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'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...

Connecticut Rules Women's Pro Basketball World, Too

Connecticut continues to be the center of the women's basketball universe. Huskies center TIna Charles was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday's WNBA Draft at NBA headquarters in New Jersey. By who else ... the Connecticut Sun. It took less than 10 minutes for Connecticut to make the expected No. 1 pick in the...

Stanford and UConn Rematch Already Highly Anticipated

Stanford and Connecticut will tangle again. Mark it down: Dec. 30 in Palo Alto, a game that could, as it is tentatively scheduled, be the game in which the Huskies tie the NCAA record for consecutive victories (88) with John Wooden and UCLA. And they could well tangle again after that, because with due respect to the...

UConn Rallies Past Stanford to Cap Second Straight Unbeaten Season

SAN ANTONIO -- It was a hard turn -- a veritable hairpin curve along the cliff's edge -- from the worst offensive half in the history of the Women's Final Four to a second straight NCAA title and consecutive win No. 78. But Connecticut's Maya Moore made it look so easy. Moore brought the Huskies back to life in the...

Loss to Stanford in 2008 Final Four Changed Charles, UConn Forever

SAN ANTONIO -- While sitting on the floor of the locker room in the St. Pete Times Forum two years ago, Tina Charles became a different basketball player and a different person. The setting was the aftermath of Connecticut's loss to Stanford in the 2008 Final Four. Coach Geno Auriemma's postgame breakdown saluted the...