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FanHouse Terrific 12: Surprise Edition

On a week in which the game of women's basketball was a national topic of conversation, we present our holiday version of the FanHouse Terrific 12. Do any of these other 11 teams stand a chance of beating the Huskies this season? We're going to go out on a limb and say yes. 1. Connecticut (11-0). The Huskies have the...

'Versatile' Stanford Takes Aim at Title

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Kayla Pedersen knows one ending in her Stanford basketball career. The satisfaction of a trip to the Final Four, followed by a disappointing trip home. The versatile senior forward/wing/occasional guard has one more opportunity to change the script. "Right after we lost (the title game) we were...

Geno Auriemma: UConn Women Will Lose in 2010-11 Season

It's usually not such a big deal when a coach publicly professes that his team will lose heading into a season. After all, coaches are, by nature, a pessimistic lot, and nobody's perfect. Nobody, that is, except for the Connecticut women's basketball team which has not lost a game since George W. Bush was still president,...

Taurasi Pushes US Past Aussies, Into World Championship Quarters

For the first three quarters Wednesday, the United States' entry in the FIBA women's World Championships had reduced their second-round showdown with Australia to nothing more than unfulfilled hype, as the Americans led by as many as 24 points in the second quarter and by as much as 15 to start the fourth. The Americans...

US Women Cruise Into Aussie Showdown by Trouncing Belarus

The game before a big meeting with Australia hardly seems the time to tinker with a starting lineup, yet USA coach Geno Auriemma did just that in Tuesday's game with Belarus in the second round of the FIBA women's World Championships. Auriemma subbed out center Sylvia Fowles and forward Swin Cash, replacing them with Tina...

Tina Charles News From the Web

05/31/12 Battle Of Unbeatens As Sun Host Lynx On Friday Source: The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT Before the WNBA season began it was said the Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx might play for the championship.
05/22/12 Tina Charles At Center Of Sun's Championship Potential Source: The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT Mike Thibault says Tina Charles is one of the best centers in the WNBA , which is like saying August is one of the hottest months of the year.
05/21/12 Jones hits late jumper, Sun beat Liberty 78-73 Source: The Hour - Norwalk CT Asjha Jones made a tiebreaking jumper with 31 seconds remaining and the Connecticut Sun went on to a 78-73 victory over the New York Liberty in the season opener for both teams Saturday.
05/21/12 Sunday's WNBA Capsules Source: News and Tribune - Jefferson City MO Seimone Augustus scored 19 points to lead the Minnesota Lynx before leaving with an injury to her ribs, and the defending WNBA champions didn't let up in a 105-83 season-opening victory over the Diana Taurasi-less Phoenix Mercury on Sunday.
05/20/12 Roundup: Lynx open title defense with rout of Mercury Source: USA Today The Minnesota Lynx finally put their last celebration behind them.