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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

June 20th, 2008

Candace Wiggins’ transition to WNBA includes learning how to lose

In ten games of Candace Wiggins’ professional career with the Minnesota Lynx, she’s already lost the same amount of games that she lost all of last season with the Stanford Cardinal.
She’s doing well so far, averaging more than 17 points per game and leading the league with just under 4 assists per game, but she […]

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May 30th, 2008

Candace Parker still a Tennessee girl

When prompted at a recent autograph session, your favorite WNBA rookie Candace Parker belted out “Rocky Top.” Courtesy of WBIR.com.

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May 8th, 2008

Dawn Staley is South Carolina’s woman now

Dawn Staley is expected to be introduced as the next head coach at the University of South Carolina this weekend, according to a report in The State. (Hat tip to She’s Got Game for the find).
Staley, highly recognized as one of the best women’s basketball players ever, was the winningest head coach in Temple’s history. […]

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April 14th, 2008

Parker, Summitt take home more awards

Candace Parker, the 2008 WNBA Rookie of the Year (yeah, I said it) and Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt took home two more awards to cap off a pretty outstanding week.
Parker won her second consecutive John Wooden Award as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball. Summitt received the Legends in Coaching award, […]

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April 9th, 2008

Liveblogging the WNBA Draft

Unless Candace Parker’s arm falls off between now and the next few minutes, she’ll be the No. 1 pick by the Los Angeles Sparks.
I don’t think you can hold any of LA’s stats last season against them as depleted as their roster was.
12:05 p.m. - I don’t think LA can really waste any time unless […]

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April 9th, 2008

Liveblogging the draft

For as long as I can today. While you’re waiting, take a look at this WNBA draft board.
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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 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.
Tags: candace-parker, college-basketball, NCAA, ncaa tournament, […]

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March 18th, 2008

NCAA women love their education

From the world of academics and collegiate sport come some great news. Twelve of the 64 teams in the NCAA Women’s Tournament have perfect graduation rates, compared to only one on the men’s side.
From the Associated Press:
A report released Tuesday found the Lady Vols graduated all their players during a four-year period. Other schools with […]

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