ASU women’s basketball re-grouping after tourney upset
The alarm bells from yesterday’s wake-up call will likely still be ringing in the ears of Arizona State women’s basketball players on March 14 when the NCAA Tournament brackets […] The post ASU...
View ArticleMarch Madness: who goes deeper…ASU women, UA men?
Arizona college hoops fans have good reason this year to watch both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. We have a horse in both races. The Arizona State women’s […] The post March Madness: who...
View ArticleThe Big Dance is over for UA men and ASU women
Sadly for Arizona college sports fans, the unfulfilled expectations of the 2015 football season have now spilled over to taint the much-hyped basketball promise of 2016. March Madness has turned into...
View ArticleAdia Barnes returns to coach UA women’s basketball
Greg Byrne has crawled right back out on that limb again, the one that gave way on him last year. The University of Arizona athletic director announced earlier this […] The post Adia Barnes returns...
View ArticleCourtney Ekmark leaves UConn hoops program, joins ASU
Evidently, the prospect of winning another national championship wasn’t enough to keep Courtney Ekmark from leaving the UConn women’s basketball program. The former star player at St. Mary’s High […]...
View ArticleBarnes laying groundwork for UA women’s hoops revival
Adia Barnes was introduced as the new women’s head basketball coach at University of Arizona on April 8. It took her just 12 days to announce she had assembled […] The post Barnes laying groundwork...
View ArticleNAU Interim head coach Bostick makes big splash debut
If Robyne Bostick, the interim head coach for the Northern Arizona women’s basketball team, is trying to show she deserves the head-coach title following this season, she’s off to […] The post NAU...
View ArticleASU women upset ranked teams to move back into Top 25
Everything was good for the Arizona State women’s basketball team. The Sun Devils, who were ranked as high as No. 16 in the preseason polls, were riding a tall […] The post ASU women upset ranked...
View ArticleHoops win over ASU a big step for new UA women’s coach
Instant credibility. That’s what a big win over an established in-state rival brings to a new head coach. For Adia Barnes, the first-year head coach of the University of […] The post Hoops win over...
View ArticleBarnes ends UA debut with 1st round Pac-12 tourney loss
Yesterday’s loss in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament brought a disappointing end to the debut season of University of Arizona head women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes. Sixth-seeded […] The...
View ArticleTrent May out after 10 yrs directing GCU women’s hoops
Grand Canyon University women’s basketball coach Trent May no longer has to work in the shadow of the wildly-successful men’s coach, Dan Majerle. Somebody else will now face that […] The post Trent...
View ArticleASU women ousted in NCAA 2nd round by old nemesis
There’s just something about South Carolina that bedevils the Devils. The South Carolina Gamecocks knocked Arizona State out of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Sunday, ending the Sun […]...
View ArticleNAU women’s hoops revival turned over to Loree Payne
Loree Payne takes over the graveyard shift at Northern Arizona University, signing on to run the women’s basketball program that has been struggling for so long it has become […] The post NAU women’s...
View ArticleNicole Powell is back…as new GCU women’s hoops coach
Looks like Grand Canyon University is going to roll the dice with its latest head-coach hire. Nicole Powell has had lots of success as a basketball player, but little […] The post Nicole Powell is...
View ArticleCharli & Meg part ways at ASU as Sanders steps away
Next season is going to have a very different feel for Arizona State women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne. Kind of a hollow feeling, like something’s missing from her […] The post Charli...
View ArticleBarnes building UA women’s hoops with 5-star recruit
Adia Barnes has been laying down some big foundation blocks for the women’s basketball program she is trying to re-build at the University of Arizona. Barnes was hired 14 […] The post Barnes building...
View ArticleMore former basketball pros finding a home at GCU
Grand Canyon University is beginning to look like a way station for former professional basketball players. A third was just added when women’s head coach Nicole Powell added Nikki […] The post More...
View ArticleGCU women’s hoops has new look, new recruiting plan
It looks like those days are fast fading when Grand Canyon University could be counted on to provide a landing spot for girl basketball players graduating from Arizona high […] The post GCU women’s...
View ArticleInjury-plagued Taryn Griffey ends UA basketball career
Taryn Griffey comes from a long line of well-known athletes with impressive longevity. Her grandfather, Ken Griffey, spent 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, most of those with the Cincinnati […]...
View ArticleUA women’s hoops makes history with #4 recruiting class
Adia Barnes did not make a particularly impressive debut last year as the new University of Arizona head women’s basketball coach. Her first season ended with a 14-16 overall […] The post UA women’s...
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