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 February 6, 2012)

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 Elizabeth Merrill. 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 varies Team index by conference and NCAA tourney index back to 2001.
Shootaround with Beth and Debbie Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli Subscripion Service. Podcasts with two of the best analysts on women's college hoops
New York Times Page includes mostly men's and some women's coverage. writers to be announced
Womhoops Guru Blog Former Philly Inquirer staffer Mel Greenberg shifts his 40 plus years of experience covering women's hoops to the blog world. Find his most recent posts here. Postings by the guru, the man who originated the women's basketball poll, are always insightful
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.
NCAA.com college sports news launched Dec. 20 by Turner Sports and the NCAA, touts greater focus on feature content.
Sports Illustrated varies Women's College basketball page but seeing only AP stories.
Fox Sports wire service AP coverage
Yahoo
Women's Basketball
AP wire stories Running AP's latest photos and Rivals.com
Teams in the
February 6, 2012 AP POLL
Links to the hometown newspapers
Updates are ongoing
Notes
1--Baylor Star-Telegram
Brice Cherry OR Waco Tribune-Herald
Star-Telegram has a Baylor page and Cherry votes on the AP Poll. To read the Waco Trib you must be a subscriber.
2--Notre Dame South Bend Tribune
Curt Rallo
Chicago Sun Times
Steve Tucker
Rallo is an AP Poll voter as is Tucker.
3--Connecticut Hartford (Conn.) Courant
John Altavilla
Connecticut Post
Rich Elliott
Hartford paper's web page with aggressive coverage for Husky Hardcores. Post's Elliott is an AP Poll voter.
4--Stanford San Francisco Chronicle
or San Jose Mercury
Former Chronicle writer Michelle Smith runs a site focusing on west coast women's basketball at Left Coast Hoops that has excellent links.
5--Duke Raleigh News-Observer
Edward G. Robinson III
Robinson is an AP Voter. Also coverage of UNC, NC State.
6--Miami (FL) Miami Herald Eye on the U page
7--Kentucky Lexington Herald Leader
Jennifer Smith
Kentucky Sports Page
8 --Maryland Washington Post and
Baltimore Sun
Both have Terps pages plus ACC stories.
9--Wisconsin Green Bay Green Bay Press-Gazette Wisconsin Green Bay sports page
10--Ohio State Columbus Dispatch sports page.
11--Tennessee Knoxville News-Sentinel
Dan Fleser
The Tennessean
Recent Tennessean link sends readers to Dan Fleser's coverage in the News-Sentinel. Fleser votes on the AP Poll
12--Delaware Wilmington News Journal
Kevin Tressolini
sports page
13--Nebraska Omaha Herald Big Red page
14 --Georgetown Washington Post
Kathy Orton
Also Maryland, Virginia and Virginia Tech
15--Texas A & M The Eagle
Robert Cessna
Aggie Sports home page and Cessna votes on the AP Poll.
16--Purdue Indianapolis Star andand
Lafayette Journal and Courier
Mike Carmin
Boilers home pages and Carmin votes on the AP Poll
17--Rutgers Newark Star-Ledger
Dave Hutchinson
Rutgers Women's Hoop Page
18--Penn State Centre Daily Times
Walt Moody
CDT is PSU's hometown paper.
19--Gonzaga Spokesman-Review Zags Report
20 --Louisville Courier-Journal Coverage on the sports page
21--Georgia Atlanta Journal Constitution
Constitution has Georgia page.
22 TIE--Georgia Tech Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia Tech Home Page
22 TIE --North Carolina Raleigh News & Observer
Edward G. Robinson III
Robinson, an AP poll voter, covers teams in the Triangle.
24--South Carolina The State GoGamecocks team page, also Clemson
25--St. Bonaventure Olean Times Herald On sports page look for Lady Bonnies
REGIONAL/LOCAL LINKS regional and local newspapers Links to regional and local writers who also are Final Four veterans
full court press Clay Kallam, Jim Clark advertises itself as a women's basketball journal
HOOPFeed Cheryl Coward former Village Voice Chief of Research follows her passion for women's hoops. Here's the link to the Twitter digest.
LadySwish Vicki L. Friedman Coverage of Virginia teams
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.
They're Playing Basketball Sue Favor Favor's coverage focuses on the west coast but includes much more than that.
OTHER USEFUL LINKS Various Sources Tournament goodies, the NCAA's weekly stat rankings and much more
NCAA RPI Rankings NCAA RPI rankings of the nation's 343 D-I schools
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
2012 D-1 Championship NCAA Details on the 2012 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
Women's Basketball State RPI Rankings A subscriber driven site Without Jeff Sagarin's or Jerry Palm's rankings this is one alternative.
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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