Stories By Wendy Parker
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoGetting Girls to watch Women’s Basketball
While I was watching the Notre Dame-Duke game Monday on ESPN2, I engaged in a bit of Twitter chatter with a...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoWhat’s the NCAA women’s tournament committee thinking?
Don’t read too much into what the NCAA women’s tournament selection committee released on Wednesday, we are told. It’s just a...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoTaurasi and the WNBA’s quandary
The announcement on Tuesday that Diana Taurasi would skip the 2015 season for the Phoenix Mercury came with almost immediate calls...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoThe highs and lows of women’s hoops attendance
Shortly after Mississippi State’s 69-44 home victory over Vanderbilt Thursday night, the Lady Bulldogs’ official Twitter account sent out this message: ...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoA midweek, mid-season flurry, and a melee
I don’t envy the job of Charlie Creme at all. ESPN’s women’s “bracketologist” follows the NCAA selection committee process every week...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoLet the UConn-Tennessee rivalry rest in peace
It was on the MLK Holiday in 1995 that the first UConn-Tennessee game was played, and it did more than provide...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoAs conference play gets underway
The actual date of the 40th anniversary of the first women’s college basketball game at Madison Square Garden is Feb. 22. ...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoTitle IX Off to a Hot Start
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 6th Annual Title IX Conference and Classic has solidified a spot has one of the top scholastic...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoStanford snaps another long UConn winning streak
Maples Pavilion is where long UConn winning streaks go to die. With a revamped offense and excellent guard play the 6th-ranked...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoLauren Hill’s dream comes true
“Let’s not call it my last game. This is my first collegiate game.” Moments after converting the uncontested layup that...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoGame for Lauren Hill inspires women’s hoops community
Lauren Hill’s dream of playing college basketball has become a rallying point for women’s basketball players, coaches, teams and fans...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoUConn unanimous No. 1 in AP preseason poll
The Associated Press preseason women’s rankings are out, and there’s not much suspense about who’s on top. The Connecticut Huskies are...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoAs preseason practice begins, familiar issues face NCAA women’s hoops
The official start to pre-season practice has arrived, although most of the 347 NCAA Division I women’s teams have been getting...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoAlabama drops opposition to waiver for Simmons
After insisting it would not budge about opposing a waiver for Daisha Simmons to play basketball this season for Seton Hall,...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoAlabama hit with Title IX complaint over Simmons transfer
Daisha Simmons practiced with her new teammates on Monday as Seton Hall was among the final NCAA Division I women’s basketball...
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Wendy Parker
/ 10 years agoAnother nasty transfer battle in women’s basketball
One of the great distinctions that people in women’s college basketball — especially coaches — like to make about their sport...
