Posts Tagged ‘surgery’
Stormy Monday…
Posted in WNBA, tagged Lauren Jackson, surgery on February 10, 2014|
And then there were eight.
Posted in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II & III, WNBA, tagged Abby Scott, Barb Stevens, Bentley University, Candice Wiggins, Chattanooga Mocs, Cynthia Cooper, Diamond DeShields, Ebony Rowe, Gary Blair, Jim Foster, Kansas, Keli Warrior, Lakota Beatty, Lamar, Middle Tennessee State, Morgan Tuck, New Mexico State, Off the Rez, Oklahoma State, Shauna Long, Shoni Schimmel, surgery, Tina thompson, USC women's basketball on January 25, 2014|
UConn’s Morgan Tuck To Have Surgery, out for season, leaving the Huskies with 8 scholarship players for the rest of the season. (7 for their next game: Banks is out with an ankle sprain.)
You can hear coaches game planning: “What we need to do is get them into foul trouble.” True, but not as easy as it sounds. UConn has adjusted nicely to the new rules, especially considering the fierce defense they play. Things could get interesting in the paint!
Speaking of interesting:
Gaels are now 9-0 in the MAAC. Their biggest threats the rest of the (conference) season lurks at the end of their schedule: Quinnipiac and Marist.
As mentioned, big win for Cynthia Cooper as USC takes down #19 California. (Somebody stop Ariya Crook, writes Nick Kranz) With some nice recruits coming in next year, things are looking good for the Trojan program.
Staying with the Pac 12, Oregon surprised Washington State and earned their first conference win.
The #14 Sun Devils needed free throws to escape the Utes and, in the battle of great names (Nyingifa v Ogwumike), it was close in the first half but #4 Stanford pulled away in the second for a 17pt win over UCLA.
In the Battle of CAA Unbeatens, JMU returns to the Beast of the CAA role with 74-47 win over Drexel.
Upcoming games of interest:
Sunday brings us a little SEC “legit” road test: #10 South Carolina v. #16 Vanderbilt (2pm ESPN2) followed by #11 Tennessee v. #17 Texas A&M at 4pm. BTW, Dave’s podcast asks: #WhyNotVandy? Melanie Balcomb & Vanderbilt host South Carolina in a battle of SEC upstarts.
“Big Monday” means USC v. Stanford for the top spot in the Pac 12. Which means Tina Thompson and Candice Wiggins will do a little Twitter ‘Smack Talk’
From Todd Carton: Can the Terps stop the Irish Invasion?
Glenn Logan worries about Kentucky:
I hate to say it, but right now, the women’s Kentucky Wildcats basketball team is just not very good. They are shooting the ball extremely poorly, and the object of the game of basketball, or at least one of the two main ones, is to put the ball into the basket. Kentucky is defending well enough to win, but when they simply cannot score.
Better, but a lot of ground to be made up: Texas women’s basketball still struggling to reinvigorate fan base – Over past decade, average home attendance has declined by half
Spotlight #1: Dunbar’s Rowe poised to become Middle Tennessee’s all-time scoring leader
Also the school’s all-time rebound leader, Rowe is averaging 22.2 points and 11.7 rebounds this season. She has 16 double-doubles, including 10 in a row, and a school-record 69 in her career.
“I’m not the fanciest, I can’t do the best moves, not the quickest, can’t jump the highest. But I’m just in a system that all five people on the court know what to do, and we work so well together.”
Spotlight #2: UNC’s Diamond DeShields dares to dream
UNC’s leading scorer can splice two defenders, perform pirouettes on her way to the basket, make passes that some point guards would never dare try to make. When she makes a routine play by her standards, a highlight reel, “did-you-see-that?!” play by layman’s standards, DeShields, 18, simply smiles, a cheek-to-cheek glow that lifts her 6-foot-1-inch body off the hard court.
“It can make me very happy,” DeShields said of basketball, “but it can also make me really mad.”
Spotlight #3: Jersey girl Mabrey boosts Irish
In WNBA land, Nate has: 2013 Tulsa Shock season review: What kind of talent did Fred Williams inherit?
In the “Please Buy The Sparks” vein, it’s James Bowman with Sparks Watch Day 24: The Vetting Process
SPOILER ALERT!!! That’s 900 wins for Bentley’s Barb Stevens. BTW, the Falcons are undefeated this season, and sit atop the DII poll.
Up next, Jim Foster going for #800.
Don’t have Netflix? Check this out! “Off The Rez,” the documentary about Louisville’s Shoni and Jude Schimmel from the Umatilla reservation, will finally be available for download TODAY, Jan 24, on iTunes and VOD platforms.
Great excuse to remind you of more good stuff (though it’s old): Eight Native Basketball Players You Need to Know Better: Cliff Johns the first Native American to play for legendary NCAA coach Lute Olsen at the University of Arizona; Kenny Dobbs, the all-universe dunking star; University of Kansas and WNBA star guard Angel Goodrich; Hall-of-Famer Reyneldi Becenti who was the first Native American to play in the WNBA; Two-time Continental Basketball Association champion with the Yakama Sun Kings Richard Dionne; GinaMarie Scarpa, cofounder of the Native American Basketball Invitational basketball tournament.
And did you catch this piece from Graham? Green Bay’s Tesha Buck embraces heritage
To understand her is to understand the universality of a father’s influence on a daughter. Her struggles with separation from what was familiar are the same as those of freshmen across the country. So, too, her ability to eventually adapt and thrive in that new setting. It is a story of someone who aspires to live up to the words tattooed above an ink basketball on her torso: Strong Hearted Woman.
To understand why that is only part of the story is to understand that “Strong Hearted Woman” is merely a translation of the words inscribed permanently on her skin. The words themselves are written in the Dakota language. The language of those who came before her. Of where she comes from. A language and a history rarely represented on Division I basketball courts.
Back in November, Brent Cahwe’s 10 Native American Basketball Players to watch this College Basketball season included Tesha and also named Lakota Beatty, Oklahoma State; Keli Warrior, Kansas; Abby Scott, New Mexico State; and Shauna Long, Lamar University.
Oi! Oi! Oweeee
Posted in WNBA, tagged Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm, surgery, WNBA on January 11, 2013|
If I were to say, “Surgery. Seattle.”
Posted in WNBA, tagged Seattle Storm, Sue Bird, surgery, UMMC Ekaterinburg on September 21, 2011|
You’d probably say, “Lauren. Jackson.”
Nope. Bird Considering Hip Surgery
With a break in her schedule before she has to report to her new overseas team UMMC Ekaterinburg next January, Sue Bird might use the time off to repair a slightly torn hip labrum, she told reporters Monday during Seattle Storm exit interviews.
Wonder how that impacts her USA Basketball plans….
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