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Tourney Time for Arkansas-Little Rock from the Sun Belt Conference
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2012 at 6:37pm

Who? The Trojans of Arkansas-Little Rock. What? A very good question that UALR's site is not equipped to answer. They do have a mascot, but he appears to be nameless. Trojans! If you are out there, your intrepid blogger begs you for resources. Where?...more

The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles' Improbable Success: A Model For Building A Program From Scratch
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2012 at 6:25pm

While most teams warm up by shooting layups, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles comes out shooting threes.And they keep shooting threes. And they keep making threes.“We kind of view the three as an easy shot,” said senior guard Courtney Chihil. &l...;more

Samford Tourney Bound from the Southern Conference
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2012 at 6:16pm

Who? The Bulldogs of Samford. What? They started life as the Tigers, but didn't want to be confused with Auburn. Spike is kind of scary-looking. Where? Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. When? March 5th, at the U.S. Cellular Center in Ashevill...more

How To Handle Criticism Constructively
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted March 8, 2012 at 6:15pm

source The definition of criticism is to pass judgment or find fault with something. Ouch. Right away, we’re swimming upstream when we ask our athletes to want to hear our constructive criticism.  Did you wake up this morning hoping someone ...more

All Women’s Grappling Tournament Set for SoCal in April
by Wombat Sports
posted March 8, 2012 at 5:58pm

If you are a female at any level of BJJ and want to test your skills, SubFighter has a tournament for you. With a lot of fighters already signed up, the Submission Fighter Challenger all Female event is set for Laguna Hills, CA for Apr. 29. Whi...more

Settlement Ends Harassment Investigation Against Minnesota School District
by Title IX Blog
posted March 8, 2012 at 5:55pm

This week, the Departments of Education and Justice announced that the Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minnesota will agree to a settlement resolving the Departments' joint investigation of claims that the district's failure to investigate claims of gen...more

Marist Going Dancing with a Bid from the Metro Atlantic
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2012 at 5:51pm

Who? The Red Foxes of Marist. What? If we lived in a more literate world, Marist's teams would be the Reynards. Marist decided to go with Red Foxes instead, adding Shooter in 1979. (I liked him with the sailing hat.) Where? Poughkeepsie, New York, the...more

When women wouldn’t let girls get in the game
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted March 8, 2012 at 2:40pm

Tweet Tim Stevens of the Raleigh News & Observer pens a solid history of the absence of a North Carolina girls high school basketball state tournament until 1972, just before the passage of Title IX. This ban was cemented by actions over time from t...more

InvictaFC’s Marloes Coenen on Reality TV in the Netherlands
by Wombat Sports
posted March 7, 2012 at 11:30pm

Courtesy SBS TV Marloes Coenen is ready to get her “Survivor” on. The former Strikeforce champ and InvictaFC fighter was a part of an all star Dutch cast on a tv reality show called ”De Schat van De Oranje” (The Treasure o...more

Meggan Franks reflects on her win and PR at Rock n Roll New Orleans Marathon
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted March 7, 2012 at 11:29pm

Results: Marathon in 2:49:06* for 1st! + bathroom break after the half-way point (36 seconds from door to road) So 2:48:30 without it?? I’ve heard there are no potty break conversions in the marathon. :( Splits: Houston, Maddy and I h...more

UW's Jazmine Davis is Pac-12 coaches pick
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 7, 2012 at 11:20pm

Washington point guard Jazmine Davis was named Pac-12 Freshmen of the Year by the league's coaches. She's the first Husky to be honored for the award since post Karen Deden in 1988. Davis, who was honored by the conference media on Monday, was also named...more

Castle Rock Update
by Title IX Blog
posted March 7, 2012 at 7:43pm

We've been following the situation in Castle Rock, Washington (see prior posts here and here), where parents have been advocating for equal rights for girls teams to use the high school's lighted stadium,which has so far been reserved for the priority use...more

Wooden Award finalists
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 7, 2012 at 7:34pm

Star studded list:Elena Delle DonneSkylar DigginsBrittney GrinerTiffany HayesShenise JohnsonA'dia MathiesNnemkadi OgwumikeChiney OgwumikeSamantha PrahalisOdyssey SimsShekinna StricklenAlyssa ThomasElizabeth WilliamsRiquna WilliamsJulie Wotja ...more

UConn beats Notre Dame for Big East Title, Nikki Caldwell gives birth and more news
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 7, 2012 at 11:24am

Tonight's NCAA action:UConn overpowered Notre Dame for the Big East crown. Video.South Dakota State grabbed their fourth consecutive Summit League title by defeating UMKC.Various college news items:Hey, looky here....someone else decided to write somethin...more

Stanford Cardinal Ruin California Golden Bears' Home Finale
by Swish Appeal
posted March 6, 2012 at 8:11pm

There's no other way to put it really: Sunday was a bad day to be rooting for California Golden Bears basketball. The famed Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. This was supposed to be a good day for Cal: before watching the women's Big Game at H...more

Track & Field NCAA Championships Preview
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 6, 2012 at 8:03pm

The qualifiers to the NCAA Championships were released yesterday. Right now I’m going to take a look at the women’s team competition. The best place for information on the national meet is the USTFCCCA’s National Championship Central p...more

Kansas Ruled to be in Title IX Compliance
by Title IX Blog
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:47pm

But there is still no men's swimming and diving team, much to the disappointment of Ron Neugent, an alum who filed a Title IX complaint in 2009 stating that male student-athletes were underrepresented based on the percentages of male and female undergradu...more

Quinnipiac seeks to lift volleyball injunction
by Title IX Blog
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:45pm

When Quinnipiac University tried to cut its women's volleyball team several years ago, it lead to the now famous and controversial case about cheerleading. Early on in those proceedings volleyball asked for and received an injunction which prevented the ...more

Big Changes in the USA Today/ESPN College Hoops Poll
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:44pm

This week's poll sees Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Purdue taking huge jumps, while Gonzaga and St. Bonaventure both dip. For once, no one dropped out or in:1. Baylor2. Stanford3. Notre Dame4. Connecticut5. Maryland6. Duke7. Tennessee8. Delaware9. Miami10. ...more

Washington Huskies' Jazmine Davis Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:43pm

Washington point guard Jazmine Davis was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year by the league's coaches. She's the first Husky to be honored for the award since post Karen Deden in 1988. Davis, who was honored by the conference media on Monday, was also named...more

Pac-12 All-Conference Teams and Players of the Year Announced
by Swish Appeal
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:39pm

Image: GoStanford.com Pac-12 All-Conference Teams and Players of the Year Announced Nneka Ogwumike of Stanford picked up her 2nd Player of the Year award in the past 3 years (former Stanford teammate Jeannette Pohlen was awarded last year), her s...more

BYU Going Dancing from the WCC
by Swish Appeal
posted March 6, 2012 at 7:26pm

Who? The Cougars of Brigham Young University. What? It started with a pair of fifty-cent cougar cubs in 1924, then became Cosmo, short for cosmopolitan, and yes, I do find it amusing that a Mormon school's mascot shares its name with a cocktail. Where? ...more

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