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FanHouse Terrific 12: The Short List

With the postseason now just a few weeks away, the national picture is coming into focus. The teams with the best shot at the NCAA title are starting to separate themselves from the teams that wanted to think they had a shot just a few weeks ago. Without completely recapping the Terrific 12 list, here's your NCAA short...

FanHouse Terrific 12: A Few Surprises in Major Conferences Races

As the big six conferences approach the halfway point of their respective league schedules, virtually all of the races have a surprise team or more in the mix. Only the Pac-10 has broken true to expected form, as Stanford and UCLA have effectively gone to the head of the class alone. In the ACC, Georgia Tech and Miami...

FanHouse Terrific 12: The Pillowy-Soft Schedule Edition

It's a basketball formula as old as the Princeton offense: If you're a big school, you fatten up your non-conference schedule with teams from, shall we say, lesser leagues on the theory that your conference slate is tough enough. That plan has seemingly worked for years at North Carolina, where coach Sylvia Hatchell...

Early Lessons From Baylor-UConn Clash

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Tuesday's early season showdown between top-ranked Connecticut and No. 2 Baylor may have been staged in November, but it had March-like intensity as well as ongoing implications. Here are a few random musings from what Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma rightly called "a hell of a ballgame." Auriemma is...

UConn Women Survive Baylor, Win 80th Straight Game

HARTFORD, Conn. -- An awful lot can happen in 853 days. Fashions can come and go out of style. Samuel L. Jackson can make 10 movies. Control of Congress can pass back and forth between the parties. What doesn't happen in that span is the Connecticut women's basketball team losing. The top-ranked Huskies haven't lost a...

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All No. 1 Seeds Reach Women's Final Four Hosted In Denver

Brittney Griner and Baylor are two wins from a perfect season.

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Brittney Griner Dunks Again As Baylor Routs Georgia Tech In Women's NCAA Tournament (VIDEO)

Brittney Griner capped a sensational performance with a two-handed dunk and Baylor stormed into the NCAA regional finals for the third straight year with an 83-68 rout of Georgia Tech on Saturday.

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05/15/12 Geno: Griner had 'pretty good' chance at US team Source: NBC - WOAI News 4 U.S. coach Geno Auriemma says Baylor standout Brittney Griner's chances of making the team for the London Olympics were "pretty good" had she not withdrawn.
05/10/12 Griner in cast after breaking wrist on longboard Source: ABC - KSAT 12 - San Antonio TX Two-time All-America center Brittney Griner is recovering from a broken right wrist sustained in a longboard accident.
05/10/12 Big Ten boss talks playoffs: College Newswatch Source: Cleveland.com Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who has floated ideas for how a four-team college football playoff should be set up, said Wednesday that any new format shouldn't include a team that doesn't win its division.
05/10/12 Sports briefs: Vikings' contribution to stadium at... Source: Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque IA Minnesota lawmakers working out the final version of a bill for a new Vikings stadium Wednesday raised the amount the team would pay by $50 million, a calculated move that could soon put the team in the new facility it has long coveted if it's willing to dig deeper.
05/10/12 Sports in Brief: U.S. women soccer team off to camp Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA Former Villanova goalkeeper Jill Loyden and Lehigh defender Gina Lewandowski are also on the squad.