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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

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

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

Seattle U set for regular-season finale at Connolly Center, WAC tournament
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 6, 2014 at 8:33pm

Seattle U concludes its regular-season with two games this week. SU (13-14, 8-6 WAC) hosts Kansas City on Thursday and Chicago State on Saturday. The latter will mark Senior Day for forwards Kacie Sowell and Ashley Ward and G Sylvia Shephard. A ceremony ...more

NCAA Conference Basketball Tournaments: day one, round one
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 6, 2014 at 2:09pm

SEC Tournament:A layup sent Ole Miss past Arkansas, 63-62.Mississippi State slipped by Missouri, 73-70.ACC Tournament:Clemson rolled by Virginia Tech, 69-56.Virginia topped Boston College, 74-59.Wake Forest downed Pitt, 72-58.Ohio Valley Tournament:Easter...more

Mississippi State advances in 2014 SEC women's basketball tournament: Missouri’s Bri Kulas stands out
by Swish Appeal
posted March 6, 2014 at 1:14pm

Mississippi State claimed a win in the first round of the 2014 SEC women's basketball tournament, but it was Missouri's Bri Kulas who stood out by showcasing WNBA potential. Duluth, GA - Kendra Grant did something that Mississippi head coach Vic Schaf...more

Conference tournament open thread: Big Sky, Big Ten, Colonial, MAAC, MVC, Pac-12, Southland, WCC begin
by Swish Appeal
posted March 6, 2014 at 1:07pm

Eight more NCAA women's basketball conference tournaments begin today while more continue. Now we're really in the thick of things: a couple more power conferences will begin tournament play today while others will continue. We'll re-post yesterday's ...more

NCAA women's basketball championship week ACC, Atlantic 10, Ohio Valley, SEC schedules and TV times
by Swish Appeal
posted March 5, 2014 at 1:16pm

Tournament season is upon us! Today a number of conferences around the nation will open tournament play with bubble teams looking to establish themselves as NCAA tournament worthy and teams outside of Big Dance discussion looking to defy the odds and g...more

Top five NCCA basketball performances
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 5, 2014 at 1:13pm

The NCAA has picked the five best player performances last week. The athletes are: Brittany Hrynko, Depaul; Nici Gilday, Santa Clara; Ny Hammonds, Charlotte; Genevieve Okoro, Richmond; Breanna Stewart, Connecticut.More news:The Louisville Cardinals and th...more

Oregon will not renew Paul Westhead's contract
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 5, 2014 at 1:09pm

Oh happy day:EUGENE -- Paul Westhead, whose unconventional hiring in 2009 as Oregon women's basketball coach was intended to jump-start the program in his uptempo image but never got up to full speed, announced Tuesday that he will not return next season....more

West Virginia vs. Kansas preview: Mountaineers try to win share of Big XII title on senior night
by Swish Appeal
posted March 5, 2014 at 12:56pm

There may be no coach more effusively about his senior leader than West Virginia's Mike Carey and the statistics suggest the praise is justified. West Virginia Mountaineers (26-3) vs. Kansas Jayhawks (12-17) 7 p.m. EST WVU Coliseum - Morgantown, WV ...more

USA Today top 25 poll
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 5, 2014 at 12:53pm

In this week's USA Today top 25 poll, Arizona State and LSU drop out, Michigan State and DePaul are in:1. Connecticut2. Notre Dame3. Stanford4. Louisville5. Maryland6. Tennessee7. South Carolina8. West Virginia9. Baylor10. Duke11. Penn State12. North Caro...more

Zags' Kelly Graves named WCC Coach of the Year for eighth time
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 4, 2014 at 9:40pm

From the West Coast Conference:   SAN BRUNO, Calif. –  (March 3, 2014 – http://www.GoZags.com) The West Coast Conference announced its annual basketball awards Monday afternoon and Gonzaga University women’s basketball head ...more

More teams wrapping up regular season
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 4, 2014 at 9:37pm

Just a few more upsets tonight:Texas over #18 Oklahoma State, 65-58.South Florida 60, #24 Rutgers 51.Also:#1 UConn is 31-0 on the regular season after downing #3 Louisville, 68-48.Full scoreboard.More news:DePaul's Brittany Hrynko is ESPN's player of the ...more

Understanding Shoni Schimmel's struggles in Louisville's loss to UConn
by Swish Appeal
posted March 4, 2014 at 9:22pm

Once again, UConn beat Louisville. And once again, Shoni Schimmel struggled to score. In fairness to Louisville, last night's 68-48 loss to Connecticut was objectively closer than the final score suggests for most of the game. The problem was that sub...more

Washington guard Kelsey Plum named Freshman of the Year
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 4, 2014 at 9:18pm

Seven times I've asked either Kelsey Plum or Washington coach Mike Neighbors how the guard felt about being named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week and seven times Plum has said, "I don't care." For a little spice, the seventh time, which happened to be a Pac-1...more

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