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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

April 9th, 2008

Tennessee wins the national title

In surprising fashion, the Tennessee Lady Vols won their eighth national title and second in a row Tuesday evening.
 
Congrats to them, and since you were likely watching while I was working on highway closures and election results, you know how it happened more than I do.
Tags: candace-parker, candice-wiggins, college-basketball, NCAA, ncaa womens tournament, pat summitt, […]

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April 8th, 2008

Cathy Rush becomes ninth female coach in Basketball HOF

Hours before the NCAA Men’s championship final in San Antonio, former Immacualta University basketball coach Cathy Rush was voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. From The Sports Network via KSAT.com.
Rush, previously a finalist five times, led Immaculata University to three consecutive AIAW national championships from 1972 to 1974. Rush propelled Immaculata, and […]

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April 7th, 2008

Hornbuckle gets redemption, sends Lady Vols to championship game

Ball don’t lie.
Alexis Hornbuckle had missed every shot she’d taken in the game, but on her eighth try, she sent the Tennessee Lady Vols to the national championship game. Hornbuckle scored with less than a second remaining in the game to give the No. 1 Lady Volsa 47-46 victory over No. 2 LSU. From the […]

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April 7th, 2008

Stanford “upsets” UConn

While technically, a No. 2 beat a No. 1, it was more 1A and 1B.
Stanford shot very well from the perimeter, moved the ball around and defeated the top team in the tournament on their way to a National Championship berth.
Congrats Stanford.
Tags: college-basketball, ncaa basketball, ncaa womens tournament, stanford, uconnShare This

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April 6th, 2008

Another Candace Parker feature

If you had any doubt Candace Parker would be going No. 1 in Wednesday’s WNBA draft, read this.
“I don’t think the shoulder will be a problem,” (Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael) Cooper said. “But even if it is, she’ll still be a No. 1 pick because she can definitely play basketball.”
Yeah, she’s going to LA. […]

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April 4th, 2008

Candace Parker cleared for Final Four

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She’s good to go, said Tennessee team doctors Thursday.
After suffering a pair of shoulder separations in Tuesday’s regional final game against Texas A&M, Candace Parker has been cleared to play for the Lady Vols in their Final Four matchup against LSU.
“It’s ugly to look at,” […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Candace Parker suffers shoulder injury

Just glanced over at our TV showing the Tennessee-Texas A&M regional final and it appeared that Candace Parker suffered a shoulder problem. She was shown visibly grimacing while continuing to play and was eventually taken to the locker room.
I’ll have more once I can sit and check it out further.
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March 30th, 2008

Coach Stringer is Standing Tall

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With Rutgers advancing to the Elite Eight tonight, I figured this would be a good time to post about coach C. Vivian Stringer’s new book, Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph. I got to listen to the interview she did on NPR’s “Talk […]

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January 27th, 2008

UNC downs Maryland in 2OT

Erlana Larkins (right) led No. 4 North Carolina with 25 points and 18 rebounds as the Tar Heels scored 18 points in the second overtime to come away with a 97-86 victory over No. 3 Maryland.
The victory gives the Tar Heels control of the ACC as they are the only undefeated team in the conference. […]

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January 18th, 2008

UConn’s hurting

If the Huskies can pull off an undefeated season with what happened this week, they deserve it.
Senior starting guard Mel Thomas (pictured) suffered a season-ending knee injury in their game against Syracuse this week.
Thomas, the game’s leading scorer with 15 points, was going for a loose ball in front of the UConn […]

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