Archive - Jul 2012

U.S. Olympians celebrate Washington sendoff with easy win over Brazil

PHOTO GALLERY- USA vs Brazil

WASHINGTON -- Other than the chaos caused inside the Verizon Center Monday night by the appearances of President Obama and Vice President Biden, everything else was about what could be expected in the launching stage of the United States women's basketball Olympic team's push for a fifth straight gold medal.

Green Bay tops 2012 Division I Academic Honor Roll

The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay topped NCAA Division I in the academic performance of their women's basketball players, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced Tuesday.

Team USA blitzes Brazil, 99-67, in pre-Olympic warm-up

PHOTO GALLERY- USA vs Brazil

For the United States, Monday’s friendly against Brazil was essentially another practice, another chance to try to catch up to its Olympic competitors, who have been working together for months, if not longer, to prepare for London 2012.

For Brazil, the 99-67 thumping was a chance to measure up to the prohibitive favorite in London, and see what strategies, if any, might work in a game that actually counted.

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013 Announced

Coaches Gary Blair (Texas A&M) and Jim Foster (Ohio State) and players Peggy Gillom (Ole Miss), Jen Rizzotti (Connecticut), Anne Smith-Knight (Texas) and Sue Wicks (Rutgers) were introduced on Monday as the 2013 Class of Inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame during the halftime of the USA versus Brazil exhibition game at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

Gray leads Metros to Battle of the Boro title

 

The college viewing calendar is chock full of big events, but there’s no question that Tennessee’s Battle in the Boro is one of the biggest – and led by tournament MVP Allisha Gray, the Georgia Metros 16 Nike outlasted the Tennessee Flight Silver, 59-51, to take the title in the elite Gold Division Monday. Of course, the Flight might have been running out of air space, as they had to go four overtimes in the quarterfinals before finally getting by Sports City U, 75-71.

Charles and Parker named Players of the Week in WNBA

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun and Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks were named the WNBA's Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for the period ending July 15.

Who makes the whistles blow -- and who doesn't

 

Finding myself in possession of a group of relatively arcane WNBA statistics, I thought I’d delve into a number of issues this week –- but I got stuck on the very first set of numbers. There was just too much to talk about to move much further.

The topic? Fouls drawn and fouls committed. But first, just a word on the importance of fouls. Obviously, a player who gets into foul trouble doesn’t get to play as much, but beyond that first-order statistic, getting to the foul line is crucial in many, many ways.

U.S. Olympic Team will get a teamwork test against Brazil

PHOTO GALLERY: USA Training Camp

Adidas National Championships has several rising stars

The Adidas National Championships which was held in Louisville, Kentucky, is probably the granddaddy of all of the major events in girls’ basketball and no matter who happens to be in charge of the event, there is always an abundance of talented teams with talented players,  which in turn brings out an abundance of college coaches to evaluate.