Tag Archive | college basketball
Fill Out a Bracket for the March Madness Women’s Tournament!
If I know our readership, you’re either in several March Madness men’s tournament pools or you’re in none. So why not join a bracket challenge for the women’s tournament? Last year, I wrote that people fill out brackets for the men’s tournament far more than for the women’s tournament, myself included. So I’m happy to announce [...]
Is Different Equal?: Lowering the Rim in Women’s Basketball
Last month NCAA women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma (who we’ve written about on the blog before) stated publicly that in order to make women’s basketball more exciting, the powers that be should lower the rim: What makes fans not want to watch women’s basketball is that some of the players can’t shoot and they miss [...]
UConn Women’s Basketball Moves to SNY
For the past 18 years, the UConn Women’s Basketball team games have been broadcast on CPTV (Connecticut Public Television.) Reaching 80,000 households, CPTV devoted a lot of its resources to broadcasting over 400 games in that time. Now that this academic year is over and their four-year contract has expired, however, the UConn Athletic Department [...]
Legendary Female Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Steps Down
Pat Summitt, the coach for the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, has announced she is stepping down from her role as head coach. In August 2011 she was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, so the move is not too surprising for college basketball fans, and she will continue to serve the basketball program [...]
