.
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:43pm

A remarkable fact came out in last night's press conference after St. John's sliced their way into the Sweet Sixteen. Well, a few, actually.   One, Nadirah McKenith is a tough cookie. When the Red Storm point guard went down holding her head lat...more

Morning Links: Preview of Tennessee's Trip To Des Moines With Rocky Top Talk, Cal And Oklahoma Look Ahead To Next Season
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:34pm

Jessica Lantz has stayed on top of the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament over the last few days and has already posted the brackets for this weekend's Sweet 16. Meanwhile, bloggers around SBN have been previewing the upcoming games as well as looki...more

St. John's Earns Trip To Fresno By Defeating Oklahoma, 74-70
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 8:49pm

Image: RedStormSports.com The tale of the tape says Oklahoma outrebounded St. John's 37-31. The Sooners outshot the Red Storm 47.9% to 41.5%. OU out free throwed (go with it) STJ, getting five more attempts from the line. You what else the Sooners did? O...more

NCAA Tournament: Second round, second day - the games and the flames
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:20am

Once again, I'm not sure how I'm going to settle down this evening after these games.#8 Cal scared #1 Notre Dame to death in the first half. Then the Irish turned it on in the second for the 73-62 win. True to form, the Bears never gave up.During #1 Baylo...more

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament Bracket Update: How Sweet (16) It Is!
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:17am

The Sweet Sixteen is set - there's the favorites (Baylor/Notre Dame/Connecticut/Stanford), the scrappy underdogs (St. Bonaventure/South Carolina), the Cinderellas (Kansas/Gonzaga, who is only a Cindy by seed at this point) and the eight others who's seed ...more

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament Schedule: Can The Baylor Lady Bears Take A Bite Out Of Florida For Win No. 35?
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:39am

Last night, Gonzaga became the first double-digit seed to advance to this year's Sweet Sixteen in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament. Tonight, two more teams look to join them. First, No. 13 Marist is pitted against fellow mid-major St. Bonave...more

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