So I forgot to post my Associated Press vote this week. Maybe last week, too. (Ahem). I got all caught up in the Oscars this past Sunday. Not sure what happened the previous Sunday. Is it still February?
I’ll put my full vote from Sunday at the bottom of this post, but will mention [...]
Archive for February, 2009
And for some reason, I’m still not buying it
Posted in Women's basketball on February 27, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Speaking of Lazarus programs …
Posted in Jumbo Dozen, Women's basketball on February 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »
OK, Texas A&M never killed off its women’s basketball program for eight days like Oklahoma once did. But, let me tell you … the Aggies’ program, not long ago, seemed more or less dead.
Consider the thesaurus suggestions for this particular meaning of “dead:” uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, sleepy, quiet, lackluster, lifeless.
Sure, some [...]
Another big day for the ‘Lazarus’ program
Posted in Jumbo Dozen, Women's basketball on February 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In a recent blog post, I wrote about Billie Jean King … how nervous I was to talk to her in 1999, even though by that point, I’d been interviewing people for 15 years. It was because of the high regard I had for her, of course, and the gratitude for what she’d done for [...]
When worlds *don’t* collide
Posted in Women's basketball on February 20, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Not that this is a news flash … but it’s looking even more likely these days that the two titans of women’s hoops, Tennessee and Connecticut, won’t meet for the second year in a row.
Not unless they’re in the same NCAA Tournament region, that is, and are slated to meet no later than the [...]
What do fans think of so-called “super fans?”
Posted in Jumbo Dozen, Women's basketball on February 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
There’s somewhat of a ruckus here in Big 12 country because Iowa State’s “super fan” – Wild Bill Yungclas – announced he is “retiring” after this season because of the economy.
Some background: Wild Bill has been going to Cyclone women’s basketball games for 25 years, long before the program attained any level of success. [...]
1970s flashback: Does anybody else remember…
Posted in Women's basketball on February 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
OK, it’s Sunday … or it was when I started writing this post. I was in Ames, Iowa, for the Texas-Iowa State game, a contest that seemed like it was in the Cyclones’ hands … until the end, when it wasn’t. It was a big win for the Longhorns, and the kind of loss that [...]
Pinch hitting for a legend
Posted in Women's basketball on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sorry to have taken a little break from the blog … but now I want to tell you one of those heart-warming, feel-good, why-sports-matters, you-go-girl, I-am-woman-hear-me-roar, do-I-have-an-amen-from-the-sisterhood, and-brother-you’re-invited-too, long-and-rambling kind of stories.
At the NCAA bat cave in Indianapolis last week, they had the mock-bracket exercise. I went last year, and quickly suspected they might [...]
Big 12 power rankings No. 3
Posted in Jumbo Dozen, Women's basketball on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bedlam in Stillwater, Okla., wasn’t very “crazy” Sunday – it was predictably all about Oklahoma. Last season, Oklahoma State made a breakthrough by beating the Sooners at Gallagher-Iba Arena behind Andrea Riley’s 45 points.
This year, Riley had 25 points – but that was no match for an Oklahoma team that had six players score in [...]
Poll ramblings
Posted in Women's basketball on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The big tumbler for me this week was Louisville, which dropped from No. 4 to No. 11. That was a combination of weighing the Cardinals’ loss to West Virginia and strong performances from the teams ranked 5-10 last week (with the exception of Texas A&M.)
The biggest movers were Texas and Virginia, which each climbed [...]
What makes a leader? Look at Summitt
Posted in Women's basketball on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wednesday during a teleconference with Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, someone who had called in apparently was in a room where people walked in and started joking around.
At least that’s what it sounded like. Summitt was talking about preparing for Georgia… and then we heard some yucking up … and then Summitt paused.
“Somebody having a [...]
