The South Carolina Gamecocks Women’s Basketball coach, Dawn Staley, is now the highest-paid black head coach in NCAA Women’s Basketball following a $22.4 million contract extension. Staley was named the head coach of South Carolina in 2008 following her time as the head coach of Temple. She was the first …
Read More »Three SEC Players Drafted In Top Ten To WNBA
This week the WNBA held its second virtual draft in preparation for its 25th season. Three of the overall nine SEC players made it into the top ten of the draft including Chelsea Dungee, Jasmine Walker, and Rennia Davis. The WNBA announced that their 2021 season will begin May 14 …
Read More »Florida Gators Women Basketball Adds Zipporah “Zippy” Broughton
GAINESVILLE, FLA.- Gators women’s basketball adds former Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ guard Zipporah “Zippy” Broughton to its Roster. Zippy joins the Gators after spending three seasons at Rutgers University. She appeared in 61 games and started 12 contests for the Scarlet Knights. In 2018, she won the Alabama Gatorade Player of …
Read More »Stanford crowned NCAA Women’s Basketball Champions
Twenty-nine years. That is how long Stanford waited to be crowned the NCAA Women’s Basketball Champions. In a year like no other, the Cardinals gave it all they had, and it paid off. A Year Like No Other Stanford has been standing by since 1992, ready for their turn to …
Read More »Arizona Looks to Shock Connecticut and Paige Bueckers in Final Four
The No. 1 seed Connecticut will square off with the No. 3 Arizona in the Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament Friday night. The Huskies find themselves in familiar territory, as the leader in national titles with 11. Meanwhile, the Wildcats enter their first Final Four game in program …
Read More »NCAA President Mark Emmert: “We Failed the Women’s Tournament”
The NCAA has been under scrutiny as of late. Earlier this month, photos of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament bubble in San Antonio caught fire on social media. The image showed the disparity between the women and men’s weight room. Women were provided with a singular dumb bell rack along …
Read More »Louisville Falls to No. 1 Seed Stanford in Elite Eight
Stanford came out victorious in the battle of the cardinals ending Louisville’s season in the Elite Eight. Stanford women’s basketball defeated Louisville 78-63 advancing to its first final four appearance since 2017 and 14th of all time. Junior guard Lexi Hull led Stanford with 21 points and nine rebounds while …
Read More »Texas Looks to Upset No. 1 Gamecocks
As the NCAA Women’s Tournament moves closer and closer to the Final Four, two familiar coaches will face off to earn a spot in the final weekend of the Big Dance. Dawn Staley, head coach of the one-seed South Carolina Gamecocks and Vic Schaeffer, head coach of the underdog Texas …
Read More »Wildcats Make First Final Four
The Arizona Wildcats Women’s Basketball team punched its ticket to the Final Four Monday night in a historic win over Indiana. First Final Four for Arizona The Wildcats are advancing to the Final Four for the first time in the team’s history. Last appearing in the tournament in 2005, the …
Read More »UConn and Baylor clash for trip to Final Four
UConn coach Geno Auriemma believes the Final Four is happening a week early Monday. He told the media that its opponent Monday in the Elite Eight, Baylor, was under seeded. “Explain to me how they’re a No. 2 seed,” coach Auriemma said. “These things happen, I know, but I think …
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