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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

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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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

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.
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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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February 21st, 2008

Parker’s coming out

Candace Parker made it official today, she’s forgoing her final year of eligibility to graduate and go pro.
Read more about your future Los Angeles Spark here.
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December 31st, 2007

Candace Parker’s Magical Mystery Tour

So based on my reading, it seems that as Candace Parker (oh, and the Lady Vols, too) travel around the country, there always seems to be the story about the woman some say may save the WNBA.
Today’s edition comes from the Chicago Sun-Times.
There’s no shortage of Candace Parker video on YouTube. You can watch footage […]

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December 26th, 2007

UConn moves to No. 1

After the Lady Vols fell for the first time season — a 73-69 overtime loss to Stanford — the UConn Huskies moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press’ latest poll.
The Huskies received 29 of 31 first-place votes.
Stanford moved to second, Tennessee falls into third, while North Carolina and Maryland round out the […]

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December 17th, 2007

Will this woman save the WNBA?

According to Kurt Streeter of the Los Angeles Times: Yes.
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November 18th, 2007

It’s UT versus UT

Turn on your TVs now (well, at 3 p.m. EST) to ESPN 2.
You get Texas vs. Tennessee. No. 21 @ No. 1.
Go. Now.
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November 15th, 2007

Sooners attempt to climb Rocky Top in Tampa

No. 1 vs. No. 9. (Or, No. 8 if you’re an ESPN poll person)
Candace Parker vs. Courtney Paris.
For the eight of you that have ESPNU, this should be a great game to watch. For the rest of us, there’s various stat trackers. Just reading Mechelle Voepel’s column over at ESPN.com and I didn’t realize Paris […]

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