by admin | Oct 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The 2021-22 NCAA women’s basketball season is just around the corner, with most teams starting play on Nov. 9. On Tuesday, ahead of the first games, the annual Associated Press preseason All-America team was announced. There were no real surprises on the team,...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
University of Connecticut women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers used her acceptance speech Saturday at the ESPYs to call for more attention on her black counterparts. “With the light that I have now as a white woman who leads a Black-led sport...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Tiffany Hayes appreciated what former UConn teammate Maya Moore was doing when the All-Star forward stepped away from basketball two years ago to focus on criminal justice reform. The Atlanta Dream guards admit they weren’t sure...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It’s been a busy 12 months for WNBA All-Star wing Kia Nurse. Over the past year, the UConn product completed a WNBA season in a bubble, participated in social justice initiatives, provided on-air analysis for both March Madness tournaments...
by admin | Apr 22, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
UConn women’s basketball will hire former Husky and current Hartford head coach Morgan Valley as its newest assistant. She will replace Shea Ralph, who is now the head coach at Vanderbilt. “Words cannot express how honored and excited I am to come back home and...
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Freshman point guards dominated the storylines around the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments. On the men’s side, Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs hit one of the most memorable shots in March Madness history, banking in a 3-pointer from just across midcourt to beat UCLA...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Even in the cavernous Alamodome and in front of a national TV audience, Adia Barnes saw only the faces in the huddle. Her Arizona Wildcats had slayed a giant, and she had one more message for those doubters who had underestimated her team. Read More
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Don’t you feel silly now, NCAA. March Madness began with the uproar over the NCAA’s blatant disregard of women’s basketball, Mark Emmert and his cronies apparently believing it to be an extracurricular activity rather than an actual sport. It is finishing with the...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The world now knows Paige Bueckers and Jalen Suggs as freshman phenoms, the outrageously talented point guards leading the top-ranked collegiate teams in the country — the Connecticut women and the Gonzaga men — to their respective Final Fours this weekend. The close...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
SAN ANTONIO — Every player who goes to UConn is special. She has to be, playing for a team that’s won a record 11 national championships and knowing she is an heiress apparent to the likes of Rebecca Lobo, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart....
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