Baylor's Griner never grows tired of dunking
Mechelle VoepelIf you didn't already know Baylor's Brittney Griner was from a military/law enforcement family, you'd guess it right away from hearing her talk. Good ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Purdue roots run deep at Game 4
Mechelle Voepel...who finished just out of the playoffs at 16-18 (Washington won the tiebreaker over Chicago and Connecticut), White thinks good things are in store for 2010. "First and foremost, we've got to stay...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009
Moore gives Fever boost off bench (and UConn tie)
Mechelle Voepel...career. "It's a win-win for UConn," she said. "No matter what happens, somebody from the Connecticut family is going to win the Finals. Meanwhile, Geno [Auriemma] is the coach of the Olympic team...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009
Mercury even score with Fever as Douglas sits
Mechelle Voepel...make the WNBA Finals. Indiana has lost just twice to East foes this season: July 19 at Connecticut and in the season opener June 6 at Atlanta. If the Fever can keep up their mastery...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2009
All four No. 1 seeds win big Sunday
Mechelle Voepel...so there doesn't have to be any more mention of "that game" again in this tournament. Connecticut started the day doing pretty much whatever it wanted against Vermont, winning 104-65, led by Tina...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2009
Women's NCAA tournament blog
Mechelle Voepel...season -- her first at Texas -- the Longhorns beat Minnesota in the first round before being crushed by Connecticut. This year, Texas took a step backward -- at least in terms of results. Looking particularly upset on...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2009
Loss brings OU questions, but doesn't mean doom
Mechelle Voepel...tournament lives or better seeding and some aren't. Look at recent years: In 2003 and 2004, Connecticut won the NCAA title without winning the Big East tournament. Maryland won the national championship in 2006...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009
Will the real No. 2 please stand up?
Mechelle Voepel...Paris, it was like the "old" days. In the search for the "real" second-best team behind Connecticut, both the Tigers and Sooners made good cases Sunday with victories over Tennessee and Texas, respectively. Duke...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 25, 2009
Tar Heels take it to OU inside
Mechelle Voepel...to the basket that appeared too rushed. OU has plenty to work on before facing No. 1 Connecticut in Storrs next Sunday. Before that showdown, the Sooners have a game Wednesday at home against Marist...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2008
Shock, Sun still cream of East crop
Mechelle VoepelThis blog's eventually going to be about Detroit and Connecticut slugging it out atop the Eastern Conference … really, it is … but first … OK, are...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008
Sun have plenty of UConn flavor
Mechelle Voepel...Donne's future at UConn. In the past, it would have been a stretch to suggest the Connecticut Sun's success would be an effective distraction for Huskies fans worried over something about their much...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2008
Douglas right at home with Fever
Mechelle VoepelBack in 2005, when Connecticut faced Indiana in the Eastern Conference finals, Katie Douglas' eyes said what her voice wouldn't quite...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2008
WNBA stars gearing up for busy '08
Mechelle VoepelLisa Leslie said what everybody probably thought upon hearing that Houston Comets legend Sheryl Swoopes had signed with Seattle. Swoopes wearing Comet...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2008
Parker ready to move on
Mechelle Voepel...impacts her decision to not stay another season at Tennessee. She is different than someone like former Connecticut star Diana Taurasi, who could have stepped into the WNBA, from a talent perspective, well before she...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 21, 2008
At Maples, Christmas came early
Mechelle VoepelOK, whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year -- or even if you don't celebrate one at all -- let's all cheer Stanford and Tennessee for such a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2007
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