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Finding The NCAA Women's Basketball Upset of the Year By Reframing Expectations
by Swish Appeal
posted February 23, 2012 at 12:32am

Shortly after the San Francisco Dons defeated the BYU Cougars on Thursday night, Matt Olson of Omni Rankings tweeted what many women's basketball fans were already thinking: Jennifer Azzi's Dons might've pulled off the upset of the year. Helen of Women's...more

Undefeated Baylor Bears Playing For More Than Trophies, They Want Rings
by Swish Appeal
posted February 23, 2012 at 12:26am

Image: Rod Aydelotte/AP The Baylor Bears haven't won a ring, not yet at least. But they did add some hardware to the trophy case in last night's 80-59 beat down of Texas in Waco. The Bears picked up their second-consecutive Big 12 regular season title in...more

Red Storm Knocks Off Mountaineers, 63-54
by Swish Appeal
posted February 23, 2012 at 12:20am

Just the Facts, Ma'am: The Red Storm led wire to wire in their 63-54 win over the Mountaineers of West Virginia. Nadirah McKenith filled the stat sheet, leading all players with 26 points and adding six rebounds, five assists, and five steals. Ayana Dun...more

Upsets, ACLs, coaching changes (again)
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 22, 2012 at 1:21pm

Tonight's action:Two upsets - Oklahoma dropped #11 Texas A&M;, and Syracuse took down #18 DePaul.In the battle of the giant slayers, it was #25 St. John's over West Virginia. The Red Storm have won 12 of their last 14 games, including Saturday's big v...more

#7 Maryland Takes Down #5 Duke at Home, 63-61
by Swish Appeal
posted February 20, 2012 at 7:12pm

Image: Patrick Semansky #7 Maryland beats #5 Duke at Home, 63-61 Maryland's Tianna Hawkins scores 19 points, including the go ahead basket in the final minute of the game. The Terps hand the Devils their first ACC loss in this match between two he...more

Best of the West: West Coast College Hoops Power Rankings
by Left Coast Hoops
posted February 20, 2012 at 7:04pm

With two weeks to go until conference tournaments, the picture crystallizes… Stanford (24-1, 15-0).  The Cardinal have clinched their 12th straight conference title and it’s the final Pac-12 home weekend with Utah and Colorado making t...more

Capurso, Evans Lead Hofstra Pride Over Towson Tigers, 69-66
by Swish Appeal
posted February 20, 2012 at 7:00pm

Image: GoHofstra.com Just the Facts, Ma'am: A three-pointer off the glass and high off the back rim by Hofstra's Nicole Capurso gave the Pride a 69-66 win over the Towson Tigers. Shante Evans led all players with 29 points, 21 of those in the second hal...more

BYU Cougars' Take Sole Possession Of Second Place In WCC With Win Over San Diego Toreros
by Swish Appeal
posted February 20, 2012 at 6:34pm

Image: Mark Philbrick/BYUCougars.com After arguably suffering the upset of the year against the San Francisco Dons on Thursday, the Brigham Young Cougars used a 19-0 second half run to defeat the San Diego Toreros 64-50 yesterday afternoon. With the w...more

Stanford Beats Oregon, an Eyewitness View
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted February 20, 2012 at 3:41pm

Hidey-ho Stanford fans. C and R were away from their computer all day yesterday, so we invited guest blogger TH, who lives in Oregon and actually got to see Stanford live the last two games, to blog about Stanford playing Oregon. And for someone who lives...more

St. John's upsets #2 UConn, 57-56, snaps long winning streak
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 19, 2012 at 2:42am

Image: Bob Child/AP Junior Shenneika Smith's three-pointer with eight seconds to go lifted the St. John's Red Storm over #2 UConn, snapping the Huskies' 99-game winning streak that dated back to 2007. No doubt, the biggest upset of the year so far.Statis...more

Kevi Luper Pours In 22 Points In Overtime Win To Become Oral Roberts' All-Time Leading Scorer
by Swish Appeal
posted February 19, 2012 at 2:37am

Image: Bill Powell/Oral Roberts University Junior guard Kevi Luper firmly implanted her name in the ORU record books yet again, becoming the Golden Eagles' all-time leading scorer with 2,206 points in her three seasons. Luper, a two-time Summit League ...more

St. John's Stuns Connecticut In 57-56 Win, Ends 99-Game Home Winning Streak
by Swish Appeal
posted February 19, 2012 at 2:32am

Image: Bob Child/AP The St. John's Red Storm just handed the UConn women their first home loss in 99 games, on Senior Night in Storrs no less. Connecticut's last defeat at home came in the 2007 Big East Tournament Finals against Rutgers at the XL Center....more

Princeton Rips Columbia in the Lions' Den, 86-46
by Swish Appeal
posted February 19, 2012 at 2:28am

Image: GoPrincetonTigers.com Just the Facts, Ma'am: The Columbia Lions scored the first basket- then never led again as the Princeton Tigers rolled to an 86-46 win. Lauren Edwards led four Tigers in double figures with 13 points, while Niveen Rasheed ...more

"I Don't Think Anybody Else In The World Has Anybody Like Brittney Griner"
by Swish Appeal
posted February 18, 2012 at 3:02pm

Baylor basketballer extraordinaire Brittney Griner is reserved when she talks about her phenomenal skills. She talks with a low and hushed voice and brushes off accolades with an air that she's just ‘doing her job' for the No. 1 ranked Bears. And...more

Hofstra Pride Hosting Delaware Blue Hens On 'Crush Clare's Cancer Night'
by Swish Appeal
posted February 18, 2012 at 1:15pm

For a statistical breakdown of the Delaware Blue Hens' 89-79 win over the Hofstra Pride on Thursday night, click here (and here for the early game analysis). The following is a photo essay from a special "Crush Clare's Cancer" night that Hofstra was we...more

USF Dons Upset #23 BYU Cougars In Provo: First Win Against Ranked Opponent For Jennifer Azzi
by Swish Appeal
posted February 17, 2012 at 1:50am

After beating the Gonzaga Bulldogs by 30 points exactly a week ago, the #23 Brigham Young Cougars wer upset 71-64 by the San Francisco Dons in Provo. In the short term, the loss drops the Cougars a full game behind the Bulldogs for first place in the WCC...more

The rhythm
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 16, 2012 at 8:49am

NCAA:Kansas has to step up in the absence of Carolyn Davis, who is out for the season. But they had a misstep tonight, falling 47-66 to Iowa State.To avoid another beat down, Kentucky Coach Matthew Mitchell says the Wildcats need to shoot better against z...more

Conference happenings
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 16, 2012 at 8:41am

The SEC will honor and recognize eleven "SEC Greats" athletes during the conference's women's basketball tournament, March 1-4 in Nashville. Inductees include ballers Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt), Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee), Jocelyn Penn (South Carolina)...more

BYU Cougars, Gonzaga Bulldogs Set For An Exciting Finish To Decide WCC Title
by Swish Appeal
posted February 15, 2012 at 6:13pm

Image: Jonathan Hardy/BYUCougars.com The BYU Cougars' 30-point blowout of the Gonzaga Bulldogs last Thursday left the two teams neck and neck for the West Coast Conference regular season title with only a couple of weeks left. And although it's somewh...more

The Tennessee Lady Vols Tamed The Kentucky Wildcats But Is It A Sign of More To Come?
by Swish Appeal
posted February 15, 2012 at 4:50pm

Lady Vol Basketball vs. Kentucky (via utsportstv) Knock….Knock - that sound was the Tennessee women’s basketball team wanting to remind the rest of college basketball that they are still well…. "Tennessee." It was evident from obser...more

Powerade Fab 50 rankings: week 10
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 15, 2012 at 3:18pm

Lots of movement in the top 10 this week, due to some upsets:1. Saint Mary's2. McEachern3. Bolingbrook4. Windward5. Riverdale6. Nazareth7. Whitney Young8. Clarksville9. Riverdale Baptist10. Hoover ...more

Mid-week news buffet
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 15, 2012 at 3:17pm

WNBA transactions:The Storm traded Ashley Robinson to the Mystics in exchange for Victoria Dunlap. Seattle also re-signed Katie Smith.The Fever re-signed Shyra Ely.The Liberty have re-signed Leilani Mitchell.The Dream signed former Mystic Laurie Koehn to ...more

Five Reasons Why Teams Have Struggled To Press The Stanford Cardinal
by Swish Appeal
posted February 15, 2012 at 2:12am

As the California Golden Bears were in the midst of pressing the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion, Matt Zemek tweeted a question that is often on my mind while watching the perennial Pac-10 champion: Why don't teams press Stanford all the time? Eve...more

Rethinking pink and gender in sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 14, 2012 at 7:13pm

If you’ve been tuning in women’s college basketball the last few days, do not adjust your set. The pink uniforms you see for many teams — and it is a rather loud shade of pink in some cases — are in honor of the late N.C. State co...more

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