Why I Watch the WNBA: Tully Bevilaqua
This ongoing series of blogs about the WNBA covers those people and events that serve only to make me an even bigger fan of the league. This installment — Tully Bevilaqua
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2009 WNBA Draft 1st Round Thoughts
Thoughts about the 2009 WNBA first round picks.
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The 2009 WNBA 11-player Roster SNAFU
The WNBA has had a history of making very considered moves to help the league not only survive but grow. This past offseason, due to the effects of the economic downslide, the WNBA announced that, for the 2009 season, rosters would be cut from thirteen spots down to eleven. Did the league err?
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2009 WNBA Draft – Last Thoughts Before the Draft
Now, having seen the players playing outside of their conferences at season’s end, as well has having more information concerning WNBA team needs, and factoring the comments from around the web about my previous post, I’d agree that my previous list needs some tweaking.
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Why Did Maryland Lose the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Final?
Why did the Maryland Terrapins lose their Elite Eight game in the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament? Was it defense? Was it offense? The phase of the moon? No…it was something much more insidious and yet predictable.
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Welcome Back, Women’s Professional Soccer
After too long an absence, the always entertaining women of soccer return to the professional pitch for the first time since the WUSA folded. Yes, it’s time for Women’s Processional Soccer (WPS).
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Thanks, ‘Riss For Delivering Maryland to the 2009 Elite Eight
There really isn’t much to say about Marissa Coleman’s performance during the game between Maryland and Vanderbilt in the “Sweet Sixteen” game of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament that isn’t covered by, “Wow.”
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Maryland Terps Still Get No Respect
What does it take for Maryland women’s basketball to get respect?
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Getting Picked Last
Some people just get picked last. It’s their destiny. How do I know? I’m one of them. People who aren’t left as …
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Improving Foul Shot Distractions
One aspect of basketball games really bugs me: the amateurish attempts to distract foul shooters. It’s shameful how a partisan crowd, especially university crowds, are unable to get their act together to enact some sort of coordinated plan to distract opponent foul shooters. Shameful.
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Few Options For Viewing 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tourney
The 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, like any 64-team tournament, holds the promise of many interesting games. Games that will be competitive. Games featuring teams I want to watch. This tournament is touted by ESPN as having all the games available. Well…perhaps for some.
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Tiered Tournament Brackets
I’ve never been a fan of conventional tournament brackets. They are essentially set up as coronation runs for the top seed.I think the best course is a little bit of “favored nation” combined with a bit of randomness to make things interesting. I suggest a tiered system.
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Maryland Lady Terps Win 2009 ACC Tournament
It was another battle to save in the vault between the Terps and the Blue Devils. Though this was the first time they met in the ACC Tournament finals, it wasn’t their first meeting in a final in their history. But, as in the 2006 NCAA Championship game, Maryland toughed it out for a hard-won win (Duke 89 – MD 92).
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Tennis Team
From my house, I have a lovely view of several of the local high school’s sports fields, but the one I can see best, and the one that brings back the most memories, are the tennis courts. I look on those young people out there and a myriad of thoughts spring into being.
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2009 WNBA Draft – Pre-tournament Scout
As we complete the last week or so of the regular season for most of Division I, I’ve started considering what the upcoming WNBA draft is going to look like. I like to make my selections now instead of tournament time because the one-or-done format can rob some prospects of equal consideration.
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New Home For “Under The Shell”
The behind-the-scenes show, Under the Shell, which follows the University of Maryland Women’s Basketball team both on-and-off the court, has found itself a new home at www.undertheshell.tv. This new site features all the episodes of Under the Shell from the previous four seasons as well as the current season to-date.
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School Permissions
Since I’ve been getting back into the photo thing, I’ve had a hankering to return to my primary area of photographic expertise: sports. I’m not planning on going pro again (my body wouldn’t take it), but I thought it would be a fun activity. Since I have a high school close-by, I inquired as to what the hoops were that I’d need to jump through.
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Nameless Jerseys Revisited
A little over three years ago I bemoaned the fact that Tennessee had elected to not have their player’s names on their jerseys. Since then, the policy has spread like an epidemic from school to school. I still think that this dubious practice is bad for women’s basketball and quite possibly for team sports in general.
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