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Griner Returns to Form to Lead Baylor Past Tennessee

MEMPHIS -– College basketball seasons are long, long enough for a team and a player and her team to grow, mature and improve. The Tennessee Lady Vols got point-blank examples of how much better Baylor and Brittney Griner are in late March than they were in mid-November, when the two schools met in the season opener....

Oklahoma State Rides Riley's 43 to Upset Of Iowa State

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Maybe Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke isn't ready to admit it, but his life will be infinitely less interesting when Andrea Riley isn't on his team anymore. Riley re-wrote the Big 12 record book Friday night on the way to leading her team to a very big win. She scored 43 points to lead seventh-seeded...

N.C. State Tops Wild Weekend of Hoops

It was a weekend of surprises ... an ode to the unexpected, which is what happens when the postseason starts to loom large.Yes, it's true, the No. 1 seed won all four major conference tournaments, but not everything went according to plan around the country.Here's a look at the top 5 most-unanticipated developments:5....

Brittney Griner Dunk on YouTube

If you judge stardom by YouTube views (and, really, what better metric is there?), then you could make a pretty good case that Baylor freshman Brittney Griner is already America's biggest women's basketball star. Griner dunked this week in a game against Jacksonville State, and although her influence extends beyond just...

Brittney Griner, Dunking High-Schooler, Can't Attend All-American Game

Sometimes you can watch so much basketball you forget how hard it really is to dunk. Guys like LeBron James and Dwight Howard make highlight reels for dunking on a daily basis, and any college basketball player worth his weight in Nikes can throw it down when given the chance.That is where Brittney Griner comes in. See,...

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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.