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Words of wisdom from Coach Theresa Grentz
by Hoop Thoughts
posted May 2, 2011 at 1:49am

A few thoughts from Hall of Famer Theresa Grentz who tipped off the Assistant Coaching Symposium last night in Chicago. Creator Felicia Hall Allen has titled this year's session "A Step Up" and Coach Grentz definitely took our 2nd symposium to another ...more

Some "wow" stuff in the world of women's basketball
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 27, 2011 at 11:14am

WNBA:Uh, what??!! New WNBA president Laurel Richie has never been to a freakin game.Remaining free agents of interest:Cheryl FordChamique HoldsclawTiffany JacksonJennifer LacyIvora LattaBetty LennoxNicole OldheKatie SmithChristi ThomasAmazing.Colegio:Lind...more

Questions and answers with new Cal head coach Lindsay Gottlieb
by Left Coast Hoops
posted April 27, 2011 at 12:42am

Lindsay Gottlieb is returning to Cal. Joanne Boyle’s former lead assistant has been named her successor and will be introduced today at a press conference in Berkeley. Gottlieb made a few minutes for Leftcoasthoops.com as she drove from the airport in ...more

UW coach Kevin McGuff keeps two; hires two
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 26, 2011 at 6:37pm

First-year coach Kevin McGuff has begun to shape his staff, keep a few familiar faces and adding some new ones to the mix. After Xavier announced former McGuff assistant Amy Waugh as its new head coach last week, McGuff lured longtime colleague Mike Nei...more

Cal hires former assistant Lindsay Gottlieb as Head Coach: What kind of expertise does she bring?
by Swish Appeal
posted April 26, 2011 at 2:08am

Newly hired California Golden Bears head coach Lindsay Gottlieb certainly seems to fit the coaching mold that Brian McCormick described as good for women's college basketball last week. She paid her dues as an assistant coach at a top school then had t...more

Lindsay Gottlieb is the new Cal coach
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 26, 2011 at 1:35am

Joanne Boyle's former assistant is hired away from UC Santa Barbara to replace her.Seems like a winner. ...more

Title IX's Sexual Harassment Guidelines & Beckett Brennan's 60 Minutes Story
by Swish Appeal
posted April 25, 2011 at 12:59pm

For the full video, click here. An April 17 CBS News 60 Minutes story (above) described the case of former University of the Pacific women's basketball player Beckett Brennan, who was sexually assaulted in 2008 and eventually stopped playing basketball...more

Women's Basketball from 60 to zero this month
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 24, 2011 at 5:22pm

April always starts out like a hurricaine or a drag race, with the last two or three rounds of the NCAA tournament. It trickles down to a very slow haul, as the WNBA prepares to launch, high school club ball teams are practicing more than they're playing ...more

C&R;'s reaction to preseason college basketball favorites
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 22, 2011 at 8:05pm

Okay, so C and R are in a bit of a lull, a daze, if you will. Still partway shell shocked from Stanford’s final four loss, and half-way dreaming of November yet hoping for warm weather soon so we can plant our tomatoes.So imagine our surprise and, well,...more

Pondering big bucks and womens coaches, part 2
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 22, 2011 at 2:41am

Wendy Parker contemplates the discrepancies between what women's basketball coaches are - more and more - making versus the revenue the sport pulls in.Do the athletic directors have any plans to market women's hoops? It's a great question:Perhaps the grow...more

NCAA Women's Basketball Coaching: Why Developing Expertise At Mid-Majors Is Best For The Game
by Swish Appeal
posted April 22, 2011 at 1:08am

Brian McCormick, author of Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development who writes at Brian McCormick Basketball (developyourbballiq.com), is an experienced coach and development expert whose basketball insights about everything from yout...more

Florida State's Cori Close to coach UCLA
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 21, 2011 at 9:05pm

ESPN is reporting that UCLA is set to name Cori Close as UCLA's new coach within a half hour.Close has been associate head coach at Florida State for the past seven years. She is characterized as "one of the best offensive minds in the country."Before tha...more

As the women’s basketball salary bubble grows . . .
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted April 20, 2011 at 3:05pm

Tweet As I wrote during the Women’s Final Four, there’s growing media interest in some of the astonishing pay scales for a growing number of top women’s college basketball coaches. During that same weekend in Indianapolis, there were quite a few c...more

College B-ball: new coaching hires
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 20, 2011 at 11:29am

Saginaw Valley State has hired Jamie Pewinski.Zaenare Antoine has been named Texas State's new coach.Remember Wendy Palmer? She's UNC Greensboro's coach now.San Jose State has hired Tim La Kose.Player transfers:Only one athlete bagging out this week so fa...more

Former Storm Wendy Palmer named college head coach
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 19, 2011 at 5:31pm

While we're still waiting word on whether former Washington players like Rhonda (Smith) Banchero or Jamie Redd join new Huskies coach Kevin McGuff on his staff, moves are being made elsewhere. The latest being former Storm F Wendy Palmer accepting the No...more

Is it a good or a bad thing for Skylar Diggins to be touted as a sex symbol for women's basketball?
by Swish Appeal
posted April 19, 2011 at 3:12am

After Notre Dame sophomore guard Skylar Diggins helped lead the Fighting Irish to the 2011 National Championship Game, highlighted with back to back wins over Tennessee and Connecticut where she scored at least 24 points in each of those games, Diggins ha...more

Basketball coaching transfers = different issues
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 17, 2011 at 7:37pm

Knowing how I feel about the rise in student athlete transfers, I have been asked what I think about the increased incidences - particularly this year - of coaches changing schools. It seems to be epidemic, to be sure. Maybe these things go in cycles, bec...more

[Video] Meet Jessie Banks - women's basketball pioneer
by jschonb
posted April 17, 2011 at 2:28pm

Jessie Banks is a retired women's basketball coach we had the pleasure of meeting at the WBCA Convention earlier this month in Indianapolis. She's a charter member of the WBCA and her love of the game is still evident after all this time. A coach for 1...more

Baylor announces Melissa Jones jersey retirement during team banquet
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:07pm

Over 1,100 Baylor fans attended the team’s end of the season Lady Bear Appreciation Banquet, sponsored by the Tip Off Club Thursday night in Waco. School officials addressed the audience and players were honored. Among the accolades announced was the re...more

Basketball departures and dismissals
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 15, 2011 at 3:51pm

Rachel Story and Polly Harrington are leaving Louisville.Georgia Coach Andy Landers has dismissed Ronika Ransford and put Arieal Johnson on indefinite suspension for academic violations. ...more

College basketball recruiting season begins tomorrow
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:24am

Tomorrow tips off college recruiting season once again. The eyes of most coaches will be on the class of 2012, but a few will pickup some unsigned 2011 seniors or junior college players.Here's a list of all the NCAA-certified events this weekend, AKA wher...more

Seattle University signs five basketball players
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 14, 2011 at 2:40pm

Seattle University coach Joan Bonvicini expects her team to be above .500 in its third season transitioning back to Division I next season. She took huge strides toward that goal, signing five players on Thursday, although the Redhawks will again have to ...more

Stanford’s Kelsey to Wisconsin
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 14, 2011 at 12:06am

Congratulations to former Stanford assistant coach Bobbie Kelsey, who was hired as the new head coach of Wisconsin’s women basketball. We are sorry to see her go, but at least she won’t be coaching in the PAC-10 against Stanford.What are Kelsey’s qu...more

One week after the NCAA championship: What's up in women's b-ball
by After Atalanta
posted April 13, 2011 at 8:52pm

Hey, the WNBA draft was on Monday.In an uncharacteristic move, I turned on the television in the middle of the day, and it just it happened to be on ESPN anyway and there it was--the draft. Otherwise, I would have had no idea. I mean, I knew it was coming...more

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