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2012 WNBA Draft review with Alex "the W Guy" Chambers

The big winner in the 2012 WNBA Draft was the Tulsa Shock, they gathered enough size and athleticism to totally revamp the look in Oklahoma.  Prediction: they have their first ever winning season, they've gone 9-59 since moving from Detroit to Tulsa, and could make the playoffs for the first time since the move south.

Wake Forest's Mike Petersen resigns to take head coaching job at University of North Texas

Mike Petersen has resigned as Wake Forest head women’s basketball coach to become the seventh  head coach at The University of North Texas, Wake Forest announced on Monday, March 16.

“Mike Petersen recently was approached by the University of North Texas and given the opportunity to become its women’s basketball head coach.  Mike has been with Wake Forest for eight years and has been a trusted and valued colleague and friend.  He has added much to our department in so many ways and we will miss his ideas, humor and friendship”

Jennifer Roos Takes the Helm at Bowling Green State

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications) – Bowling Green State University looked within to fill the vacancy created by the departure of women's basketball head coach Curt Miller, a six-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, who was tapped to take the reins at Indiana on March 28 of this year.

WNBA Draft Recap: Liberty fans upset with Kelley Cain pick in first round

DRAFT DAY PHOTO GALLERY
It was a pretty boring draft day, with no stunning surprises – until New York’s John Whisenant took Kelley Cain with the seventh pick, thus inspiring the entire Liberty fan base to rise up as one and call for his immediate execution.

OK, the reaction wasn’t quite that severe, but whatever it means to run someone out of town on a rail, New York fans were behind it.

Draft day impressions: Let's see who makes the rosters

BRISTOL, Conn. -- The Guru has a few quick impressions after a draft whose overall worth won't be known until it is determined who actually makes the 11-player rosters of the 12 teams who already are loaded with veterans.

Nneka Ogumwmike will be a value in the tradition of overall No. 1 picks, maybe not necessarily on the scale of a Lauren Jackson, but will bring positive returns to the Los Angeles Sparks and to the WNBA both on and off the court.

Stanford's Nneka Ogwumike taken first in WNBA draft

Bristol, CT (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Sparks selected Nneka Ogwumike with the top overall pick in the 2012 WNBA draft on Monday.

Los Angeles Sparks pick Nnemkadi Ogwumike

No surprise. Los Angeles quickly takes Stanford all-American Nneka Oguwmike of Stanford as the No. 1 pick. Incidentlally, it turns out that Tennessee's Glory Johnson has also has a Nigerian background.

WNBA Draft 2012 (Part II): Rounds two and three -- Is there a hidden gem out there?

On Thursday, Full Court took a look at the likely picks in round one of the upcoming 2012 WNBA Draft to be held on Monday, April 16, in Bristol, Conn.

WNBA Draft 2012: First, there's Nneka Ogwumike, then a lot of ifs and maybes

How are the WNBA and major-conference Division One women’s basketball like most galaxies in the universe?  Answer: They appear to be moving away from each other.