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<title><![CDATA[Women's NCAA tournament: Dallas Regional primer]]></title>
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Senior forwards from Michigan State and Louisiana Tech will be on display in the Dallas Regional, but Brittney Griner remains the center of attention.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 16, 2011 22:05:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women's NCAA basketball: Chalk holds through first four games]]></title>
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Tennessee coach Pat Summitt uttered the De Niro-like "You talkin' to me?" line the other day. OK, it really wasn't said with Travis Bickle attitude an...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 20, 2010 08:53:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Breaking down the Big Ten women's basketball race]]></title>
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Will Michigan State really contend with Ohio State? An early indication will be their Jan. 9 meeting.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 03, 2010 18:47:19 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Suzy Merchant, Michigan State Spartans ready to make mark]]></title>
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After a huge win in the second round of last season's NCAA tournament, Michigan State lost in a bad way four days later. But the Spartans have since used the Sweet 16 loss to motivate them.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 13, 2009 10:42:12 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women's NCAA tournament: Michigan State Spartans upset top-seeded Duke Blue Devils]]></title>
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Duke has had its ups and downs and didn't play its best in Tuesday's upset. But a flawed system that put a top seed on its opponent's home court in the second round didn't help, either.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 24, 2009 15:38:02 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Women's NCAA tournament: Sweet 16 preview]]></title>
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The Sweet 16 field is set. Four teams from both the Big East and Big 12 led the way. But all eyes remain on UConn and its undefeated run.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 24, 2009 20:36:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Ten looking to restore image, successful ways in 2008-09]]></title>
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The Big Ten's image has taken a big hit the past couple of seasons as its teams have struggled in the NCAA tournament. But with a handful of players back from injury, and a slew of new coaches, the league might be back on track.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 12, 2008 06:28:59 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voepel: McCallie faces great expectations at Duke]]></title>
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At Duke, Joanne P. McCallie takes over a program that has done so much in recent years that anything less than an NCAA title will not be considered good enough.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 21, 2007 11:32:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Duke to hire Michigan State's McCallie]]></title>
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A source with knowledge of the hiring process at Duke told ESPN.com on Tuesday night that Michigan State's Joanne P. McCallie will succeed Gail Goestenkors as the Blue Devils' head coach.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 18, 2007 06:09:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SEC's parity could cost some teams an NCAA berth]]></title>
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Though the front-runners in both the SEC and Big Ten tournaments are no surprise, the conference tournaments remain very compelling as teams get one last chance to prove they deserve an NCAA bid.]]></description>
<pubDate>February 25, 2007 17:40:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voepel: Baylor on brink of Big 12 history]]></title>
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Baylor is one win shy of winning the Big 12's first NCAA hoops title for men or women.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 03, 2005 21:45:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Young, Blackmon one of best tandems in history]]></title>
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There's no question Sophia Young and Steffanie Blackmon were the nation's top post tandem in 2004-05.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 06, 2005 02:05:29 PDT</pubDate>
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Kim Mulkey-Robertson "puts herself around winners." Actually, people become winners when she's around.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 05, 2005 21:28:02 PDT</pubDate>
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It makes sense, really, that ex-point guards -- such as Kim Mulkey-Robertson, Pokey Chatman and Joanne P. McCallie -- might turn into top coaches.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 02, 2005 18:56:32 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spartans shaping up with Irish flare]]></title>
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The Spartans lack the All-American center, but MSU 2005 reminds this ESPN.com columnist of Notre Dame 2001.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 05, 2005 07:14:09 PDT</pubDate>
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