Welcome to
Women's Basketball's Cup of Coffee

A fun resource for SIDs, media and fans.
Your host is Mary Jo Haverbeck

I've been inspired to post this page by my own struggles to find out what's happening in women's Division I basketball before I get to the NCAA tournament. ESPN's Mechelle Voepel was the first person willing to help me out. As Mechelle indicated in her note to me, "There isn't a lot of national overview coverage, but some of the regional writers do a good job." Here then are some suggested sources (updated March 16, 2009)

Women's College Basketball Web Sites With National And Regional Information


SourceWritersSummary
NATIONAL COVERAGE national web sites Links to the TV networks and websites with a national overview
ESPN/ESPNU Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Melanie Jackson, Charlie Creme and ESPN magazine writers. National writers and TV analysts keep you up to date. Creme does bracket predictions. This is the network that holds the contract to televise NCAA Tournament games
USA Today Dick Patrick, Kate Smith, Tim Gardner, Joe Fleming When Patrick writes, this is a good read. Coaches poll history database shows how every coach voted in every top 25. Team index by conference and NCAA tourney index back to 2001.
CBS CollegeSports.com Official College Sports Network
from NCAA.com
Links to student athlete blogs. All three divisions represented.
New York Times Harvey Araton, Frank Litsky, Jere Longman, Bill Finley, Viv Bernstein Page includes men's and women's coverage.
Women's Hoops Blog Sara and Ted and friends If you're into blogging and women's hoops, check here. Contributors often scoop mainstream media. Links to college boards.
Women's Basketball Online Kim Callahan Lots of links to college, pro and international stories under the "Daily News" heading. TV Schedule link is useful source for women's hoop coverage.
Sports Illustrated Kelli Anderson, Richard Deitsch, Tracy Schultz, Mina Mandell and Sports Network wire stories Men's coverage dominates but there are occasional items on women
Fox Sports wire service Site has women's NCAA blogs and message boards
Yahoo
Women's Basketball
AP wire stories Running AP's latest photos and Rivals.com
CBS Sportsline wire service history of past champions, All-America teams
Teams in the
March 16, 2009 AP POLL
Links to the hometown newspapers
Updated Dec. 25, 2008
Notes
1--Connecticut Hartford (Conn.) Courant
John Altavilla
Hartford paper's web page with aggressive coverage for Husky Hardcores.
2--Stanford San Francisco Chronicle
Michelle Smith
San Jose Mercury
Look for Killion under columnists in Mercury.
3 --Maryland Washington Post
Camille Powell
Baltimore Sun
Maryland page in the Post with links to other area teams (Virginia, GW, and more).
4--Oklahoma Daily Oklahoman
Jason Kersey/Justin Harper
Also coverage of Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Note: Blog by Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale is a writer's delight but Courtney Paris also blogs at this site.
5--Baylor Waco Tribune-Herald
Brice Cherry
Baylor sports page.
6 -- Duke Raleigh News-Observer
Edward G. Robinson III
Durham Herald Sun
Mike Potter
On Durham Herald Sun site you must register to read women's coverage. Also coverage of UNC, NC State
7 --Louisville Courier-Journal
Josh Cook
Coverage on the sports page
8--Auburn Alabama Live Links to Auburn, LSU, Alabama and bonus coverage from the Mobile Register, Huntsville Times and Birmingham News
9 --Texas A & M The Eagle
Robert Cessna
Aggie Sports home page
10 -- Ohio State Columbus Dispatch
Jim Massie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Doug Lesmerises
Dispatch and Plain Dealer have OSU home pages.
11 --North Carolina Raleigh News & Observer
Edward G. Robinson III
Robinson covers all three teams in the Triangle. You can read his blog here.
12--Florida State Tallahassee Democrat
Aimee Sachs
nolesports page
13--California San Francisco Chronicle
Michelle Smith
college sports page; also covers Stanford
14--Vanderbilt Nashville Tennessean
Mike Organ
Team page for Vandy sports.
15 --Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Paul Zeise
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Karen Price
Pittsburgh home pages
16--South Dakota State Brookings Register
Jerry Overton
Argus Leader
Terry Vandrovec
Coverage of the Jackrabbits.
Argus Leader has a live chat Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. CST.
17--Iowa State Des Moines Register
Dan Johnson Ames Tribune
Bobby La Gesse
Cyclones Home Page in the Tribune
18-Tennessee Knoxville News-Sentinel
Dan Fleser/Mark Burgell
The Tennessean
Govols xtra coverage includes women's basketball. UT home page in the Tennessean
19--Arizona State Arizona (Phoenix) Republic
Jeff Metcalfe
registration required to read team page for Arizona State
20--Xavier Cincinnati Enquirer Xavier sports page
21--Kansas State Topeka Capital-Journal
Cole Manbeck
Coverage in the CatZone includes Big 12 news.
22 --Florida Gainesville Sun
Ray FitzGerald
Coverage of Florida
23--Notre Dame South Bend Tribune or Chicago Sun Times first link to Irish Sports Report (registration required). Look for Steve Tucker in Sun Times
24--Virginia Charlottesville Daily Progress
Jay Jenkins
Richmond Times Dispatch
Vic Dorr, Jr.
Daily Progress has Cavalier Insider, Dispatch has college sports page
25 --Texas Austin American-Statesman
Danny Davis/Rick Cantu
Longhorns page with links to women's basketball
REGIONAL/LOCAL LINKS regional and local newspapers Links to regional and local writers who also are Final Four veterans
Chicago Sun Times Steve Tucker Can be a source for area (Illinois, Notre Dame) and national information (although not on a daily basis). Use Tucker's name in the search engine.
Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Mel Greenberg, Inquirer and John Smallwood, Daily News Coverage in these papers for Philly schools, Penn State and national coverage from Greenberg's blog .
LA Times Mike Terry Pac-10 coverage and local teams UCLA and USC in Los Angeles. To find Terry's stories, use his name in the search engine. New link to women's basketball
San Jose Mercury News Ann Killion Coverage of Bay Area schools including Stanford, Cal, San Jose State, Santa Clara. Columnist Ann Killion sometimes writes on women's hoops.
Contra Costa Times Jennifer Starks Coverage of California, links to others
OTHER USEFUL LINKS Various Sources Tournament goodies, the NCAA's weekly stat rankings and much more
Official Team Web Sites Patrick Christie Fan's links to all Division I team web sites NOTE: not all links are updated
United States Basketball Writer's Assocation Sports Sections The USBWA's link page for all newspapers. Links go directly to the newspaper's sports pages.
National Polls Yahoo Carry AP and USA Today/ESPN
2009 Final Four St. Louis Host site with info on the 2009 D-1 Final Four
2009 D-1 Championship NCAA Details on the 2009 Division I Championship
Best of the Web Women's Basketball Joyce Gilbert helpful resource for researching women's basketball on the web
WBCA Women's Basketball Coaches Association source for WBCA Awards including the Wade Trophy
Sagarin's RPI Rankings Jeff Sagarin Jeff's rankings same for men and women. He bagan his system in 1974-75.
Sagarin's RPI Rankings Jeff Sagarin Jeff's rankings same for men and women. He bagan his system in 1974-75.
College RPI Rankings Jerry Palm Also offers historical data, bracket projections
Rankings Comparison page John Wobus New site with links to all RPI lists and rankings
Conference Schools Yahoo Links to schools by conference
Conference Web Sites Kim Callahan Kim's site goes directly to the conference web site and also has links to relevant web blogs
National Statistics and Records NCAA Updates every Monday starting in January. View data via the pull-down menus or have it sent e-mail
Naismith Awards Atlanta Tipoff Club Official site for the award honoring the nation's college player of the year.
National Awards WBCA Links to all of the major awards including Kodak All-Americans and Rawlings/WBCA Player of the Year with names of previous winners.
WNBA WNBA And Others Home to women's professional basketball. Offers excellent links to writers covering league teams including international journalists.
NWBL National Women's
Basketball League
Home to the women's professional basketball league where WNBA players and others compete in the winter.
WNIT Women's Post and Pre season National Invitation Tournament Link goes to both the preseason and postseason tourneys .
GBall Magazine Dave Wohlhueter and others A magazine for fans of girls' basketball. Includes Wohlhueter's college poll and news during the season.


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