Graham Hays

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Graham Hays writes for Page 2 and contributes to ESPN.com's women's basketball, softball and soccer coverage. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. He's now an editor for ESPN.com's SportsNation.

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ASU's new look makes most of second chances

Graham Hays

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Maybe it's true that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. But through the first two games of the season, Ariz...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Cards aim to reload this season

Graham Hays, ESPN.com

Seven months ago, Louisville played in its first NCAA title game. But now, after graduating two key players, are the Cardinals simply reloading -- or having to rebuild?

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Louisville is latest to fall against Hartford

Graham Hays

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Jeff Walz will take Louisville anywhere to play any team any time. As he said at a practice Thursday night, fresh off the plan...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Oregon State is tourney team to watch

Graham Hays, ESPN.com

After two rounds of playoff women's soccer, we've got some questions. Like, which No. 1 seed has the toughest third-round matchup? Who is the MVP so far? And which team could turn its side of the bracket into upset city?

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Weekend of upsets in women's basketball

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From ESPN.com's Graham Hays: No. 16 Texas A&M beats No. 6 Duke. No. 9 Tennessee beats No. 4 Baylor...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

What does weekend of upsets really mean?

Graham Hays

Despite a weekend full of upsets, I'd say we know exactly what we knew Friday morning. Namely, Connecticut is in a league of its own, Stanford is pret...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Plenty of reason for Rutgers' optimism

Graham Hays

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- There have been times in the past when a Rutgers postgame news conference could be about as enjoyable as a trip to a dentist looki...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Women's soccer mid-tourney rankings

Graham Hays

Two rounds are in the books in the women's soccer NCAA tournament, and 12 seeded teams survived to play another week. Here's a quick ranking of those ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Guards come up big in Stanford's win over Rutgers

Graham Hays

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Even before the tip goes up, an event that only briefly precedes Stanford's first offensive rebound, it's clear the Cardinal's hop...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

More musings from Brookings

Graham Hays

A few final thoughts from Friday's Gonzaga-South Dakota State overtime battle (hey, there is a lot of time to think on the back roads between Brooking...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009

Middle of nowhere? Perfect Friday night

Graham Hays, ESPN.com

It was only the opening night of the season. And neither team is ranked. But South Dakota State and Gonzaga played what will no doubt be one of the season's best games, all while chipping away at their mid-major label.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

ESPN.com's Preseason All-Americans

ESPN.com

UConn and Stanford each put two players on our preseason All-America first and second teams.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Moore of the same

ESPN.com

Don't stop us if you've heard this before: UConn's Maya Moore was the unanimous pick for ESPN.com's top preseason women's basketball honor (for the second straight year).

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Several good openers highlight Friday's schedule

Graham Hays

Many of the opening weekend's headlining acts don't take the stage until Sunday, but Friday offers some intriguing contrasts in geography and conferen...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Greene fits holes, roles for Huskies

Graham Hays, ESPN.com

In Maya Moore and Tina Charles, UConn has more star power and talent than most teams. But Kalana Greene's ability to fill whatever role the Huskies need is just as important.

Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009