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Ohio State names McGuff women's hoops coach

Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Ohio State named Kevin McGuff head women's basketball coach on Tuesday.

Competence, not controversy, rules WNBA draft

All in all, it was a very professional draft – and, in many ways, a tribute to the league’s maturity.

DRAFT DAY PHOTO GALLERY

Teams didn’t worry about hometown heroes, or marketing potential (at least in the first two rounds, which are the only ones that matter), or anything but trying to upgrade their rosters as much as possible.

Baylor's Brittney Griner taken first in WNBA Draft

Bristol, CT (Sports Network) - The Phoenix Mercury selected Brittney Griner with the top overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft on Monday.

Big Three set for WNBA draft

Bristol, CT (Sports Network) - When the WNBA holds its annual draft Monday night, it's expected Baylor's Brittney Griner will be chosen first and Delaware's Elena Delle Donne and Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins will go second and third, although not necessarily in that order.

Mystics acquire Hollingsworth from Liberty

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The Washington Mystics announced on Monday they have acquired center Quanitra Hollingsworth from the New York Liberty.

Tournament stars look for draft boost

NEW ORLEANS -- Lindsey Moore (Nebraska), Layshia Clarendon (California) and Kelly Faris (Connecticut) all helped their WNBA prospects with their NCAA Tournament runs. At least that was the opinion of Indiana head coach Lin Dunn as she and three of her peers – Tulsa’s head coach and general manager Gary Kloppenburg, New York’s head coach and GM Bill Laimbeer and Washington’s head coach and GM Mike Thibault – as they spoke to the media Thursday in the runup to Monday’s 2013 WNBA Draft.

Miami Suns Shine in Lakeland

Some teams rebuild.  Others just reload. 

Losing McDonald All-American center Kai James (Florida State signee), Raigyne Moncrief (LSU signee who set the tone on the team’s perimeter) and sharpshooter Brittany Brown (another FSU signee) does not appear to have slowed down the Suns based out of the greater Miami area and named after former club member and Sylvia Fowles of the Chicago Sky as a sponsor.

Griner captures Wooden Award

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Baylor senior center Brittney Griner captured the John R. Wooden Award, given to the collegiate basketball player of the year.