Archive

AAU Southwestern District Championships: Texas is full of young guns

The state of Texas has always been known as a hot bed of talent for high school girls basketball and the AAU Southwestern District Championships in Dallas held May 4-6, was no exception.   There was very impressive skills sets and levels of play shown by players in classes ranging from 2016 – 2020. 

Young and Talented: Sarah Andrews and Kennedy Taylor, Big Dogg

Tulsa Shock 2012 preview: A new beginning yet again

It wasn’t too long ago that the mention of ‘Shock,’ as in Detroit Shock, stood for excellence in professional women’s basketball.   In the last two years, the franchise has sunk into an abyss with six wins in 2010 and then three in 2011.  Now under first year Head Coach Gary Kloppenburg, the franchise is attempting to make a fresh start. The coach rightly described the Shock as “a work in progress.”  

How the Shock got here…

Duquesne extends contract of women's hoops coach

Chinese National Team shows progress as London Olympic Games approach

Despite suffering a 38-point loss to the United States in an exhibition game this weekend in Seattle, it was not all bad news for the Chinese National Team.

First of all, the squad has already secured its berth in the 2012 London Olympics by winning FIBA's Asia Zone Qualifier. China will face the United States in opening round pool play.  The loss gives them the experience of playing against Team USA and leaves some noticable areas to clean up before Olympic play officially begins July 28th.

Team USA Routs China, 100-62, in pre-Olympic exhibition

SEATTLE, Wash. -- The 2012 USA Women’s National Team (1-0) notched a 100-62 exhibition win over China on Saturday night at KeyArena in Seattle, Wash. That the U.S. women, ranked No. 1 in the world by FIBA, won was, by itself, unsurprising. That the Americans were able to so totally eviscerate the Chinese women -- ranked No. 7 in the world -- with only one day of practice under their belts since their roster was finalized late last month was impressive.

A modest proposal: Could replacing conference tourneys with a single uber-tournament make regular-season NCAA play more meaningful?

As mentioned by many, the college basketball regular season is sliding faster and faster into sheer  irrelevance because all anyone cares about is who wins a six-game tournament at the end of the year. This is unfortunate for several reasons, not the least of which is that far too much weight is placed on getting hot in March and not nearly enough on the whole body of work.

Ivy League snubs postseason tournament format

FIBA Europe Secretary General ousted

FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect, after a decision by the organization's Executive Committee on May 7, the organization announced Thursday.

Border Crossings: Familiar faces in hunt for Canadian Senior Women's National Team roster spots

Team Canada's recently announced list of the 25 top Canadian women basketball players who have been invited to try out for the 2012 Canadian Senior Women's National Team includes more than a few faces that will be familiar to U.S. fans of NCAA women's basketball.

Griner breaks wrist in longboard accident

Waco, TX (Sports Network) (Updated with additional reporting by FullCourt.com staff) - Brittney Griner, the 6-8 All-American center who led Baylor to an undefeated season and the NCAA Tournament title this season, suffered a broken right wrist in a longboarding accident.