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A huge part of
@GamecockWBB
NCAA Championship win - frosh Tessa Johnson, SC's leading scorer - 19 pts - 7-11 shooting (3-6 from 3).
Spoke to Tessa about confidence. Hear about her from
@HollywoodRaven
,
@tehinapaopa0
&
@Kamillascsilva
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And
@UConnWBB
@paigebueckers1
was at the WNBA Draft
Supporting her two teammates Nika Muhl
@MuhlNika
and
@AaliyahEdwarfds
. Muhl was drafted by the
@seattlestorm
and Edwards by the
@WashMystics
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Roosevelt Island’s own Emily Engstler
@em__baller
@UofLWBB
at
@IndianaFever
practice
@Rooseveltisland
Photo Credit: Indiana Fever
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@GamecockWBB
Coach
@dawnstaley
five drafted players last night:
Aliyah Boston
@aa_boston
Laeticia Amihere
@_Theblackqueen_
@zia_cooke
Brea Beal
@QueenBrea_1
Victaria Saxton
@v5axton
All have been on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
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A pic of Emily Engstler
@em__baller
@UofLWBB
before she was drafted
#4
overall by the
@IndianaFever
In the 2022 WNBA Draft.
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Approx. 400 friends & family came to the Barclays to watch
@DallasWings
@20sMaddy
make her NY debut in the W. She’s inspired a tremendous following not just because of her b-ball skills, but because of the kind of person she is.
@novawbb
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Could 2024 be
@LVAces
Megan Gustafson’s
@GustafsonMeg10
(
@IowaWBB
) most impactful WNBA season to date?
Teammates
@Kelsayplum10
and
@_ajawilson22
are high on Gustafson.
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If the nba can play an in-season game in london then wnba teams should seriously think about taking one in-season to a non-franchise city if they want to market this league more and give others a taste of what it’s all about. :)
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An important part of the NCAA champs
@GamecockWBB
has been 6’2” soph Chloe Kitts
@chloe1kitts
.
In the NCAA Championship game, Chloe shot 5-8, scored 11 pts & was 2nd highest rebounder in the game w 10 in 17 minutes of impactful play.
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Love, Marriage and Basketball – Part 1: Hello
By Andy Lipton
A sweet young married couple goes to work every day at the same destination - St. Francis College. Chenel Harris-Smith and Sean Smith - both assistant coaches on the Terriers women’s basketball team.
@SFBK_WBB
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For those who want to buy the print version of the guru memoir opus in the inquirer today Friday is the publication date.
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And Here’s to the Fans!!!
Before the Championship Game of
@IowaWBB
&
@GamecockWBB
this past Sunday, I somewhat randomly picked out 2 Iowa fans to interview. Turned out it was Iowa assist coach & former Iowa player
@TANIA_DAVIS1
parents.
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Towson coach Diane Richardson will be Temple’s new women’s basketball coach sources familiar with the negotiations told your Guru
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Sad news.
Former penn state wbb coach rene portland, a star at Immaculata, passed away sunday morning at age 65 at her tannersville home in the poconos after a three year battle with cancer. Obit soon to go up at the inquirer and longer version on the guru blog.
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Wnba seattle’s Breanna stewart and sue bird came across the country friday to support their uconn assoc head coach chris dailey induction that will be sat nite here in knoxville at the wbhof at which time both will be flying back for their next game.
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A Special Day
@S10Bird
@seattlestorm
one of the greatest WNBA players & ambassadors, w a winning way on & off the court was celebrated today.
Here's mom Nancy & a daughter who says I love you mom as she walks off the court.
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How soon before a separate room needed to house these items?
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Maddy Siegrist
@20sMaddy
, the 3rd overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft - drafted by the
@DallasWings
- with the man who brought her to
@Novawbb
and coached her for one year before his retirement, Harry Perretta
@VUCoachPerretta
.
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Sunday’s guru update
First thanks for the overwhelming many reacts
Today did two therapies - second walked into the hallway little bit - painkillers today helpful ate a little more
Two rehabs tomorrow and then head home pending how feel - otherwise tues morning - Guru
Sushi
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And here is the charming, sweet, and talented Diamond Miller
@lovediamond01
, from the University of Maryland
@TerpsWBB
, with her parents at the 2023 WNBA Draft tonight.
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Somebody needs to put the Missouri AD in a room and make him watch a video of Dawn Staley’s visit with the Gamecocks to Philly last month and the love shown for one of the greatest athletes in the city’s history.
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@LVAces
2024 draft pick
@IowaWBB
@kate_martin22
gets important advice and high praise from Aces
@Kelseyplum10
.
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Jordan Horston
@ladylynn22_
from University of Tennessee
@LadyVol_Hoops
and her warm family.
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Began the day with a shot in the arm - next one march 12 and will be tournament ready :)
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A native New Yorker comes back home to play in front of
her parents as a member of the
@IndianaFever
.
@Rooseveltisland
own Emily Engstler
@em__baller
@UofLWBB
What’s it like for her and her parents.
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@CreightonWBB
coach
@JimFlanery
has over 380 career wins and a .600 win percentage.
Here’s another stat - one he is very proud of - only two transfers out if his program since 2008.
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The official HoopHall Announcement of the Gowdy Media Award Has Dropped and The Guru has placed it on the blog.
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@WashMystics
@T_Cloud4
A wonderful perspective on being in the playoffs - thankful & appreciative that dreams & prayers from years ago have come true.
Gives words to pics of
@CocoGauff
at
@usopen
as a youngster & this yr.
@SJUHawks_WBB
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USBWA Coach of the Year been bringing passion to the game since playing days back in NCAA day one
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Asked the
@AtlantaDream
@nazhillmon
, the All-American out of Michigan
@umichwbball
what she has learned about herself as a person and a player since being drafted a few weeks ago by the Dream.
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If you’re talking Lady Vols dna moving forward surprised no one mentioning nikki mccray who has turned around odu and was on dawn’s ncaa champ staff two years ago
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The NY Liberty’s New Assistant Coach Charmin Smith
by Andy Lipton
Charmin Smith discusses why she left the college coaching ranks to coach with the Liberty in the WNBA.
@nyliberty
@CalWBBall
@21charmin
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Leaving the scene of the Women’s NCAA Championship Game, I happened upon these 5 ladies enjoying each other’s company on the court.
@Andraya_Carter
,
@elleduncanESPN
,
@chiney
,
@LaChinaRobinson
, &
@Ariivory
.
No further introduction needed.
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And here’s the No. 1 overall draft pick that went to vegas, A’ja Wilson another Staley product into the WNBA.
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Women’s College Basketball is Brought to You Today by the Letter C
As in Correa, LEILANI CORREA,
@leilani_anais
the talented
@StJohnsWBB
freshman basketball player.
Cool, Calm, and Collected on the Court.
What’s she like off the court?
by Andy Lipton
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Near end pre-season
@PhoenixMercury
@UCLAWBB
@CharismaOsborne
, Charisma shares # of experiences so far:
Fun of 1st WNBA game
1st pts
Learning
Benefit of PAC 12 competition
Benefit of UCLA coaching
@CoachCoriClose
Advice from teammates
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2024 WNBA Draft
Can name three out of the five
@paigebueckers1
Azzi Fudd
@azzi_35
and
@ariivory
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Your wbhof class 2020
Debbie Brock - Delta State
Lauren Jackson - WNBA
Swin Cash - UConn WNBA
Tamika Catchings - Tenn WNBA
Sue Donohoe - NCAA
Carol Stiff - ESPN
Carol Callan - USABasketball
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Allen Iverson, Brian Westbrook, Muffet McGraw headline 2018 Philly Sports Hall of Fame class
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DiDi Richards
@Deauzya
- Capturing Hearts and Minds
by Andy Lipton
The 1st yr
@nyliberty
player with a championship pedigree
@BaylorWBB
is doing it with her ball playing, persona, team spirit, work ethic, and a confidence growing before our eyes.
Part 1 - Team Spirit and Joy
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South Carolina WBB goes ahead of Southern Cal into 13th all-time with 75 AP wbb poll top 5 appearances showing how much Staley has grown program.
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Being a head coach seems to fit
@FDUKnightsWBB
@CoachAngSzumilo
to a T.
Engaging, personable & warm, the former
@MercerCollege
&
@LIUwbb
player has a wealth of experience & know-how. 16 yrs coaching under one of the best
@Coachgaitley
How She Got into Coaching
by Andy Lipton
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Fresh from a Notre Dame No. 1 ranking coach Muffet McGraw with The Guru who created the AP wbb poll, now in its 43rd season, as both enter The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
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If this holds Dawn Staley will have coached a gold medal and NCAA triumph within a 12-month span.
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Ladies and Gentlemen — our usbwa pat summitt most courageous award winner — full release later tonight. Saint Joseph’s Avery Marz, who came back to play two years after suffering a stroke.
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The dream of a young girl off the playgrounds of North Philly is about to be realized as a grown woman for Dawn Staley.
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And the trentonian steps into the guru portrait box
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Start Spreading the News!
by Andy Lipton
a new ballplayer is in town. She’ll be part of it, New York, New York.
@BIGEASTWBB
LEILANI CORREA
@leilani_anais
@StJohnsWBB
Gotta Watch Her Play.
For Starters: Correa Can Score from Anywhere on the Court & is Decisive w the Ball
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@pac12
basketball players
@UCLAWBB
@CharismaOsborne
and
@UTAHWBB
@alissa_pili
Competitors on the court and camaraderie off the court.
WNBA Draft Night
Osborne goes to the
@PhoenixMercury
and Pili to the
@minnesotalynx
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Your Guru story for the Sunday Inquirer - Friday St. Joseph’s and ND were twisted together like a Philly soft pretzel — Avery Award, AD Don and Future AD Jill from ND, boss of coach and Hawks grad Muffet who beat former Joes asst Geno.
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Love, Marriage and Basketball
Episode 3: Married Life
By Andy Lipton
Starring Chenel Harris-Smith and Sean Smith, assist coaches
@SFBK_WBB
In the spirit of Hanukkah, to borrow from Adam Sandler, if the first two films didn’t do it for you, here comes number threeeee.
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West Point’s WBB Player
@Morgann_Yancey
by Andy Lipton
A student. An athlete. A cadet. And soon to be an officer in the US Army.
Morgann gives us a glimpse of her West Point experience.
@GoArmyWestPoint
@ArmyWP_WBB
@PatriotLeague
Part 1 - Why Morgann Went to West Point
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Jefferson, the school of Herb Magee and Tom Shirley may be classified small college but they like to do things ‘big’
The Gowdy afterglow continues :)
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One of the few who can say we’ll miss you at Baylor and welcome to LSU.
USBWA WBB Coach of the Year presentation memory.
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The very successful and longtime
@CreightonWBB
coach
@JimFlanery
, who led his team to the Elite 8 in last yr’s NCAA tourney, talks about the impact of that achievement on his program.
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.
@FordhamWBB
sr guard Lauren Holden is finishing her college career that has been integral to Fordham’s success - 62-30 since the start of her soph season. She started every one of those games, and has averaged 39 min per game this and last season.
By Andy Lipton
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When dawn staley is winning every coy in a landslide so far that alone is recognition besides her achievements that she has the no 1 team in the country.
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Guru breaker - La Salle is moving a mountain from Connecticut back home to get the WBB program back on track - no, not that mountain - but one significant enough: Quinnipiac assoc head coach Mountain MacGillivray a source familiar with the deal confirmed. Presser Mon. 1 p.m.
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Getting to know
@FordhamWBB
freshman Colleen McQuillen
@collyhoops33
. From Cresskill HS
@CresskillGBB
@CresskillBOE
@CresskillMSHS
Talented, competitive, friendly & earnest
Being a Freshman on the Fordham Team - Part 1
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A backcourt that’s played together and on the same team for a very long time. Backcourt mates for the ages.
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When Mike Thibault was let go from Connecticut it took the Washington Mystics 15 minutes to start the process from internal to reaching out .
Wonder if the lights just went on in Indy after NY let Katie Smith go.
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@UCLAWBB
in the WNBA
@NatalieNakase
Assistant Coach of the WNBA Champions
@LVAces
An Abiding Passion for the Game of Basketball
Part 1 of 4
-How and why the passion developed
- A 5’2” guard makes it to UCLA
@CoachKO
@SanVicente20
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Remembering time of ginny doyle’s tragic passing, Anne Donovan, then coaching WNBA Conn., held early practice, then made the 5 hour drive to the celebration of life for her former college assistant, stood in line, paid respects, then headed right back for a game the next night.
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Ahem the lack of any wnba games on a sat nite this time of year following a heavy duty friday is a momentum buster in the newspace heading to sunday - just my react sure other opinions agree or not that are worthy
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Following from a little while back the end of the 48-day marathon beard-/shave before/after I
Comes the end of the four-month before-/after II
The haircut 😀😀
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Only a scant few of Ivy stars have made the WNBA. One of them living the dream with Atlanta is Princeton’s Blake Dietrick.
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Getting to know
@CreightonWBB
talented soph forward/center Emma Ronsiek
@RonsEmma
@BIGEASTWBB
Emma's been a big part of success of Bluejays this yr leading team in pts & rebs. 51% fg%
Part 1 - From Sioux Falls, SD to Omaha, Neb
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From last sunday’s Villanova presentation off the gowdy award harry perretta, dean kenefick, lynn tighe
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Anne donovan became the first female coach to win a wnba title
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Getting to know
@CreightonWBB
talented soph forward/center Emma Ronsiek
@RonsEmma
2 x
@BIGEASTWBB
Player of the Week in 2022
Part 2 - Adjusting to college
Teammates
Friends
This season
Coaching staff
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DiDi Richards
@Deauzya
tells us why it was important for her to participate in today’s program with the young girls from the
@GrowOurGameNY
program at Dicks Sporting Goods in partnership with the
@WNBA
.
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Fordham’s Mary Goulding: A Special Senior Day
by Andy Lipton
Sr Mary Goulding’s parents, from New Zealand, saw her play at Fordham for the 1st time Sunday. A complete player who does it all on the court. And a wonderful friend/ mentor to teammates
@FordhamWBB
Part 1
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Guru day 19 Tues post hip op recovery a day to raise cane so to speak
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Northwestern’s
@nuwbball
team captain & all-around player Veronica Burton
@veronicaab22
, the 7th overall pick by the
@dallaswings
in the 2022 WNBA Draft w sister Kendall
@kendallburton12
, a former player for
@novawbb
.
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Congrats to Calvin at
@DrexelWBB
finally guiding them to the No. 1 “Deeefense!!” In the country. :)
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Hey all. Soon to head home from Springfield, Mass. and
@hoophall
with celebrity uber driver
@JoeJulesinq
who is writing another Guru/Gowdy Award story in Monday’s Inquirer snd much more to come. For the many, many who liked the speech the Guru’s blog will offer the Guru’s cut.
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Andy Lipton
Fordham redshirt soph, guard Bre Cavanaugh, 2nd Team All A-10 last yr, will be one of the most exciting players in NYC area in 2018-19, while playing in a Stephanie Gaitley well-coached team construct.
Bre gives some insight to what’s ahead
@FordhamRams
@FordhamWBB
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The
@seattlestorm
Gabby Williams
@gabbywilliams15
had a terrific game this past Sunday in the Storm’s win against the
@nyliberty
.
So what’s it like playing with two
@UConnWBB
alums, Bird
@S10Bird
and Stewart
@breannastewart
?
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UCLA in the WNBA
@PhoenixMercury
Interim H C
@NikkiBlue32
, a star player at UCLA 20 yrs ago.
Part 1
Why she went to UCLA?
The legacy of Coach John Wooden.
@jordin_canada
@monyenwere_
@rebekah_jasmine
@Noey_Quinn
,
@NatalieNakase
@UCLAWBB
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Last Second Shot Gives
@FordhamWBB
Win Over
@Manhattan_WBB
By ANDY LIPTON
Kendell Heremaia’s steal & driving 3/4 down court for a layup made it a 65-63 W. Anna DeWolfe carried the off for 3/4 w 27 pts. Sarah Karpell was steadying influence, running the off & playing tough D.
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The reaction to Thursday night’s Philadelphia Sports Hall of a Fame honor is overwhelming.
For those who asked in advance as well as after here is the sign-off version of the acceptance speech.
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In last several years Eagles - Super Bowl champs; Nova-MBB champs; Geno Auriemma-coach of UConn NCAA WBB champs; Dawn Staley-coach of SC NCAA WBB champs’ Cheryl Reeve-coach of WNBA Minn champs;
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Ok adding to the international collection being posted making this the Guru’s official me and the birthday girl photo - an ageless wbb icon claiming a half-century milestone.
Credit Melissa Willhouse for the photo.
@dawnstaley
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Had the pleasure of speaking w
@CharismaOsborne
. Drafted by
@PhoenixMercury
tonite. Tremendous career at
@UCLAWBB
. An All Pac-12 player & team leader. Bruins - Top 10 this yr.
Part 1
-Draft & UCLA experience; Team,
@CoachCoriClose
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Linda Cimino’s St. Francis NY coaching career got off to a rousing start with a 102-51 win over Mercy College, Tuesday evening. Terrific player and ball movement in the half-court, in transition, and in the fast- break. Good movement to the boards.
@SFBK_WBB
From Andy Lipton.
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Here’s the link to the final story for print in The Inquirer tomrrow and right now.
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The final AP wbb poll - wk 20 season 44 and week 788 all time will drop at noon.
Because of teams guaranteed 100 percent to appear it will be South Carolina’s first ever No. 1 finish and Dawn Staley will tie all time 30th with 182 appearances and 12th on active list.
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A list of qualified african amers from a source
DUKE NAMES
^ Charlotte Smith, Elon
^ Jackie Carson, Furman
^ Trina Patterson, UNCG
^ Jolette Law, USC
^ Carol Owens, Notre Dame
^ Shannon Perry, UCLA
^ Kelly Bond White, Texas A&M
^ Sytia Messer, Baylor
^ Joy Cheek, Clemson
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The reach of WNBA Connecticut Sun exec
@MoheganMaven
is already extending outside the Mohegan footprint over here nearby where she already has the Hyatt House desk personnel in finals motif and we’re only at season game No. 2.
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Extremely sad to hear of the passing of temple/cheyney legend John Chaney - go way with him when covering the cheyney women. Remember when Dawn Staley became temple coach and was going to play vivian stringer’s rutgers team. john says - l have to go with dawnie - l work here.
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Despite current Fever struggles, Tiffany Mitchell gives Indy a promising WNBA future. Another Rob special.
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The last time the entire national wbb tourney played in one site was the 16-team AIAW event in Minneapolis at Williams Arena in 1977 then went to a Final 4 format in 1978 when ucla won it
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Texas A&M Gary Blair becomes sixth coach with 400 single or combined AP WBB poll appearances Baylor kim Mulkey hits 350
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