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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

July 5th, 2008

The wild, wild west from Scout.com

Bob Corwin of Scout.com revisited his Western Conference predictions this week, and with a tip of the hat to the Women’s Hoops Blog, I present a bit of those recaps to you.
Update: (Candace) Parker continues to live up to the hype, drawing larger than average crowds for away games. However, […]

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June 3rd, 2008

Worst teams in the league so far

Three weeks into the WNBA season and we still have three teams without a victory. Right now, they’re going to get my Worst 3 tag so far this season, but there’s a lot of reasons fans can still hold their heads high as the season progresses.
Phoenix Mercury (0-4): You likely couldn’t have found anybody to […]

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May 26th, 2008

Crystal Langhorne adjusting to WNBA grind

My favorite sister-of-a-Bobcat-basketballer, Crystal Langhorne, had a profile in the Washington Times today and she got some instant karma, scoring eight points on 4-of-4 shooting in the Washington Mystics 69-66 victory over the Houston Comets to get their first win of the season.
Coach Tree Rollins said the choice was between Langhorne and a few other […]

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May 18th, 2008

Hello, world. It’s me, Candace Parker.

Oh, she didn’t do a whole lot in her WNBA debut… she only scored more than any other league player’s debut ever.

Candace Parker scored 34 in her debut with the Los Angeles Sparks, a 99-94 victory over the defending champion Phoenix Mercury on their home floor. Cappie Pondexter did everything to keep the Mercury in […]

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May 12th, 2008

WNBA hosts community events before season-openers

Came across this from the people over at SilverStarsNation. The WNBA is hosting community events this week as part of WNBA Cares Week before they officially tip-off.  Some of the highlights (I’m a sucker for parent-child stuff.)
Houston: The Comets will host a special Mothers and Daughters Shooting Clinic with the Monica Lamb […]

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May 8th, 2008

Comets hope Year Two brings changes

After a 13-21 finish with rushed first-year coach Karleen Thompson at the helm, a full off-season is expected to bring a full change to the Houston Comets. From the Houston Chronicle:
The team promoted Thompson, a former Comets assistant, to general manager and head coach on Feb. 14, 2007, and she went to work with a […]

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March 28th, 2008

Houston Comets re-sign Michelle Snow

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The Comets kept the middle shored up as they re-signed center Michelle Snow.
The former Most Improved Player from 2003 averaged nearly 11 points and 7 rebounds last season and was a key component for the Comets in the off-season, especially considering the battle the West […]

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February 26th, 2008

WNBA Draft date announced

The WNBA Draft will be held on April 9 in Tampa, Florida, according to a WNBA press release.
The draft is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. CST and will be televised on ESPN 2, according to the release.
The Los Angeles Sparks currently have the No. 1 pick and are likely to take All-American Candace Parker, […]

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February 21st, 2008

WNBA releases preseason schedule

Apologies once again for the delays, we’re having some server issues which are preventing me from updating the site in a timely fashion.
The latest news from the WNBA is the Wednesday release of the pre-season schedule. Take a look at it. I haven’t had a chance to take a longer look at it, but hopefully […]

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February 8th, 2008

Your Dream begins here

First off, apologies from b5 as well as myself for the delay in updates. The server issues seem to have been resolved, so here’s the catch up on the blogs I wrote while offline.
The WNBA’s expansion draft went out without a hitch — so to speak — but there were two surprising moves made by […]

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