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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...

Duke Grabs Top Spot in ACC Women's Preseason Poll

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A week after a media panel tapped the Duke men's basketball team to capture first place in the coming Atlantic Coast Conference season, the Blue Devil women were selected to win the ACC as well. Duke, which shared the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title last season as well as capturing the...

Women's College Basketball 2010-11 Preseason Position Rankings

The new women's college basketball season is a month away and FanHouse is ranking the top five players in the country at every position on the floor. The vote was a compilation and debate between FanHouse women's basketball writers Michelle Smith and Milton Kent. Point Guard A very strong crop of floor generals this...

NCAA Women's Crystal (Basket)ball: Ranking Teams for 2010-11

Connecticut ruled almost every aspect of the 2009-2010 women's basketball season, conversations about win streaks and scoring margins and whether the Huskies' dominance was bad for the game ... that is how the season will be remembered. There were some storylines that managed to punch a hole through the all-Huskies,...

Sweet 16 Preview: Memphis Regional

For three of the teams heading to Memphis for the women's basketball regional, playing in late March is a virtual birthright. Duke, for instance, has reached the Sweet 16 12 times, while Baylor has a 2005 national championship banner on its resume. And Tennessee is only the most decorated program in women's history, with...