As Brooks enjoys the sights & sounds of San Antonio (Hubert Davis! Wimp Sanderson!), the sisters were doin’ it for themselves down in Tampa Bay on Sunday, as the women’s NCAA basketball championship is now set.
Tennessee escaped against LSU with a last-second shot, while Stanford stymied Connecticut to advance to the title game. And once again, the Cardinal have corrupted the potentially higher entertainment value of the ladies’ tourney.
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A high school recruit’s visit to the ESPN studios may have gotten the University of Connecticut into trouble with the NCAA.
Shelley Smith reports that her employer may have helped the Huskies commit violations when they allowed women’s basketball recruit Maya Moore to take a trip around the Bristol-based buildings. Sources say the UConn-requested tour was considered an “improper benefit” that Moore received during her 2005 visit to the school.
The NCAA apparently began the investigation after receiving a tip from the Huskies’ biggest on-court nemesis. Read more…
If you’re a women’s basketball coach looking to reach a milestone, try to schedule a game with Doug Bruno. The DePaul coach has fallen as victim #800 not once, but twice.
C. Vivian Stringer was the latest to clinch her 800th career win, as Rutgers beat the Blue Demons 60-46 Wednesday night. Previously, Bruno was pummeled by Pat Summitt when the Tennessee coach grabbed her own 800th victory.
Doug & the Demons were courteous enough to give Stringer a pre-game handshake. And Vivian’s players & fans gave her much more post-game.
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• THE FOOTIE finds footage of David Letterman revealing the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s 2008 swimsuit issue featuring Marisa Miller.
• INTENTIONAL FOUL comes across audio of John Rocker throwing Bud Selig under the bus.
• FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE puts up their dukes, as they offer this indoor lacrosse fight.
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The LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER gets a busy signal, as a teleconference with SEC women’s basketball coaches was interrupted by prank calls.
The H-L reports, “The questions were graphic in nature, and included inquiries about coaches having sexual relations with players and players’ performances based on their menstrual cycles.” Unfortunately, the media meeting was adjourned before Pat Summitt got her chance to speak.
The SEC is trying to figure out how the pranksters were able to phone in with their bogus questions. League officials say they’ve traced the calls to about 6 or 7 different numbers, which each calling in numerous times.
The bravado of these teleconference tricksters is amusing. But do they have the guts to pull the same thing on Bobby Knight?
PAY FOR SCHOOL BY SITTING THRU SOUND FUNDAMENTALS: Even when you’re a national power, it’s never easy for women’s basketball to have good crowds. So the University of Tennessee is pulling out desperate measures - by giving away free money:
The ASSOCIATED PRESS bounces over news that one lucky student will have a chance to win a year’s worth of tuition. The $6,000 prize will go to an in-state student willing to sit through at least 10 Lady Vols home games this season.Although UT usually leads the nation in womens b-ball attendance, the latest promotion is aimed at filling the slighted student section at Thompson-Boling Arena.
What, the sight of Pat Summitt or a shirtless Bruce Pearl isn’t enough?
