Maya Moore
This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Photo: Getty Images I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record, […]
Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history
Photo: Getty Images I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record, […]
Top 12 March Madness performances by current and ex-WNBA stars
Photo: Getty Images While Fowles never won a national championship, her performance in the Final Four all four years made her fourth on the list for single-game rebounds (20), tied for sixth for most blocked shots in a semifinal (5) and was a member of the 2008 all-tournament team. Fowles went on to play 14 […]
15 most memorable women’s March Madness moments
Photo: Getty Images To kick us off, let’s talk about when the tournament actually became branded as the March Madness tournament. The term “March Madness” came from a secretary of the Illinois High School Association back in 1939. He even wrote a poem about it. The men’s tournament has since taken the term, and branded […]
Caitlin Clark & Iowa are not all the women’s game has to offer
If March Madness follows the script, Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes will suffer a heartbreaking loss before the Final Four — just like Zion Williamson and Duke in 2019. But unlike that year on the men’s side that gave us a lackluster national semifinal that featured the likes of Virginia, Texas Tech, Michigan State […]
Caitlin Clark and the NCAA’s all-time leading CBB scorers
Caitlin ClarkPhoto: Getty Images Iowa’s Caitlin Clark surpassed Pete Maravich as the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer in college basketball — and continues to add to her legacy in her final collegiate season before entering the WNBA Draft. The Hawkeyes star eclipsed Kelsey Plum’s all-time women’s scoring record en route to the new benchmark. Iowa’s Caitlin […]
Hopefully Caitlyn Clark effect doesn’t end with Caitlyn Clark
The buzz around Caitlyn Clark eclipsing Pete Maravich’s record on Sunday was enough to get celebs to Iowa City for the occasion. I’m not talking about Travis Scott. Jake from State Farm might be sports’ Forrest Gump, but celebs walking into college arenas to dap up the TV insurance guy while neglecting to acknowledge Maya […]